Chapter 22: Giant Brain: Fight of the Trapped Beast!

Luo En closed his eyes, trying to capture the source of this strange feeling, but the sound vanished in a flash.

"Strange..."

He whispered to himself in his heart, turning over and getting up somewhat uneasily.

Just at this moment, the sound next door intensified suddenly.

That was no longer a sound that humans could make, more like the painful howl of some wild beast, mixed with eerie metal friction sounds.

"It seems that the thing I least expected has really happened..."

Luo En whispered to himself, a strong ominous premonition surging in his heart.

He quickly turned over and got up from the bed, his movements light and fast, not making a single sound.

Those hunting trainings that his father forced him and his brothers to participate in occasionally when he was in the kingdom came in handy at this moment.

The sound next door became more hurried, occasionally mixed with the muffled sound of heavy objects hitting the wall.

It seemed that something was struggling, hitting, and roaring in that small room.

Luo En hesitated for a moment, thinking quickly about his current situation in his heart.

As Da Lun De's direct neighbor, he was the person most easily affected.

Andre had specifically warned him about the horror of those deformed bodies in the Black Mist Jungle.

In the early stage of deformity, most mutants could still maintain the most basic sanity, but as time passed, sanity would be gradually swallowed, and finally, they would completely become monsters that only knew how to kill.

What is more terrifying is that once sanity completely disappears, the power of the deformed body will skyrocket at an astonishing speed.

Relying on the complete liberation of self-limitation and crazy eating to obtain nourishment, they could even reach a terrifying level comparable to advanced apprentices in a short period.

There were still two months until the assessment; he could not take risks here.

"Da Lun De has already begun to mutate. It will definitely be too late when the law enforcement team discovers it..." Luo En thought quickly: "Must leave here immediately."

Putting on his clothes, he grabbed the wooden sword and tucked it into his waist, stuffing his valuables into his bosom.

"Better the neighbor dies than me." Luo En whispered to himself: "Survival first, wait until dawn."

Just after tidying up his things, he heard the strange sound next door stop suddenly, replaced by a more terrifying silence.

This silence lasted only a few seconds, followed by the sound of "cluck, cluck, cluck" bone fractures and the viscous sound of muscle wriggling.

Luo En's heart beat faster. He carefully walked to the door, opened a crack lightly, and looked outside.

The corridor was empty. Most probationary apprentices were either resting or practicing in their own rooms, completely unaware of the danger lurking among them.

He must stay away from here and wait until he reaches a safe place before considering notifying the law enforcement team.

Luo En took a deep breath, opened the door silently, and prepared to leave quickly.

Just at the moment he stepped out of the room, the wall suddenly burst, and a twisted figure broke through the wall like a cannonball, rushing directly into the corridor.

Bricks, wood fragments, and dust splashed everywhere, mixed with an inhuman howl.

Luo En, who reacted quickly, instinctively stepped back two steps, which avoided being directly hit and flown by the monster that rushed over.

"Damn it!"

That was... the former Da Lun De?

He widened his eyes, almost unable to believe what he saw.

Standing in front of Luo En was no longer that slightly chubby researcher, but a deformed monster.

Da Lun De's body seemed to be twisting in pain, his clothes were torn, revealing the muscle tissue constantly wriggling underneath.

But the most terrifying thing was his head—the entire skull seemed to be propped open from the inside, and a huge, beating, semi-transparent brain slipped out.

The surface of that deformed brain was covered with constantly wriggling blood vessels, and some areas even emitted faint blue light, as if electric currents were shuttling through it.

"Luo En..." The monster actually recognized him, and with a voice overlapped by two voices, it spat out a few words with difficulty: "Run... away."

But this spark of humanity vanished in a flash, Da Lun De's eyes quickly became empty, and his pupils dilated into a piece of pitch black.

"Woo... roar!"

Its words turned into a beast-like howl halfway through, and the light on the surface of its exposed brain also became more dazzling.

Luo En felt an invisible shockwave attacking him. In an instant, he felt as if he had been hit in the chest by a big hammer.

Thanks to the physical enhancement brought by the Knight Attendant profession, he barely resisted this attack, but still felt his internal organs were like being kneaded by an invisible big hand, extremely painful.

If it were the old him, he would have been bleeding internally from this power long ago.

The deformed giant-brain monster no longer responded to the call, but emitted a series of ear-piercing shrieks, every sound wave attack being more powerful than the last.

The wooden railings of the corridor began to crack, and several doors nearby were shaken until they were crumbling.

Luo En understood that the situation was beyond redemption.

Da Lun De had been completely alienated by the drug, turning into a dangerous deformed body.

In the Black Mist Jungle, there is only one way to deal with this situation—eliminate the threat!

Looking at the wild posture of his muscles and the continuous powerful penetrating sound waves, he didn't think that if he turned and ran away now, exposing his back to the other party, he would have any good ending.

Thinking of this, Luo En's eyes became cold and focused, and all intolerance and cowardice were suppressed in the deepest part of his heart.

At this moment, there was only one thought in his heart—survival!

The deformed Da Lun De seemed to feel the threat, let out an angry roar, and then rushed towards the target.

Its speed was surprisingly fast. Its thick legs covered with muscles stomped on the ground, and it crossed the distance between the two almost instantly.

Luo En did not attack in a panic. He followed the essentials of "Corona Sword Art," his breathing and movements perfectly matched, and he dodged the attack at the last moment.

At the same time, he held the sword in his right hand and slashed accurately at Da Lun De's leg.

【Perfect dodge counterattack! Basic sword art experience +2】

The sword hit the target, making a muffled sound.

Da Lun De felt pain and staggered, but soon stabilized his figure and turned to attack again, but his speed was significantly reduced.

This time, he did not charge directly, but opened his mouth and emitted a special sound wave tremor.

The energy in the air began to twist, forming semi-transparent sound wave rings, attacking Luo En.

Luo En tried to dodge, but those sound wave rings were surprisingly fast, almost impossible to dodge completely.

He barely dodged the first wave of attacks, but the second wave of sound wave rings hit his shoulder directly.

"Ah!"

A sharp pain came, and Luo En felt his right arm lose consciousness temporarily.

This was not just a simple physical impact, but an attack combining spiritual power and sound waves—it was exactly the prototype of the sonic spell Da Lun De had been researching.

He struggled to try to pull away, but Da Lun De suddenly raised his head and let out an ear-piercing shriek, and circles of more powerful sound waves spread from his deformed brain, forming an all-around shock.

A trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. Luo En knew he had to end the battle as soon as possible, otherwise he would definitely be shaken to death.

Seeing the other party accumulating strength again, preparing to launch a stronger sound wave attack, he had a flash of inspiration and cast the zero-ring spell he had mastered.

"Slime Splash!"

Accompanied by the surge of spiritual power, a mass of viscous liquid shot out from his fingertips, accurately hitting Da Lun De's foot.

The liquid solidified rapidly, sticking the giant-brain monster's feet firmly to the ground.

【Accurate hit! Slime Splash experience +2】

The deformed Da Lun De let out an angry roar, trying to break free, but the slime was unusually strong.

He could not move his feet and could only stand in place and continue to launch those sound wave attacks.

The binding effect of the slime was weakening rapidly. In less than a few seconds, Da Lun De had already broken free of one leg.

If he waited for it to break free completely, he would definitely die.

Taking advantage of the target being briefly bound, Luo En dodged the sound wave rings while looking for an opportunity to attack.

Soon, he noticed that every time Da Lun De launched a sound wave attack, there would be a pause—the mutated brain needed to rest after the attack.

"That's it!"

Grabbing the gap when the sound wave attack ended, he quickly circled behind Da Lun De.

At this distance, Luo En could clearly see the blood vessels beating on that deformed brain.

No longer hesitating, he raised his sword—and stabbed with all his might at the exposed vulnerable part!

(End of chapter)