The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 721 - 719 Ineffective Killing

William and Yi Chen employed completely different methods when it came to not thinking about "urban legends,"

William directly used Madness Brain to erase all stories related to the Human Body Collector, even forcefully forgetting the incident of ’having his right eye taken’ and fabricated a false story to replace it, considering the woman gradually emerging from the water as an ’Evil God.’

Yi Chen’s method was not so complicated; he simply made himself purer, focusing solely on slaughter without caring what his targets were or their origins—as long as it was Evil, he would eradicate it thoroughly.

When the woman in the lake center emerged, her gaze still fell on William, or more precisely, on the ’right eye’ that had not yet been collected.

At the same time, the woman also took out a tool for forced collection,

which was her favorite tool in the urban legend stories and also the object intertwined with the origin story of the Human Body Collector, involving her childhood growth—the spoon.

In the stories, Daria Miko’s childhood life was within a completely deformed nuclear family; she was the oldest child, but her parents favored her extremely mischievous younger brother, speaking on behalf of the brother no matter how outrageous his actions were.

To vent her discomfort, Daria would take a metal spoon used for eating and dissect small animals, extracting their organs to create specimens based on the knowledge she learned in biology class.

As her parents’ favoritism grew stronger, and as she was seen as a freak day by day, ostracized both at school and at home,

her mindset changed, and in her eyes, her brother also turned into a mischievous monkey,

Seeing her brother as no longer human, she felt no burden and resolutely used the spoon to hollow out her brother completely, turning him into different display pieces and placing them at the front door for her parents to see when they came back from overtime work.

...

Now,

as she took out the "spoon," the old man on the shore, as if haunted by a psychological shadow, decisively retreated using his cane.

"Be careful! The object in her hands is a ’story object,’ and its effects have transcended normal rules,"

No sooner had the words been spoken,

than the spoon had already been aimed at William’s remaining eyeball., When she made the motion to [scoop], space and time froze, turning the world into black and white.

It seemed as if the act of gouging out the eye was a foregone conclusion; there was nothing William wanted to do that would change it.

But...

In Daria’s black and white vision, the young man who should have been standing beside William, his body entwined with strange parasites and of a similar appearance, was gone, and she had no clue how he had disappeared.

’Killing Intent Convergence’

Yi Chen had always been releasing killing intent, emphasizing his presence.

Just now, when the woman in the lake focused on William for an instant, he used Nash’s trait of killing intent to completely converge all his killing intent.

It was as if he had vanished in an instant.

As soon as Daria’s spoon was about to scooped out the eye, an axe wrapped in killing intent, held by countless deceased, had already chopped down.

Whoosh!

A great wave of black water splashed across the lake, as a surge of death aura spread over its surface.

The next second,

a black figure burst through the water curtain, landing on the shore.

Drip, drip—black liquid dripped down.

"Yi Chen! Your hand!"

William, sitting cross-legged on the shore, widened his eyes because Yi Chen’s right arm—his most proficient one for wielding the Hand Axe—was completely gone,

Clearly, the wound bore marks of being gouged by a spoon,

soon the wound stopped bleeding and was filled with new white flesh.

This was not regeneration but ’Rule Erasure,’ signifying that Yi Chen was born with a deformity as a one-armed person, never having grown a right arm.

"It’s nothing... To kill such a being, it’s impossible without some sacrifice.

The recent beheading gave me a bit of a feeling if I try a few more times, I might find a way to behead the story.

Then, as long as the opponent can be restrained, and doesn’t move around, I might be able to perform ’Concept Beheading’ if I can concentrate death into one point,

but there’s only one chance, and if I fail, she will become very wary of me.

I’ll try again; William, you join in when you see fit. That old bastard seems to only be able to provide us with support."

Just then, waves of purple mist swept in,

entering Yi Chen’s nostrils and completely dyeing his lungs purple; his breathing quality greatly improved, and he even felt his body lighten considerably.

"Thank you, elder... senior!"

After expressing his gratitude, Yi Chen pushed off the ground with his legs and once again lunged towards the lake center.

Clamping the axe between his right foot and swinging a dagger with his left arm, he performed Perfect Slaughter in harmony with the ’Rhythm’—graceful and powerful, clean, and forceful.

Numerous slashes of the knife flashed through the lake, equal to the falling of dozens of guillotines.

The spoon-wielding woman was directly chopped into a mush, with every piece invaded by death and transformed into black liquid.

But... the story itself was not eliminated, the concept still existed, and what Yi Chen beheaded was merely the physical entity projected by the story.

Cluck~cluck~cluck! A spine-chilling sound of throat bubbles erupted from the depths of the lake.

"So... just like my parents, and those people in special uniforms, you want to kill me, to completely deny the human body exhibits I’ve made!"

You’re not worth collecting; might as well kill you off as trash and wrap you up.

Cluck~cluck~cluck!"

Instantly,

A succession of heads began to surface on the lake,

Urban legend stories directly projected multiple ’Collectors’ in physical form to converge upon Yi Chen the murderer, each woman wielding a spoon and already poised to gouge flesh.

Even with Yi Chen’s speed and skill, it was impossible to kill them all in one go.

Just then, a shout came from the shore,

William, through a special breathing skill he had just mimicked and mastered, raised his arm and bellowed, his voice echoing throughout the city,

"OK, brothers, all eyes on me! Look at me, look at me!"

The loud voice served not only to attract attention but also to activate the ’Fear Seed’ implanted in Daria’s body beforehand.

The effects of ’Social Phobia’ were triggered and intensified by these words, forcing the attention of the women between the lakes to shift back to William.

Seeing that all eyes had turned,

William also gathered his breath deep into his dantian, belting out the second half of his statement with all his might,

"I declare something! I am an idiot!"

As soon the final words were shouted,

The previously buried Fear Seed sprouted instantly,

Even the ethereal ’Urban Legends’ felt terribly uncomfortable, as if ants were crawling in their consciousness, striving to stay as far away from the shore’s social terrorizer as possible.

And at the moment the ’declaration of independence’ was complete, William deliberately puffed out his belly, exposing the Abyss indentation on it, giving Yi Chen a meaningful look.

The latter immediately understood,

With a step through the air, leaping like a carp crossing the dragon gate! He dashed into William’s belly and the Abyss, disappearing completely as he was transported to the deepest part of the space, surrounded by a swarm of Black Worms (Abyss modification).

’Parasitic Abyss (Teleportation)’

Those women, due to fear, keeping as far from William as they could and gathered on the other end of the lake, a buzz! An Abyss Hole quietly appeared behind them.

Yi Chen was teleported to a perfect blind spot behind them.

Since the group of women were clustered together, with their attention on William,

Yi Chen instantly accomplished a full harvest behind them, perfectly beheading over forty women.

The entire lake erupted in horrific screams, as if the slaughter had significantly injured the [Story Itself], and the Urban Legend of the Human Body Collector was being shaken.

More importantly, each act of murder was accruing experience for Yi Chen, with each beheading’s force and angle being meticulously adjusted, giving him a deeper understanding of the essence of this urban legend.

Bathed in blood, Yi Chen slowly raised his head, muttering, "It’s about time... If I can have a ’one-on-one,’ if my opponent could just stay still, I might actually be able to perform a ’Concept Beheading.’"

"Yi Chen, watch out!"

William’s warning had just reached him when a spoon had already gouged its way out.

Leap!

Yi Chen, despite his quick reflexes, leaped back to the opposite lakeside, trying to dive into William’s belly and the Abyss, but was still too slow.

Splat! A glob of blood and flesh fell.

Mangled and entwined with Parasites, laying before William, was a severed upper torso.

Yi Chen’s entire lower body had been ’collected,’ even some organs gouged out, a jet of black, thick blood spurting.

Yet, he remained exhilarated, twisting his remaining left arm, "The sensation of being hollowed out below the waist gave me an idea, this is it... William, it’s up to you now! If you can catch that thing’s humanoid essence, I can slay the concept."

"How is it up to me? Fear has already been used... Yi Chen, look at the state you’re in now, what you’ve become!"

Cold sweat slid down his brow,

This time, the story’s heroine ’Daria’ was no longer projected by the lake,

Instead, one after another, they emerged from the park’s woods, in greater numbers than before, even over a hundred, each one wielding a spoon.

William couldn’t manage the prime opportunity any longer, his hands clutching the Abyss Hole in his belly, prepared to unveil his final resort.

But just then,

William’s only remaining eye caught a silver glint in the center of the death-tinged lake, an elusive reflection of the moon rising.

"Moon in Water?"

When William looked up, though it was high noon,

A moon, from nowhere, had risen in the misty sky above the city, forcibly turning it to night, and casting moonlight into every corner of the park.

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