America: The Cremator

Upon hearing Su Long's warning, the two special forces members, who had just recovered from the impact, immediately struggled to climb out of the sewage full of rubble.

Hannah also raised her FN57 pistol and aimed it at the core debris that was still flashing a dirty red light.

However, the next moment, something unexpected happened.

The black, gelatinous fragments scattered throughout the underground cavity, regardless of size, began to bubble like a boiling carbonated beverage, then burst, transforming into countless eerie green, pus-like eyeballs.

In an instant, the walls, floor, and ceiling of the entire space were covered by these densely packed, slowly rotating eyeballs.

Su Long's scalp tightened instantly.

Without any hesitation, he raised his arm and aimed the gun at the largest core fragment once again.

boom!

Another Magnum bullet, imbued with holy blood, whistled out and accurately struck the red light.

A dazzling white light burst forth from inside the wreckage, and pure divine power tore a huge gash in the gelatinous mass.

But the gap only lasted for less than half a second before the surrounding black matter surged wildly and instantly filled and healed it.

At the same time, the pupils of all the eyeballs throughout the space suddenly contracted, and then exploded simultaneously.

An invisible, more powerful circular mental shockwave than ever before erupted and spread outwards from the center of the entire underground cavity.

Sulong felt as if his skull had been struck head-on by an invisible hammer.

The whole world shook and tore apart violently in his vision, and all that remained in his ears was a high-frequency, sharp buzzing sound that could pierce eardrums.

Even with the strong resistance from 10 points of mental attribute, he could not completely resist this crazy counterattack that originated from the B-level monster before its death.

He groaned and knelt heavily on one knee, the gun barrel hanging limply. The intense dizziness made him almost vomit everything in his stomach.

The situation was even worse for the others.

Hannah and the two task force members collapsed to the ground the instant the shockwave erupted, their bodies curled up in a ball, convulsing violently in the sewage, and completely losing consciousness.

Elena plunged the enormous silver sword into the ground in front of her, using the hilt to support her swaying body and prevent herself from falling.

Even so, her pale face was covered with fine beads of sweat, and her lips had lost all color from the intense pain.

Su Long gritted his teeth, and a metallic, sweet taste filled his mouth.

He forced himself to look up, and the double images in his vision slowly merged into one. The revolver's crosshair locked onto the rapidly writhing core debris.

boom!

Another shot rang out.

However, just before the bullet was about to hit its target, a black whip-like shadow suddenly shot out from Shoggoth's body, precisely blocking the bullet's trajectory.

The bullet, coated with holy blood, exploded in the middle of the tentacle, tearing it completely into a spray of slime.

But Shoggoth also took advantage of the precious opportunity gained by this tentacle to climb ashore completely from the cesspool.

It was like a giant, rolling ball of flesh made of tar and eyeballs, crashing down on Elena and Suron, who were now powerless to resist.

Elena leaned on her sword with one hand, and raised the lantern at her waist high with the other.

The flame in the lamp wick suddenly surged, and countless invisible golden threads shot out from the wick, attempting to pierce into Shoggoth's massive body.

However, these threads could only penetrate a few centimeters before being blocked by the thick, viscous gel, forming only a light net on the outer layer, slowing down its speed.

Elena cried out, her voice trembling, "Its skin is too thick! I can't find its weakness!"

"Then smash it to pieces!"

Su Long roared and pointed the gun at the very center of the fleshy mass.

boom!

The Holy Blood Bullet once again blasted a hole in that massive body.

Shoggoth's rolling paused for a moment.

Elena seized the opportunity. Despite the stabbing pain in her head, she gripped the hilt with both hands, leaned forward, and pressed all her weight onto the sword.

The silver blade sliced ​​fiercely into the opening, nearly splitting the massive ball of flesh in two completely.

However, the next moment, countless gelatinous fragments on both sides of the cut wound instantly transformed into dozens of thick tentacles, which lashed out at the two people who were standing close by.

Two of the tentacles, one above the other, lashed out at Sulong's head and chest.

Su Long's pupils suddenly contracted. He tried to turn the gun, but found that his movements couldn't keep up with the terrifying speed.

"Su!"

A hoarse shout.

Hannah had woken up at some point. She rushed to Sulong's side, stretched out her bloodied right hand, and grabbed the tentacle that was lashing out at Sulong's head.

"Sizzle—"

When the holy blood came into contact with the bizarre body, it produced a sound like strong acid corroding, and the tough tentacle was instantly melted off.

But another tentacle lashed solidly into Hannah's abdomen.

The bulletproof plate shattered with a crisp sound, and Hannah was sent flying as if she had been hit by a truck. After knocking her away, the tentacle continued its momentum and struck Suron's left ribs heavily.

A tearing pain shot through Su Long's side, and he staggered back several steps. He knew that his ribs were broken.

On the other side, Elena swung her silver sword and severed one of the attacking tentacles, then parried another with a precise upward thrust. However, the third tentacle bypassed her defenses and lashed out at the wound on her left leg.

Elena let out a suppressed scream as the gelatinous tentacles at her wound, like living parasites, frantically burrowed into the bloody, mangled opening.

She knelt on one knee, and the strength in her hands instantly loosened.

With a clang, the huge silver sword flew out of his hand and landed in the sewage in the distance.

Seeing the tentacle burrowing into Elena's thigh, Su Long immediately raised his hand, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

With a "bang," the tentacle exploded, and Elena took the opportunity to roll backward, barely managing to break free.

But more tentacles surged in from all directions, one of which, like a black lightning bolt, instantly wrapped around Surong's neck. The immense force lifted him off the ground and dragged him in front of Shoggoth.

Immediately afterwards, Su Long felt a cold, stinging pain in his right shoulder.

A sharp, needle-like tentacle pierced through his thick rubber protective suit and embedded itself in his flesh.

A feeling of being pulled away came over me.

This guy is sucking his blood.

The description of the "atonement clay sculpture" in the file instantly flashed into Sulong's mind.

He realized that he absolutely could not allow this thing to obtain his blood sample.

Su Long's mind focused intensely in an instant. He forcefully mobilized the power within his body, controlling the blood around his right shoulder and directing it to flow in the opposite direction to where the tentacles were sucking.

The tentacle that was sucking blood visibly trembled, seemingly bewildered by this sudden change.

In this brief stalemate, a pair of hands covered in mud and blood grabbed the silver sword that had fallen into the sewage.

Despite the excruciating pain from the mental shock, Hannah crawled over, vomiting and writhing, her hands gripping the cold blade unprotected, and offered the hilt to Elena.

Elena grabbed the hilt and forcefully pulled the blade from Hannah's palm.

The broad blade sliced ​​through Hannah's palm, and the entire longsword was once again covered in fresh, highly concentrated holy blood.

The next moment, Elena let out a roar. Dragging her injured left leg, she suddenly sprang up and plunged the silver sword burning with holy blood into Shoggoth's body.

Then, she took the brass lantern from her waist and, with a rotating motion, precisely inserted its bottom into the special groove at the end of the silver sword hilt.

The light inside the lantern instantly surged to its maximum. Then, this pure energy was guided through the light guide hole at the top of the lantern to the sword hilt, and then along a certain optical fiber structure embedded inside the sword, it exploded directly in Shoggoth's body.

"Takli-ri!"

Shoggoth let out a shriek filled with pain and despair.

The exorcising power of pure silver, the sacred power of holy blood, and the purifying light inherent in the relic itself—these three powers simultaneously explode at its core.

Its massive body collapsed almost instantly, countless black slime scattering and disintegrating, only to recombine again under the pull of some unseen force.

Finally, to Su Long's astonishment, the black mud coalesced into a delicately crafted clay sculpture less than thirty centimeters tall.

The clay sculpture of atonement—it still resorted to this tactic, and the object…

It's Elena!