Chapter 1435: Saint Son

Mibo, He Chengxuan, Jin Xiaoyu, Fan Yue, Ye Hongtao, Linglong…

One familiar face after another fell before Teacher Ye. Blood soaked his crimson shirt black. Eventually, Teacher Ye's mind became numb. He hunted the Fusionists like a zombie, his eyes filled only with blankness and emptiness.

He retched!

Black blood spewed from Teacher Ye's mouth. He swayed, nearly collapsing on the spot. His vision began to darken, his limbs felt as heavy as lead, and an unspeakable agony emanated from deep within his mind, as if tearing his consciousness in two. Teacher Ye knew his time was running out.

Just then, an anxious figure descended from above.

"Teacher Ye!!!" Zhao Yi's eyes were bloodshot. "Teacher Ye, everyone in the Fusion Faction has gone mad! They're attacking everywhere. I tried to stop them, but they even... they even attacked me."

"Zhao Yi..."

Teacher Ye's eyes lit up slightly as he saw the newcomer. Zhao Yi hadn't been affected. That's right…

Zhao Yi was different from all other Fusionists. He hadn't undergone fusion in the Fusion Faction, but at the Aurora Base. Although the Aurora Base's fusion technology was poor, Zhao Yi... had met Lord Aurora. Lord Aurora's unintentional act at the time had directly cleared all remnants of calamity souls from his body. This allowed him to easily dispel malevolent influences while also preventing him from being influenced by the world-ending Calamity. Just as Teacher Ye had once said... Zhao Yi was special.

It was likely that Calamity of Thought had also realized this. When mobilizing Mibo to ambush the South Sea Domain's energy vent, Calamity of Thought had guided its own consciousness to make Teacher Ye take Zhao Yi to the laboratory. Otherwise, Zhao Yi couldn't have been guided to sleep, and with his abilities, he would undoubtedly have detected Mibo's abnormal actions. And when Teacher Ye led the Fusion Faction members out on their expedition, he had subconsciously left Zhao Yi at the factory, also fearing that this variable would affect Calamity of Thought's plan. From the very beginning, Calamity of Thought had been wary of Zhao Yi!

"Teacher Ye, what's wrong?!" Zhao Yi froze, noticing Teacher Ye's rapidly failing life force. From the disappearance of the Fusion Faction children, to the fall of the South Sea Domain, and then to the rampage of the children he had once lived with daily, Zhao Yi was now on the verge of collapse. He had no idea what was happening, feeling as if he had been stripped away from the entire world. When his peripheral vision caught sight of the fallen children's bodies nearby, his mind roared even louder, and his consciousness went blank.

"Zhao Yi... my time is short," Teacher Ye said hoarsely. "What I'm about to tell you... you must remember well..."

Teacher Ye's lips parted, as he earnestly recounted something. Zhao Yi's gaze shifted from initial bewilderment to shock, finally plunging back into deep confusion and despair.

"No... Teacher Ye!! Without all of you, then I..."

"Zhao Yi, from the very beginning, I knew you were special... You are the Saint Child of our Fusion Faction. This isn't just a joking title; it's the expectation I held for you, from a corner of my subconscious mind that hadn't yet been influenced by Calamity of Thought."

Teacher Ye raised his hand and gently waved it towards Zhao Yi. "From now on, the Fusion Faction... only you remain."

A surge of thoughts struck Zhao Yi's mind. Just as he was about to say something, his eyes rolled back, and he immediately collapsed, unconscious.

Teacher Ye gazed deeply at the sleeping Zhao Yi, then laboriously dragged his dying body in a certain direction...

"There are... two left," he muttered hoarsely to himself.

Bang—!!

An agile and nimble figure dashed almost vertically up the high-rise wall. With a single stomp, she shattered an entire glass wall, then floated weightlessly onto one of the floors. Her yellow-brown coat fluttered. A girl emanating killing intent, her eyes blood-red, crouched on the ground like a beast.

"It's a calamity!!""We clearly blew up the stairs on the first floor, so how... how could it still get up here?!""Damn it, who said it was absolutely safe to hide here?!""Grain silos, water towers, hospitals, armories... now, is it finally our radio station's turn?""It wants to cut off our communication with the outside world! Fight it!!"

The entire building had been sealed off by the survivors. The stairs on the first floor were blown up to prevent calamities from chasing them upstairs, and the chains of the steam elevator had also been severed. They had thought they could escape danger on the upper floors, but they hadn't expected a calamity could climb up the vertical walls. But when they saw that the approaching calamity appeared to be just a young girl, some of their fear dissipated. They rushed forward with knives and steel pipes!

However, in the next second, the girl in the yellow-brown coat shot forward with astonishing speed! Her speed was so great that just as the weapons in their hands were lifted, sharp claws tore the knives in half. As everyone watched in horror as the killing intent magnified before their eyes, a sudden change occurred! The girl's shadow suddenly twisted violently. Some immense force seemed to strike the girl from thin air, slamming her hard against a nearby wall!

Boom—!!

Dust swirled as the girl's figure, after crashing through two consecutive walls, finally came to a halt.

"Xiao Tao!! Wake up!!" Little White's voice rang out from Xiao Tao's shadow, so anxious it was almost crying. "What's wrong with you all... why, all of a sudden..."

From the wall's debris, Xiao Tao's figure stumbled back to her feet. She scanned the area, found no sign of the enemy who had just attacked her, and then focused her gaze back on the terrified crowd.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."

A weak coughing sound came from outside the window. Xiao Tao and the crowd turned their heads simultaneously. They saw a hunched figure in a blood-stained, almost black shirt stepping onto the floor. Teacher Ye held one hand over his mouth, from which trickling blood continuously flowed, and his face was as pale as paper.

"Teacher Ye!!"

Upon seeing the figure, Little White's voice rang out in surprise. He seemed to have finally found a savior, suddenly emerging from Xiao Tao's shadow. Teacher Ye's steps were unsteady. He paused slightly upon seeing Little White rushing towards him, a complex expression appearing in his eyes...

Little White was one of the very few Fusionists who had fused with the Calamity of the Ghost-Mocking Abyss. The world-ender of the Ghost-Mocking Abyss was Chen Ling, who currently did not possess true ninth-tier world-ending abilities. Naturally, Chen Ling would not affect Little White from a distance, so as long as Chen Ling did not lose himself, Little White remained temporarily safe.

"Teacher Ye, what's wrong with you?!" Little White asked anxiously.

Teacher Ye shook his head. He no longer had the strength to explain. The triple-dose elixir had drained his body, and the shadow of death was slowly creeping into his eyes.