Chapter 447 - 211: Soul-Catching and Dream-Planting, A Commanding Lead
Chapter 447: Chapter 211: Soul-Catching and Dream-Planting, A Commanding Lead
But he never expected that a single moment of compassion would give the monster the very opening it needed!
Li Zhe’s pain, bitterness, and despair from his severe injuries... The Black Nightmare Race had absorbed these intense negative emotions completely, using them to construct the dream that had trapped them all!
In the very instant everyone came to this shocking realization!
"AHHH—!"
A bloodcurdling, inhuman shriek erupted from Li Zhe’s mouth!
A visible plume of black smoke violently shot out from his eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth, swiftly coalescing in midair into a blurry, humanoid silhouette!
It had no facial features, no physical body—it was composed entirely of roiling black mist.
This was the true form of the Black Nightmare Race!
Its Spirit had already suffered a massive backlash because Lin Ye and Zhang Daoxuan had joined forces to shatter its dream.
Now, as everyone awoke and its supply of negative emotions was cut off, it could no longer maintain its possession of the host and was forcibly expelled!
"ROAR—!"
This Black Nightmare Race chieftain let out a screech sharp enough to pierce eardrums, and an invisible wave of spiritual shock boomed outward!
It intended to stun everyone and use the opportunity to escape!
All the Xinhuo members present were still disoriented from escaping the dream. The impact made them feel as if their heads had been struck by a sledgehammer. Their vision went black, and their minds went blank for a moment.
Only one person remained completely unaffected—
Lin Ye, who was still in his P2 Frenzy state!
To him, a spiritual attack of this magnitude was no different than a gentle breeze.
The instant the black mist erupted, Lin Ye was already in motion!
Instant Body!
His figure flashed past at near-teleportation speed!
In the next instant, Lin Ye appeared directly in front of the ball of black mist. He opened his massive palm and lunged for its core!
The Black Nightmare Race seemed stunned that someone could completely ignore its spiritual shock.
The mass of black mist roiled violently, letting out a terrified shriek!
It didn’t dare to take the blow head-on. Instead, it recoiled sharply while sprouting dozens of sharp, shadow-like tentacles that struck at Lin Ye’s vitals from all directions like vipers.
These tentacles were not corporeal; they could easily pierce through Gang Sha and physical defenses to strike the soul directly!
But Lin Ye paid them no mind at all.
[Unstoppable]!
Lin Ye switched to his P3 phase again!
He ignored the attacks—which would have obliterated the soul of an ordinary Martial Artist—and allowed the shadow tentacles to pass right through his body.
From the very beginning, he had only one goal!
To capture this Black Nightmare Race!
He had no intention of letting it escape his grasp.
It wasn’t just because letting it go would mean endless trouble later.
More importantly, Lin Ye coveted the abilities of the Black Nightmare Race.
"SKREEEEEE—!"
The Black Nightmare Race let out a horrendous shriek.
Lin Ye could tell.
’Aside from its bizarre abilities, it seems to be an absolute weakling in a straight fight. That’s why it’s so terrified.’
The Black Nightmare Race struggled frantically, unleashing even more powerful spiritual attacks in an attempt to sway Lin Ye’s will.
But all its efforts were pale and feeble against Lin Ye’s rock-solid, indestructible Spirit.
Lin Ye didn’t waste any time.
The next moment, countless purple crystals erupted with the Black Nightmare Race at their center, instantly encasing and sealing the ball of black mist completely!
The Black Nightmare Race was imprisoned within a massive purple crystal. It rammed against the walls frantically but couldn’t budge them in the slightest.
Seeing the black shadow flailing wildly inside the crystal, Lin Ye felt a great weight lift from his shoulders.
’Even though this thing seems incorporeal, the fact that it can be trapped makes things much easier.’
The next second, Lin Ye plunged his right hand into the purple crystal. He then mobilized all the Spiritual Power within his Sea of Consciousness.
He summoned forth a flood of green, corrosive liquid.
’My current Soul Melting Bone Erosion is still too weak. I’m just using my Spiritual Power to make up for the ability’s lack of strength.’
But just as Lin Ye had guessed...
...this Black Nightmare Race was terrified of the bodily fluids from the Rot Eye Race.
This ability could not only corrode physical matter but could also melt and corrode souls!
"AWOOOOOO—!"
Lin Ye watched as the body of the Black Nightmare Race, sealed in the crystal, continuously bled black smoke. Already weakened, its form rapidly shrank!
Several minutes later, Lin Ye heard a crisp shattering sound.
He saw an illusory core within the Black Nightmare Race’s body shatter completely.
Then, it too dissipated into the air.
[Ding! You have killed one LV.49 Black Nightmare Race Chieftain.]
[Killing a higher-level enemy has triggered an additional experience reward. Experience bonus increased by 100%!]
[You have obtained 125,400 experience points!]
[Taotie mechanism triggered!]
[You have obtained a total of: 154.2 Strength, 188.9 Agility, 142.5 Stamina, and 1547.8 Spirit!]
[You have obtained the Black Nightmare Race template. It can be viewed in the summon minion interface.]
[You have obtained a temporary skill: Soul-Catching and Dream-Planting!]
Lin Ye was overjoyed.
This journey into the dreamscape had been perilous, but the rewards were far more bountiful than he could have imagined.
He never thought that just by dealing with a single Black Nightmare Race, he would directly obtain its exclusive skill!
Lin Ye opened his system panel and glanced at the new temporary skill.
[Soul-Catching and Dream-Planting: You can keenly perceive the emotional fluctuations of intelligent creatures. After a target dies, you can read its few remaining memory fragments.]
Lin Ye silently swapped his temporary skill from Crystalization to Soul-Catching and Dream-Planting.