Chapter 1617 - 1616: Shock!

"Who?!"

Feeling that bone-chilling cold, the Controller suddenly spun around, barking harshly toward his back. But when he turned, all he saw behind him was the same vast sea of roaring flames, with not the slightest anomaly.

Could it be he sensed wrong!?

Staring at the blazing inferno behind him, a trace of doubt flickered in the Controller's eyes, and for the first time he questioned his own judgment.

No!

Right as this doubt surfaced, the Controller shook his head hard. Looking at the sea of fire before him, the sharp light in his eyes only grew more cutting!

That almost tangible chill just now, he had felt it crystal clear. The Controller knew all too well that sensation absolutely wasn't caused by some accident!

That feeling was unmistakably an incomparably awe-inspiring aura of slaughter!

"Who's there playing ghost?"

Thinking of this, the Controller spoke coldly toward the wall of fire in front of him: "Lu Yu is dead. If you know what's good for you, then crawl out here. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As he spoke, the Controller's voice was filled with icy authority, giving off a decisive, kill-or-be-killed aura.

Whoom!

The instant those words left his mouth, that stern killing intent from before surged out in a flash. The blazing flames, stirred by that murderous aura, seemed to meet a raging gale, swaying and whipping wildly, looking bizarrely eerie at a glance!

Crack!

Right as the flames flared, a crisp sound rang out. Following the sound, they saw Lu Yu, completely charred black, slowly walking out of the inferno.

The outer coat on his body had already been burned to ash by the flames. All that remained on him was a tight, black combat outfit, and that outfit had come through the fire without the slightest change, an absolutely terrifying sight!

As for Lu Yu himself, he was pitch-black all over, and his steps were staggered and unsteady, clearly the result of being caught in that artillery bombardment just now to end up in this state!

"So you're still alive!"

Seeing Lu Yu's appearance, a flash of shock crossed the Controller's face, but he quickly twisted it into a cold sneer: "But even if you're not dead, you've surely lost half your life. You think you still have the strength to lay a hand on me!?"

As he spoke, the Controller let out one cold laugh after another. In his eyes, Lu Yu was just forcing himself to hold on and was no longer a match for him at all!

"Just as you said."

Hearing this, Lu Yu let out a crooked grin. He looked at the Controller before him and said coldly, "I was indeed caught in the blast just now, and I did suffer quite a bit of damage!!?"

His voice as he spoke was sharp and decisive, carrying a cutting chill, clean and ruthless!

Hearing Lu Yu's words, the Controller subconsciously nodded. Looking at Lu Yu, a faint hint of admiration surfaced in his eyes as well!

In a situation like this, countless people would whimper and grovel just to cling to life, while those who still dared stand up like Lu Yu were rare to the extreme!

That kind of decisiveness and courage made the Controller genuinely admire him.

But even so, the Controller's eyes only grew deeper and colder.

"Lu Yu, you truly have guts and backbone, but don't forget, you're still gravely injured. In your current state, you are no match for me!"

The Controller's eyes were full of frosty mockery as he looked at Lu Yu and said, "If you surrender now, it's still not too late. Otherwise, no one will be able to save you!"

"Gravely injured?"

Hearing the Controller's words, Lu Yu replied coldly. His eyes were filled with contempt as he stared at the Controller and said, "You still haven't noticed anything off?"

As he spoke, there was a hint of ridicule in Lu Yu's tone. The way he looked at the Controller was as if he were looking at an idiot, full of mockery.

Hearing Lu Yu, the Controller's expression froze for a moment, then his gaze swept over Lu Yu's body.

And that only made it worse—just one look and his scalp instantly went numb!

Because he saw that the skin on Lu Yu's body was rapidly changing. Chunks of charred, necrotic flesh were shedding nonstop, like a python molting its skin!

"And you say I'm gravely injured!?!"

Seeing the shock on the Controller's face, Lu Yu spoke coldly, "Let me show you right now that there's nothing wrong with me at all!!"

"What!?"

Hearing Lu Yu's words, the Controller's eyes flew wide open, his body trembling as if struck by lightning!

Staring at Lu Yu, his eyes were filled with sheer horror: "This is completely impossible!"

There was pure disbelief in his voice. He simply refused to accept that Lu Yu could be completely unscathed after withstanding that explosion just now!

"Impossible!?"

At this, a cold smile hooked up at the corner of Lu Yu's mouth. Looking at the Controller, the ridicule in his eyes grew even stronger: "Since you don't believe it, then open those dog eyes of yours and watch carefully!"

"I'll show you right now whether I'm fine or not!!"

As he spoke, all the muscles on Lu Yu's body began to writhe, and a faint red glow shimmered over his skin. He looked as if he were being burned alive, as if he were forcefully brewing some terrifying power!

In Lu Yu's consciousness, that molecular structure forming the human body he had seen before appeared again, as if something was being reconstructed.

"Hah!"

Suddenly, Lu Yu let out a thunderous shout, his entire body jolting!

Splurt!

With a soft tear-like sound, in that instant, the blackened skin on Lu Yu's body sloughed off all at once, revealing brand-new flesh beneath!

How is this possible!?

Seeing this scene, shock rippled through the Controller's eyes. At this moment he was stunned to the extreme. He had never imagined that Lu Yu would possess such a terrifying regenerative ability!

For a person to withstand artillery bombardment and still recover like this—just how powerful did his regenerative capacity have to be!?

"Judging from your expression, you look absolutely terrified."

Lu Yu looked at the Controller and spoke in a calm, flat tone. His voice was low and indifferent, but between the lines there was a clear note of mocking amusement: "Where did all that bravado from just now go?"

Lu Yu no longer had even a trace of that deathly pallor from before. Step by step, he slowly walked toward the Controller, his stride heavy and inexorable, each step exuding a crushing sense of oppression!