Chapter 1796 - 1056: It Really Is a Life-type Dungeon!

The Abyss can twist people’s minds.

So when Chrono was immersed in it, his spirit, already battered and confused by the Fran Undead Team, was completely unguarded, instantly occupied by the chaos and madness brought by the Abyss.

At this moment, for him, the time to devour the feast had arrived. His eyes mistook the Abyss for blood, and his purpose of swallowing was to absorb the blood to recover from injuries and restore physical strength.

But when the first mouthful of the Abyss went down his throat, his subsequent actions were no longer under his control.

The Abyss, having reached a zero distance contact with Chrono, successfully twisted his mind, altering the thought of "absorbing blood to restore physical strength" into "throwing oneself into the Abyss for power"!

More critically, the Abyss made Chrono believe that this idea came from his own will, without the interference of a third party.

"Glug... Glug... Ah!"

Chrono, like a drunkard soaking in a sea of beer, made a satisfied sound and his stomach swelled to twice the size of his own body when he propped himself up from the ground, looking quite bizarre.

But in the next instant, his body absorbed the Abyss completely back to normal—or no, I can’t say normal.

"Guh, guah, gaaaaaah!"

In agony, he clutched his head and screamed as his body began to transform uncontrollably, eventually turning into a three-meter-tall bat-like beastman.

The wings became molten and black mud incessantly dripped from above, while the hair all over his body exploded into spiky thorns.

His eyes were completely filled with black, with no trace of whites left.

In a comic, this kind of transformation would clearly signal—this guy is going berserk.

The power of the Demon King Bloodline erupted, and the Abyss within him entangled with it as the Demon King blood actively resisted this power, yet the Abyss clung without care.

Ultimately achieving a mutual strengthening of Chrono!

In this berserk state, his strength level... could reach C++ or even B-!

"Roar!"

Completely irrational, acting purely on instinct, Chrono charged at the Fran Undead Team, the increasingly massive and twisted body casting a horrifying shadow.

His compatibility with the Abyss was average, but still enough to draw power from it.

"Swish, swish, swish—"

The Crystal Elder’s scatter-shot Crystals bombarded his chest, only pausing his advance momentarily, while the azure Crystals were wedged in the black mud flowing on his chest.

A layer of Abyssal Black Mud appeared on his surface as a defensive barrier, sticky but with special defensive abilities.

Before the Crystal Elder could unleash more powerful Crystal Magic, the Fran Undead Team was already swinging their Great Sword towards him.

Chrono could now match the speed of the Great Sword, simultaneously striking with his claws; the claws and the sword clashed, causing both sides to step back.

Previously, such an attack would have bent him over double, but now it appeared equally matched!

"Hahahaha—"

Chrono let out a maniacal laugh, his claws whirling before him like a storm, clashing with the blades swung by the Undead Team members, filling the scene with the sound of metals clashing.

Sparasi! The power of the Abyss is truly overwhelming!

I’ve just gained this power and I’m already so strong. If I synchronize a little longer.

This new era’s Demon King throne might as well be mine!

Chrono, who had been cautious all his life, finally indulged in a moment of wantonness, unleashing all the violence he had accumulated.

After a dozen minutes.

"Aaaaaaa—"

Chrono, engulfed in raging flames, fled like a wild dog, straining every nerve to escape beyond Fran Fort.

"No one told me they could merge!"

Why did the Fran Undead Team members, fallen by my hands, finally converge their blood into one person?

Why did the last Fran Undead Team member, receiving the team’s blood, transform as if reborn?

Why did the flames on that Great Sword hurt so much to touch?

Fleeing, Chrono was filled with unanswered questions, unable to calm down and think carefully, as the flaming figure relentlessly chased him, and the blazing flames from behind were of the Infinite Purgatory’s scorching heat.

Besides running away, he could do nothing else.

Losing to the Ember King mode of the Fran Undead Team was nothing to be ashamed of.

According to Sain Dungeon’s grading, the Ember King mode of the Fran Undead Team was a B~B+ level, and now, even in his peak, he was only a B- level, with a significant intelligence gap.

This led to his horror when he saw the Undead Team rise and ignite, getting chased and struck in such a miserable state.

Chrono harbored both love and hate towards this dungeon, loving the power gain from swallowing the Abyss, yet hating the immediate punishment before he could start savoring it.

Every strike from the Fran Undead Team’s burning blade shattered his ambition, prompting him to plead, "Commander, I’m one of your own."

He didn’t know how far he had run until Fran Fort turned into a small dark spot in his vision, no longer sensing the Fran Undead Team’s presence, only then did Chrono dare to collapse on the ground for rest.

He buried his head deep in the ashes of the gathering site, apathetic to the dust inhaled into his airways, instead finding the act of burying his head peculiarly reassuring.