Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

”DETONATE!!!”

Innumerable luminous specks lit up on the child’s body. With Luo Hai’s violent shout, they flickered wildly. Massive Energy Fluctuations rose instantly from the child’s body!

”Baby? Baby!”

”NO!!!”

The relationship between the old man and the child was extraordinary. Throughout their long-term cooperative battles, they shared more than just the caring bond of comrades. This bond was intensified by the effects of ’Turn into Candy,’ which had frozen the child’s physical appearance and personality at the age of eight. Furthermore, the old man’s entire family had been gruesomely killed by the demon plague. Consequently, within Wu Long’s squad, the old man regarded the child not only as his closest comrade but also felt inexplicable emotions, as if looking at his own tragically deceased grandson.

But the deeper the affection, the deeper the pain...

With a shocked expression on his face, the luminous specks on the child’s body abruptly brightened and swelled. The enormous energy was fully trapped inside the child’s body and, in the blink of an eye, expanded the child’s form.

”Run... quickly...”

An indistinct mumble emanated from the child’s mouth. The old man was petrified. However, Wen Yu’s reaction, though delayed by a fraction, was ultimately not too slow.

With Dislimning (S-class, Active Skills) and Pitch-dark Divine Light (SSS-Class, Active Skills) entirely sealed, Wen Yu had no method to transform himself into an elemental type. This meant Wen Yu had lost his formidable ability to be immune to Physical attacks!

As for the explosion, its truly terrifying lethality primarily lay in the potent shock wave of a Physical attack!

His legs became streaks of afterimages as Wen Yu moved at tremendous speed, bolting away like a lightning bolt.

Then...

”DIE!!”

BOOM!

Alongside Luo Hai’s shrill and triumphant roar, a massive mushroom cloud soared into the sky!

The next second, a visible shockwave passed directly through Wen Yu’s body. He felt his body lift off the ground. Then, a dazzling white light flashed before his eyes. In an instant, a heatwave struck him. Wen Yu felt as if he were a plucked chicken being roasted ruthlessly on a stove, a charred scent wafting from his body.

Subsequently, Wen Yu’s vision blackened, and with a loud THUD, he crashed onto the solid ground.

All-encompassing pain submerged Wen Yu’s senses. He ignored the secondary explosions and the pervasive heatwave around him, immediately contacting Faceless and urging him to return to his side at full speed. Simultaneously, Wen Yu pulled out a handful of elixir pills from his space ring. With no time to distinguish their types and functions, he swallowed them all indiscriminately.

A quick scan using his Spiritual Fluctuations over his body and the surrounding environment made Wen Yu’s heart sink.

His entire body had shrunk significantly. The fat covering his body, and even some of his muscle tissue, had mostly evaporated under the white light. Wen Yu was lucky to have survived the earth-shattering explosion. The price he paid was merely one leg.

Intense pain constantly assailed him. However, the pain was far less intense than he had imagined. Instead, with each wave of pain, Wen Yu felt a colossal power surging up from within his body!

Ultra Mortal Combat (SSS-Class, Passive Skill) activated!

Mortal Combat was the Core Skill of his Soul Pet No. 2, Cyclops. Since Wen Yu had strengthened Mortal Combat twice, the power increase it offered was naturally immense. Injury meant an increase in combat power!

What truly chilled Wen Yu to the bone was the clearer perception of the outside world with his ultra-strong physique...

In the distance, at the very center of the explosion, the old man was covered in thick soot and fire. He resembled a stone statue sporadically erupting with sparks. Cracks spiderwebbed across his body, faintly revealing flowing blood and damaged flesh beneath. During the recent earth-shattering explosion, the old man had been at its epicenter. Despite his powerful defensive measures, it was impossible for him to have escaped completely unscathed.

However, the injuries didn’t affect the old man’s momentum. His strong murderous intent continuously emanated from his body. This intent was so palpable it even repelled the sporadic white flames burning around him.

The pipe in his hand slowly grew larger and longer. In the blink of an eye, it had transformed into a three-meter-long weapon of slaughter, resembling a massive hammer!

”You must... die... die...”

GULP.

The old man swallowed hard, the last word choked back in his throat, unable to escape.

This was because he saw Luo Hai, not far away, still standing in place, wearing a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

”What must I do?”

His low, hoarse, and eerie tone carried far and wide.

After uttering this sentence slowly, Luo Hai gently wiped the mud from his forehead.

Pure white luminous specks covered his robust arms. Luo Hai observed this, then inspected his current body with satisfaction.

His height had reached nearly ten meters. Countless white light specks flickered ceaselessly on his body. The colossal Reiki swept across the entire battlefield, prompting everyone else on the field to cast sidelong glances.

What truly alarmed Wen Yu and the old man was not Luo Hai’s combat capabilities in this state—from outward appearances, this was at most a transformation-type ability, which was not uncommon.