Otherworldly Affairs Office

Chapter 1059: Reaching an Agreement

Upon hearing these words, Di Xin and Ivan calmed down. This fellow, who always considered himself superior, surprisingly admitted his mistake today. Facing questioning looks from his companions, Nero sighed and said, "Although I don’t want to say it, the facts are right in front of me. I have to admit that I can’t defeat Pei Yan alone! Whether it’s the teacher’s order or for the sake of your and my dignity, we cannot afford to lose this match. Just now, I chose to retreat for my own interests. I assure you that such a thing won’t happen again in the upcoming battle, and I also hope you will give your all, disregard personal damage, and cooperate fully. Only then can we defeat Pei Yan.""Not defeat!" Nero looked up at Pei Yan, who stared back with disdain, and gritted his teeth, saying, "It’s annihilation! Today, he came to us himself. Such a great opportunity, if we cannot completely annihilate him, he will not only become a severe threat to the organization but also a Heart Demon within us! From now on, we will be like the useless Shitang Longsi, forever unable to shake off his psychological suppression!"

"He’s right, put away those petty thoughts of competition between us. Pei Yan is a worthy opponent for us to go all out against, no matter what, we must ensure he dies here today!" Ivan nodded after hearing Nero’s words, placing his hand on a pillar closest to him, as a large amount of source energy poured from his body and spread outwards.

"Good! If you say he’s worthy, then he’s worthy, I have no objections! So, how should we fight this battle?" Di Xin, seeing the two had expressed their stance and feeling a surge of malicious fire within, turned to Nero in agreement.

"Among the three of us, I’m the only one who can engage him in close combat without suffering a crushing defeat! You two are slightly inferior, so you must avoid close conflict with him as much as possible, especially you, Ivan! In the upcoming battle, I’ll focus on close combat entanglement, Di Xin you assist from the side, and Ivan you roam outside to support! Maintain this formation for offense and defense assistance!"

"Then it’s settled! I’m ready! Can we start?" Nero said, as Ivan lifted his hand from the pillar and asked.

"Start!"

Upon the command, Ivan snapped his fingers loudly, and instantly, the pillars scattered around the scene crumbled, and the debris that scattered through the air completed a reformation before reaching the ground. Packs of winged, white-fanged hellhounds sprinted towards Pei Yan, who was still suspended in mid-air.

Facing the hellhounds surging towards him like a raging tide and the three opponents hidden within the canine masses, Pei Yan stood motionless as his mechanical body split into countless tiny holes, from which large volumes of unknown gases tilted out.

The nearest creatures to Pei Yan were the hellhounds formed from the fractured pillars beneath him. These hellhounds met the gases first upon reaching Pei Yan. The leading hellhound had already raised its sharp claws to touch the mech armor of Pei Yan’s chest, but couldn’t manage to claw down. Its sharp fingertips slid powerless over the defensive array, and the entire hellhound flipped its eyes, foaming at the mouth, and fell with a swoosh.

With the first come the second; the hellhounds that had been imposing like swarms of locusts were now dropping like dumplings, rolling their eyes and falling from the air, contrasting sharply with Nero and the other three rising figures hidden amongst them.

This rapid change caught the three who just forged an offense-defense alliance off guard, suspended mid-air, avoiding being hit by the deadly hellhounds, perplexed by the method Pei Yan used to instantly eliminate all the hellhounds.

Until a strange odor entered Nero’s nose, startling him, seeing the speed at which the source energy around him was being consumed, indicating an attack of unknown circumstances.

Strengthening his defenses, Nero took a light breath, whereupon a sharp pain pierced his nerves, immediately realizing what happened, he held his breath, began self-healing, and loudly warned, "It’s poison gas! Damn! How many types of poison gas did Pei Yan release altogether? It’s having such a profound effect on us!"

Early during the hellhounds’ fall, outsiders watching were confused, but Engineer Li laughed and explained to those beside him, "This is also the result of our transformation. Pei Yan himself possesses gas abilities, with various poison gases and combustible gas samples already stored within him. During this transformation, other planes knowing this, contributed their poison samples used in their Mechanical Puppets, along with the amplification of the Poison Array. These gases mixed together have reached levels that are corrosive, toxic, and flammable, all three. Except for Pei Yan, who remains unaffected, a regular person inhaling a single breath will die instantly, and even a deeply poisoned Cultivator is hard to rescue, as even Pei Yan has no so-called antidote!"

As Engineer Li finished introducing Pei Yan’s ability, its impact was perfectly displayed, with the scattered hellhound corpses being continuously corroded by the poison gas, leading to skin splitting and turning into a pool of sludge, losing any chance of reformation!

"Pei Yan, this method is too ruthless!"

Hearing Wang Wenze murmuring, a male researcher standing behind him for observation questioned, "Isn’t it appropriate to be ruthless against enemies? Should one show leniency?"

Upon hearing this, Engineer Li glanced at his subordinate, understanding Wang Wenze’s point—that this method is a massively destructive weapon, highly favored for external combat. However, once war ends and peace reigns, someone like Pei Yan will be displayed and set aside, the halls would certainly provide him the most generous living conditions and certain privileges, but correspondingly, his freedom would be confined.

"Ah!" Wang Wenze didn’t consider such far-reaching thoughts; after a sigh, he explained, "You don’t know! Ivan’s attacks are particularly troublesome; hidden within these hellhounds is source energy that drives people insane, plunging them into slaughter. With every kill, this source energy infiltrates the killer more. Now the number of hellhounds Pei Yan has killed exceeds Lin Xunrou’s several times over. Even if Pei Yan was aware of this and took precautions beforehand, I still worry about the source energy entering his body."

Upon hearing this, Engineer Li and others became concerned, and Ye Ruozai, standing aside, assumed a solemn expression and said, "You don’t need to worry about this."

"Oh? Pei Yan has made precautions perfectly resisting the source energy invasion?" Wang Wenze asked delightedly, as presently, only Ye Ruozai possessed the ability to perceive subtle changes on the battlefield.

"No, Pei Yan is absorbing all the Power of Origin of madness and slaughter into his body!"

"What?" Wang Wenze exclaimed, his expression turning grim as he hurriedly approached the stage edge, just as Ye Ruozai said, seeing Pei Yan extending his arms, releasing large amounts of poison gas while wildly absorbing the slaughter source energy emitted from the fallen hellhounds into his body.