The miracle burned in Eli's eyes, yet the oppressive atmosphere of the sewer remained.
The surrounding rat swarm and the rat-men not far away signaled that this place was still dangerous.
To everyone else, Langdon was still just an ordinary young man lying on the ground, without the slightest hint of anything extraordinary.
But soon, the rat-men noticed something unusual—their movements suddenly froze.
A powerful psychic wave, like a deafening toll of a bell, struck hard at the nerves of all the ratmen.
The rats that had been charging toward Eli, Allen, and Ethan suddenly froze in their tracks, as if subdued by an invisible force.
The expressions on the faces of the rats and ratmen were no longer ferocious but instead showed unmistakable unease and fear.
At the back of the group, the ratman commander fixed its unblinking eyes on Landon.
It let out a low, guttural roar, the sound spreading through the swarm like a shockwave.
The ratmen commander immediately issued orders to all the rat-men through the mental network, his gaze cold and resolute.
"Kill him! At all costs, immediately—NOW!"
The nearest ratman to Landon received the order, and its ferocity erupted in an instant.
In the next moment, it surged forward with astonishing speed, launching itself at Landon!
Ethan's eyes caught the ratman's sudden movement, and he sensed an intense danger.
Although he didn’t know why this ratman was filled with such intense killing intent toward Landon, Ethan’s first instinct was to protect him.
"Landon!"
Ethan roared, attempting to rush forward to intercept.
However, before Ethan could take a single step, another ratman leaped at him.
He had no choice but to raise his metal rod to block the attack.
The massive impact sent a numbing shock through his arms, forcing him to stagger back several steps.
"Damn it!" Ethan gritted his teeth in frustration.
The ratman’s sharp claws were raised high, aiming directly at Landon’s head.
Ethan felt as if an invisible hand had gripped his heart, making it impossible to breathe.
Allen caught sight of this and his face turned pale, as if a sledgehammer had struck his chest.
Eli’s expression was grim. He sensed danger, but it didn’t come from the ratman—it came from Landon.
Just as the claws were about to pierce Landon’s skull, Landon’s eyes snapped open.
Those eyes were no longer the same as before, tired and weak. Instead, they were cold and frenzied, radiating a chilling, feral glow.
Under that gaze, the ratman’s movements froze abruptly, as if its soul had been shackled by fear.
In that brief moment, Landon’s body sprang into action!
Like a beast breaking free of its chains, he rose swiftly, reaching out to grab the ratman by the throat.
The next second, he let out a deafening roar!
“ROAR——!”
The roar carried a force powerful enough to shake mountains and rivers, echoing throughout the sewer.
As the roar erupted, the ratman’s head exploded as though struck by a massive hammer, sending blood, flesh, and shards of bone flying in all directions.
The roar spread rapidly from Landon as its epicenter.
Ethan was struck by the sound so violently that his eardrums throbbed in agony, forcing him to hunch over in pain.
Allen struggled to hold himself upright, his already exhausted legs trembling even more violently.
The ratmen clutched their ears in unbearable pain, their faces contorted in agony.
Dozens of rats outright exploded, their blood and flesh splattering the walls of the sewer.
Eli, meanwhile, furrowed his brows and lightly pressed his fingers against his temple.
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His eyes reflected a profound seriousness, and his instincts told him one thing clearly: Transcendental Berserk.
"The consequence of a mind unable to control its power... This is trouble..."
Landon's face was grotesquely twisted, resembling that of a beast, and the bloodthirst in his eyes was so intense it was suffocating.
His hands gripped the headless ratman’s corpse tightly, veins bulging, his sheer strength seeming to tear through the very air.
“Rip—!”
With the sound of flesh tearing, the corpse was forcibly ripped in half by him.
Blood gushed out, while organs and bones scattered across the ground. Some pieces of the remains even splattered onto the surrounding walls.
The entire scene was filled with primal, savage violence, as if a bloodthirsty beast had unleashed its most primitive instincts upon the world.
Landon tossed the remnants of the corpse to the ground carelessly, then once again let out an earth-shaking roar.
“ROAR!!”
The ferocious sound echoed through the sewer, causing the ground to tremble faintly.
This roar, though loud, was far less overwhelming than the previous one.
In the distance, the ratman commander’s pupils contracted sharply at the sight of this scene.
The overwhelming aura of slaughter instinctively filled it with terror, and its feet unconsciously took a step back.
“I can’t retreat…”
If it retreated now, what awaited it would be certain destruction. It would either be devoured by other ratmen or fight to the death.
But as it faced this hellish beast-like figure before it, its heart was already trembling.
In the moment the ratman commander hesitated, Landon moved.
Like a gust of wind, he surged toward the nearest ratman.
That ratman, still reeling from the first roar, failed to notice Landon’s rapid approach.
In the next instant, Landon’s fist mercilessly slammed into the ratman’s chest.
“Bang!”
The punch, imbued with unimaginable power, tore through the ratman’s heart and lungs, shattering bones and organs with a muffled crunch.
The ratman looked on in disbelief; it didn’t even have time to let out a scream before it was reduced to a lifeless corpse.
Grabbing the ratman’s body, Landon tore with all his strength, ripping its head along with its neck clean off!
Blood sprayed like a fountain, and the sickening sound of snapping bones and tearing muscles was bone-chilling.
Without pause, Landon’s gaze locked onto another ratman.
That ratman barely lifted its head before Landon’s foot slammed into its leg.
“Crack!”
The crisp sound of breaking bones sent shivers down spines.
The ratman let out a wretched scream as it collapsed to its knees, trembling violently from the excruciating pain.
Landon didn’t hesitate. He grabbed the ratman’s head and yanked hard.
“Crack—Rip!”
Not only was the head ripped off, but the spinal column was also pulled out along with it.
Blood spurted like a fountain, and the gruesome scene made the scent of blood in the air even more acrid.
Witnessing this, Eli’s expression grew even graver. This beast’s control over both power and precision was terrifyingly perfect!
The surrounding ratmen were completely stunned by the scene before them. Their faces were filled with terror as they frantically retreated.
Landon’s bloodthirsty gaze swept over the fleeing ratmen, his eyes radiating pressure and primal ferocity.
“ROAR——!”
A roar erupted, echoing through the entire sewer like the wrathful cry of a beast from the abyss.
The ratmen collapsed to the ground in agony, writhing and clutching their ears as they let out pained screams.
Meanwhile, a large swarm of rats exploded directly under the force of the roar.
Although the sound was loud, it wasn’t an indiscriminate attack; at the very least, Ethan, who was nearby, was unaffected.
Eli, observing everything, frowned deeply.
The roar was not merely a physical shockwave. What truly tormented the ratmen was the psychic assault hidden within the sound.
The moment the roar subsided, Landon suddenly moved with unbelievable speed, like a bolt of lightning.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared before one of the ratmen.
The ratman had no time to react before Landon raised his foot and brought it down with the force of a sledgehammer.
“CRACK!”
The ratman’s head was crushed instantly, blood and brain matter spraying across the floor.
But Landon didn’t stop. He raised his foot again, stomping down twice more.
The ratman’s corpse was completely reduced to a pulpy mess, a grotesque sight that turned stomachs.
The two remaining ratmen nearby struggled to their feet. Though consumed with fear, their instincts drove them to charge at Landon.
Landon’s bloodthirsty eyes locked onto one of them. With just a single motion, he reached out and grabbed it by the neck.
The ratman thrashed in terror, but Landon’s grip was unyielding, like an iron vice.
The next moment, Landon lowered his head, opened his mouth, and bit down hard on the ratman’s shoulder.
“Rip—!”
A large chunk of flesh was torn from the ratman’s body, blood spraying everywhere.
The ratman let out an excruciatingly shrill scream, its agony vividly displayed for all to witness.
Landon seemed to relish its pain, as if the wailing was music to his ears.
He leisurely chewed on the piece of flesh in his mouth, then swallowed it without hesitation, showing no trace of humanity.
Another ratman, though filled with fear, seized the moment while Landon was slaughtering its companion to muster its last ounce of courage and attack.
Its sharp claws swung down violently, slashing at Landon’s back.
“Clang—!”
The claws scraped across Landon’s back, sparking a trail of fire!
The ratman froze in shock. It had clearly landed a direct hit, but apart from tearing through Landon’s clothes, it had inflicted no actual damage.
In that instant, the ratman’s eyes filled with despair.
Landon slowly turned his head, his bloodthirsty gaze locking onto the ratman.
The despairing ratman let out a piercing scream, its voice trembling with terror and helplessness.
It turned abruptly, scrambling on all fours in a desperate attempt to escape from Landon’s sight.
However, its movements appeared so slow, so powerless in Langdon's eyes.
Landon glanced down at the struggling ratman still in his grip, his expression as cold as the depths of hell.
His fingers tightened slightly.
“Crack!”
A sharp sound rang out as the ratman’s neck was instantly snapped. Its body convulsed briefly before going completely limp.
Landon released his grip, letting the corpse fall to the ground like a discarded ragdoll.
His bloodthirsty gaze shifted to the fleeing ratman, his eyes burning with madness and killing intent so intense it seemed almost tangible.
In that instant, the air around him trembled violently as an invisible psychic wave burst forth.
The powerful psychic wave, like an invisible blade, struck directly into the fleeing ratman’s brain.
The fleeing ratman’s movements abruptly froze.
“Boom!”
The next moment, its head exploded on the spot!
Blood and flesh splattered everywhere, fragments scattering as the lifeless body collapsed to the ground, twitching briefly before falling silent.
A low, guttural roar erupted from Landon’s throat, brimming with the essence of violence and slaughter, as if he were a walking nightmare.