Decaying World

Chapter 193, Leak 193
Alone? He looks like he's taking a walk?
Taking a walk in the fog?
A hint of doubt and wariness flashed through the man's mind.

Snapped.

The man with the original bloodline landed lightly, staring at Lin Hui as he walked out.

"Interesting? Four masks? This is the first time I've ever seen such a stupid person. Can't you make your own hood? The gaps between the four masks are so big, what can they cover up? Idiot!" The man with the original blood couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Hui's relaxed posture suddenly froze.

He stopped and looked at the man with the original blood through the mask.

"Really, it can't be covered up?" he asked carefully, frowning.

"Nonsense, in the eyes of a strong person, your aura, physique, internal energy, and so on are all traces and characteristics. What's the use of just covering your face? This is the first time I've seen such a stupid martial artist as you." The man chuckled and explained in a rare, detailed manner.

"You're quite annoying when you talk," Lin Hui said in a low voice.

“Yes, a lot of people say that about me, so what?” the man laughed.

"Didn't your parents tell you that if you speak too harshly?" Lin Hui raised his head, his hand gently resting on the hilt of the Ruyi Sword. "Your head might just fall off by itself."

"?? You're threatening me!?" The man with the original bloodline opened his eyes wide, as if he had discovered something extremely amusing.

He pointed to his neck.

"Interesting! Come on, come on, hack at me here! If you've got the guts, then hack me to death! Come on!"

As he spoke, he took his head off, which was tilted to one side, and tried to straighten it by changing its position.

"Wait!?" He suddenly froze.

"Why was my head removed?!?"

Only then did he realize that the sword-wielding man who had been standing not far away had vanished without a trace.

Only then did he feel a sharp pain in his neck.

But by the time he realized all this, it was too late.
His vision was quickly plunged into darkness, and the man with the original bloodline fell backward to the ground with a thud.

Even at the very end, he still couldn't figure out what had happened.
Perhaps he suspected that the other party had killed him, but why so quickly?!

Behind his headless corpse, Lin Hui's figure slowly coalesced and emerged, casually dripping blood from his sword before sheathing it.

"Interesting. I've never seen anyone so eager to die. Fine, I'll grant your wish."

His gaze swept over the woman in the mist not far away, then looked towards the large ship on the distant, hazy seashore.

'A passing merchant ship?' He had seen these kinds of merchant ships before in the foggy areas, and he had no interest in communicating with them. He turned around and continued in another direction, heading towards other foggy areas.

This area is already outside the map, so he is now wandering around aimlessly.

While wandering around aimlessly, one is also refining the mental map of one's mind.

The text clearly indicates which areas have stronger monsters and which have weaker monsters.

"My benefactor! I have no way to repay your life-saving grace. If you need anything, please come to Xingdao Moji Restaurant!"

At that moment, the woman who had been rescued shouted loudly in the direction he had left.

Lin Hui paused for a moment, then quickly put the other person's words out of his mind. During his time traveling through the foggy area, he had actually saved quite a few people, but most of the time it was just something he did on a whim.

He had only walked a short distance when he suddenly stopped and looked down at his wrist. On his right wrist, where he held the sword, there was a red line that was now shimmering faintly in the mist.

The red thread was about the length of a finger and as thin as a strand of hair. He wouldn't have noticed it if it hadn't suddenly started glowing on its own.

'What is that?' Lin Hui squinted at the object. 'Could it be some kind of tracking mark from killing that guy earlier?'

He was somewhat surprised.

Having killed so many people, this was the first time he had encountered a method that allowed him to be tracked without even realizing it.

'interesting.'

He immediately channeled his inner energy, which rapidly surged and filled the area along the red line.

The internal force, imbued with the power of purgatory and extreme cold, surged through the red line, not only failing to submerge it but actually making it even brighter.

The surprise in Lin Hui's eyes grew even greater.

He pondered for a moment, then raised his other hand, extended his index finger, and began to practice the Typhoon Sword Technique.

The net trembled, continuously drawing in vast and invisible terrifying forces from the void outside.

This power surged into Lin Hui's body and immediately began to rapidly decompose the combined internal energy of the Purgatory and Extreme Cold Heaven forces.

This is the first time Lin Hui has officially activated this special effect since gaining the Wind Disaster Affinity.

I intended to use it to get rid of the strange red line on my wrist, but I didn't expect that as soon as this strange power appeared, it would rush directly towards the power of Purgatory and Extreme Cold.

In the mist, Lin Hui stood motionless in place.

A red light suddenly appeared behind him, and within the halo was a tall, ferocious figure in dark red armor, struggling and roaring madly.

But helplessly, it began to fade and drift further and further away.

Half a minute later, the phantom of purgatory completely faded away and disappeared.

Immediately following, another enormous blue-white female face appeared, floating in mid-air behind Lin Hui. This time, the female face had its eyes tightly closed, and its lips moved slightly, as if it sensed something was about to happen.

The man's lips trembled as he struggled to open his eyelids, barely managing to slit them open.

Before she could even open her eyes, the outline of her face slowly faded and completely disappeared into the air.

In the end, everything converged into an invisible wind, surrounding Lin Hui. There was no will, no temptation, only endless ravages and destruction.

Half a minute later, Lin Hui slowly opened his eyes, raised his hand, and felt his internal energy.

The aura of purgatory is gone.

The aura of extreme cold has disappeared.
He looked at the red line on his wrist; that area was completely smooth, with nothing left.

'This is too domineering.' The only feeling he got after the Wind Disaster Affinity was activated was that it was domineering.

No other power besides mine is allowed to exist.

This is the characteristic conveyed by the typhoon.

Unlike purgatory and extreme cold, which both subtly suggest the presence of other life forces.

It is more like a pure destructive force. Because of destruction, products of order such as will do not exist, nor can they exist within it.

'Since this power is the ultimate in destruction, how could I possibly contain it within my body on my own?'

For the first time, Lin Hui felt a deep curiosity about the nature of the Blood Seal.

The feeling he got from the wind disaster was pure destruction, so the blood seal that could restrain it within his body must also be of a higher power than the wind disaster, otherwise it would be impossible to forcibly restrain it within his body.

'Theoretically, will is a combination of ordered bioelectrical clusters. It's a collection of collective will. Pure destruction cannot generate will.' Not necessarily. This is just my speculation based on my understanding from a past life. What if will does exist in other forms? Or, is the generation of will truly only possible through bioelectricity?'

With these complex questions flashing through his mind, Lin Hui composed himself and continued walking deeper into the fog.

They had only taken a few steps when suddenly a massive, almost tangible aura surged up from above.

The aura was like a tangible wind, forcefully dispelling the thick fog overhead and revealing a large cavity.

"This is it! The place where Young Master Wu lost contact just now is around here!"

An aged voice came from the sky above.

"The relics still showed signs of life just now, but now they're gone?" another young woman asked in confusion.

"The belongings are damaged?" the old man asked in surprise.

"Impossible. I've only ever heard of relics disintegrating after being used to a certain extent; I've never heard of one breaking down during use," the woman explained.

"Anyway, it's around here, right? If you can't find it, just take care of all the living people around here, won't that solve the problem?" the old man said impatiently.

Lin Hui's heart skipped a beat, guessing that they might have come for the extremely arrogant man from earlier.

'That person has original blood? Such a big fuss?'

The original bloodline is the core class of a city. They are second only to the city lord of the Mist People and are the absolute ruling class. Since their numbers are small, each of them has various kinds of protection and insurance.

The person died so quickly that Lin Hui didn't even consider that possibility.

After all, being so weak, in his eyes it was no different from a wild animal by the roadside; it couldn't possibly be a bloodline of the original.
People from the pampered class like the original bloodline would probably be embarrassed to go out without carrying a dozen or so insurance relics with them.

But now that these two people have suddenly appeared and are having a conversation, he is starting to doubt his earlier guess.

“The murderer has definitely gone far away. To dare to go to such lengths to kill a former noble, and to destroy all the protective relics in one fell swoop, without even having time to activate the talisman for help, shows how deep their intentions are. After dragging it out for so long, they certainly can't still be around,” the old man quickly deduced.

'Guaranteed relics? There really are? How come I didn't know?' A question flashed through Lin Hui's mind. 'Wait, judging from this, the person they're talking about shouldn't be the one I killed. Mine didn't put up any resistance at all; someone so weak definitely wasn't one of the original blood nobles they were talking about.'

With this deduction, Lin Hui immediately felt at ease.

He stopped and waited for the two men to arrive.

The other party was communicating telepathically in the foggy area and even deliberately cleared the fog above his head, clearly indicating that they were coming for him.

Instead of pretending not to know, it's better to stop and communicate with them. You might be able to get some information about the surrounding ruins from them.

Soon, the mist above rolled and suddenly two figures in white robes appeared.

Two figures in white robes, one an elderly man with white hair, the other a young girl with blue hair. Both carried sharp black short guns on their backs, suggesting they were from the same sect.

The white robes worn by the two men had silver edges. Lin Hui had seen many people wearing this kind of attire in the Moon Tower. In fact, the vast majority of people in the Moon Tower wore white robes with silver edges.

In this respect, the inner city seems to have strict regulations. Young men from prominent families, like Wang Yueheng, often prefer to wear white robes with silver trim.

"Is there something you need?" Lin Hui greeted them with a friendly smile.

"Sir, are you alone in this foggy area?" The old man's first impression of Lin Hui was that he was clean-cut.

Yes, everyone who walks through this foggy area looks irritable and exhausted, and some even have bloodstains left from slaying monsters on their bodies.

Even without bloodstains, one's clothes wouldn't be this clean and tidy after a fight.

But Lin Hui, standing before him, looked like a newcomer who had just entered the fog zone from the fogless zone—not a single wrinkle on his body, and not even a trace of fatigue or impatience on his face. It seemed that the effects of the fog had no effect on him at all.

Based on these judgments, the old man spoke in a rather cautious tone.

(End of this chapter)