Master of Monster Synthesis-Chapter 71 Well, I admit, I’m not human

"Three, two, one..."

"Boom!!!"

With a deafening explosion, a surge of blue flames erupted from within the Violent Dragon Mecha, consuming the golden Dragon Beast entirely.

"Roar..."

Amidst the blue blaze, shards of mechanical fragments flew everywhere, while the golden Dragon Beast howled toward the heavens. The excruciating pain drove it into a wild frenzy, thrashing its massive body uncontrollably.

"Superatomic System, activate!"

Upon the city wall, Gao Xuan bellowed the command, and a cannon ten meters in diameter roared to life, radiating an intense blue light. The sheer force of the contained energy inspired an instinctive terror in the souls of all who stood on the wall.

The Superatomic System, modeled after the atomic reactor within Godzilla, the King of Monsters, was humanity’s crowning superweapon.

Unlike the nuclear weapons from the Old Era, the Superatomic System could devastate monsters with terrifying precision while sparing Earth from widespread damage.

But, of course, its downside was glaringly obvious: the energy it required was astronomical.

It took ten years of energy reserves in West City to reach the level sufficient to kill a Nightmare-level Monster.

Barring absolute necessity, West City would never dare unleash this trump card weapon.

Even during the previous Beast Tide, West City had chosen to send emissaries to the Main City for reinforcements rather than rashly activate the Superatomic System.

A decade of energy reserves—this was a price West City simply couldn’t afford to pay lightly.

Now, blinding radiance unfurled across the city wall, marking the moment of truth as the Superatomic System prepared to fire.

"Buzz..."

"Boom!!"

The moment the energy unleashed, the night sky was abruptly lit up as if it were day. The residual energy swept across the tens of thousands of warriors on the city wall, threatening to tear their very bodies apart.

"Ahhh!!"

A chorus of anguished cries erupted from the soldiers, who collapsed and writhed on the ground. The residual shockwave alone nearly killed these warriors, most of whom were Newborn Nine Stars or above, outright.

Qin Shou, in particular, who was merely a Newborn Seven Stars, found himself in a dire predicament.

"Ahhh!!"

As the residual energy enveloped him, Qin Shou fell to the ground, convulsing and screaming in agony. His eyes turned bloodshot, veins bulging grotesquely under his skin, and crimson blood seeped out of his pores, rendering him a wraith-like figure seemingly straight out of Hell.

In this moment, he could feel an immense, alien energy surging into his body, not only suppressing the Star Power he had cultivated but also rampaging through every inch of his being, as if intent on ripping him apart completely.

Simultaneously, a brilliant beam of light shot forth, piercing through the supposedly impenetrable scales of the golden Dragon Beast. The beam carved through the monster’s resilient body in mere moments, disappearing into the horizon within the blink of an eye.

The golden Dragon Beast didn’t even have the chance to struggle or roar before the wound left by the beam started glowing with a faint blue light that instantaneously disintegrated most of its massive body into fragments.

"Boom..."

As the bluish glow fizzled out, the remains of the golden Dragon Beast—less than a fifth of its original mass—collapsed to the ground with a thunderous thud.

On the city wall, Yanlong, unaffected by the residual energy, burst into hearty laughter upon witnessing the scene.

"Hahaha! Excellent, excellent... Manda’s mutant form—I finally got my hands on it!"

Without sparing a glance toward the groaning warriors around him, he rushed impatiently toward the Dragon Beast’s corpse.

Not far away, Yu Shusheng and his group wore grim expressions as they forcefully circulated their Star Power to refine the residual energy invading their bodies.

Being experts of the Ninth Star of the Vajra Realm, the residual energy wasn’t much of a threat to them, so their reactions were far less pained than the others.

"Phew..."

Among them, Zuo Dahong, whose Star Power was the most profound, recovered first.

Suddenly, a wretched roar from afar startled him. He turned his head toward the racket.

In a corner of the city wall, he saw a blood-soaked young man with eyes glowing red. His face twisted into a grotesque snarl that rivaled the monsters in sheer ferocity.

"Dammit! Who let someone below Newborn Nine Stars onto the scene?!"

Zuo Dahong cursed loudly.

Though these warriors were groaning in agony now, they would emerge stronger if they endured and refined the residual energy. Their Star Power would surge dramatically, and the more talented among them might even break through to the Vajra Realm!

And if they couldn’t withstand it, a month’s rest would heal them.

This was precisely why only cultivators above Newborn Nine Stars were dispatched here.

For anyone below that level to be exposed to the residual energy—it was a recipe for disaster!

With insufficient Star Power to resist, they would inevitably undergo mutation, transforming into humanoid monsters—mindless creatures stripped of all humanity!

And this youth, he was clearly on the verge of such a monstrous breakdown.

Just as Zuo Dahong moved to lend him a hand, hoping to save the boy’s life, he suddenly noticed a figure near the youth: Lin Xiaomei.

Gripped by unbearable pain, Lin Xiaomei had rolled to the edge of the city wall.

The very next moment, Lin Xiaomei tipped over the wall’s edge and disappeared from sight.

"Not good! Kid, I’ll save you later! A girl from Beast Power High School can’t meet her end like this!" freewēbnoveℓ.com

Zuo Dahong exclaimed anxiously before leaping off the wall without hesitation to catch Lin Xiaomei before she would be turned to pulp from the fall.

At this moment, Qin Shou remained unaware of the fact that he had just been abandoned mid-crisis by a burly middle-aged man.

"Ahhh! Dammit! Where’s my Golden Finger?!"

Qin Shou, nearing the brink of losing his sanity, clutched his head in agony and shouted at empty space. Yet, the system gave no response, filling him with waves of despair.

Was this Golden Finger a fake?...

No, if the system was unreliable, he’d have to save himself.

But how?...

Energy...

The overwhelming energy was causing his body to mutate...

Energy?

He had an idea!

A spark lit up in Qin Shou’s mind as he extended his hand. From the Space Gate, a flaming belt flew toward him.

"Armor, fusion!"

"Boom..."

Flames engulfed his entire body, and as the Flame Dragon Armor completed its fusion, a claw from the spine-eating Gu extended suddenly from the Qiankun Belt at its base.

"Stab!"

The claw pierced into his waist, greedily absorbing the rampant energy within Qin Shou’s body.

The Flame Dragon Armor, formed through fusion with the spine-eating Gu, innately possessed the ability to absorb energy and self-evolve.

As the internal pressure subsided, the red glow in Qin Shou’s eyes faded slowly. His expression of sheer relief looked almost comical in contrast.

"Ah... comfortable..."

He was alive. Somehow, he had made it through.

Relief washed over Qin Shou.

Suddenly, he sensed a subtle, lingering gaze...

It was... Leng Wanbai!

For Leng Wanbai, parasitized by the spine-eating Gu, such energy was trivial. In fact, the more, the merrier for her.

Having recovered first, she quickly took note of the sudden emergence of the flaming armor in the distance.

This... was the aura of one of her kind?

Leng Wanbai froze briefly. So the perfect spine-eating Gu had been hiding in West City all along.

No wonder it hadn’t been found.

When Qin Shou’s gaze met Leng Wanbai’s, a shiver coursed through his body.

What did she discover?

Probably nothing... right?

But that look in her eyes—something was off!

I’m doomed, I’m doomed...

Although panicked beyond words, the armor concealed him enough that nothing could be discerned from his appearance.

Without thinking, Qin Shou gave Leng Wanbai a slight nod. To his surprise, Leng Wanbai nodded back.

She had already determined that the Flame Spine-eating Gu was not the one behind the deaths of several of her sisters. She bore no grudge toward it any longer.

Leng Wanbai’s response left Qin Shou dumbfounded.

Alright, fine. I admit it—I’ve been parasitized. I’m no longer human.