“Whew!”
At this time.
The sound of rapid movement echoed.
Chu Guang’s burly figure appeared beside him, his hand pressed against Zhang Hu’s shoulder, calming his trembling. “Relax, don’t be nervous,” he said.
“......Ca-Captain!”
As if finding a pillar of support, Zhang Hu took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
“No wonder I didn’t see the epicenter of the anomaly. It’s an infection-type anomaly!”
Looking at the masked student in front of him, Chu Guang’s expression grew grave.
As one of the special anomalous disaster types, an infection-type anomaly, as the name suggests, when the monster awakens, it will forcibly assimilate and manipulate nearby ordinary creatures. Sometimes, even other monsters and Knights are not spared!
It is definitely considered one of the most dangerous anomalies!
But Chu Guang was relieved.
Because in his worst-case scenario, he had assumed that this Monster King had already escaped.
Now, the infection-type anomaly was still ongoing, meaning the Monster King was still nearby!
As for why Chu Guang thought it was a good thing that the Monster King hadn’t escaped…
There was once a Monster King like this.
Upon awakening, it knew how to hide the anomalous disaster it caused, and took advantage of the surrounding environment to completely conceal itself. In the end, it successfully escaped the search of the Knights who came to the rescue, and later caused several major disasters to society.
Ever since then.
All Knights understood one truth.
They were not afraid of facing monsters, but they were afraid of them coming back with their strength restored!
“Roar!!”
Just then.
The infected student in front of them suddenly let out a roar, dropping to all fours, lunging like a wild beast.
“Hmph!”
To this.
Zhang Hu’s expression tightened.
He took a step forward, precisely deflecting the attack with his left hand, while his right hand tightened around the silver fist cannon.
A punch shot out!
“Bang!!”
The infected student was sent flying backward.
And Zhang Hu pressed his advantage, chasing after the student with another heavy punch!
The infected student was pushed back, continuously wailing!
But…Zhang Hu didn’t dare use too much force.
Nor did he dare use a killing move.
Although this student had been infected, there was still hope for recovery.
The best way was to knock him unconscious!
“Whew Whew Whew!”
During this time.
The sound of dense air breaking echoed.
The Knights stationed in other areas rushed over.
Then.
Just as Zhang Hu was about to knock him unconscious.
The infected student seemed to sense the threat, and stopped attacking.
He stood in place, roaring at the sky.
“Roar!!!”
Zhang Hu’s heart skipped a beat.
He vaguely felt a sense of foreboding.
Sure enough.
When the infected student stopped roaring.
A stream of strange figures surged out from the surrounding area.
In a short while, they had completely surrounded the ruins and the Knights.
And on the faces of these figures.
They were all wearing gray-white masks!
“So many!”
Zhang Hu quickly glanced over, his heart sinking.
He didn’t expect that the number of infected students and ordinary people was as high as hundreds!
Seeing this.
He quickly retreated.
He stood together with the other Knights.
At this time, the infected creatures who were about to surround them suddenly stopped.
“What’s going on?”
The Knights couldn’t help but wonder.
But the next moment.
They saw the infected creatures slowly retreating to both sides, leaving a passageway in the middle.
“Could it be…”
All the Knights held their breath, some even started to sweat from their palms.
Everyone vaguely guessed.
The Monster King hidden behind these infected creatures…was about to appear!
Under their tense gaze.
A figure slowly emerged from the back, looking like an ordinary student.
But behind him faintly appeared a tall, shadowy figure, emitting an unparalleled sense of pressure!
“Alert! Alert!”
“S-level fluctuation detected!”
At the same time.
The watches on the Knights’ wrists all sounded urgent alarms!
“Gulp!”
Even Zeiya had issued an alarm, confirming the Monster King’s identity without a doubt.
A newly awakened Knight couldn’t help but swallow his saliva, his heart pounding rapidly.
“Boom!!!”
Looking at the Knights.
The Monster King behind the student suddenly took a step forward, completely merging with the student’s body.
His aura soared to the sky, even scattering the thick clouds completely!
But what surprised them even more was.
After the clouds dissipated, apart from the sun, there was also a full moon!
The two celestial bodies stood side by side, emitting their respective brilliance!
And.
In the middle of the silver moon.
A giant moon eye faintly emerged!
It was as if a powerful beast beyond the stars was opening its eye and looking down upon the entire world!
…
…
At the same time.
In a buffet restaurant in Donghai City.
Many people’s eyes kept glancing in one direction, their expressions a bit strange.
A young woman with a very flamboyant and exaggerated makeup, looking like a rebellious teenager, was burying herself in her food, and on the table next to her, there were a hundred plates piled up, forming a small mountain!
If this behavior happened to an ordinary customer.
The waiters and restaurant managers might step forward to politely persuade them to leave.
But now.
They pretended not to see it…
There was no way.
A woman who could eat so much food must have awakened monster powers!
Such beings are not something these miserable working class people can afford to provoke, and moreover, some monster awakeners are affected by the power of monsters, their minds and emotions are not quite normal…
“Hmm?”
“This aura…”
But at this time.
The rebellious teenager suddenly stopped.
She suddenly raised her head, her eyes seeming to penetrate the ceiling, seeing the silver moon and the moon eye.
After sensing it carefully, she immediately showed a look of狂喜 (kángxǐ) on her face!
“It’s the King!”
“This is the King’s aura!”
The rebellious teenager stood up abruptly.
A blue-purple color faintly emanated from her body, and her hair danced wildly.
With a whoosh.
She instantly disappeared from where she stood!
“Damn! Where…where did she go?!”
“My God!”
Those customers who saw the rebellious teenager instantly disappear gasped in astonishment.
The waiters nearby were extremely relieved…
…
…
“Boom!!”
In the ruins where everything had stopped moving.
A powerful aura was reviving, a golden light shining incredibly brightly!
Jiang Li, enveloped in the golden light, had his eyes closed tight.
Behind him, a tall, shadowy figure transformed from blurry to clear…it was his monster form from the副本 (fùběn)!
As his power and template continued to synchronize and merge.
The monster shadow gradually merged into Jiang Li’s body!
Finally, it completely fused into one!
It was at this moment.
The crisp system sound rang out, and the fluctuations around Jiang Li subsided!
【Ding!】
【Template synchronization complete!】
“Familiar power!”
Jiang Li opened his eyes, clenching his fist.
The golden 魔皇力 (móhuánglì) then radiated out from his body.
It exuded a domineering and noble, majestic aura, illuminating the slightly dark environment with a golden glow.
But feeling inside his body.
Jiang Li still felt a little uncomfortable.
In the副本 (fùběn).
The energy inside his body was endless, surging and overflowing, but now it was somewhat empty.
“Too bad.”
“The Infinite Life Energy talent is gone…”
Jiang Li felt very sorry about this.
Although the system manual had stated at the beginning that the talents drawn before entering the 副本 (fùběn) were only temporary talents, and could only be activated and used in the 副本 (fùběn). Once the副本 (fùběn) was completed and they returned to reality, the temporary talents would disappear with them.
But…that’s what it said.
When the golden talent really disappeared, Jiang Li couldn’t help but feel heartbroken.
That was “Infinite Life Energy”!
If he could bring it back.
Even in this chaotic Blue Star world, he could still walk sideways!
But Jiang Li eventually managed to pull himself together.
This time, he was able to bring out the power of the First Generation Demon Emperor, which was already good enough and satisfying.
Asking for more would be greedy.
Then Jiang Li asked the system some questions he was concerned about, such as the current time-stop situation.
【Ding.】
【Your current time-stop status is local time-stop.】
【As the name suggests.】
【Time-stop is only limited to a small range, and time outside is still flowing normally!】
“Local time-stop?”
“If the time flow outside is normal, shouldn’t someone have come to the rescue? According to the official Knights and the rescue team’s speed, they should have already found me, right?” Jiang Li was puzzled.
To Jiang Li’s new question, the system gave a reasonable answer.
【Ding!】
【In a local time-stop state.】
【The outside cannot sense any aura inside, and it will not transmit any aura outward!】
“I see…I understand.”
“In other words.”
“After I lift the time-stop, I still need to break through these ruins myself!”
Jiang Li nodded.
Then he took a deep breath…
Since the Demon Emperor’s power had already synchronized, it was time to go out!
“System, lift the time-stop!!”
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Ps: I saw someone mentioned the problem of this talent.
I usually design temporary talents to be more powerful and special, so that they will have an advantage in the副本 (fùběn)…If they could be brought back to reality, they would probably become invincible after two or three副本 (fùběn), and it would be difficult to write a long story afterwards.
However, there will be other ways to bring talents into reality later on.
Then there’s another thing, it seems that after the chapter has been published for a while, it can no longer be edited. I can’t even click the edit button in the author’s backstage. Chapters 21 and 22 are the same, I want to edit them, but I can’t. Please bear with me, if you can’t stand it, just skip it.
As for the belt, it’s coming soon.