164: Who is the monster? God?

Boom!!

A scorching, crimson Fireball shot straight towards Chen Ming.

Chen Ming remained calm, showing no panic. He raised his hand, palm facing forward.

The reason an SSS-grade Skill is unique is not just its immense power, but also because an SSS-grade Skill can completely suppress, or even absorb, any attack of the same type below SSS-level, converting the opponent's energy for his own use!

Boom!!

The Fireball collided head-on with Chen Ming's palm. With a clench of his five fingers, it was absorbed in an instant, as if it had never existed.

"What kind of monster are you!"

Hearing the voice coming from ahead, Chen Ming looked over.

A Man? Or rather, half Man, half monster?

Cracks covered his body, and beneath the cracks, an orange-red, bright firelight like lava glowed.

"He still retains consciousness?" This was somewhat unexpected for Chen Ming.

However, judging by the Man's current state, this consciousness shouldn't last much longer.

The Man's body was disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Flesh and skin peeled off, then turned into ash, scattering with the wind.

"Answer me! What kind of monster are you!" Seeing Chen Ming evade the question, the Man roared and questioned him again in anger.

"What kind of monster am I?" Chen Ming was amused by his words. "Don't you have a mirror at home? If you do, why don't you look at yourself first?"

"What do you know! This is evolution!" The Man spread his arms, his five fingers half-closed, and brought his hands together in front of him. In the process, a Fireball continuously Entanglement and condensed.

Until it became as large as a watermelon, the Man pushed his hands forward, launching the Fireball towards Chen Ming.

Boom!

Rolling heat waves, accompanied by dazzling firelight, flew towards Chen Ming again.

A similar scene occurred once more.

The Fireball the Man had painstakingly condensed was instantly absorbed by Chen Ming again, its existence erased.

"You!" The Man gritted his teeth, making clicking sounds. Weak wisps of flame could still be seen spewing from the corners of his mouth.

Even his eyeballs were about to be replaced by the fierce fire.

"Tell me, why did you turn into this state? Did you eat something you shouldn't have caught while Ten Thousand Realms Fishing? Or... was it an influence brought by an outsider?" The reason Chen Ming didn't instantly kill the Man was to figure out the reason behind this.

"It has nothing to do with you, and you can't control it!" The Man tried to repeat his trick, rubbing his hands to create a large Fireball.

Chen Ming waved his hand, and a flame python over a dozen meters long appeared out of thin air, pressing towards the Man.

It tightly coiled around him, then opened its gaping maw and bit down hard on the Man's shoulder, continuously drawing energy from him.

The Fireball the Man was halfway through merging became smaller and smaller... disappearing in an instant.

"How can this be? My energy, my energy is disappearing! What, what did you do to me!" The Man struggled desperately.

However, his strength was not enough to contend with the fire python.

"Tell me, who turned you into this state, neither Man nor ghost?" Chen Ming approached step by step, asking the Man with a smile.

In his eyes, the Man was like a fish on a chopping board, left to be ravaged.

"Shut up! I won't allow you to insult God! Ah!!" The Man became more and more agitated as he spoke, roaring violently. His body suddenly became incredibly bright.

Someone who didn't know would likely think someone had thrown a flashbang into the room.

Bang! Boom!

An explosion sound.

The power of the flames hadn't even had time to surge and engulf Chen Ming before it was completely absorbed by the fire python.

Then, the fire python returned to Chen Ming's body, carrying the energy that originally belonged to the Man.

"Why do they keep playing self-destruct?" Chen Ming looked at the mess in front of him, the charred burn marks, and said speechlessly.

However, the Man's words still reminded Chen Ming, "God? Does he mean the person who gave them the ability?"

He didn't waste too much energy on this person.

Anyway, there were still a few fire people left in the residential area. By asking them one by one, he could always find clues.

Chen Ming had the time, and even more, the patience.

However, just as he stepped out of the room, he noticed that a team of special forces was cautiously entering the residential area's main gate.

Chen Ming directly opened a teleportation gate and appeared before them.

Seeing the teleportation gate open, the special forces instinctively and vigilantly raised their guns.

"Teleportation gate?"

When he saw Chen Ming walk out of the teleportation gate, the Captain quickly raised his hand, signaling everyone to lower their guns.

He himself went to Chen Ming and confirmed, "Excuse me, are you the Lord of the Undead?"

"Yes." Chen Ming nodded in affirmation, then asked, "Are you here to carry out a rescue mission?"

"No, we received information that someone here was using prohibited items," the Captain explained, shaking his head.

"Prohibited items?" Chen Ming frowned, thinking it might be related to the fire people.

Just as he was about to ask further, the Captain proactively explained, "Recently, in the Ten Thousand Realms Fishing app, in the World Trading Center, a product called 'Evolution Potion' appeared. Many people who took it turned into monsters."

"Evolution Potion?" Chen Ming pressed.

"Yes!" The Captain nodded in affirmation. "This potion does have the effect of allowing people to use fire attributes in the early stages, but as time goes on, the entire person and their mind are severely affected by it, until they completely become monsters incapable of thought, covered in fire."

"Do you know who the seller behind it is?" Chen Ming was becoming more and more curious about this matter.

The Captain shook his head, "The trading center can set up anonymous trading features, we have no right to inquire."

"Where did these types of monsters first appear? Jiang City?" Chen Ming decided to use the process of elimination.

This way, he would prioritize narrowing down the scope, and then combine it with the Resource Map to pinpoint the mastermind.

"Yang City. The first case occurred two days ago. We received orders saying someone had fished up a Fire attribute skill and told us to go there, pick him up at a designated location, and then have others responsible for sending him to the Star Alliance."

"But during the process, he suddenly lost control, his whole body burning like a Hunter, and he launched a crazy attack on us. Thanks to a high-level Hunter accompanying the team, we avoided major casualties."

The Captain did not conceal anything, nor did he dare to conceal anything.

As the Undead Monarch, Chen Ming's influence throughout the Star Alliance, Great Xia, and the world was something he clearly understood.

How could he possibly offend such a big figure, whom even the Star Alliance Commander had to treat with 100% respect?

"So that's how it is, Yang City..."

Yang City is right next to Jiang City, not far from Chen Ming's current location.

After narrowing down the scope, Chen Ming felt it would be much easier to find.

From the fact that the fire people haven't appeared frequently nationwide.

Chen Ming could basically judge that the other party wanted to slowly expand their influence this way.

If the fire people were too far away, they would be outside the control range.

"Then, Lord Undead Monarch, if there are no other questions, we will proceed with our mission," the Captain requested.

Chen Ming looked at the Captain, then at the five people behind him.

With this number of people and their weapon equipment, trying to contend with the remaining fire people would be purely sending them to their deaths.

Considering he had provided him with a lot of information, Chen Ming decided to do him a favor.