Chapter 106: Terror

The reinforcement team continued to advance deep into the 24th Ward. After Murayama's incident, everyone realized the danger of this mission.

Su Xiao looked at the time; they had traveled for three hours.

Along the way, they encountered two more groups of primitive ghouls, inevitably leading to battles. The members of the reinforcement team decreased rapidly, and now only ten remained.

The cannon fodder was basically dead, and the remaining investigators all had some skills. Although they couldn't stand on their own, they could play a role in the team.

In this way, the reinforcement team's marching speed clearly accelerated.

"Drip~."

The micro-computer in Su Xiao's hand rang. Kisho Arima's location changed. This kind of thing wasn't the first time it had happened.

"Quasi-Special Bai Ye, we've been on this road before."

Akira Mado hurried to Su Xiao's side, holding a compass and a hand-drawn map.

"Hmm, I know."

Getting lost deep in the 24th Ward was a common occurrence. The good news was that they were getting closer and closer to Kisho Arima, about two hours away.

"Roar!"

A deafening beast roar came from behind the group.

"What is it this time?"

Iwao Kuroiwa, who was taking the rear, immediately assumed a fighting stance, staring at the dim tunnel behind.

"Thump, boom!"

It was as if some massive creature was crashing into the flesh wall of the tunnel, and the entire tunnel was shaking.

Su Xiao stared closely at the rear, his expression becoming increasingly ugly. When he went deep into the 24th Ward last time, he seemed to have heard this beast roar.

"Boom!"

The dark red flesh wall not far behind was shattered, and a massive head poked out.

This head was at least three meters thick, similar to a python's head, but there was a blood-red eye in the center of the head.

Su Xiao was very familiar with this kind of red eye; it was a ghoul's unique red eye, black background, blood-red pupil.

"Animal ghoul? How is that possible!"

Iwao Kuroiwa looked at the python ghoul in astonishment. Since the CCG's inception, they had never discovered that an animal could become a ghoul.

"Is this the blood eye?"

Su Xiao looked at the blood eye. This should be the blood eye mentioned by Yuna and Kisho Arima.

The blood eye drilled out from the shattered flesh wall. Its body was at least three meters thick, and its body length couldn't be estimated. It spread for a long distance in the tunnel. Conservatively estimated, the blood eye's body length was at least dozens of meters.

The blue-black scales all over its body flashed with a ghostly light, and deep red patterns could be seen in the gaps of the scales.

After the Blood Eye smashed through the flesh wall, it flicked its snake-like tongue, its single eye, the size of a washbasin, staring fixedly at the members of the reinforcement team.

"Is this a dream?"

Akira Mado's calves trembled, and she couldn't help but take two steps back.

"Akira is right, it must be a dream. Hahaha, how could there be such a creature? My wife is still waiting for me. How could there be such a creature in this damn 24th Ward?"

A middle-aged investigator's sanity began to go haywire. The Quinque box was thrown to the ground, and saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth as he giggled foolishly.

"Captain Bai Ye, what should we do?"

Iwao Kuroiwa was calmer than the others and looked at Su Xiao.

"Retreat slowly. If we fight this beast head-on, we will all die."

It wasn't that they didn't want to escape, but they had been targeted.

Su Xiao could be certain that if he faced the blood eye, he would die in less than five minutes.

The size of this monster was truly too massive, and its Strength and Stamina attributes must be shockingly high.

The blood eye's head swayed left and right, seemingly thinking about how to eat the humans in front of it. The scent of humans made the blood eye drool.

Su Xiao tried to use 【Basic Detection (Temporary)】 on the blood eye.

【You used Basic Detection on the elite creature (Blood Eye) and obtained the following data.】

Blood Eye (Elite Creature)

Health: 100%

Mana: 110

Strength: 30 (World Extreme)

Agility: 12

Stamina:??

Intelligence: 11

Charisma: 2

Skill 1, Elite Creature (Passive): Strength +10, Agility +5, Stamina +10

Skill 2, Thermal Sensing (Passive): Increases tracking success rate by 60% when hunting prey.

Skill 3, Ancient Creature (Passive): Defense +6, Abnormal Status Resistance increased by 30%.

Skill 4, Mad Biting (Active): Blood Eye is a mutated and modified creature, possessing shark-like sharp teeth. Its bite force has exceeded the scope of normal creatures. After being hit by Mad Biting (Active), if Health is lower than 80%, a Stamina attribute judgment will be performed. If the judgment fails, an instant death effect will occur.

Skill 5:???

Skill 6:???

After reading the blood eye's data, Su Xiao gasped. A Strength attribute of 30 points was unheard of. An instant death judgment after being bitten? What kind of terrifying thing was this?

As for the sentence "only if Health is lower than 80% will a judgment be performed," in Su Xiao's view, it was complete nonsense. Being bitten by that blood-red mouth, it was a blessing to not die; still hoping for Health to be higher than 80%?

"Quasi-Special Bai Ye, what should we do?"

Akira Mado grabbed Su Xiao's arm. This strong woman only had fear left in front of the blood eye.

"Attention everyone, use every method to escape!"

Su Xiao shouted, leading the reinforcement team in a desperate run deep into the 24th Ward.

Su Xiao had no intention of fighting a terrifying creature like the blood eye. The blood eye's strength was twice his, completely crushing him.

The??? for Stamina attribute represented that the blood eye's Stamina was very high. That massive size might mean the blood eye's Stamina attribute was also the 30-point extreme.

After the blood eye discovered Su Xiao leading the people to escape, a hint of playfulness appeared in that single eye. It had intelligence, or rather, it was deliberately letting the reinforcement team go to enjoy the fun of the chase.

The blood eye flicked its tongue, its snake body twisted in the tunnel, and the scales rubbed against the ground. The blood eye's massive body showed extremely fast speed.

Su Xiao and the others were running for their lives, and a roaring sound came from behind.

"Captain Bai Ye, that monster is catching up."

A slightly chubby investigator, clearly not good at running, slowed down after not running for long, falling to the rear of the team.

The blood eye's body twisted behind, its speed suddenly increased, and that blood-red mouth opened to ninety degrees, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth like daggers.

"Pfft."

The snake mouth closed, and the chubby investigator was swallowed whole. A severed hand dropped to the ground with a thud.

"Crunch, crunch."

A hair-raising chewing sound came. The blood eye was different from ordinary pythons; it didn't swallow food directly, but chewed it first.

Blood water seeped out of the snake mouth, and the blood eye's single eye widened; it had tasted the deliciousness of human flesh.

After tasting the deliciousness of human flesh, the blood eye's speed increased again. The snake head darted out like lightning, swallowing another investigator in one gulp.

The ghoul investigators had no power to fight back in front of the blood eye.

If it were in an open space, Su Xiao could still rely on his speed advantage to entangle with the blood eye, but now he was in the underground tunnel of the 24th Ward and could only choose to escape.

After running for his life for a while, three forks appeared ahead.

"Split up and escape."

Su Xiao roared and ran toward the middle fork.

The blood eye behind, after seeing the forks, the playful look in its eyes disappeared. Its snake body twisted rapidly, instantly catching up to the reinforcement team.

Iwao Kuroiwa, who was taking the rear, suddenly stopped his footsteps.

"Captain Bai Ye, I'll take the rear."

This experienced old investigator had already discovered that it would take time to escape into the forks.

Su Xiao's expression was somewhat ugly. Iwao Kuroiwa's action was very heroic, but facing such a giant beast, Iwao Kuroiwa couldn't even delay the time.

"Boom."

The blood eye swept through the tunnel, and Iwao Kuroiwa, this Special Class investigator, was instantly buried in the snake's belly, unable to delay even for a second.

It wasn't that Iwao Kuroiwa was stupid, but that he didn't know the blood eye's data and didn't know how terrifying this giant python was.

After the blood eye caught up to the reinforcement team, it swallowed a few investigators in one gulp, chewing crunchily. Taking advantage of this brief gap, Su Xiao rushed into the middle of the three forks. Akira Mado and Juuzou Suzuya followed closely behind him.

Akira Mado, although her strength wasn't much, ran quite fast.

The blood eye stopped in front of the fork and began to enjoy a human flesh feast.

Only three members of the reinforcement team remained. ===== CHAPTER 107 =====