Chapter 944: 943. Strength Chapter 944: 943. Strength The chatter that erupted in Lu Ban’s mind was so loud it seemed his brain would explode and took over all his consciousness.

He seemed to see surreal Pyramids, ancient Temples, monstrous creatures of flesh wriggling in caves, and distant stars twinkling far away.

In the hymn where the sky and the universe merged into one, Lu Ban reached out for the Jade Pendant.

The moment the smooth Jade Pendant touched his skin, his heartbeat accelerated, seemingly exceeding the limits of human capability.

Starting from his fingertips, his veins swelled, protruded, and his muscles spasmed and stiffened; he felt like he was about to explode in the next moment, unable to control himself.

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Lu Ban’s blood vessels under his skin really burst.

The scorching blood splattered out, staining Amber’s dress and face.

Amber did not move; she knew that no one could help Lu Ban now, and the only thing that could respond to him was himself.

At most, if Amber confirmed that Lu Ban was completely beyond help, she would immediately kill Shia beside her, then take her own life to allow Lu Ban a chance to face The Dark One and perhaps escape.

Behind him, countless worms and shadows intertwined, with corpses piling up almost blocking the sky.

Lu Ban stood still as all his blood vessels burst at that moment, ejecting over fifty percent of his blood around him. Medically speaking, he would die from excessive blood loss in just a few minutes.

But in the next moment, Lu Ban’s wounds underwent a transformation.

From the blurry flesh, countless tiny tentacles sprouted out.

These tentacles resembled swaying corals in the sea, constantly entangling and overlapping, repairing Lu Ban’s body.

Most normal people, upon contact with The Pollution, would fall into madness, lose their sanity, as had happened in the police forensic department where people started fighting each other.

But that was merely a glimpse.

This depth was the effect of Corrosion.

And now, Lu Ban, having made direct physical contact and completely let go of his willpower, allowed The Pollution to completely mutate his body.

Simply put, Lu Ban was no longer human.

He was progressing towards becoming a monstrous mutant.

As to what kind of monster he would become, that was up to fate.

In an instant, the Jade Pendant merged into Lu Ban’s flesh, and his entire body began to twist.

Lu Ban felt his body burning, which oddly gave him a familiar sensation.

It felt like, “Ever since I became abnormal, I feel more normal.”

Shia couldn’t help but look over.

Lu Ban’s entire body swelled up, resembling a Michelin tire man, then his skin burst, and those tiny tentacles appeared in every corner of his flesh, losing all human form.

A mass of crimson flesh appeared where Lu Ban had been.

The flesh continuously expanded, like a greedy virus swelling rapidly, instantly exceeding the size of a human.

Countless tentacles stretched out from the flesh.

These tentacles contacted the dark Worms, immediately prying open their shells, absorbing the juice inside at a far greater speed than the shadows, turning it into their own nourishment.

“Lu Ban” had quickly transformed into a giant meatball, with thousands of writhing tentacles, more horrifying than any worm or shadow creature.

“This is….”

Shia felt it incredible, witnessing the human mutation firsthand, and at the same time, she worried about Lu Ban.

“The Pollution is spreading, we need to evade it for a while.”

Amber glanced at Shia and finally decided to bring her along.

The two stepped on the bodies of shadow creatures, and as Lu Ban swelled, they flew towards the sky.

In just a few minutes, Lu Ban had swollen into a monstrous creature over a hundred meters in diameter, like a tumor grown on Earth, with innumerable tentacles devouring the dark Worms completely, and even reaching towards the dark sun in the sky.

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The earth split open, and the island could no longer withstand Lu Ban’s weight and collapsed.

Lu Ban’s tentacles even reached down to the seabed, aiming for that island that had already sunk ten years ago.

“Is he still himself?”

Shia asked.

“I don’t know.”

Amber bit her lower lip lightly, her face still bearing Lu Ban’s gradually freezing and solidifying blood. This bloodstained makeup made the girl appear even more stunning, with a bewitching beauty.

And Lu Ban, he was still expanding.

The worms provided him with enough nutrients to allow Lu Ban to grow robust, unafraid of the storms.

His tentacles gradually penetrated deeper underground, where, in Lu Ban’s chaotic consciousness, there seemed to be something extremely precious hidden.

The earth trembled, and Lu Ban’s tentacles had dug open the bottoms of those islands, under already dead volcanoes.

He discovered a massive cavity hidden there.

This was an area almost undetectable by current human exploration technology, where no one would attempt surveying, not even oil-seeking engineers could uncover.

As Lu Ban’s tentacles drilled through the bedrock, massive amounts of seawater rushed in, re-blessing the ancient architectural complexes that had been sealed for who knows how many years.

Lu Ban’s murky consciousness drove his tentacles to search among these buildings with strange structures. He discovered that the construction angles here did not exist in reality; the structures completely defied the laws of the real world, like something seen in the deepest, most deranged dreams.

And above in the sky, that black sun suddenly changed.

Amber looked up; she saw a black light falling straight from the center of the sun.

This light pierced straight through the ground, through the ocean, through the crust.

In an instant, the light reached the deepest part of the temple underground.

Lu Ban was dazed, not understanding what was happening.

The black light dissipated, leaving only one person standing in the spot enveloped by the black light.

He wore a neatly pressed, bright suit, slightly fancy tie, and white shirt.

His skin was dark and his features handsome.

He was The Dark One.

He looked at Lu Ban’s countless tentacles, seemingly a bit troubled yet also appearing extremely pleased.

The Dark One turned his head, looking towards the highest point of the temple.

There, there was a creation that could hardly be called a divine idol.

This thing resembled a lump of flesh or maybe a congregation of tentacles, as if it contained the truth of all things, yet also seemed like a void.

Mere mortals, simply upon seeing it, would instantly evaporate before mutating into unreasoning monsters.

“This is not good.”

The Dark One felt some fragmented murmurs by his ear, a strong attraction unconsciously drawing Him towards the ambiguous divine idol.

He approached the idol and saw on the altar in front of the idol, there was a peculiarly shaped musical instrument.

The instrument, seemingly crafted from some animal’s bones, was crystal clear, exuding a mysterious beauty. It was unlike any musical instrument on Earth and was not playable by human means.

The Dark One reached out towards it.

The next moment, countless deep yellow tentacles entwined around His body.

— Thud —

The sound of a folding fan opening resonated in the noisy underwater temple due to the influx of seawater.

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