Chapter 106: Terror!
The group continued to move deeper into the 24th district. After the incident with Murayama, everyone fully realized the horror of their mission.
Su Xiao checked the time — they had already been inside for three hours.
Along the way, they encountered two more groups of primitive ghouls, and a fight with them was inevitable. The size of the group was rapidly dwindling and now there were only ten of them left.
Most of the cannon fodder died, and the remaining investigators had some skills. Although they wouldn't be able to turn the situation around on their own, they were making quite a good contribution to the promotion.
Due to the reduction in the number of people, the speed of advancing reinforcements increased significantly.
*Bz-z-z*
Su Xiao's tablet began to vibrate as Kisho Arima's location changed again. This wasn't the first time this had happened.
— Captain, we've been here before, " Akira Mado quickly ran up to Su Xiao, holding a compass and a hand-drawn map in her hands.
— Oh, I know.
Getting lost in the 24th district was common, but fortunately, they were relatively close to Kisho Arima.
*Ar-r-r!*
A loud animal roar suddenly rang out from behind.
— Who is it this time? Iwao Kuroiwa immediately took up a stance and stared at the dim passageway behind him.
*BOOM!*
It seemed to everyone that a huge monster had crashed into the wall, for the entire passage suddenly began to shake.
Su Xiao stared at the wall and his expression became increasingly unsightly. He felt like he had already heard such a roar the last time he first entered the 24th district.
The dark red meat wall nearby was breached, and a huge head poked out from the hole.
The head was at least three meters thick and looked like a python's head, but there was a single blood-red eye in the center of the head.
Su Xiao was familiar with this eye. It was the unique red eye of a ghoul.
— An animal... a ghoul? How is this possible?! Iwao Kuroiwa looked at the ghoul python in horror. The Department of Ghoul Control never mentioned that animals could become ghouls.
— The bloody eye? Su Xiao looked at the ghoul python that was the blood eye that Yuna and Kisho Arima had mentioned earlier.
A bloody eye quickly emerged from the hole. Its body was at least three meters thick, and the length of its body was impossible to estimate, as it quickly hid in the depths of the passage. The length of blood eye's body was conservatively estimated to be at least a few dozen meters.
Black scales covered its body and flickered with a faint light, and deep red lines could be seen in the gaps between the scales.
After the blood eye broke through the meat wall, its snake tongue and eye that was the size of an ordinary person's face stared at the reinforcements.
— Am I dreaming? Akira Mado's legs were shaking, and she took two steps back without realizing it.
— Akira Mado is right, this must be a dream, hahaha, how can there be such a creature, my wife is waiting for me, how can there be such a creature in this terrible 24th district?! The middle-aged investigator started to back away and dropped the briefcase with the quincke on the ground.
— Captain, what do we do? Iwao Kuroiwa was calm and looked at Su Xiao.
— Slowly retreating, if we fight this animal, we will all die.
They couldn't escape. They were already his targets.
Su Xiao was certain that if he started fighting this python, he would die in less than five minutes.
This monster was too big, and its strength and stamina must have been incredibly high.
Blood eye's head bobbed from side to side, as if he was thinking about exactly how he was supposed to eat these people. The human smell made blood eye drool.
Su Xiao used python analysis...
[You used basic detection on an elite creature (blood Eye), and received the following information::
Blood Eye (elite creature)
Health: 100%.
Mana: 110.
Strength: 30 (The highest value in this world).
Dexterity: 12.
Durability: ???
Intelligence: 11.
Charisma: 2.
Skill 1: Elite Creature (Passive): Strength +10, Agility +5, Stamina +10.
Skill 2: Thermal Sensing (Passive): Increases the probability of successful detection by 60% when searching for prey.
Skill 3: Paleo-Specific (Passive): Durability +6, Abnormal State Resistances increased by 30%.
Skill 4: Mad Bite (Active): Blood Eye is a type of shark-toothed creature. This creature's bite abilities go beyond the normal biological range. After the bite, if the target's health is below the 80% mark, the target's durability will be determined. If the target's stamina does not reach the desired level, the target will immediately die..
Skill 5: ???
Skill 6: ???]
Seeing the blood eye's status, Su Xiao took a deep breath. The power of 30 points was something he had never seen before. After being bitten, this python could immediately kill its target.
What is this dreadful creature?
A skill with instant kill if the target had less than 80% health? It sounded too strong, but Su Xiao was well aware that he would be lucky if he didn't die from the creature's usual bite...
— Captain, what do we do? Akira Mado grabbed Su Xiao's arm. She had a great fear of the blood eye.
— Everyone, attention, get ready to retreat! Su Xiao shouted and immediately rushed into the 24th district.
The blood eye was too strong, Su Xiao didn't even think about fighting it. Blood eye's strength was twice his own, and the gap in stamina was so large that he couldn't even tell how many stamina points he had.
His huge body could easily have at least 30 stamina points.
After blood eye saw Su Xiao start to run away with his group, he was a little overjoyed. They had made a wise move, but in fact, he had deliberately given them time to retreat, because he liked to enjoy the process of hunting.
Blood Eye swallowed his tongue and his snake-like body began to wriggle in the passage. Its scales began to rub against the ground, and a moment later, its huge body displayed an extremely fast speed.
Su Xiao and the others quickly ran forward, but behind them, loud rumbles could be heard every now and then.
— Captain, he's catching up with us — " the round-faced investigator, who clearly didn't know how to run for long, began to slow down gradually and ended up at the end of the group.
Blood eye's body twisted and his speed suddenly increased. Its mouth quickly opened and revealed sharp dagger-like teeth.
*Pouf!*
His mouth quickly closed, and only part of the round-faced investigator's arm remained.
*Crunch-crunch...*
The huge python started chewing on its prey. Blood Eye was different from a normal python — it didn't swallow food, but chewed it first.
Blood began to drip from the python's mouth. Blood eye opened its single eye wide, clearly enjoying the taste of human flesh.
Blood eye's speed instantly increased after it chewed on its prey, and it immediately swallowed another investigator.
The investigators had no way to fight back against the bloody eye.
If they were in a large open space, Su Xiao would be able to fight blood eye due to his speed, but right now, in these narrow passages, he could only run.
And soon they saw three different paths ahead, about a hundred meters away.
— Let's split up! Su Xiao shouted and ran to the central passageway.
The joy disappeared from the python's huge eye, and its snake-like body quickly twisted, almost catching up to the group in the blink of an eye.
Iwao Kuroiwa, who was at the back, suddenly stopped walking.
— Captain, I'll stop him.
He knew it would take time for them to separate.
Su Xiao's expression turned ugly. Iwao Kuroiwa's decision was very bold, but facing such a monster, even Iwao Kuroiwa couldn't buy them much time.
*Boom!*
Blood eye calmly squeezed forward, and Iwao Kuroiwa, no doubt a strong investigator, instantly found himself in the python's belly. He couldn't even hold it for a few seconds.
Iwao Kuroiwa wasn't stupid, but he didn't know about the features of the blood eye and didn't know how terrifying this giant python was.
The blood eye quickly began to engulf the investigators...
Su Xiao soon found himself at a fork in the road along with Akira Mado and Juzo Suzuya.
Although Akira Mado didn't have good strength, she ran very fast.
Blood Eye slowed down a bit as he began to enjoy the fresh meat.
Of the twenty-seven people, only three survived.
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