283. Chapter 283 Fusion Progress 100, Feast of Gluttony!
"Open fire quickly!" a Lower-Class Investigator roared, looking up at the Ghouls diving down.
Suddenly, gunshots erupted inside the prison! The terrified Investigators raised their guns and aimed at the Ghouls in the air one after another, continuously pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang bang!!!
However, this time Aogiri Tree had sent elite members. Bullets hitting them were completely ineffective.
"Damn it! It's those beasts from Aogiri Tree!"
The unique totem printed on the back of their red robes allowed the Investigators to recognize the attackers instantly.
"Die!" As soon as the Aogiri Tree members landed, they launched their counterattack with sinister smiles. Kagune of various colors emerged from various parts of their bodies, then, like cutting melons and vegetables, they wantonly slaughtered the Investigators within the prison.
They were like wolves charging into a flock of sheep.
The sheep had almost no ability to resist and could only watch helplessly as their companions fell into the blood one by one.
"Where is your control center?"
Xia Shang, enduring the bullets shooting from all directions, walked unhurriedly towards an Investigator.
"How is this possible?" The young Investigator looked at Xia Shang, who was ignoring the bullets and walking towards him step by step, with a face full of astonishment, and exclaimed.
It must be known that the bullets in their firearms were not ordinary bullets, but a special type of ammunition called Q Bullet, mixed with dissolved Kagune and Quinque Steel. Although its hardness was not enough to pierce a Ghoul's Kagune, it was more than sufficient to pierce a Ghoul's flesh and blood.
"Nothing is impossible." Xia Shang, with a calm expression, raised his hand and caught an incoming bullet, then placed it between his thumb and index finger and gently squeezed. He saw that the originally extremely hard bullet, in Xia Shang's hand, was like soft rubber and was easily flattened.
"I'll ask again, where is your control center?" Xia Shang flicked the metal piece away.
Swish! A blood mark immediately appeared on the young Investigator's right face. Immediately after, several tiny blood drops seeped out from it.
Sensing the pain, the young Investigator reached out and touched it, but saw his hand covered in blood.
He was instantly so scared that cold sweat streamed down, and at the same time, he subconsciously glanced towards a certain place.
"Thank you." Xia Shang immediately turned around and rushed towards the prison control room.
Boom! His right arm, transformed into a blade, instantly cut open the thick Iron Door. The controller who heard the commotion had just turned his head when he was pierced through the heart by the blade and killed On Stage.
Xia Shang came to the side of the corpse, pushed it aside, and then saw the red button pressed down by the corpse.
He pressed the button.
A slight tremor occurred inside the prison.
He saw that dozens of cells slowly rose to the first floor of the prison, then the Iron Doors above slowly opened to the sides.
The Ghouls who had been severely abused inside the prison, as soon as they gained freedom, rushed towards the Investigators with blood-red eyes to kill them.
At this moment, the Steel gate connecting to the lower level of the prison slowly closed, as if trying to isolate the prison, splitting it into two parts.
Seeing this, Tatara, who was watching from the side, after receiving the order from Sen Takatsuki, immediately flipped over the railing and jumped down. At the same time, four thick Bikaku emerged from his back, firmly propping open the Steel gate that was trying to close.
Then Xia Shang passed through the gap and arrived at the depths of the prison.
He raised his hand and waved, and countless pitch-black bone spikes shot out like bullets. In the blink of an eye, the ground was covered with corpses.
On the other side, Rize Kamishiro met the Special Class Investigator responsible for guarding Cochlea, Shibashi Haizaki.
Without a word, Shibashi Haizaki used the Quinque weapon in his hand and launched an attack on Rize Kamishiro. Four flesh and blood Kagune resembling giant petals directly devoured Rize Kamishiro. As the Quinque writhed, a pool of bloody water gradually seeped out from under the mass of flesh.
"Idiot, don't you know Cochlea is my territory?" Shibashi Haizaki stepped forward proudly to check the results of the battle.
Unexpectedly, the next second.
The huge mass of flesh and blood formed by the petals suddenly broke, and several blood-red Rinkaku shot out from within, suddenly piercing through Shibashi Haizaki's body. Shibashi Haizaki, whose vital points were pierced, widened his eyes and looked at Rize Kamishiro before him in disbelief.
"You don't look tasty at all." Rize Kamishiro, with a look of disgust, threw the half-bald Shibashi Haizaki aside, then picked up the Quinque on the ground and played with it for a bit. After devouring the Kakuhou inside, she casually threw it onto Shibashi Haizaki's corpse.
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On the way to find Matasaka Kamishiro, Xia Shang encountered several Ghouls who didn't know better and actually tried to attack him. Unlike the upper level of the prison, the lower level of the prison held a group of S-Rank Ghouls and above.
"The former leader of the 6th ward, Matasaka Kamishiro, huh." An S-Rank Ghoul chuckled.
"Sorry, I don't know him, and I'm not interested in knowing him."
Bang! Four Ghouls launched a surprise attack simultaneously. One of them transformed his right arm into a blue Kagune and wrapped it around Xia Shang's neck.
The other two used their Kagune to control Xia Shang's arms respectively.
As for the last yellow-haired Ghoul.
He grinned, and with a fierce gaze, thrust his hand-blade towards Xia Shang's heart.
Clang! The Kagune blade, whose hardness was comparable to steel, fiercely stabbed into Xia Shang's chest but produced the sound of metal colliding.
The yellow-haired Ghoul's expression suddenly changed. Reflexively, he looked at Xia Shang in horror.
"Good teamwork, but unfortunately your strength is a bit weak." Before the yellow-haired Ghoul could retract his Kagune blade, a several-meter-long monstrous tentacle shot out from Xia Shang's chest.
Boom!! The tentacle pierced through half of the yellow-haired Ghoul's head, then a thin blade grew from one side and spun around Xia Shang. In an instant, three pillars of blood spurted out from the necks of the three headless corpses.
This scene terrified the other Ghouls nearby. They stood rooted to the spot with nervous expressions, looking at each other.
"Which leader is that guy? I don't think I've seen him before."
"Not sure, but his rank is definitely S-Rank or higher."
After devouring the Kakuhou inside the four corpses, Xia Shang's Fusion Progress on his panel had already reached 98%.
"Does anyone know where Matasaka Kamishiro's cell is?" Xia Shang asked.
Seeing that no one answered, he said to himself, "Since no one knows, then you can just become my nourishment."
Boom!!! The black tentacle that had just emerged, at extremely high speed, turned into a lightning bolt. In just a few breaths, it successively pierced through the bodies of five Ghouls. Relying on the Kakuhou inside them, Xia Shang's Fusion Progress jumped to 100%!
But this was far from over.
At this moment, Xia Shang was like the mother of a flesh and blood plant, growing dozens or even hundreds of terrifying vines. Each one resembled an extremely hungry giant python, continuously devouring the Ghouls present.
"Cannibalism! That guy wants to eat all of us!"
Xia Shang's actions terrified the Ghouls who had just come out of their cells. While dodging the incoming tentacles, they looked up towards the gap in the Steel gate.
(End of Chapter)