The Pioneer Six Zero looked at the constantly wriggling 'Staff of Madness' with a sense of relief.
If he hadn't given this thing to Wen Wen back then, he might not have been able to regain consciousness. The crucial accessory on the Staff of Madness was the red gear he had given to Wen Wen. This red gear came from the body of Pioneer One Hundred, who had been devoured by Pioneer Six Zero.
Therefore, he had a profound connection with this gear. Wen Wen had also infused the gear with a large amount of madness energy. When this madness energy reached a certain concentration, it interfered with the Great Sage's blue-purple tentacles, allowing Pioneer Six Zero to regain consciousness at a critical moment.
"I don't have much time to remain conscious, so you'd best remember clearly."
"I have many eyes on my body, possessing nearly 360-degree vision. The only blind spot is a spherical space between eleven and twelve meters behind me, with a diameter of one meter."
"My sense of smell is extremely keen, but it will temporarily fail when encountering strong foul odors..."
What Pioneer Six Zero said were traits inherited from Pioneer One Hundred. These were weaknesses that the Night Knights were unaware of.
Many of these were weaknesses that required no preparation and could be used immediately.
He had barely finished speaking when his gaze became unfocused again. He was being affected by those blue-purple tentacles once more.
However, with the weaknesses provided personally by Pioneer Six Zero, it only took them a few minutes to render Pioneer Six Zero incapable of fighting.
Wen Wen captured Pioneer Six Zero and put him into the containment facility, lifting a great weight from his heart. This meant that their first step in counterattacking had been successful.
As for the Serpent God Quetzalcoatl, there was no need to worry. Before capturing Pioneer Six Zero, Sakura Tei Iseki had already slain the Serpent God.
A sharp glint flashed in Wen Wen's eyes: "The internal hidden dangers have been eliminated. Now it's time for our counterattack!"
The Night Knight and the Desert Priest simultaneously flew in one direction.
Among the eight Punishers who were apprehending the Corrupted Cataclysm-level powerhouses, all seven, excluding Wen Wen, had taken action. Their target was clearly Australia.
This was the second step of the Hunter Association's counterattack plan. After clearing internal hidden dangers, they would directly proceed to Australia to carry out a decapitation strike against the Great Sage.
Each corrupted individual had a blue-purple line above their head, and the endpoint of these lines was the Great Sage located in Australia.
As the number of corrupted individuals continued to increase, it became increasingly difficult for the Great Sage to hide.
The seven Cataclysm-level powerhouses would join forces to attempt to kill the Great Sage directly.
However, the Great Sage's strength was immeasurable. No one knew what trump cards he possessed. Therefore, if the seven Punishers could not subdue the Great Sage, other means would have to be employed.
The first was 'Supreme Containment,' which Vice President Sri Singh was currently unlocking. Wen Wen did not know what it was, but he could imagine that it must possess the potential to turn the tide.
The second was Wen Wen himself. Wen Wen would not join the other Cataclysm-level powerhouses in a siege against the Great Sage. Instead, he would go to the Golden Eagle Region to seize the third Sanctuary located there.
Currently, in Wen Wen's containment facility, including the four Punishers from the Hunter Association, there were already six Cataclysm-level powerhouses. Allowing them to temporarily become the 'pillars' of the containment facility would liberate the power of the Central Administrators.
The two Sanctuaries that had been recaptured allowed Jinkela and Nivea to utilize Cataclysm-level power in the Americas and Washington DC respectively.
However, this was still not enough. They could not participate in the battle against the Great Sage.
Once the Sanctuary in the Golden Eagle Region was recaptured, the power of the three Sanctuaries would cover every corner of the entire Federation!
The three Central Administrators would no longer be restricted by their jurisdictions and could move freely throughout the Federation!
Furthermore, once the three Sanctuaries were unsealed, it would signify the containment facility's return to its state from a thousand years ago, deepening its influence on the entire world.
Therefore, recapturing the third Sanctuary was far more important than directly participating in the campaign against the Great Sage.
With seven Cataclysm-level powerhouses attacking the Great Sage, even if he were powerful, he would have to retract his strength to defend himself. Capturing the third Sanctuary at this moment would have the highest chance of success.
Previously, due to insufficient manpower, Wen Wen had to go alone, which was somewhat precarious.
But now that Qiao Feiya had also advanced, with her help, Wen Wen's confidence grew even greater.
Dealing with the Great Sage concerned the life and death of the entire world, and any increase in the success rate was beneficial.
Wen Wen teleported to the Golden Eagle Region via a monster and met Qiao Feiya, who was waiting there.
In the time Wen Wen had been gone, Qiao Feiya had already learned what had happened by consulting documents. Therefore, after Wen Wen greeted her, she followed him as they flew towards a city in the Golden Eagle Region where the Sanctuary was located.
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While the Cataclysm-level dignitaries were battling, the rest of the Hunter Association and the containment facility were also fighting fiercely.
Tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of madness goggles were distributed. Demon hunters hunted down every person they could see with blue-purple tentacles on them.
At the very beginning of the operation, the Great Sage had not yet reacted. Many corrupted individuals were killed by their former colleagues at the first opportunity.
However, after the successive defeats of several Cataclysm-level corrupted individuals, if the Great Sage still did not realize that the Hunter Association had means to observe corrupted individuals, he would be too slow to react.
The consciousness of all corrupted individuals immediately recovered, and they began indiscriminate attacks on their surroundings. After subduing others, they only needed tens of seconds to implant their blue-purple tentacles to create a new corrupted individual.
But now the Hunter Association had reacted, so their actions were somewhat hindered.
Moreover, the demon hunters and containment personnel possessed an advantage that these corrupted individuals did not: they could see those blue lines through the madness goggles.
Therefore, the movement routes of all corrupted individuals were completely transparent to the demon hunters. Their hunting efficiency was high, and the main forces of the corrupted individuals found it difficult to intercept the smaller units of demon hunters.
At the start of the battle, the corrupted individuals were suppressed.
But this was merely an illusion. Everyone knew that the situation was far from optimistic. The most direct evidence was that the blue-purple lines not only did not decrease but were rapidly increasing.
Without the need to conceal their tracks, these corrupted individuals extended their poisonous hands to ordinary people who had no ability to resist.
Those corrupted ordinary people began to turn pale, and one could faintly see blue-purple things wriggling beneath their skin, like zombies.
If the Great Sage, the source of the corrupted individuals, could not be eliminated, then no matter how heroic the demon hunters' battles were, the ultimate outcome would only be destruction.