The Three Realms Thief Chapter 26

This child can see!

He can see that terrifying woman!!!

Do his family members know?

What about the examiner?

Xu Yuan felt all the hairs on his body stand on end.

Run.

Run!

He should leave this place now, even if it means not taking the exam!

As soon as this thought emerged, he immediately suppressed it.

No.

Any unusual behavior would expose his ability to “see.”

—Jiang Xueyao, Yang Xiaobing, and Zhao Afei cannot see monsters.

Then.

I can’t see them either!

That’s right.

After all, this is a joint entrance exam for eight schools, aimed at all candidates.

How could such a major question be specifically set for “candidates who can see invisible entities”?

If there were such a screening mechanism—

It would prove that this ability is extremely rare.

Even more so, I cannot expose it!

Because I don’t know what the consequences would be!

Xu Yuan adjusted his facial expression, appearing relaxed and at ease, and said with a smile:

“Are your family members not paying enough attention to you?”

“—Adults can be very busy sometimes, it’s not that they’re ignoring you.”

“Your parents actually love you very much.”

The little boy pouted, lowered his head, and seemed to have given up on explaining.

Not far behind them.

The terrifying woman finished eating.

She took a deep breath, then suddenly erupted in layers of heavy roars, as if thousands of people were screaming simultaneously.

Her voice, filled with瘋狂 craving, pierced through all obstacles, echoing back and forth in the dark and cold underground, eventually coalescing into a long chant full of anger and murderous intent:

“Deliver—”

“Me—”

“—Deliver me!”

“Who—can—deliver—me—”

For a moment.

Illusions sprouted.

Countless suffering faces and endless iron-walled hells appeared all around, then transformed into molten flames, flying skeletons, blood-river yakshas, layer upon layer, endless and boundless, nearly terrifying and frightening.

The little boy’s face turned pale, his mouth agape, like a fish gasping for air.

Xu Yuan started sweating profusely again, and had to gently wipe his face and forehead with his hand to prevent too much sweat from obstructing his vision.

Fortunately, the underground tunnel was really dark, so no one could see anyone clearly.

Xu Yuan struggled to swallow, tightening every muscle in his face to prevent it from twitching excessively.

He drew air into his throat, and his voice rose accordingly:

“Could it be—”

“That your family treats you badly? Tell uncle, uncle will stand up for you.”

His tone already carried a hint of emotion.

A high school student, hearing injustice, getting emotional, wanting to uphold justice.

How normal is that?

Come on.

I’ve given you the opportunity.

As long as you seize this opportunity, you and I will be saved!

Almost instantly—

“My sister beats me every day! They abuse me!”

The little boy cried out loudly.

He’s smart.

Xu Yuan held his breath and softly asked, “Little friend, how old are you?”

“Eight years old,” the little boy said, covering his face and sobbing, then peeking at him through his fingers, “Mom, Dad, and my sister torture me every day. I can barely live anymore.”

Xu Yuan lovingly stroked the little boy’s head.

So smart.

—Child abuse is a serious crime.

He now had sufficient reason not to take him further into the tunnel.

No one could say anything to him!

Xu Yuan’s tone became even softer and kinder:

“How about I take you to a safe place?”

The little boy hopped a few times, appearing both eager and scared, and replied without hesitation:

“Great! Let’s go then, the way you came—quick!”

It seemed.

He now seemed to have rekindled his vitality.

But Xu Yuan didn’t move.

“Come on! Let’s go, okay?” The little boy, impatient, urged him while grabbing his arm and pulling him towards the way they came.

He’s too smart!

But now it was getting difficult to leave.

Xu Yuan looked into the tunnel, his eyes like an unfathomable deep sea.

The enemy was terrifying.

He really should run.

But—

It was already looking their way.

Rustle, rustle, rustle…

A soft sound.

A talisman suddenly peeled off Xu Yuan’s back, folded several times in mid-air, and transformed into a hunting dog the size of a calf.

“What’s the situation now, Xu Yuan?”

Yang Xiaobing’s voice came from the hunting dog.

“I’ve rescued a child here, take him away. I’ll follow behind and maintain vigilance,” Xu Yuan said in a deep voice.

“A child? Okay.”

The hunting dog said.

Xu Yuan picked up the little boy and placed him on the hunting dog’s back.

The hunting dog quickly ran back the way they came.

Xu Yuan, with his hands free, ran alongside the hunting dog.

Suddenly.

From the deep darkness behind them, the woman’s soft laughter echoed.

The ground undulated.

Something was chasing them rapidly from underground.

Very fast!

—The undulation and sound of this ground were completely normal and visible.

Then—

Xu Yuan took a deep breath, closed his eyes briefly, and opened them again.

Spiritual power.

It circulated frantically within his body in an instant.

While running at high speed, Xu Yuan suddenly turned back and accelerated, drawing his Qiongxia Sword with one hand.

The sword’s edge ignited with spiritual light.

Clang!

Yan Song Sword Art – Arc Dance!

The long sword cut through the air, blossoming into extremely fine, sharp lines in the darkness.

Several dark figures burst from the ground, meeting Xu Yuan’s sword edge, dancing chaotically like afterimages.

Sword and dark figures tangled back and forth.

Xu Yuan’s eyes were calm, his hand speed reached its peak, wielding the sword to create a continuous arc of sword shadows.

The sword’s edge.

Each vibration cut down the approaching dark figures without a single miss.

In a snap of the fingers.

The sword stopped.

The dark figures all fell.

—It was simply a textbook-level battle!

Xu Yuan sheathed his sword, pushed off the ground with his foot, retreated, turned around, and chased after the hunting dog formed by the talisman.

Escape!

Escape quickly!!!

Xu Yuan had never run so desperately in both of his lives.

Only the giant earthworms, cut into several pieces, remained on the spot.

After a few breaths.

Seven or eight black long legs stopped beside the earthworm’s corpse.

No sound.

The earthworm’s corpse wriggled, trembling violently, as if something had occupied it.

All the flesh and blood merged together, and a body reformed.

It transformed into a black snake.

—These were the things that couldn’t be seen.

The black snake climbed up the long legs to the woman’s arm.

The woman, looking in the direction Xu Yuan had disappeared, started to walk.

But the next second.

The ground cracked open.

Another black snake emerged from underground, flicking its tongue at her, hissing something.

The woman stopped.

“Are they gathering underground?”

“Resisting stubbornly…”

The woman said.

Boom—

Countless snake shadows emerged from her body and covered the entire tunnel.

Each snake flicked its tongue, uttering male or female voices:

“Deliver me…”

“Deliver!”

“Deliver me, deliver me, deliver us—”

As they chanted, they crawled and writhed, disappearing into the depths of the tunnel.

The woman also turned around, walking step by step along the tunnel, heading towards the other side.

“Gulou Street Subway Station… not far.”

“Eat or be eaten.”

“You will all become me.”

Her murmuring merged with the darkness, gradually becoming inaudible.

Darkness.

Absolute silence.

Then—

From underground to above ground, the entire massive Border Town began to shake and tremble.

On the other side.

Xu Yuan had just caught up to the hunting dog when he suddenly slashed at the nearby wall.

An earthworm that had just poked its head out was pierced through the head by the Qiongxia Sword and dissipated into black mist.

The next second.

Countless earthworms emerged from the ground, walls, and ceiling.

“We can’t escape!”

The little boy shouted in despair, struggling to jump off the hunting dog’s back.

Slap.

A soft sound.

He was struck on the neck by a hand, instantly falling unconscious and slumping back onto the hunting dog’s back.

Xu Yuan withdrew his hand, saying,

“Xiaobing, run at full speed.”

“Okay!” the hunting dog replied.

The man and dog, simultaneously, began to accelerate.

Their movement immediately triggered a chain reaction—

The earthworms burrowing out of the walls shot towards Xu Yuan and the child, wrapping around them.

There were too many!

They filled the entire underground tunnel!

—For anyone trying to escape through the tunnel, this was an unsolvable death trap!

However, Xu Yuan moved.

As he ran at high speed, he drew his Qiongxia Sword, held it horizontally, and swung it rapidly and continuously.

Yan Song Sword Art – Leaffall!

This move was extremely fast, a genuine thrusting sword technique, used for a fatal blow in real combat.

However.

Compared to his previous attacks, this one had less killing intent and more agility and grace.

The long sword struck with its spine, colliding with the head of a black snake, lightly pressing it—

The black snake was immediately pushed back.

It was about to open its mouth again to bite the hateful human swordsman, but found that the opponent had already run out of its attack range.

Yes!

Xu Yuan did not use spiritual power.

He didn’t even use much physical strength.

With this sword technique, he merely used the sword’s spine to “press” against the black snakes, pushing them back so that he could pass safely.

This didn’t require a large amount of spiritual power to unleash sword skills.

Nor did it require much strength to swing.

—It only needed to block the opponent and make them retreat.

With Xu Yuan’s strength at the second layer of Qi Refining, he was completely at ease.

But—

This required extremely terrifying combat intuition and reaction capabilities.

Xu Yuan and the hunting dog ran side by side, their speed undiminished, “pushing back” the surrounding earthworms all the way, as if strolling in a leisurely garden.

—They actually gradually broke free from the earthworm encirclement!

It was simply miraculous!

Clang, clang, clang, clang—

Four consecutive sounds.

Xu Yuan’s head experienced four consecutive bursts of light.

“You have received consecutive bursts of light (four times).”

“A total of four examiners have expressed their admiration for your combat talent and abilities.”

“Their evaluations are as follows:”

“Although the exam process forcibly limited the black snakes’ strength to the first layer of Qi Refining, who else could move so calmly and fearlessly through a horde of monsters?”

“Who could repel all enemies without a single miss, from beginning to end, with a steady sword, steady hands, and unchanging movement speed?”

“This is not just skill, but also requires a certain amount of combat imagination and a calm and composed heart.”

“Therefore—”

“We have finally discovered a true combat genius among this year’s candidates.”