301. Chapter 300: Fallen! Hell on Earth!
"The Kakuhou after Dragon Transformation doesn't seem much different from before." He retracted his tentacle, then looked at the scarlet mass of flesh still faintly pulsing in his palm, unable to help but raise his head and split his mouth into a grin.
"Come on, let me experience the feeling of Dragon Transformation."
Xia Shang stuffed the mass of flesh into his mouth in one go. He didn't savor it, but swallowed it directly.
[Dragon Core is Fusing, current Progress is 2%]
Almost instantly, an unspeakable pain enveloped Xia Shang completely like a tide.
"Shit!"
He felt every piece of flesh and blood on his body being broken down and reassembled. The cells he had firmly controlled were now like wild beasts breaking free from restraint, beginning to proliferate wildly and without inhibition.
*Hiss!!* Two streams of white, high-temperature steam surged from the corners of Xia Shang's mouth. The steam rose upwards, causing immense pain to the Dragon in the Outside World.
At this moment, his body was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye. Whether it was muscle, bone, or internal organs, they were all growing continuously in a distorted state. Soon, he transformed from a normal build, swelling to five meters tall in the blink of an eye.
Large amounts of muscle accumulated on the surface of his body, forming an eggshell-like structure. However, the next second, several worm-like black tentacles burst out of the hard shell and plunged into the flesh and blood of the surrounding Dragon, sucking up the Dragon's flesh and blood nutrients like straws.
Gurgle, gurgle...
Spherical bulges appeared on the tubular tentacles, continuously transporting nutrients into the interior of the eggshell.
...
"Help! Help!!"
On the dilapidated Street, blood streams already flowed like rivers, and severed limbs and broken arms were almost everywhere, like a living hell.
"Damn it!"
Touka originally wanted to save a man, but she didn't expect the open ground in front of her to suddenly tremble. Immediately after, a flesh and blood Kagune extending from the Dragon drilled out from the Underground and devoured the man in one bite.
"Let's leave here first."
At the critical moment, Kuzen Yoshimura transformed into the Owl, raising his blade-like arms to block the tentacle's attack for Touka.
"These monsters are everywhere, where do we go?" Koma didn't expect that even after escaping the 11th Ward, they could still see the monster's tentacles.
"Just how big is this thing! Has all of Tokyo fallen?"
Koma said with some despair.
"Let's go to Tokyo 1st Ward, maybe the CCG knows something." Kuzen Yoshimura didn't want to get entangled with the tentacles, because even if he cut off the tentacles in front of him, he couldn't injure the tentacle's main body. Instead of wasting stamina here, it was better to leave and find a way to solve the problem.
But when they finally arrived at Tokyo 1st Ward and talked with Special Class Investigator Iwao Kuroiwa and others, they found that they were also completely unaware of the monster's appearance.
"The only thing we can confirm now is that the monster's identity is definitely related to ghouls, and the place it first appeared was in the 11th Ward. That's the Aogiri Tree's territory. The sudden appearance of the monster must be related to the Aogiri Tree and the King of Dark Mist. Maybe the monster was created by them."
Iwao Kuroiwa and others led the CCG Investigators, building a line of defense centered around the CCG Headquarters.
While directing the Investigators to shoot at the flesh and blood tentacles on the ground, Iwao Kuroiwa also took in refugees for shelter inside the Building.
"You stay here, I'm going to find Eto Yoshimura."
Kuzen Yoshimura thought of his daughter, the leader of the Aogiri Tree. She must know something.
Just then, a black sedan drove up from a distance.
"It's the Chairman's exclusive vehicle." A sharp-eyed Investigator exclaimed with surprise upon seeing the sedan.
Iwao Kuroiwa and the others immediately surrounded it.
But when the car window rolled down, they saw the dying Tsuneyoshi Washuu in the driver's seat.
It turned out that Nimura Furuta hadn't killed Tsuneyoshi Washuu, but had cut off his legs. His purpose was to let him keep his last breath and witness the Dragon's power with his own eyes.
"Rize Kamishiro... she turned into the Dragon. As long as she's dug out from inside the Dragon, the monster will collapse. Kuroiwa, come closer, I..."
Tsuneyoshi Washuu, who intended to recover from his injuries by devouring Iwao Kuroiwa, hadn't finished speaking.
A figure smashed down heavily from the air. *Boom!* The car roof was flattened directly. Tsuneyoshi Washuu inside was instantly turned into mashed flesh under the immense force of the impact. Bright red blood was seen slowly oozing out from under the car.
"This old geezer's life force is really tenacious. He's at death's door and still dares to leak information."
Roma Hoito, in her Kakuja Form, looked somewhat terrifying. Her lower body had transformed into a giant humanoid monster. The monster's head somewhat resembled the Peashooter from Plants vs. Zombies, except that its cylindrical mouth was filled with dense, sharp fangs.
"Roma Hoito."
Kuzen Yoshimura was naturally familiar with this little follower beside the King of Dark Mist. What surprised him was that the seemingly ordinary and harmless little girl was actually a ghoul with SSS-rank strength.
"Is the monster that appeared in Tokyo's 11th Ward something the King of Dark Mist created?" Kuzen Yoshimura asked in a deep voice.
"Guess?"
Roma Hoito giggled, looking behind her. "Alright, stop hiding and come out."
Several figures of varying heights walked out from the building ruins and appeared before everyone.
"What a cute and beautiful creature."
Looking at the flesh and blood tentacles rampaging through the Street, Nimura Furuta said with a look of intoxication.
"When will it release the toxin?" Koshou asked Nimura Furuta with a cold face.
"I don't know, maybe we have to wait until its transformation is complete."
Nimura Furuta smiled and greeted Kuzen Yoshimura and the others. "Good evening, everyone. I hope the Dragon's appearance hasn't affected your rest."
"I want to see the King of Dark Mist."
Kuzen Yoshimura ignored Nimura Furuta and walked up to Eto Yoshimura, saying in a low voice, "You've gone too far this time. Do you know how many humans and ghouls have been killed by the monster? They didn't commit any wrongdoings; they were living lives."
"I don't know where the King of Dark Mist is," Eto Yoshimura said indifferently, her face devoid of expression. "Only by destroying can new life be ushered in. I want to completely change this nonsensical world."
"Store Manager, look."
Koma suddenly pointed at the massive tentacle in the distance and exclaimed in surprise, "That thing seems to be injured."
They saw the flesh and blood Kagune that had drilled out of the ground collapse limply onto the ground, as if its strength had been drained, lying motionless.
Seeing this, Nimura Furuta quickly rushed over, his face filled with anxiety. "What's going on? How could my lovely Dragon be injured?"
"Could someone have injured the Dragon's main body?"
Worried about the Dragon's safety, Nimura Furuta anxiously sprinted towards the Dragon's location, disappearing from everyone's sight in just a few leaps.
(end of chapter)