Chapter 450 - 212: Mechanics Showdown! I Rebounded Your Rebound
Chapter 450: Chapter 212: Mechanics Showdown! I Rebounded Your Rebound
Lin Ye’s movements abruptly froze.
An icy killing intent instantly surged up from the depths of his heart.
The secret that he could grow stronger by devouring Source Crystals was his greatest trump card.
Lin Ye didn’t want to reveal it to anyone unless it was absolutely necessary.
It wasn’t that Lin Ye didn’t trust the Great Xia authorities.
It was just that if his secret got out, the trouble would surely outweigh the benefits.
He would have a lot of explaining to do.
Lin Ye quickly replayed everything in his mind, searching for any oversights.
Every time he stepped onto a new stone bridge, he repeatedly scanned the area with his Gravity Perception and Spiritual Power. Only after confirming there were no signs of life would he feel safe enough to begin devouring the Source Crystals.
But now, he had been spied on for so long by some unknown entity, right under his very nose!
’When did it get here?’
’And how did it evade my senses?’
Lin Ye’s mind raced, but his expression remained unchanged. He simply turned, his sharp gaze sweeping in the direction the voice came from.
However, he saw nothing.
The stone bridge was empty, save for a scattering of ghastly white bones—the remains of some unknown creature. They looked particularly sinister under the eerie purple glow.
’No one there?’
’Was it a hallucination?’
Lin Ye’s pupils contracted slightly.
His Soul-Catching and Dream-Planting skill allowed him to faintly perceive an extremely weak, yet venomous and greedy, malice locked firmly onto him from that direction.
Just then...
CRACK.
A faint, crisp sound came from the pile of white bones.
Lin Ye’s attention was instantly drawn to it.
He saw a bone fragment lying on the very edge twitch lightly, as if pulled by an invisible thread.
Then, a second piece followed, then a third...
CLACK CLACK CLACK...!
A dense, grating sound of bones scraping together suddenly erupted in the silent underground space!
The once-lifeless pile of white bones, as if suddenly infused with life, began to tremble violently.
Then, they floated into mid-air and reassembled!
Ribs flew up one by one, precisely locking together to form a complete rib cage.
Fragmented arm bones pieced themselves together with crisp snapping sounds. Finally, a skull covered in cracks slowly rose from deep within the bone pile and settled atop the newly formed spine.
The entire process was incredibly fast; in just two or three seconds, a grotesque humanoid creature composed entirely of ghastly white bones had formed.
It had no lower body and just floated in mid-air.
Within its hollow eye sockets, two points of eerie green flame ignited, like a pair of soul-guiding phantom lanterns, staring fixedly at Lin Ye.
Even more bizarrely, as those phantom flames burned, wisps of black mist seeped from the crevices in its bones, rapidly converging on its face.
The black mist roiled, finally coalescing into a deathly pale mask.
The mask was featureless, save for two deep, downward-curving lines that made it look as if it were forever weeping.
It was a weeping mask.
LV.51 Curse Bone Race
Evolution Tier: 2.15
The system prompt appeared before Lin Ye’s eyes.
’Its level is even higher than that Black Nightmare Race chieftain’s!’
Seeing that the creature wasn’t human, the tension in Lin Ye’s heart eased for a brief moment.
’As long as it’s not human, things are simpler.’
He really didn’t want to have to kill a person just to protect his secret.
"A freak among humans..."
The Curse Bone creature twisted its neck, producing a grating, creaking sound.
Its weeping mask remained expressionless, but its voice was filled with condescending mockery. "Why don’t you shed that useless, fragile flesh-sack of yours, join us, and embrace the supreme evolution?"
Before the words even faded, its figure abruptly vanished from sight!
In the next instant, a piercing shriek of displaced air was already at Lin Ye’s chest!
The Curse Bone creature’s entire arm, made of bone, had instantly elongated and twisted into an incredibly sharp spike, moving fast enough to break the sound barrier!
Fortunately, Lin Ye was already on high alert. The attack was fast, but not too fast for him to react.
Lin Ye sidestepped, leaving an afterimage as he dodged the attack by a razor’s edge.
BOOM!
The bone spike slammed into the spot on the stone bridge where Lin Ye had just been standing. The hard black rock was instantly pierced through, and a large chunk of the bridge collapsed, plummeting into the bottomless abyss below.
Its first strike having missed, the bones in the Curse Bone creature’s arm instantly disintegrated, transforming into dozens of blades as thin as a cicada’s wing. Like a swarm of living throwing knives, they whistled through the air, enveloping Lin Ye from all sides!
"Give up, human..."
"Your struggle is meaningless."
The Curse Bone creature’s voice echoed from all around, filled with the glee of a cat toying with a mouse.
It was as if every bone blade were an extension of his body.
He was everywhere.
Lin Ye’s brow furrowed.
’This thing’s speed is truly absurd.’
Lin Ye decided not to be careless.
His body became illusory.
Phase Transition!
Frenzy!
BOOM!
A terrifying shockwave erupted with Lin Ye at its center. Upon entering his P2 state, Lin Ye activated Frenzy, and all his Attributes doubled!
In that instant, the world seemed to slow down.
The flight paths of the bone blades, once so fast he could only perceive their afterimages, now became crystal clear in his eyes.
Lin Ye weaved through the impenetrable storm of bone blades as if taking a leisurely stroll; not a single one could even touch the hem of his clothes.
"Hmm?"
The Curse Bone creature let out a soft grunt of surprise, seemingly taken aback by Lin Ye’s sudden surge in strength.
And in that very instant, without any warning, a fragmented thought surfaced in Lin Ye’s mind.