Virus King - Chapter 69

Chapter 69: The BOSS Appears! Bio-Mutant!

TL: Yang

Whoosh!

Chen Bai’s movements were so swift that even a sonic boom echoed faintly around him!

The air-piercing shriek of his claws was sharp and piercing!

With the support of Combat Intuition, every part of Chen Bai’s body turned into the most agile, terrifying weapon!

However, Chen Bai hadn’t expected that this cooldown-bound incinerator, which had manifested as a dungeon, was far from being an ordinary, low-level dungeon!

Through the process, Chen Bai figured out the specific abilities of these two monster types!

That stitched-up corpse—a spider-like creature—was extremely fast, incredibly agile, and its claws were razor-sharp.

It was reminiscent of a specialized zombie mutation: a Crawler.

Crawlers were generally considered an agility-based zombie mutant, but unlike those mutated into Tyrants, Crawlers were more animalistic in appearance.

And this stitched-up corpse fit that description perfectly!

Beyond that, there was the terrifying sonic attack!

It was virtually impossible to guard against and deeply unsettling!

As for the Resurrected Anatomy Teachers, they were relatively ordinary. However, upon death, their mouths emitted a putrid stench.

It was a blend of formaldehyde and corpse odor.

Even with a mask on, Chen Bai experienced an instant of unpreventable discomfort and felt a faint but negligible sense of dizziness.

This was only thanks to his strong constitution. If an ordinary Evolver below level 10 were to face these Resurrected Anatomy Teachers without protective gear like a mask, they would likely be overwhelmed by the stench after dealing with the ten-plus Resurrected Teachers.

But for Chen Bai, it was simple!

[You have slain a dungeon creature ‘Stitched Corpse—Spider Type (Level 7),’ gained 1000 experience points!]

[You have slain a dungeon creature ‘Resurrected Anatomy Teacher (Level 5),’ gained 400 experience points!]

[You have slain a dungeon creature ‘Resurrected Anatomy Teacher (Level 5),’ gained 400 experience points!]

[…]

[Your level has increased. Current level: 4. You have gained two free attribute points!]

A series of notifications filled Chen Bai with a sense of joy at this moment!

Sure enough, dungeon realms were always the most reliable source of experience!

The experience alone was enough to make Chen Bai’s full day’s effort worthwhile!

The ten-plus Anatomy Teachers had granted him a solid four thousand experience points!

Adding the two stitched-up corpses, Chen Bai’s experience bar surged to Level 4 (2,100/10,000)!

With this leveling speed, Chen Bai was certain no one else on Blue Star’s current God and Devil Trial Grounds could surpass him!

Yet, Chen Bai felt not the slightest bit of arrogance.

Countless corpses lay at his feet.

But Chen Bai knew the real horror wasn’t within these foes.

Whatever entity the God of Trade had hinted at couldn’t possibly be any of these creatures!

Chen Bai’s gaze slowly fixed on the pitch-black incinerator.

He refrained from using the Darklight Virus to consume these corpses.

Chen Bai could sense there was no special gene or virus present in these bodies, making consumption pointless.

Consumption required time, and in this dungeon—a secret realm even the God of Trade kept a close watch on—he dared not be careless!

Sure enough, as Chen Bai directed his gaze toward the dark incinerator, every pore in his body tensed up!

Something was watching him in return!

Even more unsettling was the sudden drop in temperature within the incinerator room.

It dropped so low that Chen Bai’s breath began to form a thin layer of frost on his eyelashes.

Chen Bai felt no tension—only excitement and a strong fighting spirit!

At that moment, the Darklight Virus surged through Chen Bai’s body with renewed energy!

Black-red mycelium tendrils slowly sprouted at his hands and feet, and his virus-fueled high body temperature dispersed the chill, creating wisps of white steam rising above his head.

“Squeak… squeak… squeak…”

The sound was akin to rats squealing.

It sent a chill down the spine, combined with an inexplicable sense of dread.

In that moment, Chen Bai looked down sharply; the corpses on the ground, whether the Resurrected Anatomy Teachers or the stitched-up corpse, all began writhing uncontrollably.

They squirmed, inching their way toward the incinerator!

Chen Bai’s pupils contracted; a realization dawned upon him!

He moved suddenly, his Zombie Claws shredding a nearby Anatomy Teacher’s body into pulp!

But it was no use!

The fragmented chunks of flesh and meat paste wriggled wildly, as if they were infested with tiny insects, frantically crawling toward the incinerator!

In the next moment, Chen Bai’s pupils constricted sharply as one of the “flesh chunks” seemed to be forcibly expelled from the incinerator!

The instant he laid eyes on it, a chill surged through Chen Bai’s body!

Was this the life-or-death crisis he hadn’t felt in a long time!?

This thing—could it truly threaten his life?

Instinctively, Chen Bai took a step back, poised like a beast ready to pounce, his every muscle tense as he prepared to deliver a deadly, fearsome strike at a moment’s notice.

But right before Chen Bai’s eyes, the small, dough-like mass began to inflate, expanding visibly like a balloon.

In just three seconds, the tiny chunk of flesh transformed into a small humanoid figure.

Then, the small figure grew into a full-sized, naked adult form.

Yet the most bizarre and terrifying thing was that, apart from its humanoid shape, Chen Bai couldn’t detect a single trace of human features on this figure!

Its head bore no hair, no facial features!

Its body had no gender characteristics whatsoever, smooth and blank like a white mannequin in a clothing store!

But Chen Bai could feel an intense, suffocating aura of dread emanating from this figure!

In that moment, Chen Bai spotted the words he had been anticipating, hovering above its head:

[Bio-Mutant (Level 8 – BOSS)]

Level 8!

A BOSS!

So, this was what the Goblin God had warned him about? Interesting!

In a burst of black and red light, Chen Bai’s body shot forward, covering a distance of over ten meters in the blink of an eye, arriving directly in front of the figure.

Then, with his right fist encased in the Zombie Claws, he drove his punch straight into the figure’s chest!

However, before Chen Bai could savor any sense of victory, an overwhelming force surged from the Bio-Mutant’s chest.

Blood spurted from his mouth as Chen Bai’s body was rocketed backward, smashing into the morgue’s wall with a tremendous impact!

At the same time, Chen Bai saw with perfect clarity that the Bio-Mutant’s chest wound—a massive gash from his Zombie Claws—was healing rapidly before his very eyes. In a mere instant, it had faded to a faint scar.

How was this possible?!

Chen Bai stared in disbelief at the Bio-Mutant standing before him!

But before he could react, the figure blurred into a streak and reappeared right in front of him!

Its speed nearly matched his own!

Though it had no facial features, no expression to read, it raised its fist high, aiming a brutal blow directly at Chen Bai’s head!