The blinding light, hotter than flame and imbued with potent purification properties, caused the scarlet gas enveloping him to melt away like snow under the midday sun.
Should it land a hit, even a monster like Wen Wen would undoubtedly lose a significant portion of its combat effectiveness.
But the monstrous Wen Wen keenly sensed the power of this attack. Its chains whirled rapidly, and a creature clad in armor, wielding a shield, positioned itself in front of him.
The powerful beam of light struck the creature. This monster, with only disaster-level strength, was melted away by the radiance. However, thanks to its sacrifice, the remaining power was insufficient to harm the monstrous Wen Wen.
The monstrous Wen Wen landed on the ground, glaring down at Wen Wen with a sinister gaze. It clutched its hair with its remaining hand, roaring in frustration.
It understood that in that brief encounter, it had been completely at a disadvantage!
"Why are you stronger than me? This is unfair!"
"For the past half-year, I've been fighting, suffering. You shouldn't be stronger than me!"
It exerted more force, yanking out large clumps of hair, yet it felt no pain.
Wen Wen felt a prickling sensation on his scalp. Did he, deep within his psyche, harbor a masochistic tendency?
He pondered this for a moment and realized that it wasn't entirely surprising, given his enjoyment of battle.
The monstrous Wen Wen grew even more agitated, pointing at Wen Wen and exclaiming, "It shouldn't be like this! You're just a lucky one, a coward afraid of his true self!"
As it spoke, it continued to ravage its own body. When its wicked hand reached below its waist, Wen Wen could no longer stand it.
No man wanted to witness himself being castrated.
He leaped upwards, using the ceiling to propel himself. Grasping a steel rebar, he lunged towards the monstrous Wen Wen.
But the monstrous Wen Wen suddenly looked up, its lips curling into a mocking smile.
Wen Wen was startled and forcefully changed his trajectory. With a flick of his toes, he retreated over a dozen meters.
He recognized that smile!
He often wore that same smile when he tricked others!
Indeed, after Wen Wen stopped, he noticed something was wrong. He found it difficult to keep his balance.
His own condition was fine; it was the space itself that was changing. The walls visibly shifted in color, displaying bizarre, oil-painted scenes. None of the paintwork was symmetrical, inducing an extreme sense of spatial disorientation.
It wasn't just distorting his senses like outside; the space itself seemed affected. Wen Wen felt as though he were walking on a flat surface but constantly sliding downwards, as if treading on a slope of eighty to ninety degrees.
Had he rashly approached just now, he would have suffered greatly from this peculiar spatial distortion.
"It has this troublesome ability too?"
Wen Wen looked behind the monstrous Wen Wen, at a creature covered in strange oil paints on its face and body.
"That ability belongs to that creature. It can command other monsters to use abilities for it through its chains!"
Wen Wen regarded the monstrous Wen Wen with apprehension. If his assumption was correct, this foe was far more difficult to handle than many he had encountered before.
"Everything you have should be mine… You don't deserve that thing!"
Seeing that its ambush had failed, the monstrous Wen Wen became even more agitated, jumping around like a child whose allowance had been confiscated. Su Dan Novel Network
However, it was already in a state of unrest, so expecting it to remain calm was asking too much.
The massive chain picked up the severed arm from the ground and attached it to its own. After a burst of bloody, hissing smoke, the severed limb was reconnected.
Then, the monstrous Wen Wen began to chant unintelligible words, its body rapidly expanding. It was clearly growing stronger.
Wen Wen observed calmly, "The thing it's muttering about must be the Containment Facility… So, I did obtain the Containment Facility here, but for some reason, it split into two: one remained here, and the other returned to the real world…"
"Wait… Speaking of which, after I returned, my mental issues seemed easier to control. In all this long time, I only teetered on the brink of losing control twice, and it's been stabilizing lately… I initially thought my mental improvement was due to becoming a superpowered individual. Now it seems the insane part of me was left behind here."
Before acquiring the Containment Facility, Wen Wen had voluntarily sought treatment at a mental hospital. While he had considered obtaining a mental disorder certificate, his mental illness had become increasingly difficult to manage.
Any minor stimulus carried the risk of losing control.
"Concurrently… it must have also taken a portion of the Containment Facility's abilities. I need to retrieve that portion as well."
No matter how he looked at it, those dark chains and the ability to command monsters through them were undoubtedly related to the Containment Facility.
The surrounding space grew more chaotic. Normal balance and senses were completely ineffective, and the changes in the monstrous Wen Wen's body had ceased.
Wen Wen sighed and said, "It seems you're ready for battle. I won't hold back this time. I cannot allow an out-of-control version of myself to exist. I will kill you… and reclaim the lost authority!"
Green data streams enveloped Wen Wen as he prepared for battle.
Frankly speaking, although both were Wen Wen, this was an unfair fight.
Wen Wen held a significant advantage. The Containment Facility had granted him numerous powerful abilities, while the monstrous Wen Wen, apart from those chains, likely possessed nothing.
Furthermore, its foundation was weak. Despite possessing a disaster-level aura, its combat lacked any semblance of order or systematic training. Its fighting style was more akin to a beast than a superpowered individual; the maddening gas was merely troublesome.
However, Wen Wen had no intention of fighting it fairly.
Since spatial perception had been compromised, attacks utilizing the terrain were meaningless. Close-quarters combat was the way to leverage Wen Wen's advantages!
Thus, Wen Wen easily dashed to the monstrous Wen Wen's side, brandishing the steel rebar, and engaged in close combat with the now several times larger monstrous Wen Wen.
The fight was remarkably easy for Wen Wen. Despite the opponent's perverse combat instincts, it was firmly suppressed by Wen Wen, who hadn't even used his full strength.
Initially, losing control would amplify Wen Wen's combat abilities.
But as he grew more familiar with battles between superpowered individuals, losing control now actually hindered his performance.
And Yan Biqing's physique allowed him to perform better the calmer he was.
The more the monstrous Wen Wen fought, the angrier it became. No matter how much force it exerted, its attacks were precisely countered by Wen Wen.
Within mere moments of combat, its body was pierced by over a dozen holes from the steel rebar. If not for the fumes surrounding its body allowing for rapid healing, it would have been impaled by Wen Wen long ago.