In fact, Jia Lunxu had truly been pushed to the brink. His fighting had become completely disorganized, and even he knew that if this continued, he would not last fifteen minutes. That katana would eventually pierce straight through his heart.
So he shouted loudly, “Xiaoyu, are you crazy? Look carefully, it’s me! It’s me! Aren’t I the person you love most? Wake up!”
He kept feeling that Quan Xiaoyu was not in his right mind right now. Otherwise, he would never treat him like this.
Quan Xiaoyu really wasn’t entirely conscious of what he was doing. There was only one thought in his mind now, one goal, and he was desperately trying to accomplish it!
Chu Tian did not step in to help Quan Xiaoyu. This was Quan Xiaoyu’s inner demon, and he needed to overcome it himself.
It was the same for the Doctor. If he could not defeat Pei Qianxing this time, the shadow left behind by the battle might become an obstacle to his advancement.
Chu Tian had no intention of killing any more people unless the other side went too far.
The situation on the battlefield was actually quite clear. Their own side had the upper hand. Chu Tian only needed to keep an eye on the overall situation, and whenever danger appeared somewhere, he would unleash an attack.
A convoy speeding toward them in the distance was getting closer and closer, attracting Chu Tian’s attention.
He frowned and said to Lei Shi, who was fighting Ouyang Jing on equal terms, “That’s enough. Captain Lei, there’s no point in continuing to fight. Someone is coming. Don’t let someone else profit from the chaos.”
Of course, Chu Tian was saying this from a position where he had nothing to lose. His side had suffered no casualties in this battle.
Even so, his words hit exactly where Lei Shi wanted them to.
He had never wanted to fight in the first place, yet somehow a battle had broken out, and his side had suffered heavy losses almost immediately.
He had already realized that there was someone with a mysterious ability hidden within Xiao Ziran’s team, someone capable of killing people without them even realizing what had happened.
He was already frightened.
He was afraid that he might suddenly collapse dead for no apparent reason.
Moreover, he suspected that the person with the mysterious ability might very well be Chu Tian!
Now that Chu Tian had taken the initiative to suggest ending the battle while his side still had the advantage, Lei Shi naturally could not have been more willing.
Lei Shi immediately stopped attacking.
Seeing this, Ouyang Jing also ceased his attack and cautiously retreated to Chu Tian’s side.
“Everyone, stop! It was all a misunderstanding just now. Stop fighting! Don’t let there be any more casualties!”
When Lei Shi saw Ouyang Jing withdraw, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief before shouting at the ability users under his command.
This time, those ability users finally listened.
They had suffered heavy losses in this battle.
And this was completely different from fighting zombies.
When fighting zombies, it was usually only after the battle became difficult because the zombies had gained an advantage through sheer numbers that people would start getting scratched, attacked, or killed.
But this time, from the very beginning of the battle, people on their side had been continuously falling beneath the other side’s attacks.
It had happened so quickly and abruptly that some people had fallen before they even had time to react.
Most importantly, now that they thought about it, they did not even know what the two sides had been fighting over in the first place.
As one companion after another fell, they had long since lost any desire to fight.
The only reason they continued attacking was because they were afraid that if they stopped, they would become the next person to be killed in the following second.
Fear had long since overwhelmed their will to fight.
At this moment, Lei Shi’s words were like a pardon from heaven.
They gradually stopped attacking.
And sure enough, once they stopped, the people on the other side did not launch any counterattacks either.
The situation suddenly stabilized just like that.
After Xiao Ziran’s team stopped fighting, the ability users slowly retreated to Chu Tian’s side, while simultaneously forming a defensive formation around the ordinary people on their team.
Lei Shi also hurried back to his own group, panting heavily.
However, four people at the scene still had not stopped fighting.
Quan Xiaoyu’s attacks were becoming increasingly dense, coming down like a violent storm.
Jia Lunxu truly could no longer withstand them.
The speed at which his earth spikes formed was becoming slower and slower, and his attacks had completely turned into defense.
He no longer had time to speak.
He no longer had time to analyze Quan Xiaoyu’s state of mind.
How to stay alive under this barrage of attacks was the only thing he needed to think about now.
“Brother Chu, why haven’t your people stopped yet?”
Jia Lunxu’s situation was critical, and Lei Shi became anxious as well. He hurriedly shouted toward Chu Tian again.
Chu Tian was extremely irritated by that self-important tone of his that apparently would never change, even in death.
So he said coldly, “This is their personal grudge. Let them settle it themselves. We haven’t helped them at all, so what are you getting anxious about?”
“Captain Lei, you don’t need to worry about them anymore. Why don’t you think about who those people coming toward us are instead? What if they’re enemies?”
Chu Tian did not give Lei Shi any chance to speak, throwing one retort after another at him.
“But—”
Lei Shi was both anxious and furious, but he was also afraid.
He was afraid that Chu Tian really was the person capable of killing people without them even realizing it.
And he was also afraid that Jia Lunxu would actually die like this.
Jia Lunxu was the strongest fighter in their team aside from Lei Shi himself.
Chu Tian ignored him.
He continued watching the battle while keeping an eye on the rapidly approaching convoy.
As the vehicles gradually came into clearer view, Yuan Shaohua suddenly rushed out from among the ordinary people and ran straight toward the convoy.
“Base! They’re vehicles from the base! My dad sent people to pick me up! Save me! Save me!”
Shouting all the way, he sprinted toward the convoy.
At that moment, the huge sphere of foliage surrounding Xiao Ziran and Pei Qianxing suddenly exploded.
Green leaves filled the sky, bursting outward like green fireworks and covering everyone at the scene.
Left Li happened to have his mouth open to breathe at that exact moment and got a mouthful of green fragments.
He turned his head and spat them out before angrily swearing, “Fuck!”
After the sphere exploded, the two people inside seemed to fall from the sky, crashing onto the ground at almost the same time.
They were equally battered and disheveled.
Their clothes were torn and ragged, their bodies dotted with traces of blood, and both were kneeling on one knee in almost identical positions, panting heavily.
Judging from their appearance, neither of them had beaten the other!
“Captain Xiao! That’s enough!”
Since there were outsiders present, Chu Tian used the necessary respectful form of address.
“Someone’s coming. You need to stop. And you too, sir.”
Chu Tian was referring to Pei Qianxing. Since he did not know how he should address him, “that gentleman” was the only way he could refer to him.
“The adorable young master of your family has already run off by himself. Aren’t you going after him? Be careful he doesn’t get into trouble.”
Chu Tian continued speaking.
“Pei Qianxing.”
Pei Qianxing ignored the latter half of Chu Tian’s words and instead took issue with the way he had been addressed.
“Fine, fine, Mr. Pei. The two of you, stop fighting. You’re wasting time.”
As he spoke, Chu Tian walked over and helped the Doctor to his feet.
There was another meaning behind his action as well: to prevent the guy from deciding to keep fighting simply because he had not had enough yet.
Xiao Ziran immediately understood what Chu Tian meant.
He gave a cold snort and allowed Chu Tian to lead him back to their side.
Pei Qianxing did not stop them.
He simply stared at Xiao Ziran for a long while before saying from a distance, “The victor has yet to be decided today. We’ll fight again another day!”
Xiao Ziran gave a noncommittal “Mm-hm” and did not answer him directly.
In truth, today’s battle had already proven how much he had improved, so he was no longer hung up on it.
Whether they would fight again in the future would depend on fate.
The convoy had already approached and stopped some distance away.
A group of people got out of the vehicles and walked toward them.
Ever since Yuan Shaohua had run out, Chu Tian had basically guessed who these people were.
What he still did not know was why they had come here—whether it was a coincidence or whether they had come deliberately.
However, as the group drew closer, Chu Tian suddenly sensed a wave of mental power rushing toward Quan Xiaoyu.
Chu Tian immediately released his own mental power to intercept it while simultaneously launching an attack.
At the same time, he did not forget to order his own people, “Stop them!”
The members of the team had only suddenly seen Chu Tian’s expression change drastically before he issued the command.
Although they had no idea what was happening, every single one of them carried out the order without hesitation.
Among the approaching group, one person suddenly collapsed forward, clutching his head.
His companions quickly caught him and helped him back up.
Chu Tian’s gaze immediately locked onto that person.
Seeing the atmosphere suddenly become tense and hostile, the person who appeared to be the leader of the group hurried forward a few steps and quickly said, “Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! Our man only wanted to stop that young man from fighting. He had no malicious intentions.”
Chu Tian had already realized this when he intercepted the mental power.
That was why the attack he had released had not been lethal.
That person, like Chu Tian, possessed an offensive mental-type ability, and was at the mid-stage of Level Two.
Given Chu Tian’s current condition, he completely overwhelmed that person.
The leader said a few more conciliatory words to ease the tension.
Only then did Chu Tian turn his head toward Bai Mingxi and say, “Go call Xiaoyu back. Tell him to stop fighting.”
Bai Mingxi nodded and led Li Nan toward Quan Xiaoyu.
As they walked, he shouted, “Xiaoyu, Xiaotian says that’s enough. He wants you to stop fighting.”
But before Bai Mingxi could even get close, a spray of blood suddenly burst into the air.
Immediately afterward came Jia Lunxu’s agonized scream.
Everyone froze for a moment at the sound.
And as those droplets of blood fell to the ground, so did an arm.
The nerves in the severed arm had not yet completely died.
Its fingers were still flexing and curling on the ground, maintaining the posture of battle.
Only then did Quan Xiaoyu stop attacking.
As the droplets of blood landed on the ground, the madness in his expression gradually faded, returning little by little to his usual calm indifference.