Freddy felt a sudden blur before his eyes.
The next second, he appeared in another corner of the boiler room.
He remembered how he once tormented a little girl here, one who always wore a white dress. He had tied her intestines to a nearby steam pipe and roasted them dry.
And now, by the old pipeline not far away, another girl was standing.
This time, she was tall, with the proud features of a warrior bloodline—an unmistakable Slavic girl.
The moment Nova saw Freddy, she realized she had entered a dream.
She didn't hesitate. Before she could be fully hypnotized, she pressed her face hard against the scorching pipe.
"Hiss!"
Nova's cheek clung tightly to the boiler's heating pipe. She could feel the searing heat radiating from its surface.
In an instant, her skin was consumed by unbearable pain, the heat so fierce it seemed to pierce through her flesh and burn straight into her bones.
Her eyebrows and eyelashes curled from the intensity, and in some spots, smoke began to rise.
Clenching her teeth, Nova endured the indescribable agony.
But the next moment—Nova's eyes snapped open.
She quickly raised a hand to her face, only to discover there were no burns at all.
Her skin was still smooth, untouched, free of pain.
She turned to the pipe she had been clutching, only to find it was not blazing hot as she remembered. Instead, it was icy cold, the chill of metal biting into her palm.
How could a pipe in an abandoned boiler room be hot?
Everything just now had been nothing but a dream.
Freddy's vision shifted. The instant he returned to the factory entrance, his sight was drowned in a blazing sea of orange and red.
Freddy's figure looked small against the impact of the fireball. He didn't even have time to react before the flames swallowed him whole.
The air inside the boiler room twisted under the scorching heat, and Freddy's clothes quickly caught fire.
His skin sizzled with a sharp crackling sound as it burned, the stench of charred flesh spreading through the air.
Finally, as the fireball's power began to fade, Freddy's silhouette flickered within the flames.
His body was severely burned, tattered cloth strips clinging to the metal claws on his hand. He looked utterly wretched.
But he was still that so-called "immortal" monster, pressing forward toward Yujin with a suffocating aura.
He raised his hand, claws stabbing forward.
"Bang!"
This time, he struck something.
But it was only half a wooden log.
"My friend loves ninja games." Freddy laughed as he turned and looked at Yujin. "And I love this feeling. I mean…"
"The feeling of killing you soon!"
Freddy suddenly accelerated, closing the distance in an instant and appearing right in front of Yujin.
Yujin's Sharingan spun rapidly, the three tomoe whirling as he struggled desperately to dodge Freddy's relentless claw strikes.
Just as Freddy's madness drove him to tear Yujin apart, the scene around him suddenly shifted again.
He found himself in another corner of the boiler room.
"Damn it!"
The moment Zhang Jie saw Freddy, he realized Zhao Yingkong had tricked him.
What kind of stimulant lets you see Freddy immediately after injection? This was clearly a sedative or sleeping agent!
When Freddy noticed that his prey had switched from Yujin to Zhang Jie, his metal claws clenched, producing a chilling screech of metal grinding.
The sudden change of target filled him with rage, making him feel mocked.
With a blur of movement, Freddy lunged straight toward Zhang Jie.
But Zhang Jie was no Yujin. He didn't have that kind of agility, nor the strength of ninjutsu.
Faced with Freddy's attack, the only thing he could do was turn and run.
His heartbeat thundered like a drum, adrenaline surging as fear awakened the hidden power within his body.
In that desperate moment, Zhang Jie felt a strange transformation. His muscles tightened, his strength and speed surged—the first stage of the Gene Lock had unlocked!
He ran blindly, driven only by instinct. Though his speed had increased significantly, it was still nowhere near enough compared to Freddy.
Freddy trailed him with ease, cruel light gleaming in its eyes, savoring the thrill of the hunt.
It relished watching its prey struggle in despair. Every futile attempt to escape only made its victory sweeter.
But that pleasure didn't last long.
"Hiss!"
Zhang Jie suddenly felt a sharp pain shoot through his arm. He raised it, only to see blood spilling from a fresh wound. Beside him stood the petite loli, Zhao Yingkong.
The scene before Freddy shifted again as Zhang Jie awakened.
And this time, Yujin once again unleashed the Great Fireball Jutsu!
The massive fireball engulfed Freddy's figure, searing flames wrapping around its body.
"Do you like my magic trick?!"
Yujin's voice rang out close by, mocking. Freddy slashed toward the sound!
But the expected sensation of flesh never came. Its claws struck nothing but air—and lodged deep into the icy steel of an abandoned pipe!
Seizing the moment, Yujin appeared right above Freddy's head!
His movements were swift and merciless. His tail kagune lashed out like a venomous serpent, stabbing straight into Freddy's eye socket!
The hooked tip of the kagune was razor-sharp, piercing through the eyeball with ease and plunging deep into the brain!
Without hesitation, Yujin twisted violently, his kagune churning inside Freddy's skull, tearing through brain tissue!
A deafening, bloodcurdling scream erupted from Freddy, echoing through the boiler room like the wails of the damned.
The members of the Central Continent team shuddered at the horrific sound, their bodies trembling in terror.
Ruan Wei and Yehui, who hadn't even gotten around to injecting their sedatives yet, felt their drowsiness vanish instantly.
Too terrifying!
In this dark, abandoned factory, sleep meant meeting a demon in your dreams—but staying awake meant being hunted by one anyway.
What were they supposed to do?
Writhing in agony, Freddy let out a furious roar, pain fueling its rage.
Its claws thrashed wildly, smashing everything around it.
Driven by torment, its strength and speed suddenly doubled—so fast and ferocious that even Yujin could no longer keep up!
Even with the Three Tomoe Sharingan activated, it was nearly impossible to completely dodge Freddy's frenzied assault.
Freddy's claws raked across Yujin's back, leaving behind deep gouges. Blood instantly stained his clothes red.
His Ukaku kagune also suffered heavy damage in the attack. Half of the left wing was torn away by Freddy's strike, shattered black feathers scattering across the ground.
If not for the kagune shielding him, Freddy's claws would have pierced straight into Yujin's bones, causing far more devastating injuries.
"Ahhhhhh!" Freddy clutched his eye socket with one hand, consumed by pain and rage. He thought he had finally cornered the bothersome "mosquito" before him, ready to end this cursed torment once and for all.
But just as he prepared to deliver the fatal blow—
The scene before him suddenly shifted.
Once again, he was dragged into another's dream.
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