Chapter 23: A comprehensive breakthrough

3:55, Nine Prisons, Exit Level.

This is the first floor where the Nine Hells are connected to the ground, and the area near the gate is almost entirely a passage, with only a few useful rooms; Continuing inward, the prison guards' living quarters and weapons depot are located.

When Zilin reduced the gate of the Nine Prisons to a puddle of molten metal, it was no surprise that the scene in the corridor behind the door was not surprising - dozens of prison guards in battle armor and weapons were already on standby.

The guards didn't mean to greet the intruders, and two seconds after the door was destroyed, the guards who had directly identified their target with their vision immediately opened fire.

Because it was known from the beginning that the intruder was capable and powerful, all the prison guards guarding here at this time went to the arsenal to replace the armor with heavy firepower components, which were mainly composed of light-type weapons and small missiles...... Obviously, they didn't think about using bullets at all, and they just used the enemy as an armored vehicle.

Unexpectedly, in the face of such an attack, Zilin just raised his hand, his palm slightly open, and made a "stop" gesture.

All missiles, including beams...... All of them froze in mid-air because of his ability, and it was difficult to advance an inch.

A few seconds later, when the missiles and beams accumulated to a certain number, Zilin's gesture suddenly changed and he snapped his fingers.

At that moment, there was a violent explosion in the passage.

However, the kinetic energy of the explosion did not advance in the direction of the entrance at all, but all of it surged towards the interior of the Nine Prisons; The shrapnel and particles that exploded were like shattered glass...... They scattered in a strange arc, and all of them flew backwards in the direction they were flying from.

In the blink of an eye, there was a burst of blood and fire.

This scene, to describe it, is that someone crumpled all the firepower of an army in a certain amount of time into a tangible mass and threw it back at the launchers.

If these artillery fires came at a normal pace, the prison guards might be able to parry a thing or two by relying on the combat armor on their bodies, but this kind of constipation and steep firepower poured out, let alone armor...... The walls could not stand it.

In a few moments, the section of the road in front of them seemed to have been washed over, and it was "swept" hundreds of meters inward by fire, and the camera probes and automatic defense weapons along the way were also destroyed by this stream of fire, and the corpses of the prison guards were also swept to pieces and scattered without a trace.

I said...... Since you're so powerful, and you have potions that can neutralize ability-restricted gases, is it necessary to have so many plans or something? While waiting for the flow of fire to subside, Sakaki turned his head to Zilin and said, "Why do I think you can rob this prison by storming it alone?" ”

"Heh......" Zilin immediately laughed when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, "People can eat with their hands, so why use chopsticks?" ”

"Hmm......," Sakaki groaned, "so we're your chopsticks?" ”

"You can say that." Zilin replied.

At this time, Che Wuchen suddenly interjected next to him and muttered: "I only hope it's not a disposable chopstick......"

"What I mean ......" Zilin didn't even look at him, and as he spoke, he had already taken a step forward, "as if non-disposable chopsticks have a long life......

When Meng Yuhan heard this, he felt that this tasted wrong, so he hurriedly chased after him and said, "Hey...... Feed! What does that mean? ”

But for this kind of questioning, Zilin laughed and didn't answer.

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On the other hand, the bottom of the Nine Prisons is the "Forbidden Zone".

Qiu Zhengyi, who was "dragged" down, did not panic because of this sudden attack, he had already responded quickly in mid-air; He first concentrated most of the energy in his body for defense to his ankles to avoid breaking his limbs, and at the same time, he adjusted his body in the air, bending down to fight back.

But when Qiu Zhengyi's gaze moved down and saw the "creature" that dragged him, he couldn't help but be shocked.

If we look at the overall outline, the "creature" is supposed to be a tall, muscular adult man wearing the uniform of the Nine Prisons, but the prisoner's face and hands are moldy, covered with a cyan and smelly substance; Some of these substances are mushroom-shaped, some are granular-shaped, and some resemble exposed tendons and muscle fibers......

"Hunter?" After a few seconds, Qiu Zheng was stunned and recognized the creature, of course, not by its appearance, but by the number on the prison uniform and the energy form of the other party.

"Huh-" But the hunter only responded with a beastly howl.

Before the roar was over, the flesh buds on the arms of the hunter squirmed...... In the two seconds before it hit the ground, the granules quickly stretched and spread to Akishoichi's legs, gradually wrapping upwards.

It was also in these two seconds that Qiu Zhengyi saw through the light shining through the hole in the ceiling...... On this floor of the ground, there were already several huge meat cocoons that looked shriveled and withered.

"You guy...... "In the next second, Qiu Zhengyi's ability opened, and he struck with his fingers, "...... Have you finally 'devoured' people......"

When whispering, Qiu Zheng took out a three-inch finger and unfolded the power of the mountain.

In the explosion, Hunt Ba's right arm was burst into a sky of meat sauce by Qiu Zheng's fingertips, and Hunt Ba himself was also swept back by the aftermath of energy, and staggered several meters after landing before he could stand firm.

On the contrary, it was Qiu Zhengyi, who was in the back of the hand in this round of confrontation, and finally settled firmly on the ground, and his face was a natural look.

This is Qiu Zhengyi's strength, he is also a madman, his use of energy and the exercise of physical skills are far better than hunting tyrants, and his ability to "destroy" is a terrifying force.

The reason why Aki Shoichi uses "fingers" as a medium of attack is not because he is good at finger kung fu, but simply because he uses fists or palms...... The destructive force could be beyond his control, with unpredictable consequences.

"Ahh Woo-a-uh......" And the hunter on the other side was not a fuel-efficient lamp, as soon as he stood firm, he made a few strange noises in his mouth, and then a lump of granulation and muscle fibers quickly "squirted" from his severed arm, forming a new, thicker arm.

"I don't know how you did it...... "Qiu Zheng straightened his collar and glanced at the meat cocoons on the ground, "but it looks like ...... You've 'disposed of' the rest of the prisoners......" He chuckled dryly, a chill on his face, "Heh, to be honest, I'm really worried that they'll join forces once they've regained their abilities...... It might be a little threatening to me, but now I'm relieved. ”

"Ahem-" At this moment, the hunter's mind has long been obscured by the "devouring instinct", and he can't think about anything other than the thought of "absorbing the powerful DNA nearby...... Even basic language skills, he lost. Therefore, it is impossible for him to talk to Qiu Zhengyi.

With another roar, the hunter opened his mouth to an angle that no human could reach, and then, from his throat, something like a trumpet hose poked out.

When he saw this tube, Qiu Zhengyi's face changed...... Become like a great enemy.

A second later, with a "bang-" sound, a thin line erupted from the tube that was difficult to see with the naked eye.

At the same moment, Qiu Zheng, who was more than ten meters away, flickered in shape, turning from solid to void, and while dodging the attack, he had already leaned over and rushed towards the hunter from the front, and with a quick finger, he attacked the opponent's abdomen.

This blow, Qiu Zhengyi used it with the idea of directly blasting the other party to pieces, so he used energy several times higher than Fang Cai.

But the result of the attack ...... It didn't go as he wished - after the power of "destruction" touched the body of the hunter, the latter only shattered and exploded in the abdomen, while the other parts were damaged, but there was no major damage.

When he fell, the part above the chest of the hunter was shaken up, and the crotch below quickly fell to the ground.

Qiu Zhengyi wanted to chase up and give the other party another blow to the head, but he didn't expect it...... When the head of the hunter flew to a high point, it hovered in mid-air for a second, and it was during this second that the hunter forcibly twisted his neck and hung his head, and used the tube in his throat to spray a thin line again, just in time to meet the opponent who was chasing.

At this time, Qiu Zhengyi couldn't dodge it after all.

"I see...... the moment he was hit, Qiu Zhengyi's heart was already thinking, "That's why you can kill the other prisoners......

At this moment of the battle, Qiu Zhengyi realized with some hindsight that the "hunting tyrant" in front of him was not only devouring the flesh of his "neighbors".

Don't look at the two of them for a short time, but Qiu Zhengyi has already seen the five abilities of "self-healing", "high-speed regeneration", "tail breakage", "seven absolute stings", and "floating" in each other.

Among them, only "self-healing" and "high-speed regeneration" are the powers that Hunter has mastered before he is imprisoned here, while the other three are abilities that only several other prisoners have.

The "tail snapping phenomenon" comes from an energy-transforming ability, of course, this move is not the whole of his ability, but it is undoubtedly one of his skills.

The "floating" ability comes from a mutant, because its ability is slightly related to "gravity" and grows quickly, so the strong level is locked in the "forbidden zone" with the highest concentration of inhibitors.

The "Seven Absolute Stings" comes from a powerful experimental subject produced by EF, which is a mixture of the genes of several mutants, anteaters, and several insects, and the final product has a near-human intelligence and an indiscriminate hostility to all living creatures, and its ability "Seven Absolute Stings" is the "thin line" that the hunter just spewed.

The true face of those threads is a fine needle made of a mixture of energy and secretions, and when this needle hits a person, it has a "progressive" effect, simply - each needle deprives the person of a feeling.

The first needle is "touch", and the next two to five needles are "sight", "hearing", "smelling" and "taste". The sixth needle is slightly different, if the needle is an ability or mutant, then what they will be deprived of is the ability of "energy perception", and if the needle is an ordinary person, what will be deprived is the so-called "intuition".

As for those who have been hit by the "seventh shot", there is no doubt that their lives will be taken...... Hence the name "Seven Uniques".

Right now, Qiu Zheng has been hit by a needle, that is to say...... Its sense of touch has been stripped of it, and unless the opponent actively disables it or loses consciousness, Akishoichi will always be in this state.

"One more shot is 'vision'......" Between the lightning and flint, Qiu Zhengyi's mind quickly calculated the next countermeasure, "Although I can't fight without vision, it is bound to become extremely disadvantageous...... It has to be done quickly. ”

At this point, he also clearly realized that he was not fighting against the "hunter", but against the "fighting instinct" of all the prisoners in this "forbidden area".

Even for Aki Shoichi, this is by no means a sure thing......

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At four o'clock in the morning, the sixth prison, "The Hidden Spring".

When Uncle Xue arrived here, he happened to pass by several prisoners in prison uniforms; He didn't greet the prisoners, who just looked at him, some nodding at him, others ignoring him and walking out.

After a little further forward, Uncle Xue saw Jack who was examining the corpse of the prison guard.

"I thought I had to get to the next level to catch up with you." When Uncle Xue walked towards Jack, he had already opened his mouth to talk to the other party, "Speaking of which...... Why did it take you only a few minutes to get through the fifth prison, and then slow down in the sixth, which was a little lower? ”

"When I arrived in the fifth prison, the neutralizer hadn't taken effect yet, so the prison guards over there were all handled by me......," Jack replied, not stopping what he was doing, "but by the time I arrived in the sixth prison, the prisoners' abilities had already begun to recover, and they were already fighting with the prison guards......"

Hearing this, Uncle Xue already understood what the other party meant, so he took over and said, "So you are now checking if the prisoners have left any mistakes?" ”

Jack didn't answer the obvious question, he just asked, "How's the progress going up?" ”

"At least it was going well as I passed through Prison Nine." Uncle Xue replied.

At this point in the conversation between the two, Jack glanced up at Uncle Xue: "The flow of time around you is not very stable...... Did you encounter something in the Fifth Prison? ”

"Hmm." Uncle Xue replied in a very ordinary tone, "There was a guy who came to me with your head, so I played with him." ”

His words sounded a little inexplicable at first, but Jack quickly understood: "Illusion ability......"

"Not really." Uncle Xue spread his hands, "I already knew that he was playing tricks before I could go back in time." ”

"It's because of 'time.'" Jack continued, "Depending on when the neutralizer took effect, and when I left Prison Seven...... It's not hard to surmise that this person only recovered his abilities after I dealt with the fifth prison. ”

"Nope." Uncle Xue said, "My reasons are not so complicated...... Because you're a god of killing, there's no way you could die at the hands of that kind of thing, so when he showed your head, I knew it was definitely an illusion. ”

"Okay." Jack shrugged, "So...... What about his motives? He paused, then added, "The guards of the Fifth Prison were all dead by the time I left there, and the one who stood in your way was undoubtedly a prisoner...... As a prisoner, what is the reason why he did not run away at such a time, but stayed there? ”

"That's a long story...... "Uncle Xue said, "Let's talk about it when the operation is over." ”

Since Uncle Xue said so, Jack didn't ask anymore, he nodded, stood up from the side of a corpse and said, "Okay, I'm done checking, let's go to the next floor." ”

"Aren't you going to the Fourth Prison?" Uncle Xue asked.

"Now that the neutralizer has taken effect, the prisoners from one to four prisons will naturally have a way to escape." Jack replied, "Let's not waste time on them and go straight to the 'Restricted Zone' for the 'next step'." ”