Chapter 48: The Bone Spur Piercing the Heart

Lu Xiao thought for a moment and once again slashed open his wrist.

Fresh blood splattered into the air, and the bloody stench drifted away with the wind.

The driver's voice carried panic.

"Are you out of your mind? You still dare to bleed yourself?"

Lu Xiao shrugged.

"Right now, the only way for us to survive is to summon some backup!"

"You surely don't think he'll let us go just because I stop bleeding, do you?"

At this point, the driver wished he could stand up and slam his foot down on the gas pedal.

"That monster is way too fast!"

"If this keeps up, it's going to catch up to us sooner or later!"

"I don't want to get eaten by something this disgusting!"

"Even if I have to be food, I hope the one who eats me is a noble, elegant, and beautiful lady!"

The hands gripping the steering wheel were trembling.

Having lived in the Dark Prison for a few years, this was the first time he had encountered a terrifying entity of this tier.

"Damn it! The Dark Prison is way too dangerous! I want to go back to the real world!"

Watching this scene, Lu Xiao also felt a headache coming on.

No matter how many times the driver teleported away, that monster could always quickly locate their position.

Furthermore, every time it found them, its speed increased significantly.

Just moments ago, the driver initiated a teleportation.

Yet in less than ten seconds, that monster had already appeared within their field of vision.

Teleportation was not without distance limits, and every time it was activated, a preparation process was required.

This process took about three seconds.

Right at that moment, the body of the Raptor pickup truck began to flicker again.

Before Lu Xiao and the others could teleport away, a terrifying pressure manifested out of thin air.

Inside the cabin, all three of them coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Dart was hit the worst, his chest completely caved in.

Creak, creak!

A harsh, grating sound came from outside the vehicle.

The body of the heavy-duty Raptor pickup was being squeezed and deformed by this abruptly appearing pressure.

In an instant, the luxurious interior of the cabin vanished.

In its place was continuously writhing flesh and blood.

The vehicle disintegrated in a split second, transforming into a terrifying lump of meat.

Gazing at the mountain-like monster, the driver fainted on the spot.

Lu Xiao watched as the massive monster endlessly writhed and crept toward him.

The prison doctor's voice echoed in his mind.

"When you feel danger, try plunging it into your heart; perhaps you'll find an unexpected surprise!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Xiao raised the bone spike and stabbed it straight into his heart.

"Squish!"

The excruciating pain caused Lu Xiao's entire body to tremble uncontrollably.

On the bone spike, the large, azure-blue gemstone emitted a halo of light.

Unlike before, this halo flickered unceasingly.

At that moment, the bone spike seemed to come alive, twisting as if it were crawling.

The dense multitude of eyes covering the monster's body all radiated a bloodthirsty and crazed brilliance at that instant.

Its speed became even faster.

Dart struggled to open his eyes.

He could only perceive that the surrounding light was distorting, and even the crimson full moon hanging in the sky was undergoing deformation.

The tentacles at the back of his head all retreated at this moment, seemingly out of sheer instinct.

"God!"

Dart muttered under his breath as he stared at the crimson full moon overhead.

Immediately afterward, his gaze grew dull, and his entire body slumped forward onto the ground.

Right then, a colossal eye materialized on the surface of the full moon.

That eye slowly blinked open.

Its pupil was suffused with evil, desire, greed, depravity, anger, and all sorts of negative emotions.

Just a single glance was enough to suffer severe contamination.

And Dart had merely glanced at the eye before it fully opened, yet it was enough to knock him out cold.

Unstareable!

Even the monster halted its steps at this very moment.

Every single eye across its body wrangled and writhed before bursting one by one.

Foul-smelling, filthy fluids poured out from its form.

If it had a choice, it certainly would never have chosen to grow so many eyes.

"Thud!"

The mountain of flesh slowly collapsed to the ground, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.

At the same time, Lu Xiao collapsed backward onto the ground.

He had long since lost consciousness.

The bone spike embedded in his chest slowly slid back out.

The eye on the full moon gradually closed its lids.

As if it had never appeared at all.

Silence descended upon the surroundings once more.

Aside from the pile of rotting meat not far away, which still squelched and oozed foul, filthy fluids.

..........

Elsewhere.

Dante had a cigarette dangling from his lips and held a thumb-thick whip in his hand.

Before him, Liuguang, Slick, and Xiaoyu each had a cigarette clamped between their teeth.

The ground was littered with cigarette butts and empty packs.

Liuguang spoke up.

"Report! I have a question!"

Dante's voice carried sternness.

"Call me Demon!"

"Yes! Demon! I have a question!"

Only then did Dante nod.

"Go ahead!"

The corner of Liuguang's mouth twitched.

"Does this training of ours have any special significance?"

Hearing this, Dante fell silent.

"I have no idea!"

"But my predecessor trained me the exact same way!"

"There has to be a purpose to it!"

"Sacrificial subject Liuguang, all you need to do is obey unconditionally!"

Nearby, Slick retched softly.

"Too much! Way too much! I can't take it anymore!"

Xiaoyu was also smoked to the point where tears streamed down her face.

Dante lashed the ground with his whip and said coldly.

"Today's training is merely to ensure that you don't die too pathetically during your missions!"

"Report, Demon!"

Liuguang spoke up once again.

"Speak!"

"May I ask what the codename of the senior who trained you was?"

Dante pondered for a moment before answering uncertainly.

"It seemed to be 'Chain-Smoker'!"

..........

I do not know how much time had passed when Lu Xiao slowly sat up.

A familiar, fishy stench drifted into his nostrils.

Nearby, a bizarre entity wrapped entirely in bandages and wielding a chainsaw was measuring up Dart's body.

The chainsaw buzzed with metallic clicks.

"Trim the head and tail! Yep!"

Its voice was low and deep.

Lu Xiao was instantly overjoyed.

"Uncle Chainsaw!"

"Hm? You're awake?"

"Right on time, I've found a very delicious meal!"

Wielding the chainsaw, it prepared to cut into Dart's body.

Lu Xiao hurriedly stopped him.

"Wait! This is my friend!"

The chainsaw-man paused, then lowered the chainsaw, his voice carrying a hint of regret.

"A friend, huh? Friends can't be eaten!"

Seeing the chainsaw-man again, Lu Xiao appeared exceptionally happy.

"Uncle Chainsaw, when did you get here?"

The chainsaw-man let out a low rumble.

"I smelled your scent and rushed right over!"

"When I arrived just now, I saw you lying on the ground, and thinking you were sleeping, I didn't want to disturb you!"

Lu Xiao nodded, then gestured broadly.

"There was a meat-pile this big chasing me down!"

The chainsaw-man pointed at the rotting, stinking mess of flesh not far away.

"I saw it, but unfortunately it's spoiled—can't eat it anymore!"

Hearing this, Lu Xiao's shoulders slumped instantly.

"Well, that's a shame!"

The chainsaw-man shook his head.

"Never mind, how about we eat your friend instead?"

"He looks quite delicious!"