Beyond the docks, in the city ruins, the roar of reporter helicopters' propellers could already be faintly heard.
"The test is almost over; King is still waiting for me to eat barbecue."
Han Sen glanced into the distance, deciding to finish quickly.
Just then, the dark clouds accumulated in the sky finally could no longer bear the weight of the water vapor, and drizzling rain began to fall, turning into a downpour within a few breaths.
The cold rainwater struck Han Sen's body, but it seemed to inject some kind of catalyst.
The "Darklight Battle Suit", which was integrated with his skin's surface, seemed to hum with excitement the moment it came into contact with water.
Rainy day BUFF activated, with doubled comprehensive enhancement effects for strength, speed, defense, recovery, and stamina!
A more powerful sensation than before surged through his entire body, and Han Sen felt every one of his cells breathing joyfully.
On his hands, black biomass, like flowing liquid metal, rapidly spread from his arms, undergoing high-speed reconstruction at the particle level.
In the blink of an eye, his two arms transformed into two black-gold scythe blades shimmering with metallic luster.
"Form Shift"!
Immediately after, Han Sen's mind stirred, and the violent lightning energy within his body surged into the scythe blades through his arms.
Sizzle—!
A layer of dazzling blue plasma instantly covered the entire scythe blade, emitting a crackling sound, and destructive lightning power furiously leaped along the blade's edge.
A lightning afterimage, so fast it surpassed the limits of naked-eye observation, trailed a long electric light path, flashing by in the dim, rain-drenched sky!
Pfft—!!!
The Cargo King's giant energy core in its chest was pierced through, and numerous cracks splattered outwards!
The broken steel giant froze in place, motionless.
The next second.
Boom—!!!
Terrifying thunder, centered on the hole in its chest, suddenly erupted into billions of violent lightning snakes that frantically shot out from every crack in its body, completely engulfing the entire dock in a terrifying lightning storm!
When the light dissipated, the massive steel giant had vanished without a trace, leaving only scorched metal debris on the ground, still emitting wisps of smoke under the washing rain.
"Ding! Killed Dragon-level Monster 'Cargo King', gained Origin Points x 83600!"
The system prompt sounded in his mind, and Han Sen looked at the metal wreckage on the ground, deep in thought: "These materials..."
"If I send them to Genus, maybe he can research some new types of mechanical Monsters?"
Thinking of this, the shadows beneath his feet subtly writhed as if alive, and multiple clones switched light and shadow forms, completely enveloping and collecting all the remaining metal fragments on the ground.
Immediately, Han Sen activated his upgraded psychic ability.
"Imaginary Domain"!
The metal fragments enveloped by the shadows instantly became illusory, transforming from physical entities into information states, and were all contained within Han Sen's exclusive space, opened in the Gap between reality and illusion.
They could be stored and retrieved with a mere thought, which was even more convenient than any professional storage item.
"Done, time to clock out."
Han Sen, in a good mood, glanced at the reporter helicopters that were already flying very close, not intending to stay any longer.
His figure flickered, once again transforming into a pale cyan stream of light.
The reporters barely caught a blurry trajectory before he broke through the rain curtain and disappeared into the city's skyline.
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Deep underground, the Monster Association.
In the dark and damp passage, a patrol team consisting of five Monsters was walking listlessly.
"Hey, did you hear? Cutting King killed another Tiger-level who didn't know his place yesterday."
"Hah, what's a Tiger-level? Cutting King is a cadre candidate, he's bound to be promoted to Dragon-level sooner or later!"
"Speaking of which, the strongest Demon-level in our association must be Bug God, right?"
"..."
As soon as the words fell, a tall and upright dark figure slowly stepped out from the shadows at the end of the corridor.
Every step he took caused the blood of the Monsters to churn, a strong sense of suffocation gripped their throats, and the air solidified as if they couldn't breathe.
His dark carapace gleamed with a deathly metallic luster, and his grotesque, thick arthropod limbs formed layered armor, silently proclaiming his master's power and brutality, as a pair of scarlet eyes coldly swept over them, as if looking at a few rocks in the way.
"Bug... Bug God!"
The Tiger-level Monster who had just been discussing was scared out of his wits, hastily flattened himself against the wall, and bowed respectfully, with a few even bumping into each other and falling in the confusion.
Bug God walked straight past them, not even bothering to spare a glance for these mere fodder.
Only after his figure completely disappeared around the corner of the corridor did the Tiger-level Monsters dare to breathe heavily, drenched in cold sweat.
"So... so scary! I thought I was dead just now!"
"That look... it was terrifying! Is this the aura of the association's strongest Demon-level?"
"What Demon-level, the aura of a Dragon-level cadre isn't much more than this!"
"Stop flattering him, be careful not to overdo it!"
"Exactly, let's go quickly! Bug God seems to be in a bad mood; if he takes it out on us, we're dead!"
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Amidst the patrol team's discussion, Han Sen had already arrived unimpeded at the Monster Association's core area—the underground palace where Great Eyes resided.
"Great Eyes... sir!"
From the shadows deep within the palace, the enormous sofa throne suspended in mid-air slowly turned around.
The giant bloodshot single eye rotated, like an old, unmaintained camera slowly refocusing.
At the same time, in another secret room of the lair.
Psykos had just plunged a scalpel into the heart of the Monster on the experimental table, precisely ending its life activities.
She casually wiped the dark green bloodstains from her fair gloves, twisted her perfectly slender waist, and walked to the wine cabinet to pour herself a glass of vintage red wine from the old era.
"Bug God?"
A hint of doubt appeared in her beautiful eyes behind her glasses, and her delicate eyebrows furrowed deeply.
—This guy's expression... isn't right!
—He's been quiet for less than half a month; what trick is he trying to pull this time?
Psykos felt that with her current understanding of Bug God, she knew what he was up to just by his slightest move!
He definitely wasn't planning anything good!
"Long time no see, Bug God."
While pondering, Psykos had already suppressed her slightly irritated mood.
She manipulated the six-meter-tall, bloated, pink-purple Monster, Great Eyes, and spoke in a businesslike tone: "Are you here to report some good news?"
"Sir—!!"
Han Sen's suddenly raised voice turned into a wave of sound, instantly echoing throughout the entire palace.
The indignation contained in that voice caught Psykos off guard as she was tasting her wine.
She choked on the red wine she hadn't yet swallowed, coughing violently, a flush of abnormal redness rising on her beautiful cheeks.
"Cough cough... cough!"
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