Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 564 - 562: Seizing the Crystal

Chapter 564: Chapter 562: Seizing the Crystal

Observing from the sidelines in a battle of tigers is actually a very dangerous endeavor. Although it is said that when two tigers fight, one is bound to get hurt, the tigers aren’t fools—they won’t let bystanders pick up a bargain that easily. More likely, they would tear the spectators to shreds before the battle even begins.

Just like Wen Wen now, if he hadn’t been hiding the strength of his Disaster Upper Order, he might have already been killed by the three subordinates of Merry Troublemaker.

These three guys, although seeming like clowns and their moves quite ludicrous, were not easy to deal with.

The Bicyclist had truly achieved unity with his bike, riding the thin bicycle as if it were a top-grade warhorse. With the Red Tassel Spear, he created trails of afterimages, and Wen Wen could have been turned into a sieve if he had been slightly careless.

The top-like man and pumpkin man, each had monotonous tactics, but if a person has only one tactic, then they are definitely very skilled at it. Their coordinated long-range and close-range attacks also caused some trouble for Wen Wen.

The most critical thing was that Wen Wen could neither win nor lose; he had to fight them to a standstill.

Once Wen Wen won against these three, Red Beard and Merry Troublemaker would likely join forces to deal with Wen Wen first. Currently, in the Sanctuary, Wen Wen was the only one with the Disaster Upper Order strength, and even releasing other monsters wouldn’t be of much use.

If he lost... these three guys could also kill someone!

So Wen Wen could only maintain a delicate balance, carefully fighting these three.

In the process of fighting with them, Wen Wen felt that his control over strength was becoming increasingly effortless.

Initially, he had to use the power of Shark Strongman, focus his mind, and tense his nerves to manage a draw with the trio without arousing their suspicion.

But as the fight continued, Wen Wen used less and less strength, and eventually, he simply didn’t use the Shark Strongman Physique. Instead, he used only Dark Matter combined with Qin Shuang’s Evil Ghost Physique to easily withstand the three of them.

He even had the spare time to observe the fight between Merry Troublemaker and Red Beard.

The strength Wen Wen used mostly came from other monsters, but the experience he accumulated while using this strength was entirely his own.

And although he had possessed strength for less than a year, looking across the entire Hunters Association, there was probably no one like Wen Wen, who had the opportunity to experience such a diverse range of powers.

While Wen Wen was gaining experience using Merry Troublemaker’s three subordinates on one side, there was a change in the fight between Merry Troublemaker and Red Beard on the other side.

Although both were of the Disaster Upper Order, Merry Troublemaker, being a battle-hardened leader of a Secret Organization, possessed abilities that appeared ludicrous but were extremely powerful in combat. Even Wen Wen was not sure he could defeat him.

Red Beard, however, was just a Craftsman. His Supernatural Power and experience were not geared towards combat.

Initially, Red Beard could still hold a temporary advantage with various unusual gadgets, but once Merry Troublemaker familiarized himself with Red Beard’s fighting style, it became difficult for Red Beard to maintain his edge.

Matilda, led astray by Wen Wen to cause trouble, was firmly entangled by one mecha, while the coordinated attack of other toys kept Red Beard from raising his head.

No matter how strong Red Beard was, he was still a living being and could get fatigued from intense fighting, but those toys wouldn’t tire!

Merry Troublemaker, with several rotor blades on his back flying in the sky, didn’t even have to personally deal with Red Beard and had already left Red Beard gasping for air.

After a while, Merry Troublemaker seemed to get a bit impatient. He then took out a building model the size of a rotary head and threw it at Red Beard. When the model left his hand, it transformed into a giant plastic building.

Red Beard roared, flames bursting forth from his body as he forcefully withstood the plastic building.

But what he didn’t notice was that, hidden inside this plastic building, were more than a dozen winged elf dolls.

These little creatures took advantage of Red Beard’s full concentration on the building, quietly flew behind him, and stealthily took the Sword Qi Crystal!

Red Beard’s body temperature was extremely high, and to take away the Sword Qi Crystal, only two of the dozen elf puppets were left, but they still stole the Sword Qi Crystal.

When Red Beard crawled out from the ruins, he found all the toy armies had stopped moving, and the Merry Troublemaker stood in the sky, holding the pearly white Sword Qi Crystal in his hand.

Only at this moment did Red Beard realize that the Sword Qi Crystal that had been tucked behind his lower back had already been taken by the Merry Troublemaker!

"Despicable fellow," Red Beard said as he glared and blew his beard, "if you have the ability, defeat me fair and square and then take it from me. What skill is there in stealing it with petty tricks?"

The Merry Troublemaker snorted lightly, his eyes filled with disdain for Red Beard.

"You probably don’t even know what this thing is. Even if I gave it to you, you’d probably just want to forge it into a sword, but that would be a waste of its potential."

"If I had had it in my hand earlier, do you think you could have fought me for so long?"

He grasped the hilt of the Sword Qi Crystal, pointing the tip at Red Beard, then a pearly white Sword Qi burst from the crystal, heading straight for Red Beard.

"Not good!"

Red Beard immediately placed two shields in front of him and went into full defense.

The Sword Qi collided with the shields, creating a grating sound, after which Red Beard’s shields were shattered one by one, and finally, the Sword Qi slashed across his chest, leaving a long wound.

Red Beard spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and looked at the Merry Troublemaker in horror; he could indeed directly channel the power of the Sword Qi Crystal!

A single strike had injured him; it exceeded the scope of the Disaster Upper Order and belonged to the power of the Disaster True Sequence!

Realizing this, Red Beard no longer wished to clash head-on with the Merry Troublemaker, and instead, he suddenly rushed to Matilda’s side and plunged his hand into her chest.

Matilda, still in battle, shattered completely, turning into a mass of filth that Red Beard held in his hand.

Finally, Red Beard gave the Merry Troublemaker an angry look, rushed into his factory, and fled with the Sword Embryo.

"He knows his place, at least," the Merry Troublemaker commented, not pursuing further but instead turning his gaze towards Wen Wen, who was fighting his subordinate, and the three cyclists backed away, leaving Wen Wen in place.

Wen Wen shrugged at the Merry Troublemaker and said, "Would you believe me if I said I was just passing by and stirring up trouble?"

The Merry Troublemaker was expressionless and pointed the sword tip at Wen Wen.

"Alright, it seems you don’t believe me."

Wen Wen snapped his fingers and vanished on the spot, utilizing his spatial teleportation ability.

Red Beard couldn’t withstand the Sword Qi, and naturally, neither could Wen Wen; now, the Merry Troublemaker, able to wield the power of the Sword Qi Crystal, was simply invincible.

However, Wen Wen didn’t go far but instead appeared atop a nearby chimney.

He was indeed curious to see what changes would occur with the Merry Troublemaker after acquiring the Sword Qi Crystal; the waters of the Sword Qi Crystal were very deep, and the Merry Troublemaker who got it was just a sacrifice, after all.