Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1279 - 233: Part 3

Lin Shuyou placed a Double Mace horizontally in front of Run Sheng and Tan Wenbin, saying, "Take a break, I'll handle this next."

It wasn't that Lin Shuyou was intentionally trying to show off, but his vertical pupils saw that while Run Sheng and Tan Wenbin still possessed combat power, their current state was very bad.

The darkness within the hall was a polluted, malevolent Merit, and as it continuously infused them, the self natures of Run Sheng and Tan Wenbin began to transform.

This transformation couldn't normally dissipate, and it might even be irreversible.

Even though Lin Shuyou had great faith in Brother Xiao Yuan's capabilities, the child's will told him that this change could never fully recover.

Thus, if Run Sheng and Tan Wenbin continued to fight and absorb, the former was likely to forever become a Deadman, while the latter would turn into a zombie.

This was not merely a change in the nature of life; changes in consciousness and thinking were also unavoidable.

Run Sheng's eyes no longer showed any spark, and Brother Bin's kids' heads on his shoulder were already numb, relying solely on instinct to act.

The monkey attacked again.

Run Sheng knocked away the mace in front of him, charging forward with arms and legs, now uneven in length, causing a bit of imbalance, but Run Sheng quickly adjusted and found balance in this distorted state of movement.

Tan Wenbin leaned back, his feet sliding on the ground, bypassing the mace from below, with fingers covered in dense Power despite missing nails.

Seeing he couldn't stop his two partners, Lin Shuyou dared not delay any longer, stepping out and pushing the effectiveness of Three-step Praise to the extreme, confronting the monkey ahead of his partners.

The rod and mace clashed rapidly and powerfully, no longer mere afterimages, appearing in slow motion to the naked eye, yet the dense, dull clanging indicated the speed of the confrontation was incredibly fast.

Soon, Lin Shuyou realized his arms were showing signs of fatigue; there were indeed differences in strength among the True Monarchs, and as a newly inducted True Monarch, his body was not yet fully adjusted, making him no match for veteran True Monarchs.

However, this prolonged frontal weapon duel had never occurred in prior engagements.

Monkey: "Do you really think you deserve this?"

The monkey had already decided that with the next strike, he could knock the Double Mace out of his opponent's hands.

But damn it, that beast had circled behind him again, preparing to latch onto his back.

No, he couldn't continue in their rhythm; even if he had to pay the price, he had to win!

The monkey raised his leg, kicking toward Lin Shuyou in front.

Lin Shuyou used the mace to counter, hitting hard against the monkey's knee.

A slight cracking sound came, but the monkey leveraged this force to retreat quickly, slamming into Run Sheng, while his reddened rod thrust backward, directly against Run Sheng's chest.

The monkey and Run Sheng quickly retreated until they were pressed against a pillar.

Run Sheng gripped the rod tightly with both hands, but with the monkey applying more force, only a "puff" sound was heard—the rod broke through Run Sheng's hands, pierced his chest, and buried itself into the pillar.

The monkey grabbed the end of the rod, intending to bend it and use the resulting shock to completely tear Run Sheng's body apart.

"I don't believe it; if I shatter him, you can save him again!"

Two shrill cries from infants emerged from above, Tan Wenbin appeared at the top of the pillar, then quickly slid down, landing on the monkey's shoulder.

The next moment, Tan Wenbin wrapped his hands around the monkey's head, and the flames on the monkey surged through his body once again.

In theory, close combat wasn't Tan Wenbin's forte, but the problem was the monkey deliberately allowed the flames to continue burning on himself to prevent his Power from being invaded—without close contact, the Power couldn't be applied.

The flames on the monkey's body rapidly climbed upward, Tan Wenbin let out two cries of agony, but his hands still clawed desperately at the monkey's eyes.

The monkey closed his eyes, planning to crush one and then deal with the next; he was willing to bear the cost of injury.

The rod had been pulled to a certain degree, and the monkey let go, but Lin Shuyou's figure appeared in the direction where the rod bounced, blocking the rebound with his chest while raising the Double Mace to smash the monkey's head.

"Bang!"

The monkey's physique was truly astonishing; even with such a heavy blow to its head, it didn't burst, merely swelling as its eyeballs bulged and eyes opened wide.

Lin Shuyou spit out a mouthful of blood tinged with gold, his body flew back; if he hadn't sacrificed himself to block the rod's rebound, Run Sheng's body pierced by the rod would have been shredded. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Above, Tan Wenbin seized this opportunity, thrusting his fingers into the monkey's eyes, Power rushing into the fingertips.

Tan Wenbin screamed and howled, yet at the same time, they felt exhilarated!

In their previously promising lives, the two children had even learned English in advance, having forgotten the misery of their birth.

Now, the sealed memories and feelings were rediscovered; only in front of Tan Wenbin were they truly children, but in fact, they were the most venomous aggregate in the world, born to curse.

"Ah!"

The monkey let out a roar; more painful than the fingers in its eyes was the surge of Power causing his mind to replay memories of him and Sun Baishen together.