I Can See Health Bars in Real Life

Chapter 542 31: Awakening

The cold moonlight descends from the sky.In the perception of countless strange demon beasts, they also sense the rapid approach of a powerful magic power reaction. As they all look up to observe, they see a vast bright moon emerging from the horizon, carrying with it the bright glow of moonlight and boundless clouds, rushing grandly into the distance.

The demon beasts bathed in moonlight all stop in their tracks, their bodies becoming stiff.

It seems as if they have lost color and vitality along with the space around them, like frozen gray statues.

And almost in the blink of an eye, that bright moon has already disappeared at the edge of the sky. The moonlight that poured down swiftly retreats, and the paused demon beasts resume their actions, bewildered and unaware of what just happened; they cannot comprehend what just occurred.

...

The bright full moon descends from the sky above.

The vast moonlight rapidly retracts, and a youth dressed in a cyan Daoist robe walks out from within the moonlight. At the same time, all the moonlit glow is absorbed into his body. Simultaneously, three slender and graceful figures appear behind him.

"This, this... is so fast..."

Taking in the surroundings, Hiri widens her eyes, as if just snapping out of shock. She feels she was just engulfed by that abruptly spreading light wave, and how much time has passed since then? The moonlit glow has already retracted, and the ground beneath her feet once again feels solid.

Looking around again, she doesn't even understand what happened, and the surroundings are no longer the embassy; it's not even Uruk anymore, but another unfamiliar city-state—

The city-state stands not far ahead, where its outline can be seen clearly under the cover of night.

"Actually, it's not that fast. After all, the distance between the fortress cities is not too far, and we took a straight path."

Gu Mo gently shakes his head. He isn't too satisfied with such speed, but as it's his first time testing his hypothesis, though he instinctively knows he's capable of it, he naturally exercises caution, especially when taking others along, prioritizing stability.

Therefore, the speed naturally slowed considerably. However, there remains plenty of room for optimization and adjustment. The performance of this body is indeed beyond imagination, likely much stronger than the true form of Emperor Shi, which he initially used as a benchmark, with more extraordinary traits.

"Is this Eridu?"

The air carries a strong scent of blood, made more intense and shocking by the night breeze. The witch was idly pondering while looking at Gu Mo, but she immediately notices the tragic happenings in the distant city-state, her expression changing slightly, furrowing her brows.

"Yes, but there are likely no living people there now."

Gu Mo nods, not even needing to extend his spiritual power to scan outside. Based on the aura alone, he knows how many people remain in that empty city; there is not a single one left. However, strong life reactions and magical power signatures are densely packed; these are the Neo-Humans created by Tiamat.

—Rahmu.

The group swiftly exits the forest where they landed and heads towards the city-state in front, quickly entering the city through the main gate.

"So disgusting... I really hate those things."

Miss Tamamo no Mae whispers, tightly following behind Master, sticking her head out to look at the grim slaughterhouse ahead. She seems to enjoy doing this, like a spirit hovering behind, ready to leap onto Gu Mo's back if not careful.

"Ugh...!!"

Hiri's face turns slightly pale, as if feeling a bit nauseated. She's no stranger to bloody and cruel events, nor to the various wicked and ruthless acts during war. However, it's her first time witnessing such a grotesque, cruel scene.

Clearly, a massacre occurred here not long ago, with dried or coalescing blood everywhere, and dismembered body parts lying scattered around.

No, not bodies, but body parts.

Almost none of the Uruk people's bodies are intact—being hacked into eight pieces would be considered mild. Severed limbs fly everywhere, heads violently torn off, or half-brains slashed with some sharp blade, either together with a half-extracted cervical vertebra or mixed with coagulated black blood.

Most faces freeze with expressions of extreme fear and despair at the end...

A few, however, bear undisguised anger, murderous intent, and battle spirit, seemingly fighting with reluctance until the last moment...

However, this ultimately changes nothing. The strength of those Rahmu individuals is formidable, after all, nearly equivalent to mass-produced Enkidu. Even servants find them troublesome, and if their numbers increase slightly, they become an unavoidable threat.

Hence, it's hard to expect ordinary people to have any possibility of resisting them. Eventually, the city's resistance becomes feeble, quickly swept clean.

"What sort of..."

The witch's face shows visible compassion, not knowing what to say. Compared to the demon beasts previously created by Gorgon, these twisted monsters are clearly more terrifying.

"They seem to be coming..." The demon hunter girl tightly clenches her teeth and instinctively draws her long sword. She hears the sound of squeaking, like some sort of laughter, but extremely shrill and densely packed. When Uruk was about to be attacked, she heard this noise.

"These things truly are spirit pollution..."

Gu Mo, who was frowning and examining the miserable state of Eridu, turned his head to look at the alien creatures continuously emerging from the end of the street ahead and from the roads on both sides.

They were completely black, generally about two meters tall, with two lower limbs and four upper limbs, resembling a twisted, swollen, bloated human form. Their lower half had two limbs-like "legs," and their upper half had four limbs-like "hands." Their heads were oval-shaped, splitting open to reveal a mouthpart, with densely packed human-like teeth inside.

The screeching sounds they made, like meaningless screams or malicious laughter, came from their mouthparts.

Detecting the presence of fresh human scent, they surged forward like a tide, pressing towards this direction. In their perception, the people on the opposite side seemed to be so terrified that they were frozen in place, which further exhilarated the Rahmu creatures.

They let out shrill screams, rushing forward in a frenzy, brandishing limbs as sharp as steel!

Blood splattered!

Severed limbs flew across!

"Clearly, they could kill with precision and efficiency, but instead they resort to torturous slaughter without any reason or meaning..." Gu Mo pondered, stroking his chin as he observed the Rahmu creatures slaughtering each other in front of him, noticing the distortion of these entities more with each observation.

Their limbs were as sharp as blades, capable of easily piercing through steel. Even when facing their own kind, they delivered highly lethal attacks.

Yet the killings, which should have been easily accomplished, were instead comprised of severing the limbs of their own kind, slicing their bodies apart, and only then killing them completely as they convulsed on the ground. This was followed by being brutally dismembered by their own kind in turn.

This indicated that they inherently sought to cruelly and sadistically kill what they considered enemies, extracting some form of amusement from it.

Many of the people in this city probably died in such a manner.

"There's probably no one alive in this city anymore, right?" Kikyo looked away from the group of battling monsters and sighed softly. She had just used her Spiritual Sense very carefully but ultimately found nothing, confirming that there were no surviving humans.

"The dead are all here, and the living ones have probably been turned into one of them..."

Gu Mo pointed to the Rahmu creatures fiercely tearing each other apart and calmly said, "They should possess some method of conversion, but once transformed, ordinary people likely can't maintain their sense of self and would only become one of them."

"..." Kikyo remained silent.

"So did we arrive a step too late?" the Demon Hunter Girl asked, still somewhat nervous as she watched the alien monsters frantically slaughtering each other not far away, not letting go of the Silver Sword in her hand, constantly worrying about any unexpected incident, such as the creatures suddenly breaking free from someone's spiritual control.

"It seems so, but we need to confirm..."

Gu Mo reached out, pulling a Rahmu creature out from the beast pack with some kind of Mind Power. It was already on the brink of death, twitching occasionally, rapidly sliding across the ground under the guide of an unseen force until it stopped in front of him.

The next moment—

Its remaining Spirit was violently invaded, and its previously weak screeches abruptly turned sharp and piercing, like an electrocardiogram emitting a shrill, urgent sound about to come to an abrupt end.

Gu Mo rudely extracted the memories of the creature. With the Spiritual attribute value reaching 25 Points, his Mind Power had transcended to the Extraordinary to Saint level, making its use as natural as moving one's arm. Many tasks previously thought unattainable were now effortlessly achievable, and what was achievable could naturally be performed even better.

He never intended for this creature to survive, so there was no need for careful manipulation. The damage and destruction to its mental construct could be completely ignored.

"Indeed, we arrived too late."

Reviewing the memories of this Rahmu, Gu Mo narrowed his eyes.

From them, he saw the scene he wanted to confirm. It was probably during the evening not long ago, just after the Sun had set and night had fallen when there were still some survivors in the city of Eridu. The Rahmu forced the weak and elderly to gather together after all those with the courage to resist were dead, forcing them to mutually slaughter each other.

When the last person killed the others in madness, joyfully assuming they had earned the right to survive, the Rahmu gleefully approached and slowly dismembered them, enjoying the foolish human's fear, despair, and pain...

Afterwards, they were discovered by Jin Gu.

The presence occupying Enkidu's body appeared on the scene, seemingly expressing evident disgust, directly killing a large number of Rahmu, angrily rebuking them as inferior defects, even inferior to Gorgon's Demon Beasts.

Then...

He originally thought he could stop these disgusting creatures' actions, only for the Rahmu to suddenly penetrate his body and seize his heart...

"As expected, we were one step too late."

Withdrawing from the scene within those memories, Gu Mo casually extinguished the soul light of the Rahmu, letting out a gentle breath.

Almost the instant he finished speaking, the atmosphere suddenly began to tremble. A heavy pressure emanated from the horizon in a certain direction, an incredibly terrifying aura, causing living creatures to instinctively feel a sense of despair, as if encountering the absolute ruler of life.

Just like a stone being thrown into a pond, causing ripples to spread out in waves!

In the blink of an eye, this Divine Power spread out to encompass the entire planet!