Arknights, the Angel of Justice is waiting for level 16

The strange man's voice was low and hoarse. He tore off his cloak with his hands, revealing his true figure.

If the mineral disease can cause Originium crystals to grow on the human body, then the person in front of Ji Luo and the others who was eroded by the evil star, more than 50% of his flesh and blood has turned into evil star crystals.

It was a deep purple crystal, as dark as frozen ice, growing strangely and naturally on the weirdo's body, forming a whole new life form with him.

"Is this...ore sickness?"

Texas had never seen black and purple Originium before, and even if a person was seriously infected with the Originium Disease and was on the verge of death, it was impossible for him to become so terrifying.

Those deep purple crystals seemed alive as they grew within this man's body. They corroded him, transformed him, parasitized him—and together with him they condensed into a brand new life form.

"This is not an oripathy, this is an erosion body, the fifth stage of the evil star's erosion. It...can no longer be called a human."

Ji Luo secretly made a gesture, indicating Texas to leave quickly. Even though the corrosive body had not attacked yet, it was because it had already set its sights on Ji Luo.

——For these corrosive bodies, Ji Luo is like Tang Monk's meat and ginseng fruit. No! It's even worse than that!

The reason they were eager to devour Ji Luo was not because of the guidance or control of the "Evil Star Core".

Instead, these corrosive entities are longing for Ji Luo's star essence - this is their desire for evolution, and also their supreme hunger for self-completeness!

The so-called remains of the evil star are essentially the body fragments of a huge star spirit. The reason why they are called [remains] is because the fragments are large enough and have some consciousness.

But if the fragments are not big enough, they can only be called [Fragments of the Disaster Star]. These are the remnants of the star spirits that are not big enough to possess consciousness. They are similar to cancer cells and will instinctively corrode and transform other organisms.

The desire of [The Fragment of the Unfortunate Star] is to grow and to complete itself.

To this end, they will attract each other, fight each other, and devour each other, using this method of raising poisonous insects to decide who is qualified to survive to the end - and complete the journey to become the [Remains of the Star of Evil].

And this is actually just one of the powers of the Star of Misfortune. If his star core is released, all living things on Terra will become corrosive bodies and merge into his new body, thus achieving an alternative "human completion plan."

Ji Luoke was too familiar with being watched, tracked, and hunted by the eroded body. Ever since he sealed the "Evil Star Core" in his body, the monsters evolved from the remnants of the Evil Star would not let him go.

"It... originally seemed to be a Sarkaz."

Texas vaguely saw the monster's former race from its horns. She pulled Ji Luo, wanting him to retreat, but Ji Luo stood there without moving.

"Texas, it has set its sights on us. Someone must...attract its attention."

Ji Luo showed a calm smile, stretched out his hand and put it on the girl's head, pinching her ear hard. The girl looked at him with anger, but soon, she became lonely.

"Ji Luo..."

"Texas, let's go, go far away, take Exia and Croissant with you, don't take the car... Run, the farther the better."

Of course, Guilo couldn't tell Texas the truth, so he acted like a self-sacrificer, and his words were full of heroic sacrifice and moving stories.

Texas... naturally believed it.

However, the girl had been saved once by Ji Luo, and her pride and will made it unbearable for her to be saved by Ji Luo again without him sacrificing himself.

"You are injured and can't run. I will take you...with me."

Chapter 64: The Power of the Star of Misfortune

Beasts have a survival instinct. Humans have a sense of survival. But monsters... only have endless hunger and desire.

The corrosive body is such a monster.

At this moment, the Sarkaz, whose human form had been distorted, stared at Ji Luo with its huge black-purple pupils. Texas felt the fear that could not be resisted by reason just by being within its field of vision.

Even so, the girl still did not let go of Ji Luo's hand. She gritted her teeth, stubbornly fighting against her instinct, and wanted to pull Ji Luo away.

"Wait a moment...wait a moment."

Ji Luo stopped the girl's questioning with his eyes. He could feel that this corrosive body still retained some rationality and was very cautious.

This special individual is worth his further observation.

"Devouring... growing..."

The corrosive body murmured in confusion, it spread its arms, and purple crystal dust spurted out from its body cavity, completely wrapping it up, slowly floating and moving around it.

When Ji Luo saw this scene, he suddenly remembered how he had spread the Holy Flame all over his body. Since the Star of Misfortune also belonged to the Star Spirit, then the manifestation of its own abilities must be opposite to his.

And the fact is, this is exactly the case. The corrosive body's eyes were still fixed on Ji Luo, but it suddenly took two steps back and grabbed a dying infected person in its hand.

"crystallization……"

The corrosive body suddenly lifted up the infected person, and the evil star dust around it turned into snakes that seemed to have spiritual spirits, which snaked into the mouth and nose of the infected person and began a process similar to the burning of the holy flame.

Almost in an instant, a living person was completely corroded, and his flesh, blood, bones, hair and everything else were transformed into evil star crystals!

"powerful!"

The corrosive body squeezed hard, and the infected person, who looked like a glass statue, instantly disintegrated and collapsed, disintegrating into fine gravel. The evil star crystal dust that had originally penetrated into the infected person's body actually grew a little stronger and returned to the corrosive body's body again.

"Ji Luo, what exactly is the corrosive body?"

Texas knew that when a mineral patient died, they would explode and their bodies would turn into Originium dust. But just now, a perfectly healthy human was instantly transformed into a pile of gravel. It was too horrifying.

"Obviously, it's a man-eating monster, but its method is a little more elegant."

Ji Luo was very familiar with this kind of scene. This was considered the Star Spirit's signature skill and could be seen as a means of eating and replenishing oneself.

However, Ji Luo's Holy Flame is obviously more thorough and will not leave any residue.

As for the evil star, killing a person will leave behind a pile of gravel. Doesn't this give people evidence of his guilt?

"Ji Luo, why are you... not surprised at all?"

"Because I have seen more horrible things. Compared with the Scourge, it is nothing more than an insect and a dragon."

Ji Luo had confirmed the information he wanted to know. He pointed in the direction away from Exia and Croissant, meaning that they would run in that direction later.

Although Texas tried to slow down her breathing, fear and trembling still made her breathe rapidly. Her hand holding Ji Luo was full of sweat, but she held it tighter.

"Ji Luo, its sight...has been following us."

"I know."

Ji Luo tried to move his steps, and the corrosive body slowly turned its head. It looked at Ji Luo eagerly, but still did not take any action, waiting for an opportunity.

"I have a little respect for Qianmian. How did he create this corrosive body?"

Ji Luo had seen the beast-shaped corrosive body created by Rhine Life due to an accident. To be honest, that thing was a hungry beast that would eat anything it saw and could not be pushed onto the battlefield at all.

But the corrosive body in front of him really had the flavor of a war weapon. It was certain that it must have devoured many of its kind, and the fragments of the star of disaster in its body had already been replenished to a large extent.

——Its ability is biased towards eating, and its growth potential is very high. It is very likely to become a parasite of the [Remains of the Star of Evil].

"Lord Thousand Faces...new life!"

The corrosive body actually reacted to the words "Thousand Faces", but it was not too excited. Since it was sent to destroy Longmen, it was obviously abandoned.

This basically means that its sanity and humanity have been lost to the extreme, Qianmian can no longer be controlled, and can only be used as a disposable bomb.

If it weren't for Ji Luo, its effect would be more shocking than the sum of all the exploding Originium bombs.

"It's a pity...I met you."

Ji Luo looked at the huge erosion body and couldn't help licking his lips. The erosion body was eager to devour him, but it was also a large experience pack.

"Ji Luo, what did you say?"

"I said... it's OK."

"what?"

"Uh...you can run now."

Ji Luo suppressed the restless Holy Flame in his body. Although he didn't know what had happened, the Evil Star and the Holy Flame had already formed a mortal feud. When they met, they would fight until one of them died suddenly.

"Jiluo?"

"run!"

While the corrosive body was devouring him again, Ji Luo pulled Texas and started running. The corrosive body roared angrily and started chasing them!

Although Ji Luo was seriously injured, he still moved very quickly. He led Texas into a nearby building.

“Ji Luo, it’s not easy to escape from a building!”

"Don't worry, I'm very skilled at escaping."

What Ji Luo didn't tell Texas was that the biggest purpose of hiding in a building was not to facilitate escape, but to escape the sight of the corrosive body.

Because, the fragments of the evil star will bring erosion, but at the same time they will also give all eroding bodies the most fundamental power - controlling gravity.

Moreover, as the fragments of the evil star eroding the body become larger and larger, this power will continue to grow stronger.

The most basic stage of "The Fragment of the Unfortunate Star" can release an effect of ten times gravity.

The most basic stage of "The Remains of the Evil Star" can release an effect of one hundred times gravity.

As for the corroded Sarkaz in front of us, the "fragments of the evil star" in its body must be quite large, so it should be easy to apply twenty or thirty times the gravity.

What does this mean? It is probably like having a weight of twenty to thirty times of a person's body weight pressed on him instantly. Even this weight will affect his internal organs.

——Any human being, any normal carbon-based creature, cannot withstand this kind of gravity.

But at the same time, the soul of the eroded body has been corrupted, the range of the power is usually not large, and it must work within the line of sight, which is very limited.

"..."

Although Texas didn't know all this, she believed in Ji Luo's judgment. The two of them climbed to the fifth floor of the old building, kicked the window in the corridor and jumped into another building.

At this moment, the erosion body, which fell into madness, roared like thunder, with dark purple disaster star crystal dust lingering around it. It kept jumping between the buildings, and every place where it landed would collapse.

Chapter 65: Super Large Experience Pack

The people in Longmen Lower City had long been accustomed to turbulence and danger. When the corrosive body moved between the buildings, no one tried to go out or observe, as if everything was silent...

Ji Luo and Texas were running in the narrow alley. Due to his injuries, Ji Luo's speed had slowed down, and he had to rely on the Rupert girl to pull him.

boom--!

The huge body of the erosion body leaped down from the sky and smashed through half of the houses like a cannonball.

Its dark purple pupils scanned around, and found that Ji Luo and the other man had just jumped out of the window on the other side.

The monster roared, suddenly pulled up the car next to it and smashed it towards Ji Luo's position. Fortunately, the two of them had jumped down from the side ramp and dodged it by taking advantage of the height difference.

Rumble~! ! !

During the continued escape, the factory building where Ji Luo was hiding was once again completely smashed through. The corrosive body was no longer afraid of Ji Luo and began a frantic attack.

Its arms, covered with scales, looked like reptile claws, and each swing was enough to smash through a floor. If it used the power of gravity, most of a building would collapse in an instant.

Although Ji Luo had consciously adjusted his route to avoid crowded places, the corrosive body followed his breath all the way and still ravaged half of the block into ruins.

"This won't work, we definitely can't get away!"

It wasn't that Ji Luo couldn't run anymore, he really didn't want to run anymore. He was already covered in wounds and it hurt whenever he moved. Now he was still running for his life in a desperate manner, which was simply like being cut into pieces.

——He felt that he had performed the show enough and really didn’t want to go on!

"I'll carry you."

Texas was sweating profusely at this time, but still couldn't show much expression. She reached out to lift Ji Luo, but he pushed her away.

"Texas! Wake up, we can't outrun it. It's hard for me to survive in this state. You don't have to!"

"It is necessary. This is a human life."

Lupo Girl once thought that human life was worthless. She had killed many people and her heart never wavered. But when she came to Longmen, it was the Angel of Power who taught her what a normal person was like.

Texas is a typical example of a person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Although she looks taciturn, her inner emotions are no less than those of others.

At this time, Ji Luo refused her help, but the girl refused and continued to run forward, pulling him.

"careful!"

Ji Luo calculated the trajectory perfectly. He deliberately shifted to the right and pushed Texas to the side.

"what……"

When Miss Rupert heard Ji Luo's reminder, she turned her head as if she had sensed something. What was reflected in her pupils was Ji Luo reaching out to push him away, and then... a steel bar flew over, pierced through his body, and nailed him to the ground!

"Walk……"

Ji Luo felt a terrible pain in his stomach, and thought that there was a big hole in his stomach. He pretended to be struggling to death and yelled at her to leave.

"Stop making trouble, you motherfucker, and get out of here!"