I'm Arrogant, So What?
After the corpse, whose internal organs had been mostly removed, sat up with a smile on its face, the three of them cautiously retreated to the doorway.
Regardless of whether the resurrected corpse was actually the Traveler, what appeared before them now was already an Anomaly.
"Why are you guys so far away from me? Aren't we Teammate?"
The corpse, now wearing the gold-rimmed Glasses again, sported the Traveler's usual smile. As it slowly pulled out the Metal Poker that were deeply embedded in its body, it leisurely rose to its feet.
"I'm so envious of you having complete bodies. Could you lend me some... Poker?"
Slowly, he pulled out the newly acquired Iron Poker that was stuck straight into his forehead, bringing out some white brain matter. The corpse tilted its head slightly.
"Attack together!"
He put the remaining Poker back into his Inventory, and a pair of Steel Gauntlets appeared in Iron Blood hands. As he uttered those words expressionlessly, he charged forward.
While there isn't much correlation between Level and strength, those with great strength are almost never low -Level.
As the highest -Level Player among the seven, Iron Blood didn't Level up by luck-based Wild Monster hunting like Temperance Gentleheart; instead, he genuinely gained experience by solving Anomaly.
Let alone the talking corpse in front of him, he had seen far more bizarre things: Man-eating Sweater, Flesh-devouring Wormhole, Mushroom-covered Vegetative State... Which of these Anomaly he had dealt with in the past wasn't more terrifying than the corpse in front of him?
After realizing that the Poker were having no Special Effect on his opponent, he immediately lunged at him, and as he swung his right fist, a deep red flame appeared on his gauntlet.
In this not-so-large room, the distance of a few meters passed in the blink of an eye, and the flaming gauntlets on his hands struck his opponent's face with exceptional Precision.
With a thud that made your teeth ache, the corpse, engulfed in flames, flew backward, crashing into the wall and creating large cracks before falling to the ground, charred black.
"Resolved?"
Looking at the situation before him, Doloth couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
However, she soon saw Iron Blood Xue retreat again, his face pale, his right hand trembling slightly.
Upon closer inspection, she noticed that a large patch of flesh had abruptly shrunk from the other person's right forearm, as if a large chunk of fresh flesh had disappeared from under the skin, making it look exceptionally horrifying.
"It really tastes delicious..."
A creaking sound came from across the room. The corpse, whose head was tilted 180 degrees to the back at an abnormal angle, strangely got up from the ground and then used its arms to slowly straighten its head back.
Throughout this process, the corpse's eerie gaze remained fixed on them. The half-broken gold-rimmed Glasses had long since flown away, leaving only empty eye sockets in front of them.
--Eyeballs are also included in the category of organs removed from a corpse.
Not only Iron Blood, Doloth also turned his gaze to the other's left arm at the same time. Just as they had imagined, an area on the other's left arm had returned to normal.
"Does it devour the flesh and blood of others to replenish itself upon contact...?"
Upon reaching this conclusion in his mind, Doloth couldn't help but gasp.
"Also, my attack just now had no effect on it."
Looking at the almost unharmed corpse in front of him, he nodded slightly, put his gauntlets back into his Inventory, and an Iron Blood axe appeared in his left hand. He then threw it at the corpse in front of him.
Driven by immense Strength, the sharp axe severed both legs of the corpse cleanly at the root, but in the next instant, the severed legs spontaneously healed.
--Existing common sense rules do not apply to Anomaly; each Anomaly has its own set of rules.
Upon seeing this scene, Iron Blood did not hesitate and retreated outside the door, then tightly closed the door. At the same time, he took out a large can of Gasoline and poured it at the doorway.
Inside the room, the corpse, dragging its intestines, roared and charged toward the door at an illogical speed.
They threw a lighter at the pile of Gasoline and quickly retreated towards the stairwell with Iron Blood and Doloth.
As for I’m Arrogant, So What?, he had already retreated the moment Iron Blood Xue returned with a pale face. However, he did not run far, but instead hid nervously at the stairwell.
After Iron Blood Xue and the others retreated, he quickly followed behind them, taking the concept of "survival" to its extreme.
"Go downstairs."
After glancing at the corpses that had broken through the door and then chased after them through the sea of fire, Iron Blood calmly began to speak.
"But there's nothing on the first floor at all..."
Seeing that the two people were completely ignoring him and running towards the first floor, I’m Arrogant, So What?, ran straight upstairs.
The first floor is completely exposed, offering absolutely no hiding space. Running there would be suicide. In comparison, the upper floors clearly offer a much better chance of escape...
--Iron Blood did not interfere with the choice made by I’m Arrogant, So What?.
The corpse moved incredibly fast, reaching the stairwell in just a few seconds. After glancing up and down the stairs, it indeed chased after the body downstairs, just as I’m Arrogant, So What? He had predicted.
A bunch of idiots, you can just wait to die on the first floor!!
While cursing these thoughts in his heart, the I’m Arrogant, So What? suddenly increased his speed.
He dared not go to the Third Floor, since the Traveler who was neither human nor Anomaly was on the Third Floor. So his goal was the sixth floor. As long as he could meet up with the Black&White group, his safety would be guaranteed.
Unaware of the curses swirling in his mind, he noticed that as he climbed the stairs faster, the gaps between the stairs were gradually widening, and the height between the steps was slowly increasing...
This abnormal growth rate was quite fast. By the time I’m Arrogant, So What? He finally realized something was wrong, the step in front of them had already reached half a meter in height, and it was still increasing in height.
"Wait, is this me shrinking...!?"
Seeing the steps in front of him increase to several meters high in just a few seconds, "I’m Arrogant, So What?" looked terrified.
Just as he was panicking, a Glass Bottle fell from the sky and overturned him inside...