Reaping the Fruits of Others' Labor

"Bang!"

The massive ancient tree collapsed, snapping other trees in the surrounding area along with it.

Sunlight streamed directly into the bushes and mud, which were perpetually covered by the canopy, illuminating the two men locked in combat.

At this Chi An, Chi An's dark-colored top was tattered and hung on her body like strips of cloth.

His skin appeared sickly pale, like cold jade, under the light, and was covered with scars of varying sizes.

The Undying Cells granted him extraordinary self-healing abilities; wounds inflicted on him by enemies no longer leave any scars.

Therefore, these scars etched on his body were left from his childhood.

Just like that memory of being frequently put to the test, it cannot be erased.

Compared to Chi An, who was in good condition, the Beastfolk soldiers, who were his opponents, were in dire straits.

There wasn't a single good piece of flesh on his body.

His body was stained crimson with blood.

Each time the heavy mace in her hand was swung at Chi An, it would tear open the wounds on his body.

The ground beneath his feet, soaked with crimson blood, became increasingly muddy.

Chi An knew that he was about to win.

But he wasn't happy about the impending victory.

He was not alarmed by the impending increase in the number of Eye of Madness Cells in his body.

Once he entered the battle and activated his talent, his emotions were no longer affected.

Rather than fighting an enemy, he is now controlling a character named Chi An in battle.

An extreme calmness and rationality enveloped his soul, forcibly isolating him from the outside world.

Chi An knew that it was precisely because of this that he was able to barely control his Eye of Madness.

Only then can you survive and avoid going insane.

This was the talent that he awakened on his own when he was young.

A self-protection tactic called "[Outsider]".

Chi An calmly stepped forward and met the final blow delivered by the enemy in their desperate resistance.

"Bang!"

The shot missed.

The muscles that had been removed from the Beastfolk's legs were temporarily replaced with Psychic Energy.

At this moment, the Beastfolk was too badly injured to concentrate on accurately controlling the solidified ball of Psychic Energy.

A piece of his leg was instantly missing, affecting his balance during the attack.

The heavy blow went off course and struck Chi An's left shoulder.

Immediately afterwards, Chi An's left shoulder was shattered by the immense force of the heavy weapon.

But Chi An's attack did not stop at all; the dagger in his hand went straight for the prey's throat.

"Pfft!"

An eight-inch-long, dark dagger was plunged to the hilt into the Beastfolk's neck, the tip of which emerged from the back of his neck.

Then, Chi An made a horizontal slash to the right, the dagger almost severing the enemy's neck.

Blood trickled out, and the Beastfolk collapsed to the ground with a thud.

The last piece of skin connecting the neck broke off, separating the head from the body.

The battle is over.

But the real show is just beginning.

At the moment of the Beastfolk's death, a small clump of dark red cells precipitated from his corpse.

Although its color was similar to the surrounding blood, it gave people a completely different feeling.

After they appeared, they immediately rushed towards Chi An with lightning speed.

Chi An instinctively made a dodging motion.

But it didn't work.

The cells of the Eye of Madness originated from the Heaven-Controlling Realm of the Beastfolk, so how could an experimental subject that has not yet set foot in the Heaven Realm possibly contend with it?

To put it simply, Chi An's current fusion with the Eye of Madness is Chi An is backward compatible with the Eye of Madness.

The ones truly battling the Eye of Madness are the Undying Cells, who are also part of the Heaven-Controlling Realm.

Chi An was merely a battlefield that satisfied them.

The scarlet cells were directly absorbed into Chi An's body.

The next moment, Chi An's previously stable eyes emitted a burning heat.

His body trembled instinctively, he covered his eyes, and collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

His innate abilities were working frantically, barely managing to keep him conscious and clear-headed.

Chi An sensed his current Psychic Energy reserves.

Only one-fifth remains.

Moreover, it is being consumed rapidly, even faster than during previous battles.

It is estimated that in another minute, his talent [Outsider] will come to a standstill due to a lack of Psychic Energy.

At that time, he will have to rely on his willpower to get through the dangerous period of rebalancing.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to find a relatively safe place to spend the dangerous period.

Chi An controlled his body's movement.

In fact, such a violent reaction was something the Beastfolk researchers had not anticipated.

The escape of the Eye of Madness from Shahai City came too suddenly; the researchers had no time to know about it.

Fortunately, the researchers were quite cautious in each experiment, thus leaving room for error.

But this doesn't mean that Chi An right now.

On the contrary, without the buffer zone, he will only get closer to death.

Furthermore, he no longer had the energy to suppress the energy fluctuations of the Eye of Madness.

The intense Psychic Energy rippled outwards and was immediately detected by Shisui, who was slowly searching for traces.

"Oh, how hospitable!"

A frenzied aura swept over us, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, as if in a show of defiance.

Shisui tilted his head slightly, a smile of interest spreading across his face.

Those Kakugan were filled with anticipation for their live prey.

"Call out--!"

Ukaku suddenly exerted his strength, carrying Shisui towards the target.

Its speed was so great that it cut through the air with a sharp, explosive sound.

Inside a top-secret, independent underground Laboratory within the Beastfolk Main Lineage.

A group of researchers dressed in matching white lab coats are busy at work.

"Secondary test subject dead; Eye of Madness Cells tissue is metastasizing!"

Voices mingled with the sounds of various instruments operating, creating a tense atmosphere in the Laboratory.

Transfer successful!

The good news brought a slight lightening of the atmosphere in the Laboratory.

However, the test subject was still in danger, so the researchers had to get back to work.

"Great! The data received by the sensor is even better than expected!"

One of the researchers looked at the sensors in front of him and felt a little more relaxed.

Although the balance within Chi An's body has not yet recovered after being disrupted, it has at least stabilized within a controllable range.

In other words, at least they won't die.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the curve representing the energy of the Eye of Madness suddenly went crazy.

"Intense energy fluctuations! Monitor the subject's vital signs!"

The researchers watched with trepidation as the curve swung wildly up and down.

The test subject is not in immediate danger.

"Attention all units, the experimental subject is beginning to move."

Good news came from the team responsible for monitoring the experimental subjects' vital signs and movements, bringing a sigh of relief to everyone.

The crowd's emotions rose and fell with the data.

At this moment, a large amount of data was transmitted from the Undying Cells community that connected to the Undying Cells in Chi An's body.

Using the Undying Cells of the Demon Race, their Laboratory could easily obtain Chi An's physical data.

At the same time, it can also track his location with extremely low latency.

It's quite convenient.

"It's really useful," one researcher remarked. "It's a pity there's only one clump; it would be great if there were more."

Upon hearing this, the person in charge stood nearby and sternly rebuked, "Stop with your petty schemes!"

"Don't even think about propagating and transplanting it onto other experimental subjects; this belongs to the Demon Race."

The researcher immediately understood what the person in charge meant.

He immediately apologized and then shut up to attend to his own business.

Everyone knows that this Laboratory was established because of Undying Cells.

This is not because of the importance of research on Undying Cells.

Rather, it was to isolate the Undying Cells and prevent them from transmitting information about the Beastfolk Research Institute to the outside world.

This shows that the Undying Cells were never on the side of the Beastfolk, nor were they entirely under Beastfolk control.

Therefore, Chi An is just a special case.

If it were transplanted to other experimental subjects for the sake of temporary convenience, it would only give the Demon Race an opportunity to reap the benefits.

The Beastfolk cannot accept this.

But what they didn't know was that Shisui had already flown straight towards Chi An's location.

They had patiently waited for so long, and now their biggest peach, almost ripe, was about to be snatched away.