Chapter 333: Watchdog of the Underworld

As the anomaly's body continued to swell in size, Shae, Rabbit, and Armadillo were all struck by a sense of foreboding, and they quickly fled in all directions before the balloon inevitably burst.

In the end, a massive explosion rang out, and all three of them were swept up by the resulting shockwaves, sustaining injuries of different levels of severity.

Armadillo was the one who got off the lightest. After burrowing into the earth, he was shielded from the majority of the explosion's power, and he was relatively unharmed aside from being compressed by the earth.

However, the same didn't apply to Rabbit and Shae. They had been situated quite close to the anomaly, and it had severely injured both of them with its self-detonation.

Is it dead?

While continuing to suppress the guardian angel, Adam backtracked toward the epicenter of the explosion. However, he couldn't sense any anomalic power in the area, and he immediately yelled out to his companions, "It's not dead! It's still alive!"

Right at this moment, a burst of crimson light converged in mid-air to form a ball of corruptive blood, which immediately pounced onto Rabbit.

Rabbit's pristine white fur was instantly stained bright red, and her already red eyes became an even darker shade of red. After struggling for a while, she suddenly let loose a strange roar.

"Are you alright?"

Armadillo emerged from the ground to inspect her condition, but as soon as he got close, Rabbit gathered soul power on her hand before giving him a vicious slap.

Rabbit's offensive prowess was already extremely formidable, and the force of that slap was enhanced even further by the power of the anomaly. Hence, many of Armadillo's scales were shattered by the blow, and severe injuries were inflicted upon him.

This could be trouble.

Aside from Adam, everyone else in his group had been debilitated.

Shae and Armadillo were severely injured, while Rabbit had been possessed by the anomaly.

This anomaly possesses some exceptional abilities. If possible, perhaps it would be a good idea to develop it.

Nun also had a possession ability, but it was only able to possess normal people, and powerless to possess adapters or anomalies. Hence, its possession ability was really only useful for scouting purposes, and it was essentially completely useless in battle.

However, the ogre anomaly's possession ability was a different story.

Rabbit's powers were comparable to those of a level four anomaly. In fact, she was quite formidable, even among level four anomalies.

This ogre anomaly was only a level five anomaly, so it wasn't too much more powerful than Rabbit, yet it was still able to possess her after sustaining extremely severe injuries. If Adam could utilize this ability effectively, it could turn the tide in crucial battles.

In particular, if he ever found himself in a situation where he was surrounded, possessing an enemy and turning them into an ally would immediately create a hole in the encirclement.

I'm assuming there must be limitations to this ability.

After swatting Armadillo away, Rabbit immediately set off in pursuit, only to be stopped in her tracks by Clown's rocket projectiles. Adam took advantage of this opportunity to get a little closer, grabbing onto Rabbit while simultaneously invoking Distortion.

In this situation, Distortion's tendency to attack the target closest to itself came in useful, and as soon as it appeared, it immediately pounced onto Rabbit to restrict her with its distortive power.

Under the sunlight, Rabbit was fighting against her own shadow. Enhanced by the power of a level five anomaly, Rabbit currently possessed superior strength to Distortion, but even so, her mobility was still severely limited, as if her hands and feet had been shackled.

"Attack her non-vital regions to force out the anomaly!"

As soon as Adam issued this instruction, Shae immediately unleashed her Infernal Howl ability. As a result, all of her injuries began to rapidly heal, while all of her allies received an instant boost, as if they had been directly injected with stimulants.

Clown and Nun were unleashing their abilities from afar with all their might, while the wounded Armadillo had also burrowed into the ground, and Distortion's powers were enhanced even further.

After letting loose her Infernal Howl, Shae got down onto all-fours, galloping forward like a true wolf. In the blink of an eye, she had already reached Rabbit, and she sank her fangs viciously into Rabbit's shoulder.

In the face of everyone's attacks, crimson light began to appear on Rabbit's body, and as more and more crimson light appeared, the crimson color of her fur began to fade, while the deranged look in her eyes also gradually receded.

Finally, all of the crimson light was forced out, and it squirmed momentarily in mid-air before forming an anomaly of blood.

However, after receiving so many heavy blows and severely depleting its psychic power to unleash its powerful abilities, it was already a spent force.

The anomaly of blood had only just taken shape when the sandstorm that Armadillo had been preparing this entire time swept through the air, sucking all of the anomaly's blood dry amid an anguished howl.

Finally, a large cloud of anomalic power arose to take the anomaly's place, and once again, it was time for Adam to reap the spoils.

Right as Adam was thinking about which anomaly he was going to choose to devour this anomalic power, the guardian angel suddenly let loose a high-pitched shriek after witnessing the demise of the anomaly, and it unleashed the three most powerful sword strikes it had unleashed thus far.

A vast expanse of golden radiance erupted from the three sword strikes, and after unleashing that string of attacks, the angel vanished into nothingness, while the psychic world also began to display signs of collapse.

Adam's body had also been sliced into pieces, but thankfully, Sludge's regenerative abilities allowed him to easily recover from what would've otherwise been a lethal injury. Before he had even fully recovered, he hurriedly withdrew all of his anomalies so that they couldn't pounce onto the feast of anomalic power.

The only ones left behind were Sludge and Hellhound, which were fused with himself and Shae, respectively.

After some careful consideration, Adam decided, "Let's make Hellhound evolve."

Due to Hellhound's synergy with Shae, evolving it came with certain strategic benefits. When not fused with anyone or taking direct instructions from Adam, the anomalies were very stupid in the way that they fought in battles.

For example, even though Hellhound was quite comparable in power to Clown, the former generally performed far better in battle than the latter thanks to the fact that it was being controlled by Shae.

Clown was quite a powerful and versatile anomaly, possessing several very useful abilities, but its effectiveness in battle was very limited when left to its own devices.

Hence, in contrast with enhancing any other one of his anomalies, evolving Hellhound was definitely the superior option.

In any case, this was only a level five anomaly, so its anomalic power wouldn't be sufficient to trigger an evolution in Sludge, thereby making it an even easier decision to allocate this anomalic power to Hellhound.

Shae was very much elated to hear this verdict from Adam.

After instructing Hellhound to split up with Shae, the anomaly immediately pounced onto the cloud of anomalic power, devouring it eagerly with all three of its heads at once.

This time, Hellhound managed to devour more of the anomalic power than Adam had anticipated, only stopping after around 80% of the anomalic power had been devoured.

After that hearty meal, Hellhound laid down onto the ground, and it began to undergo a series of physical changes. Its body was becoming stronger, and at the same time, bone spikes began to sprout out of its joints, while black mist began to permeate out of its body.

Following this latest evolution, Hellhound's entire body was enveloped in black mist, and the anguished howls of the souls of the underworld could be heard ringing out faintly around it. Finally, it was beginning to look the part as the watchdog of the underworld.