Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 305: Hogger's Wolf Clan Bloodline Awakens, The First Encounter Between Werewolves and Vampires

Bang— bang— bang—

Hogg continuously leaped through the streets, pursuing his prey.

Suddenly, a peculiar scent of blood drilled into Hogg's nostrils, making his spirits lift.

"This... this smell..."

A foul stench carrying a hint of sour rot.

Even though it was clearly the first time he had smelled this particular bloody odor, Hogg felt as if a shackle within his bloodline had been unlocked, an instinctual urge to tear the other apart.

This was a kind of disgust and rejection originating from the soul, from the bloodline.

A hatred of the 'either him or me, sworn to kill' variety.

Simultaneously, as he sensed the impulse to shred the other rising within him, Hogg noticed the sharp fang pendant hanging on his chest emitting a faint warmth.

A surge of extremely comfortable power welled up once more from deep within his body, and the stamina Hogg had just consumed was rapidly recovering.Hogg was the first to detect the changes in his body.

His speed increased once again.

As he pursued, the bloody, foul, sour-rotten scent in the air grew increasingly intense.

"Got you."

Driven by this bloody scent, the wolfish wildness within Hogg was stirred, making him experience a sensation he had never felt before.

He was going to transform.

Hogg could feel that this transformation would be completely different from any before.

Therefore, he no longer suppressed the wildness in his heart. Instead, he opened his body and mind, embracing it wholeheartedly.

Awoooooo~~~~

A resounding wolf's howl erupted from Hogg's mouth.

"Come on! Let me see to what extent my strength will rise."

Intense, searing heat surged from the depths of his bone marrow. His heartbeat began to accelerate drastically, blood vessels throbbing beneath his skin. His vision and hearing became sharp, the sounds and smells around him rapidly amplifying.

"Crack—"

While Hogg was still running, his body emitted a sound that set teeth on edge. His spine was forcibly elongated. Hogg's already tall frame stretched upward again, quickly surpassing a height of two meters and thirty centimeters.

Then, the muscle fibers all over his body swelled up wildly like inflating balloons, thickening, instantly straining and bulging the clothes on his body. Hogg directly grabbed the bulletproof vest and chest rig he was wearing, gave a forceful tug, and tore all his clothes to shreds.

Revealing his bulging muscles, coiled with veins like sinuous dragons. His shoulder blades and pelvis expanded outward to provide support for the stronger musculature, his overall physique becoming somewhat hunched yet brimming with power.

In an instant, the only clothing left on Hogg's body was a few tattered strips around his waist.

But his transformation was not yet complete.

Dense, coarse gray mane hair crazily sprouted from his pores, rapidly covering his entire body like a tide. The bones of his fingers and toes elongated and curved, fingernails thickening and sharpening, joints coarsening.

In a flash, they had already transformed into sharp claws capable of tearing through steel.

The most significant change was still Hogg's head.

His jawbone extended forward, his teeth becoming sharp and elongated, four canine teeth protruding to become fangs.

His ears stretched upward, becoming pointed and erect.

His nose and mouth fused and protruded forward, ultimately forming a complete wolf's snout.

Hogg's eyes transformed into a deep, dark green, but if one looked closely, they would find a barely perceptible hint of crimson deep within.

Savagery, killing intent, wildness occupied everything.

"Awoooooo~~~~"

This wolf's howl signified that the enhancement Hogg had gained from injecting the Gray Wolf Genetic Modification Serum was completely replaced by the Wolf Clan bloodline.

From this moment on.

Hogg was no longer a genetically modified human, but a complete and utter werewolf.

Looking at his physical attributes that far surpassed his previous state, Hogg revealed a ferocious grin. He swung his sharp claws at a vehicle by the roadside.

The sharp claw tips directly sliced several gashes in the car's metal skin.

"This is it... this is the power..." Hogg felt joy in his heart.

When he looked up ahead again, a faint red trail appeared in his vision.

This was the ability Hogg had just acquired—Bloody Tracking.

This faint red trail was precisely the trace left by that foul-smelling fellow.

"To thank you for allowing me to fully awaken my bloodline..." Thick, viscous saliva dripped from the corner of Hogg's mouth as he clenched his wolf claws.

"I'll make your death quick."

Hogg's pursuit speed increased yet another notch.

Xiao Wu lifted his head from a scavenger's neck, fresh blood still staining the corner of his mouth.

Plop— plop—

Two bullets fell to the ground from Xiao Wu's abdomen and arm.

The wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. In less than five seconds, his skin was smooth and flawless again.

"Damn it, this is really unbelievable."

Xiao Wu had never been in such a sorry state before. The combat proficiency of those thugs from that faction just now was too high, far exceeding any thug faction he had encountered before.

Their weapons were also quite sophisticated. His body had been strengthened when he became a member of the Blood Clan.

Although it couldn't compare to those brutes of the Wolf Clan, small-caliber bullets generally caused extremely limited damage to him.

But just a moment ago, after only a brief close-quarters engagement with the thugs, he was hit by two large-caliber rifle rounds. If he hadn't released his psychic ability decisively enough.

Those thugs alone might have been enough to make him crash and burn.

Fortunately, the Blood Clan's recovery ability was also quite terrifying. Although the blood of this scavenger just now was very sour and astringent, with little nutritional value.

It was still enough to restore his strength to its peak.

"This Yu Yuan Shelter is far too abnormal. I must figure out its background within the next few days. Only then can I go back and ask Older Sister for reinforcements."

Just as Xiao Wu was thinking this, a clear, loud wolf's howl sounded from the direction he had come from.

The sudden wolf howl immediately triggered a stress response in Xiao Wu.

Facing the direction of the howl, he opened his mouth wide and similarly emitted a threatening sound.

This was an instinctive reaction under the deepest bloodline antagonism mechanism.

"This is... the Wolf Clan?"

Xiao Wu instantly realized.

"The Yu Yuan Shelter has indeed already joined the Wolf Clan. He must have discovered my trail and is chasing me!"

He had barely finished this thought when, in his field of vision, a burly figure shot out from a street corner, grabbed a lamppost, swung into the air, spun twice, and then landed steadily on the ground.

Hogg slowly stood up, looking at the pale-skinned, sharp-toothed fellow in the distance, revealing a savage smile.

"Got you! Stinky bat!"

Simultaneously with the complete awakening of his Wolf Clan bloodline, Hogg also received some fragmented pieces of information from his bloodline.

The foremost among them was naturally the Wolf Clan's sworn enemy—the vampire.

Xiao Wu was also sizing up Hogg at this moment.

But upon seeing Hogg's height, now close to two and a half meters, and his muscles bulging to the extreme, even though he was mentally prepared.

Xiao Wu's eyelids still twitched.

"Is this Yu Yuan? The high-level player behind him must definitely be a high-ranking member of the Wolf Clan. Otherwise, it's impossible for him to enter the second stage immediately after just transforming into a werewolf."

But in the next moment, a thirst for blood also rose in the depths of Xiao Wu's eyes.

"Yu Yuan, you came just in time. I was originally worried about not being able to find you, but now you've come running out yourself..."

Looking at the werewolf walking towards him, the corner of his mouth twisted into a smile.

"You don't really think you can kill me by yourself, do you~~ What a naive fellow."

Xiao Wu said mockingly. His palm made a grasping motion in the air. The scavenger corpse beneath him seemed like a wrung-out sponge as all the blood was extracted, coalescing into a ball of blood that gathered in Xiao Wu's palm, then shot towards Hogg.

Hearing Xiao Wu's words, Hogg felt somewhat baffled.

But he liked Xiao Wu's attitude of engaging in battle.

"Blathering nonsense, damn stinky bat, daring to come to my turf, die!"

At the end of his words, Hogg also started running. He moved on all fours, leaped onto the wall of a building, and began parkouring along the wall as he ran.

Then he suddenly leaped, spreading his sharp claws and swiping at Xiao Wu who was charging towards him.