Chapter 255: Chapter 255: Han Dong Makes His Move
Translator: 549690339
Boom!
A burning figure flickered in the main hall, violently smashing into one of the eight massive stone columns.
Due to its high speed, it shattered half of the stone column outright.
Togu, who fell along with the broken stones, managed to pick himself up in just a second.
First, he held his jaw and forcibly twisted it back into place, then vigorously shook his right arm to realign the dislocated forearm before rushing towards the Great Lord.
In the Great Lord’s eyes, this was a mere cockroach that refused to die.
Furthermore, Togu himself was not lacking in destructive power.
Many parts of the Great Lord’s palms had been scorched, and even with his strong regenerative abilities, he was still left with burn scars…deep burns could affect the regeneration process.
As for Chen Li, she was restraining the Great Lord in another way.
Shrouded in dark energy and gloom, she constantly lurked in the shadows.
She would occasionally strike the Great Lord, cutting into his flesh but hardly damaging the metal inside…she was doing her utmost to draw the Great Lord’s attention.
With the two of them keeping him busy,
Miss Winry with her fiery red hair found an opening to approach the Great Lord, using the forging hammer she inherited from her master to strike heavily on the Great Lord’s leg.
Crack…
This was already the fourth strike.
Clang! Crack!
A whole layer of bone armor covering the surface of the calf muscle couldn’t withstand such strikes and eventually shattered.
As long as she could chisel open the metal inside the calf and completely destroy its tissues, she could significantly hinder the Great Lord’s ability to move.
“What a group of undying cockroaches… Let’s play for real,” he said.
Creak creak creak… The sound of mechanical gears echoed from the Great Lord’s backbone, as if some gear was being shifted.
“Speed Up”
Dark energy surged beneath the Great Lord’s skin, causing his aura to increase accordingly.
Chen Li, who was hiding in the dark, noticed this detail first and warned Winry, who lacked combat experience. “Winry! Be careful!”
“Huh?!”
Whoosh!
A gust of wind blew past the ear.
His speed increased dramatically, and he grabbed hold of Winry in a split second.
At the same time, the Great Lord’s other hand firmly caught the incoming chain being thrown by Togu. He pulled hard, causing Togu to lose his balance and was yanked off the ground.
And, just like tossing a hammer, the Great Lord threw Togu out with great force.
Boom!
Togu smashed into a wall with the force of a cannonball, embedding himself deeper into the wall than the last time.
Duo Zeya, who was nearby looking for the “Mother Tube”, got the fright of his life.
This time,
Togu took noticeably longer to extricate himself from the wall.
The sudden impact had shattered Togu’s ribs, and broken bone spurs had pierced his organs… The situation wasn’t good.
Within the darkness.
When Chen Li tried to carry out a surprise attack from behind by cutting the Great Lord’s wrist to rescue Winry, who was gripped in his palm,
Sizzle!
The machinery within the Great Lord’s spine accelerated, and the large amount of steam produced was ejected between the gaps in his spine, directly reaching Miss Chen Li, who was hiding behind him.
The steam, hot enough to scald, was mixed with a lethal plague.
The steam covered too much area, forcing Chen Li to step back quickly.
The arm that was slightly touched by the steam immediately decayed and erupted in black ulcers… if the infection continued, it could even lead to gangrene.
Chen Li gritted her teeth and decisively cut away the infected flesh.
With the steam forming a barrier in front of her, Chen Li was cut off.
Winry, held in the hand of the Giant Ghoul, was now in unprecedented danger.
“Such tremendous power from mere humans… and each of your companions is peculiar in their own way!
If I could, I would love to hand you all over to the Swollen Doctor for in-depth study.
Through cell culture, I could obtain your precious life essence over a long period for the enhancement of my body.
It would be a shame to merely devour you all.
But presently, a significant quantity of humans is invading my terrain, and I don’t have the luxury to deal with you slowly.”
The Giant Ghoul’s arms contracted with all their might.
The mechanical gear construction in the muscles of the giant ghoul’s arms provided a force far surpassing that of humans…
Even with Winry’s born divine power, when caught in such an enormous hand, it was challenging to find a fulcrum to exert force… She could not escape.
“Ah, it hurts!”
Winry did her best to support herself using her muscles, attempting to prevent her body from being crushed.
However, under the intense power of the grip, her muscle fibers kept rupturing.
The excruciating pain transmitted by the muscle cells made Winry cry out involuntarily, her body trembling fearsomely. If this continued, she was destined to experience a bone-crushing agony.
She would be left as easily digestible human-form food.
“My Lord! You shouldn’t kill such a fine subject carelessly. Extracting her muscle cells would effectively strengthen your ghoul army.”
At this moment, the Swollen Doctor wriggled his lower body and arrived.
The Great Lord looked at the doctor, puzzled.
“No… The doctor’s underground area has been menaced by a host of invaders, moreover, the elevator has been ruined, there is no way he could get here.”
The Great Lord injected fresh brain fluid long-term, making his mind extremely astute.
Only a second’s hesitation sparked the decision to stomp fiercely on the head of the Swollen Doctor.
“You truly are bright.”
Disguise abandonment.
“Seeing through.”
Han Dong swiftly sidestepped the stomp, using the bone layers on the Great Lord’s body as a fulcrum to climb rapidly!
He reached the Great Lord’s head, facing it directly.
“Hmm!”
Staring at the ‘Little Demon Eye’ on Han Dong’s forehead, the Great Lord surprisingly felt an instinctual sense of danger, stepping backward instinctively, his focus mostly shifting to Han Dong.
Especially that eye. It gave the eerie sensation of impending contamination.
Meanwhile, Han Dong identified a gap in the Great Lord’s right arm not covered by bone.
The metal claws merged with the ‘Plague Doctor’s Short Blade’ savagely tore the skin open, and a strain of super infectious fungus activated by the G virus invaded the wound.
This strain of modified fungus was unlike common fungi; it directly began the destruction process on the Great Lord’s right arm.
The reduction in grip strength was significant.
Winry seized this opportunity to exert her utmost strength, breaking free from restraint, landing steadily on the ground.
She saved the words of gratitude for later; she wouldn’t let slip the opportunity Han Dong had created for her.
With a hammer in hand, she targeted the part of the shin not protected by bone, striking fiercely.
Ding!!
The crisp noise of the contact echoed.
A small part of the metal protection in the shin was dented in, though not broken through.
Winry had sparse combat experience but was immensely experienced with metals through constant forging… Thus, she had a unique strategy for such metal.
She took out the special flint used for forging, stabilizing it on the surface of the metal layer.
Just like forging a weapon, she struck hard against the surface of the flint.
Ding!!
Sparks scattered!
The metal protection layer in the area of the shin was instantly shattered.
The exposed bone, nerves, muscle tissues, and blood vessels were all destroyed and evaporated by the high temperature released from the striking flint, not giving the Great Lord any chance of regeneration.
His monstrous body thundered down…