But Sam laughed at the same time with joy and annoyance, the thing is that when the mutation was activated, he again felt how it was trying to direct him in a certain direction.
He immediately understood everything, he had not previously felt anything in the forgotten lands because the mutation was in a passive mode. He didn't get any injuries and of course he couldn't feel a damn thing.
When he was in the firelands, he got quite damaged by the salamanders, and the mutation helped with the regeneration, but he was a hell of a lot, too far from the abandoned lands.
And in general, for a long time it was possible to draw the correct conclusions, his mutation is essentially "Berserker" or something like that, the more injured he is, the more it manifests itself.
Sam once again cursed his stupidity and, continuing from time to time to mutilate his collarbone and fight the mark, he moved in the direction of the call.
The pain was terrible, and the instinct of self-preservation prevented Sam from striking.
But he realized that there was too much at stake now, if he again succumbed to his laziness and weakness, then everything would be over for him.
After a couple of hours of torment, he finally saw his goal. In appearance, this monster did not differ much from the previous one. Also a dark gray body, a bald head, in fact, only his eyes stood out, and of course his beard of tentacles and long arms.
But the strangeness was that in the abandoned lands, if you just look around, it seemed you could see very far. But Sam saw the bearded one only when he was already very close to him. If not for the call of mutation, he would hardly have found it at all.
It was not clear whether this was a feature of this land or the bearded ones themselves, in any case, Sam rushed at him.
The bearded man was at the peak of the Qi Condensation. Perhaps stronger than the previous one, but for Sam, this was not a big deal now.
He tried to resist, but the difference in cultivation was obvious, Sam boldly bumped into him and tore him apart.
He quickly opened his skull, took a small black crystal the size of a beetle from his head and tried to stick it into his collarbone, right into the mark.
Another dumb idea from Sam worked this time, at least he felt not a weak progress in eating the mark with the mutation.
Once again, piercing his collarbone through and digging with the sword, Sam screamed in pain, but managed to feel the direction he needed and rushed forward.
Because of the wounds, the euphoria and adrenaline he knew soared again, he felt the urge to destroy.
But the injury wasn't serious enough to affect Sam's judgment.
He continued to move with even greater speed and in just an hour he got to the next bearded, repeating the procedure, he continued this process a couple of times.
The fourth bearded man found was at the Foundation Establishment, and immediately at the middle stage.
There was no big difference between him and the other bearded ones, except that he had some kind of chain with an amulet or some other nonsense hanging around his neck.
When he saw Sam, his amulet lit up. Sam rushed forward without hesitation.
When Sam approached the bearded man, he again used a similar trick with repulsion around him, Sam was carried back a little, and he also felt dizzy.
Right after that some kind of energy flew to Sam and it seemed to him that his brain was completely disconnected, he did not understand where he was and what was happening.
Fortunately, his mutation helped him recover again, and he saw that this creature approached him at a distance of a meter, his beard glowed purple and the tentacles were about to penetrate his head.
Sam grabbed the asshole by the beard with one hand and pulled on himself strengthened the second hand with technique and with all the foolishness swung at his head.
The beard grabbing technique worked well the last time around, so Sam went with a proven method.
The thing screeched and tried to push Sam away again, but he would not let go of his beard.
Only when his hand was about to pierce the ugly head, some kind of barrier worked and Sam could not break through it from the first blow, he continued to strengthen his hand with technique and try to break the barrier without letting go of the bearded one.
When the bearded man could not push Sam away from him, he began to screech and slash his body with his clawed paws. Sam didn't wear armor because he needed mutation and injury now.
But after a couple of punches Sam still broke through the barrier and smashed the head of the creature. To be sure, he hammered it until there was one porridge left from the head.
With a trembling hand, he took another crystal from his head and stuck it into his mutilated collarbone.
- Fuck you fucking bitch Bella, a fucking old man with his sect, fuck you all, I'll tear you to pieces!
The bearded man could not critically injure Sam, after all, Sam's body is strong enough, but there were many wounds and cuts, Sam began to get angry and feel a rush of adrenaline at the same time.
He banged his head on the ground, hoping that his brain would rebuild and he would become smarter, and tried to take his emotions under control.
Sam checked the tag, the mutation was actively devouring the tag and soon it will disappear.