Chapter 203: The Fuser

Su Li killed a Spewer with his Demon Hunter Claw and gained three Spiritual Sources, putting him in a good mood.

The battle on the rooftop had reached a fever pitch, and as he expected, it was a near one-sided affair.

The people who came here to attend the duel between Wang Xu and Jiang Xiaodong were all those close to them, or rather, they were the elites of the Financial City Apartments and the Maple View Center Building. It was difficult to find any weak individuals among them.

Although these High-Level Undead were not low-level, mostly reaching Level 8, when compared to them, the crowd’s members were mostly a level lower, mostly Level 7. However, in terms of sheer strength, the crowd, armed with powerful Spiritual Source Techniques and various other special abilities , were stronger than these Level 8 Undead.

Level 7 Spiritual Source Wielders’ Spiritual Source Techniques had advanced to their Second Form, greatly increasing their power. In addition, everyone had killed some Elite or even Leader monsters and possessed one or several special abilities , which combined to give them strong overall combat strength, allowing them to steadily defeat these Level 8 High-Level Undead.

Wang Xu and Jiang Xiaodong were naturally the strongest among these people. Both men fought desperately to kill more Undead to overpower the other. They soon each encountered a Level 8 Bloodthirsty One.

A Bloodthirsty One of the same level has far superior close combat ability than the Spewer, Thrower, and Corroder of the same level. They possess impregnable bone layers, rapid movement, and powerful iron fists. As soon as they rushed into the crowd, two people were immediately defeated and sent flying by their attacks.

They let out cruel and ferocious cries and were about to pounce on others, but they were blocked by Wang Xu and Jiang Xiaodong.

“We’ll take these two guys!” Wang Xu roared. He and Jiang Xiaodong blocked the two Bloodthirsty One and quickly suppressed them. The two Level 8 Bloodthirsty One were no match and were continuously pushed back.

With a “boom,” Jiang Xiaodong struck first. With a flash of blood light from the Blood Cannon, the head of the Bloodthirsty One facing him was struck. Although it was protected by a bone layer, its head was not blown off, but the tremendous impact still caused its body to stagger and fall, its head slamming heavily onto the ground, even cracking the cement surface.

Among these surrounding High-Level Undead , the strongest was undoubtedly the Level 9 Bloodthirsty One.

It possessed a more exaggerated bone layer all over its body, as if wearing a suit of ancient general’s armor. With a single charge, it sent two Level 7 Spiritual Source Wielders flying. It swung its right fist and hit the chest of another man who couldn’t dodge in time.

The man immediately coughed up blood, his ribs completely broken, and his body flew out like a kite with a broken string. The Bloodthirsty One didn’t stop and rushed straight toward the crowd.

Qin Xin and You Zhenghao were currently in this area, and the Level 9 Bloodthirsty One’s pounce was directed right at Qin Xin.

Qin Xin snorted, raised his hands, and a huge whirlwind began to form in his palms.

He possessed the ability to control whirlwinds, making him very strong and a master within the entire Financial City Apartments. Wang Xu highly valued him.

The actions of this Level 9 Bloodthirsty One shocked many people. At this moment, Jiang Xiaodong had just sent the Level 8 Bloodthirsty One flying with a Blood Cannon blast. Suddenly seeing this, he let out an angry roar and turned to rush over, wanting to stop the Level 9 Bloodthirsty One.

Zhao Haoyang, from the Oriental Tower, had been standing with his hands clasped behind his back without acting, perhaps out of confidence in the crowd, feeling that he didn’t need to intervene, or perhaps due to his arrogance, feeling that these Undead were not worth his effort.

It wasn’t until this Level 9 Bloodthirsty One sent two people flying, severely wounded one, and charged towards his position, that his eyebrows finally shot up.

“Get out of the way!” He suddenly shouted, pushing Qin Xin, who was blocking his path, aside with his left hand.

Qin Xin, who was controlling the whirlwind, was unprepared for Zhao Haoyang suddenly pushing him from behind. Zhao Haoyang’s strength was immense, and with the push, his body shot out sideways, almost falling down.

Qin Xin was furious, his face flushed red. He turned his head, ready to curse, when he suddenly saw Zhao Haoyang pull out a streak of red light from his chest, which transformed into a weapon about one meter long, entirely crimson, with a curved blade resembling a crescent moon.

Zhao Haoyang let out a long shout, drawing the attention of countless people. Holding the crescent moon saber in his right hand, he slashed down at the charging Level 9 Bloodthirsty One.

Terrifying power erupted from the red curved saber. From a distance, it looked like a gigantic red crescent moon had risen and crushed the pouncing Bloodthirsty One.

The Level 9 Bloodthirsty One possessed a body covered in impenetrable bone layers, but faced with the crushing red curved saber, the armor-like bone layer shattered like tofu, completely vulnerable.

Su Li, who had just used his Demon Hunter Claw to kill a Thrower, stopped and turned back, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

The curved saber in Zhao Haoyang’s hand was a Spiritual Source Weapon , and he had activated a skill within the weapon to unleash such terrifying power, instantly crushing the Level 9 Bloodthirsty One.

This Level 9 Bloodthirsty One had the “Super-Heat Berserk” ability, but unfortunately, it was too late to use it now.

Zhao Haoyang’s slash sent a huge red crescent moon flying. The Level 9 Bloodthirsty One was cut in half. A deep groove about four to five meters long was cut into the rooftop ground, revealing the rooms below. The thick rooftop was cleaved open.

The power of this strike shocked everyone present.

Qin Xin, who had been about to shout in anger, swallowed the curse, then instinctively took a gulp of saliva.

This Zhao Haoyang, from the Oriental Tower, was too terrifying.

Zhao Haoyang was very satisfied to see the crowd’s shocked, terrified, surprised, and wary expressions. This was the effect he wanted.

His purpose for visiting Wang Xu this time was actually an important mission: he wanted to merge the people of Financial City Apartments and Maple View Center Building into the “Oriental Tower”.

Unfortunately, the conversation was not ideal. After only talking for a while, Wang Xu was noncommittal, neither agreeing nor refusing. Then, he mentioned his duel with Jiang Xiaodong and invited Zhao Haoyang to be the referee.

Zhao Haoyang could not refuse, so he followed them.

He had long thought of finding an opportunity to show off his strength and severely intimidate these people, making Wang Xu and Jiang Xiaodong understand that opposing him, Zhao Haoyang, and opposing the “Oriental Tower” was a dead end. Their only chance for survival was to join them.

Therefore, when he saw the sufficiently powerful Level 9 Bloodthirsty One charging over, Zhao Haoyang knew his chance had come.

He didn’t hesitate to push aside the obstructive Qin Xin, pulled out his Spiritual Source Weapon, the Red Moon Saber, with his right hand, and activated the most powerful “Red Moon Slash” to intimidate the crowd and create a sensational effect.

The power of the “Red Moon Slash” was truly terrifying. It not only instantly killed the powerful Level 9 Bloodthirsty One but also cleaved a huge gap in the sturdy and thick rooftop. Wang Xu and Jiang Xiaodong gasped in cold air as they watched.

Zhao Haoyang was secretly smug, thinking that these country bumpkins naturally didn’t know that this “Red Moon Slash” could only be used once within a certain period of time, and believed that this was a power he could unleash at any time. Seeing him unleash such terrifying power with a single slash, they must be scared witless. When he brought up the merger again, he wanted to see who would dare to object.

The astonishing “Red Moon Slash” not only killed the Level 9 Bloodthirsty One and intimidated everyone present, but even the surrounding High-Level Undead seemed to be shocked. They stopped their attacks and slowly began to retreat, showing signs of fleeing.

Zhao Haoyang acted as if he had just done a trivial thing. He put the Red Moon Saber back into his chest, clapped his hands, looked at Wang Xu and Jiang Xiaodong, and smiled, “Shall the two of you continue your match?”

Wang Xu looked at his smiling face and eyes, his heart filled with dread. He suddenly realized that this was a show of force, subtly hinting that if he did not comply and allow Financial City Apartments to merge into the Oriental Tower, his fate would likely be similar to the monster on the ground that was cut in half by a single slash.

Although Wang Xu held himself in high regard, he knew clearly that he could not withstand that single slash, and the result would not be much better than the monster split in two on the ground.

Qin Xin was covered in a cold sweat. He thought he was about to curse this guy just now. Fortunately, he swallowed it. If he had cursed out loud, would he still be alive?

Jiang Xiaodong felt his throat go dry. Witnessing Zhao Haoyang’s astonishing slash, he instantly lost interest in competing with Wang Xu. He even felt that he and Wang Xu were like two clowns. How could this Zhao Haoyang be so powerful? Could he continuously unleash that slash, or could he only use it once in a while?

Jiang Xiaodong was a bit skeptical. The power of that slash completely surpassed the strength they could possess at their current level. He was somewhat unconvinced that Zhao Haoyang could use it continuously.

If he could only use it once in a while, it wasn’t so terrifying, but if he could use it anytime without restriction, he would be simply invincible.

Seeing Wang Xu and Jiang Xiaodong just standing there speechless, Zhao Haoyang smiled faintly, knowing he had indeed scared them. Just as he was about to speak again to strike while the iron was hot and directly invite them to join the Oriental Tower, a low, muffled growl suddenly sounded from the edge of the building opposite them.

Following this low growl, there was a “thud,” and the entire rooftop seemed to shake slightly. This sudden change caught everyone’s attention, and they all turned or looked up.

Even Zhao Haoyang, who was about to speak, froze and looked up.

A claw reached the edge of the rooftop, and then a mass of wriggling flesh tumbled up from the edge of the rooftop.

Then, everyone saw an incredibly ugly, deformed monster appear, slowly crawling up onto the rooftop.

Almost everyone widened their eyes and a thought popped into their minds: What kind of monster is this?

Su Li in the crowd frowned slightly. He looked at the monster climbing up and felt a sense of familiarity.

This giant monster was enormous, its entire body a mass of wriggling flesh, surging up like a small mountain of meat. He felt a sense of familiarity because he saw that part of this mountain-of-meat monster looked like the Level 9 Rare Monster Lion-Scorpion Cinder Beast, and another part looked like the Level 8 Leader Monster Demon-Faced Electric Eel.

The overall form was like a combination of the Lion-Scorpion Cinder Beast and the Demon-Faced Electric Eel mashed together, with the addition of other monster parts that Su Li couldn’t identify, all mixed together in a grotesque combination.

On the right side was the head of a male lion, identical to the Lion-Scorpion Cinder Beast. On the left was the head of a Demon-Faced Electric Eel, with blurred facial features that vaguely resembled a human face. The torso was a mix of a large amount of unidentified corpse flesh, all blended together. When it moved, it looked like a mass of wriggling meat, with claws, feet, and tails extending out, looking indescribably hideous.

“What kind of monster is that?” Finally, someone couldn’t help but cry out in alarm.

The High-Level Undead in all directions were rapidly retreating. The Undead close to this gigantic monster avoided it like a plague, moving away in fear of being touched by it.

Su Li in the crowd immediately activated the Peering Rune, observing the gigantic monster that was wriggling towards them.

Instantly, a message appeared in Su Li’s mind.

“Name: Fuser, Level: 9, Race: Undead Race, a High-Level Undead with a special designation that evolved from a normal Undead. The Fuser is an anomaly among the Undead Race, even being disliked and shunned by other High-Level Undead, yet they are full of fear for it. The Fuser has no fixed appearance. It has the ability of genetic fusion, capable of fusing and reorganizing with other organisms to gain their abilities. Of course, this fusion has a certain limit and cannot be done infinitely, or it might cause its own collapse from being unable to bear it. Because the fused elements are different, the strength difference among Fusers can be vast—some are very strong, and others are very weak. The Fuser is difficult to kill; only by destroying the organ inside its body that controls genetic fusion can it truly be killed.”

Sensing this information, Su Li took a deep breath. So this thing was called a Fuser, capable of fusing with various organisms to gain their abilities. It seemed that this Fuser had fused at least the bodies of the Lion-Scorpion Cinder Beast and the Demon-Faced Electric Eel, plus some other monsters he couldn’t identify.

If this Fuser really possessed the abilities of the Lion-Scorpion Cinder Beast and the Demon-Faced Electric Eel, it would be incredibly powerful. Su Li somewhat understood why the High-Level Undead around it were treating it like a plague.

However, after the initial shock and surprise, the crowd quickly calmed down. After all, there were nearly forty human experts here, including big bosses like Wang Xu and Jiang Xiaodong, and even the super expert Zhao Haoyang from the Oriental Tower.

“What kind of monster is this, so ugly? You guys try attacking it.” Wang Xu said to the few people beside him. These people had long-range attack methods, so he asked them to test it with long-range attacks first.

Everyone was seeing such a deformed mountain-of-meat monster for the first time. Although not afraid, they were very cautious and would not rush to attack it up close.

These people immediately showed off their respective long-range attack methods. One person waved his right hand, and a fireball appeared, which he hurled towards the Fuser. Another person summoned an ice pillar from a distance and smashed it towards the Fuser.

Yet another person clapped his hands together, and a flash of light, like a laser, shot out and swept the Fuser.

Jiang Xiaodong raised his right arm, which mutated into a flesh-and-blood giant gun, and consecutively pulled the five triggers, firing five bone bullets towards the Demon-Faced side of the Fuser, where the facial features were visible.

Just as these attacks were about to land on the massive Fuser, it suddenly raised its left, Demon-Faced side and let out a huge, muffled growl. Its right, male lion’s head opened its blood-red mouth and fiercely sprayed flames.

“Unquenchable Fire.” Su Li’s heart sank.

This was an ability possessed by the Lion-Scorpion Cinder Beast. He hadn’t expected that the Fuser, after fusing with the Lion-Scorpion Cinder Beast’s body, would truly possess the ability to control Unquenchable Fire. This was going to be troublesome.

The horror of Unquenchable Fire was fresh in Su Li’s memory.

As the terrifying flames sprayed out, all the fireballs, ice pillars, rays of light, or the five bone bullets fired by Jiang Xiaodong were instantly extinguished and vanished.

The Unquenchable Fire became a gigantic fire dragon, shooting out like a column of fire from a flame-thrower, instantly reaching the crowd.

Everyone was shocked, not having expected this deformed monster to be able to breathe fire, and for the flames to shoot such a long distance. In their surprise, those who specialized in close combat quickly dodged, while those with defensive abilities quickly put up shields or light barriers to resist the spraying flames.

While spraying flames, the Fuser’s massive body charged towards the crowd.

It looked deformed, ugly, and bloated, but its speed was not slow. Claws, palms, legs, and tails extended from its mountain-of-meat-like body, all pushing against the ground, supporting its massive body as it charged.

A man standing at the forefront, who had clapped his hands together to project a wind shield, shouted repeatedly. He was from the Maple View Center Building and possessed a defensive special ability. The wind shield he projected had extremely strong defense.

He blocked the flames and held the front line for the crowd, but he never expected that his highly defensive wind shield would be burned away in just one second. Before he could react, he was engulfed by the Unquenchable Fire.

“Ah—” He screamed in agony as he was burned, rolling on the ground. The Fuser had already charged over.

Seeing this, everyone was either shocked, angry, or shouted fiercely. Several people immediately rushed up from both sides, intending to seize the opportunity to attack.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, blue and white lightning exploded across the surface of the Fuser’s body.

The lightning was powerful and immediately enveloped three Spiritual Source Wielders who were trying to approach it, creating continuous “crackling” sounds.

The three people screamed miserably, their bodies trembling violently. Their skin quickly turned scorched black, and smoke wafted from their seven orifices.

Su Li saw this and knew it was the electric shock from the Demon-Faced Electric Eel.

This Fuser not only possessed Unquenchable Fire but had also mastered the Demon-Faced Electric Eel’s electric shock, and the electric shock it released was even more powerful than the one Su Li had encountered.

The three people hit by the high-voltage electric shock were quickly reduced to charred corpses. In just one exchange, the Fuser killed four people. Everyone was greatly alarmed, and they retreated in fear.

Wang Xu and Jiang Xiaodong roared angrily and lunged forward from the left and right.

At a time like this, as the leaders of the two buildings, seeing their subordinates die tragically, they had no choice but to charge forward.