Chapter 10: War Beast

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# Chapter 10: War Beast

Six red dots appeared on the translucent screen, indicating contractors approaching the battlefield edge — those Charm-specialized individuals.

"Bubu, southwest direction."

Su Xiao pointed out the location, and Bubuteni quickly carried him to the designated spot. Dozens of seconds later, six contractors came into view.

The six contractors wore three different types of clothing, representing three adventure groups, with two members from each group. It seemed these groups followed the rules well.

The Divine Emperor Adventure Group was a male-female pair. The Brotherhood had two men — one refined and elegant, the other built like a bodybuilder with bulging muscles. The Flash Gold Adventure Group consisted of a pair of sisters who looked like they were asking for trouble.

The Divine Emperor group sent a married couple. The Charm-specialized one was female, around thirty years old, tempting like a ripe peach. Her husband had a cold expression, his combat style unclear.

The Brotherhood's two members were somewhat hard on the eyes. Su Xiao temporarily dubbed them the "Gay Duo."

This wasn't baseless speculation — these two gays were openly flirting, the scene indescribable, truly eye-scorching!

The Flash Gold Adventure Group sent a pair of sisters, very pleasing to the eye. The sisters were around fourteen or fifteen years old. The older sister had pink short hair, the younger sister blue short hair. Their bangs each covered different eyes on opposite sides.

The two sisters each revealed one eye — though they were two people's eyes, Su Xiao felt as if a single person was looking at him.

"Is this the Arbiter? So handsome~."

The two sisters spoke simultaneously, their voices identical, their tone identical, very sweet.

The married couple nearby twitched their mouths — they only felt this Arbiter was very terrifying.

The wife of the married couple spoke: "Considering we'll be cooperating later, let me tell you some information. Arbiters basically don't communicate with us."

As the couple spoke, they embraced and lightly kissed each other.

"Hmph, heretics." The Gay Duo spoke, looking at the married couple.

"Two dead gays." The husband of the married couple spoke, elemental energy radiating from him — he was a three-element mage.

"Heterosexual love is just for reproduction; same-sex love is true love. What do you two know?"

The muscular man spoke, then smiled gently at his "lover" beside him.

"So... so eye-scorching."

The two sisters spoke simultaneously, the older sister covering the younger sister's eyes, the younger sister covering the older sister's eyes.

"Enough talk. I feel the Arbiter's gaze is a bit off. Let's hurry."

The young wife of the couple spoke, pulling her husband as they quickly walked out of the battlefield. The other two groups hurriedly followed.

The six gradually approached Su Xiao. Bubuteni looked at the two sisters, his gaze eager — he smelled sweetness on them, likely from their habit of eating sweets. Bubu might be planning to rob them.

"Th-that's a three-headed hellhound, right? It seems to be staring at me. Big sister, I'm a bit scared."

The blue-haired younger sister spoke alone. The two sisters' fair little hands gripped each other tightly, palms sweating.

The Gay Duo beside them whispered: "Don't talk, lower your heads and walk."

The two lowered their heads, walking quickly forward, their faces covered in cold sweat.

Imagine — a man wearing a black-and-white mask, riding a three-headed hellhound, with a black scythe floating behind him. Who wouldn't feel uneasy seeing such an outfit? Moreover, Su Xiao had killed many people. Though he didn't radiate killing intent, his aura was far from friendly.

[Warning: Contractors have crossed the boundary. Arbiter must immediately intervene.]

Su Xiao remained unmoved, only turning to look at the backs of those contractors.

[Warning: This side's Arbiter has not taken intervention action. Enemy Arbiter will be dispatched to clean up.]

[Contacting enemy Arbiter... Contact failed. Enemy Arbiter has been eliminated.]

Receiving this information, Su Xiao chuckled lightly. It seemed his earlier choice was correct — if he hadn't dealt with the enemy Arbiter, the trouble now would be enormous.

After waiting a long time, Reincarnation Paradise gave no further prompts, and the matter was dropped.

"The Arbiter identity is unexpectedly useful."

Pacing at the battlefield edge, Su Xiao observed the battlefield situation through the screen.

Over an hour had passed, yet the Kara Star people showed no movement. This meant only two possibilities: one, the Kara Star people had given up, which was clearly unlikely.

Two, the Kara Star people were gathering their forces, preparing to break through the contractors' defenses in one go. The Kara Star people were about to unleash a big move, or risk using some kind of weapon.

Not a single one of the three world coordinates could be destroyed. One failed defense meant total defeat.

The long wait began. The world coordinates were gradually being established.

[Coordinate setup successful. Remaining time: 2 hours 5 minutes.]

The final two hours. Success or failure rested on this.

Thud. Thud, thud...

Muffled vibrations came from afar. This time, there were no overwhelming parasitic creatures — only a single enemy was approaching.

Through the bird's-eye view, Su Xiao clearly saw the enemy's appearance.

The enemy was humanoid, about ten meters tall, covered in blue-gray horny skin. There were traces of stitching and steel welding on its body. Its bulging muscles were somewhat deformed, its belly very large. Its two arms were long and thick, reaching to its knees, each arm three meters in diameter. The hand positions were bony spheres, and the two arms somewhat resembled pile drivers, muscles bulging on them.

The contractors also saw the slowly approaching massive creature.

"Damn, I want to go home."

A rogue contractor's weapon even fell to the ground. Facing this behemoth, he had no interest in fighting.

The behemoth's speed wasn't fast, but every step made the ground rumble, dust rising high, leaving a row of large footprints behind.

"Gurgle, gurgle."

The massive creature stood in the distance, its belly gradually swelling, making strange sounds.

"Ptoo, ptoo, ptoo."

The massive creature tilted its head back and spat three times, ejecting three dark green spheres.

The dark green spheres flew like cannonballs, arcing through the air before crashing onto the spaceship's top.

Boom, boom, boom.

Three deafening explosions rang out in succession. Green liquid splattered, blasting three shallow pits in the metal layer of the spaceship's top. The splattered green liquid corroded the spaceship's top with a sizzling sound, a pungent acidic smell spreading.

"Stop it." The Divine Emperor roared, leading his adventure group members charging toward the massive creature.

The other adventure groups also knew things were bad, following closely behind the Divine Emperor Adventure Group.

The rogues hesitated. The "better you than me" mentality surfaced again.

"Passive fighting will get you killed, you donkeys. Look over there."

Flash Silver pointed toward the battlefield edge. Su Xiao was coldly staring at those rogues.

"Either be killed by the Arbiter or fight that monster to the death — choose for yourselves. And let me remind you, even in my perception, that Arbiter can only be described as terrifying..."

Leaving these words, Flash Silver charged toward the behemoth. The rogues hesitated for a few seconds before ultimately choosing to follow Flash Silver to face the enemy.

Seeing all the contractors charging at the monster, Su Xiao stopped approaching the battlefield.

Taking out the [Havana Eye], Su Xiao examined the massive creature's information.

The [Havana Eye] floated in midair, beginning to scan the massive creature.

[Comparing both sides' Intelligence attributes... Comparison complete. Our Intelligence is 2.8 times the enemy's. Obtaining 100% of enemy data.]

Data as follows:

Name: War Beast
Type: Parasitic Beast Type IV
Health: 100%
Mana: 100
Strength: 39
Agility: 12
Stamina: 40
Intelligence: 10
Charm: -7
Skill 1: War Creature (Passive): Health increased by 20,000 points. No pain sensation.
Skill 2: Biological Bomb (Active): War Beast can use special organs in its abdominal cavity to form biological bombs. Three bombs formed every 5 minutes. Explosion radius 8 meters. Deals 270 damage with strong corrosive effect.
Skill 3: Bone Hammer (Active): War Beast swings its arms, continuously smashing the ground in front four times. Each hit deals Strength × 8 damage, with armor-breaking and bone-shattering effects.
Skill 4: Toxic Corrosion (Passive): War Beast's blood contains acidic components with powerful corrosive properties.
Skill 5: Parasitic Beast Will (Passive): War Beast's body has fused four parasitic beasts. The four parasitic beasts share linked thoughts, helping the War Beast control its powerful yet unstable body. Destroying these parasitic beasts will deal massive true damage to the War Beast.

Seeing the War Beast's data, Su Xiao's brow twitched. This thing... seemed somewhat strong.