Miss Luo Yan’s Feet Are Buried With Corpses v4c2

The God of Malice is Watching the Land: Chapter 2 Refugees

Above the Endless Wasteland.

On the eve of the full outbreak of the Calamity Tide, the Endless Wasteland was more dangerous than ever. Calamity phenomena similar to “Ghost Town” and tides of Calamity monsters were everywhere.

More than half of the settlements had been submerged in the Calamity Tide within this year, turning into one dangerous area after another on the Endless Wasteland.

The settlements that luckily escaped these disasters were mostly filled with panic and fear, constantly migrating and fleeing.

“Hold on a little longer… everyone, just hold on… for a while longer, we’re almost there, Dragon City is just ahead…”

A group of ragged refugees trekked arduously across the sand-blown wasteland. Most of them were gaunt and sallow, “skin and bones” being an understatement; they were almost like barely moving skeletons, marching forward blankly like puppets on strings.

Amidst the eyes filled with despair and numbness, a petite woman was cheering everyone on.

Her dry throat and hoarse voice couldn’t stop her from trying to awaken the refugees’ will. In this place, falling down meant eternal farewell.

The petite woman could be said to be the most unique existence among this group of firewood-like skeletons. Although equally haggard, she was noticeably plumper.

This wasn’t because she misappropriated the refugee group’s supplies, but because her strength was sufficient to sustain herself.

—Hua Qingling.

Hua Qiling’s older sister, who had spent some time with Luo Yan in Lannister, but later parted reluctantly because Luo Yan needed to go to Noah’s Sanctuary.

After parting with Luo Yan, Hua Qingling set off again, continuing her journey.

However… her luck was very bad. After venturing deep into the Endless Wasteland, the Calamity Tide suddenly erupted, and Calamity monsters were rampaging everywhere.

Hua Qingling fought desperately to escape the depths of the Endless Wasteland, happened to encounter a fleeing refugee group, and decided to help them reach a mega-city.

But along the way, they passed several small mega-cities, most of which had been overrun by Calamity monsters.

In this situation, forget about replenishing supplies, they couldn’t even approach to rest.

Because the fallen mega-cities were filled with the aura of contamination, and contact would lead to complete transformation into a monster.

This refugee group was initially filled with hope because of Hua Qingling’s arrival. After all, encountering a “Peril” level ability user for rescue was incredibly fortunate for refugees trekking through the Endless Wasteland.

Furthermore, Hua Qingling had brought quite a few supplies, which she distributed evenly among everyone.

Under such harsh conditions, there were those who harbored ill intentions and tried to snatch others’ shares. Whenever this happened, Hua Qingling would decisively kill them. Her strength was enough to suppress these refugees, who were weaker than ordinary people.

Although Hua Qingling was kind-hearted, she was by no means indecisive.

But now, Hua Qingling’s supplies had long been exhausted. Even she hadn’t eaten a proper meal for over half a month, let alone the refugees.

Hua Qingling could do nothing about this. This refugee group, fleeing from a fallen settlement, besides those she killed, about thirty percent had starved to death on the way, mostly older refugees who voluntarily gave their chances to the younger generation.

“From Dragon City, at the current speed, it will take at least another month…”

Hua Qingling looked up at the sky, which had been gloomy for countless days, and sighed.

If she used her ability, the “Wind Spirit Power,” to rush to Dragon City, it would probably only take a day or two.

However, these hundreds of people definitely couldn’t withstand the “Wind Spirit Power.” If Hua Qingling forcibly took them, she would probably only be collecting their corpses upon arrival in Dragon City.

But now… it wasn’t much different from collecting corpses.

“Forget it, think positively, at least we haven’t encountered any Calamity monsters… Wait, what’s that sound?”

Just as Hua Qingling was about to pat her chest and feel slightly relieved, the stirring breeze brought her news she absolutely didn’t want to hear at this moment.

…Roars and howls filled with longing, accompanied by terrifying wails, making one’s hair stand on end.

“This… isn’t right!”

Hua Qingling quickly used her ability, floated into the air, looked down at the ground, and followed the sound of the wind.

“This, this is…”

Although she saw the expected scene, Hua Qingling still gasped sharply, her expression turning serious,

“Hiss… could it be a contaminated refugee group?”

An unknown number of twisted monsters were tearing and devouring each other in the distance. At the same time, seemingly sensing the aura of living beings, they were constantly approaching the refugee group led by Hua Qingling.

Hua Qingling had encountered this situation many times these days, and each time she dealt with them alone.

After all, the physical fitness of refugees was even worse than ordinary people. Even when contaminated by malice, they could only be equivalent to “Difficulty” level ability users.

In front of a “Peril” level ability user, no matter how many “Difficulty” level ability users there were, it made no difference.

Especially for an ability like Hua Qingling’s, which leaned towards offense, it was just a matter of a little more effort.

“…I can only send you to your release.”

Hua Qingling’s eyes narrowed, and she swooped down towards the tide of Calamity monsters.

Although these monsters were once human, they were now completely corrupted by “malice,” no different from death.

No, even more painful than death.

Hua Qingling’s actions could also be considered freeing these pitiful people, so they wouldn’t suffer the torment of “malice” anymore.

At the same time, the refugee group she led continued to march forward numbly and mechanically, seemingly unaffected by Hua Qingling’s departure…

The reason they could continue trekking through the Endless Wasteland like this wasn’t so much due to their belief in survival, but rather because it had become an instinct.

“Damn it, why are there so many? Could it be a fallen large settlement?”

Only after getting closer to these Calamity monsters did Hua Qingling realize their terrifying numbers.

The Calamity monsters were densely packed together, crushing and devouring each other. Such a scene made even the purgatory described in legends pale in comparison.

Hua Qingling glanced around, roughly estimated the number, and her expression became even more serious.

At least… over a thousand!

Excluding the Calamity monsters that had already been devoured or dissipated, there must have been at least three thousand when these monsters were formed.

Even the largest settlements in the Endless Wasteland weren’t this large.

“…At this time, I’m actually glad that these are refugees. Even if they turn into Calamity monsters, they’re only ‘Difficulty’ level.”

Hua Qingling calmed down, raised her hand, and gathered Wind Spirit Power in her palm.

She mobilized the spiritual energy circuits throughout her body, compressing the Wind Spirit Power to its limit.

This was Hua Qingling’s ability, capable of condensing “Wind Spirit Power” that controlled the air. After erupting, the Wind Spirit Power could summon strong winds.

Depending on the user’s will and control, the resulting winds had various uses.

For example, Hua Qingling could let the wind carry her far away, or she could form large-scale wind blades, tearing apart everything within range.

These were just the two most common uses, and clearly, Hua Qingling intended to use the second one now.

Under the reaping wind blades of a “Peril” level ability user, Calamity monsters of only “Difficulty” level couldn’t resist at all.

Seemingly sensing the danger from the activation of the spiritual energy circuits, or perhaps sensing the power, these Calamity monsters stopped devouring each other at this moment and turned their terrifying gazes towards Hua Qingling.

They had discovered her!

Without delay, Hua Qingling composed herself and immediately threw the gathered Wind Spirit Power into the surging tide of Calamity monsters.

Along the way, she had performed this action many times, eliminating all threats to the refugee group.

But this time… it was somewhat different.

The Wind Spirit Power plunged into the Calamity monster tide. At the same time, countless terrifying roars and howls erupted from within the monster tide, and the Wind Spirit Power completely exploded at this moment.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With several loud bangs, the strong winds summoned by the Wind Spirit Power formed sharp wind blades, tearing through the Calamity monster tide.

Countless twisted limbs filled with malicious aura were thrown into the air by the strong winds, and the accompanying wind blades cut the corpses into pieces. When they fell, only wriggling masses of blood remained.

…Perhaps these blood masses, contaminated by malice, would re-condense shortly, forming new monsters within the indelible “malice,” but at least it could resolve the current crisis faced by the refugee group.

Hua Qingling could do nothing about this either; this was the limit of what she could do.

Even the Gods were helpless against “malice.” Currently, humanity could only eliminate the malice monsters, but couldn’t eradicate the contamination brought by malice.

“It seems… it’s resolved.”

Hua Qingling breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to return to the refugee group.

Wind Spirit Power wrapped around her, and the summoned wind lifted her petite body, carrying her towards the refugee group.

Just then, a sudden change occurred!

Among the falling pieces of corpses, several powerful auras suddenly emerged, and malice rushed towards Hua Qingling again.

“What!”

Hua Qingling looked back and was instantly shocked.

What did she see…

Several Calamity monsters filled with malicious aura staggered up from the pile of contaminated flesh and blood, constantly absorbing the power from the surrounding gore.

Even sharper roars and howls sounded, and their auras continued to climb, even infinitely approaching “Peril” level!

But how could this be…

Ordinary refugees contaminated by malice could at most reach “Difficulty” level. Even if an entire refugee group, thousands of monsters, devoured each other like raising Gu worms, producing one or two “Ruin” level monsters would be the limit.

But now?

More than ten Calamity monsters approaching “Peril” level crawled out of this mountain of corpses and sea of blood. Judging from the rate their auras were climbing, it probably wouldn’t take long to produce several “Peril” level monsters.

This was beyond Hua Qingling’s understanding, and even violated the most basic laws of energy conservation.

Unless…

This wasn’t a refugee group at all!

Hua Qingling stopped the wind, gazed intently, and her pupils constricted violently.

She saw some remaining fabric on these monsters, which were clearly fine materials only produced in mega-cities.

As a senior tailor… or rather, fashion designer, Hua Qingling was extremely sensitive to fabrics and definitely wouldn’t mistake them.

She just hadn’t paid attention before. Now looking closely, these Calamity monsters were probably a group fleeing from a mega-city.

The surging Calamity Tide swept across the entire world, and countless mega-cities were engulfed in this disaster. Hua Qingling herself had seen several mega-cities fall to the Calamity Tide.

Looking at the Calamity monsters before her, who had lost their minds and were constantly roaring and growling, Hua Qingling suddenly felt a sense of tragedy.

Their homes were submerged by the Calamity Tide, forcing them to leave their homeland, but the Calamity still caught up with them, turning them into one of the Calamities.

These few Calamity monsters that survived Hua Qingling’s Wind Spirit Power were probably “Ruin” level ability users before, otherwise they couldn’t have survived the wind blade cutting.

Hua Qingling’s wind blade cutting actually helped them. The killed Calamity monsters had no ability to resist when their power was absorbed, allowing them to easily complete their transformation.

Now, the danger had shifted to Hua Qingling’s side.

Giant eyeballs, bulging and filled with purplish-black blood vessels, slowly emerged from the bodies of these Calamity monsters. After rolling around for a moment, they all fixed their malicious gazes on Hua Qingling.

“Damn it…”

Even if Hua Qingling wanted to abandon the refugee group and flee directly now, she couldn’t escape.

If she had known earlier that this wasn’t a refugee group, but a Calamity monster tide formed from a fleeing mega-city group, Hua Qingling, even if she risked using Wind Spirit Power to send away the refugee group she was escorting, wouldn’t have come to deal with these Calamity monsters.

This was beyond her capabilities.

It was too late to say anything now. From Hua Qingling turning her head to look at the Calamity monsters, to these monsters discovering Hua Qingling and locking onto her, all this happened in just a breath.

“Ah… save me… don’t leave…”

“Us…”

“Save…”

“Quickly save…”

The monsters’ throats constantly gurgled with terrifying growls, their blurred words seeming like pleas.

But they all revealed ferocious claws and sharp teeth, extending their twisted limbs entwined with malice, crawling or wriggling towards Hua Qingling on the ground.

“Wind Spirit Power… Retreat!”

Hua Qingling summoned a strong wind, barely pushing her body backwards.

But her speed was clearly slower than these monsters, and after their auras continuously climbed, they finally reached “Peril” level.

“Don’t go… stay with us…”

“Come here… come here…”

“Come here my ass!”

Knowing that this was due to the influence of malice, making the remaining consciousness of these monsters instinctively pull all living beings towards them, Hua Qingling still couldn’t help but feel angry.

If there was only one “Peril” level monster, it wouldn’t be impossible for Hua Qingling to kill it with her current abilities.

Even if a large group of Calamity monsters attacked together, it would still be easy for Hua Qingling to escape.

But the problem was, her current condition was very bad. After starving for half a month, she had used Wind Spirit Power several times in a row. Even just escaping was difficult.

The monsters seemed to open their fangs in delight, as if welcoming a new member.

At this critical moment, a cold glint appeared out of thin air.

“Slash!”