Chapter 1688: Wrap and Bitter Battle

"Calamity of Taboo captured successfully!"

Seeing that the Calamity of Taboo had been netted into the glacier world, a look of joy flashed in the eyes of many Twilight Society members.

To be honest, before the siege began, none of the Twilight Society members felt confident. After all, the strength of the Calamity of Taboo was among the strongest of the world-enders, and most of the Twilight Society members did not have the rank to engage it head-on...

But this perfectly coordinated capture undoubtedly gave everyone great confidence. They surrounded the behemoth crawling on the ice field, their teeth constantly pressing against the poison in their mouths, their bodies tense.

Just then, the massive giant shadow seemed to be enraged. Its abyss-like maw opened slowly, and the lantern atop its head erupted with blinding radiance like a scorching sun!

Roar—!!!!

The deafening roar swept across the ice field, instantly cracking the ice for a radius of over ten kilometers.

Bizarrely squirming curse marks flowed from its body like black water, spreading along the ice surface. The previously solid and thick ice suddenly seemed to be transformed into a flowing black sea, churning in the biting cold wind...

The next second, tens of thousands of drops of black rain, like splashing seawater, shot toward everyone in the sky!

"Careful!! Do not touch any substance released by the Calamity of Taboo!"

Zhao Yi warned everyone immediately.

The many members of the Twilight Society had long been prepared and scattered immediately.

Heart J’s white hair danced in the wind. He snorted coldly, and the scimitar in his hand moved so fast it wove into an impenetrable wall, forcibly slashing all the approaching black rain to pieces!

Just as Heart J lowered his scimitar, the sharp blade suddenly began to squirm bizarrely. Black curse marks covered it from who knows where, and under his stunned gaze, it split in two right from the edge of the blade...

The already sharp and thin blade seemed to have turned into two pieces of metal with no thickness, and then, it split again into four pieces, eight pieces...

The gold-inlaid scimitar seemed to have turned into an octopus, twisting frantically in the air, then suddenly turned 180 degrees, actually stabbing back at the palm of Heart J’s hand that was holding the hilt.

This scene was truly too bizarre; even Heart J didn't react in time. Even though he released the hilt very quickly, the back of his hand was still cut by his own blade with several bloody wounds... The squirming scimitar fell into the churning black sea and disappeared without a trace.

Heart J looked at his empty palm, his expression extremely ugly!

Heart J’s situation was still considered good; he only lost his weapon. But for some of the weaker members, the situation was very dire.

Diamond 8, the Letter Writer in a gray cloth gown, and Club 7, the Phonograph Administrator in an elegant long dress, had very limited combat power. By now, they were already stained with several drops of black rain, and bizarre curse marks were spreading on their flesh!

Their arms, shoulders, and every place covered by the curse marks seemed to have gained their own consciousness, beginning to split bizarrely... they even began to grow a third arm, a fourth palm...

The third arm grown by the Letter Writer turned and choked his own neck; while the palm grown by Club 7 transformed a miniature phonograph the size of a hand directly from the center of the palm, and bizarre, hair-raising music sounded from it, directly affecting the minds of several nearby Twilight Society members!

Swish—!

A paintbrush swept across the void, directly slashing the Letter Writer’s arm and Club 7’s palm into fragments. Club 8 landed lightly in front of them with a drawing board on his back, looking at his two blood-drenched companions with reluctance and helplessness in his eyes.

"You are too heavily injured. Once the melee truly begins, I'm afraid no one will have the chance to take care of you..."

"I understand."

Diamond 8 and Club 7 looked at each other, both hooking their lips into a helpless smile.

"We have almost no combat power. Even if we fight, we won't be of any use, and might even drag everyone down... However, being able to arrive here for a 'team-building' with everyone, we can consider our lives fulfilled." Club 7’s voice was very gentle, like a warm breeze in spring.

"We might have to take our leave first." Diamond 8 looked deeply at the figures rushing toward the Calamity of Taboo in the distance. "From here on... it's up to you all."

Club 8 didn't know what to say; he was worst at farewells. He hesitated for a long time before imitating Chen Ling’s words from earlier, speaking softly:

"...Congratulations to you both on your wrap."

A roaring sound came from the distance. Club 8 couldn't bear to look anymore. After bowing to bid them farewell, he turned and rushed toward the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Diamond 8 and Club 7 looked at each other and bit down on the poison in their mouths at the same time.

The poison, personally concocted by Chen Ling by fusing five poisons, was extremely lethal. Almost the moment the poison was bitten, the internal organs of the two Twilight Society members were completely destroyed. They only felt their vision go black, and without feeling any pain, they lost their lives on the spot...

Two corpses fell heavily to the ground.

"Members below Tier 7, stay on the periphery and look for opportunities! Do not act rashly!"

"Once you find yourself injured, swallow the poison immediately!!"

Liu Qingyan’s figure shuttled quickly through the battlefield, dividing all members into three layers based on combat power. The outermost layer consisted of the weaker members, the middle layer consisted of the Tier 7 members, and the core was the Tier 8 combat power in the inner layer...

Ning Ruyu, Luan Mei, Wen Renyou, Mo Jiao, Zhao Yi, the Gray King, Bai Ye, Sun Bumian, and Jiang Xiaohua.

The nine great Tier 8 combatants were scattered around the Calamity of Taboo, pinning it down like a giant millstone, slowly grinding away its stamina. The roar of battle echoed through the sky.

Under the occasional counterattacks of the Calamity of Taboo, the middle or outer layer Twilight Society members were inevitably injured. Fortunately, they were only affected and would not die on the spot. The moment they found their injuries could not be effectively treated, they would swallow the poison and end their own lives.

Diamond 7 the Coroner, Heart 8 the genius neurosurgeon girl, Spade 8 the Corpse Driver, Club 9 and Diamond 9 the couple...

As the battle became more intense, the personnel on the Twilight Society side were also rapidly dwindling.

Roar—!!!!

Seeming to feel that these humans were truly annoying, the Calamity of Taboo’s rage grew more intense. The lantern that illuminated the entire ice field lit up again, and an extreme aura of chaos mixed into the light, spreading to the surroundings!

"Not good!" Zhao Yi spoke immediately. "Its curse marks are beginning to pollute space. Beware of the disordered distortion and fission of space!"

Before Zhao Yi’s voice had even faded, Mo Jiao and the Gray King, not far away, had disappeared into thin air...

This was not them leaving voluntarily, but rather, under the influence of the Calamity of Taboo’s lantern, the space of this battlefield had fallen into a state of disorder. Although Zhao Yi knew the Calamity of Taboo’s ability, he had no good way to counter it, and for a moment, he was extremely anxious.

Just then, the outline of an abyss-like maw was sketched out above his head!!