Eldritch Horror Theatre - Ch. 94: King of the White Tower (16)
This kind of situation really is a first.
Fu Qian looked around, unable to help but frown.
Containment Failed was one thing, it just meant returning to the Warehouse and starting over.
But this situation now—
Fu Qian looked up towards Bai Jinting's position.
He had clearly been crushed to pieces under his foot, yet now he was sitting there perfectly fine again.
This was a complete rollback, right?
Could it be that he had to repeat the process all over again exactly the same way?
No, that's not right.
Something was different.
First of all, the host's voice had changed; there seemed to be a trace of inexplicable madness in it.
And listening closely, the cheers of the audience around them had now become almost like the howling of wild beasts.
There was also this one.
Fu Qian looked down at the Priestess. Her breathing was becoming increasingly rapid, and incomprehensible, strange noises were even coming from her throat.
Something wasn't right!
Without hesitation, Fu Qian reached out and tapped her on the head.
The Priestess shuddered all over, took a sharp breath, and sat up with a swoosh.
"How do you feel?"
Fu Qian looked at her reddened eyeballs, becoming more certain of his judgment.
"I feel so awful!"
Before the Priestess even regained her senses, her facial features contorted, and she couldn't help but clutch her head tightly.
At the same time, her other hand constantly scratched at the table, making a teeth-setting sound.
However, flesh and blood could only take so much; soon her fingernails broke, and blood streamed out.
"Where does it feel awful?"
"Ev... everywhere."
"How does it feel awful?"
"Especially... awful."
"You should sleep a bit longer!"
Fu Qian shook his head and delivered a chop to her neck.
Her struggles ceased, and she slumped back down with a thud.
Not only was her brain not working properly, but there were also mental issues; it was completely impossible to get any valuable information out of her.
Fu Qian turned around, ignoring the deafening roars outside, and left the preparation room in the opposite direction.
He was clearly crushed to pieces under my foot, yet now he's sitting there perfectly fine watching the show.
There must be a problem somewhere.
...
Something indeed happened!
Emerging from the White Tower, Fu Qian looked at the outside world.
It was still night, but it was entirely different from before.
An incomparably colossal, blood-red moon was hanging directly overhead.
It gave off the feeling that it was so close it could drop down at any moment.
Seems familiar!
Fu Qian recalled the Full Moon Garden where he encountered the Werewolf.
Its size was comparable to that moon, just a different color.
At this moment, Center Island was shrouded in a grayish-white water mist.
Coupled with the omnipresent crimson moonlight, it dyed the surroundings to look like a demon realm.
Boom!
Before Fu Qian had time to observe carefully, a loud noise rang out in the distance.
Directly above the Laboratory, a massive thundercloud had appeared.
Countless silver lightning snakes struck down from within it, illuminating the surroundings as bright as day. Along with the deafening thunderclaps, there was a faint aura of doomsday.
And within this jungle of lightning, a massive body was swaying its tentacles, resisting barrage after barrage of strikes.
No way?
Fu Qian looked at the form that didn't quite match his memory.
Rationally speaking, this should be Lu Ming and Juchi, but its size had swelled by far too much; it had to be more than ten times larger!
No wonder it forced Ibrahimovic to use his ultimate move.
This terrifying lightning storm—the might of a Demigod was truly horrifying.
Before Fu Qian finished marveling, a figure flew backward out of the chaos, sparks of lightning flickering all over his body, barely managing to steady himself.
Who else could it be but Ibrahimovic!
Even a Demigod couldn't beat this monster anymore?
From its appearance, this thing looked a bit like a seahorse with its head covered in tentacles.
More than half of its body was sprawled over the buildings, and the entire Laboratory was teetering on the verge of collapse under its crushing weight.
And on the surface of the monster's body, hundreds of heads densely grew out; at this moment, their eyes were all closed as they let out piercing shrieks.
Fu Qian could roughly guess how it had gotten this big.
Looking like this, it was likely that the people in the Laboratory had all been swallowed by it.
Fu Qian quickly scanned over these heads and sure enough, he spotted a certain short, blonde-haired head.
Beast Claw Girl.
This rebellious girl had bad luck; she was already a part of this behemoth.
But looking on the bright side, at least judging from the positioning, her head was located on the head portion and not on its butt.
It wasn't the absolute worst-case scenario.
At this time, people still shrieked and ran out from the continuously collapsing Laboratory from time to time.
Then, as long as they were caught by the monster's tentacles, they would quickly be swallowed into its body, becoming a part of it.
The next moment, a blinding ball of lightning, comparable to a solar flare, appeared and began to expand wildly.
Demigod Ibrahimovic had not chosen to leave.
Soon, the lightning ball, expanded to its absolute limit, was unleashed, and the monster began to struggle frantically, sparks flashing all over its body.
This guy really had an explosive temper, but the monster's vitality was frighteningly tenacious.
It struggled for barely half a minute before climbing back up from the ground again.
These two probably weren't going to finish this anytime soon.
Fu Qian turned around and walked away.
It was definitely not a wise move to go over there right now. Knowing old man Ibrahimovic's temper, explaining things would probably be useless; there was a high probability he'd pull him in for an AoE attack together.
It's better to go check out other places.
...
It really has fallen here too.
Fu Qian squinted at the street in front of him.
Being completely empty was understandable, but what was the deal with the fresh bloodstains on the wall?
Just as he was about to follow the bloodstains to investigate, several figures came charging over from the distance, chasing one another.
"Why are you here?"
The one running at the very front was impressively Veil, wielding her double thrusting swords. At this moment, her white combat suit was already stained with blood. She froze upon seeing Fu Qian.
"Shouldn't you be in a match?"
"The atmosphere was too heated, came out to clear my head."
Fu Qian replied casually, pointing behind her.
"What's going on here?"
"I don't know either."
Veil shook her head while panting.
"I originally wanted to take advantage of the finals when the guards were spread thin to sneak in and look for my sister.
At first, everything went smoothly, but just now, I don't know how I was discovered, and these guards started hunting me down like crazy."
"Are you sure they haven't actually gone crazy?"
By this time, the pursuers behind Veil had arrived. Fu Qian fired Air Bullets continuously, taking down several people directly, and then squatted down to observe carefully.
The guy charging at the very front not only had bloodshot eyes, but his whole body was even covered in black feathers!
And even after falling to the ground, his ferocity remained undiminished; he even tried to bite people with his teeth.
Is this beastification? The influence of a Transcendent Limb?
Fu Qian carefully examined the other few people.
He found that without exception, all of them showed mutations, which were especially obvious near the locations of their Grafting.
"What exactly is going on?"
Veil finally realized something was wrong at this moment, asking in a trembling voice.
"When did they discover you?"
"Just a few minutes ago, right around the time that lightning appeared over there."
Veil pointed in the direction of Center Island.
"Did something go wrong with the tournament? And what's the deal with that monster?"
A few minutes ago, that was basically the time he had appeared in the preparation room.
Was the anomaly on the island really related to him killing Bai Jinting?
"Where were you originally planning to go?"
Fu Qian thought for a moment and asked.
"Rebirth Club."
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