Chapter 549 - Chapter 549: Chapter 549: Johns Opportunity (1/2)

Chapter 549: Chapter 549: John’s Opportunity

Three days after Joel vanished on Chongyun Mountain, Mr. Liang threw John into an enclosed space.

This enclosed space was different from the ones John had been in before, where the “Blood Beasts” resided – as soon as the door opened and he stepped in, he fell into water.

At about five meters underwater, John saw a seemingly ordinary turtle, about the size of a washbasin.

But the next instant, the turtle was no longer “ordinary”. Its shell split open in the middle like a chrysanthemum blooming, and seven golden needle-shaped tentacles burst out, rushing towards him.

This time, John was allowed to bring his little porcelain knife in. He did not attempt to dodge, but instead, marched straight towards the tentacles. Thanks to the significant improvements in tissue strength and recovery ability from his recent two-stage transformations, he planned a quick “close combat” to test the abilities of this “mutated turtle”.

As soon as he entangled with the seven tentacles, the turtle at the bottom of water began to inflate rapidly, then exploded. The water was tainted black by the dark fluid that spewed out, and countless tentacles sprouted from the location of the explosion, filling the pool.

Only then did John realize that this was probably not a “mutated turtle” at all. The tentacles were its actual body, and the turtle at the bottom just a decoy, serving as the “Blood Source”. Its real body had been hiding beneath it, camouflaged in the sediment at the bottom.

Outside the enclosed space, Mr. Liang stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling screen, arms crossed, watching the battle in the water.

Although the “blood-eating creature” in the water tainted the pool with its black fluid, obstructing the view, a small “picture-in-picture” in the upper right corner displayed an infrared thermal imaging surveillance feed. The outlines of the two “blood-eating creatures” were clearly marked thanks to “Tyre’s” special processing targeting “blood-eating creatures”.

In terms of developmental stage and intelligence, John had a significant advantage. However, the closed space was filled with water, which was the home field advantage of the aquatic “blood-eating creature”, offsetting some of his superiority.

If this were several months ago when John was first captured by Mr. Liang, his mentality at the time wouldn’t have allowed him to triumph even with his double stage transformations and power advantage. He most likely would have ended up as the “blood source” devoured by the aquatic “blood-eating creature”.

But now, after a few months spent underneath the Brilliant Fortune Building and two life-or-death battles, John had not only undergone two major mutations and evolved significantly but also his mental state and survival attitude had drastically transformed.

Who would live and who would serve as the other’s blood source was still uncertain.

Although the battle was intense, it only lasted for about twenty minutes before a victor was decided, and life or death was determined.

John was floating face-down in the water, looking like a dead body, but in fact, he was the one who survived.

The waters of the pond slowly cleared up, only the shattered remnants of John’s clothing were left floating, and the small porcelain knife sank to the bottom.

Mr. Liang did not hoist John out of the water. He stood outside, quietly watching and waiting.

Nearly ten hours later, with John still maintaining the pose of lying flat on the water, Mr. Liang finally lost patience. He drained the water from the pool, then raised the bottom of the pool to be level with the door.

After opening the door, Mr. Liang walked in and stood before the lying John, speaking in his characteristic husky and deep voice:

“You’ve been awake for seven hours, what are you playing dead for?”

John’s body trembled slightly, he slowly crawled up, kneeling on the floor, and opened his eyes, looking pitifully at Mr. Liang.

“I feel awful…Sir, save me…”

He stretched out his hand towards Mr. Liang.

As his hand touched Mr. Liang’s leg, he suddenly noticed a change – his skin became dry and cracked, erupting with green scales, and his fingers turned black and elongated, reaching up to wrap around Mr. Liang’s leg.

At the same time, John’s mouth split open, the back of his head bent back as if it were being peeled off, and a chrysanthemum-shaped organ in his mouth shot out black liquid at Mr. Liang.

Mr. Liang was wrapped by John’s extended fingers and couldn’t dodge in time, so he raised his hand to shield his face.

The liquid appeared to be highly corrosive, smoke arose as soon as it touched Mr. Liang’s body.

Mr. Liang’s right palm suddenly became extremely sharp. He swung downward with his right hand, cleanly severing John’s hand wrapping around his leg, and as he moved towards the door, he shook off the finger-like dried roots from his leg, and at the same time, he entered Invisibility Status.

Although John was in a kneeling position, after peeling back his head and closing his mouth, he launched himself towards the door after Mr. Liang—he had apparently prepared for this all along.

Stepping out of the door, John stood up, and as he did so, a thin tail covered with the same scales as on his body snaked out from his tailbone, the edge of which ended in a sharp spike.

By appearances alone, John now looked even more “alien” and inhuman than Mr. Liang.

His tail lashed out in a particular direction, and his mouth shot out large amounts of black liquid, aiming to block any potential escape routes.

Unexpectedly, his tail didn’t hit anything, rather it struck against the metal wall, creating a sharp clanging sound. He had broken the tip of his tail…

“How could this be!” John was taken aback. Ignoring the pain in his tail, his eyes darted around instinctively. He had tried to ambush Mr. Liang by spraying him with the corroding venom to break his “invisibility”. However, he couldn’t find Mr. Liang in the place he predicted he would be!

He suddenly noticed many grape-sized miniature flying machines floating around him.

With a sudden realization, John understood that his misjudgment was due to these flying machines.

Mr. Liang reappeared not far away, his face expressionless as he looked at John, “It seems like you can sense the location of targets through heat now.”