658: Chapter 658 An Ran's Power

At this moment, everyone was stunned.

"An—an angel! It's really an angel!"

"This is just too beautiful—"

"So beautiful—so beautiful—"

"Hahaha, Chen Yun, you are mine. I must have you today!"

Zhao Hu clamored and intended to step forward to grab Chen Yun's hand.

But Chen Yun was not here to be admired, and certainly not to be toyed with by Zhao Hu.

She had never learned how to fight, did not know how to control this power, and did not know how to hold back.

She only knew that her grandparents were being bullied and that this disgusting man was forcing her; her anger had reached its limit!

That silver-white light surged from within her body, and a shockwave spread out in all directions. The five strong men and nine women were swallowed by the light before they could even let out a scream.

Their bodies decomposed and dissipated in the light, leaving not even a trace behind.

The moment the shockwave swept over Zhao Hu, the greed and obsession on his face were still frozen there, the covetousness for Chen Yun still lingering in his eyes, and that disgusting smile still hanging from the corner of his mouth!

Then he vanished, as if he had never existed at all!

The light dissipated, and the room instantly fell silent.

Chen Yun stood there, her silver hair moving without a breeze.

Her hands were trembling, her legs were weak, and the anger in her eyes had vanished, replaced by deep fear.

She looked down at her own hands—it was these very hands just now; those hands hadn't even touched those people, yet just by unleashing a bit of power, she had killed over a dozen people?

She had never killed anyone before, and had not even been in a single fight.

She only wanted to drive them away, only wanted to protect her grandparents; she never intended to kill them—

But those people had just vanished, devoured by her power, annihilated by her anger, without even leaving a corpse behind!

Fourteen people, fourteen living people, were just gone like that!

"I—I killed people? I didn't mean to—I just wanted to drive them away—I didn't expect—"

Tears streamed from her eyes, and she collapsed onto the ground.

She had never intended to kill anyone, never!

She was just too angry, just wanted to protect her grandparents too much, and just couldn't control that power that had suddenly surged forth—

The grandfather climbed up from the ground, the wound on his forehead still bleeding, and stumbled over to his granddaughter.

The grandmother also climbed up from the ground, her legs still shaking and her hands trembling, but she still walked over and hugged her granddaughter.

"Yun'er, it's not your fault. They were the ones who started it; they were in the wrong!"

"But—but they are dead—"

The grandmother hugged her granddaughter tightly, also crying: "We can't afford to offend them, we can only hide!"

The grandfather looked out the window. Zhao Hu had brought so many people, and the commotion was so loud, yet not a single neighbor had come over; they must have been sent away beforehand!

But paper cannot wrap fire; Zhao Hu was the son of the village party secretary. With so many people missing, they would sooner or later be investigated!

Abusing the power of Awakening to kill people, regardless of the reason, the law would not be lenient!

Furthermore, the village party secretary had operated in the town for decades with deeply entrenched connections; what could their family of three possibly use to fight against them?

"Leave, we leave now, while no one has discovered it yet, leave immediately!"

Chen Yun wiped away her tears and helped her grandparents walk outside.

She glanced back at the home she had lived in for fourteen years, bit her lip, and did not turn back.

Tears streamed down silently.

She just wanted to live well, just wanted to take care of her grandparents, and just wanted to wait for the brother she had never met to return—

Why was it so difficult?

—

Meanwhile.

Deep in the Universe, the Tianling Ship floated quietly on the edge of the Milky Way.

Viewed from afar, it resembled a newborn star, emitting a faint yet steady light in the darkness.

Inside the bridge, Nangong Tian leaned back in the command chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the armrest.

The holographic projection in front of him displayed real-time footage of Earth.

"What is the progress on opening the Space-Time Rift?"

He asked the world malice that had come to report the situation.

An elder dressed in white robes bowed and reported: "Reporting to Lord, Spiritual Qi and Devilish Qi have leaked quite a bit, but the stability of the rift is not yet sufficient. To accommodate our entry, it will take at least two more days!"

Upon hearing this, the corners of Nangong Tian's mouth curled up slightly.

He had waited eighty million years; would two days really matter?

Soon, he would be able to return soon!

Chen Yu, you old scoundrel, your era is over!

Next is the era of Nangong Tian, the era of the Tianling Lineage!

Just at this moment, a hurried voice came through the communicator: "Lord! Lord! A major discovery!"

Nangong Tian's brows moved slightly, and he raised his hand to signal for the communicator to be connected.

"Speak!"

"According to reports from our eyes and ears left on Earth, just now, they detected a trace of extremely faint An Ran aura!"

"Although it was only for a moment, a flash, the instrument did indeed capture it!"

"The fluctuation frequency of that aura matches perfectly with the research data we stole from Chen Yu back then!"

Once these words were spoken, Nangong Tian sat up straight abruptly.

An Ran's aura?

On this remote, backwater planet?

The eyes and ears of the Tianling Lineage were spread all over Earth; those Evil Thought Entities hiding among the crowd and disguised as humans were there only to gather intelligence!

Their purpose was simple—to prevent people from the Void Realm from infiltrating Earth and disrupting their plans!

The Rank of these eyes and ears was not high, and there were very few Heavenly Gods among them, but they possessed a special instrument!

It was the crystallization of their eighty million years of research—a detector that could sense the power of An Ran!

Back then, it was because they stole An Ran's creation data that they were ordered to be hunted down by Emperor Chen Yu!

Although the data did not allow them to successfully replicate An Ran, it did derive many by-products, including this type of detector!

He had originally thought this was just a display piece; after all, An Ran had long since gone missing, and most of that data was incomplete!

He hadn't expected that on this remote, backwater little planet, there could actually be a fluctuation of An Ran's power?

"Where is the source? Specific location?"

"The specific location is unknown; it is simply too faint. The instrument can only capture the general direction and cannot pinpoint it precisely! However, judging from the fluctuation characteristics, it should not be An Ran herself, but rather someone who has inherited An Ran's power and used a small portion of it!"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Tian fell into deep thought.

According to their many years of research, An Ran should not belong to the Spirit Beast category, nor to the world malice!

Her existence was unique; she was a special lifeform condensed from all the beautiful wishes in the human world by Emperor Chen Yu!

How could such an existence have a successor?

How could an unrelated human possibly inherit her power?

Could it be some other ability of An Ran?

Or could it be—that An Ran had been here?

Regardless, this was huge good news!