Lin Zheyuan rubbed his forehead in distress, unsure of what to do.
Allowing that thing to continue ravaging the residential area was indeed a big problem.
But they currently had no way to deal with it, which made Lin Zheyuan so worried his hairline was threatening to recede.
Although Binghe's comment about Miao Xinyi remarrying was just a joke to others, Lin Zheyuan couldn't treat it as such. He didn't want that scoundrel Qian Xiaoxiang to mock him with it.
Speaking of which, the reason Binghe insisted on people calling him by his nickname was because his real name wasn't very impressive.
Therefore, besides Lin Zheyuan, who was at odds with him, few people directly addressed him by his name.
As Lin Zheyuan was agonizing, a voice called out from behind him.
"Let me do it. This old body of mine should still be of some use."
A middle-aged woman carrying a small bag emerged from the shadows and came to Lin Zheyuan's side. The zipper of her backpack wasn't fully closed, and it was packed with things like game consoles and novels.
"Why are you here? You shouldn't be involved in the Association's missions anymore, as you've retired," Lin Zheyuan said, his expression shifting from pleased to stern.
"What do you mean I shouldn't be involved? As long as I live here, who can stay out of it? If the Evil God truly unleashes disaster upon this city, it won't spare me just because I'm retired," the middle-aged woman said with a smile.
Hearing the middle-aged woman speak, Lin Zheyuan felt slightly relieved. With her here, they should be able to ease some of the burden.
Her name was Wang Qin, a retired hunter who was over ninety years old!
Of course, on the surface, she looked no older than thirty-five.
"The difficulty you're facing now is that giant mass of flesh, isn't it? What a disgusting monster. Let me test its capabilities first."
Wang Qin rummaged through her backpack and pulled out a rather slender folding bow.
Then, emerald green light condensed in her hand, eventually forming an arrow brimming with vitality.
This was her ability: she could condense the power of nature and shoot arrows with various effects!
The bag of game consoles and novels had nothing to do with her abilities; they were merely items for her leisure.
She drew the bowstring taut, and the emerald green arrow shot out like a verdant meteor towards the corrupted residential area.
"This is an ultra-long-range shot. Its power isn't immense. Let's see how it reacts, and then I'll formulate a corresponding combat plan based on its performance."
The arrow crossed a considerable distance and struck the fleshy mass monster, eliciting a mournful cry.
"My abilities have strong destructive power against such defiled beings, so..."
Wang Qin looked in the direction of the fleshy mass monster, confident that this arrow would at least injure the creature slightly.
Before she could finish speaking, the fleshy mass monster actually shriveled and then collapsed into a pile of minced meat!
It was as if the monster had been killed by that arrow!
Lin Zheyuan's jaw dropped. He stared at the spot and said dumbfoundedly:
"That monster is dead, right? This... this... truly worthy of being a retired hunter. Their strength is formidable. I probably won't have such strength in my lifetime."
Wang Qin tilted her head in confusion. That arrow was meant to be a probe; at such a distance, it couldn't even kill a disaster-level monster.
And judging by its thrashing, the monster had at least mid-stage disaster-level strength.
Yet, the colossal monster had just died.
What was going on?
...
Within the corrupted residential area, Wen Wen was using the fleshy mass monster as a power bank to replenish the energy needed by the containment facility.
Suddenly, an emerald green arrow shot from afar, piercing directly through the body of the fleshy mass monster.
The flesh and blood affected by this arrow lost their supernatural characteristics and turned into pure flesh and blood, as if drained by Wen Wen's Disaster Gauntlet.
However, this was merely a superficial resemblance. The energy within the arrow had extremely targeted the anomalous power within the fleshy mass monster, thus producing a purifying-like effect.
"The monsters in the corrupted residential area don't possess this kind of energy, so this must be an attack from a demon hunter. Did this guy clash with a hunter?"
Wen Wen knew the strength of the fleshy mass monster very well. While the demon hunters who ventured into the corrupted residential area were all skilled, few could match it.
Therefore, Wen Wen knew it was time to end this thing's life.
He couldn't allow this creature to harm other demon hunters when he could kill it at any moment.
So, Wen Wen exerted more force with his right arm, increasing the absorption rate by more than double. The monster, which had been barely maintaining a balance of power, directly collapsed into a heap of wriggling meat.
These meat masses gradually lost their vitality, and the energy that sustained their movement had all entered the Disaster Gauntlet.
The ground was covered with disgusting severed limbs and viscous green fluid. Wen Wen disdainfully emerged from it and then lightly tapped himself, causing an ice shell to fall off with the filth.
The ice shell, originally created to resist high temperatures, had not encountered the expected heat. Instead, it had inadvertently isolated Wen Wen from the filth, so Qin Shuang's energy wasn't wasted.
"Strange, there are no hunters nearby."
The sheer power of the fleshy mass monster was so astonishing that normal demon hunters would stay far away from it, so there were no hunters in the vicinity.
"Could it be that I acted too late and the hunter was already consumed by this thing?" Wen Wen scratched his head, not quite understanding.
"Never mind, let's not dwell on it. I've done what I should. If he was truly unlucky, there's nothing I can do."
At this point, with the fleshy mass monster as the epicenter, more than ten villas had been destroyed by it, so the source of corruption definitely wasn't in those areas.
Wen Wen's next task was to head to other buildings and search for potential locations of the corruption's origin.
However, before setting out, Wen Wen wanted to examine the fully developed Disaster Gauntlet on his left hand and see what surprises it might bring.
Firstly, in terms of appearance, the glove on his left hand was identical to the one on his right, both being equally indestructible.
Concurrently, this glove had significantly boosted the strength of Wen Wen's left arm. Now, the strength of both his upper limbs far surpassed that of his lower body.
Next were the black chains shot from his left hand. At first glance, they appeared the same as the chains from his right hand, but these chains lacked the energy-absorbing properties of the right.
Conversely, their force was much greater than the right, and they were more aggressive. The tips of these chains were even sharp blades, whereas the chains from his right hand ended in small weights.
These chains likely possessed their own unique characteristics, but Wen Wen had not yet discovered them.
Finally, there was the ring on his right hand, which Wen Wen anticipated the most. He tapped it twice and found that he couldn't select a containment cell number.
This meant Wen Wen couldn't use the monster's abilities through the ring on his left hand.
However, the ring on his left hand could select containment warehouse numbers!