Rumble—
At this moment, Bark's ears were filled with the sound of huge, continuous explosions.
In his vision, it was a scene like the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing.
The pillars that had been blown apart were crashing down, and without their support, the already fragile and dilapidated structure of the factory buildings was on the verge of collapse.
Coupled with the impact of the explosions, the factory's structure was completely destroyed, causing walls to crumble and ceilings to fall.
Bark felt the ground shake, as the collapsing factory seemed to bury him alive.
At this point, he no longer cared about the werewolf and turned to run, only to suddenly realize that the werewolf he had just knocked down was now half-crouching on the ground, poised to pounce.
A stone pillar crashed down in front of Bark, and when it fell, the werewolf was nowhere to be seen.
The Intis Official quickly looked around and caught a glimpse of the werewolf, who had somehow bounced onto a slanting, falling pillar.
He pushed off with his legs, like a cannonball, and charged diagonally towards him.
In that instant, Bark suddenly understood that this werewolf had never intended to break through from the very beginning.
Instead...
He wanted to kill him!
Bark guessed correctly.
Lex had never intended to break through from the very beginning.
Because Bark knew he possessed the means of a Faceless Man, Lex believed that once he informed his colleagues, Intis's forces would surely have sufficient means and capabilities to make targeted arrangements.
Therefore, he had no intention of breaking through, but rather planned to hunt Bark.
If he had been determined to break through, even without other means, just with the werewolf's physical qualities and speed, he would have already broken out through a window after enduring a few of Bark's fireballs.
The reason he was forced to jump around by Bark was to place his 'remote-controlled bombs' constructed from flames on those pillars and at the supporting structures of the building.
Everything he had done earlier was a prelude for this moment, a performance to deceive Bark!
Now.
He finally awaited the moment of the hunt!
In the constantly collapsing building, the speed and flexibility gained from 'werewolf transformation' were utilized to their fullest.
Lex used the falling debris to obstruct Bark's vision, while he himself moved around.
Once an opportunity arose, he would launch an attack without hesitation or fear, just like now.
Facing Lex's pounce, Bark only had time to roll forward, but he was still caught by Lex's claw from behind.
The Intis Official's back was instantly covered in blood, and the sharp pain from the wound made him gasp.
He knew that he couldn't effectively repel the enemy in this environment, so he was determined to break through and rushed towards the window.
But at this moment, Lex passed him at an even faster speed, then cut off his path, and while dodging two falling rocks, he flashed past Bark's left side in the nick of time.
Bark's left leg immediately tore open, and Lex's claws left several bloody, deep wounds that exposed the bone.
This immediately significantly reduced his mobility.
"You bastard!"
Bark roared in anger, and Mister Military Attache brandished a fiery whip, lashing it fiercely at Lex, but he couldn't hit Lex, only air.
However, although his whip struck nothing, the long whip flung out a dozen fist-sized fireballs.
They didn't have a specific direction but scattered, covering a fan-shaped area of over ten meters around, triggering a series of small explosions.
But Lex had already flashed onto the roof when the fireballs appeared, pushing off a swaying large rock, causing it to fall, while he diagonally charged down towards Bark below.
Bark looked up, as if he had anticipated Lex descending from above, a sinister smile on his face, flames rising around him.
He wanted to unleash a wave of fiery impact to attack Lex.
This was an all-encompassing, no-dead-angle offensive centered around him!
But at this moment.
Mister Military Attache's throat tickled, and he coughed twice.
At the same time, the wounds on his back and left leg, where Lex had clawed him, suddenly rapidly oozed a pale yellow liquid.
The surrounding skin was red and swollen, appearing festered.
I've been poisoned?
When?
Immediately after, Bark uncontrollably vomited, expelling yellowish-green liquid mixed with blood clots from his mouth.
The fiery impact he had intended to unleash could no longer be focused and activated.
This was the work of 'Poison Claw'!
In an instant, Lex had already landed on top of Bark's head, and his five claws, like daggers plunged into cheese, easily pierced into his skull.
With a stab and a pull, Lex landed on the ground, no longer lingering, and broke out through the window.
Bark swayed, then fell to the ground, blood continuously gushing from his head, and then he was struck by falling rocks on his body and head.
His shoes scraped a mark on the ground, and Lex stopped.
He looked back, and the two-story factory had completely collapsed.
The Intis Official was buried in the ruins, and in an era without lifting machinery, it would take a lot of effort to dig out the Military Attache's body.
Lex exhaled a mouthful of murky air, then heard the sound of carriages on the road.
People from the Intis side had indeed arrived to provide support.
Lex dared not delay and quickly rushed out into the street.
From afar, he saw a carriage with a lantern hanging on it speeding towards him from behind the fog-shrouded long street.
Without panic, Lex maintained his 'werewolf transformation' and, using speed comparable to a galloping horse, he darted like lightning into a small alley on the opposite side of the street.
At the same time, a layer of orange-red flames leaped onto Lex's hand.
As he passed an empty house, he threw a fist-sized fireball inside.
The fireball landed in the middle of the house, near several bottles, and around these bottles, there were piles of dry grass and branches.
When the fireball exploded, it shattered the bottles, and immediately, a strong smell of alcohol filled the room.
In an instant, these bottles of cheap wine, containing high-proof alcohol, immediately ignited, then set fire to the surrounding dry grass and branches.
With a whoosh, the fire intensified, and the crimson flames quickly engulfed the house, while also creating thick smoke.
Lex ran wildly, constantly throwing fireballs, igniting the cheap wine and flammable materials in empty houses, creating explosions, flames, and thick smoke.
From above.
The previously dim street was now lit up, and the firelight reflected from one house after another illuminated this area.
People nearby, startled by the explosions, were all shocked when they saw the houses on fire, and they shouted, "Fire! Help! Help!"
Immediately, the area descended into Confusion.
People rushed out of their homes one after another, carrying Buckets, and hurried to put out the fire.
Gradually, the Confusion in this area expanded, causing considerable trouble for the Intis personnel.
The carriages rushing in were blocked outside the area by the chaotic crowd, and by the time they squeezed through the crowd and reached the scene of the incident, looking at the dense crowd participating in the firefighting, Lex's figure was nowhere to be found.
This major fire, with over twenty houses ablaze, made the night in the East District no longer peaceful, waking over two-thirds of the residents from their sleep.
Even those far from the scene of the accident couldn't sleep, watching the sky reddened by the flames and discussing animatedly.
Near the Tussock River, a figure was hurrying.
He was wearing a stained blue-gray worker's uniform, and his peaked cap was pulled low.
He suddenly stopped, turned around, placed his hand on his chest, and bowed towards the direction where the firelight glowed, like an actor finishing a performance and elegantly taking a bow to the Audience.