Chapter 680 - 420: Lure Trap (Part 2)

Its footpads were thick and elastic, making barely any sound as it moved, so that it was only when the wall broke that everyone noticed its approach.

"Boom!" The Mechanical Ferocious Beast charged straight into the unprepared Nuobai, sending her flying crashingly into a wall, where a spray of blood splattered in a radial pattern.

The Worker Bee constructs immediately raised their firearms to retaliate, countless bullets embedding themselves into its body, spurting out clusters of blood.

But this Mechanical Ferocious Beast ranked much higher than those encountered before; not a single bullet managed to penetrate its thick layers of muscle or cause any substantial harm.

"Roar!" The Mechanical Ferocious Beast bellowed, swinging its hammer-like forearm in a wide arc, smashing several constructs unable to dodge in time, scattering their body fragments across the ground.

As the Mechanical Ferocious Beast lunged at Nuobai for a kill, its bloody body suddenly disappeared on the spot.

In the next instant, a cold gleam of light flared up, casting dazzling silver radiance down the corridor, vanishing in a flash.

One of the Mechanical Ferocious Beast’s forearms immediately severed, with blood gushing out from the stump.

Nuobai, drenched in blood, stood before it, her unsheathed Tang Blade glinting coldly, mirroring the chill in her eyes.

Under the control of the Crimson Rose Blood Code, crimson blood burst forth from Nuobai’s skin, suspending in the air, constantly condensing and forming thousands of spikes.

The tips of these spikes, resembling shimmering rubies, were formed from the blood crystals of the Crimson Rose Blood Code. In an instant, they shot towards the Mechanical Ferocious Beast like bullets, and the air was filled with the piercing sound of countless raging birds.

"Puchi puchi puchi—" The Mechanical Ferocious Beast’s body erupted with countless blood flowers, its massive form uncontrollably retreating backward until it was pinned to the wall by the spikes.

"Swish!" Before it could break free, Nuobai’s Tang Blade was the first to strike, the intense light slicing through the beast’s body from bottom to top.

A slanted line of blood appeared on its body, splitting open along the line, finally collapsing to the ground with a crash, scattering flesh and organs everywhere.

The battle had just ended here when another terrifying roar faintly came from beyond the ceiling.

The two were already deep underground, so for the roar to reach here, one could imagine how frightening the creature must be.

"It’s that ’Lord-level Frenzied’ beast, the Blade Remains Tyrant. It’s found us." Hibell tapped Nuobai on the arm, heading forward, "Go, keep moving, there’s not much time left."

The two continued to charge forward, breaking through the blockade of one Mechanical Ferocious Beast after another, entering the personnel hidden chamber.

The room was filled with the low hum of machinery, the air permeated with the scent of disinfectant, and all around them were densely arranged life-support machines. Through the transparent glass panels, they could see the machines filled with a light blue nutrient solution.

One by one, humans were suspended in the nutrient solution, connected to various complex circuits, continuously supplied with oxygen-rich nutrient solution into their bodies, while external monitors flashed with various data and parameters, monitoring the life signs of each connection.

These were all Spiritual Brain Modifiers, some in a deeply controlled state, fully focused on remotely controlling Mechanical Ferocious Beasts, unaware of the uninvited guests.

Some noticed Hibell and the others, with terror in their eyes, they tried to escape, but immersed in life-support machines, they had no way out, only able to shake their heads in panic, begging for their enemy’s mercy.

Hibell and Nuobai paid them no mind, leaving them for the Worker Bee constructs following them to handle.

"Da da da da—" The Worker Bee constructs opened fire on these life-support machines, one by one breaking open the nutrient tanks with bullets, the formerly clear light blue nutrient solution stained red by the blood flowing from human bodies, and the ground littered with corpses.

The Spiritual Brain Modifiers were such an extreme type of Extraordinary Being; they could remotely control Mechanical Ferocious Beasts from a safe distance, not needing to enter the battlefield themselves, just like playing a computer game.

But the price was that once their location was exposed and they were hunted, they had almost no chance of survival.

As the constructs slaughtered the Spiritual Brain Modifiers along the way, Hibell and Nuobai continued to advance deeper.

Black Domain Group’s personnel hidden chambers were tiered, with those near the outer areas used by lower-tier Spiritual Brain Modifiers.

Higher-tier Modifiers often used hidden chambers located deeper, with more advanced defense systems, some even unmarked on any architectural plans, known only to top management.

The two soon arrived at a labyrinthine corridor, where the structure was extremely complex, crisscrossed pathways and forks made it hard to discern the direction, each turning corner potentially leading to a dead end, with numerous traps set along the way, waiting for uninvited guests who dared to intrude upon this place.

For ordinary intruders, it was very likely they would become lost or even die within this maze-like corridor.

But Hibell and Nuobai followed the route provided by Su Mo, navigated safely through the corridor, directly arriving at the door to the highest-tier personnel hidden chamber.

Just as Hibell was about to break open the door, a sudden sense of dread overcame her, and she immediately shouted, "Watch out above!"

"Boom—" The ceiling suddenly collapsed, and with the deafening roar of the Blade Remains Tyrant, this Lord-level Frenzied Beast descended between the two.

Hibell was near the door, with Nuobai on the other side, and she shouted loudly, "Nuobai, hold it off, I’ll go kill Tsukimori Iori in the highest hidden chamber!"

Nuobai drew the Tang Blade, crimson blood lines surged across her body, entering the Blood Burning State, directly facing this Lord-level Frenzied Mechanical Ferocious Beast.

The strength of this Blade Remains Tyrant was at the peak of the seventh stage, though weaker than a High Tier Black King Blood Code Carrier or a fully upgraded Prosthetic Implanter of the Apocalypse level 1, the Lord-level Frenzied Mechanical Ferocious Beast’s strength was still formidable.

For Nuobai, whose Blood Code tier was only at the Divine Protection Middle Tier, dealing with such a monster was extremely challenging.

Hibell dared not delay at all, sprinting at full speed towards the door while Nuobai dealt with the Blade Remains Tyrant.

The Blade Remains Tyrant appeared threatened, roaring in panic, wanting to stop Hibell at all costs, even as its body was seriously wounded by Nuobai’s Tang Blade, it desperately lunged forward.

In order to thwart the Blade Remains Tyrant, Nuobai completely abandoned defense, her neck scraped by the sharp horn blade of the Tyrant, leaving her throat slashed, a mist of crimson blood sprayed into the air.

She gritted her teeth against the dizziness from blood loss, using the Crimson Rose Blood Code to heal her wounds, while relentlessly fighting with the Blade Remains Tyrant, buying time for Hibell.

Hibell ran at full speed, her eyes fixed on the door to the highest-tier personnel hidden chamber.

Closer!

Almost there!

Hibell invoked the Azure Wolf Blood Code within herself, just about to tear open the door...

"Swish—" Without warning, the door suddenly opened on its own, revealing in the darkness inside a pair of beastly eyes gleaming with bloodthirsty coldness.

Hibell, in full sprint, had no time to dodge due to inertia, and the opponent was incredibly fast, rushing up in a heartbeat.

"Puchi!" An eerie chill spread from her abdomen, transforming into an uncontrollable agony, making Hibell cough up a mouthful of blood.

She looked up in astonishment to find that what emerged from behind the door was none other than another Blade Remains Tyrant.

The Blade Remains Tyrant gazed upon Hibell with those fierce beast eyes, a coarse twisted laugh emerging from its mouth, its sound cords vibrating under Spiritual Brain control: "Little wolf cub, didn’t you know capable Spiritual Brain Modifiers can control multiple Mechanical Ferocious Beasts at once?"

"By the way, I know you people came here to take my head, so from the start, my true self was never here."

Behind the Blade Remains Tyrant stood a large precision life-support machine in the center of the highest-tier personnel hidden chamber.

But it was empty inside.

The Blade Remains Tyrant flung its limbs, sending Hibell crashing heavily to the floor, continuously coughing up blood, staining the ground beneath a shocking crimson.

The Blade Remains Tyrant sneered: "Those Spiritual Brain Modifiers you killed outside were just bait and pawns, meant to lure you in."

"This place, is a slaughterhouse prepared especially for you."