Hugo's words also carried an intent to probe Bai Kou, but Bai Kou's expression didn't change at all. She just said indifferently, "If you can get out alive, turning District 011 into a plague land is fine too."

As her words fell, she snapped her fingers. The metal that had originally been attached to the hospital walls rapidly contracted and gathered, coalescing into long strips that shot towards Whale and the other man from all directions!

"Ha!" Whale roared, grabbed the locomotive beside him with one hand, and swung it with all his might, knocking away all those metal bars. However, the metal wasn't solid. Once struck, it immediately turned into a puddle of liquid, splattering and wrapping around the locomotive, then moving to encircle the two men at the center, gradually forming a giant sphere.

"Get out, quick!" Hugo reminded Whale. The latter continued to swing the discolored locomotive, smashing it against the curved metal. But he only managed to dent it, so he changed direction, thrusting the locomotive upwards and breaking out just before the metal sphere closed completely.

However, Bai Kou was already waiting for them above. She reached out her hand, the ring on her index finger flashing with light. The light enveloped the two men, and the locomotive in Whale's hand immediately turned into a heavy, lifeless object, slamming down hard on his head.

Whale tilted his neck, hoisting the locomotive onto his shoulder, and finally managed to escape the sphere's encirclement. But both he and the locomotive ended up pinned under Bai Kou's foot.

Hugo looked up, rubbed his pitch-black arm against the underside of the locomotive, and black pathogens immediately surged upwards.

Whale was wearing special protective clothing and gloves, ignoring the threat of the pathogens. Bai Kou, standing above, was still in her previous evening gown attire, looking very vulnerable to infection.

Unfortunately, the pathogens hadn't even reached the edge of her shoe before being forced back by an invisible force. Bai Kou pressed down with her right hand through the air, as if compressing the air into a wall. If the pathogens hadn't been squeezed into a flat plane, there would have been no visible trace of her action!

Both Whale and Hugo below showed expressions of shock. Because there was a Super Item within this space, the effects of Spacetime Items were suppressed. They couldn't use theirs, and naturally, Bai Kou couldn't use hers either. Of course, that Super Item could belong to Bai Kou. But using a Super Item to control such a small area seemed like overkill. Moreover, when a Super Item is deployed, the attack is either completed without others noticing, or it's a visible, apocalyptic disaster...

Therefore, it was highly likely that Bai Kou's move was due to a characteristic or Super Evolution.

Having clashed so many times, both sides had a basic judgment of each other. Bai Kou was adept at using metal, and her combat style heavily involved metal, making a characteristic-related ability highly probable. Additionally, she had undergone Super Evolution in the mental aspect, which was a type of self-control Super Evolution. Neither of these two aspects seemed to involve gas control. Ruling out items, it was very likely this was also a Super Evolution.

The worst-case scenario was that Bai Kou was a high-level player with multi-faceted Super Evolution.

With this realization, Whale swung the locomotive with all his strength, then grabbed Hugo and sprinted into the distance. However, before running more than a few meters, he crashed into something invisible, was blocked and bounced back, and only broke through on the second impact.

Watching the two flee, a flash of pain crossed Bai Kou's face, but then she gave chase again.

The two sides fought their way all the way to the first floor, affecting far more than just the nearby Red Wristband and Black Wristband wearers. They also involved those high-level players like Ahsis—these people were currently locked in fierce combat due to internal conflicts. Mona Doug's side was at a disadvantage. She exchanged a glance with her ally, Vicen Meni, then took out a palm-length sharp spike. The entirely black spike looked like it was made of metal, but upon closer inspection, countless worm-like things seemed to be wriggling on its surface.

Mona Doug aimed the black spike at Ahsis Vilner, smeared some blood on it—blood that was clearly not from her own hand—and said, "Target name: Ahsis Vilner. Identification marker: blood. Mission objective: kill the target."

As soon as she finished speaking, the black spike seemed to gain a life of its own, flying towards Ahsis Vilner. Ahsis's expression changed slightly when he saw Mona Doug smear the collected blood on the black spike. He took out a glowing triangular piece of metal and threw it, shouting, "Destroy all things!"

This, of course, wasn't literally capable of destroying all things. The glowing triangle flew out and began autonomously destroying the Seventeenth Hospital—Ahsis was trying to forcibly damage the dungeon's setting to escape the dungeon.

At the same time, the black spike closed in on him. Long-range defensive items, characteristics, and powerful lethal weapons seemed as fragile as paper before it. Not only did they fail to have any effect, but they were also destroyed with extreme ease. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Ahsis used an item to dodge to another location, but the black spike seemed to have tracking ability, instantly catching up with him again, seemingly determined not to stop until he was dead.

His companions, the curly-haired noble Cag Hellert and the freckled noble Lynn Oz, tried to intervene from the side. After two failed attempts, they were held back by Mona Doug's allies.

The glowing triangle was continuously destroying walls, with half the floor becoming dangerously unstable. Xu Huo, drawn by the noise, simply opened a window in the wall, letting the triangle fly out on its own. However, he couldn't arbitrarily change the hospital's structure. So when the glowing triangle flew back, he instinctively glanced towards Bai Kou—this dungeon probably couldn't trap Whale and the other man for much longer.

And it was precisely at that moment that Whale, carrying Hugo, and the pursuing Bai Kou rushed into the battlefield one after the other. Whale was the first to block the black spike's attack trajectory. Glancing at the incoming object, he covered his right arm with a layer of black metal and swung it, deflecting the black spike.

The deflected black spike returned to its trajectory in less than a second, but this time it collided with Bai Kou.

Bai Kou's face darkened. She released the sphere she was using to modify the hospital's layout, directly using it to block the black spike.

It was unclear what material the black spike was made of, but upon colliding with the sphere, it shattered into pieces on the ground. Some of the wriggling objects dissolved into the floor upon landing, while the remaining parts fused back into a black spike, now only two-thirds of its original length.

"My item!" Mona Doug cried out in distress. Although the remaining black spike's speed was slightly reduced, its offensive power was still fierce. Unfortunately, this time it failed to tear through Ahsis's defensive item and was instead deflected by it!

Having missed such a good opportunity, Mona Doug glared at Bai Kou, gnashing her teeth. For some reason, she didn't use the black spike to attack Ahsis again but instead retrieved it. Then she personally engaged Ahsis in close combat.

However, her luck was bad. Whale, who had already moved away, was forced back by Bai Kou and crashed right into her. The energy bomb Whale was holding detonated, blowing her away along with him!