The fragrance of fresh flesh and blood lingered in the air. Tang Nuo’s already muddled mind became even more chaotic at that moment. He suddenly lunged at Mu Cheng, opening his mouth to bite her.
Mu Cheng quickly pulled out her dagger, preparing to kill Tang Nuo. Although he was her brother’s friend, and a voice in her heart kept telling her to save him, she would never harm herself for someone else.
Just as she was about to strike, Tang Nuo regained his clarity. He quickly pulled himself away from Mu Cheng and retreated to the corner of the wall.
“Ah!”
Tang Nuo had been deliberately suppressing the urge, and it had caused severe damage to both his body and mind. He let out a painful roar. The handcuffs on his wrists snapped apart from the force. Turning around, he tightly grabbed the iron bars and struggled to squeeze out a few words.
“Xiao… Cheng… go… quickly.”
He had recognized her, and at the critical moment he controlled himself and didn’t bite her.
For that reason alone, Mu Cheng willingly decided to save him.
She took out some stream water from her spatial storage and held it to his lips.
“Second Brother Tang, drink some water.”
Tang Nuo shook his head.
“Xiao Cheng… go… quickly… don’t… worry… about me.”
Mu Cheng continued, “Drink first. This water can temporarily suppress the corpse poison in your body.”
Tang Nuo looked at Mu Cheng with blood-red eyes. The girl before him seemed somewhat different from the one in his memories. Moreover, he realized that when she was nearby, he hadn’t completely lost his sanity. Although it was extremely difficult, he could still control himself.
Maybe it was worth trying. Living like this was too painful. What he feared most was that one day someone else might wander in, and he would pounce on them like those monsters and devour his own kind.
With that thought, Tang Nuo lowered his head and drank all the stream water in the cup.
“Ah!”
After swallowing the water, Tang Nuo let out a miserable scream. He fell to his knees and shoved Mu Cheng away with one hand. The pain surging through his body made him slam his fist into the ground.
With a loud bang, the concrete floor was smashed into a huge crater, and cracks spread across the surrounding ground.
Strength-type ability.
Mu Cheng twitched her lips and retreated to the corner. That power was terrifying. She’d better stay farther away in case she became his target.
“Roar!”
Tang Nuo continued to roar in agony. His fist swung out again, and this time a golden bolt of lightning shot from his hand and struck the wall, instantly shattering it.
Damn, lightning ability.
“Ah!”
Another scream escaped him. As Tang Nuo threw another punch, countless ice needles shot out and struck the iron bars. With a sharp crack, the bars shattered and fell down with a loud clang.
Ice ability.
My goodness, this guy is way too strong!
Although corpse-mutated humans were powerful, they usually only possessed one ability. At most, she had only seen someone with two abilities before. Yet this guy had awakened three abilities at once.
Moreover, after drinking the stream water, he wouldn’t turn into a corpse-mutated being for the time being. Since he wasn’t turning, why had he still awakened three abilities—and such powerful ones at that?
While Mu Cheng was still in a daze, Tang Nuo suddenly appeared in front of her. He used his body to shield her as the falling iron bars crashed down onto him.
Bang!
The bars that struck Tang Nuo’s body all bounced away.
Mu Cheng stared at him in disbelief. Had this guy turned into a wall of steel?
“Roar!”
Tang Nuo let out another painful roar. This time he gripped the iron bars tightly and didn’t make any further moves, because he was afraid he might hurt her.
A few more minutes passed.
“Ah!”
Tang Nuo gave one last agonized roar before collapsing heavily onto the concrete floor.