CHAPTER 348: CHAPTER 1: SEIZING THE HUMAN FORM! THE AESTHETICS OF VIOLENCE_5

The cult leader hissed, his grotesque snake head suddenly springing forward, his neck stretching five or six meters long. The human skin on his body gradually peeled away, as the remaining flesh was shed, hatching a monstrous creature resembling a snake-man from the old husk.

Toxic venom sprayed everywhere!

A dark green toxic gas enveloped the entire underground chamber. The sharpshooter was instantly poisoned, his head spinning, and breathing becoming unusually difficult.

—"Steel Lung!"

The only one still able to move was the burly priest. His figure changed on the projection page, the shape of his lungs surprisingly clear. From his back, a thick exoskeletal armor pierced out a needle, directly into his spine. As dark red liquid was injected, his breathing became rapid in an instant.

"Power of Forged Steel!"

The priest roared, colliding with the ferocious snake-man, flesh and blood flying, limbs exploding. The sprayed venom was astonishingly corrosive, and the spinning gears at the shoulder pads stopped, mottled corrosion marks covering the armor’s surface.

A sharp tooth bit into the opponent’s neck, the warhammer roared, smashing the snake-man’s body into two pieces.

It’s unclear how much time passed.

The toxic gas in the underground chamber gradually thinned. Under the stone table, the young boy slowly opened his eyes and got up. The place was littered with corpses, the bearded man dressed as a detective lay stiff opposite him, dead from poisoning, but the gun barrel was aimed at his head.

"Master... save me..."

A sliver of joyous hissing came from the corner, as half of the snake-man’s body crawled out like a gecko, dragging long intestines. In the corner, the steel priest’s entire body was dark blue, his neck’s steel skin pierced through, the poison instantly corroding his heart, killing him within just over ten seconds.

This poison was quite lethal.

Duncan moved his body, instantly picking up the handgun and pointing it at the snake-man’s head.

"No, you’re not the master..."

A hiss, the gravely injured snake-man seemed to realize something, because the opponent had no aura of the Snake God.

Bam!

Duncan pulled the trigger without hesitation, blowing the opponent’s head apart.

A fraction of light integrated into the body.

On the third projection page, a line of text appeared.

"Extract target ability."

—"Poisonous Snake’s Blood [Special Ability]: Derived from the innate talents of snake-like lifeforms, it enhances one’s reaction speed and strengthens poison resistance."

As long as he could still extract abilities, Duncan had nothing to fear.

God-like perspective on!

As the gray and hazy dark areas were lit up, a huge underground ruin emerged. In the strategic map, the seemingly endless steel jungle gradually came into view.

"How many layers are there?"

"Why can’t the strategic map fully display it?"

Duncan began to clean up the battlefield, and after carefully observing the world’s weapons and equipment, he directly set it ablaze to destroy the evidence.

In the god-like perspective, the strategic map was layered, and he happened to be positioned in the lower ruins.

A rusty smell permeated the air.

Even with the god-like perspective activated, he could not see a hint of greenery or sunshine, only dark blue moss growing in the dim corners. They stubbornly survived with a bit of dust, rooted in the crevices of the steel jungle.

Duncan glanced at the attribute panel of Human Form No. 3 and discovered three innate abilities.

—"Dark Vision: The human form has become accustomed to the days without sunlight, and he can still see in the dark."

—"Heavy Metal Adaptation: The human form has adapted to various terrible foods, and his body can digest and expel various heavy metals at the cost of reducing lifespan."

—"Radiation Adaptation: The human form can resist weak radiation, and he won’t easily die from radiation exposure."

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