Chapter 579: 579

Chapter 579: Transformation of the Beasts

‘Monsters?’

Meng Chao was stunned.

Before he could register what happened, he heard gunshots, grenade explosions, human screams and shouts, and monsters’ deafening and brutal roars from the ventilation pipes that led everywhere.

It sounded like a monster horde had torn through a crack that led straight to hell and charged out.

‘That’s impossible!’ Meng Chao thought. ‘Mutual Gold Coliseum is the most heavily defended place in the lair right now. The wanted criminals and former Reaper Squad members might be able to pretend to be gang members and sneak in, but how could a large horde of monsters infiltrate the place and lurk under the coliseum?’

But the rising and falling screams and the increasing dreadful, pained cries could not be fake.

Meng Chao soon smelled a strong scent of blood in the air.

He also recognized the smelly, primitive scent that came from monsters.

The underground space of the coliseum had turned into a monsters’ paradise. Meng Chao gritted his teeth, pulled down his hood, stuck close to the wall, and headed to the place where the monster roars were the loudest and the smell of blood was the strongest.

Boom!

Strong light shone in the area ahead, and he heard a loud explosion.

Meng Chao followed the direction of gunshots and smoke. When he took another turn, he saw three gang members fighting against a monster.

There were a few corpses strewn around them. Their bodies were ripped in half even though they were still in motorized armor.

And the monster…

Meng Chao’s pupils shrank.

A monstrous, demonic figure was reflected in the center of his pupils.

The monster’s original form should have been some sort of feline. It was much larger now, however, about the same size as a rhinoceros or a hippopotamus.

What was even more terrifying was that it had countless sharp bone spikes. Blue liquid flowed on those spikes, making the creature look like a mutated porcupine.

Numerous sarcomas pulsated between the spikes, reminding Meng Chao of hearts.

Poison also flowed on the sarcomas and dripped on the floor. It sizzled, and wisps of black smoke rose into the air.

By the looks of it, aside from being poisonous, the monster’s bodily fluid was also highly corrosive.

Just as expected, Meng Chao saw signs of severe corrosion on the mangled motorized armor.

It seemed like the gang members did not know the extent of the monster’s abilities. They attacked from close range, and when the monster’s bodily fluids touched them, the machine components of their motorized armor broke down. They could no longer move with agility and received fatal attacks.

‘What sort of monster is this?’

Even if Meng Chao had memories from his previous life and searched through them for a long time, he still could not remember this monster’s name.

This was not a monster born naturally in the wild!

‘Wait…’

Meng Chao squinted and stared at the Skeleton Feline’s neck.

Even though its bones and muscles continued multiplying in a deformed manner, Meng Chao could still see an electromagnetic collar with a needle inserted in the creature’s spine on its neck.

‘This is a sign that it was artificially modified and tamed. The electromagnetic collar then should have fried its spine when the creature went out of control.

‘This is a biochemical beast locked under Mutual Gold Coliseum!

‘But I thought all the biochemical beasts have been sedated and detained with electromagnetic shackles and high-voltage electricity nets. How did they run out and gain such deformed and scary appearances?

‘Why aren’t the collars and other restraints working? Why is it still jumping around and growling?’

Meng Chao knew that to increase the excitement and novelty of the monster fights, the management of the coliseums loved changing the monsters’ appearances.

For example, they would add mighty-looking armor, install a few cannons or do something else.

But the Skeleton Feline in front of him looked demonic. It far exceeded the limits of human aesthetics.

Besides, the poison and acid flowing down its body was too dangerous and difficult to control.

The creature’s power was ten times that of a normal feline-type monster, so it was impossible for it to have been changed by normal modifications.

Wait, power that is ten times stronger…

Meng Chao’s eyes went wide, and cold sweat broke out on his skin.

He knew what went wrong with the biochemical monsters that had been staying in their cages obediently just minutes ago.

‘Deification Capsules! The appearances and symptoms of this biochemical beast are the same as those of the robbers who took Deification Capsules!’ Meng Chao screamed in his heart. ‘The Deification Capsule can instantly activate decades of vitality so a person would awaken to supernatural abilities for a short period of time. So of course it can do the same to monsters.

‘Besides, due to their physical constitution, they will always be several times stronger than normal people. Because of it, they can bear stronger doses of Deification Capsules or be injected with the drug. This would then turn normal monsters into superbeasts, from Grade One Nightmarish Beast to Grade Two or Grade Three beasts. Some might even become Hell Beasts for a few minutes!’

Meng Chao just knew that Deification Capsules were fierce weapons. There was no way the Vortex would give up on using them.

As for how the Deification Capsules turned the biochemical monsters into brutal creatures that looked completely different from before and how they broke free from the electromagnetic shackles, high-voltage electricity nets, and other heavy restraints?

Meng Chao only needed to remember the existence of Red Brows Su Lun, and it was no longer strange.

Mutual Gold Coliseum was something he suggested, and it was built with an investment from all the gangs.

Since Golden Tooth invested the most and was the strongest, Mutual Gold Coliseum’s construction and management was mainly in Golden Tooth’s hands. More accurately speaking, it was taken care of by Red Brows Su Lun.

He might have designed the defense system keeping the monsters locked up himself, but even if not, he would have at least examined it.

Whatever the case, he would know the most fatal flaws of the defense system.

There was also a possibility that he left a backdoor in the monsters’ electromagnetic shackles and self-destruct chips so that he could inject viruses inside them.

When necessary, all he would need to do was press a button, and it would cripple the restraints that the others thought were foolproof.

‘Su Lun released all the biochemical beasts under the coliseum!

‘He also switched their sedatives into Deification Capsules so that they would instantly release their incredibly violent potential and become creatures that are even more terrifying than the beasts in the wild!’

Meng Chao saw through Su Lun’s scheme.

But at such a critical moment, he could not think of any way to solve the situation.

On the surface, Su Lun’s act of releasing hundreds of crazed biochemical beasts helped Meng Chao a lot.

The pursuers were now in a bind. When faced with the deformed monsters’ fangs and claws, they naturally did not have the time to continue chasing after him, but Meng Chao would not thank Su Lun for it.

After all, this meant that a brand new and fresh “crime” had just been attached to Meng Chao’s head.

The more terrifying thing was that when the attention of all the people in Mutual Gold Coliseum was gathered on the biochemical beasts who took Deification Capsules and Meng Chao, no one would have the time to take care of the warehouses filled with ammunition, high-grade crystals, and relief resources.

While Meng Chao was thinking about his options, the three gang members continued fighting against the Skeleton Feline.

The monster had caught them off guard and killed a few of their comrades at the start of the fight, but a lot of terrifying wounds were left behind on its body as well.

No matter how much it did not fear pain, the rupture of its tendons and bone fractures still severely impacted its movements.

The three gang members were also livid. With adrenaline stimulating their bodies, their fighting strength increased to the point that it did not lose to that of people who took in Deification Capsules.

With a loud roar, they moved over their comrades’ bodies and fired madly at the Skeleton Feline.

It ripped the Skeleton Feline’s skin open. Its growls turned into pained cries, and poison and acid gushed out.

With their companions’ deaths serving as lessons, the three gang members had learned to maintain a certain distance from the Skeleton Feline. They were on guard against the adhesive liquid that came from its body.

In the end, the Skeleton Feline tore open their chest plates and corroded their masks and guns while struggling for its life, but it did not manage to injure them.

When the gang members looked at the pile of rotten flesh and the twitching monster carcass, they removed their masks, because they were heavily corroded and blocked their vision. They looked at each other and smiled, relieved that they got out of this disaster.

But their smiles soon became frozen, because they heard a new and heavier breathing from the depths of the tunnel.

This was a monstrous breath belonging to a creature even stronger than the Skeleton Feline.

A large lump of flesh moved slowly toward them from the darkness in the depths of the tunnel.

Its red eyes were filled with killing intent. Its hair stood up like steel needles and flowed with an adhesive liquid that looked like blood. Two curled-up horns were on its head, and they looked like burning battering rams. The creature’s deformed and swelled up flesh even tore open its sturdy pelt and blocked all the crevices in the tunnel.

It was a Demonic Black Mountain Bull, a tyrant that had no fear even of Nightmarish Beasts.

After a large amount of Deification Capsules, its potential had exploded, and it became as terrifying as a Hell Beast.

When the monster fixed its red, emotionless, and hungry eyes on the gang members, even if they were experienced in battle, they still could not help but shudder.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

They fired without hesitation.

But even if the shower of bullets hit the Demonic Black Mountain Bull, it could not pierce its pelt, not with all the hair standing straight like steel needles.

Even if a few bullets were lucky enough to seep between the hair, they only managed to plant themselves into the sturdy pelt, which was useless.

After all, even if they managed to tear through the pelt and rip the flesh and pierce the organs, it would be useless.

The Demonic Black Mountain Bull had always been a fierce creature that would fight until the last drop of its blood.

Now, the burning spirit flames spurred on by the Deification Capsule burned the last of its fist-sized brain!

“ROAR!”

The Demonic Black Mountain Bull was enraged by the humans’ provocation. It released a deafening roar at the three gang members.

A storm with the smell of sulphur seemed to be stirring in its body, and it blew so strongly that the three gang members could not open their eyes.

While the world spun, they heard the Demonic Black Mountain Bull charge. Its hooves hitting the floor sounded like war drums from the king of demons.

The three gang members were enveloped by the shadow of death. They could not fight back and their minds went blank.

Yet as they despaired, they suddenly heard another sound aside from the king of demons’ war drums.

There was a whistle of a saber scratching the floor coming from behind them.