Tiger? Appearing within the Great Rift?
This was clearly an impossible occurrence, yet it happened just like that. After a brief panic, Fast broke free from the tumultuous emotions, realizing this was merely a deceitful illusion.
An illusion born out of fear.
Immediately, a bone-chilling intent to kill descended upon Fast's mind, blood seeping from between his teeth. The strange sensation of inertia suppressed Fast, but fortunately, it only lasted for a few seconds.
A few seconds later, Fast forcibly escaped from it. He tried to continue pulling the trigger, but after a gunshot, the bullet was slashed down by a Bone-breaking Knife.
The Tiger walked to stand beside Lebius, its gaze sharp as a torch.
Lebius spoke softly, "I thought you would be faster."
"I've been trying to be fast," Geoffrey showed Lebius his attire, "I didn't even have time to change out of my pajamas."
Hearing Geoffrey's words, it was only then that Lebius noticed the absurdity of Geoffrey's clothing.
He wore white pajamas, his feet in cotton slippers, a gun holster hanging at his waist, a Bone-breaking Knife in hand, and a familiar tiger mask on his face.
The pieces together created a sense of absurdity in their incongruity.
"Rather than asking about what's next, let's solve the current situation first."
After making a joke, Geoffrey's voice turned serious, his gaze like a scorching sun, no one dared to meet his eyes.
His gaze turned to Fast, who was not prepared to meet it; even if he were foolish, he now realized who he was up against.
Geoffrey of the Tiger Eye.
"Retreat!"
Fast shouted to the other Condensers, as long as they were cautious enough, they still had a chance to survive under Lebius's hand, but it was different when facing Geoffrey.
Facing those blazing tiger eyes, everyone was like fish on a chopping board.
Unfortunately, Fast's warning came too late. As he retreated, Geoffrey also raised the gun in his hand.
In the instant their eyes met, Geoffrey broke through the Rectangular Soul Critical of the Condensers, gaining complete control over their bodies.
They stood like towering statues, terror-stricken expressions emerging on their faces, hoarse cries squeezing from their throats, desperately trying to utter their final words.
They could say nothing.
Geoffrey executed several light point shots, explosively decapitating these defenseless foes one by one.
In the end, the Condensers at the First Stage were merely ordinary people wielding Extraordinary Power. Apart from the likes of Bologue as the Undead, the majority of Condensers remained equally vulnerable in the face of firearms.
Heads exploded into fragments scattering like rain, the headless bodies stood rigid for a few seconds before collapsing.
Fast didn't dare look back. He could only quicken his pace, distancing himself from these two fiends, regrouping with Hood and others.
"What's the situation?"
After eliminating potential threats around them, Geoffrey inquired.
"It's terrible. The Immortal Heart has already lost control, a large number of monsters are spreading to the surroundings."
Lebius spoke heavily. Even with Geoffrey's addition, they only held a slight advantage on the front line; those fleeing ghouls still needed to be dealt with.
"Those monsters? That's nothing to worry about," Geoffrey murmured.
"Nothing to worry about what?"
Lebius's tone seemed calm, but his heart had long been tense, with consecutive time reversals straining his nerves.
"I said reinforcements have arrived."
Geoffrey patted Lebius on the shoulder, his voice carrying a hint of ease, "Timeline disturbance, right? The Decision Room mentioned this on my way here."
For Geoffrey, this was just a mission to execute after getting up, but for Lebius, it was a cycle of life and death repeatedly, which was always exhausting.
"Look at the time, Lebius, you did very well, you held on until we arrived."
Lebius was slightly distracted, and upon hearing this, his gaze involuntarily fell on his watch, seeing the hand reach the expected position.
In the hidden station of Qiushang Town, the subway silently stopped by the platform, all doors uniformly opened, yet the passengers behind them had long departed and vanished.
The residents curiously observed those who were setting up barricades on the street, though they claimed to be sheriffs, each carried a face unfamiliar to the town of Qiushang.
Weapons hung from their bodies, a murderous aura lingered among them, forming a human wall that blocked every intersection.
Some residents opened their windows and saw, in the distant Great Rift, flashes of crimson thunder.
The people were accustomed to this, but for some reason, many residents felt inexplicable unease today, as the winter chill became fiercer.
"Faster, we cannot let any get away."
Within the mist, a man's urging voice echoed.
No matter what Qiushang Town's residents thought, they could not imagine the town was only a hair's breadth away from disaster.
The subway of the Deep Nest Courtyard was running overloaded, during the time Lebius sought, deploying a large force over, many were not Condensers but controlling weapons was enough, those derivatives of flesh were not much of a threat apart from being hard to kill.
At the position connecting Qiushang Town with the Great Rift, grey-white figures flickered among them, in groups, as the officer in the lead swung the military saber, all proliferating flesh near were crushed to powder.
Blood gushed down, soaking the solid soil, stepping on it felt as if treading on moist soft minced meat.
The soil possessed strong activity, followed by another figure stepping forward, the flamethrower unleashed a long fire tongue, sweeping away obstacles along the path.
"Violence Suppression Action Group has arrived at the Great Rift."
Yas's voice sounded within the Heart Core Net, disrupted by unknown forces, distortion tinged it, yet regardless, hearing his voice now, one couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Lebius felt somewhat dazed, then understood what it was all about.
In previous times of time reversal, reset nodes were too early, not waiting for the Order Bureau to act, everything would return to square one.
But now it's different, Bologue persuaded Aimou to return to the team, Lebius himself stalled the King's Shield Guard, allowing the Order Bureau's forces to descend.
The spread of the Ghouls was under control, so only one thing remained to be done now.
"Contain the Immortal Heart, kill all those King's Shield Guards."
Coldly, Lebius ordered.
In the next moment, the scarlet wolf spider burst through the obstructing corridor, appearing before Lebius, its target was not Lebius, only Lebius was standing in its way.
Within the Abandoned Land, the Desperate Outpost was filled with wailing, instrument readings were soaring, since they settled here, it was the first time encountering such a situation.
The activity of Calamity was continuously rising, as if about to come alive truly, these matters were unknown to Lebius and others battling, now even handling the current situation felt thorny, let alone the affairs within the Abandoned Land.
Geoffrey's breath involuntarily caught, anyone facing such a colossal creature would feel some tension.
Canyin lights flickered in the eye, Ether gathered, erupted, transforming into countless invisible chains.
The descending spider feet were forcibly stilled by Geoffrey, yet evidently, Geoffrey could not sustain for long, bloodshot eyes.
The brief stagnation was not long, but for Lebius it was enough, a dark phantasm swept by, under the interweaving of several blades, forcibly severed another spider foot.
The wolf spider lost more than half its limbs, its massive body inclined to one side, collapsed heavily against the cliff, triggering successive earthquakes.
Lebius breathed a sigh of relief, after expending such great effort, finally managed to halt the wolf spider's steps.
In the distance, several ether reactions rose, seeing Bologue still racing along the cliff, destroying structures along the way, causing boulders to fall repeatedly, crushing the wolf spider.
Bologue looked quite delighted; he always had a strong destructive urge, now fully released.
Yet before Bologue could rejoice, he sensed an enveloping murderous intent, saw a silver-white figure being knocked out from the meat nest, the Silver Knight slammed into the side of the cliff.
From the bleeding Deep Nest, a broken body crawled out, wearing a damaged mask, his gaze frantically fixed on Bologue.
Or rather... Aimou.
"Found you!"
The Delusional uttered a joyous voice, the fallen wolf spider struggled again, but this time instead of moving toward the Abandoned Land, it swung its tendril at Bologue.
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