Apocalypse: Become stronger by absorbing flames at the start; my name is the Flame Emperor.

outside world.

On the battlefield in Kawazu City.

With the arrival of the powerful figures from Great Xia, the zombie army also became chaotic, giving the besieged Sakura expert a chance to catch his breath.

At this moment, the major guilds only have a little over a hundred people left, struggling to stay afloat.

"Are those people here to rescue us?"

When they noticed that the zombies' advance had slowed down considerably, they looked up and saw a group of powerful figures, seemingly descended from the heavens, wreaking havoc among the zombie horde.

Perhaps due to exhaustion from a night of killing, their vision was already blurred, and they hadn't been able to make out the faces of those people clearly.

"They must be angels sent by God!"

At that moment, they wept with joy, feeling as if they had survived a catastrophe.

Unfortunately, their joy was short-lived; as their vision cleared, their expressions changed once again.

"No, those are people from Great Xia!"

"How could they possibly help us? Is it because we're all human and they can't bear to see us suffer?" someone asked hesitantly, panting heavily.

"Who cares who they are, as long as they can save us?"

As the pressure around them decreased, some people were so tired that they couldn't hold back any longer and sat down on the spot, ready to have a good rest.

Sudden.

A crimson blade of light slashed down from afar, rapidly magnifying in everyone's eyes, reaching a length of hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye. The terrifying power emanating from it instantly annihilated all the zombies in its path.

"Baka! That's the Flame Emperor's Flame Blade!"

"Damn it—"

The powerful cherry blossom expert who had just sat down on the ground was instantly engulfed by the raging crimson flames before he could even get up.

Then the place exploded, and raging flames swept through the entire space.

In less than a second, the remaining hundred-plus people in Kawazu City vanished without a trace, leaving nothing behind.

far away.

After casually unleashing a slash, Lin Yu didn't bother to look again and turned to charge back into the horde of corpses.

Just now.

A loud "thud" resounded throughout the heavens and earth, like a heavy hammer striking everyone's hearts, causing many third-tier powerhouses to turn pale.

Even Lin Yu's body stiffened for a moment.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the earth shook, and darkness quickly descended.

Not only the sky above Kawazu City, but the entire world seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds. Then, streaks of blood-red lightning appeared in the sky, flashing continuously and tearing the void apart.

next moment.

A torrential downpour began.

This sudden and bizarre scene made the battlefield seem to freeze for a moment.

Whether they were powerful figures from the Great Xia Dynasty or zombies, they all seemed to have lost their target at this moment and stopped fighting.

At the same time, a sorrowful and heavy emotion, like leaden clouds, weighed heavily on everyone's hearts, making it difficult to breathe and even slowing their heartbeats.

This is not a personal emotional fluctuation, but a resonance originating from heaven and earth.

An inexplicable force halted the fighting on the entire battlefield, as if afraid to disturb this world shrouded in sorrow.

"This is……"

Lin Yu stretched out his right hand, looked at the raindrops dripping onto it, and his pupils contracted.

because--

It was blood-red.

It was almost exactly the same as the evolutionary rain that fell at the beginning of the apocalypse, the only difference being—

He had never felt such intense sorrow during that rainstorm.

"Is this the rain of evolution?"

Lin Yu muttered to himself.

He felt no power as the rain fell on him.

but--

What he didn't know was that with the appearance of this inexplicable phenomenon, survivors all over the world were overwhelmed by this sorrowful emotion, and involuntarily walked out of their high-rise buildings and houses, and went out into the open sky to deliberately get rained on.

It seems like they are in mourning!

As the blood rain fell, a terrifying light suddenly emanated from the bodies of some people all over the world.

Then, a powerful aura emanated from them.

"What's going on? My talent—"

"It actually advanced?"

Inside the Eternal Day Guild, Liu Yu stared blankly at his hands, muttering to himself.

In that instant, his talent inexplicably advanced from A-level to S-level.

This is clearly a good thing, so why?

He couldn't feel happy at all; instead, he felt heavy-hearted, and his sadness lingered for a long time.

Similar things are happening all over the world.

Countless people's talents advanced in an instant. F-level instantly became D-level, E-level instantly became C-level, C-level instantly became B-level... and so on. No one understood what happened.

Without exception, only those with wind-type talents can achieve a breakthrough.

The other awakened ones were indeed unaware; nothing had happened.

This sudden situation did not last long; in less than ten minutes, everything was back to normal.

The sky cleared again, the dark clouds dissipated, and the blood-red lightning and rain vanished without a trace, as if it had all been just a dream.

But the faint sadness in everyone's hearts continued.

It is telling everyone that everything that just happened is real, not a dream.

"call--"

Lin Yu slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and the sorrow in his heart seemed to lessen considerably.

With a flick of his wrist, he swiftly sliced ​​through more than a dozen blades. Before the dozen or so fourth-tier zombies around him could even react, their heads were severed, and their crystal cores became collectibles.

"roar!!"

A roar startled everyone and the zombies on the battlefield.

The battle has resumed.

An hour later, all the zombies were completely wiped out, not a single one was left.

None of the powerful figures from the Great Xia died, but dozens were injured, though all were minor and would recover soon.

After everything was over, everyone looked somewhat solemn.

The sudden anomaly had managed to affect everyone's emotions; it was terrifying. And the sadness in their hearts left them feeling uneasy.

"What just happened?" someone asked, frowning.

Unfortunately—

No one could answer his question, and everyone fell silent.

"Just now, my talent inexplicably advanced from S-level to SS-level. It's probably related to that inexplicable blood rain just now."

At this moment, Dragon King Feng Xinglie frowned and said.

For ordinary people, advancing their talent is undoubtedly a cause for great joy. But for the strong, a sudden breakthrough can be unsettling.

"Is that so?"

His words caused countless people to widen their eyes in astonishment.

"I didn't sense anything unusual," Blade frowned as well.

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, looked around, and said in a deep voice, "Has anyone felt anything unusual in their body, such as discomfort, breakthroughs in cultivation levels, or anything like that...?"

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