Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 374 - 372 Strength Barrier

Chapter 374: Chapter 372 Strength Barrier

Tao Qingqing was now in a deep, unconscious slumber, her body as if nurturing a tremendous energy inside.

Wen Wen was very familiar with this kind of sleep, as he too had fallen into such a slumber when he advanced from Catastrophe Level to Disaster Level.

If she could successfully advance, it would be equivalent to Wen Wen acquiring another Disaster Level monster without needing to fight!

Moreover, the vampire constitution was the one Wen Wen had used the longest, and her transformation would make his ability usage even more adept.

Qin Shuang was now engulfed in a frenzy, somewhat disrecognizing everyone, even losing his fear of Wen Wen, though Wen Wen didn’t mind his rudeness at this time.

Although his body was charged with more energy than was appropriate for his level, it still wasn’t enough to elevate him to a Disaster Level ghost.

But Wen Wen knew how to facilitate his smooth advancement.

In Wen Wen’s possession were six fragments of a Human Demon Puppet; the residual strength on these fragments, while not as powerful as a complete Human Demon Puppet, was sufficient to give Qin Shuang a nudge in his advancement.

Wen Wen threw the six puppet fragments into Qin Shuang’s room and left, if it had been the old him, he would have definitely teased Qin Shuang with the fragments, but now he wasn’t in the mood for such games.

The news of his father being alive was like a huge boulder pressing on his heart, making it hard for him to focus on other things.

Next, he started testing the constitutions of those monsters. The abilities of Disaster Level demons were nothing remarkable, although they possessed many novel powers, they were just icing on the cake for Wen Wen.

The Catastrophic Demons were the real deal.

As a Catastrophic Mid-Sequence Demon, the Faceless Demon, along with other monsters, were confined in the Disaster Area.

Now the conditions of the Sanctuary were not as dire as before; there were food supplies and cooks, and even furniture in the cells, so the Faceless Demon and the Fear Hand Demon did not seem too miserable.

Honestly, becoming a prisoner was already much better than what they had expected, at least their lives were spared.

Moreover, the surprisingly comfortable prison environment exceeded their expectations. If it were up to them to imprison criminals, confining them in dark, damp cells full of rats and maggots, would have been considered merciful.

Wen Wen took a quick look and then proceeded to the central region of the Disaster Area; these demons could adapt to the environment quite easily, so they didn’t require his additional care.

Perhaps seeing less of him would even make them happier.

Wen Wen took a deep breath and then selected the Faceless Demon constitution from the prison cell numbers on his left wrist.

A fierce transformation began, and he couldn’t help but bend over from the pain, for it was the first time Wen Wen had experienced such intense pain while switching constitutions.

Gradually, Wen Wen’s skin began to move, and a purple glow covered his body’s surface. Then those purple glimmers turned into a mercury-like substance, and by the time Wen Wen stood up, he had already acquired the Faceless Demon constitution.

Having mastered this constitution, its combat capability was average among the Catastrophic Mid-Order Monsters, able to control a kind of purple-black energy for attacks.

In battle, it could mimic the appearance and abilities of an opponent, but this mimicry could not exceed a certain extent; if the opponent was an Upper Sequence superpower user, the mimicry would be in appearance only.

Even among Mid-Sequence Realm superpower users, if the opponent’s ability was particularly strong in one area, complete mimicry wouldn’t be possible.

In terms of combat, this ability could be described as somewhat underwhelming.

But the truly heaven-defying aspect of this ability is that it can perfectly mimic another person’s appearance and is not easily detected by others. With this ability, Wen Wen could transform into anyone at any time!

Then, Wen Wen changed the constitution of his right hand to that of the Fear Hand Demon, and with a slight flick of his wrist, the ten fingers of both hands became sharp long knives, which were exceedingly sharp and could release something similar to Sword Qi.

However, for Wen Wen, this was somewhat superfluous. He could achieve a similar effect with his sword, so this constitution could only serve as a backup identity.

Wen Wen used his newly acquired constitutions to spar with the Central Administrator of the Disaster Area, that gigantic Water Tadpole.

After reclaiming part of the Sanctuary’s authority that had been residing in Wen Li, several Central Administrators were free to move within this layer and could exert Disaster Level strength.

As for what extent Disaster Level strength actually was, Wen Wen had yet to figure out; no matter how he attacked, the Water Tadpole handled it with ease.

After fighting with the Water Tadpole for a while, Wen Wen stopped, his expression somewhat puzzled.

"Strange, the constitution of the Faceless Demon combined with that of the Fear Hand Demon should be stronger than a regular Faceless Demon, right? Why do I feel like the strength I can exert now is the same as that of a Faceless Demon?" Wen Wen frowned and muttered to himself.

"You have encountered a barrier to your strength,"

the Water Tadpole said politely. Its manner of speaking was quite unique, as each of the water tadpoles in its body emitted different sounds. These sounds mixed together and formed the voice that Wen Wen heard.

"A barrier to strength?" Wen Wen asked in confusion; it was his first time hearing such a term.

The Water Tadpole bowed slightly toward Wen Wen and then explained, "To put it in plain terms, you’ve encountered a bottleneck, or a limit. Relying solely on the power granted by others, you can, at most, reach the Disaster Intermediate Sequence. To go further, you must rely on your own efforts to improve."

"But in the Calamity Prison Supervisor state, I can use Catastrophe Level strength."

"That’s why you can only use that power within the Sanctuary. If your own strength reaches the ’True Sequence’ Level, you could take the Calamity Prison Supervisor’s power outside the Sanctuary."

After listening to the Water Tadpole, Wen Wen fell silent and then heaved a long sigh.

This meant that if he didn’t make a change, no matter how many monsters he collected, he could only possess at most Disaster Intermediate Sequence strength.

His own strength was like a bottle—no matter how much power was available externally, it could only hold as much as the bottle could contain.

Wen Wen could only forge his own container larger to receive more energy, and to contain more than Disaster Intermediate Sequence strength, Wen Wen needed to advance to Disaster Level strength himself.

His natural physical constitution, coupled with Frenzy and Nameless Swordsmanship, was enough to compete with an ordinary Disaster Level superpower user, or even overcome one in battle.

But in the end, none of those were genuine Superpower Strength; no matter how strong these abilities were, Wen Wen was not a true superpower user.

To advance to Disaster Level and possess the strength of a mythological creature, he must awaken the true Superpower Strength, but how to possess the true Superpower Strength was something Wen Wen still didn’t know.

"I’ll just take it one step at a time, actually, this isn’t too bad."

Wen Wen was downcast only briefly before his worries dissipated, and he even felt somewhat carefree.

If he remained weak while continually mastering powerful abilities, it would eventually become a significant hidden danger.

If he truly had no way to become a superpower user of the Assimilation Realm relying on himself, then it wouldn’t be bad to let his strength stay at this level.