Kurkan's situation is the most severe, almost beyond saving, while the others are slightly better off.
The legendary mage Hailin, who has been in seclusion, also has those blue-purple tentacle marks on his head.
Although he doesn't think he has any problems, he would do things against his own will as soon as he receives orders from the Great Sage.
Seeing that he was also eroded, Wen Wen understood how the Nest of Destruction was lost, and how Ye Haimo was ensnared.
Because Hailin was the main force in sealing the Nest of Destruction, with most of the seals being his work, he could easily help the Great Sage reverse the seals, release the Nest of Destruction, and incidentally trap Ye Haimo, who was guarding the seals.
The other two eroded ones are Emperor Weitu and Pioneer Six Zero of the Polar Bear District! Fresh chapters posted on NovєlFіre.net
Wen Wen remembers that when he was collecting emotion monsters, Emperor Weitu wasn't in his jurisdiction, having gone somewhere unknown.
So the wanted criminal representing the emotion of 'joy' causing chaos in Weitu's private zoo needed Wen Wen's intervention.
Thus, when Wen Wen was catching that Old White Bear in the Polar Bear Palace, which is Emperor Weitu's home, Weitu never showed up. Maybe Weitu was ensnared at that time.
As for the erosion of Pioneer Six Zero, it probably stems from swallowing Pioneer One Hundred. At that time, no one knew about the Great Sage's issues, so Pioneer Six Zero unknowingly swallowed the hidden danger.
Now, four Catastrophe-Level Experts in the Hunter Association have already been eroded by the Great Sage.
It needs to be explained here that the state of erosion of Catastrophe-Level Experts is divided into two types.
One is complete erosion, which means becoming a puppet of the Great Sage. This kind of erosion requires a complete loss of resistance and is a relatively long process.
The other is ordinary erosion, which only needs a short period of vulnerability to the Great Sage.
The Great Sage will leave the strength of the Nameless King inside the eroded person. This strength will take root and grow inside, subtly influencing the person's thoughts and causing them to act against their nature.
The Great Sage doesn't have much time for complete erosion of all Catastrophe-Level Experts, and the prolonged absence of these experts from the Hunter Association would raise the Association's suspicion, so only the faith-relying Kurkan is completely eroded.
The most troublesome thing about these eroded people is that even they don't know they have a problem until they are triggered.
Apart from these eroded ones, the other Catastrophe-Level Experts have all received information from Wen Wen and the Black Night Knight.
They were initially skeptical, but after putting on glasses and seeing it all, they had to believe what Wen Wen and the other said.
Originally, the Hunter Association had an absolute advantage in the number of experts, but now they've fallen into a disadvantage, and the crisis hangs over everyone like a dark cloud.
Wen Wen looked at Vice President Srexin: "In this situation, the president should be able to act, right?"
"The strength of the Great Sage is unknown; among us, perhaps only the president can defeat him. Even if he only acts for an hour, it would be enough to turn the tide of the battle."
"Under the threat of the Great Sage, even letting in a few Catastrophe-Level monsters would be acceptable."
Upon hearing Wen Wen's words, everyone looked toward Srexin. Wen Wen's proposal was correct; indeed, only this method could ensure a reversal of the battle.
But Srexin shook his head with a wry smile: "No, not only can the president not act, but even the other vice president cannot descend from the Sky Curtain Giant Whale."
A glimmer flashed in the eyes of the Black Night Knight; Srexin's response confirmed his suspicions about the Hunter Association's president.
As a master of intelligence, he had long conducted a thorough investigation of the Hunter Association. Many of the Association's secrets were completely exposed to him, except for the president's identity, which remained a mystery.
Every member of the Hunter Association knows the president's deeds, every Judicator knows what the president is doing.
But has anyone really met this president of the Hunter Association, had an intimate conversation with him?
The Goddess of War Morning Star, Ishna, frowned and asked: "The president has a heavy responsibility. It was excusable for him not to show up regularly, but now the situation threatens the survival of the Association. If he doesn't act now, the world will be destroyed."
She had seen a young version of the president in time silhouettes, and in her impression, that person wouldn't ignore the present crisis.
The Black Night Knight walked up to Srexin, slapped the table: "Perhaps it's not that he can't act, but that he can't act, or rather... does the president we have always relied on really exist?"
Srexin's expression was shocked; he hadn't expected the Black Night Knight to know so much.
The Black Night Knight's words were like igniting a powder keg, causing an uproar among the other Judicators. What does it mean that the president doesn't exist?
"Now it's a matter of life and death for the Association; stop being evasive and reveal everything about the president."
Srexin leaned back, his eyes vacant. There were things he didn't want to say, but now he had no choice.
"The Black Night Knight is right, the president you know is no longer there..."
"But he still exists!"
"A thousand years ago, when the Association was first established, the president was as you understood: powerful, wise, leading the Association down the right path."
"Any enemy in front of him was like clay chickens or dogs; at that time, no one qualified to be his opponent."
"But as the weight of the whole world bore down on his shoulders, I noticed a change in his state, and I could even feel his life slipping away bit by bit."
"This kind of life exhaustion shouldn't appear in a strong person like him."
"So, after persistent inquiries with the other vice president, we got the answer."
"It turns out, not long after the Association was founded, the barrier blocking Catastrophe-Level monsters from invading reality from the rift shattered completely, and he was using his strength to maintain the world's stability."
"But his strength was limited, so his life was slowly coming to an end."
"If he ignored the world, with his strength, even if the world were destroyed, he could exist forever, but he couldn't ignore it."
"So at the end of his life, he chose to merge with a Catastrophe-Level Containment Item, becoming a new Supreme Containment, called 'Haven.'"
"Haven became one of the barriers to the real world, preventing monsters banished to the rift from entering reality."
"One of us vice presidents must stay on Hunter Island at all times to fill the barrier's gaps."
"Although he is no longer with us, his strength has always been protecting this world..."