Full-Time Public Enemy-Chapter 589 - Four Hundred Seventy-Two: A Two-Pronged Approach_2

"This is bad!" the site manager and the head of the security team exclaimed together, breaking into a run toward the arena. But it was already too late. As soon as they moved, a loud bang came from the direction of the arena.

BOOM!

The energy shield couldn't hold up and shattered instantly.

All sixteen high-power energy generators combusted at once.

The force of the energy pulses spewed forth had not yet been exhausted and continued upward at an angle, burning a transparent hole through the high roof of the stadium in an instant, revealing the starry sky outside!

The Octoped Specter's "Heavenly Execution" just froze above its own head.

Within the Immeasurable Stadium, the cheer that had been as loud as thunder was now replaced by silence so deep you could hear a pin drop.

The Combat Rooster staggered, then triumphantly stood up, flicked out a sharp claw, and pressed it against the forehead of the Octoped Specter, giving it a light push.

RUMBLE...

The immense Octoped Specter toppled down. Only then did the audience come back to their senses, erupting in cheers as explosive as the previous blast. Countless spectators excitedly pumped their fists.

Only those spectators located beneath the transparent hole in the roof were feeling trepidatious, looking up to judge whether the roof might collapse.

The Combat Rooster strutted proudly around the ring, responding to the cheers with waves of its claw. The damned bird was nearly beside itself with arrogance.

But Chen Gu's sense of impending danger surged alarmingly. He stepped out of his link device, crossed the arena, and headed straight for the opposite side.

The Combat Rooster looked perplexedly at its master as Chen Gu had just reached Kostia's link device when suddenly there was a loud bang, accompanied by a violent gust of wind. Caught off guard, Chen Gu was blown back and slammed heavily against the wall of the arena. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

CRACK—

Dense cracks appeared on the wall.

The audience gasped, uncertain of what had occurred in the arena.

Why did the battle continue even though the beast had clearly died? And how could Kostia's intervention be more terrifying than the beast itself? Chen Gu was blown away?

SQUEAK, CREAK, CREAK...

Out of Kostia's link device came a series of ear-grating metallic twisting sounds. Then, the thick alloy doors of the link device were twisted into a lump like paper by some force!

Kostia emerged from inside, but by now, he had completely transformed from his previous state.

The "oil-painted" totems on his face and neck were continuously spreading a black energy smoke into the air.

His body had grown many vile and nauseating extra tissues, just like the Octoped Specter.

Not only that, Kostia opened his mouth wide and easily chewed up the twisted alloy door in his hand and swallowed it.

The "consumption" had an immediate and noticeable effect; Kostia's body surface quickly took on a metallic sheen—the alloy door was rapidly absorbed, growing on his body surface as his "armor"!

Kostia appeared extremely hungry, his eyes glinting with a ravenous sparkle as he searched around, quickly setting his sights on the energy generators outside the arena.

He raised his hand, and his five fingers instantly transformed into five massive tentacles that shot out. As they flew, they divided further, forming sixteen strands. Each strand wrapped around an energy generator and pulled it back. Kostia then opened his mouth and voraciously began to eat.

Chen Gu's expression turned incredibly somber. Contamination!

He didn't know how the situation had escalated to this, but there was no doubt that Kostia was heavily contaminated with something from the Endless Realm!

This was going to be a disaster far surpassing the previous moss virus incident.

The moss virus, though terrifying, was easy to detect. But with tens of thousands of witnesses in the stadium, anyone who saw could be contaminated.

The task of clearing tens of thousands of people was daunting.

In front of the various live broadcast terminals, there were billions, even hundreds of billions of viewers! These people could also be contaminated!

Checking for contamination was much harder than testing for the moss virus. Furthermore, because it was a large-scale screening, there was a very real possibility of some slipping through the cracks—overlooking just one person could create a horrific disaster.

Chen Gu was truly enraged. Who was behind this? Such actions could overturn the entire human society! Depraved madness!

In front of the television, Fertos's mouth hung open. He knew his "brother" Kostia very well and was aware that Kostia would not have turned into this without a reason.

He suddenly turned his head, and in his hand appeared a high-power explosive energy pistol, its barrel thick as a child's fist, aiming at Fu Qianping. He grated his teeth and demanded, "What is going on?!"

Fu Qianping looked down at the weapon in his hand with scorn and lightly uttered a "Bang!"

The heads of Fertos and the two underlings behind him exploded simultaneously, scattering brain matter everywhere.

Fu Qianping remained undisturbed by the mess, still sitting there with gentlemanly poise, ready to continue watching the live broadcast.

But the next moment, the screen went completely dark.

The Alliance had urgently cut off the broadcast.

Fu Qianping let out a sigh of regret, stood up, walked over to the door, and went out.

On the arena, Kostia was still devouring the energy generators. By consuming these already damaged generators, he should be able to evolve the ability to generate an energy shield.

But how could Chen Gu simply watch him finish eating and evolving?