Chapter 1273: Evil Karma Descends
"Old Lü!!"
Aunt Tong shouted in reprimand: "How many times have I told you, stop messing around! I have the protection of the 'Mother Goddess.' Even if I really die, it just means she wants to see me. I'm not afraid of death!"
"The hell with that!" Old Lü turned back, his filthy mask facing Aunt Tong, then tightly gripped her hand. "Xiaochan, I've never believed in any damn 'Mother Goddess.' I only believe in myself. I don't know if the 'Mother Goddess' is really protecting you, but I sure as hell will protect you!"
"You..."
Old Lü ignored her and shoved Aunt Tong through the door. "Go back quickly! Xiaochan, there are enough people here! You are 'Karma'—you're more useful alive than me!"
Although Old Lü shoved her through the door with great force, she still noticed that his entire body was trembling.
"Old Lü... you're afraid..." Aunt Tong's voice also trembled as she spoke. "You're putting up a brave front... How can your 'Hardening' stand up to those..."
"Stop the nonsense! Get out of here!" Old Lü's voice broke in panic.
Aunt Tong knew that her own 'Echo' was useless in close combat, but she absolutely couldn't leave Old Lü behind here.
What else could she do to help him from the side?
Suddenly, a thought struck her. If Jiang Ruoxue could forcibly turn the tide using her own 'Cause and Effect,' maybe she could too.
She grabbed Old Lü's arm tightly, her expression serious as she asked, "Old Lü! Tell me... have you done evil deeds?!"
"What the hell timing is this..." Old Lü gritted his teeth. "You asking me this now, I..."
"Old Lü!! Tell me, have you done evil deeds?!" Aunt Tong asked again shrilly.
"I..."
Old Lü gritted his teeth, but in the end, he didn't answer.
"Speak up!" Aunt Tong yelled. "Tell me you haven't! As long as you admit you haven't, 'Karma' will protect you!!"
Amid all the noise, Old Lü stared quietly into Aunt Tong's eyes. The eyes that looked through the holes in his mask projected a sorrow that Aunt Tong couldn't fathom.
After a few seconds, he spoke:
"Xiaochan, I'm sorry. I've done heinous things."
"You!!" Aunt Tong's expression clearly turned angry. "Old Lü, have you lost your mind... If even you yourself think they were evil deeds, 'Evil Karma' will find you!"
Her fingertips dug tightly into Old Lü's wrist, the knuckles whitening from the force. Yet she still felt utterly helpless.
"I can't lie to my conscience and claim I'm a good person... The mistakes I've made have always haunted me." Old Lü shook his head. "So I'm truly sorry."
Aunt Tong's face was a picture of despair. She had never imagined that the first time she tried to use 'Karma' to save someone important, she would be personally sending him to hell.
'Karma' had already been applied to Old Lü, but this time, it was the long-accumulated 'Evil Karma.' 'Retribution' was about to descend.
Because he believed he had done evil deeds, he had acknowledged the 'Evil Karma' he committed. Add the influence of 'Karma'...
"Old Lü... you... you..." Aunt Tong trembled all over, but she didn't know how to change the situation. Could she forcibly reverse the good and evil of others?
"I'm damn well content..." Old Lü pushed Aunt Tong through the door, then placed both hands on the doorframe. "Don't worry, Xiaochan. Even though I can't kill that 'Zodiac,' as long as I'm here, this door won't close and won't break..."
"Is it just the door I'm worried about...?" Aunt Tong asked through gritted teeth. "This is the 'Train.' Your identity is still 'Zodiac'... If you die here... then..."
"Xiaochan!!" Although Old Lü was wearing a mask, Aunt Tong could see he was smiling. "You know, when you reach our age... the only wish in life is to die before the other person, right? This time, I'm being selfish... I don't want to see you die."
"Old Lü..."
"Be good! Go now!"
Old Lü smiled at Aunt Tong and pushed her toward the stairs.
Aunt Tong clearly saw those two 'Earth-levels' stand up and start attacking the nearby 'Human-levels.' She knew that staying here would only be adding to the chaos. She squeezed Old Lü's stiff hand one last time, then turned and ran toward the 'Cargo Hold.'
If she delayed any longer, not only would Old Lü die, but everyone present would die too.
She needed to tell Yan Zhichun about the situation outside immediately. There was very little time left for them.
When Aunt Tong stumbled into the 'Cargo Hold,' the scene had already changed drastically.
Even though no stones were falling, countless 'ants' seemed to have grown eyes, surging toward an empty patch of ground.
Someone was clearly standing on that empty ground. She stomped the floor to dodge quickly, and the 'ants' immediately shifted toward a new position.
Aunt Tong felt this was what Yan Zhichun had called 'auto-tracking attacks.' Although she didn't understand how it was achieved, she quickly ran toward where Yan Zhichun was.
"Aunt Tong!" Yan Zhichun no longer needed to direct the battle. She looked at her with some concern. "What's the situation outside?"
"It's a long story..."
Aunt Tong briefed her in a few words. Luo Shiyi had lured away one 'Earth-level' and several 'Human-levels.' Old Lü, having become a pig-man, was now engaged in a chaotic fight with another group of 'Human-levels' outside the door. The 'Extreme Path' member who had gone out with them had also stayed behind to buy time. It was now only a matter of time until Tianniu was defeated.
"It's just a matter of time," Yan Zhichun said. "She can't escape anymore. Right now, she's practically fighting several hundred 'Earth-levels' alone. Her 'Concealment' and 'Levitation' have lost their effectiveness. 'Amplification' can't assist in combat, so she has no chance of winning."
Aunt Tong followed the sound. Sure enough, those 'ants' were swarming like a tide toward the invisible Tianniu. Tianniu seemed to have sustained many injuries and was increasingly unable to dodge. Countless droplets of blood sprayed through the air; it seemed that her 'Concealment' could no longer even hide her own blood.
Perhaps Tianniu still couldn't understand why—she had clearly issued orders in Qinglong's tone, so why was she still isolated and without support?
"If she doesn't cancel 'Concealment,' all those 'ants' will just keep dealing her minor injuries, eventually torturing her to death," Yan Zhichun said flatly. "Her best option right now is to reveal herself and let 'Tannang' give her a quick end."
"How is this even possible?" Aunt Tong stared in the direction of Tianniu.
"Ruoxue and that old man simultaneously applied their 'Echoes' to a single eyeball," Yan Zhichun said. "That eyeball now possesses both 'Cause and Effect' and 'Tracking.' It's silently hovering above Tianniu's head, neither touching her nor being detected by her. Finding this bizarre logical relationship took Ruoxue quite some effort."