Chapter 99: The Flower of Sin

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Roar!”

This time, Lin Yao aimed his roar at the scarlet flower. The sound waves of the roar shook the plants and trees on the ground for a while. The crux of the Deafening Thunder Roar was the sound of thunder. Due to the combined effect of the profound meaning of Heavenly Thunder, the scarlet flower actually withered a little.

After this roar, Lin Yao saw most of the howling souls on the flower dissipating, and the size of the scarlet flower shrank by more than half.

‘Even without using the blade of a sword, the sound of a roar can also kill an enemy.’

With this thought in mind, Lin Yao continued to close in on the flower. He let out a roar with every step that he took.

Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar!

Nine steps and nine roars… The furious hollers resonated like repeated strikes of a thunderbolt.

Because of the ferocious roars, the scarlet flower had withered into a flower bone.

However, after letting out continuous Deafening Thunder Roars, Lin Yao started having a sore throat. He felt as if his throat was burning.

Despite this, Lin Yao did not dawdle. With nine steps, he reached the scarlet flower. He then bent his waist and unsheathed his sword.

Clang.

Along with a beam of splendorous bright light, a beautiful sword beam flashed across the scarlet flower as it was engulfed by the bright light.

[Clear Mirror Sword-Drawing Technique]

The sword light was dazzling, but Lin Yao had a grave look on his face.

‘I don’t feel like I’ve hit the entity.’

When he looked down, Lin Yao’s heart sank. He had discovered that the withered scarlet flower still looked the same. It was as if his earlier attack had been in vain.

Upon seeing this, Lin Yao finally realized that the scarlet flower not only relied on its beauty to charm the hearts of humans but also possessed the illusory ability.

‘You’re an illusion. I can’t strike your body, but you should be able to hear sounds. When you hear my Deafening Thunder Roar, it will also harm you.’

When one is staring at the abyss, the abyss is also staring back. Lin Yao’s throat was already burning from pain. Nevertheless, without the slightest bit of hesitation, he inhaled, lowered his head, and opened his mouth at the scarlet flower. With blood in his mouth, he let out a furious roar again.

“Roar…”

Boom!

This last roar seemed to break the flower’s limit. After this roar, the scarlet flower withered completely, and even the earth shook and cracked.

This roar was like an infrasonic weapon that destroyed the entity.

After roaring and looking at the completely-withered scarlet flower, Lin Yao fell to the ground and covered his throat with both hands, twitching continuously like a dead fish.

He was in extreme pain.

Although the Deafening Thunder Roar was an ordinary combat skill and not a profound meaning, it was also very demanding on the body. Lin Yao had executed nine steps and nine roars, as well as a final bloody roar. The prowess of this move was extraordinary, but he seemed to have crippled his throat. He was in excruciating pain, and he could not let out a single sound.

He had hurt his vocal cords earlier, so he couldn’t scream despite being in pain. He could only endure the pain, but this kind of suffering was indescribable.

If he had been the only one present, Lin Yao might have had to endure this on the ground for half an hour before he could get up.

Fortunately, he was not alone.

The repeated roars contained the profound meaning of Heavenly Thunder, which had not only caused an air vibration but also dispelled the confusion of the group of armed personnel and made them sober up.

After being jolted awake, the ordinary armed personnel was still somewhat confused, whereas Li Shan and policewoman Wen Chang stared at the wide-open vehicle door with drastic changes in their expressions.

“Oh no, Ah Yao!”

When the two rushed out of the vehicle, they soon discovered Lin Yao writhing on the ground and covering his throat in pain. After the two of them left the vehicle, the rest of the fighters also reacted very quickly by holding their weapons and staying alert.

However, the weapons in their hands did not make them feel at ease. The scarlet flower was too strange and mysterious and could affect their minds directly. This was not something that low-level martial artists could guard themselves against just by being alert. This was the so-called dimensionality reduction attack¹.

While the armed personnel was feeling uneasy, the policewoman had already run over to Lin Yao. She could still remember the scene before she had lost consciousness and knew that Lin Yao was lying where the scarlet flower had been blooming earlier.

“You saved me again.”

The policewoman said this because she knew very well that their lives would not have been spared this time if it had not been for Lin Yao.

After experiencing the incident with Mr. Wang and being affected by the scarlet flower, the policewoman had been affected emotionally. She felt that she was very weak, and this made her heart feel bitter.

Of course, despite feeling upset, she was trying her best to attend to Lin Yao’s wound. As she fed Lin Yao a pain-relieving solution, she shouted for the paramedic soldier to come forward.

While she was doing this, Lin Yao was also healing himself. He had not made the light-based vital energy seeds in his body explode to hurt the enemy but to allow the light energy to replenish his mind and body and heal his injuries.

Thanks to the effect of the light energy and the country’s special pain reliever, the pain in Lin Yao’s throat was reduced slightly and was at least bearable now.

“Are you alright?”

Lin Yao pointed to his throat and gestured to show that he could not speak. He then nodded his head weakly.

The command center had been paying close attention to Lin Yao and the others. As soon as the policewoman and the group had discovered that something was wrong, the liaison officer of the command center had quickly contacted everyone and asked for reinforcements.

The crisis had been resolved, and after discovering that even though his throat was wounded, Lin Yao’s life was not in danger, the policewoman left to attend to miscellaneous matters. Of course, Li Shan continued to guard Lin Yao by staying by his side.

However, like the policewoman, he felt powerless and upset. They had not been able to protect Lin Yao and had instead been saved by him umpteen times.

One could tell so because the usually sharp-tongued man kept silent.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Yao would have consoled him. However, he was in great pain currently and also had lingering fear in his heart.

‘Fortunately, I charged myself at the research institute today and increased the number of vital energy seeds. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to make a sound after a few roars. It was really dangerous this time.’

The ability of that flower was too uncanny. Even Lin Yao had been surprised to see that humans could be captured by its beauty at one glance and even be willing to die for it.

The scent that had followed and its ability to grow in the illusory gap were also very terrifying.

Even if one ignored the scent, the latter meant that the scarlet flower had a very strong surviving ability.

Growing in the gap between reality and illusion required a combination of illusory and spatial abilities. According to the rules of the world, time was honor and space was king. Without a spatial ability, it could not be destroyed at all.

The sonic attacks of others would not work either. After all, most sonic attacks relied on shocks and vibrations to kill the enemy. Lin Yao’s Deafening Thunder Roar contained the profound meaning of heaven and could affect the scarlet flower in the form of spiritual oppression.

‘I was really lucky to be able to survive this time.’

At that moment, Lin Yao felt that he might have been too impulsive and was contemplating whether he should continue the night patrols in the future.

This was not due to fear but due to the dangers at night, which were already beyond what he could handle. It would be brave of him to charge forward if it was within his means but reckless of him if he ignored all the consequences.

‘When I become stronger after a period of time, I’ll be able to patrol at night again.’

As Lin Yao was contemplating this, the policewoman had already dealt with miscellaneous matters. At the same time, no one dared to dawdle. They immediately took Lin Yao to the military hospital in the city for treatment.

However, when Lin Yao turned around and glanced at the place where the scarlet flower had withered, he narrowed his eyes.

Because he could not speak, Lin Yao grabbed Li Shan, who was guarding him, and pointed behind him.

“What’s wrong? That direction… The freak… Don’t tell me that the freak hasn’t died?”

As soon as this thought flashed across his mind, Li Shan made his vital energy cyclone explode. He had been terrified by the earlier scene of crushing defeat.

In response, Lin Yao shook his head helplessly. He then stepped forward slightly and pointed at a very small object.

It was nighttime in a deserted suburb of the city, so it was very difficult to find something so small. However, Li Shan was a warlord, albeit the most ordinary kind. Thus, he still had the basic warlord qualities and soon discovered what Lin Yao was pointing at.

“This is a seed. A seed left behind by that Flower of Sin.”