Chapter 396 - Chapter 396: Chapter 356 Gifts

Chapter 396: Chapter 356 Gifts

“How is it? How’s the effect?”

Curious, Sun Shiyu asked Tao Yu after seeing him absorb it all.

“Pretty good, it enhanced my latest Inner Strength side talent.”

Tao Yu said with a smile.

However, with outsiders present, it wasn’t appropriate to show any intimate gestures.

“Not bad, everything is well-rounded. Although the formation speed isn’t as fast as that of a single extreme, the overall error tolerance is high and it’s less likely to fail.”

…

Sun Shiyu’s pretty face did not show many expressions; she just nodded her head slightly.

Tao Yu also deeply acknowledged this; the most intuitive was his handling of Shi Jian and the old lizard in two instances, simple and straightforward, almost without any cost and able to resolve the enemies.

Truly speaking, both of these men had extremely strong attack capabilities; he would have had a tough time if he took them head-on.

Even their defensive powers were strong as well. Shi Jian had all kinds of talismans and could even avoid detection by the young wealthy lady, while the old lizard’s size alone after transformation was headache-inducing. In a certain sense, they could be considered his peers, yet he could overpower them without damage…

After dealing with the weird bug, they came to the Titan’s head.

This Titan’s head was exactly the image of Eren as the Attack Titan, like a massive sphere that fell on the street, with some Pure Titans heading this way, but all were killed by Zhang Hao and Ymir.

Mikasa and Armin had already run to the front of Eren’s Titan head, continuously patting it, seemingly trying to wake him up. Mikasa also wanted to check the nape of the neck to see if Eren was still there.

But, unfortunately, at this time, Eren’s Titan head was very similar to those Pure Titans; there was no human form at the nape, appearing to have fully merged into it.

He didn’t even have the constant regeneration ability of the Pure Titans!

It seemed that with the departure of the strange bug, the vitality was lost.

“It must be the influence of the Abyss’s power; Eren is no longer the Eren you knew before; he succumbed to the Abyss after death.”

Tao Yu glanced at the silhouettes of the tens of thousands of Wall Titans marching into the distance, still feeling the vibrations lingering in the earth, his eyes carrying a solemn weight.

Thankfully they were not headed towards the world of the Divine Sculpture, otherwise, Titans of such size might not be stopped by the barriers of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River!

It would be too much effort to take them all down!

Tao Yu had thought that killing the strange bug might have solved the problem, but it seemed as if those Wall Titans had received a final command, still moving inexorably forward.

Such size, such number, although they posed little threat to Tao Yu, he could only wonder how long it would take to kill them even if they just stood still for him.

Now, this movement only made things more troublesome.

“As for Marley, all I can say is best of luck to them. Without control, just moving in a straight line won’t lead to total destruction, but the losses will still be substantial.”

Tao Yu sighed and then looked towards Mikasa,

“The enemy of Eren has died, and it’s unfortunate you may not be able to personally seek your revenge.”

The young wealthy lady could guess as much, but Tao Yu still would not speak directly to Mikasa and the others.

Dragging the Lewis family into this was of minor importance; being discovered would only be a slight issue.

However, there was no need to find discomfort unnecessarily because it also involved the situation of the Chaoyang Society’s night battle.

“I was mentally prepared for Eren’s death, but I did not expect it to happen so quickly, so soon. He still had a few years to live properly.”

Mikasa was far stronger than imagined; after all, she was the person who could personally slay Eren in the end.

She had almost reached a yandere level for Eren, even capable of imagining a whole life spent with him in her mind.

Eren, having become the Beast Titan, did not have many years to live anyway.

But such a mode of death, and the chaotic era it unleashed, still made Mikasa feel a bit of sorrow.

“There are too many of these creatures, and they can even regenerate quickly in this world. It seems that the death of that strange bug did not impact these creatures.”

Sun Shiyu also noticed the approaching Pure Titans.

Some Pure Titans that were not killed with a single strike started regenerating at a visible speed with steam coming off them after being wounded by Zhang Hao. This was completely different from the situation in the world of Divine Sculpture and made the situation much more troublesome.

If the Colossal Titans were the same, then it would be even more difficult to handle.

At this moment, the two Pioneers who had obtained the miracles of survival from the Colossal Titan and the Beast Titan came over respectfully in their human forms.

They said timidly,

“We’ve met the young lady. We didn’t know what happened; things just felt wrong on the Petralith Path, but the outbreak only occurred after entering this world.”

Sun Shiyu glanced at the two of them, figures simply carrying out their orders. Three others had died, but it had nothing to do with them.

“It’s not surprising that abilities are influenced and restricted by the original world, but such an extent is indeed rare. There’s nothing more for you here, you may go back.”

“We will heed the young lady’s command!”

The two of them scurried away as if they had received a pardon, while Tao Yu noticed that some Pure Titans began to devour the corpses of the Female Titan, Cart Titan, and Colossal Titan.

Even though Pioneers couldn’t drop Yuan Force items upon death and Tao Yu had no Yuan Force sensations, he discovered that after eating the corpses, the three Pure Titans began to show signs of transformation!

“This is… This must be the most primal rule of this world. I wonder if it came to be after the fall into the Abyss or if it was always like this.”

Tao Yu saw the changes in the three Titans and didn’t give them time to consider. With a flick of his hand, he threw three pebbles and blew up the three Titans in the midst of their transformation!

Allowing them to once again burst out with three Yuan Force items!

“If it’s in this world, the power of the Intelligent Titan is likely still hard to lose and can continue to be passed on.”

Looking at the three items, Tao Yu glanced at Mikasa and the others who had survived and said,

“What are your plans now? Will you continue to hunt Titans here?”

Tao Yu’s words left them somewhat at a loss; now that they didn’t even know who their enemy was, they truly didn’t know what to do.

“Now that the Founding Titan’s power to control Titans is gone, they might head south again. I plan to stay here and hunt as many Titans as possible.”

Mikasa spoke calmly.

However, Tao Yu turned to look toward the grasslands, where some scattered Titans were also heading their way.

Even though they walked in a disordered manner, it was obvious that all the Titans were moving in the same direction.

“I think, in his final moments, Eren gave all the Titans an order to return from over there.”

The actions of these Pure Titans could only be explained this way.

Though as the weaknesses of the Titans became increasingly understood and tactics and resistance against scattered Titans improved, without the world of the Titans’ blessing and lost regenerative abilities, it was very unlikely for the Titans to pose a threat south of Xiangyang.

Now that more and more Pioneers were arriving, once a hunt similar to the Alien hunting order was issued, the world of Divine Sculpture would likely be rid of the Titan threat.

It would be much better than the utterly unprepared situation at the beginning.

But to resolve the situation so thoroughly as to almost be a permanent solution, only Eren’s last efforts could achieve such a thing.

He, being outside of this world, was also limited in power and could not accomplish this.

So it was after he returned to this world and regained consciousness that he issued one final command by his own will, his departing gift…

This made Tao Yu feel somewhat wistful.

Was Eren extreme?

Too damn extreme!

But he also had another side to him, alas…

In the end, Mikasa chose to leave with Armin and the others, to depart from this place of sorrow and start anew at the base.

Meanwhile, Zhang Hao requested to stay at Shaolin, having acquired a sense of detachment from worldly affairs on this outing.

Since there was no shortage of Chosen Ones, his request was granted.

In Eren’s final moments, corrupted and yet still able to preserve his will to issue one last order, it indicated that he was still protecting the world behind him until the end.

As for the immense head of the Titan left by Eren, it gradually turned into vapor, becoming a skeleton that dissipated rapidly.

It left behind no traces, as if even the power of the Titan had been completely drained, unlike the Armor Titan and others that could be reused. In the end, Mikasa couldn’t even find a single bone and could only take away some soil…

“Let’s go over there and check if there’s anything worth salvaging. Worlds with a tendency towards self-destruction are troublesome and hard to save.”

As Mikasa and the others prepared to return, Sun Shiyu said to Tao Yu.

Tens of thousands of thick-skinned Colossal Titans, and now one could only be thankful that the walls had been reduced, otherwise, there might have been even more of them.

Tao Yu also sensed another manifestation of that chaotic Abyssal hostility.

Worlds on the brink of apocalypse reacting chemically with one another can easily stir up disasters that are hard to withstand.

The march of these Colossal Titans was just another kind of natural calamity…

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