CHAPTER 340: CHAPTER 100: SUDDEN INCIDENT

In Yan Luo’s estimation, having a magnetic field strength of ten thousand units is considered to have initially entered the Catastrophe Level.

With this level of strength, a single punch can destroy a small building.

It’s not about using full force, nor a technique that consumes immense energy, but simply utilizing the magnetic field power can crush a small building with one punch.

If given enough time, he might be able to push the magnetic field’s strength to twenty thousand units.

However, regret aside, Yan Luo believes that it would be better for the Master of the Abyss to die sooner.

Not only on his side, there should be a fierce battle over by the Abyss Entrance too.

Only with the Master of the Abyss’s death can the demon tide disperse.

The sooner the Master of the Abyss dies, the better!

The surviving Hunters descended from the sky, and with a glance, Yan Luo counted the number of remaining Hunters.

The raiding team originally consisted of nineteen people, and now including Yan Luo, only nine Hunters are still alive.

Though eliminating an Abyss inevitably involves casualties, Yan Luo finds it somewhat hard to accept.

Yan Luo gave instructions through his personal terminal to the armored vehicle, resembling a bus, to drive itself over, and said to the remaining Hunters, "It’s time to go back."

The Abyss’s collapse is not something that happens immediately; based on observation, it usually begins eight hours later, followed by a seventy-two-hour collapse process before the Abyss totally disintegrates.

During this time, the collapse speed will gradually increase, very slow at first, and then it accelerates, visibly so.

Typically, the space near the Abyss Entrance is the last part to collapse, while other areas collapse randomly.

If they can’t return to the vicinity of the Abyss Entrance within eight hours, they will be in danger.

The Hunters present are well aware of this, so once the armored vehicle arrives, they quickly jumped in.

Yan Luo sat in the driver’s seat because the driver had also died in the previous battle.

Now the other Hunters are exhausted, but Yan Luo is still in good condition and capable of driving.

Though he knew there was little hope, Yan Luo still sent signals using the vehicle’s radio and fully powered the onboard radar to scan the surroundings.

This was a matter of convenience, and unexpectedly, there was an unexpected delight.

A Hunter was knocked down from the air by a flying demon, and his exoskeleton’s automatic response mechanism successfully rebooted thrusters just before he hit the ground, cushioning his fall damage.

However, the Hunter fainted after being struck down and hasn’t regained consciousness until now.

The vehicle’s radio received the distress signal automatically sent by his personal terminal, which informed Yan Luo’s team that someone was still alive.

Yan Luo turned the steering wheel and drove over to the area around the fallen exoskeleton on the ground, opened the vehicle’s door, got out and carried the barely alive Hunter inside, connecting him to the onboard automatic medical system.

After finishing all this, Yan Luo checked the surroundings to see if there were any other living Hunters, but found the signal sent by the vehicle’s radio yielded no further responses.

After a brief silence, Yan Luo turned to the other Hunters inside the vehicle and said, "I want to bring the bodies of the other Hunters back... if there are any."

The Hunters inside the vehicle didn’t have much to oppose this.

No one wishes to die in a foreign land, and many Hunters hope that if they die in battle, their bodies can be brought back for a proper burial.

Hunters believe in nothing, but they hold a strong reverence for death and what follows.

With the Hunters’ consent, Yan Luo drove the vehicle to search for the bodies of Death Hunters, and those with some strength recovered assisted, helping him to load the fairly intact bodies onto the vehicle.

Unfortunately, there were several Hunters whose bodies were incomplete, and they couldn’t find the main parts anywhere, so they had to leave regrettably.

Yan Luo drove the armored vehicle back and soon met up with Chen Shan’s team.

The escort squad also suffered heavy casualties, with nearly half of the hundred-member team dead, and many were unidentifiable, unable to bring their bodies back.

The only consolation is that they successfully completed the mission, helping Yan Luo kill the Master of the Forbidden Demon Abyss.

The damaged team slowly headed back, with Chen Shan using the vehicle’s radio to report their situation to the command center.

The command center also informed Chen Shan that the demons attacking the Abyss Entrance had scattered, confirming news that ’the Master of the Abyss is dead’.

The Forbidden Demon Abyss has settled, everything is over.

... So it was supposed to be.

On the return journey, Yan Luo suddenly felt unwell.

In his chest... it seemed like flames were burning!

This was something that occurred in an instant, as Yan Luo suddenly felt a scorching sensation in his chest, and the next moment, his strength became uncontrollable, suddenly crushing the steering wheel in his grasp.

Hearing the sound from the front, the Hunters sitting in the back looked with curiosity and saw that half of the steering wheel in front of Yan Luo had shattered.

"Damn! Yan Luo, what’s wrong with you?"

The Hunter who saw this scene was shocked, and his voice startled the other Hunters inside the vehicle, prompting them all to look toward the front.

"What’s wrong? What happened?"

"Did something happen to Yan Luo?"

"What on earth has happened?"

Then, they saw Yan Luo suddenly pounce forward and fall onto the steering wheel.

This scared everyone.

It’s fine if the driver has a problem, since there’s a vehicle terminal to take over the armored vehicle’s driving; however, the person in trouble now is Yan Luo.

He just killed the Master of the Abyss, a great hero of Lingquan City; if something indeed happened to him, how could they explain to others?

Thus, the Hunters who could reach Yan Luo immediately took action and rushed over to inquire about his condition.

"Yan Luo, what happened to you? Are you okay?"

Yan Luo gasped for air, slightly turning his head to look at the Hunter who asked the foolish question, but said nothing, merely gazing at him quietly.

The Hunter realized he had asked a foolish question and smiled awkwardly.

If Yan Luo were fine, would he suddenly collapse?

"Quick, notify Chen Shan!"

In the next moment, the vehicles in front all stopped.

Chen Shan hurriedly dashed out of the command vehicle and ran toward the armored vehicle Yan Luo was driving.

The vehicle terminal, noticing the stopped vehicles ahead, quickly braked and stopped.

Chen Shan ran to the bus-like armored vehicle, pulled the door open, and rushed in.

"What’s the situation? How did Yan Luo end up like this?"

After Chen Shan came over, he saw Yan Luo lying on the steering wheel, with most of the steering wheel crushed under his body, and his exposed skin showing an unnatural redness.

Chen Shan hastily asked the other Hunters, but they all shook their heads, indicating they had no idea what was happening.

Many Hunters heard the shout from the front and turned their heads only to see Yan Luo had already collapsed onto the steering wheel.

Even the first Hunter to notice that Yan Luo was acting odd was unaware of what had transpired; in his eyes, Yan Luo just suddenly fell down.

Unable to find out the cause from other Hunters, Chen Shan refocused his attention on Yan Luo.

"How are you? Can you talk?"

Speaking, Chen Shan opened the faceplate of Yan Luo’s exoskeleton helmet and touched his forehead.

Upon contact, Chen Shan’s hand flinched away.

"Damn, it’s so hot! What’s your body temperature?"

Chen Shan estimated that Yan Luo’s current body temperature must be over 80°C, with nearly all his blood at the boiling point.

For ordinary people, their body temperature could never reach such a level, and if it did, they would certainly die.

But Yan Luo is different; his physical functions are dozens of times more robust than those of average people, so even with a temperature exceeding 80°C, he wouldn’t perish.

Yan Luo couldn’t speak, as if his throat was blocked by something, and his brain was blank, unable to form a coherent sentence.

Is this because he devoured the Master of the Abyss?

When he consumed the Master of the Abyss, that demon was transforming into the direction of the Evil God in his memory; if he hadn’t promptly consumed it, that demon might really have transformed into the Evil God.

By then, not even the entire Blue Star might have been able to solve it.

Many Hunters gathered outside the vehicle, wanting to glimpse what was going on.

Some Hunters with medical training carried medical kits, hoping they could help treat Yan Luo.

Unfortunately, no one could offer assistance to Yan Luo.