With a swing of his longsword, the mutant boar's blood clinging to it was flung away.
Chu Han raised his head. What appeared in his line of sight—surrounding him on all sides—were mutant beasts, one after another.
Though they felt fear because of his strength, they remained unwilling to abandon their yearning for evolution. Their intelligence hadn't even produced the thought of bypassing Chu Han under current circumstances. They simply wanted to continue attacking Cloud City after Chu Han died.
As though if Chu Han didn't die, they would continue staying here until death.
In a certain sense, this was also a kind of obsession.
"Kill!"
Prolonged slaughter had made Chu Han's mental state extremely strange. He could no longer maintain clarity. His entire being had fallen into endless carnage.
In his eyes, the world had long since become entirely crimson.
Unlike Skyler Quinn, Chen Bing, Nathaniel Gray, and others who possessed area-of-effect abilities that let them kill vast numbers of mutant beasts in an instant—and who, being state personnel who'd undergone corresponding training, naturally wouldn't be controlled by bloodlust—
Chu Han was different. He relied solely on the physique granted by his Tyrannosaurus ability and the Sword Card's swordsmanship to kill mutant beasts one after another amid the Beast Tide.
His hands were already drenched in blood.
If he'd received relevant training and possessed extremely strong acceptance of killing, it would be fine. But he hadn't.
Nor was he one of those rare individuals with exceptional talent who felt nothing from slaughter.
Moreover, his ability was Beast-Type Tyrannosaurus—itself representing powerful bestial nature. Becoming addicted to killing was almost inevitable.
"ROAR!!!"
Violent roars erupted from Chu Han's mouth. Having awakened his bestial nature and fallen into bloodlust, he even threw away the sword in his hand. Facing mutant beasts continuously charging at him, he directly grabbed them with both hands, then lifted them up and swung them continuously.
"BOOM!"
"BOOM!"
"BOOM!"
One thunderous crash after another. The surrounding mutant beasts fell into brief pause. Only after Chu Han flung away the mutant beast in his hands did they resume moving.
Then—
Without his sword, though Chu Han could fight for a while relying on Second Sequence talent and his Tyrannosaurus ability, he quickly fell into disadvantage.
One mutant beast after another broke through his defense, attacking his body. His body transmitted intense pain.
When the pain reached a certain degree, his originally murky eyes filled with killing intent suddenly became clear. Then he couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.
"Holy shit, that hurts!"
"What the hell is this situation?!"
The newly awakened and confused Chu Han dodged the mutant beasts' attacks while wondering why his body hurt.
But his ability couldn't grant him the agility to continuously evade within the Beast Tide. Soon, more wounds appeared on his body.
Even with his powerful defensive capabilities, continuing like this was a dead end.
Right now, the most critical thing was finding his sword!
But amid this Beast Tide—how could he know where his sword had gone?
Chu Han's face showed a dejected expression. Was he really going to die here today?
Clearly it hadn't been like this at the start.
How had he gotten crazier and crazier as he killed?
His entire consciousness had faded.
But looking at the mutant beast corpses covering the ground—he really had killed until he'd lost his mind.
"Wait—I can still sense the Sword Card's presence."
That longsword held nothing special. The only special aspect was that he'd used the Sword Card. At this moment, the Sword Card had already fused with the longsword. A connection existed between him and the Sword Card. Concentrating his mental power, he could sense the sword's location.
Besides that, there was another method.
With a thought, a sword light suddenly bloomed from the Beast Tide in his southeast direction. He extended his right hand. The longsword was directly grasped in his palm.
"BOOM!"
Accompanied by a massive crash, Chu Han gripped the sword hilt and swung. Violent sword qi resembling a crescent moon claimed a vast swath of mutant beasts' lives.
"Roar... roar... roar..."
Miserable wails emerged from those mutant beasts' mouths. And these were the final sounds of their lives.
"Hah—"
Chu Han looked at the mountain of corpses and sea of blood surrounding him. He couldn't estimate how many he'd killed.
Looking into the distance—the road was filled with large and small mutant beast corpses. The ground had been stained crimson with blood. The air was thick with the stench of blood.
This was no longer just killing—it was slaughter.
Though the targets were mutant beasts, somehow his mood felt inexplicably complex.
Not because of any guilt. No matter how much empathy he felt, it should be with humanity—not these mutant beasts.
Moreover, if he didn't kill them, they would turn around and kill humans.
During the previous Beast Tide—how many people had died remained an unknown number to this day. Not because authorities hadn't tallied it, but because many people were unwilling to look.
"Only today have I truly bid farewell to the past."
Before this, due to family circumstances, he'd been well-protected. His later life had also been fairly decent. He hadn't truly understood this era's cruelty.
He'd hunted mutant beasts before—but hadn't killed many.
Mainly to hone experience.
Slaughter like this present moment—he'd never experienced.
This was slaughter belonging to him. Slaughter belonging to the sword.
Such bloodshed was suffocating.
He slightly raised his eyes, looking at the mutant beast horde ahead.
Perhaps because of those wails just now. Or perhaps seeing him retrieve his sword. Or perhaps from fear—they didn't continue attacking.
They were probably hesitating whether to leave now.
But that was impossible.
They were willing to leave. The current Chu Han had no mood to pursue and kill. But they couldn't.
The mutant beasts at the front realized Chu Han's terror. Between fear and evolution, they hesitated. But the mutant beasts at the Beast Tide's rear didn't know Chu Han's strength.
At this moment, they were running forward, actively pushing those hesitant mutant beasts toward Chu Han.
Under the Beast Tide, they didn't even have the ability to choose.
They could only charge at Chu Han once more.
Watching this swarm of mutant beasts surging forward again, Chu Han slightly lowered his eyes. The hand gripping the sword hilt trembled faintly.
A strange aura emanated from his body.
"Clang!"
Within the void, sword cries seemed to resound through heaven and earth.
In an instant, all heaven and earth seemed to fall into pause. Everything around froze.
Crimson.
Endless crimson.
An unimaginable aura emanated from Chu Han's body. Terrifying oppressive force swept over everything.
They only felt their bodies incomparably cold. Even their brains fell into rigidity.
Behind Chu Han, they seemed to see a sword—a sword composed of killing intent, blood-red and crimson!
(End of Chapter)