What the hell? Say that again, what are you trying to do?
Faced with Leon's "cannibalistic declaration," not only did the minds of the Cleaners go blank, but even Xuebai, far underground, couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise.
No... the so-called conjectures just now were all me pre-setting a stance and then forcing it based on your performance! The things I casually made up, how could you even admit to them?
"I knew it... Get him!"
Seeing that Leon actually directly admitted his judgment, the middle-aged man, temporarily the first "wise man" of the Aquarius Branch, could not help but shout fiercely and prepared to leap forward.
And with his shout, those Aquarius Branch Cleaners who were originally hesitant suddenly took out their main battle abnormal objects, ready to employ their techniques.
Some transformed into beasts and roared at the sky, some cut their wrists for long-distance curses, some had strange runes emerge from their bodies and silently drifted into the ground, some stripped off their clothes, revealing densely packed eyes on their chest, coldly staring over...
Honestly, the level seems quite decent?
After giving a good evaluation of the average quality of the Aquarius Branch Cleaners, Leon silently switched out to the [Arcane Inheritor (Sagittarius)] and then, under the confused gazes of the Aquarius Branch Cleaners, raised his hand and gave a light clap.
"Buzz!"
As the invisible wave spread out with the clapping sound, the Cleaners of the Aquarius Branch were extremely shocked to find that their main battle abnormal objects started twisting uncontrollably.
No matter the original shape of these abnormal objects, whether flesh creations or wooden, stone, mechanical constructs, all began to blacken and swell, growing into masses of writhing, tangled flesh, subsequently emerging with three hideous black dog heads.
Following the Shooter Board's teachings on the activation method of the [Abnormal Enhancement] technique from the Sagittarius Palace, Leon actively opened himself, linking to all surrounding abnormal objects, and collectively gave them an "Abnormal Enhancement".
All abnormal objects around with a Contamination Value lower than Leon were simultaneously polluted by the entity named "Leon," losing their original "self," forcefully polluted into three-headed hellhounds, and, in the terrified eyes of the Cleaners, roared and tore towards their original owners.
"No!!!"
"Help! Save me!"
"Throw it away! Drop what's in your hand... ah!!!"
The pouncing and biting of those ferocious hellhounds, although causing no physical harm to the Cleaners, seemed to drag away something more crucial from them, growing rapidly with "feeding".
Merely two to three breaths later, apart from the middle-aged man held back by a female Cleaner with tree roots and did not rush over in the first instance, all Cleaners of the Aquarius Branch had been entirely knocked down by the black dogs.
Not bad, that trip to the Sagittarius Palace wasn't in vain.
Watching the Cleaners who instantaneously lost their abnormal objects and were subdued by the swelling three-headed black dogs, Leon couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.
During my participation in the Five Palaces Selection, although I didn't learn the [Abnormal Enhancement] technique of the Sagittarius Palace, it wasn't a complete bust.
Especially after being influenced by the meal aroma of [Sis, I don't want to work hard], my Self-Contamination Value surpassed the first level, so abnormal objects with a value below 36, once they came close to the range of the Shooter Secret Skill, they were pure cannon fodder, utterly without resistance.
Hmm... Considering this time the "fodder" struggled quite intensely, I'll need to exert a little more strength.
Glancing at the two "bites" that temporarily resisted and fought against the three-headed black dogs, Leon apologetically nodded at them, then pulled out the thorn-covered [Hand of Screams], helping their fear-filled eyes to wear it, and made them shake hands.
"Ah!"
Accompanied by the screams piercing the soul, the two Cleaners who were still stubbornly resisting were instantly knocked down by the black dogs, and as the soul power of a group of Cleaners was absorbed, the three-headed black dogs formed from abnormal objects started swelling rapidly.
Among them, the two dogs with the fastest growing figures even combined into one head, directly lifted the terrified screaming Cleaner under them with a snap of their neck, swallowed whole, then joyfully returned to Leon's side, merging into his body like returning home.
...
What... what kind of ghostly thing is this?!!!
Looking at Leon, who relied on the [Shooter Secret SkillยทLeon Limited Edition] eerie and horrific pollution effect, easily wiping out the entire Aquarius Branch, whether it was the female Cleaner who trapped the middle-aged man or the middle-aged man bound by tree roots, they had both lost their ability to think.
Although if the Director of the Aquarius Branch arrived, they could also accomplish the feat of wiping out all Cleaners of the branch single-handedly, it would require suppressing with absolute strength and would absolutely not be done so effortlessly.
Especially when Leon hadn't even taken out any abnormal objects, merely raised his hand for a slap, everyone's abnormal objects lost control en masse, instantly turning against, helping him counterattack their own masters...
This is not normal!
Through Hope's Heart Lake, observing the ever-absorbing, constantly devouring Cleaners three-headed black dogs, with Leon's aura growing higher than his own, Xuebai beneath the river's surface felt a chill on his scalp, experiencing for the first time a fear akin to Dongya's.
The wave just made by the Food God's clap was undoubtedly the secret technique of the Clean-up Bureau directors, the Thirteen Palaces, I absolutely couldn't have mistaken it!
But the bizarre aspect is, the effect of the secret technique he displayed does not resemble any existing palace's secret techniques.
The effect of forcefully seizing the control of others' abnormal objects resembles the [Abnormal Dominance] of the Lion Palace, while the operation of transforming abnormal objects into three-headed black dogs is akin to a variant of [Abnormal Embodiment] from Ophiuchus Palace.
Then the subsequent swallowing and digesting, which could be used to boost one's power, looks like the composite of [Abnormal Devouring] from the Cancer Palace, and [Abnormal Absorption] from Virgo Palace.
Could it be he mastered four secret techniques in one go? And learned them to an extremely profound level, even... even creating the fourteenth unique secret technique belonging solely to him?!!!
"Sorry, explaining the situation clearly and gaining your trust would probably take quite some time, and right now, what we're lacking the most is time, so I acted directly."
While Xuebai hesitated whether to trust Dongya once and escape while there was still time, Leon actively came over and sincerely explained facing the stupefied middle-aged man possessing Xuebai:
"Rest assured, those people I've just devoured, although their souls might be weak afterward and require a good period of recuperation, I can assure you, they will definitely not be in mortal danger."
"..."
"Mr. Hope? Are you still unwilling to believe me?"
Upon hearing Leon's words, no matter if it was the middle-aged man with a buzzing mind or Xuebai residing in his Heart Lake, both couldn't help twitching the corners of their mouths.
All of us from the Aquarius Branch have been devoured by you! Does it even matter whether I believe you or not?
