Beast Chi

Luo Yan frowned, witnessing this unusual phenomenon, and he suspected it was related to the 'danger' he had sensed.

He observed carefully that the dark red smoke mostly lingered around adults, and even thirteen- or fourteen-year-old boys would get a little bit on it.

But little kids like Little Flower, who are seven or eight years old, don't want to get close to this dark red smoke at all.

Luo Yan, on the other hand, attracted a lot of dark red smoke around him, as if drawn by some kind of quality about him.

Luo Yan instinctively activated his cultivation technique, and instantly, the smoke that approached him dissipated.

No longer close.

In this way, the Iron Army around him was protected.

They were not approached by the dark red smoke.

Luo Yan gently tugged at Tie Jun's clothes. "Uncle Tie, let's get up."

They stood up, and Tie Jun looked at the young man beside him, whom he had practically watched grow up, with a puzzled expression.

Luo Yan tightened his grip on the longsword and said, "Uncle Tie, you and Little Flower stand behind me."

"If you need to leave here later, remember to stay close to me and don't stray more than seven steps away."

Tie Jun sensed something unusual in his words, but didn't ask why; he simply nodded solemnly.

After thinking for a moment, he asked Luo Yan for help and used his coat to tightly tie Little Flower to his chest.

At that moment, someone shouted and tackled the security guard to the ground.

"I told you not to push me!"

"I told you not to hit someone!"

The man clenched his fist and punched the security guard hard in the nose.

He unleashed a power he never usually possessed, smashing the security guard's nose with a single punch, splattering blood onto his face.

The man's pupils suddenly contracted sharply, and then clumps of dark red hair sprouted from his face and hands.

A dark ring had appeared around the corners of his pupils.

Sharp teeth emerged from his lips.

His fingernails grew rapidly into claws.

He tilted his head back and roared like a wild beast.

Then it pounced on the security guard, opened its blood-red mouth, and ripped off a chunk of flesh.

Ah~

"He's gone mad, he's gone mad!"

"A monster! He's become a monster!"

The people around were so frightened that they fell to the ground. A woman, her face turning pale, scrambled up the wall with both hands and feet.

She climbed and climbed, then stopped.

She saw a pair of feet in front of her, wearing sneakers.

The sneakers were strangely swelling, and then curved claws emerged from them.

She suddenly felt a chill on her neck, and a liquid trickled down. The woman looked up and saw the man standing in front of her, who also had tufts of dark red hair growing on him.

He suddenly bent down, grabbed her shoulders, and lifted her up.

So they picked her up.

Then a gaping, blood-red maw continued to grow larger in their field of vision.

The entire shelter was in complete chaos.

People in the crowd began to grow dark red fur, transforming into powerful 'beasts'.

These 'beasts' bite anyone they see, possessing immense strength; they can easily tear an adult man in two.

When Luo Yan 'looked' at these beasts, he obtained some information from above their heads.

'Chi beast. Species of the genus Ochre-like.'

'A beast created by ' Hate Curse Technique,' Immense Strength! Man-eating!'

Chi beast?

What does 'Ochratus genus and species' mean?

What is ' Hate Curse Technique '?

Luo Yan recalled that when Xiao Shi was lecturing, he mentioned that Overlord Level behemoths could use ' Exotic Arts '.

Nightmare Level behemoths can go even further and use 'spells'.

Could it be that ' Hate Curse Technique ' is a type of 'curse magic'?

Can this kind of 'spell' turn a person into a beast?

This possibility made Luo Yan's heart sink.

Xiao Shi once said that giant beasts can also cultivate, and that Overlord Level giant beasts can manifest beast souls with human-like characteristics.

Nightmare Level behemoths have even 'transformed into human form,' possessing most of the physical characteristics of humans.

Now, there are even ' Hate Curse Technique ' that can turn humans into beasts.

I don't know what terrible things might happen in the future.

But right now, Luo Yan can't think about things too far ahead.

There may be ' Nightmare Level ' behemoths in the Undercity now, which means that Undercity could fall at any time.

This place is not safe to stay!

"Get out of here immediately!"

Run!

Inside the shelter, people rushed toward the gate.

Those near the gate seemed to have lost their minds, frantically ramming against it, trying to break down the armored door.

That's certainly impossible.

One of the calmer people called out, "Don't waste your energy."

"This is an automatic door; it cannot be forced open by human force."

"The key, find the key quickly!"

Soon someone responded from the door, "There's no lock. This is an electronic door; you need a password to open it."

"Security officer, are there any security officers?"

"Yes, that's me!" "The password is!"

Just as people were busy opening the gate, those who had been bitten to death by the demon beast earlier...

The corpses suddenly began to convulse, and then their eyeballs started moving erratically beneath their eyelids.

Suddenly, his eyes opened, revealing black-rimmed pupils that gleamed with a fierce and malevolent light.

These corpses not only came back to life, but also rapidly grew dark red fur, and then pounced on the nearest humans.

"Be careful, those who were bitten to death have come back to life."

"And they've all turned into monsters, ah!"

Screams filled the air, and chaos reigned within the shelter.

The number of demons was increasing, and people rushed to the gate, crowding together.

At the corner, Tie Jun hesitated and said, "Xiao Yan, should we go over there too?"

Luo Yan calmly shook his head. "It's too chaotic right now. I'm fine, but I might not be able to take care of you."

"It would be terrible if a stampede occurred."

No sooner had he finished speaking than someone fell down not far away, and then people nearby stepped over his body.

In this situation, no one will stop or go around; everyone is only thinking about getting away as quickly as possible.

In just a short while, the person on the ground had lost consciousness.

At this moment, a demonic beast spotted Luo Yan and his companions.

The demon beast, transformed from a human, charged forward like lightning, its mouth full of fangs opening as it lunged at Luo Yan.

It seems that over time, the demon beast is constantly changing, and the beast-like phenomenon is becoming more and more serious.

The creature in front of us is not only covered in dark red fur, but its oral cavity structure is also remarkably similar to that of a beast when it opens its mouth.

This allows the demon to open its mouth to the maximum extent, increasing the bite surface, and leaving only a few human teeth inside.

The rest were all replaced by the fangs that grew in.

Seeing the demon rushing towards her, Little Flower was so frightened that she clung tightly to Tiejun.

Although Tie Jun, the retired veteran, was pale, he wasn't so frightened as to scream. He just instinctively stepped back and hugged his granddaughter tightly.

Luo Yan's gaze was cold as he drew his sword, ' Star Splitter Rift,' with lightning speed. A flash of light appeared at the tip of the sword, extending into a crimson Solar Ray.

With a sweep of the Sword Light, the demon's head was instantly shattered into pieces.

Luo Yan kicked again, striking the demon beast in the chest and sending its corpse flying several meters away.

When Tie Jun saw this, the old man was dumbfounded.

I wondered, is this still the same Luo boy who climbs trees to steal birds' nests and swims in rivers to catch loaches?