Human Genius? Sorry, I’m a Deviant-Chapter 132: Three levels in a row!

"Alright, I'm not joking with you."
Su Zhan said with a serious expression: "Old method, split up and hide, each to their own fate."
The air froze.
Everyone fell silent.
Su Zhan understood their thoughts.
If they ran now, these survivors would have no one to protect them.
But there was no other way.
They no longer had the ability to protect these survivors.
This made them feel a sense of guilt.
Su Zhan decided to play the villain to the end: "If we continue fighting now, there are only two outcomes... either we all die together, or we watch them die first."
He still had to use this method.
Otherwise, how could he use his Aberrant form?
Run sooner, run faster!
Su Zhan looked at the numerous Bone Eater corpses on the ground.
He felt somewhat impatient.
What a waste it would be if these were squandered.
These Bone Eater corpses, plus the three in the escape tunnel, totaled nine bodies.
And most of them were at Low-risk Sixth-tier.
After absorption.
Su Zhan estimated his Aberrant form's realm would advance from Peak Low-risk Fifth-tier to Low-risk Seventh-tier.
This rate of advancement.
Was probably unprecedented in the entire history of Daxia.
As for whether it would remain unmatched, he couldn't guarantee that.
His teammates nodded silently.
They also understood that continuing to fight now would indeed be suicidal.
"Listen!"
Seeing this, Su Zhan raised his voice: "We can't even protect ourselves now, we can't protect you anymore!"
He tore open his blood-stained combat uniform, revealing the gruesome wound on his abdomen.
The flesh was still repairing itself.
But the muscle tissue around the three bloody holes was torn and rolled back, a horrifying sight.
"Run!"
Su Zhan continued shouting: "Immediately! Right now!"
The survivors stood frozen in place.
Xie Xi kicked over a rusty oil barrel.
The loud noise made everyone jump.
"Staying with us will only be more dangerous, if you want to live then escape on your own!"
As the first person turned and fled wildly.
It was like pressing a switch.
The crowd exploded into motion.
Thirty seconds later, only mottled bloodstains and scattered shoes remained in the center of the area.
Su Zhan's ears twitched slightly.
Catching the vibrations growing closer in the fog.
"Go!"
Su Zhan gave the order.
Five figures ran toward five different directions.
Su Zhan slipped back into the underground passage.
The rusty iron door slammed shut behind him, cutting off the screams outside.
The dark tunnel was filled with the smell of blood.
There were currently no survivors here.
After all, it had collapsed halfway and wasn't as safe as before.
Moreover, the survivors had bad memories of this place, so they wouldn't choose it for hiding.
This was human psychology.
Su Zhan groped his way to the first Bone Eater corpse.
But his current appearance made him feel very insecure.
Su Zhan started stripping clothes from corpses again, and hid his dual blades.
He also took a mask from an Aberrant.
Hmm... Aberrants usually carried these when out on missions.
As for the mask's style...
It looked like a totem torn from some ancient Nuo drama.
Blue-faced with fangs, a single horn on the forehead.
Dark red crystals were embedded in the hollows of the cheeks, like dried blood tears.
A somewhat terrifying image of an unknown figure.
"That's better..."
After changing his appearance.
Su Zhan knelt beside the corpse, his right hand spread open.
Milky white mist immediately drilled in through his seven orifices.
A sickly flush appeared on Su Zhan's face, muscles wriggling abnormally beneath his clothes.
This was the pleasure of growing stronger while absorbing life essence.
After absorbing the essence of all three corpses.
Su Zhan's Aberrant form realm reached Low-risk Sixth-tier.
Just then.
Footsteps came from the other end of the tunnel.
Someone was coming?
Su Zhan quickly rolled into the shadows.
It was a man in a security uniform, dragging a bloody leg as he crawled toward this direction.
"Help! Help me!"
The man cried out desperately for rescue.
Su Zhan watched quietly as he crawled past his hiding spot.
Watched as bone whips wrapped around his ankle.
Watched as this ordinary person, who five minutes ago had hoped for protection from Awakened ones, was dragged deep into the mist.
Sorry, can't save you, just blame your bad luck.
Su Zhan silently left the escape tunnel.
Arriving at the place where he had fiercely battled six Sixth-tier Bone Eaters earlier.
Confirming there was no one around, and no Bone Eaters.
The reason was simple, people were affected by psychology, and as said before, they wouldn't return to this place that held bad memories for hiding.
As for Bone Eaters...
They were out looking for prey.
With no prey here, the probability of them coming was greatly reduced.
Su Zhan turned and pounced on the nearest Bone Eater corpse.
His right hand pressed against the still-warm remains, milky white life essence immediately rising like smoke.
"Hah..."
Long-absent pleasure washed over his nerves.
Muscle fibers twitched beneath his skin.
The wound on his abdomen had long been restored to its original state.
Fourth corpse...
Fifth corpse...
Sixth corpse...
...
Ninth corpse...
All turned to ashes after their life essence was absorbed.
Low-risk, Seventh-tier! Mid-stage!
Su Zhan felt the Aberrant power within him growing stronger and stronger.
In just this short time.
He had caught up with his long period of arduous training.
If he wasn't being watched, making his Aberrant form difficult to use, having to use it stealthily each time.
Otherwise, Su Zhan didn't dare imagine how fast his realm advancement would be.
Next...
The hunt, begins!
...
Su Zhan's vertical pupils contracted into two golden lines.
A hundred meters away.
A Bone Eater's hunched back rose and fell like waves as it bent over to gnaw on a corpse, six bone whips unconsciously scratching blood marks on the ground.
First step taken...
One hundred meters.
The eye tentacles on the Bone Eater's shoulder blades spasmed, three eyes simultaneously turning toward its back.
First black streak slashed diagonally upward from below, two bone whips just raised were severed.
The cut surfaces were smooth as mirrors, even the squirming black nerve cords in the marrow cavity were visible.
The Bone Eater retreated violently, its remaining four whips transforming into countless afterimages filling the sky.
But before touching the scales, they were shattered mid-air by a tail whip!
"Crack!"
A crisp explosive sound.
Bone fragments flew everywhere.
Su Zhan spun forward.
Left claw gripping the monster's shoulder blade, right claw slowly tracing down along the spinal midline.
Peeling back layers of muscle like an anatomist displaying artwork.
Black blood sprayed!
"Gurgle... hiss..."
The Bone Eater's mournful cry abruptly ceased.
Su Zhan's tail tip had somehow pierced through its abdomen from behind, emerging from its lower back.
...
Such scenes continued to appear throughout the abandoned industrial area.
One isolated Bone Eater after another was seized by Su Zhan and hunted.
Their corpses appeared in various postures.
Some bodies were broken beyond recognition, without a single piece of intact flesh.
Some lay face up in sewage ditches, six bone whips still maintaining defensive entanglement.
Some had even reached the perimeter fence, half their bodies already through the barbed wire.
Of course, the final outcome for all these corpses was turning to ashes.
Life essence continuously poured into his body.
Su Zhan's hunting desire grew stronger and stronger.
This mist event lasted a full day plus 12 hours, totaling 36 hours.
Throughout this mist event, Su Zhan targeted isolated Bone Eaters, allowing him to end battles quickly.
Another point.
Was to strike in uninhabited places whenever possible.
Thereby reducing the risk of being seen.
During this time, Su Zhan had lost count of how many Bone Eaters he killed.
He only knew that his Aberrant form's realm had reached Low-risk Eighth-tier!
Three consecutive tier advancements!
Although the improvement was rapid.
Su Zhan still felt somewhat dissatisfied.
His dissatisfaction was that the Bone Eaters' realms were too low.
Absorbing life essence from lower realms was far less effective for realm advancement than absorbing essence from same-realm or higher-realm sources.
When the mist finally dispersed.
Su Zhan retrieved his dual blades and clothes.
But he couldn't guarantee that no one had seen him killing Bone Eaters.
Probably when returning to the academy this time...
He might face interrogation...
After all, Su Zhan understood.
This was already the third time he had done this during mist events.
Every time he was present.
There would be an Aberrant hunting mist creatures.
And the mist creatures' corpses would mysteriously disappear.
Moreover, this Aberrant didn't kill humans.
This situation might be acceptable once or twice.
But this was already his third time.
Suspicion was inevitable.
Su Zhan knew doing this carried great exposure risk.
But high risk meant high reward.
And he had already prepared his explanation in mind...