Virus King - Chapter 108

Chapter 108: Terrifying Infection! The Devil’s Demise! Clearing the Asylum!

TL: YYang

Everyone opened their eyes, staring at the distant figure.

This Hell Apostle named Zhao Changlin seemed momentarily stunned, as if he hadn’t fully grasped what had just happened.

(he was originally introduced as a Hell Envoy, yes, but now it’s Hell Apostle, idk why)

The purple-black Hellfire continued to blaze furiously over his entire body.

However, this once-consuming Hellfire could no longer spread outward as it had before, unable to engulf Chen Bai and the other three as its sacrificial targets or reduce them to ashes beneath its flames!

That single sneeze had completely disrupted his original spellcasting!

Zhao Changlin froze, and without thinking, glared directly at Chen Bai, roaring again.

“Die, you wretch!”

The flames surged forward once more, but this time, they didn’t even extend a meter before vanishing with another, even louder sneeze.

Apart from a few lingering sparks in the air, the flames vanished entirely without a trace!

What was going on!?

This time, Zhao Changlin finally realized something was wrong.

Devils were inherently cunning creatures!

However, despite sensing the strangeness, the snot slowly trickling from his nose seemed beyond his control.

What was happening!?

Meng Meng, Han Xiao, and Crow glanced at this once fearsome Hell Apostle, all dumbfounded.

Could he be… catching a cold?

But they’d never heard of demons or devils, these supernatural beings, ever suffering from something as mundane as a cold!

What in the world was happening!?

Not only were the three of them in shock, but Zhao Changlin was as well!

He possessed a devil’s body; he was a Hell Apostle!

Ordinarily, no earthly disease should affect him at all, right?

So what was happening now?

Where were these sudden sneezes and snot coming from?

But this was only the beginning!

Zhao Changlin felt with unsettling clarity that his constitution was weakening. His strength and agility were diminishing, and even his focus was wavering!

The flames on his body, as they burned, were slowly extinguishing!

It was like a reminder of his memories as a human, that peculiar feeling!

That feeble feeling!

“No…?”

His growls grew hoarse.

It sounded like a broken bellows, producing a grating wheeze that made one’s teeth ache!

A faint smile appeared on Chen Bai’s face, though without a hint of surprise.

Devils and demons were not the same!

A devil’s strength lay in various aspects: the cunning to manipulate minds, the potent Hell magic and psychic abilities, and occasionally extreme physical speed.

However, devils had a distinct weakness. Generally speaking, their physical constitution couldn’t compare to that of a demon!

Physique was a devil’s weakness!

The artificial devil before him, this Hell Apostle, was clearly no different!

And to Chen Bai, a low constitution had an entirely unique significance!

The terrifying influenza virus was visibly ravaging Zhao Changlin’s entire body!

His constitution was only around 30!

For a level-12 BOSS, this constitution was already considered decent!

After all, Chen Bai had already witnessed his remarkable agility, strength, and spirit.

Especially his spirit, which had been strong enough to shatter Crow’s Embodiment of Fear before it could even take form!

He could control three people simultaneously, and if not for Han Xiao’s bloodline abilities, Chen Bai would indeed have been in significant trouble!

And with his direct psychic assault, Chen Bai had found it hard to keep fighting; while he hadn’t lost consciousness or died, the attack was terrifying enough on its own!

Not to mention the terrifying temperature of that Hellfire!

But his weak constitution was enough to seal his fate!

“Cough cough…Achoo…cough cough cough…”

In the dim corridor, everyone’s eyes focused on Zhao Changlin, who now looked like a frail tuberculosis patient, coughing incessantly.

What was happening?!

They had no idea, but they could only guess that this had to be the doing of the White Emperor beside them!

But what kind of ability was this exactly?

At that moment, everyone had a clearer understanding of Chen Bai’s talent.

“Wear your masks.”

They recalled Chen Bai’s earlier warning!

Unstoppable and terrifying!

Chen Bai made no further moves.

The violent coughs sounded as if Zhao Changlin would cough out his lungs at any moment!

His breathing grew faster and louder, like a drowning man gasping for air in a vast, empty world. But it was useless!

Zhao Changlin clutched his mouth, staring at the blood he coughed up from his lungs. His mind, his thoughts, were becoming muddled.

He still couldn’t understand why, after becoming a supreme devil and a Hell Apostle, he was now tormented by a human disease!

Why was this happening?

Unwillingly, he looked at the four figures before him, now blurred beyond recognition, yet he was powerless to act.

Inflammation flared!

This was the terrifying effect of the influenza virus at its second stage, and now, it was time for the final stage!

One minute.

From the onset of his coughing to the point of mental fog and near collapse, it had taken just one minute!

It made sense, though; after entering the asthma phase, all his attributes dropped by one point every second.

Sixty seconds, sixty points in all attributes!

Exhaustion!

Finally, Zhao Changlin leaned against the wall, his breathing increasingly labored and desperate. Yet the sound of his breaths grew quieter and quieter—

So quiet it was barely audible.

The rise and fall of his chest became nearly imperceptible.

A faint smile graced Chen Bai’s face as he watched.

This terrifying entity, who had brought the four of them nearly unbearable pressure just minutes earlier, fell to the ground with a heavy thud!

The impact resounded sharply against the tiled floor!

A Hell Apostle!

A level 12 Nightmare-class dungeon BOSS had collapsed without putting up a fight, right before everyone’s eyes!

The three were utterly stunned!

They stared in disbelief at the figure in a tattered green robe, their eyes filled with shock and terror!

At that very moment, the notification from the Cosmic Will echoed in their minds.

[You have slain the dungeon BOSS ‘Hell Apostle Zhao Changlin (Level 12).’ You received 30,000 experience points! (Earned based on combat contribution)]

[Your level has increased. Current level: 8. You have gained two free attribute points!]

[The secret realm dungeon has been successfully cleared and may be exited at any time!]

[The secret realm dungeon ‘Red Star Psychiatric Hospital’ has been cleared for the first time. It will now be permanently accessible, with a 7-day cooldown for all Evolvers!]

[Evolver No. 001 and his party members have completed the first clearance of this dungeon. Would you like to pay to publish a recorded walkthrough video for the dungeon?]