Beastman.
This was Shawn's first time seeing such a non-human race.
Unlike other bizarre Transcendent events, the birth of non-human races stems from flesh mutation. They inherit the talents and abilities of both Transcendent races and even mythical races, gaining the power of those non-human races lost to history in a twisted manner.
Transcendents who successfully endure the 'Transformation Ritual' remove human registration and switch race templates.
Failures undergo severe flesh mutations, lose sanity, become mad, turning into a distorted monster.
Just as Mrs. Hecate said, all Transcendents are thieves; even those of the Warrior Sequence cannot rely on their own efforts to ascend. They must steal the Extraordinary Essence from other beings.
But some Extraordinary Essences are poisonous.
"Careful!" William's voice was low.
Upon hearing this, Shawn silently took a step back.
Those who lose control are incredibly dangerous!
The Extraordinary Essence within their bodies runs wild.
Boom!
Having completed his flesh mutation, Hans-the-Mole transformed completely into a frenzied and ferocious Beastman Warrior, directly lifting the stone slabs off the ground, hurling pieces weighing hundreds of pounds at Benjamin like cannonballs.
Benjamin's figure rolled and dodged instantly, the heavy stone slabs smashed into the fence, crashing the wall along with them in a thunderous noise.
"Such power!" Shawn's expression changed.
The opponent's terrifying brute force made him almost believe the monster before him was Hulk-like, a strength beyond common human understanding, as the beastman directly broke off the nearby railing, then swung a stone column weighing hundreds of pounds at Benjamin.
The ground shook.
In a whirlwind of dust, the beastman's body swelled further; it seemed like a small giant nearly three meters tall, muscles even seemed alive, the dark green skin could no longer restrain its violent brute force. In scattered blood, its skin cracked bit by bit, finally bursting dramatically due to the exaggerated muscles.
——Slayer [Flesh Mutation].
The most primitive beast nature replaced humanity, crimson pupils faintly glowing, it lifted a hand to tear off the cracked skin from its face, revealing blood-soaked facial muscles.
"Is this what happens when a Transcendent loses control?"
Shawn gazed at the terrifying monster before him, whose skin mostly had burst, like Devil's muscular man.
Bang bang bang!
A fierce firefight erupted.
Shawn and William simultaneously fired when the captain distracted the target's attention, bullets densely hitting the monster's body, flesh flying in all directions.
But it didn't die.
The monster had extremely tenacious Life Force; after being hit by more than ten bullets, it could still counterattack, roaring dully, shaking Shawn's head with a hum. Had William not pulled him away at the critical moment, Shawn might have been hit by the debris tossed by the monster.
A swift figure appeared amidst the flying dust.
Benjamin's shadow flickered like an elusive ghost, darting out instantly. He drew his umbrella, a flash of cold light appeared, and the sharp rapier pierced through the monster's skull, its massive body collapsing immediately.
One-shot kill! Neat and clean!
The monster's corpse began to gradually dissolve, muscles bursting like bubbles, eventually leaving only a hunchbacked deformed human corpse.
"Are you all alright?" Benjamin's gentle voice sounded.
He slipped the rapier back into the umbrella, walking toward Shawn and the others.
"No…" Shawn wasn't hurt, just had dust on his clothes. He was about to answer but suddenly froze, having seen Benjamin's shadow move.
Careful!
There was no time for Shawn to alert; Benjamin's shadow suddenly wriggled like a living thing, transforming into a slender and graceful female silhouette, emerging from the shadow. A deep cold light stabbed straight at Benjamin's heart.
Blood spattered!
The pitch-black blade silently pierced through Benjamin's heart, blood gushing out as soon as the blade was withdrawn.
"Captain!" William's figure pounced forward.
Shawn, without hesitation, drew his gun and fired, while an Invisible Hand also extended from behind him.
Everything happened too suddenly.
Benjamin's figure slowly fell, and there was still a hint of lingering astonishment on his handsome face.
Shawn could not capture the figure of his target at all, because she disappeared into the shadows again, and then the next second, he saw a flying head, that bizarre, ghostly shadow appeared behind William, she swept out from the shadows, and two snake-shaped daggers gleaming with cold light directly severed William's neck.
Gushing blood, like a waterfall!
William's headless body fell with a thud.
At that moment, Shawn felt a piercing chill, as if a hand had clenched his heart. When he reacted, he suddenly found it extremely difficult to breathe. He reached for his neck, a severe pain struck, his palm was instantly cut, accompanied by splattering blood, it was then he saw a thin silver spider thread, invisible to the naked eye, quietly wrapped around his neck.
The sharp spider thread directly severed Shawn's palm, then cut through his trachea, slid across the cervical vertebra, a bloodstain first appeared on the skin surface of Shawn's neck, followed by spurts of blood gushing out madly.
Finally, he saw his own headless corpse.
It was then he clearly saw the appearance of that deep shadow, a dark-skinned female figure like black jade, silver hair flowing, crimson eyes changing, with an extremely enchanting and seductive face carrying a trace of ruthless, mocking smile.
He was dead.
.........
"Are you guys okay?" Benjamin's gentle voice sounded.
Shawn seemed to wake up suddenly from a nightmare, unable to think of anything, instinctively drew his gun aiming at Benjamin in the front.
"What are you doing?" William reacted quickly, his face full of astonishment, reaching out to seize Shawn's handgun.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Shawn pulled the trigger in an instant, and Benjamin, not far away, was also full of astonishment, but the next second his expression changed dramatically, choosing not to evade Shawn's bullets, he quickly turned, the umbrella in his hand sweeping towards his rear.
This was the second time Shawn triggered Death Retrospect.
Compared to the previous trigger, his reaction speed was faster, making a decisive choice without hesitation.
A muffled groan of pain came from Benjamin's shadow, and then a sharp ghostly light rushed, directly stabbing towards Benjamin's heart, but this time she was a step slower, the sharp blade in her hand was swept a distance away by the umbrella, the cold gleam directly penetrated Benjamin's right chest.
Though still severely injured, it wasn't a fatal blow!
Blood seeped out from the shadow.
Shawn's bullet hit the target, at this moment William also reacted, quickly drawing his gun to shoot at the shadow.
But this time, all the bullets hit the ground.
"Captain!" William leapt to protect the severely injured Benjamin.
Benjamin's face was a bit pale, he unhesitatingly rushed towards Shawn's position, while moving at high speed, he placed his right hand over the wound, and then the crazily gushing blood stopped, the blood-soaked wound on his back had already disappeared, through the torn clothes a glimpse of fair skin could be seen.
Meanwhile, in the palm of Benjamin's left hand, a terrifying piercing wound appeared.
Blood continued to drip from the palm.
A sliver of silver flowing light sliced through the air, almost brushing past Shawn's ear.
Hair flying.
Clang!
The crisp sound of cold weapon collision, shaking Shawn's ears numb.
A pitch-black snake-shaped dagger was intercepted, Benjamin instantaneously grabbed the unresponsive Shawn, turning his sword into a flood of sword light, directly forcing back that ghostly shadow.
"Deceitful Technique?!" An enchanting female voice echoed.
In the shadow, a tall and graceful figure emerged, as if suddenly traversing space, appearing several meters away in the shadow.
Sizing up the wound on Benjamin's left palm, her expression under the shadow appeared quite grave.
Benjamin's complexion regained a hint of color, the wound on his right chest had completely disappeared, he reached out to shield Shawn behind him, his gaze firmly locked onto the enchanting figure ahead, and said slowly: "Ghost-faced Assassin!"
A breeze brushed past.
Under the curtain of shadow, that enchanting, graceful figure suddenly disappeared, as if she had never existed at all.
"She's invisible."
Benjamin's gaze seemed to be capturing something, his lips moved slightly, he whispered: "Can you see her?"
On hearing this, Shawn unhesitatingly removed his Confusion.
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