The howl from deep within the breach was like rusty chains scraping against the bones of the soul, echoing through the cramped contaminated chamber with endless hunger and malice.
Purple-black contamination mist surged out like erupting volcanic ash, instantly making the already filthy air even thicker and more suffocating.
The fleshy fungal carpet covering the walls writhed madly. The tiny holes opened and closed several times faster, spewing even more violet-green ghostly light, like countless eerie eyes blinking excitedly.
The pus pool on the ground bubbled and boiled, raising one viscous bubble after another.
The gelatinous contaminants seemed to have been injected with stimulants, their bodies swelling as their wriggling speed surged.
The particle lights flickering within them became frenzied and dangerous, all turning toward the breach as if worshipping, or waiting for some feast to begin.
Some deeper, more fundamental "contamination core" was about to break free from its seal!
Ming Xin had only a lightning-flash instant left to decide.
Retreat? Several crystal fragments containing pure Order and cleansing power lay before him. They were likely his only hope in this desperate situation to quickly increase his strength and obtain critical information.
And judging by the scale of this contamination outbreak, once that thing fully emerged, this area and perhaps even the entire side passage could be rapidly contaminated and sealed off. Trying to return for them afterward would be harder than climbing to heaven.
Advance? He would have to pass through the agitated fungal carpet, the boiling pus pool, and at least four obviously strengthened gelatinous contaminants.
He would have to snatch the fragments right under the abyssal creature's nose, then escape before it fully appeared and the contamination erupted completely... The odds of success were infinitesimal. Even nine deaths and one life would have been an optimistic