"What's the difference?"
Daziel's voice was cold, refusing to guess Hoolay's words.
"Regardless of who is controlling this shell of yours now, don't even think about taking half a step out of this Shackling Prison today."
A low roar rumbled in Hoolay's throat, mixed with a murderous laughter as thick as blood plasma, making the air hum.
"Truly... a half-hearted resolve. Then let me see if your determination is worthy of your arrogance!"
Before the words faded, a stinking, wild wind assailed them, carrying a rich scent of blood and savagery!
Hoolay's mountain-like, colossal body erupted with terrifying speed, completely disproportionate to its size, lunging forward abruptly, as fast as a crimson bolt of lightning!
Rip—!
The enormous scarlet claws tore through the air, emitting a sharp whistle as they aimed straight for Daziel's face!
"Slash Iron as Claws!"
Before it reached him, the fierce wind already scraped Daziel's cheeks painfully.
Daziel retreated sharply, light coalescing in his hand, forming his baseball bat, to block this earth-shattering blow.
Clang—!!!
A deafening clang of metal on metal exploded, so sharp it almost pierced their eardrums!
A massive recoil force traveled up his arm, making the webbing between Daziel's thumb and forefinger go numb, his blood churning!
"Kun position! Left flank three inches! Scatter! Watch its movements, it's too fast!"
Fu Xuan's urgent, delicate shout rang out. The mysterious third eye on her forehead pulsed with rapidly flowing light as she desperately tried to capture and predict the terrifying beast's every subtle movement!
Xueyi, driving her newly replaced puppet body, unhesitatingly met the giant wolf's massive flank, attempting to alleviate Daziel's pressure.
Sushang's sword light flashed like a startled phoenix, while Guinaifen used her fire-swallowing finishing move, trying to pin it down from the side.
Hanya and Huohuo, lacking direct combat abilities, could only stand aside, their gazes locked tightly on the battlefield, watching anxiously.
"Heh heh heh..."
Facing the group's assault, Hoolay let out a low, crazed laugh. In its gaping maw, a set of saw-like, bone-white, sharp fangs glinted with a heart-palpitating cold light. Its eyes were filled with the cruel amusement of a cat playing with a mouse.
"Break Swords as Teeth!"
It violently shook its savage wolf head, the movement so fast it left only a blur, its blood-colored maw snapping at Xueyi's extended puppet arm.
Crack—!!!
A horrifying sound of shattering, so gruesome it made one's teeth ache and bones chill, echoed throughout the prison chamber!
The puppet arm, meticulously forged by the Artisanship Commission, was actually bitten clean off by Hoolay's terrifying bite force!
Sparks flew from the severed metal joint, and components scattered.
"Wolf Chases the Hare!"
Hoolay let out a heaven-shaking howl, its colossal body suddenly transforming into a blurry, erratically moving crimson afterimage.
Every turn, every pounce, whipped up a destructive gale that felt almost tangible, stinging their faces, making it nearly impossible to open their eyes!
Shattered stones and swirling dust were swept into the air by the incomparably savage power, mixing with the scent of blood, making visibility in the entire space murky.
The walls continuously cracked under its collisions, emitting groans of being overwhelmed.
An invisible, suffocating, terrifying pressure, like a rising tide, surged wave after wave, weighing heavily on everyone's heart.
It made their breathing exceptionally difficult, as if their chests were being tightly squeezed by an invisible giant hand!
"Crimson Gaze!"
Accompanying Hoolay's malicious roar, a terrifying pressure far exceeding previous ones, like a tangible mountain, crashed down!
Sushang and Guinaifen were about to muster their courage again, to launch a combined attack and create an opportunity for Daziel.
Fu Xuan, seeing this, shouted nervously, "Don't go up, get back quickly!"
However, the crimson pressure came too quickly, its range too vast, making it impossible to avoid!
Thwump! Thwump!
The two of them let out pained grunts almost simultaneously, their delicate bodies shaking violently, as if struck hard in the chest by an invisible sledgehammer!
The powerful impact sent their bodies completely out of control, flying backward like kites with broken strings!
Bang! Bang!
A streak of glaring blood uncontrollably trickled from the corner of Sushang's mouth. Her black heavy sword flew from her grasp, clattering onto the ground nearby with a crisp sound, the blade humming incessantly.
Guinaifen was in an even more wretched state. Her long staff weapon was knocked away, and the flames she spewed were extinguished in an instant by the terrifying crimson pressure, like a candle in the wind, unable to even inflict a superficial wound on Hoolay. Her face was pale, her aura instantly weakening.
They struggled, wanting to get up from the ground and rejoin the fight, but were horrified to find their bodies felt as if filled with heavy lead. Even moving a finger became exceptionally difficult, and every breath brought excruciating pain.
Hoolay's crimson flame-burning eyes slowly turned towards Xueyi, who had just lost an arm and was trying to regain her stance, its gaze filled with an almost cruel, undisguised pleasure.
"War-Chief's Moon Frenzy!"
Its giant claw lifted, as if means to condense or gather the power of a dark moon, wrapped in a heart-palpitating aura of destruction.
The air beneath the claw twisted and compressed, leaving only that sky-blotting crimson giant claw to smash down ferociously!
Xueyi's pupils constricted. She hurriedly recalled the Demon-Breaking Awl that had just flown out to defend herself.
However, it was all in vain.
Only a deafening explosion was heard!
Boom!!!
That newly repaired, supposedly incomparably sturdy puppet body, under Hoolay's utterly savage blow...
It let out a wail of being overwhelmed, like a fragile porcelain vase struck by a sledgehammer, and then—
Innumerable precision parts and fragments scattered in all directions, heralding its complete demise.
On a fragment of its face, her eyes could be seen, frozen in a final moment of unwillingness and fury.
In an instant, the battlefield situation had taken a drastic turn for the worse.
The situation of many against one had collapsed in an instant under Hoolay's terrifying power.
Looking around, the entire prison chamber was a wreck.
Scattered weapons, shattered puppet parts, and the harem, fallen by the wall, struggling but unable to rise, having already lost their combat capability...
The only ones still standing on this battlefield, able to fight, were Daziel and Fu Xuan!
They subconsciously stood side-by-side, forming the last line of defense, their gazes sharp as blades, vigilantly watching the colossal, monstrous beast before them that emanated a heaven-storming ferocity. The air was thick with the unyielding scent of blood, and a despairing aura that made hearts stop, almost freezing the soul.
Fine beads of cold sweat had unknowingly trickled down Daziel's temples.
His breathing had also become slightly more rapid than usual, his chest heaving.
The fingers gripping his weapon were white at the knuckles from excessive force, trembling slightly.
His thoughts raced like lightning, desperately trying to find even the slightest way to break this desperate situation!
From his brief exchange with Hoolay just now, Daziel already knew that his Mental Pierce, a technique that had once been invincible against Heliobus and other evil entities, a true ace up his sleeve, was now having minimal effect.
That seemingly mere fur, but in reality, incomparably tough hide, along with the savage and surging vital energy within its body, formed an almost insurmountable natural barrier, blocking most of his mental attacks!
I must...
I must find a way to defeat it!
Otherwise, everyone present today, including himself, would be buried here, becoming a bloody sacrifice for this beast's return to the world!
The miniature Matrix of Prescience surrounding Fu Xuan was also flickering erratically. Clearly, maintaining the prediction of Hoolay's movements was placing an unimaginable mental strain on her.
Her divination and deduction abilities were currently operating at an unprecedented speed, frantically trying to analyze and predict the giant wolf's every action, every attacking intent.
But the opponent's power was too tyrannical, its speed too outrageously fast; every attack was like a natural disaster descending.
Every warning she gave seemed so rushed, so strained, often only able to remind everyone to avoid vital points at the last possible second.
"Daziel, something's not right..."
Fu Xuan's voice came through the chaotic airflow, tinged with an imperceptible fatigue, but her tone was exceptionally clear and certain.
"Its attack frequency... seems to be... decreasing?"
As if to confirm Fu Xuan's words.
Hoolay, which had been rampaging and destroying wantonly, stopped its movements without warning, standing silently in the center of the prison chamber like a crimson mountain.
Its eyes, burning with scarlet flames like two giant blood lanterns, slowly swept over the remaining Daziel and Fu Xuan, filled with a chilling amusement and scrutiny.
Hoolay extended its long, scarlet tongue, covered in ferocious barbs like a rasp, and slowly licked the bloodstains from the corner of its mouth.
That action was filled with wild cruelty, and a nauseating, absolute confidence and…
Satisfaction of a top predator.
Daziel's heart suddenly sank, his face instantly darkening to the point where water could drip from it.
"Careful, it's about to enter a bloodthirsty state."
As someone who had fought Hoolay countless times in the game, Daziel naturally knew how terrifying this move was.
"What is that...?"
The light from the third eye on Fu Xuan's forehead flickered rapidly, like a candle about to be extinguished. "My divination... the formation's calculation load is too high, it's about to... fail...!"
Her words had not fully faded when Hoolay's colossal, mountain-like body suddenly erupted with an even more terrifying and unparalleled aura than before!
A blood-colored flame aura around its body violently surged, almost dyeing the entire prison chamber into a crimson hell!
This was the Denizen of Abundance War-Chief's frenzied form—War-Chief's Moon Frenzy!
Hoolay's speed suddenly increased dramatically. Its colossal body actually transformed into a blood-colored streak of lightning, almost invisible to the naked eye, rampaging wildly within the prison chamber!
In its burning scarlet eyes, rationality completely vanished, leaving only the purest, most extreme desire for slaughter. That bloodthirsty intent was so strong it almost materialized, flooding the entire space.
"This is bad!"
Fu Xuan cried out in alarm, her tone filled with unprecedented horror. "Its attack trajectory has become faster, more bizarre! My... my Matrix of Prescience is finding it increasingly difficult to track its movements!"
"It's up to you, Daziel... Hold it off at all costs! I need some time... to prepare that spell to support you!"
Daziel gritted his teeth, a chill rising from his spine.
"Are you kidding me, Master Diviner," Daziel growled bitterly, "In this situation, how am I supposed to hold it off alone?!"
However, behind him was his harem, fallen and having lost all combat capability, the last line of defense on the verge of collapse.
He had no way out!
Brilliant light once again condensed on the baseball bat in his hand. Daziel took a deep breath, his eyes sharp as a hawk's, and charged ferociously towards that blood shadow that seemed capable of tearing everything apart!
He pushed his speed and skill to the absolute limit, engaging it in an utterly frenzied entanglement!
Clang—! Clang—! Boom—!
Piercing sounds of metal colliding, the sharp shriek of claws tearing through the air, and dull, heart-wrenching impact sounds echoed madly in the narrow, dilapidated prison chamber.
Every thrilling exchange was accompanied by dazzling sparks and wildly flying debris.
Daziel's figure, under Hoolay's terrifying, storm-like attacks, was like a lone boat in a raging sea, teetering on the brink, in imminent danger.
He relied on his superhuman combat intuition and iron will, time and time again narrowly avoiding attacks that could have been instantly fatal.
However, the difference in power level was too vast, like a chasm.
The wounds on his body were increasing, fresh blood soaking his clothes, and intense pain washed over his nerves like a tide.
I must...
I must risk everything, fight to the death! Otherwise, the only outcome is destruction!
A nearly crazed determination flashed in Daziel's eyes. The remaining power in his body erupted completely at this moment! His aura soared!
"Farewell Homerun!!!"
The ultimate blow, condensing all his strength and will, swung out violently. The baseball bat in his hand erupted with unprecedented brilliant light, like a meteor tearing through the darkness, carrying an indomitable momentum as it fiercely struck Hoolay's muscular, blood-reeking chest!
Almost at the same instant, Fu Xuan's solemn voice rang out, carrying a sacred majesty as if communicating with heaven and earth, wielding the law!
"Great Matrix of Heavenly Ford, Calamity Ends in Unity!"
A brilliant purple pillar of light, seemingly containing the infinite mysteries of the universe, flowing with abstruse runes, tore through the prison chamber's dome, locking onto Hoolay with incomparable precision and striking it resoundingly!
"Awooo—!!!"
Hoolay let out a scream of extreme pain, so piercing it almost shattered eardrums. Its mountain-like body trembled violently, as if enduring unimaginable torture. Fu Xuan's summoned golden pillar of light and Daziel's all-or-nothing attack, two powerful forces, converged on Hoolay's chest, instantly breaking through its seemingly indestructible defense!
Splat!
The giant wolf violently spewed a large mouthful of hot blood mixed with organ fragments, dyeing the ground red.
However, Hoolay, in its "War-Chief's Moon Frenzy" state, possessed an incredibly tenacious life force and ferocity and did not immediately fall.
The extreme pain, instead, completely ignited the monstrous ferocity in its bones!
Its blood-soaked claws, carrying the madness of mutual destruction, suddenly tore through the air, violently swiping at Daziel, who was within arm's reach, his old strength spent and new strength yet to be mustered!
It was so fast Daziel couldn't react at all!
"Pfft!"
A sickening tearing sound was heard.
The incomparably sharp claws easily tore through Daziel's sweatshirt, leaving several deep, ghastly claw marks on his chest, revealing bone and mangled flesh!
Excruciating pain! It erupted like a volcano, instantly engulfing Daziel's entire body!
Daziel's vision suddenly went black. His body completely lost control, strength receding like a tide.
He fell heavily onto the cold ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, unable to stand up again. His consciousness began to rapidly fade, blurring...
"Daziel!"
Fu Xuan let out a piercing cry of alarm, rushing to Daziel's side regardless of everything, trying to help him up.
When she saw the horrific wound on Daziel's chest that had almost disemboweled him, Fu Xuan's face instantly turned deathly pale, devoid of all color.
Hoolay staggered back a few steps, its colossal body swaying unsteadily, its scarlet eyes fixed deadly on Daziel, who lay in a pool of blood, his breathing faint.
It panted heavily, its chest heaving violently. Blood gushed like a spring from the wound Daziel and Fu Xuan had jointly inflicted.
"Heh heh... to be able to... push me... to this extent... you're... not bad..." Hoolay's voice was hoarse and ragged, yet it carried a twisted and cruel admiration.
"Compared to... seven hundred years ago... that meddling Xianzhou woman... not inferior in the slightest..."
"A pity... a pity... the current me, having devoured that overconfident Heliobus abomination... is long... a different beast than before..."
However, Hoolay's malicious whisper was cut short in the next moment.
Its colossal body suddenly stiffened. The cruel expression on its face instantly froze, replaced by an incredulous shock and extreme pain.
Its body began to twist and convulse uncontrollably, as if something inside it was about to burst out!
"Urk... Aaaaargh—!!!"
A roar distorted by pain was forcefully squeezed from the depths of Hoolay's throat, filled with unwillingness and fear.
Daziel clung to his last shred of fading consciousness. He could even clearly hear, from a distance, the heart inside Hoolay's body beating wildly like a war drum being struck.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The sound grew louder, more rapid, as if about to explode!
"What... what's... going on?"
Daziel used his last strength to struggle and whisper, his vision already starting to blacken.
In the next moment, a scene so horrifying it would be etched into the memory of everyone present who was still conscious for the rest of their lives occurred!
"Plurch—!"
A dull, sickening tearing sound!
Hoolay's sturdy chest was suddenly torn open from the inside by a ferocious, horrifying, bloody hole!
An enormous, blood-red, still violently beating heart, trailing countless dripping flesh and severed blood vessels, was forcefully squeezed out from that hole! It levitated in mid-air!
Feng Tianyu, collapsed in a corner of the prison, almost swallowed by despair, upon seeing this bizarre heart, the dead despair in his eyes was instantly replaced by boundless ecstasy!
He clutched his head violently, letting out an utterly crazed, demonic howl:
"Hahahaha! It's Lord Carnal! It's Lord Carnal! Lord Carnal isn't dead! It won! It finally won! Hahahaha!"
With its heart torn out, Hoolay should have died instantly, but it didn't.
It used its only remaining intact claw to clutch the massive, gushing hole in its chest. Its scarlet eyes stared deadly at the violently beating heart in mid-air, its gaze filled with shock, unwillingness, and a dawning... realization.
"It's that fellow... that damned Heliobus... It was lurking all along... just waiting for this moment?! What deep scheming!!"
Hoolay's voice was filled with incredulous fury.
On the heart levitating in mid-air, a rich, unmelting crimson moonlight and a demonic, bewitching pink mist madly intertwined, pervaded, clashed, and fused.
Two entirely different, yet equally ominous and destructive powers, spread out like a bursting tide!
A bizarre odor, a mixture of sweetness and blood, permeated the air.
Suddenly, Hoolay let out a low, strange, wild laugh, filled with self-destructive madness.
"Hahahaha... Fine! Fine! Although this scene... truly exceeded my expectations..."
"But... this way... the 'Crimson Moon' in my chest can finally... shed its last brilliance... scatter this destructive blood light... completely over every corner of this place!"
It glanced maliciously at the pervading pink mist, its tone laced with undisguised mockery.
"Tsk, as for that disorienting, desire-inducing pink... just consider it a unique seasoning for this grand hunt!"
"Farewell, you lingering ants..." Hoolay's voice carried a final, undisguised malice.
"This Lord... will die... but dying with me... will be the entire Luofu Xianzhou! Hahahaha!"
The interweaving crimson and pink light became increasingly intense, dazzling. The terrifying energy fluctuations made the entire sturdy prison chamber tremble violently. ferocious cracks appeared on the walls, as if it would completely collapse at any moment!
The aura of destruction weighed heavily on everyone's heart, so oppressive it was almost hard to breathe, their souls trembling.
"Damn it... What should we do..."
Daziel's consciousness was already like a candle in the wind, about to be extinguished at any moment, but his heart was burning with anxiety, like oil on a raging fire.
Could it be... Do I really have to be like Feixiao in the original plot?
Swallow this bizarre heart that has fused the Denizen of Abundance War-Chief with the Heliobus "Carnal"?
Use myself as a vessel to forcibly suppress these two destructive powers that are about to erupt?
But... But I'm not a Foxian!
I don't have the so-called Qingqiu bloodline in my body! Nor am I some Denizen of Abundance!
Forcibly swallowing this defiled creation of the Lord of Plagues... my body absolutely cannot withstand it!
The only outcome would be to explode on the spot! Not even a speck of dust would remain!
"Hahahaha!"
Hoolay seemed to see through Daziel's desperate and crazed thoughts, letting out an even more unbridled, mocking wild laugh.
"It's useless! Give up! Without the special bloodline of the Qingqiu Foxians, without the courage and physique of us Denizens of Abundance to swallow suns and moons, your fragile human body simply cannot withstand the power contained in the heart fused from this Lord and that Heliobus!"
Its gaze swept like a venomous snake across a corner of the prison chamber.
"Oh, right, there is a little Foxian girl here... What a pity, truly a pity! Right now, she's so scared she's just hugging her own tail and shivering! She doesn't even have the courage to stand up! Hahahahaha!"
In the corner of the prison chamber, Huohuo was indeed hugging her fluffy tail tightly, her small body trembling like a leaf in a storm, almost curled into a ball.
"Sob... sob..."
Small, suppressed sobs uncontrollably escaped her throat, filled with helplessness and fear.
Hanya knelt beside her, gently wrapping an arm around her trembling shoulders, whispering words of comfort, trying to give her some strength, but Hanya's own face was equally pale.
"You're really embarrassing me! Useless thing!"
A crude voice, like a clap of thunder, exploded in Huohuo's ear. "You're being called useless to your face! You don't even dare to make a peep! Do you really not have the guts to go up there and eat that fancy-looking heart thing?! What are you afraid of?!"
Daziel looked at this scene, his face growing even uglier.
If it really came down to it, he could only bite the bullet and go for it...
"Daziel! Don't be impulsive!"
Fu Xuan seemed to have read his thoughts, her voice coming urgently.
"That is a defiled object left by the Lord of Plagues! It contains unimaginable disaster and curses! It is absolutely not something a body of flesh and blood can touch! You must not act recklessly! Otherwise, you will surely die!"
Daziel was caught in an incredibly intense internal struggle.
Reason clanged like an alarm bell in his mind, telling him Fu Xuan was right, that bizarre heart was an absolute death trap, a one-way ticket to destruction.
But... looking at the harem members behind him who had been heavily injured protecting him, looking at Fu Xuan's pale face, looking at the crimson and pink light about to spread and destroy everything...
Was he really going to watch all this happen? Do nothing?
This was absolutely not Daziel's style!
The first to suffer would undoubtedly be them, who were so close!
Even in death, he couldn't!
Just at this critical moment, with life and death hanging by a thread, when everyone was helpless, only able to watch the blood moon descend.
A sudden change occurred!
That giant heart, levitating in mid-air, continuously releasing ominous red and pink light, as if seized by an invisible giant hand and thrown violently!
Or rather, it was driven by the crazed will of the Heliobus "Carnal" hidden deep within the heart!
It suddenly transformed into a blurry streak of light, mixed with crimson and pink, in a way that completely disregarded spatial distance and everyone's reaction speed!
"Swish—!"
A soft sound!
That heart actually plunged into the deep, ghastly, still-bleeding wound on Daziel's chest!
It vanished instantly!
The entire process was incredibly fast! So fast it transcended thought!
Daziel didn't even have time to react, didn't even have time to feel the pain!
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