CHAPTER 1088: 1086: TAG

Yi Chen flipped through all the memories of the Orphanage, recalled all his experiences, yet couldn’t find a case to handle the situation before him.

Not even when facing Director Cao in the Orphanage had he ever felt such an overwhelming sense of oppression.

As the blind old man said, the moment they stepped into the shelter, they stepped onto the tongue of the opponent, becoming ’weak prey’.

If Hannibal truly harbored murderous intent, they might have already become food between the dinner plates.

This NO.2 was on a completely different level from other disasters, possibly even capable of facing the First Disaster head-on... Perhaps, during the time he left the Evil Circle and contacted the gods, he gained brand new improvements, unrelated to malice.

Even when compared to the Fourth Disaster, Gap’s individual strength could not be mentioned in the same breath as Hannibal’s.

Gap leans more towards the functionality of the [gap] as well as his own [concealing ability].

To find Gap, one requires acting and ability like William’s, to traverse through the cycles set by the Deadly Videotape, find the hidden Primordial Videotape among retro metal laboratories, and reach the deepest layer.

Then use the ’flipping’ ability that restrains gaps, to completely expose Gap who has hidden himself.

As for Gap’s own strength, it’s not particularly strong, not possessing any combat experience. However, even such a Gap once pushed Yi Chen to his limits, with him barely managing to win.

Currently,

The Second Disaster doesn’t have many functional methods, nor any concealing ability, and it’s not a cluster. It’s such a straightforward individual, appearing in human form before us.

His malice is presented straightforwardly, it’s the absolute suppression of the strong over the weak, without anything flamboyant or extraneous.

To defeat such an existence, to timely reach the sick focus and meet with William, it’s incredibly difficult. From Yi Chen’s current perspective, it seems almost impossible, even surviving is uncertain.

Time goes back five minutes ago

During the descent into the abyss,

Yi Chen’s thoughts returned to that familiar office once again, asking the class teacher, with her tall and graceful figure, about the method of ’breakthrough’.

Who knew,

Under the desk, a foot clad in red high heels suddenly stretched over, squeezing between Yi Chen’s tightly closed legs.

"Teacher has taught you many times, you must do things one by one, take steps one step at a time.

First consider how to kill this self-proclaimed superior in front of you, then think about attending the appointment, such level of opponents cannot be defeated by rushing. 𝘳àNοꞖÊᶊ

If you’re not careful, even teacher might get eaten along with you.

Opposite to other disasters, the opponent doesn’t have all sorts of flamboyant abilities, it’s just a straightforward and singular strength. Dealing with such a guy is actually quite simple, you only need to do one thing."

"What?"

"Become a ’top predator’ like him.

Of course, here the definition of a top predator is objective, requiring the opponent to actively tag you with this label, seeing you as an equal existence.

By doing so, the effect of [survival of the fittest] would not take hold on you, allowing for a fair competition, rather than being dissected into different ingredients and collected.

As long as it’s a fair competition, teacher believes no one can be your match."

Director Cao pointed out the key point,

And Yi Chen’s mind already harbored a method for making himself a ’top predator’.

The woman stood up, gently patting Yi Chen’s back, giving encouragement, "Go ahead! Isn’t this the true formidable enemy you’ve been pursuing this whole time, never truly reaching? Kill him, fulfill that ultimate intention of killing desire in your heart."

[Half an hour later]

The bottommost level of the shelter.

The facilities once used to incarcerate Hannibal were nearly completely destroyed, leveled to the ground.

Endless murderous aura pervaded the area, Yi Chen, wearing a white necktie, held a black blade in one hand, clasping the old man’s head in the other.

Drip, drip~

Thick death sea water continuously flowed from the bullet holes and knife wounds on his body, yet Yi Chen was not affected by the injuries at all.

The death realm reached the current Cosmic Domain’s limit, very similar to that of the Hanging King in those days, forcefully ignoring these rule-like weapon damages.

[Seventh Disaster] has been slain.

Before dying, the blind old man understood the significance of Yi Chen’s actions, a better approach than direct absorption, the best means to deal with Hannibal.

The deceased old man sank into the Dead Sea, staying with many others who had passed, collectively watching the master of this maritime domain.

The old man no longer lonely, seemingly able to accomplish his final task through Yi Chen.

Hannibal, sitting on a leather couch observing the entire battle, had even forgotten the fine wine in the glass, completely astounded by the strength displayed by the young man before him.

A ’stronger’ label was already affixed, replacing the original ’prey’ label on Yi Chen’s body.

Clap, clap, clap~

Hannibal set down the wine glass, stood up, and applauded.

He was a very principled man, a seeker of ultimate, witnessing the transformation of prey firsthand thrilled him immensely. Even the spirit condensed by malice trembled, it was the first time he saw such a situation in his life.

Next,

He would no longer treat Yi Chen as prey, but as a truly formidable adversary.

However, strangely, Hannibal’s gaze didn’t seem to change much.

"Since meeting Ruben, it’s been so long since I’ve encountered another formidable opponent... Indeed, prey able to escape from my hands is by no means simple, in just a few months utilizing the resources of the Tenth Disaster to reach such a stage.

I acknowledge you,

The stage of trial tasting ends here,

The next is the time of ’processing’.

Mr. Yi, don’t mistakenly think that by killing NO.7, you can stand at the top of the food chain like me.

You’ve merely achieved a transition of prey, obtaining the qualification to be personally ’processed’ by me."

The phonograph seen before in the cafeteria appeared again beside Hannibal, the needle spinning, and the tune of that little human melody played again.

The suit on Hannibal faded away, leaving only a white shirt.

A white apron was drawn out of thin air, tied around his waist,

A nearly perfect chef’s knife was grasped in his hand,

He continued to look at Yi Chen with a condescending posture and gaze, full of arrogance, yet not lacking a craving for delicacies.

At this moment, Yi Chen, reaching the extreme of death, suddenly had an illusion;

it was as if he wasn’t standing on the ground, but upon a chopping board.

Faced with the chef’s knife raised slowly by Hannibal, slicing precisely towards him, he decisively raised his hand to block. Yet in the next moment...

Yi Chen could clearly feel his eyeball being cut open, and being sliced into multiple segments, each incredibly uniform.

Every inch of his skin,

Every single hair,

Every piece of bone,

Every organ lump was sliced into thin slices,

Swoosh!

Blood splattered across the entire field,

If not for Yi Chen’s death realm reaching its limits, he would already have perished just now.

The sliced flesh reformed into black water, while a trickle of nosebleed flowed from Yi Chen’s nostril. Although he completed the concept aggregation, he could feel substantial slashing damage inflicted on him.

If he were sliced like this several more times, even the Dead Sea would be entirely severed by the chef’s knife, with all sea water drained dry.

When Yi Chen once again looked up towards the man before him,

The man seemed incredibly vast and was standing in front of the kitchen counter, listening to pleasant music, preparing to ’process’ Yi Chen, this complete entity tagged as ’stronger’.