Chapter 400

In the arena, a scene like the end of the world was unfolding.

The void essence that escaped after Ma Genusi's clone was crushed was spreading rapidly in the air like an invisible plague.

Those black energy threads carried the source traits of the supreme apostle, which was no different from the deadliest poison for creatures with weaker strength.

"Ah ah ah ah ah..."

A bat-type awakener who had just escaped to the vicinity of the exit suddenly began to convulse violently.

The blood vessels on its wings swelled like inflated balloons, and countless tiny tentacles began to grow on the originally ink-black fur.

These tentacles extended crazily outward, trying to grab any target they could touch.

But even more terrifying was that during this process, the bat awakener still maintained a clear consciousness.

It could clearly feel every change in its body, the strange pleasure brought by each new tentacle, and the terrifying process of its sanity being gradually twisted.

"Kill... kill me, I beg you!"

It made a plea with its last shred of sanity.

But the other refugees around had long been scared out of their wits, so how would they dare to approach.

Soon, the bat completely lost its original form and turned into a mass of constantly squirming black flesh.

Countless tentacles stretched out from this mass of flesh, crazily grabbing all creatures around it.

Any existence touched would be dragged into its body without any resistance, becoming nutrients for this twisted monster to continue expanding.

But strangely, although these tentacles swayed crazily, they never extended toward the direction of Nari in the center of the arena.

As if there was some kind of forbidden line there, even the deformity that had completely lost its sanity instinctively avoided it.

Similar tragedies were unfolding in every corner of the arena simultaneously.

But all the chaos had a common characteristic.

No matter how out of control the deformity was, it would instinctively bypass Nari, who was at the center of the storm.

A group of demons who were originally fleeing together began to fuse with each other under the erosion of void essence.

Their bodies stuck together like melted wax.

Bones rearranged, blood vessels intertwined, and finally formed a deformed giant beast with more than a dozen faces.

Each face maintained the expression before death — fear, despair, anger, pain, like a living hell painting.

What made people hair-raising was that these faces could still think and speak independently.

They began to accuse each other of their sins, denouncing who should be responsible for this fate, their voices rising and falling, like mental patients in an asylum singing in chorus.

"It's all your fault! If it wasn't for you saying you wanted to occupy the front row position..."

"Shut up! It was clearly you who insisted on coming to watch this damn competition!"

"We are all going to die... we are all going to become monsters..."

"Who will save us... who will kill us..."

In the spectator seats, those awakeners with slightly stronger strength did not escape either.

A spider-type awakener with six arms was originally trying to use spatial teleportation to escape the scene.

But the erosion of void essence caused its spatial perception ability to undergo a fatal twist.

The teleportation portal did open, but it was connected to its own internal organs.

Six arms reached into different teleportation portals simultaneously, and then drilled out from its chest, abdomen, and back.

It began to tear itself into pieces from the inside, each piece of flesh maintaining a strange connection with other parts through the teleportation portal.

This process of self-decomposition lasted for more than ten minutes, during which the awakener kept making strange noises like laughing and crying.

Finally, it turned into a three-dimensional maze composed of countless pieces of flesh and teleportation portals.

Any creature entering it would be lost in an endless spatial loop.

In this ocean of chaos and distortion, Abyss creatures displayed the most primitive malice and desires.

Some strong ones who luckily escaped the erosion of void essence did not help those victims, but began to loot during the disaster.

"Hahaha! These idiots!"

A demon awakener covered in bone armor was frantically harvesting those victims who fell into deformity, while letting out excited wild laughter:

"Thanks to the supreme apostle for the gift! Although these essences are dangerous, for existences of our level, they are the best strengthening materials!"

More bone spurs began to grow on the surface of its armor, and every time it absorbed a deformity, its strength would be significantly improved.

In its view, this disaster was not a tragedy, but a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

On the other side, several awakeners with different forms formed a temporary hunting squad.

They specifically looked for those victims who fell into a semi-deformed state.

These victims retained their original abilities, and devouring them could obtain the enhancement of void essence, making them the most ideal prey.

But during the entire process, their movements were extremely cautious, not daring to make too much noise, and even less daring to approach the central area of the arena.

"That one over there! The guy with three heads on its eyes!"

The scout in the team pointed excitedly at a victim who was struggling, lowering his voice:

"Its degree of deformity is just right; after devouring it, it won't completely lose control, and it possesses enough power essence!"

"Surround it! Fast! Before it completely mutates!"

"Move fast, while Nari-sama is too busy to bother with us..."

"Remember the distribution rules, I want its heart, you can share the rest!"

In the Abyss, this kind of exploitation and plunder of the weak is a matter of course.

The strong have the right to obtain everything, and the weak only deserve to become nutrients; this is an iron law of survival.

As the situation became more and more out of control, some deformities even began to show aggregation.

That multi-faced giant beast fused from more than a dozen demons added new faces to itself every time it killed a new victim.

Its body size continued to expand, and its intelligence was also improving at a terrifying speed.

"More... need more faces..."

The giant beast spoke with dozens of mouths simultaneously, the voices overlapping to form strange harmonies:

"Only by collecting enough memories can we understand the meaning of this pain..."

"Join us, become a part of us... so you won't be lonely anymore..."

It began to selectively hunt those awakeners with higher intelligence, trying to obtain more valuable memories and experiences.

Every time it fused a new individual, its understanding of the surrounding environment deepened by one point.

The entire arena turned into a twisted experimental field, where countless deformity forms were born, grew, and devoured each other.

The erosion effect of void essence was still spreading, and even the architectural structure of the arena began to undergo mutations.

Those living stones began to grow autonomously, forming organ structures such as tentacles, eyeballs, mouths, etc.

The ground turned into a huge mouth, constantly devouring the blood and wreckage falling on it.

The walls grew dense sensory fibers, monitoring every movement in the field in real-time.

The strangest thing was the ceiling.

It began to simulate the shape of Ma Genusi's spider mask, nine huge eyes opened, overlooking the chaotic scene below.

These eyes occasionally shed tears, occasionally were angry, occasionally revealed a sickly smile, as if commenting on this tragedy.

In the center of the arena, Nari's countless tentacles turned into strange straw-like shapes.

She was carefully sucking up the void essence produced when Ma Genusi burst.

What Nari collected were the purest, most essential core parts.

Other low-quality remnants that had scattered into the air and begun to fuse with the environment, she didn't even want to look at for an extra second.

"Mother, are you..."

Luo En's voice came through the consciousness connection.

"Of course I am collecting the good things left by this old guy."

Nari answered while working, her tone carrying satisfaction:

"The quality of these void essences is very high, containing the source power of the supreme apostle level. Collecting them is good for both of us."

She paused, her eyes turning to those secondary essences spreading in the air simultaneously:

"As for those scattered remnants... they have been diluted beyond recognition.

Once absorbed by those low-level creatures, the purity will further decrease, and they will become pure garbage."

Luo En observed the situation around him through the puppet's perception.

He could see those deformed Abyss creatures instinctively avoiding Nari's direction, and could also see some bold awakeners taking the opportunity to harvest their own kind.

"Mother, I have an idea."

His voice became deeper:

"Those greedy looters are now devouring a large number of deformities polluted by void essence. Although they think they have taken advantage, in fact..."

"What do you want to say, baby?"

Nari keenly sensed the hint in her "child's" words, and countless tentacles paused slightly.

"Void essence has already made the energy structure of those deformities extremely unstable."

Luo En's analysis began to become deeper:

"If in this unstable state, some... extra catalysts are mixed in, such as your chaotic aura, then when these looters ingest a large amount..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the implication was already very clear.

Nari immediately understood, and excited light lit up in her eyes:

"My child is really too smart... this idea..."

She began to separate several special chaotic essences from her body.

These essences appeared deep purple-black, each drop containing high-concentration primordial chaotic aura.

Under the cover of various energy disorders caused by void essence, Nari began her precise operation.

She injected these high-concentration chaotic auras into those monsters with the highest degree of deformity and the densest residual void essence.

These chaotic auras looked inconspicuous, and the aura was completely covered.

But in reality, it was a carefully designed delayed trap.

When two opposing high-level energies reach a critical point within the same carrier, it will trigger a catastrophic chain reaction.

And the trigger condition is greedy and massive devouring.

"I have already guessed which guys will eat the most leftovers. Thinking that by eating some leftovers while I'm not here, they can take advantage?"

Nari sneered in her heart, while continuing her collection work:

"Since they like to eat so much, let them eat enough."

Luo En felt Nari's satisfied emotion through the consciousness connection, and a smile also appeared at the corner of his mouth.