Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 122 Underground Chase
The huge monster in front of him was like a human being that had expanded countless times and turned into a ferocious beast.

It was like a lot of thick steel bars twisted into strands and stuffed into its body. The explosively knotted muscles, the limbs thicker than an elephant's legs, the thick and high-raised chest, and the broad, millstone-like soles all showed the terrifying power contained in this body.

As tall and strong as a white bear, he seemed like a short child standing in front of the champion Victor, his height barely reaching the opponent's knees.

Even though the alchemist's underground laboratory has a spacious space and a high dome, it still seems cramped for the huge champion Victor.

It is a muscle fortress, it is a ferocious beast!
When Champion Victor was still a human, his strength was enough to crush any Tracker. His opponents were never Trackers, but those giant puppets made of steel.

He can tear the giant puppet into pieces on the ring with just his physical strength, winning countless flowers, applause and admiration.

Now that he has turned into such a terrifying giant, his strength is many times stronger than before.

Champion Victor opened his mouth wide and his roar echoed throughout the underground laboratory, with strong winds howling.

The deafening sound wave swept across the entire venue like a gust of air, and countless pieces of glass and paper flew up, causing severe pain in the eardrums, a black screen in front of the eyes, and a buzzing echo in the head.

The white bear raised his head, staring blankly at the two eyes filled with endless madness. His feet trembled involuntarily, his whole body trembled, and his eyes were full of fear.

Champion Victor grinned ferociously, his muscles bulged, and he clenched his huge fists and smashed down.

It was like a sudden thunderclap out of nowhere, and the air exploded with a loud noise.

It seemed as if a strong wind was blowing in the underground alchemy laboratory, and the wind was whistling in the ears, as if it was going to blow people away!
In White Bear's eyes, it seemed as if the dome of the entire laboratory collapsed in an instant, and the huge fist that came crashing down was not a fist, but the sky was falling!
He didn't even have a chance to dodge as the shadow of the giant fist completely covered the white bear's body.

The white bear roared madly, raised his weapon, pressed his feet hard against the ground, and used all his strength to resist this horrible attack.

"Boom!"

The ground seemed to have suddenly sunk a lot, and then a major earthquake broke out. Bricks and gravel flew everywhere, cracks appeared layer by layer, and suddenly a huge pothole appeared.

Champion Victor raised his fist, and sticky blood, flesh, and bones dripped out.

There was no trace of the white bear in the huge pit. Only a sticky mass of rotten meat remained, like a crushed juicy watermelon or tomato.

With just one strike, it crushed to death the strongest and most muscular white bear among the pursuers and smashed the solid wall that served as the front row.

Even though the white bear tried its best to resist, it was powerless and was crushed into pieces.

At this moment, the pursuers felt no other emotions except bone-chilling chill and fear.

In an instant, the leopard fled backwards without saying a word, running towards the laboratory exit.

run away!

Escape was his only remaining thought.

When the champion Victor was a pursuer, he left him with the impression of being invincible. Now that the opponent has turned into an even stronger and more ferocious monster, the polar bear can't even block a single punch from the enemy and is turned into a paste of meat and blood. How can the leopard even think of resisting?

The leopard's running caused a chain reaction like pushing down dominoes.

The battle formation collapsed in an instant, and the pursuers saw the leopard running away, and the little courage left in their hearts disappeared completely.

They didn't care about formation or command anymore, and they just followed the leopard and ran away.

"Boss Black Rabbit, run, Champion Victor is too scary."

Even the usually brave and fearless lion was now filled with fear. He quickly left a few words and ran away without looking back.

Facing the giant spider pope, although the enemy is powerful, it is not invincible. The lion and the white bear, who serve as front-line meat shields, can still resist the enemy's attacks with all their strength and attract enemy firepower for other trackers.

But champion Victor is too powerful and too terrifying!

The white bear couldn't even withstand a single blow from the enemy and was beaten to pieces. He was not seriously injured by a single blow, but was beaten into a pulp without any power to resist.

Such a huge gap in strength makes it impossible for the pursuers to win. The only way for them to survive is to escape. Otherwise, if they stay and fight without knowing whether to live or die, they will end up like the white bear.

Li Nanke's strong sense of crisis made him mentally prepared for the enemy's strength.

Today's champion Victor can be said to be the strongest monster he has encountered so far, the strongest monster that requires a head-on confrontation without any fancy moves.

He could also use the 'Flame Waterfall' to kill the white bear in one strike, but without using his special killing move, it would be impossible to kill the white bear in one strike.

The enemy's strength is far superior to his, and the chances of winning the battle are too slim.

"This hidden node is really difficult." He raised his head slightly and looked at the huge terrifying shadow not far away. "Escape... Can you escape? Only resistance without fear of death can have a glimmer of hope."

The defeat was like a landslide. Once the battle formation collapsed and the only thing left on everyone's mind was escape, no matter how much he commanded, it was of no avail. Even if he was ruthless enough to kill the leopard who was leading the escape, he could not stop everyone from fleeing.

Champion Victor's eyes were not on Li Nanke. His crazy gaze was focused on the group of fleeing pursuers.

In its eyes, these tiny ants are prey that wakes it up from its sleep. How could it possibly let its prey escape?

Champion Victor smiled grimly, then lowered his body and made a running-up and jumping posture. His thick thigh muscles suddenly bulged high, and the dark blue blood vessels and tendons exploded like a giant python.

Suddenly, the ground shook and trembled violently, like a series of thunders exploding in the ground.

The terrifying figure shot out like a rocket, and the compressed air made a whistling sound similar to the rumbling whistle of a train.

At this time, the leopard that escaped first was about to reach the door of this huge laboratory.

But a terrifying figure arrived first, bouncing repeatedly in a few breaths. Every time it landed and jumped again, it was like an earthquake or sonic boom. In the blink of an eye, it arrived at the door of the laboratory.

The huge body of champion Victor completely blocked the door, leaving no gap for people to escape, and also extinguished the only hope of escape for everyone.

It lowered its head slightly, looking down at the group of pursuers, its eyes filled with madness and murderous intent.

The leopard backed away from the huge monster, its face full of fear.

When the trackers saw this situation, they all felt despair, knowing that they would not be able to escape today.

Even ants love to live, so how strong is the human will to survive? The trackers are not ordinary people who are powerless, but extraordinary people who can use their own energy to fight.

When faced with a desperate situation where one is almost dead, when faced with the crisis of life and death, if one cannot escape, then one has to fight for one’s life!

"Black Rabbit Boss!"

The leopard only remembered Li Nanke at this time. Only by relying on this leader with the strongest combat power and under the command of the leader could there be hope of survival.

But when he turned around, he found that the Black Rabbit Boss was gone!
"Where's the boss?"

The trackers followed the leopard's gaze and saw that the black rabbit boss who had just stayed in the center of the laboratory had disappeared, and no one knew where he had gone.

"Boom!"

Leopard shuddered all over, and a strong wind blew over his head. He had no time to think, and subconsciously stomped his feet to dodge. But his dodge was too late. He was only grazed by the huge fist, and Leopard felt like he was hit by ten giant puppets at the same time, like a kite with a broken string, flying backwards with a bang.

He vomited blood from his mouth while still in mid-air. After landing, he struggled several times but was unable to stand up. Finally, his head tilted and he fainted.

"Deploy battle formation!"

"If we don't fight hard, we'll all die!"

The lion almost broke his teeth when he saw this, roaring and commanding everyone to fight back...

Not to mention the pursuers' dying struggles, at the moment when everyone fled, Li Nanke regarded them as abandoned pawns in his heart, consumables that could delay time for him and buy him enough time.

Even if he saw that everyone had mustered up the courage to fight and needed his command to fight the enemy, he could not change their fate of becoming abandoned pawns.

Because Li Nanke knew very well that as long as there was a glimmer of hope of escape, these mercenaries would still run for their lives at all costs. They only had to fight for their lives to survive when they had no choice.

Instead of doing this, it is better to make them consumables to complete your own hidden nodes!
Li Nanke did not run away with everyone. At the moment when champion Victor chased everyone, he continued to go deeper into the laboratory and ran in the opposite direction to the next laboratory.

He could feel the moment he went deeper in the opposite direction, the crazy eyes were looking at him, but the champion Victor did not stop him and continued to chase after the pursuers.

This may be because a large number of trackers are more valuable prey than him alone.

But what is more likely is that the underground laboratory has only one exit.

Once he went deep into the laboratory, he could not escape from the clutches of Champion Victor and would die at the hands of the monster sooner or later, so Champion Victor did not need to care about his escape at all.

As I ran, the wind whistled in my ears.

'Powered protective armor' has appeared on Li Nanke's body.

The outer space propulsion device on the back of the armor spewed out azure flames, making his running speed even faster.

He knew that time was very limited. Without participating in the battle himself and leading a group of trackers to fight the enemy, they could only delay the enemy for two or three minutes at most.

Every time he entered a new laboratory, he only had time to take a quick look, and when he saw that there was nothing like complete notes, he immediately ran to the next laboratory.

Finally, he stopped running.

The laboratory in front of him was unusually large, with several huge lab tables on which were scattered all kinds of strange instruments and tools, all of which were experimental equipment used by alchemists.

The walls of the laboratory were lined with cabinets filled with objects, and there were no other exits. This was obviously the last laboratory in the basement of the church.

Li Nanke glanced around and found nothing resembling notes on the lab tables.

The laboratory is complexly furnished with dozens of cabinets. Even if the notes are hidden there, it would be impossible to find them in a short time.

"There is no way to cheat and skip class. We must deal with Champion Victor."

He knew that only by completely eliminating Champion Victor would he have enough time to search the underground laboratory, find the alchemist's notes, and complete the hidden node.

But the fighting power of champion Victor is too terrifying. Even if he fights the enemy with all his strength, the probability of winning is less than 10%.

Even after the enemy killed a group of trackers, it became impossible to escape from the enemy.

Li Nanke frowned and began to search through boxes and cabinets as if he was trying his luck.

The alchemists must have evacuated the laboratory in a hurry, and many precious instruments were not transported away in time.

Even so, they took away most of the valuable documents, leaving only a few manuscript papers scattered on the ground. There was not a single complete notebook or book to be seen in the entire laboratory.

The lock on the cabinet was defenseless to Li Nanke. He punched out, smashing the cabinet door and the lock, and searched inside for something that looked like a notebook or book.

I searched through five or six cabinets but still couldn't find the target.

As time passed, his expression remained calm.

But the increasingly strong sense of crisis in his heart kept warning him that he didn't have much time left!

"Grass!"

Li Nanke punched the cabinet hard, smashing it to pieces, and a large number of broken objects scattered out.

"Maybe the alchemist's notes are not hidden here at all, but hidden in the previous laboratories. I just don't have time to search carefully."

Li Nanke flipped his wrist and a bloody hammer appeared in his hand.

His eyes were stern, knowing that he would not be able to find the notes before Champion Victor arrived.

Now we can only give up the search and find a way to escape from the underground laboratory.

The enemy is so powerful that escaping from his hands is an extremely difficult challenge, let alone a head-on confrontation.

Li Nanke walked to the door of the laboratory holding a bloody hammer.

When he was about to return the same way, he suddenly stopped.

He felt something in his heart, his eyes fixed, and he turned his head sharply to look towards the corner of the laboratory.

I saw a deep blue butterfly flapping its wings and flying, leaving a star-like flight trail in the air.

The butterfly, made entirely of ego-element, circled and fluttered, and soon landed on an inconspicuous cabinet, flapping its two pairs of scaly wings.

This inexplicably appearing butterfly is exactly the same as the butterfly that woke up Pinocchio.

Li Nanke's eyes flickered, various thoughts flashed through his mind, and he immediately came to the cabinet.

He punched the cabinet door open, pushed aside a pile of miscellaneous items, and saw a black notebook pressed at the bottom.

The cowhide cover of the notebook was printed with the image of the 'Holy Ouroboros'. It was a notebook left behind by the alchemist!
"finally found you!"

Li Nanke had a complicated expression. Before he had time to check the contents of his notes, he moved his ears and looked towards the laboratory door.

A terrified figure ran away in panic and broke into the last laboratory.

The figure had a terrified look on his face, with blood stains on the corners of his mouth and on his chest. The clothes on one side of his body were torn, and there were severe abrasions on his skin, a bloody mess.

“Boss Black Rabbit, why are you here?” The leopard was startled, and then he looked around and saw that there was no other way out, so he wailed in despair: “Boss, they are all dead!”

"Champion Victor will be catching up soon!"

(End of this chapter)