Chapter 242 - 243: Corruption Detected!
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A few days passed as they continued venturing to the borders of the Naturehive; nothing significant happened... just hard sessions and some exhibitions.
Helen completely became his fuck buddy to the core, as she was begging for more pounding, even spreading her own pussy for him to fuck.
What about her husband? Well, she had already forgotten him and moved to the next step of her life... a fuck buddy to Quinn, that is.
"Hoh, I think I’m living in heaven every single second with this kind of view." Quinn marveled at the view presented in front of him.
Five pussies arched above, in a doggy style position with overflowing milky white cum.
All five MILFs were thoroughly wasted, as Quinn never stopped pounding for a few days straight.
Lyra and Zero also devoured most of the stockpiled cores. Lyra absorbed a total of 15 cores in one sitting before she reached her limit. While Zero sucked down almost 10 cores because of their lower tier rank.
As of now, Lyra’s stats reached 1500+ all, while Zero bridged the gap to 1400+ all.
Now officially, Lyra had the highest stats within the flock, but obviously, she couldn’t defeat Alice or Zero.
She lacked fighting experience, so it was hard for her to come close to the two—even harder when Zero blended into the darkness and Alice used her series.
"With this kind of pace, we can reach the border tomorrow... not bad." The map feature of the system was really handy; he could see his current location and the distance from the place live.
Quinn still needed to enter the dead zone. It was necessary for him to enter that in order to reach those Naturehive people who lived under the protection of that dead zone—it was quite unique how that family secluded their people, but a genius act nonetheless.
The dead zone consisted of beasts, around Tier 5 to Tier 7. Those beasts were no pushovers, as they were monstrous entities who could level the ground with their power.
Of course, Quinn didn’t have any death wish; his goal was not the real dead zone, but rather the perimeter, or the outskirts of the real deal. He was simply going to pass through, and the only way was the outskirts.
’Hmm, what’s that?’ Quinn turned his head, as he could sense something.
It was moving so fast that it would hit their current location in a minute.
"Finally..." Quinn smiled wickedly... then, like a spring, he jumped onto the top of Neko.
Neko created a layered coat of fur as hard as black steel for him, and used her other fur to cover the MILFs.
Boommmm!!!
The sound was devastating—so loud that the fur dented where his feet formed, while glowing a bright red.
Fwooshhh!!!!!
Quinn flew, faster than a bullet, as the object or being that was approaching could be seen like a small dot.
Then...
BOOMMMM!!!
The impact formed a massive ball of sound waves, expanding further as the surroundings turned into a complete mess. The trees that once stood tall turned into dried logs, and the grass was left completely black.
’What is that?..’ Quinn was shocked to see that his hands were surrounded by a blob of black... like a corruption that was trying to devour him.
Unfortunately for the blob, it died and fell to the ground as Quinn used his purple Fiery Fire, destroying the blob and sending it into nothingness.
"Growlll!!!!"
The being was like a rotting creature; it wasn’t recognizable anymore because every part of its body was like mud as the black matter flowed over it.
Ding!
[ Corruption Detected! ]
[ Tier 5 Corruption! ]
"Ohh, so it’s really a corruption." Quinn felt a sense of familiarity with the blob—it was like one of those mind-control powers that the beings from above used to control and devour the minds of slaves in the Crucible.
The blob didn’t wait for another eternity, as it lunged its body forward. Every time it moved, the surroundings rotted, as if the land itself was rejecting the existence of the being.
"Heh, let’s warm up now, my sword," Quinn mumbled, as he brought out his Bringer blade for the first time since escaping the Crucible.
Slashh!!!!!
Quinn didn’t hesitate and cut the corruption clean into two.
"Ohh, so it won’t die just like that." He was not surprised that the being split into two and was still alive... it was just smaller compared to the first one.
"Growlll!!"
The blob attacked again. There were two now... and they were also moving much faster.
"Severing Cut.." Quinn used his old skill, cutting the two pieces again... but he coated the sword this time with his fire.
Shriekkk!!!!
The corruption made a desperate cry as the fire slowly devoured their bodies... burning outward from where the cuts hit.
"I really love this fire.."
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The purple flames hissed furiously, devouring the black mud-like mass down to its very core. The corruption writhed, squirming on the scorched earth as it tried to pull itself together, but Quinn’s fire proved far too lethal.
Within seconds, the dark energy dissolved into nothing more than thin wisps of foul smoke that scattered into the wind.
Quinn casually flicked his wrist, resting the broad blade of Bringer over his shoulder as he looked down at the burned crater.
The ground around it was completely dead, stripped of all life and mana, leaving behind a brittle, pitch-black crust.
"Tier 5 corruption acting as a scout," Quinn muttered under his breath, his eyes narrowing as he scanned the treeline ahead.
"Looks like someone is deliberately spreading this stuff around the perimeter to keep people out—or to trap whatever is hiding inside."
Quinn was satisfied to see that the fires always worked like a wonder; it never disappointed him at all.
Fwoshhh!!! Ka-boooom!!
Before Quinn could celebrate an easy kill, another blob struck, causing a major corruption to the surroundings.
’What kind of shit are those?’ Quinn thought. He was confused as blobs of black beings started falling like rain!
Booomm!! Boommm!! Ka-boooom!
"Growled!!!"
"Plwesddesd!!!! Helppwwsss!"
"Killwws meee!!!"
Beings lunged at him like rockets, not caring about the mess in the surroundings.