I Am Your Natural Enemy

The massive impact sent Wen Yan rolling, flying over ten meters away, landing in a cloud of dirt and dust.

He looked up, his face a bit grim.

Huge body, tons of power, and damn, it can even attack from a distance—how are we supposed to play this game?

Watching the Night Vigil Deity stride toward them, Wen Yan glanced again at the prompt.

Based on past experience, whenever he absolutely couldn’t handle something, the prompt would tell him to run for his life.

So, theoretically, his current abilities should be enough to handle this situation.

Reading the first line again—”hidden by day, revealed by night”—he thought it over.

Then he looked at himself, tried releasing his Yang Energy, but it didn’t do anything.

He instantly started gathering energy. Ever since he got Explosive Great Sun, he hadn’t properly blessed himself with it yet.

He and Cai Qidong dashed away together, while Wen Yan quickly accumulated Qi.

The Night Vigil Deity didn’t seem that fast—or at least, it looked that way. At over ten meters tall, every stride covered nearly that much ground.

Wen Yan and Cai Qidong were already sprinting for their lives, but could still see the Night Vigil Deity trailing them in the distance.

Seeing he couldn’t catch up, the Night Vigil Deity got even more savage—he grabbed a tree, seven or eight meters tall, yanked it out of the ground, and hurled it with monstrous force. The tree—measured in tons—came hurtling at them with a terrifying momentum, tearing through the air.

Wherever it passed, trees snapped, rocks scattered, and the thunderous noise sounded just like a demolition site.

Wen Yan buried his head and ran. Once he’d gathered energy to the limit, he activated a boost, unleashing a burst.

Boundless Yang Energy surged, blessing his own body.

This boost was ten times stronger than when he used Blood Warm Jade or Scorching Sun Jade in the past.

With the overwhelming Yang Energy coursing through him, the energy exploded all around Wen Yan. It was as if Tuoba Martial God had just appeared. The terrifying Yang Energy radiated from him, sweeping outward.

In an instant, his force blanketed a radius of three to four miles. The Night Vigil Deity following behind was caught in the blast zone.

Within that Yang Energy, there wasn’t just vitality, but destruction too, just like the true Great Sun—impartial, shining down on the world.

The Night Vigil Deity, in pursuit, froze, and immediately stopped in his tracks.

He looked ahead, not only feeling the radiance of the Great Sun, but it was like he saw a rising sun, slowly ascending from where Wen Yan was.

The Night Vigil Deity let out a shriek, instantly curled up into a ball, and gradually faded out of sight.

As the Night Vigil Deity vanished, all the debris clinging to him tumbled from mid-air.

The Night Vigil Deity hadn’t just turned invisible—he’d flat-out disappeared. During the daytime, he didn’t have any physical presence at all.

Wen Yan stood there, let out a long breath, and glanced at the prompt.

”Never-ending Sunset: The sun in your heart will never set, granting you immunity from some negative effects.”

There was now an extra ”enhanced” label after that.

Not just that—every one of his abilities now had a temporary enhancement marker attached.

He could feel the duration of this boost—it should last as long as he maintained the Explosive Great Sun blessing.

He’d basically figured it out—blessing himself was equivalent to a Burst Qi. The effect wasn’t as strong as directly burning an ability, but it would last for a while.

If he burned all the power from Explosive Great Sun in a single go, it would trigger a one-off boost to a Yang Energy-consuming ability.

The way he used it directly determined what kind of burst effect he got.

From what he sensed, he could probably hold out for another half hour or so.

The downside? Explosive Great Sun burned energy like crazy.

Wen Yan figured he needed a better, more stable energy source. He’d have to ask around when he got back.

For now, things had stabilized. Wen Yan looked over at Cai Qidong, who claimed Wen Yan had to make it back alive but actually ran even faster than he did.

”Minister Cai, I gotta say, you’re as energetic as ever! I’m already a Third Stage Martial Artist, and I still can’t outrun you!”

Cai Qidong, thick-skinned as always, replied without missing a beat, like it was just natural.

”That so-called stage doesn’t really reflect actual combat power. If you’re only judging by that, I’m at the Fifth Stage already—of course I’m stronger.”

”Huh?” Wen Yan froze, sucking in a breath. This guy Heizi was already at the Fifth Stage?

After thinking a moment, he cautiously probed, ”Internal and external as one, perfectly round in every way?”

”You actually know that?”

”Minister, what style do you practice?”

”Taichi Fist from the Sanfeng Sect. It’s all about utilizing force to counter force, moving four ounces to shift a thousand pounds. My raw strength can’t compare to someone like Qin Kun, all brute force and direct fighting style.”

Cai Qidong answered casually, glancing towards where the Night Vigil Deity had vanished.

”So, what’s up with that big guy?”

”The Night Vigil Deity is a creature that hides by day and comes out at night. I tricked him into thinking the sun had risen, so he just vanished on his own.

But if he comes back, it’ll definitely be at the same spot.

Otherwise, there’s no way that unmanned truck would have sent him here.

I can keep this up for about half an hour more. After that, I can try to renew it one more time.

But the stuff I have on hand can only last twelve more cycles—six hours total.

After six hours, it still won’t be daylight.

We’ve got to get everyone out of here within six hours.”

Cai Qidong looked at Wen Yan and let out a sigh.

”You’re improving crazy fast—so much faster than I ever expected. Faster than anyone expected.