New Gods of North America.

Chapter 448 Split
Many things in this world seem to be able to be evaluated through simple analysis:
For example, the original Mackenree should be a beginner or lower level Beyonder. Now he has absorbed eight pieces of Beyonder materials of unknown rank and turned into a monster.

Even if the magic array allows him to absorb without loss and add some new special effects, his starting point is too low. Relatively high-level extraordinary materials should not be easy to get in Virginia, so Wayne estimates that the current rank of this thing should be similar to his, or at most one or two levels higher, but the error should not be too big.

The danger warning level of spiritual intuition seems to be a proof as well.
Anyway, among the monsters that Wayne had come into close contact with, the one that seemed to have the strongest sense of danger was the "ghoul" from Cohen Pharmaceuticals, followed by the "slender figure" and the "mushroom head".
Even though the "pineapple head" in front of him is slightly stronger, he feels like he is in the same tier.

As for the "wise sage" or the "light of dawn", they no longer belong to the category of "monsters".
Anyway, based on Wayne's experience, if he encounters them, he will definitely run away if he can. If his luck is a little worse and he encounters their real bodies, then he probably won't have to worry about whether to run away or not.

At least this "Pineapple Head" does not seem as dangerous as the "Wise Sage" summoned by Lina - theoretically speaking, the summoned one should only be a so-called "projection", or just an open remote port, and is far from the level of the real person.

The strength of the Beyonders was even harder to assess. Not to mention the restraints that Inissa was wearing, even Lina sometimes looked like she would cry for a long time if she was slapped.

Spiritual intuition doesn't seem to have any effect on them under normal circumstances, not to mention Mr. Weisman. Even the guy who killed "Slender Man" in an instant before, theoretically, should have a high rank, but he hung out with Wayne and the others during that time and no one was found to be unusual.

After figuring this out, Wayne's first reaction was to call for help.

Since the demon hunting bullets can't seem to kill this guy, its strength shouldn't be that high. There's also a level 7 Inissa above. The church has given her a holy emblem rune to temporarily untie her. Calling her down to calm the situation, Wayne can have more peace of mind.
After all, facts have proved that the difficulty of dealing with the same extraordinary person will increase after he loses control, just like it will be more difficult to control a person after he goes crazy.

Before Wayne could run to the basement stairs and call for help, one of the "pineapple-headed" tentacles suddenly struck the ground.
There was a "bang" sound, which didn't sound loud, but Wayne seemed to have the illusion that it hit him directly on the chest. Then the entire basement seemed to be blocked by a black barrier.

The "pineapple head" seemed to think that Wayne wanted to escape, and the many eyes on the meatball looked at him at the same time:

"Where are you going? Don't worry, if I can't leave, then you definitely can't leave either."

Wayne was unwilling to touch the black barrier, so he tried firing a shot at the position. The barrier seemed invisible and intangible, but the bullet quickly lost speed after hitting it, and soon there was a sound of it falling to the ground.
Feeling that rushing in didn't seem to be a good idea, Wayne could only shout twice through the barrier based on his intuition. He wasn't sure if Inissa could hear him. Then he continued to load the bullets and turned back to look at Connor, indicating that only two people could handle it at the moment.

At this time, the two unlucky accomplices seemed to have been "sucked dry". The two tentacles of "Pineapple Head" were freed, and the whole body took two steps towards Wayne.

When the attack was launched again this time, the speed of the tentacles suddenly became much faster. Wayne saw one of the tentacles raised up and pretending to attack him, but even though he had already shot in that direction in advance and was prepared to dodge, Wayne was almost poked by the tentacle this time.

Shit, is this "warming up"? Or "getting stronger the more you eat"?
The terrain in the basement was not very good. Wayne dodged and fought back, but was gradually forced to the wall by the approaching "Pineapple Head".
If he ran to the left now, he might bring danger to the scattered Emmas. If he ran to the right, he would be in danger of Connor, who was barely avoiding the attack while slapping Damon MacCready in the face to try to wake him up.
Wayne gradually emptied the bullets in the lever rifle and found that the damage the demon hunting bullets could cause to "Pineapple Head" seemed limited. He was busy being attacked and had no time to reload, so he could only hold the rifle as a stick in one hand, and took out a holy water bottle with the other hand and began to inject spiritual power into the glass bottle.

"Oh!"

Two tentacles attacked at the same time. Wayne swung his lever rifle at one of them, but the force was so strong that it couldn't bend at all.

Wayne rolled over and avoided the subsequent "double attack", then threw the holy water bottle towards the supporting leg of "Pineapple Head" and snapped his fingers, choosing "premature detonation".

The noise of the holy water bottle exploding was not as loud as the gunshot, but the actual damage caused seemed to be more effective. One of the tentacle of the "Pineapple Head" broke, and the ball of flesh that was propped up in the air also tilted slightly.

Good guy,
No wonder the fighting style of the church's exorcists seems to be still in the Middle Ages. Could it be that in the field of fighting monsters in the extraordinary world, some things are more effective with traditional methods?
The hollow, vibrating voice of "Pineapple Head" sounded again, "How dare you?!"

If you don't dare, you will die...

While one of the "Pineapple Head"'s tentacles was growing again from the broken part, Wayne dodged back and forth and threw something at it every two seconds.
There was no time to worry about the amount of spiritual power in the body at this moment. After charging for 5 seconds, it would probably be enough to sever the tentacles. If it was less than 5 seconds, it would not be very effective.
Connor also found that the demon hunting bullets were not powerful enough, and took out a small bottle, which looked like he was poisoning the bullet.

Five or six effective attacks were thrown at him in succession. Fortunately, Wayne charged the thing faster than the regeneration speed of the "Pineapple Head" tentacles, and the situation entered a stalemate for a while.
Four of the eight tentacles of "Pineapple Head" are still regenerating. Wayne threw away four holy water bottles, a revolver and a large double eagle gold coin. Now he is holding the last large double eagle gold coin in his hand and is trying to recharge it.

Wayne still had more demon hunting bullets on him at this time. However, he had just tried to charge the demon hunting bullets directly and threw them over, but the effect of the explosion was not as good as the holy water bottle. If this big double eagle gold coin was also used, then Wayne's next step would probably be to tear off the chain and throw the pocket watch.
That thing is not cheap. Although it is certainly not as valuable as a life, Wayne runs a small business. If it breaks, it will be difficult to repair and no one will reimburse you. It is better not to throw it away if possible.

But the current situation cannot be taken lightly. Although "Pineapple Head" seems to be in a state of decline, Connor's enhanced demon hunting bullets do not seem to have much effect.

Moreover, Wayne was very worried that it was the type that would become stronger the more it ate. If, after it grew its tentacles, it turned around to eat Emma or Damon MacCready, or even the group of hostages in the corner over there, not to mention the casualties, if its speed increased further, Wayne felt that it might be difficult for him to hide from it. He could only seize the time to make a "big move" and try to inflict a heavy blow on it.

At this time, the meat ball, which was supported in the air by several tentacles, kept shaking slightly. Then, like cell proliferation, the meat ball trembled with a "pop". Suddenly, a small meat ball with eye slits split out from the side of the big meat ball.
The small meat ball and the big meat ball are partially connected, and they also have tentacles on the top, but they are much thinner and shorter, and they cannot touch the ground when they hang down.

What was even more terrible was that as the eight tentacles of the big meatball gradually grew back, it also kept making “pop”, “pop”, “pop” sounds.

One after another, small meat balls separated from the big meat ball. The originally good-looking "pineapple head" had now turned into a bunch of "grapes" held up in the air by eight large tentacles.

Oh my god.

Wayne looked at the little balls of flesh that had not yet opened their eyes and whose tentacles were still hanging down, wondering whether he should hurry up and recharge the big double eagle gold coin in his hand, or throw it out to blast them.
At this moment, the eyes on one of the small meat balls suddenly opened all at once, and then the small tentacles on its head pierced the big meat ball at the same time, popping a bunch of eyes on it in one breath, and the dark juice splashed like water.

"what--"

The basement seemed to immediately echo with a hollow and unreal wailing sound. The large tentacles staggered, and the "bunch of grapes" swayed several times in the air, as if it was trying to maintain its balance by relying on the large tentacles.

Another hollow, vibrating voice sounded with a surge of spiritual pressure, like a rage:

"I am the owner of this body! I am Macon Reeve!"

(End of this chapter)