116: Once the rabbit is caught, the hunting dog is cooked! This is the "reward" from the captain!

Deep within the Abyss of Suppressing Prison.

Even deeper, beneath that cavern.

The air was filled with a nauseating, decaying stench.

In the center of the space, a massive array, constructed from the bones of unknown creatures, glowed red.

A man stood at the center of the array.

He wore a combat suit and a silver mask on his face.

He was the captain of the Apocalypse Society who had given orders on the snowy mountain ridge earlier.

He extended his hands, palms facing down.

Strands of black energy overflowed from his fingertips, merging into the array below.

As he moved, the light of the entire array grew brighter and brighter.

The surrounding darkness also became more viscous and profound.

Just then.

A figure stumbled and scrambled into this space.

It was precisely the Hoarse Man who had narrowly escaped from Lin Yuan.

He was covered in wounds, one arm twisted unnaturally, and his face was filled with terror.

"Cap... Captain!"

The man in the center of the array did not turn his head.

As if he hadn't heard his voice.

"Captain!"

The Hoarse Man fell to his knees, gasping for breath.

"Something... something happened!"

"Black Crow... is dead! Red Eye is also dead!"

"That Lin Yuan... he wasn't injured at all! His strength... his strength is far more than C-rank!"

"All the intelligence was wrong! We were tricked!"

He reported incoherently, his voice filled with fear.

He recounted everything that had happened on the grassland in detail.

From Lin Yuan's appearance, to instantly killing Black Crow with one move, and then impaling Red Eye... the more he spoke, the more his voice trembled.

The shadow left by that devil-like man was too deep for him.

He looked up at the figure with his back to him, waiting for the captain's next command.

However.

The man in the center of the array remained in that posture.

Only the heartbeat-like sound emitted by the array could be heard.

An ominous premonition surged in the Hoarse Man's heart.

"Cap... Captain?"

He tentatively called out again.

This time.

The man finally reacted.

He lowered his hands.

Then, he turned around.

No expression could be seen beneath the mask.

Only a pair of eyes watched him.

"Are you done speaking?"

"I... I'm done."

"Very good."

The captain nodded.

He took a step forward, leaving the center of the array.

"You did well."

He walked step by step towards the man kneeling on the ground.

"At least, you brought back the most important intelligence."

Upon hearing this, the Hoarse Man's tensed nerves finally relaxed.

"Captain, what should we do now...?"

He was about to ask what to do next.

A hand was already pressed on his crown.

The man's body stiffened.

He looked up, meeting the captain's eyes.

"Since you are useless..."

The captain's voice sounded in his ear.

"Then you shall fulfill your final purpose."

"No..."

The Hoarse Man realized something.

He wanted to resist, to escape!

But the hand pressed on top of his head was as heavy as a mountain!

The next second.

A terrifying suction force emanated from that palm!

"Ah—!!!"

A piercing scream echoed in this underground space!

The Hoarse Man's body rapidly shriveled!

His life force, his energy, everything about him was forcibly extracted by that hand, turning into a pure energy that surged into the captain's body!

In just a few short seconds.

The scream abruptly stopped.

A mummified corpse softly collapsed to the ground.

The captain withdrew his hand, not sparing the corpse another glance.

He turned and walked back to the center of the array.

He spread his arms, allowing the newly absorbed energy to pour out of his body and into the array beneath his feet!

"Buzz—!!!"

The entire array glowed with an intense red light!

An extremely sinister aura awakened from the array!

The captain lay in the center of the light, arms outstretched, his body forming a 'great' character, as if embracing something.

"Buzz."

The space trembled slightly.

Five long swords appeared out of thin air, tips pointing downwards, hovering respectively above his palms, ankles, and directly above his glabella.

His eyes beneath the mask showed no emotion, only a detached gaze upwards.

He had a thought.

"Pfft—!!!"

The five long swords descended without any delay, whistling down!

Blood splattered!

His hands, feet, and glabella were simultaneously pierced by the five long swords.

Pinning him like a sacrifice, firmly in the center of the array!

...Above the grassland.

The shouts of battle had gradually subsided.

The last monster was pierced through the head by Wanqing's ice cone, falling heavily to the ground.

The battle was over.

The entire grassland was littered with monster remains.

The Qin Family guards and members of the Kunlun Branch Bureau were all gasping for breath.

Although these monsters didn't resist, their numbers were simply too great.

After a battle, everyone was exhausted.

Only one person was still full of vigor.

Lin Yuan stood on a pile of monster corpses, holding his thunderfall battle staff, with a look of unfulfilled desire on his face.

"That's it?"

He kicked the monster corpse under his foot and pouted.

"The quality is too poor, it's not exciting to fight at all."

Wanqing walked up to him, looking at him, not wanting to speak.

Qin Hai, accompanied by several Elders, hurried over.

"Supervisor Lin! Officer Su!"

Qin Hai's face was filled with excitement and reverence.

"All monsters have been cleared!"

"Oh."

Lin Yuan nodded, then pointed to the corpses all over the ground.

"Although these things have little energy, they are still meat after all."

"Later, have the brothers process them, collect all useful Materials, and everyone can share them."

"This is... my personal sponsorship for the Qin Family's reconstruction fund."

Upon hearing this, Qin Hai was even more grateful, to the point of tears.

"Thank you, Supervisor Lin!"

Just when everyone thought this upheaval could finally come to an end.

Lin Yuan's smile suddenly froze.

He abruptly turned his head, looking towards the endless, bottomless rift at the edge of the grassland.

"Something's not right."

"What's wrong?"

Wanqing immediately became alert.

Lin Yuan did not answer.

His Electromagnetic Induction was wildly warning him at this moment!

A strange energy fluctuation was emanating from the abyss.