Boom—!!!
Lei Hu's violent lightning claw, powerful enough to tear apart an early Bone Eater Realm expert, slammed fiercely onto the bizarrely wriggling blood kasaya!
The expected scene of flesh flying and bones shattering did not occur!
The furious lightning power, like a mud ox entering the sea, was completely absorbed and devoured by the blood kasaya! Not even a ripple was stirred!
Only a dull, massive thud, as if striking ten thousand-year-old cold iron, echoed through the abandoned pipe section!
"What?!"
The sneer on Lei Hu's face instantly froze! His pupils suddenly contracted to pinprick size! Filled with unbelievable horror!
He felt as if his lightning power, capable of splitting mountains and cracking stones, had struck some indescribable, ancient, all-consuming absolute barrier!
All his power was easily dissolved and absorbed!
This was definitely not an Energy Condensation Stage Lv.1 Mud Swamp Domain! This wasn't even any defensive ability he knew of!
This energy... was cold! Dead! Viscous! Filled with... the purest... death and... devouring intent!
"You... what exactly are you?!"
Lei Hu shrieked in terror and instinctively tried to retreat!
But... it was already too late!
Ling Chen slowly raised his head, his deep black eyes now completely... a cold, pure crimson!
There was not a trace of human emotion! Only... endless... hunger and... desire for slaughter!
"Since you chose this place..."
Ling Chen's voice became low and hoarse, like a cold wind from the Nine Nether Hells.
"Then... as you wish... completely... disappear."
Boom—!!!
A terrifying pressure, countless times stronger than Lei Hu's, suffocating, at the Bone Eater Stage Peak, erupted from Ling Chen's body like a tsunami!
It instantly overwhelmed Lei Hu's lightning force field! Pinning him to the spot! Unable to move even a single finger!
The surrounding air instantly turned bone-chillingly cold! Black frost began to form on the ground! The abandoned metal pipes let out groans of protest!
"No... impossible!!!"
Lei Hu's eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets! His face contorted with extreme fear!
His previous arrogance, madness, and cruelty had all vanished, leaving only boundless despair and unbelievable shock!
"This pressure... this power... you aren't Lin Chen! You aren't an ability user! You are... a Mutant!!!"
He finally understood! This guy in front of him was not some Energy Condensation Stage mudfish at all!
But a terrifying Mutant at the Bone Eater Stage Peak, disguised to the extreme, wearing human skin!
That cold, dead, all-consuming life aura was definitely that of a Mutant!
And the most top-tier, most terrifying kind!
Why didn't the Security Department's scan detect it?! Why was his ability disguise so perfect?!
Endless regret and fear instantly engulfed Lei Hu!
He regretted it! Regretted why he had provoked this monster! Regretted why he was so overconfident coming alone!
He wanted to beg for mercy! He wanted to scream! He wanted to inform the Security Department!
But... under the Blood Pool Meat Forest, he couldn't even utter a single syllable!
He could only watch helplessly... watching the body of "Lin Chen" begin to undergo... terrifying changes!
At the corners of Ling Chen's eyes, countless bizarre black patterns, like blood vessels, appeared!
His fingernails turned dark and sharp! His teeth became pointed! A tangible aura of bloody slaughter permeated the air!
As if an ancient ferocious beast, long dormant, had awakened!
"Mon... monster..." Lei Hu squeezed out the last desperate gasp from deep in his throat.
Ling Chen... or rather, Ling Chen, who had revealed a part of his Mutant true form, slowly raised his right hand.
That right hand... was already covered by a thin layer of bone, like blood-colored glazed glass! His fingertips were as sharp as blades!
He didn't use any flashy skills.
Just... a simple... straight punch!
But the speed was extreme! Beyond the limits of Lei Hu's visual capture!
Pfft—!!!
The fist covered in blood-colored bone armor, like a red-hot branding iron cutting through butter, easily pierced through the lightning-flashing Energy Shield Lei Hu had hastily condensed in front of his chest!
Then... without any obstruction... it penetrated his... chest!
"Ugh..."
Lei Hu's body suddenly stiffened!
He lowered his head, staring in disbelief at the blood-colored, bone-armored fist that had emerged from his back, covered in warm, viscous fluid and fragments of internal organs!
Strength... vitality... consciousness... were... rapidly draining away...
Ling Chen slowly withdrew his arm.
Lei Hu's body slumped to the ground, his eyes wide open, his face forever frozen in extreme shock, fear, and regret!
It formed an incredibly ironic contrast with his previous arrogant, tyrannical demeanor, treating human lives as mere grass.
Ling Chen shook the blood from his arm, the blood-colored bone armor covering his arm and the bizarre patterns at the corners of his eyes rapidly receded, and the crimson in his eyes slowly faded, returning to their deep black.
The blood kasaya had long disappeared.
He glanced indifferently at Lei Hu's corpse.
The Soul Jade Physique's cold will swept the surroundings, confirming there were no witnesses or surveillance equipment.
Cleaning up the scene was effortless for Ling Chen.
A few drops of dark red blood seeped from his fingertips, dripping onto Lei Hu's corpse and the surrounding bloodstains.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!
The blood spread rapidly as if alive, and wherever it went, the corpse, bloodstains, and even the residual energy aura in the air were quickly decomposed, devoured, and assimilated!
In just a few breaths, all traces of Lei Hu's existence, including his combat uniform and equipment, completely vanished without a trace! As if... he had never existed in this world!
Having done all this, Ling Chen, as if he had done something trivial, turned emotionlessly and left the abandoned area silently like a ghost.
The night remained deep, and The Boulder was as quiet as usual.
No one knew that Lei Hu, captain of the Blackbird Guard's Seventh Squad and a Bone Eater Stage Peak expert, had completely evaporated from this world.
Ling Chen returned to his residence, washed away the imperceptible scent of blood, and lay back on his bed, as if nothing had happened.
Only deep within the Soul Jade Physique's cold will, the faint but real sense of satisfaction brought by devouring all the life essence and soul energy of a Bone Eater Stage Peak expert... proved the brief but fatal confrontation that had just occurred.
Another problem solved.
And, a good harvest.
Ling Chen closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
However, the slightly upturned corner of his mouth revealed a hint of cold mockery.
Security Department? Lei Hu?
Nothing more than that.
