After brushing past all the criminals, a saber suddenly appeared in Dan Liang's right hand. Hot blood constantly dripped from the blade, and in Dan Liang's left hand, there was a head that was constantly spewing blood.
At the same time, a headless corpse fell to the ground, and the corpse was wearing a white prisoner's uniform.
Dan Liang beheaded a criminal with a single slash. His expression remained unchanged, and his eyes were resolute. With the crimson saber in hand and the head in hand, he fearlessly ran towards the Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake that had its mouth wide open.
"Roar!"
A roar came out from the tiger's head as a thick stench spewed out from its throat. It was mixed with the strong winds, making it nauseating. Dan Liang's expression changed as he immediately conjured a green barrier that enveloped his body.
"Heaven Ascension Steps!"
Green light bloomed from the soles of his feet as Dan Liang leaped towards the snake's head. His legs kicked three times in mid-air, and his body rose up as though he was stepping on air. In a few seconds, he had jumped onto the Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake's head.
The cold wind blew up his clothes as Dan Liang immediately leaped up high and slashed at the middle of the tiger's head!
"Clang!"
The crimson saber shattered when it struck the tiger's head. As for the Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake's grayish-brown fur that covered its head, it was completely unharmed.
The Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake immediately straightened its body, and the tiger's head was immediately in mid-air. It violently shook its head, attempting to throw the uninvited guest on its head a thousand miles away.
Dan Liang hurriedly stretched out his right hand to grab the fur that was as thick as a tree branch. His left hand hugged the bloody head tightly. As the tiger's head shook violently, Dan Liang's body was like a flag fluttering in the wind. It was as though he would be flung away at any moment, but he refused to let go.
The Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake shook for a moment before it stopped. The tiger's head continued prostrating on the ground as it twisted its body to quickly move forward.
The human on its head was like a louse to it. It was temporarily unable to get rid of him, so it could only leave him there. After all, no matter how fat a "louse" was, it could not bite through it. And the "ants" that were slowly attempting to escape were the targets it needed to deal with.
The Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake followed its instincts and ignored Dan Liang, who was above it. It began to carry on with its' clean-up activities'.
Dan Liang's right hand was still holding onto the tiger's fur as he slowly sat down. He lowered his head to look at the ferocious-looking head in his arms and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I can't save everyone."
Dan Liang raised his head and looked at the meteors that streaked across the night sky from time to time. He sighed and said, "Sacrificing one person to save more than a dozen people. This is justice, right?"
The night sky would not answer. The Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake would not answer. The head that had lost its vitality would not answer either.
"Yes."
Dan Liang could only answer his own question.
The Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake moved extremely fast. In a few seconds, it had already closed in on the escaping criminals. Their screams of terror resounded through the night sky.
"Death Dream!"
Dan Liang sighed and softly uttered these four words.
Before he finished speaking, the head in Dan Liang's bosom suddenly let out a sinister laugh and soared into the sky. When it was in midair, it suddenly exploded with a bang. At the same time, a gigantic phantom head appeared in the sky. A pair of ferocious and terrifying eyes stared at the Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake that was crawling on the ground.
"Roar!"
The Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake roared as its body suddenly fell to the side. The eyes on the tiger's head slowly closed as calm and rhythmic breathing came out of its nostrils.
The Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake had actually fallen asleep?
.....
Dan Liang was a Psyker. He had a superpower known as "Whimsical Ability". His superpower's name was "Death Dream".
At the moment his superpower was completely awakened, Dan Liang understood the meaning of the superpower's name. He also understood what kind of life he would usher in.
Like all superpowers, "Death Dream" had three major elements: effect, condition and restriction.
Its effect was very powerful. It could hypnotize a target stronger than itself in an extremely short period of time. Although the result of the hypnosis was a light sleep that would wake the target up with a touch, it already had a terrifying effect.
However, the condition of "Death Dream" was even more terrifying than its effect. Death was the only condition to trigger this superpower. Furthermore, it was not any ordinary death. Instead, one had to sacrifice the head of a person who had recently died to trigger "Death Dream".
With such a superpower, one was destined to walk with death.
"The kind Dan Liang? Heh, my hands are already stained with sin. "
Dan Liang gave a self-deprecating laugh as he lay in the Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake's fur. He stared at the pitch-black night sky with meteors streaking across it from time to time despite there not being a single star.
He had obviously killed people before, and it was not just one, ten or even a hundred. Only fresh heads could trigger "Death Dream", and "Death Dream" was the best way for him to raise his Hero ranking.
As such, he went from the lowest F Class Hero to C Class. His wealth, reputation and status were incomparable, but the sins on his hands had long accumulated into a mountain. Betraying his companions, cutting off the heads of other Heroes to complete "Death Dream", and then creating the illusion that his companions had sacrificed themselves heroically, all of this became his everything, the only meaning of his life.
Until he met a woman. That woman had clearly seen through his true colors, but she still stood in front of him at the critical moment. She had the chance to escape alone, but she resolutely ran to save the injured him.
Before she died.
He asked, "Why did you save me?"
She answered, "We are Heroes. Saving people in trouble is our responsibility, isn't it?"
He continued asking, "Even if they are scum, do you still want to save them?"
She nodded gently and acknowledged with a "Yea" before slowly closing her eyes.
Then, he cut off her head and lived on.
"You are really, really silly and naive."
Dan Liang smiled gently at the sky, "But I like it."
Every superpower had its effects, conditions and limitations. And the limitation of "Death Dream" was that he could not be more than three meters away from the target of the dream, or the target would wake up.
Hence, even if the Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake could wake up at any moment, Dan Liang was unable to immediately leave.
"The feeling of risking my life to save a bunch of scum sure f * * king sucks!"
Dan Liang fiercely lampooned before smiling gently. As though he was sleeptalking, he said, "But if you don't do this, I will feel that it's not worth it for you."
.....
.....
Dan Liang believed that he had saved more than a dozen criminals. When the criminals realized that the astral beasts were no longer pursuing them, they believed that they were finally saved. However, if one were to look down from the sky, one would discover a cruel truth.
The direction in which the criminals were escaping was a Chimera. In a few minutes, they would encounter each other!
The criminals obviously did not know that they were running towards their deaths. They were only running, thankful that they had survived. They felt a little grateful to Dan Liang, but not much. Maybe in the future, when they were drinking with their brothers, they would mention this fool who called himself a hero and shout, "Long live the fool!"
The people who were fleeing did not notice that there was a dark cloud floating in the night sky. There was light hidden in the dark cloud, and it covered the figures of two people.
In fact, the two people in the black cloud had been in the sky for a long time. They had seen everything, whether it was Dan Liang's' kind 'sacrifice, the criminals' ugly struggles, or the heartless departure of Ding Yi and Hongmei, they had seen it all.
However, with the situation developing to this stage, the Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake could wake up at any moment. When the time came, the Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake would not see the darn "ants" and would definitely vent its anger on the "lice" on its head. Dan Liang's situation could be said to be rather dangerous. And the criminals would soon bump into the Chimera that was waiting for them. With a tragedy about to happen, one of the people in the black cloud could no longer watch coldly.
"Can you save …" A youth's voice with some anticipation resounded in the black cloud.
"Save … who? That Hero? Or those criminals? "The girl's emotionless voice interrupted the youth's words.
"Of course it's …" The youth suddenly paused midway. His breathing came to a halt as though he was deep in thought.
"A Hero who sacrificed himself or a criminal who selfishly escaped. It's only natural to choose the Hero, but what if it's one life versus more than ten lives?"
The girl said, "So here's the question. If you are given enough power to save one side, a Hero versus more than ten criminals, who would you choose to save?"
Justice, it could be based on personal feelings, or it could be based on righteousness. But the problem was that when the quality and quantity of life conflicted, which side would you choose to save?
"Whichever side you choose, I will save that side. So, make your choice, Shi Xiaobai. "
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