Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 894: Chapter 138: Bonds of the Immortals (5)

Like shattered mud—these tentacle-like steel needles, though hard, always exude a sense of vitality, but at this moment, they shatter inch by inch and finally fall to the ground.

The fragments on the ground instantly become piles of black residue, devoid of any vitality.

This fragmentation even has a contagious effect, rapidly spreading from the tentacles to the main body of this hideous monster. As if feeling the deadly danger, the ugly monster instantly breaks off all the tentacles outside its body.

Witnessing this scene, Karen Yisheer pushed away some rubble and struggled to emerge.

“You ultimately…”

Severely injured, she couldn’t even stand, and before she could finish her words, she collapsed to the ground… just as she was about to hit the ground, Queen Elizabeth hurriedly supported her.

However, she had already lowered her head, and Queen Elizabeth’s calls went unanswered, “Miss Karen has fainted.”

Luo Qiu nodded and said, “Keep an eye on her, I’ll go inside and check.”

Queen Elizabeth nodded, and at this time, Zhong Luoyue felt she should do something too, so she quickly walked over to help Elizabeth support Karen Yisheer.

Miss Zhong clearly didn’t want to remain useless… not wanting to be deemed ineffective.

This contrasts sharply with a certain boss who was lounging around—a vacationing boss. Luo Qiu glanced at Zhong Luoyue, nodded, and entered through the broken walls.

“Be careful!” Queen Elizabeth hurriedly advised.

Luo Qiu merely waved, signaling them to be at ease.

“He… he’ll be alright, won’t he?” Zhong Luoyue asked Elizabeth with worry. “The monster ahead seems far more terrifying.”

Her life form was undergoing an unprecedented transformation—yet for the third daughter of the Zhong Family, her human concept hadn’t completely shifted in just an hour or two… or rather, hadn’t even begun to shift.

Regarding Transcendent power, the Zhong Family’s third daughter had no concept, at this moment she could only ‘assess’ the strength or weakness of Transcendent creatures from form, appearance, and other factors.

Queen Elizabeth shook her head, “That’s because you don’t know the power of the fourth-generation bloodsucker… even powerful Viscount Fernandis was knocked back to form by Brother Luo Qiu with just a few words. This monster is no match for Brother Luo Qiu!”

The young lady looked confident and awestruck.

Zhong Luoyue nodded, relieved somewhat, yet… yet when did this girl start calling him ‘Brother’ like she hadn’t even sought his consent?

Zhong Luoyue instinctively pulled out her phone to glance, realizing it was already past seven in the evening… the tasting party started at three in the afternoon, but only four hours have passed.

But for her, these hours felt like days… outside, it must be night, she thought instinctively.

…

“Save… me…”

The voice emanated from the human face on the monster, when Luo Qiu entered the laboratory, standing before the hideous monster, the monster had grown numerous more tentacles.

Luo Qiu observed, “Impressive regeneration… and a devouring ability.”

He examined the monster with technological products ‘fused’ into its body, seemingly able to balance organic and Inorganic matter, making it more than a simple creature.

Sadly, this thing had no mind, only instincts… or rather, just unconditional reflexes of cells. The entangled malevolent thoughts originated elsewhere; fear and hatred came from the emerging human face.

“Hmm… seems like there’s also a self-replicating ability?” Luo Qiu looked again.

He found that the monster’s body was continually ‘swelling’… and not because it was growing, but because its cells were rapidly dividing.

This division seemed limitless, and if left unchecked, it’s unknown into what form the monster might evolve ultimately.

A massive cancer-cell-like monster… likely eventually truly becoming the mainland’s cancer cell?

“Apologies, I’m not conducting business right now.” Luo Qiu shook his head, looking at the human face on the monster, saying, “Additionally, I’m planning to enjoy various sensations as much as possible. Like…”

Luo Qiu swung his patterned Longsword, with no notion of Sword Qi or Sword Light, nor mystical sword wind, yet the tentacles of the hideous monster were instantly severed.

“… At present, I have a sudden sense of justice, feeling if I leave you alone, it will cause much trouble.”

Luo Qiu swung the sword again… with this slash, the ugly monster was immediately cut open, a large amount of viscous green liquid erupted.

The cells on the monster began frantically contracting… like in spasms, and its centrally inverted bloody mouth issued painful sounds.

Luo Qiu kept swinging the patterned Longsword, expression indifferent.

“I know that this sense of justice is somewhat cheap since initially, I didn’t save those bitten dead by Lady Eve, or by Takizawa, or even zombies.” Luo Qiu shook his head, halting his actions.

The monster had been slashed out with dozens of large wounds, like a cake ravaged by a dining knife.

“I don’t intend to change the destinies of guests today… but if left unchecked, your threat may be far greater than I imagined… Perhaps someday, you’ll be the cancer cell of the entire mainland, by then it will take much more effort to excise you. The main issue is, indeed many of my clients and future potential clients will be harmed—this is unacceptable.”

Its entire body was trembling, remaining portions grew numerous sharp tentacles, launching together. Yet around Luo Qiu seemed an invisible sphere, always protecting him, despite tentacle assaults, unable to pierce, breaking one after another outside this unseen ‘sphere’.

Luo Qiu seemed to recall something, suddenly said: “Actually, I’ve encountered a similar… creature before. Originally I wanted to say ‘thing’, but later it developed thoughts and can’t say ‘thing’ anymore. Unfortunately, you lack the ability to evolve thoughts. Yes, it’s indeed unfortunate. Otherwise, I think I would have enjoyed communicating with you… ”

Luo Qiu slowly raised the patterned Longsword, then approached the monster, ignoring the frantic tentacle attacks.

At last, the entire body of the monster started to become fluid-like, spreading around Luo Qiu and then began to climb up, intending to wrap him completely… or rather, devour him.

Luo Qiu suddenly smiled and said, “Although it’s a cheap sense of justice, I actually quite enjoy it now, because… it’s what my father taught me.”

It had completely devoured Luo Qiu, reverting to its original ugly form of a huge cancer cell, intertwined with synthetic machinery.

The enormous bloody mouth opened wide, revealing its ferocity… in a split second, the roar from the bloody mouth turned into a wail of pain—every cell in its entire body suddenly began to swell.

It was as if its body was sprouting more tumors… densely packed, and finally, when all the cells had swelled to their limit, they exploded one by one.

Bang——!!!!

Completely burst.

The black substance splattered all over the laboratory due to the explosion. At the center of the blast, Luo Qiu remained untouched by any dust. He simply stood there quietly, frowning, seemingly in thought.

He muttered to himself, “I seem to have talked a lot today… it’s a bit unlike me.”

He shook his head, deciding not to delve into why he suddenly became talkative, and instead surveyed his surroundings.

After the monster exploded, the technological products it had devoured were scattered around—of course, these things were pretty much unrecognizable in their original form.

There were even quite a few ‘corpses’… some resembled werewolves, some like the legendary mermaids, and some peculiar creatures.

But most of the body had almost ‘melted,’ with not much left, probably because the monster hadn’t fully digested them yet.

However, they were undoubtedly dead… Oh, right, Luo Qiu also found half of Takizawa’s body in a pile of black substance.

This bloodsucker from the Orient was already dead at this moment, his body emitting a foul stench… Luo Qiu used the floral-patterned longsword in his hand to poke and flipped over half of Takizawa’s body, only to unexpectedly discover an item inside.

An approximately 500-milliliter thermos-sized cylindrical container… This thing seemed to be swallowed by Takizawa and hidden inside his body.

“Is this… Naihe?”

Through the gaping hole in the broken wall, Queen Elizabeth and Zhong Luoyue were at this moment cautiously supporting Karen Yisheer as they walked in, with Karen Yisheer still hanging her head, appearing not fully awake.

It was Queen Elizabeth who spoke. She looked at the container Luo Qiu had uncovered, and exclaimed in surprise, “Strange, how could Naihe be here, wasn’t it already handed over by Takizawa?”

“The one he handed over was probably fake.” Luo Qiu suddenly said, then took out a tissue, covered his hand, and lifted the container to examine it.

Luo Qiu was planning to cheat at this moment… the thought arose, and his gaze fell on a certain spot in the laboratory, piercing through several doors, finally landing inside a pure white room.

He snapped his fingers.

The pedestal in the pure white room suddenly cracked open, and the items stored inside flew up instantaneously, traveling all the way out, finally reaching Luo Qiu’s side.

Queen Elizabeth’s eyes widened, “Three Lifetimes, ninety-seven, Yellow Springs, my family’s Other Shore Flower, and this is… River of Oblivion, right?”

She looked again at the container in Luo Qiu’s hand, “With Naihe, it’s all here…”

Luo Qiu was mostly looking at ‘Three Lifetimes’ and ‘Other Shore Flower’, while the other items were scanned to the side. At this time, Queen Elizabeth said, “Three Lifetimes is a crystal, but as long as you put it in pure spring water, the water will automatically turn into a blood substitute that even we can drink… but it’s actually some kind of wine, rumored to cause intoxication easily.”

“A gemstone that turns spring water into wine… such a miraculous thing.” Zhong Luoyue sighed at this moment, having witnessed more than one or two peculiar things today, she was merely surprised, not shocked.

Yet at this moment, a sound of rustling came from a heap of black substances and instrument fragments about a few meters away.

A figure emerged from within, struggling to crawl out.

His entire body was rotting, like it was covered in poisonous sores, an intimidating sight, yet his appearance could still be recognized… Zhong Luoyue exclaimed, “You are… Uncle Jin?”

But she did not approach him.

At this moment, Uncle Jin was a dying man, seemingly oblivious to Zhong Luoyue uncovering his identity, he just kept dragging himself toward Luo Qiu with effort while muttering something.

“Fake… Naihe is fake… Why is it fake… I wasted so much effort… it turns out to be fake… why… why… why is everything fake… why!!”

He roared in anger, “I did so much… I did so much…”

At this moment, he was not only a dying man but seemingly a madman… and even a madman on the brink of death emanates a chilling feeling.

Zhong Luoyue felt this way, and she instinctively said, “What… what did you do?”

“What did I do… what did I do?” Uncle Jin opened his mouth wide, staring, self-musing, “What did I do? What have I done… I’ve done… right! I’ve been working like a slave for Tu Shenyi for decades, like a dog! But he never bit me! He won’t give me immortality!! He’s afraid I will defeat him!! He’s afraid to lose! He’s afraid to lose! He’s afraid I’ll surpass him!! So he never bites me!! He won’t bite me!!!”

“He refuses to bite me!! Hahaha ahahaha!!! He won’t bite me!!”

Zhong Luoyue and Queen Elizabeth instinctively exchanged a glance, realizing that Uncle Jin was totally insane now.

Yet Luo Qiu at this moment curiously watched Uncle Jin’s demeanor.

“He won’t bite me…” Uncle Jin suddenly started to weep, “It’s all his fault… he wouldn’t bite me… Well, if you don’t bite, you don’t bite, I can’t force you, right, right? Right!!! But, you can’t blame me for killing you, right… we’re even, aren’t we? Hahahahahaha! We’re even! Even… hee hee, haha… hee hee…”

“You killed Tu Shenyi… How could that be.” Queen Elizabeth covered her small mouth in disbelief.

However, at this moment, Karen Yisheer, who was being supported by the two and had her head lowered, slightly moved her eyebrows, the eyelashes trembling slightly, as if she was about to awaken…