Full-Time Public Enemy

POP! A bubble burst, and Ming Yu felt as if a sharp steel needle had pierced his brain. He was momentarily dazed, nearly collapsing.

This piercing scream was an area-of-effect attack, affecting all the Professionals.

The Meatball Mutant bounced and leaped with extreme speed. THUD! It crashed into Ming Yu, knocking him down. After rolling over him, it began to absorb Ming Yu into its body.

Xulong recovered from the scream's effects just in time to see the Meatball Mutant extending countless fleshy tendrils, preparing to completely engulf Ming Yu. He bellowed, "Not good! Quick, save him!"

Xulong spread his hands. The kinetic forces acting on the Meatball Mutant and Ming Yu diverged, stretching the fleshy tendrils entwined around Ming Yu taut.

Bu She and Ghost Ape immediately launched full-force attacks on the tendrils.

However, the tendrils, like the Meatball Mutant itself, possessed extraordinary 'resilience,' repelling all attacks!

While Xulong executed his professional skills, he urgently appealed to Chen Gu, "Your Excellency, please lend us your aid!"

Dou Mao, focused on protecting their client, dared not act rashly. Still, she muttered, "What's the use of asking him?"

Chen Gu heard her and cast a detached glance in her direction. The Radiation Field revealed certain things, and he had considered issuing a warning, but now he chose to remain silent.

Chen Gu looked at the fleshy tendrils and activated his [Nuclear Fusion Gaze].

His current [Nuclear Fusion Gaze] no longer needed to emit fiery rays; the skill could affect the target directly. The fleshy tendrils immediately ignited with dark red flames erupting from within. This rendered the Mutant's repelling ability useless. The Meatball Mutant writhed in apparent agony as each tendril snapped under the scorching heat.

WHOOSH—

The Meatball Mutant, capable of contracting and expanding, promptly retracted its remaining tendrils and bounced away to the side.

Ming Yu fell to the ground. His eyes were shut tight, and his body had turned pitch-black. Beneath his skin, countless earthworm-like shapes seemed to be wriggling.

"Not good!" Xulong's face turned pale. "Ming Yu has been contaminated!" The next step is mutation!

A single Meatball Mutant had already proven too much for them to handle. If another one appeared, the entire Beast God Seal mercenary group would likely be annihilated, buried here.

Xulong stepped forward, raising his fist high above Ming Yu's head, aiming.

Behind him, Dou Mao let out an anguished scream, "Captain—"

How could I do it? Xulong thought, looking down at Ming Yu. He clenched his teeth and hesitated a moment longer, but Ming Yu clearly couldn't hold on...

Chen Gu moved like lightning. SPLAT! Ming Yu's head burst open. An instant later, Chen Gu appeared beside the Meatball Mutant. The Mutant, seemingly startled, bounced, preparing to flee, but Chen Gu had already slammed his fist into it.

Chen Gu's entire arm was sheathed in [Heavy Nuclear Armor]. His fist sank deep into the Meatball Mutant, striking so fast that it had no chance to rebound.

A fearsome, dark red light erupted from his deeply embedded fist.

The Meatball Mutant's body pulsed with intense red light as trails of flame scattered from within it.

This isn't [Biological Nuclear Explosion], but [Nuclear Fusion Gaze], Chen Gu thought. Although the skill doesn't require contact, I feel that without it, it might not be enough to eliminate this formidable Meatball Mutant. So, he had smashed his fist into it, activating the skill on contact.

The Meatball Mutant still managed to rebound. It bounced weakly on the ground a few times before collapsing. It writhed, seemingly trying to suppress the terrible heat raging within, but dark red flames continuously drifted out from its body.

The wave-like, dark red stripes on its body continually opened and closed. Each stripe was like a mouth, emitting a deadly scream whenever it gaped open.

"ARGH—"

"ARGH—"

"ARGH—"

Every scream inflicted unbearable pain on the surrounding mercenaries, forcing them to clutch their heads. Yet, with each shriek, a torrent of dark red light, like an erupting volcano, surged from its body.

Xulong, already in agony from the screams, felt an even deeper pain in his heart.

Reflecting on it now, Chen Gu was right when he called Dou Mao 'senseless,' Xulong realized. If Chen Gu had stayed put, he would have killed the Meatball Mutant the moment it appeared!

Chen Gu hadn't been standing there aimlessly, getting in the way. He had intended to take the lead in the fight! Of everyone present, only he had the power to obliterate the Meatball Mutant with a single punch!

But because Dou Mao drove him away, Chen Gu actually left, and that directly led to Ming Yu's death!

Xulong understood clearly. His own hesitation had been partly due to Dou Mao's plea. But in reality, there had been no hope left for Ming Yu.

He had already fallen unconscious, lacking any willpower to fight the contamination. In such a state, Ming Yu was doomed to become a Mutant.

Chen Gu decisively did what I should have done!

The one responsible for Ming Yu's death wasn't Chen Gu. It was Dou Mao.

Dou Mao was quite beautiful. Several men in the group secretly admired her, looked after her, and indulged her, making her very favored. But at this moment, Xulong immensely regretted having someone like her on his team.

She's a curse!