11: Two monsters

Prototype: Alex Mercer (Growth Stage)

Level: lv.7

Title: Virus Prototype

Health: 4100

Strength: 75 (Attack Power)

Agility: 72 (Attack Speed, Movement Speed)

Stamina: 66 (Recovery, Defense)

Intelligence: 60 (Mental Power)

Abilities: Basic Combat lv.7, High-Speed Sprint lv.7, Bio-Shield lv.7, Assassin lv.7, Super Strike lv.7, Super Self-Healing lv.7, Viral Vision lv.7

[Passive · Basic Combat lv.7: Can construct various weapon forms such as Claws (high attack speed), Hammerfists (high penetration), Whipfist (long range), and Blade (strong slashing) through biological tendrils, while gaining corresponding weapon characteristics.]

[Passive · High-Speed Sprint lv.7: When continuously moving, virus activity will further increase, granting the host an additional +25% movement speed, and a further 10% increase in gliding state, for a total of 35% increased movement speed.]

[Active · Bio-Shield lv.7: When the host's internal virus activity exceeds 50%, a layer of biomembrane defense can be released, with a defense value of 1000 points, lasting 10 seconds, no cooldown.]

[Active · Assassin lv.7: Can silently approach targets, assimilate everything from the devoured by devouring them, gaining weapon mastery and all memories of the devoured, no cooldown.]

[Active · Super Strike lv.7: When the host's internal virus activity exceeds 70%, an additional attribute boost will be gained, including Strength +20, Speed +5, Stamina +5, and the first attack within 3 seconds will carry an additional attack power bonus, dealing massive damage equal to Strength * 2 to a single target.]

[Passive · Super Self-Healing lv.7: When the host's health drops below 50%, health recovery speed will receive an additional boost, increasing from 5 points per second to 20 points per second, until health is above 50%.]

[Active · Viral Vision lv.7: As a Prototype, you possess powerful vision to perceive your kind, with a current perception range of 300 meters, no cooldown.]

[Passive · Viral Containment lv.7: Immune to external blacklight virus erosion, and further suppresses the recovery of targets that have taken damage, preventing them from continuously restoring health during combat.]

...Monsters! They are all f***ing monsters!

While Alex Mercer and the Supreme Hunter were locked in battle, Li An also read Alex Mercer's information through his information detection. Although Alex Mercer's basic attributes were weaker than the Supreme Hunter's, Alex Mercer had many abilities!

Compared to the Supreme Hunter, who only had three abilities, Alex Mercer came with seven abilities. With this comparison, it was clear who was stronger and who was weaker at a glance.

But even so, don't think that the Supreme Hunter would be weak. Among the three present, Li An's strength was arguably the weakest. With his current strength, he simply couldn't contend with these two monsters!

Even if he had many abilities, both the Supreme Hunter and Alex Mercer could individually overwhelm him in terms of basic attributes and abilities. Especially Alex Mercer, because Li An's virus came from him, Alex Mercer's crushing dominance over Li An was undoubtedly absolute. As for the Supreme Hunter, Li An could still maneuver for a while with his abilities, but with the huge disparity in basic attributes, he still had no chance of winning.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

At this moment, Li An ignored the pain. Facing the two monsters in fierce battle, he immediately turned around without hesitation and rushed towards the stairwell. Staying here when he knew he was no match was clearly not wise.

Boom!

Li An quickly changed his form while moving, and in just a breath's time, he swiftly retreated from this constantly roaring battlefield. When he reached the stairwell, he directly smashed through the window next to it and leaped down.

At this moment, he certainly wasn't trying to escape, but rather wanted to quickly absorb a large amount of energy to increase his strength!

The battle between Alex Mercer and the Supreme Hunter wouldn't end so quickly, which meant he still had time. He could increase his attributes by devouring a large amount of energy, and then participate in the battle between the two monsters.

This was a distorted world, with a large number of energy-containing objects, such as Hives, Infected, Mutants, and so on.

And Li An's target was precisely a Hive. A Hive, in essence, was an area of high viral concentration. This area was usually located within buildings. Hives were the primary source of viral spread to surrounding areas, and their existence would accelerate the transmission and proliferation of the virus.

Therefore, in the areas around a Hive, highly Infected mutated plants or Infected remnants would usually appear, and this was also a place of fierce battles between Infected and mutated creatures.

If Li An wanted to absorb a large amount of energy, a Hive was undoubtedly the best choice.

Boom!

Li An leaped down from the third floor, plummeting to the ground like a cannonball. A body fused with the blacklight virus could naturally withstand this level of strong impact.

As Li An fell, the ground immediately cracked into countless spiderweb-like fissures, accompanied by a large amount of smoke and dust rising.

Without stopping, Li An stepped out of the crater he had created. After a quick glance around, he immediately locked onto a Hunter not far away. As an Infected, the Hunter's genes inherently contained the coordinates of a Hive, and any Hunter active in this area meant the Hive that birthed it must not be far from here.

Now Li An had to seize every second. He didn't know how long Alex Mercer and the Supreme Hunter's battle would last, so he had to first acquire the power to protect himself.

Clang!

As he moved, gaseous tendrils surged from Li An's back, then quickly formed into a bio-blade arm that enveloped Li An's right arm. Immediately after, he leaped up from the street, still tens of meters away from the Hunter. When his body reached its highest point, he plunged down fiercely.

Death Leap Kill!

[Passive · Death Leap Kill lv.1: When attacking from the air, gain an additional 20% attack power, and comes with strong strike and penetration effects. No cooldown.]

At this moment, violent wind constantly blew past Li An's ears, making his short hair stand on end. The Hunter below was currently hunting civilians and did not notice Li An's presence at all.

It wasn't until Li An crashed to the ground, his sharp blade piercing the Hunter's skull, that its body stiffened in place. Li An wasted no words, his left hand reaching out at the first opportunity, Absolute Devour... activated!

Gulp!

The next second, Li An opened his mouth and swallowed the droplet formed by the Devour. As a warm current surged through his body, a memory immediately appeared in Li An's mind. This was his first time actively absorbing an Infected's memory. Although he had devoured several Hunters before, he had never accepted their memories, but this time he actively accepted them.

In an instant, endless brutality, slaughter, chaos, and other negative emotions surged into Li An's mind, forming a bloody curtain that obscured his consciousness, causing him to instinctively let out a scream, almost fainting on the spot.

But at this critical moment, a ray of light penetrated the bloody curtain without obstruction, shining upon Li An's obscured consciousness.

Tenacious Will, triggered!