The Bone Spur Piercing His Heart

Lu Xiao thought it over, then slit his wrist again.

Blood sprayed through the air, its scent drifting on the wind.

Driver spoke in a frightened voice.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed? You're still letting blood out?"

Lu Xiao shrugged.

"The only way we can survive now is to call for backup!"

"You don't really think he'll let us go if I stop bleeding, do you?"

At that moment, Driver wished he could stand up and stomp on the accelerator.

"That monster is too fast!"

"At this rate, it'll catch us sooner or later!"

"I don't want to be eaten by something that disgusting!"

"Even if I have to become food, I'd rather the one eating me were a noble, elegant, beautiful lady!"

His hands trembled on the steering wheel.

In all his years living in Dark Prison, this was his first encounter with a terrifying creature of this caliber.

"Fuck! Dark Prison is too dangerous! I want to go back to the Present World!"

Watching this, Lu Xiao felt a headache coming on.

No matter how many times Driver teleported them away, the monster could quickly locate them.

And each time, it found them considerably faster.

Just a moment ago, Driver had activated his teleportation.

In less than ten seconds, the monster had appeared in their field of vision.

The teleportation did not have unlimited range, and each activation required a preparation process.

That process took about three seconds.

Just then, the Raptor's body began flickering again.

But before Lu Xiao and the others could teleport away, a terrifying pressure appeared out of nowhere.

Inside the cab, all three spat out a mouthful of blood.

Dart suffered the worst; his chest caved in.

Creak! Creak!

A grating noise came from outside.

The pressure that had appeared out of nowhere squeezed the Raptor pickup so hard that its body began to deform.

In an instant, the cab's luxurious interior disappeared.

Writhing flesh and blood took its place.

The vehicle disintegrated in an instant, turning into a terrifying ball of flesh.

At the sight of the mountain-like monster, Driver fainted from sheer fright.

Lu Xiao watched the enormous monster wriggling toward him.

Prison Doctor's voice echoed in his mind.

"When you sense danger, try stabbing it into your own heart. You might get an unexpected surprise!"

Without hesitation, Lu Xiao raised the Bone Spur and stabbed it into his heart.

Squelch!

The excruciating pain made Lu Xiao tremble uncontrollably.

The enormous Azure Gem on the Bone Spur gave off a halo of light.

Unlike before, the halo kept flickering.

The Bone Spur seemed to come alive at that moment, as though it were wriggling.

The countless eyes covering the monster's body all shone with bloodlust and madness.

It moved even faster.

Dart struggled to open his eyes.

He could only feel the light around him twisting; even the crimson full moon in the sky was deforming.

All the tentacles at the back of his head retracted, seemingly out of instinct.

"Oh God!"

Dart murmured as he gazed at the crimson full moon overhead.

Then his eyes went blank, and he toppled headfirst to the ground.

Just then, a gigantic eye appeared on the surface of the full moon.

The eye slowly opened.

Its pupil brimmed with every kind of negative emotion: evil, desire, greed, depravity, anger.

A single glance was enough to cause severe contamination.

And Dart had fainted after just one glance at the eye before it had even opened.

It could not be looked at directly!

Even the monster stopped in its tracks.

The eyes all over its body writhed, then burst one after another.

Filthy, foul-smelling liquid flowed from its body.

If it had a choice, it would certainly never choose to grow so many eyes again.

Thud!

The mountain of flesh slowly fell, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

At the same time, Lu Xiao fell backward onto the ground.

He had already lost consciousness.

The Bone Spur embedded in his chest slowly withdrew.

The eye on the full moon slowly closed as well.

It was as though it had never appeared.

Silence returned to the surroundings.

Except for the mountain-high heap of rotten flesh nearby, which kept spurting foul, filthy liquid.

Elsewhere.

Dante had a cigarette in his mouth and a thumb-thick whip in his hand.

Before him stood Liuguang, Sly, and Xiao Yu, each with a cigarette in their mouth.

Cigarette butts and packs littered the ground.

Liuguang spoke up.

"Sir! I have a question!"

Dante replied sternly.

"Call me Devil!"

"Yes! Devil! I have a question!"

Only then did Dante nod.

"Speak!"

The corner of Liuguang's mouth twitched.

"Does this training we're doing have any particular significance?"

Hearing that, Dante fell silent.

"I don't know!"

"But my predecessor trained me this way too!"

"There must be some significance to it!"

"Sacrificial One Liuguang, all you need to do is obey unconditionally!"

Beside him, Sly retched.

"Too much! It's too much! I can't take it anymore!"

The smoke had also left Xiao Yu's face streaming with tears.

Dante lashed the ground with his whip and said coldly.

"Today's training is just to keep you from dying such an ugly death on missions!"

"Devil, sir!"

Liuguang spoke up again.

"Speak!"

"May I ask what the code name of the veteran who trained you was?"

Dante pondered for a moment, then answered uncertainly.

"I think it was 'Smoke Gun'!"

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Xiao slowly sat up.

A familiar foul, bloody smell reached his nose.

Beside him, a Weird Creature wrapped entirely in bandages and holding a chainsaw was making motions over Dart's body.

The chainsaw rattled.

"Cut off the head and tail! Mm!"

His voice was deep.

Lu Xiao immediately brightened.

"Chainsaw Uncle!"

"Hmm? You're awake?"

"Just in time. I found some delicious food!"

Holding his chainsaw, he was about to cut into Dart's body.

Lu Xiao hurried to stop him.

"Wait! He's my friend!"

Chainsaw Man paused, then lowered his chainsaw and spoke with some regret.

"A friend! Friends can't be eaten!"

Seeing Chainsaw Man again made Lu Xiao especially happy.

"Chainsaw Uncle, when did you get here?"

Chainsaw Man answered in his deep voice.

"I smelled you, so I hurried over!"

"When I arrived just now, I saw you lying on the ground. I thought you were sleeping, so I didn't disturb you!"

Lu Xiao nodded, then gestured.

"A pile of flesh this big was chasing me, trying to kill me!"

Chainsaw Man pointed at the stinking heap of rotten flesh nearby.

"I saw it. Too bad it's spoiled. It's not edible anymore!"

Hearing that, Lu Xiao's shoulders instantly slumped.

"That really is a shame!"

Chainsaw Man shook his head.

"It's fine. Why don't we eat your friend instead?"

"He looks delicious!"

P.S. Weird Creatures don't have clearly defined ranks. Although dividing them into ranks would provide a standard for measuring combat strength and make writing a little easier.

But after thinking it through carefully, I realized that would turn this into a cycle of leveling up and fighting monsters, losing what makes Weird Creatures distinctive.

That might make things feel repetitive.

For now, the Weird Creatures in Dark Prison fall into only two ranks.

One is food, and the other is other Anomalies.

This also helps move the plot forward.

Of course, if you think a ranking system would be better, I'll take that into consideration and add one as soon as possible!

Actually, I worked out the settings long ago, but I've been hesitating to include them.

Also, I'm begging all you wonderful readers to add this book to your libraries and hit the update request button. It really matters to me!!!