Chapter 451 - 212: Mechanic Showdown! I Countered Your Counter
Chapter 451: Chapter 212: Mechanic Showdown! I Countered Your Counter
’Right shoulder... attack...’
This thought didn’t come from Lin Ye himself, but directly from the Curse Bone Race creature!
Lin Ye’s heart skipped a beat.
’This is...’
’Soul-Catching and Dream-Planting!’
After he had devoured a massive amount of Source Crystals and refined his Gang Sha to its absolute limit, none of that immense energy had gone to waste. This newly acquired temporary skill had actually grown to such an extent!
It could not only sense emotions now, but it could even capture fragmented thoughts the instant the opponent’s Spirit wavered!
Though a thought crossed Lin Ye’s mind, his body had already reacted before he could fully process it.
He abruptly slid to his left!
At almost the exact same moment, a bone spear—thicker than any of the previous bone blades and glinting with a vicious, cold light—whistled past his right shoulder. The force of its passage scraped painfully against his skin!
’That was close!’
’If I hadn’t read its thoughts in advance, even if I could have reacted in time, there’s no way it would have been this easy!’
’Damn it... How...’
’Kill... assimilate... become a thrall... enslave forever...’
In that instant, as the Curse Bone Race creature’s emotions fluctuated wildly, Lin Ye read more, clearer thoughts. Although they were still fragmented, they provided more than enough information.
’So that’s how it is.’
Lin Ye now fully understood the creature’s goal.
It wanted to kill him, then use some unknown method to assimilate him, turning him into a monster just like itself. He would then become its thrall.
His soul would be enslaved forever!
’In your dreams!’
’Now that I know your goal and have seen through your attack patterns, it’s time to end this fight.’
Lin Ye looked at the Curse Bone Race creature in mid-air, deeply shaken by the power of Soul-Catching and Dream-Planting.
He could feel that this temporary skill had not yet reached the upper limit of his current realm.
Yet it was already displaying such a heaven-defying ability.
SWOOSH!
While he was lost in thought, the Curse Bone Race creature launched another relentless, rapid-fire assault on Lin Ye.
Lin Ye dodged and weaved, his right hand reaching back behind him.
But in the next moment, a bitter smile appeared on his face.
His Star-Piercing Spear was no longer usable.
That was why, back on the first level of the Painful Labyrinth, he had asked a heavily injured Xinhuo member who was planning to give up to take it back to the temporary camp for him.
However, Lin Ye quickly adjusted.
He might not have his trusty spear right now, but against this kind of non-corporeal alien race driven purely by soul and special energy, he had a much better weapon!
’Soul Melting Bone Erosion!’
With a single thought from Lin Ye, his Gravity Field spread out.
In the next second, countless globs of a viscous, dark-green liquid materialized around him, emitting a shockingly acrid, corrosive stench!
Under Lin Ye’s precise control, this corrosive liquid capable of melting souls formed into dozens of incredibly agile acid tentacles. Like giant pythons hunting prey, they surged toward the Curse Bone Race creature from all directions!
"Is this... the filthy trick of those from the upper levels?!"
The Curse Bone Race creature let out a shriek mixed with shock and anger, its voice filled with disbelief and deep disgust.
It seemed to be extremely wary of this fluid from the Rot Eye Race. Faced with the overwhelming tide of acid tentacles, it didn’t dare make the slightest contact and could only retreat in a pathetic attempt to dodge.
Its previously swift and fierce offensive instantly became constrained and hesitant as it was forced into a steady retreat.
Lin Ye sneered and increased his output.
TSS!
A green acid tentacle swept across the Curse Bone Race creature’s chest.
The next moment, Lin Ye saw a large hole dissolve straight through its rib cage!
The eerie, green phantom fire burning within it instantly dimmed by nearly half!
"AWOOOO—!!"
The Curse Bone Race creature cried out in pain.
Lin Ye was relentless. The tables had turned, and now it was his turn to hunt the Curse Bone Race creature!
It was somewhat ironic.
The powerful Celestial Abyss Race creatures throughout the Painful Labyrinth...
...all seemed to be Spirit Body types, existing without any physical form.
The Black Nightmare Race and now the Curse Bone Race were both like this.
And yet, both of these races were terrified of the acid from the Rot Eye Race on the first level.
’Is this what they mean when they say the antidote is always found near the poison?’
Gradually, Lin Ye forced the Curse Bone Race creature into a desperate situation.
More acid was conjured, instantly gathering in mid-air to form a monstrous tidal wave that blocked all of the creature’s escape routes before crashing down on it!
However, just as the acid wave was about to completely engulf it...
...a bizarre scene unfolded.
The Curse Bone Race creature, which had been frantically fleeing, suddenly stopped in place. It made no move to dodge or evade.
It faced Lin Ye and let out a sinister cackle that seemed to emanate from the depths of the Nine Nether Hell.
"Jie jie jie jie..."
’Something... is wrong!’
A powerful sense of alarm exploded in Lin Ye’s mind!
He instinctively tried to retract the acid wave, but it was too late!
BOOM!
The massive acid wave crashed squarely into the Curse Bone Race creature, completely submerging it.
However, the expected scene of it being corroded and melted away did not happen.
The next moment, Lin Ye’s entire body trembled violently!
An indescribable, searing agony, as if his very soul were being melted away, suddenly erupted from deep within every cell of his body!
His own attack, Soul Melting Bone Erosion—with its effect of corroding the flesh and melting the soul—had somehow been turned back on him!
-30,000!
On the system panel in front of Lin Ye, the thirty thousand points of Life Value he had allocated for the P2 phase instantly bottomed out!
A trickle of blood seeped from the corner of Lin Ye’s mouth.
His Sea of Consciousness trembled violently.
The world spun around him.
That attack was truly devastating.