In an instant, gritting his teeth, he bore the stabbing corrosion and dissolution and suddenly charged straight toward Lynn.
"Left Hand! Quick!"
Lynn forced his right eye closed, shouting like a madman.
At that moment, the Left Hand suddenly floated forward, revealing its blood-streaked, razor-sharp grin.
"Got it! Leave it to me!"
A cry, like a raven's long caw, echoed.
The huge maw on the Left Hand flung open, and a terrifying tearing force swept across the whole street in an instant.
The stone paving on the ground was ripped apart and tossed up; surrounding buildings cracked and groaned; even the black mist hanging over the street was drawn in like a whirlpool into the Left Hand's mouth.
Like the eye of a storm.
That black maw was like an abyss!That horrifying sight caused the Hunter's trajectory to veer dramatically.
Mechanus's face changed in an instant.
At this moment, even he had to stop immediately, planting his twin blades into the ground to prevent himself from being sucked into that black-hole-like mouth by the enormous devouring force.
But in that instant, he sensed something was very wrong.
"Not good!" he snarled.
"Locked on!"
A twisted smile suddenly tore across Lynn's face.
In a flash, his right eye focused on the Hunter forced to halt from its high-speed movement.
The surging curse spread over the Hunter's body like the hiss of an evil spirit.
Its chassis rapidly developed extensive corrosion.
Ssssss—
Countless blister-like bulges and burns popped and cracked along its massive spider legs.
Its face was instantly distorted beyond recognition.
"Warning... chassis sustaining large-area dissolution damage... emergency activate powerful healing... emergency activate curse countermeasure..."
The Hunter's body immediately triggered its built-in countermeasures.
But at that moment,
it suddenly saw the human youth throw his hand forward and yank a severed arm wrapped in black cloth from behind his back.
"Not done yet!!"
Lynn's mouth split into the widest grin, a smile edged with madness and sickness.
A surge of dread swept through Mechanus's heart.
[Arm of Dragon Breath]
[Type]: Heavily Armored Biological Aggregation Organism
[Ability]: Emits scorching dragon breath!
[Description]: A forbidden extermination organism of flesh puppet type, formed by aggregating the lethal weapon of a dragon's head. The scorching dragon flame has extremely strong purifying effects against dark creatures. The dragon head, filled with resentment, will pour all its endless hatred onto every enemy before it...
"Cataclysm!!"
Lynn roared.
His right hand hurled the severed arm into the air.
Two tentacles behind his back rapidly coiled around that severed limb; flesh surged and writhed, countless nerve tissues crawled and spread across the stump at an unimaginable speed.
[Ding! Warning! Warning! Chassis overloaded! Chassis overloaded!]
"Roar—"
At that instant,
a tremendous dragon roar rent the night sky.
The black cloth wrapping the severed arm exploded; a gigantic black dragon head, linked by flesh and tissue, erupted atop the gruesome arm, writhing and oozing, its eyes filled with endless fury and agony.
"Dragon Breath!!"
Lynn controlled the Arm of Dragon Breath with ferocious intensity, turning the black dragon head to face the Hunter.
In that moment,
a blaze collected in the dragon head's maw, illuminating the whole street.
The huge dragon mouth gaped wide.
It seemed intent on annihilating all impurity in the world!
The scorching dragon breath, full of boundless rage, poured forth like overturned lava, instantly spouting down the entire street.
Roar————
The searing flames immediately engulfed everything in sight.
...
Crack—crack—crack—
In the Hanging Tower, the enormous screens were instantly filled with that scorching dragon-flame scene.
All the researchers in the Hunter Hall showed expressions of shock and terror; the ferocious display forced them to retreat.
And in the next instant,
the screen for Hunter Number 3 cracked.
"Warning—Core of Hunter No.3 meltdown—neural source sync auto-disconnect—"
Ssssss—
With a pungent breath of emitted high heat, the plug Mechanus had pulled from behind his head snapped; a violent backlash immediately severed his neural synchronization with Hunter No.3.
"Lord Mechanus! Are you alright?!"
Servants around him hurriedly gathered, stunned.
Mechanus panted, face twisted, the mechanical structures on his face sparking and exploding.
"That bastard used the lethal weapon I carefully set up for the flesh puppet! How dare he!"
Boom!
He smashed a nearby machine to pieces with a single punch.
He had every right to be furious.
Because to him, that human was obviously a weak combatant!
Except for that strange Left Hand, the only thing that could truly harm him was the Demon Hunter Revolver in his hand.
But he never imagined—
that human actually had the nerve to graft the flesh puppet's biological weapon onto his own body!
No.
That guy couldn't possibly be human!
Humans could never possess such terrifying capabilities!
"Could it be... something Bloodsaw engineered?!"
He ground his teeth.
Yes!
That was the only possibility!
Bloodsaw used to be an elder-level figure in the Demonkin Association; he was one of the top biochemical freaks who researched giant constructs. In the past decade he could have holed up in some remote place and developed new bioweapons!
He clutched his fists.
The mocking grin on the human's face surfaced in his mind; the mechanical structures on his face sparked and exploded.
He was hateful beyond measure.
If not for the long-range control limitations—
if his main body were there in person—even if Lynn had both the Focusing Eye and the Arm of Dragon Breath grafted on, so what?!
Meanwhile,
crack—crack—
With two signal-disconnection sounds,
the other two screens went dark as well.
"Lord Mechanus! Hunter No.1 and No.2 were destroyed by that Blood-Robed Evil Spirit! We've lost signal links to them!"
Two attendants approached, faces grave.
Mechanus snarled, "Don't bother with them. Tomorrow I'll personally bring my flesh puppets to teach them a lesson. Has Bloodsaw been located?!"
One attendant said solemnly, "Other Hunters are tracking. From current intel, Bloodsaw most likely went to the Doll Courtyard. He has a close relationship with the Doll Mistress there!"
Mechanus narrowed his eyes, fingers clenching with metallic clicks.
...
Wandering Souls Alley.
The Blood-Robed Evil Spirit, who had already ripped two Hunters to shreds, quickly recovered from that manic cursed state.
She turned and looked toward the other side of the street, where the towering tongues of flame had just died down and thick smoke now billowed.
Even she had felt waves of palpitations and shock when the dragon breath surged.
She darted through the smoke.
"Lynn! Are you okay?!"
When she saw Lynn, her face registered stunned disbelief.
The entire street had been burned to ruin.
At the edge of the smoke, Lynn coughed violently; the Arm of Dragon Breath's neural linkage had torn away from his shoulder and fallen to the ground.
Most terrifying of all was his right eye.
That black Focusing Eye, merely by locking gazes, radiated an eerie, bone-deep chill.
"I'm fine."
Lynn forcefully pulled the Focusing Eye from his right socket.
Then, in front of the Blood-Robed Evil Spirit, he carefully fished from his chest a bottle containing his own eye.
Plop—
He shoved it back into his right eye socket in one swift motion.
[Blood-Robed Evil Spirit SAN -5]
The Blood-Robed Evil Spirit shuddered inwardly.
Lynn took out a bottle of restorative potion and splashed some into the eye, closed his right eye, and smiled:
"All dealt with!"
"Burp—"
The Left Hand belched heartily, baring a fang in satisfaction, then spat out a screw.
[Ding! You completed the mission: Uneasy Night. You received rewards: Skeleton Coins x1000, Base EXP x1000]
[Ding! You completed the bonus objective: Kill 3 Hunters. You received Legendary Special Item: Night Doctor Job Transition Map, and Legendary Skill Map: Random Diagnosis]
[Ding! You completed the mission: Survive. You received Base EXP x1000, Skeleton Coins x1000, and Special Item: Night Demon Blade]
Lynn's eyes lit up.
This haul was massive!
He quickly opened the system rewards he had just received.
[Night Doctor Job Transition Map]
[Type]: Quest Item
[Description]: They are doctors who walk the night; they are compassionate surgical specialists whose goal is to make every patient smile with happiness. They are dedicated to helping all creatures rid themselves of illness. So if you meet them, it's best to bring an ailment—otherwise they'll be unhappy...
[Random Diagnosis]
[Quality]: Special Legendary Skill
[Effect]: Diagnoses up to 20 diseases for a target at random.
[Description]: He should be sick, right... probably... he can't be completely healthy, can he... they should find something wrong...