Count Your Sins / I Need Power

"Brush--"

The bishop, unable to dodge in time, had half of his left arm severed. He immediately clutched his arm and howled in agony.

Just as the circular saw was about to smash the Specter and the tank together, the nun threw her fist.

A slightly pale hand shattered the glass wall of the water tank, and water gushed out of the tank. Ignoring the sharp glass shards that were flying into the air, the hand grabbed the long handle of a circular saw that had just flown in front of it from among the shards.

With a single grasp, the shards of glass between her palm and the handle of the circular saw turned into glittering dust and slipped through her fingers.

And there wasn't even a scratch on her palm.

Having obtained the weapon, Specter should, in theory, immediately give the culprit who brought him suffering a severe beating.

But the Specter did not.

The lovely nun didn't even glance at Quintus Bishop. She leaped straight out of the broken water tank, standing barefoot on the shards of glass and water stains, her eyes fixed solely on Bai Ye.

Then, she rushed toward Bai Ye as fast as she could, passing the bishop who hadn't yet reacted, just like passing a weed by the roadside.

Then, Specter threw himself into Bai Ye's arms.

The circular saw fell to the ground, shaking the hall.

The Abyssal Hunter's strength was simply too great. Even Bai Ye almost lost his footing when he was pounced on, staggering and nearly falling over.

Specter buried its face in Bai Ye's arms, shaking its head and nuzzling against him.

"It's alright now."

Bai Ye gently patted and comforted the trembling nun with his left hand, which was not yet holding a sword. "It's alright, I won't leave you anymore."

"Really?" Specter practically clung to Bai Ye.

"Really. This will never happen again."

Bai Ye held the girl in his arms.

Chapter Thirty-Three: Let's Count Your Sins

"Yay!" Specter laughed, and in a direction that Bai Ye didn't notice, Sister winked triumphantly at Skadi.

Plans are in place!

Skadi puffed out her cheeks. How despicable! They actually ran away! And... I'm so envious!

Gladiia turned her face away.

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She felt ashamed that her hunter had become like this.

After replenishing its energy from the Bai Ye, the satisfied Specter felt its condition improving. Indeed, experiencing a period of clarity followed by darkness and chaos, and then regaining consciousness again, was not a pleasant feeling.

But he was already content just to have Specter standing beside Bai Ye.

She jumped off Bai Ye, and to make the fight easier, she casually tied up the hem of her nun's habit and picked up a circular saw from the ground.

Pressing the accelerator, the chainsaw roared to life again.

Specter transforms from a lovely nun into an Abyssal Hunter.

Thus, the four of them gathered together once again.

Four is a very meaningful number.

It is said that in another distant world, hunters hunt in teams of no more than four people.

"I will tear you apart. I will punish you for your blasphemous acts."

"We have to get rid of all you bastards here. Life is precious, but keeping you alive is a waste of resources."

Quintus Bishop let out a roar that was not human.

His body seemed to have grown even larger, and even his wide bishop's robes were stretched and bulged, as if they could no longer conceal the sins of his body.

"Stop pretending. Compared to trash like Seaborn, it's people like you who were once human but are now pretending to be human that are most disgusting," Gladiia said with a sneer.

Bai Ye knew that Quintus Bishop at this moment could no longer be called human.

Another monster.

With a flick of her wrist, Bai Ye grasped the "Wind Chime" in her hand.

He looked at the bishop and said coldly, "The shark was injured again in order to find you, that's one thing."

"In order to find clues, they clashed with the Inquisition and even dragged Rhodes Island and Kal'tsit into it. That's the second point."

"To witness the suffering of the innocent and fail to do anything to save them is the third point."

"My sins have been fully recounted."

"Sacrifice, count your sins!"

Bai Ye reached out his hand.

Unfortunately, at this point, Quintus Bishop is no longer able to utter a complete sentence.

"Wryyyyyyy——"

He raised his head and let out a terrifying howl.

"Retreat quickly!"

Skadi frowned.

"He has become Seaborn." Gladiia's nostrils twitched slightly.

A stench assaulted their nostrils, and clearly, everyone present knew what was about to happen.

The bishop's body swelled rapidly.

This was a horrifying phenomenon: a person's body swelled and expanded like an inflated balloon, without any restraint. At that moment, his clothes completely tore apart, becoming scattered strips of cloth.

Human characteristics could no longer be found on this bizarre creature; its body stretched out, and the cave walls shattered suddenly as it waved its long beard.

"His body is multiplying, and my powers are useless against this man-made abomination."

While the Swarm might accept such a twisted individual, Bai Ye wouldn't, and therefore, neither would Ishar-mla.

"Ugh—"

The enraged bishop wanted to shout and curse, but he couldn't utter a meaningful sound.

The bishop's head burst open from the center of his eyes. His eyelids slid off his enormous eyes, and the vitreous surface reflected the retreating figures of the four men. Countless tentacles surged forth from his once thin and small body, like blooming flowers.

Seawater surged into the cave, rising higher and higher as the bishop's body swelled.

"Ha, monster." Bai Ye scoffed.

This is a body out of control, a body that only pursues power, a body full of sin and ugliness.

"How could it grow so big? How did it manage to stuff so much flesh into this body?" Specter exclaimed excitedly. "Ha, look, its head can even separate. Remember, give me the right side of the head."

Yes, the bishop's head split open on its own, and his eyes turned into two flowers.

"Upwards, this place is about to burst!"

Skadi leaped high into the air, and the seawater that flooded the hall lifted the four of them upwards, while below, a gigantic monster born of humans was hunting down the tiny group.

Its body is still growing. It can't stop itself from destroying everything, tearing apart anything that goes against its understanding.

"Bai Ye, do you want to hold my hand?"

Gladiia reached out her hand to Bai Ye.

She hadn't forgotten that Bai Ye was a land dweller.

And here, is the sea.

However, Bai Ye touched the waves before her. "If the Firstborn could drown, there would be no need for Abyssal Hunter."

He laughed and then dived into the sea.

Yes, the hunters' hands touched the seawater, and the hunters went home.

"Don't let it catch up. You go first; it's going to hunt."

The "Wind Chime" in Bai Ye's hand flashed with light, and the airflow spun rapidly above his head, shattering all the obstacles above. At the same time, the impact of the storm caused Skadi and the others to rise rapidly.

Bai Ye himself stomped on the ceiling of the cave, then stepped in the opposite direction from the hunters as they ascended.

—The Bai Ye fell like a meteorite.

"Danger!" Having long been familiar with how to fight monsters Gladiia instantly realized Bai Ye's idea. This was an extremely dangerous move that had cost many hunters their lives.

Because at this moment, the monster is expanding; it will continue to grow, its tentacles extending, pulling anything within its attack range into its body to crush or tear it apart.

Even Abyssal Hunter cannot withstand such an attack, because this overwhelmingly large size brings unparalleled power and weight.

Hunters caught in the tentacles will be torn to shreds in an instant, or rolled into mincemeat by flesh and blood.

If you get caught, you die.

Bai Ye gave a thumbs up.

He wanted to say something more.

But Gladiia could no longer hear his voice, and his falling figure vanished in an instant.

The monster's waving tentacles shrouded the Bai Ye within.

The monster swallowed the Bai Ye.

Gladiia's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and a feeling of obstruction and pain surged up in her heart, as if a piece of her heart had been ripped out.

He put both hands on her shoulders.

Skadi and Specter laughed and said, "Second Captain, don't worry, because that's Bai Ye."

"What we need to do now is go up, open a passage, prevent the monsters from escaping, and meet up with Bai Ye."

Gladiia finally realized what was happening. She exhaled and continued her charge upwards, breaking through the rock layers and heading towards the church.

Chapter Thirty-Four: I Need Strength

(After reading KK's gossip, my blood pressure soared; it perfectly matches my imagination of the Jixian entertainment circle.)

The Bai Ye is falling.

The fall seemed endless, like being in a dream.

The whistling wind was his friend; with just a slight adjustment of his posture, he could be in the best condition to face the battle.

In fact, if Bai Ye so desired, he could recover from this falling state and soar into the sky with just a thought.

However, he was unsure of how quickly the ever-expanding and spreading twisted monster was extending its body.

He also worried that hunters would get entangled in it at the end of its spread.

Bai Ye was worried that Specter's body hadn't fully recovered, and that he might get caught in it if he wasn't careful.

Although he inwardly despised this disgusting, stupid creature, which was even more despicable than frog urine, Bai Ye never underestimated the monster's power.

Or rather, Bai Ye was very surprised.

He had initially thought that this guy was at most a strong Seaborn, like the First Speaker.

What's astonishing is that such a small body could produce so much mutated flesh and blood. It's hard to imagine how long he had accumulated nutrients and how long he had prepared for this moment.

Bai Ye needs to intercept it here to buy time for the hunters. He's the only one who can fly, so his mobility is the greatest.

Only he could stop this monster.

In fact, Gladiia's worries were not unfounded.