Girl, you form the head.

Chapter 36 The Blazing Flame of the Dual Knights
When Song-ki returned to the dimly lit theater, the stench of blood had intensified several times over, even though he had only been gone for a few minutes.

He continued walking in at a leisurely pace, as if he were taking a stroll.

But he stopped quickly, smiling as he looked at the dark figure in the corner who was gnawing on Yan Tao's corpse: "Long time no see, Ji Tai."

Upon hearing the name "Jitai," the shadowy figure paused for a moment, then slowly turned his head, staring intently at Joong-ki with his cloudy eyes.

"Looks like you still remember me," Song-ki said with a smile. "It wasn't for nothing that I took care of you for so long."

The monster seemed to remember something, its body trembled slightly, and it slowly got up, its mouth covered in blood constantly emitting low growls.

"What, you still want to attack me?" Zhongji looked at the corpse at the monster's feet. "If it weren't for me, you would have been killed by that guy. You really don't know how to be grateful."

The monster didn't speak, but slowly opened its mouth, then two pale hands emerged from its mouth and slowly pried its mouth open.

With that teeth-grinding "snap" sound, it was as if something was about to come out of this body.

"Heh heh heh, you trying to scare me?" Song-ki scoffed. "Have you forgotten that your special abilities are useless against me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, two invisible predators that had been lying in ambush all around pounced on the monster and bit it into three pieces.

But the monster did not die. Its body, which was broken into three pieces, continued to writhe and grow tiny tentacles from its wounds. Each tentacle had a mouth that sprang open, emitting a piercing shriek. It looked incredibly bizarre.

An ordinary person would be terrified to death upon seeing this scene, but Song Joong-ki wouldn't.

Because a massive, invisible venomous creature was blocking his way, he was observing the monster through the creature's body, not looking directly at it. At the same time, there were two more invisible venomous creatures in his ears, perfectly filling his ear canals; the sound waves emitted by the monster had to be filtered through these creatures before reaching Song-ki's eardrums.

Yes, that is the monster's greatest weakness.

As long as you avoid his sight and hearing, his fear cannot penetrate you. Of course, ordinary glasses and earmuffs are also ineffective against monsters; only a special body like the Invisible Devourer can resist the invasion of a special kind of fear.

This conclusion was reached by the society through hundreds of experiments.

Without fear as his most powerful weapon, monsters pose no threat to Joong-ki. His mimicry ability is a joke to the Invisible Devourer.

"Pfft".

The two invisible devourers used for attack stepped forward again, smashing two of the monster's three-part body, splattering green blood all over the ground.

This is the power that Song-ki has overwhelmed monsters. He has fought hundreds of monsters without a single defeat, making him a true natural enemy of monsters. If he wanted, he could end the battle in an instant.

But he still left one section in the three-section body.

“If I just kill you like this, how will everyone know how difficult the battle I went through?” As Song-ki watched the monster slowly swell up against that piece of its body, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly. “Let me see what skills you’ve learned in these few days of freedom.”

The monster stared intently at Joong-ki, its severely damaged brain flashing back to the hundreds of times he had been experimented on with syringes inserted into his brain.

……

"Come on, increase the dosage."

"The 87th experiment."

Is this all that can be done?

"No, this shouldn't be his limit. Let's try again. He's not that easy to kill."

……

Countless fragments of memory flooded his brain, further igniting the monster's rage. He let out an even sharper roar, the sound waves of which blew away the blood beneath his feet.

"Zhong...ji..."

He roared and lunged at Joong-ki, his remaining third of body rapidly exploding in mid-air and swelling into the shape of a vengeful ghost.

But before he could even touch Joong-ki, he was slammed against the wall by the invisible devourer. The powerful impact crushed him into a pulp, and the flesh that was not yet fully formed dripped through the cracks in the wall, leaving large patches of blood on the ground.

The next second, a skeletal blood hand emerged from the bloodstains, followed by a horrifying figure trying to crawl out of the blood, its empty eye sockets and mouth resembling an evil spirit returning from hell.

"Click".

Before the evil spirit could fully return, it was bitten off by the invisible predator that was already waiting nearby, leaving only its bare spine.

Even so, the invisible devourer did not let go. It slammed the spine into the ground with one claw, repeatedly crushing it, constantly cycling between recovery and injury.

“You still don’t learn your lesson, Ji-tae,” Song-ki said slowly. “This kind of physical mimicry is meaningless; it can only scare cowards. If you want to defeat me, you’ll need to unleash some greater power.”

Having conducted hundreds of studies on monsters, Chung-ki naturally knew that monsters' mimicry was not just about imitating form, but also about replicating certain special characteristics.

However, these copied special abilities often only have the most basic characteristics, and their power is weakened by dozens of times. Moreover, the difficulty of copying them is extremely high, requiring one to draw upon the fear of others.

Otherwise, the society would really be reluctant to take out such a treasure to use.

But since we've already taken it out, we should use it to the fullest extent.

Come on, show us your full power, and let those who come to investigate later know just how powerful an enemy I defeated!

Song Joong-ki's smile was almost impossible to suppress.

As if understanding Song-ki's words, the monster's remaining body changed again. Its spine turned into black mist, which spread upwards along the invisible claws of the Devourer, eventually condensing into a mysterious person wearing a black robe.

Song Joong-ki frowned slightly.

What is this thing? How come he's never seen it before?

Is this some kind of vengeful ghost from a horror movie?
As Song-ki pondered this, the mysterious man in black robes raised his head and met his gaze.

At that moment, a strong sense of unease welled up in Joong-ki's heart.

……

Outside the Hanguang Cinema, the scene was in complete chaos.

News of the failed ambush, along with the countless wounded, spread, the bloody scene greatly exceeding the expectations of the police officers and doctors waiting outside. Especially when these spectators recovered from the strange effects, recalling their previous experience, most of them suffered a mental breakdown in an instant. Blood and tears intertwined, fear and pain mingled, creating a scene that resembled a living hell.

"Why, how could this happen?"

Yan Le was deeply shocked by the scene before her. Only then did she realize just how terrifying the guy she wanted to deal with really was.

Bai Chi frowned deeply and immediately got out of the car to inquire about the situation. He then learned that Yan Tao had been in an accident, and Zhong Ji had stayed behind to handle the aftermath. At the same time, about thirty audience members were left in the theater, their fates unknown.

The situation is much worse than expected.

Even Bai Chi, the worst-case scenario he could imagine was that Yan Tao and Zhong Ji failed and let the monster escape. He never expected that Yan Tao would actually die.

How is this possible? Yan Tao is a genuine fifth-tier special user, and when the monster fought him the night before last, it was far from reaching this level. During that time, the only person the monster killed was the little girl selling candied hawthorns. Its strength shouldn't have increased that much.

What exactly is going on?

And why is it that the stronger Yan Tao got into trouble, while the weaker Zhong Ji didn't?

Bai Chi seemed to sense a conspiracy. Considering that Zhong Ji hadn't waited at the designated spot last night, but instead went to the "Noisy Market," which theoretically had the lowest probability of encountering a monster (and it turned out that the monster was indeed in that area), a conjecture gradually surfaced in Bai Chi's mind.

Could it be that guy, Joong-ki...?

Before Bai Chi could think it through, the theater door was pushed open with a bang, and a bloodied and mangled person staggered out of the theater.

Everyone was stunned, because the person who ran out was none other than Joong-ki.

He was no longer the elite special agent he once was. His entire right arm, extending to his shoulder, was gone, as if it had been ripped off by something. "Ghost...ghost," he murmured unconsciously, his eyes unfocused. "No, ominous special ability...I'm going crazy...help...help me...I don't want to die..."

After saying that, he collapsed to the ground with a thud, spurting blood everywhere.

The bloody scene deeply disturbed the audience who had just escaped death in the movie theater, and they fled frantically, with the police and doctors unable to stop them.

"Damn it, don't run! You'll die!"

"Quickly, go save Officer Joong-ki!"

"Contact the General Administration first! Contact the General Administration!"

"There are still more than thirty people inside the theater who haven't escaped..."

The situation, which had just stabilized, collapsed suddenly, and panic swept through the crowd like a depth charge.

With things having come to this, Bai Chi had no choice but to turn around and look at Yan Le in the car.

Yan Le took a deep breath, but said nothing. She simply opened the car door and walked slowly but firmly to Bai Chi.

……

The monster crawled rapidly through the dark movie theater, biting Song Joong-ki's arm.

I remember it now, I remember everything.

As the monster brutally tore off Song-ki's arm, witnessing his terrified expression, listening to his hysterical screams, and feeling the warmth of the blood, it finally remembered who it was and realized that it had finally been freed and was finally at peace.

He will no longer be locked in the pale laboratory, spending his days and nights injecting drugs and fighting.

He can finally do what he wants to do.

So what does he want to do?

He only needed to think for a moment to get the answer—eat.

Yes, he was hungry; he had been starving in the lab for many years. After coming out, because his strength had not fully recovered, he could only eat selectively, and even then, it was just enough to fill his stomach; he couldn't be said to be full.

But now things are different; he has torn his enemy to pieces and gained complete freedom.

At the same time, his food—fear—was everywhere around him.

There are countless examples here and outside. He had never felt so much fear before, and it excited him.

Eat them all, devour all these fears, leave not a single one behind.

Having made its decision, the monster immediately turned its head 180 degrees, its eerie green eyes staring intently at the counter dozens of meters away.

Behind the counter, a woman tightly covered her son's mouth and nose, preventing him from making a sound.

She couldn't understand why this had happened when she had only brought her son to see a horror movie to give him some courage.

The ghosts that flew out of the screen, the phantoms that wantonly slaughtered the audience, and the blood all over the ground—it was definitely a nightmare that could never be forgotten.

But what's even more terrifying is that when she woke up from the nightmare, she realized that it wasn't a dream at all, or rather, they were still dreaming.

The woman could feel something behind her, and even sense that the other person was looking in her direction. In order to avoid being discovered, she had to cover her son's mouth and nose tightly to prevent him from making a sound, but she was completely unaware that her son was about to suffocate.

Even so, the monster continued to approach, and the woman could clearly hear the footsteps getting closer and closer.

She didn't know what she could do or what she should do. The ever-growing panic made her forget who she was. She could only desperately cover her son's mouth and nose, as if that would make him back down.

Until her son started rolling his eyes, and her own heart was about to stop from being driven to its limit by the extreme panic.

Even so, the monster still came up behind them.

By simply getting around that counter, he wouldn't need to do anything; the mother, on the verge of collapse, would first smother her son to death, then scare herself to death. And he would receive two portions of the most extreme fear, which would also be the most delicious food.

But at that moment, he stopped moving.

He slowly turned around and looked at the dark gray figure that had suddenly appeared behind him.

In the instant he turned around, his body bumped into the glass of the counter, causing the glass to fall beside the woman, allowing her to see the dark gray figure reflected in the glass.

What is that...?
……

"Are you ready?"

"Ready."

"But you don't look like you're ready."

In the space of consciousness, Yan Le stared at the terrifying ghostly figure, took a deep breath, and slowly closed her eyes.

She recalled the two sisters from the previous night, the photograph hanging in the older sister's room, and those two gentle older sisters...

Chi Chi Chi.

Her body temperature began to rise, her long, crimson hair rose little by little, and her clothes quickly dissolved in the high temperature.

……

In reality, flame patterns suddenly appeared on the surface of the dark gray armor, like throbbing veins awakening, with a fiery vitality pulsating beneath the hard, cold armor.

Sensing something, the monster immediately abandoned the mother and child behind the counter and charged towards the knight.

……

Yan Le opened her eyes.

Her outer garment had completely turned to ashes, leaving only a palm-sized bra covering her private parts, but she seemed oblivious and suddenly raised her hand.

"I'm ready!" Yan Le shouted. "Kill him!"

……

The knight swung his fist and struck the monster in the face.

At that moment, the explosive sound of a cheekbone shattering, mixed with the sharp crack of armor twisting, pierced the air!

The monster was thrown back dozens of meters by the enormous impact and slammed into the wall.

But that wasn't all. A flame mark appeared on the back of the knight's right fist as he swung it out, and this flame mark was also imprinted on the monster's face at the same time.

One second later, two balls of flame ignited simultaneously.

One flame ignited the monster, another ignited the knight.

However, the monster howled in the flames, while the knight awoke in the flames.

The dark gray armor was completely burned away, and the raging flames gave the knight his true color.

That crimson ripped through the darkness and dispelled the fear.

The mother under the counter lowered her hand and stared blankly at the silver-red knight emerging from the flames, along with her son who had just returned from the brink of death.

The Dual Knights are burning hot; fusion successful!
(End of this chapter)