Chapter 616 - 252: Another Skill: Lifesteal
Chapter 616: Chapter 252: Another Skill: Lifesteal
Lin Ye descended silently from the sky.
Concealed by his Shadow Scale, his figure didn’t attract the attention of the Blood Algae Dragon Scorpion on the coast.
It was still writhing on the sand, seemingly puzzled by the sudden disappearance of its prey.
Lin Ye appeared behind it like a phantom. A faint light flickered at his fingertips as an invisible amethyst blade materialized.
He aimed for the fine, glowing red algae threads inside the Blood Algae Dragon Scorpion’s body—the neural cords that connected it to the hive mind.
The amethyst blade instantly pierced the gelatinous monster’s translucent body.
A potent, corrosive acid was released with Lin Ye’s attack, pushing the Soul Melting Bone Erosion trait to its limits.
The moment the red algae threads came into contact with the acid, they let out a SIZZLE and swiftly withered and snapped.
The gelatinous monster shuddered violently, its formless pseudopods flailing wildly in an attempt to counterattack.
But Lin Ye was faster. Before it could react, he had already severed all the connection points.
The next second, the monster completely lost its previous human-like movements. Its interior, once flickering with the light of thought, descended into chaos.
Left with only its most primitive survival instincts, it writhed unconsciously on the sand, exuding the weak aura of a dying creature.
Without a shred of hesitation, Lin Ye drew his long spear, Dark Night, and thrust it toward the monster’s core.
The spear tip, imbued with terrifying power, brutally pierced through the gelatinous monster, which had lost all ability to resist.
BOOM—!
With a deafening, muffled roar, the sand exploded, sending rubble flying.
Under the force of Lin Ye’s spear, the Blood Algae Dragon Scorpion completely burst apart, turning into a puddle of foul-smelling, bloody water that seeped into the dark brown sand and vanished.
[You have slain a Blood Algae Dragon Scorpion!]
[You have gained 5,000 EXP!]
[Devouring Heaven and Earth has been triggered!]
[You have obtained 15 points of life energy.]
The system prompts echoed in Lin Ye’s mind.
He raised an eyebrow slightly. ’As expected, a low-level evolved species like this gives a pathetic amount of EXP and life energy.’
But the next moment, another prompt made his eyes light up.
[You have seized the passive trait: Blood Algae Absorption]
[Blood Algae Absorption: When you deal damage to a target, you can absorb 10 of their Life Value, converting it into your own Life Value, Energy Value, or Physical Strength Value.]
’Holy shit, lifesteal!’
Lin Ye exclaimed inwardly.
He hadn’t held out much hope for this extremely low-level evolved species, which was clearly at the bottom of the food chain, acting as a decomposer in this Rift Realm.
He wouldn’t even have been surprised if it had dropped no skills or traits at all.
But he never expected it to actually give him a trait, and a powerful passive one at that.
Now that all his traits and skills could be used simultaneously, all he could say was that his sustain would become even more terrifying.
Lin Ye’s gaze turned toward the sea’s surface.
As far as the eye could see, countless blood-red bubbles churned. Beneath each bubble hid a Blood Algae Dragon Scorpion, its level marked by the system.
The sheer number was simply appalling.
’Hmm...’
’Since I can’t strengthen this lifesteal ability by devouring Source Crystals...’
’I’ll just have to rely on repeated kills with Devouring Heaven and Earth!’
...
「Two days later.」
Lin Ye’s figure appeared on a dark brown reef shore. Behind him, the long coastline stretched for nearly a thousand kilometers.
For the past two days, he had been traveling along the edge of this blood-red sea. The terrain along the way had shifted from primeval forests to jagged mountains of bone, and now to this reef shore, ceaselessly pounded by bloody waves. The scenery was desolate and monotonous.
The only thing that wasn’t monotonous was the endless supply of Blood Algae Dragon Scorpions in that blood-red sea.
He had already lost count of how many he had killed.
At first, he was only testing his newly acquired trait. But as the number of kills accumulated, the mechanics of Devouring Heaven and Earth surprised him once again.
After being plundered repeatedly over a thousand times, the Blood Algae Absorption ability had undergone a qualitative change.
It changed from its original effect of absorbing a fixed 10 Life Value to—being able to absorb life force equivalent to 0.05% of the target’s maximum Life Value when dealing damage.
From a fixed number to a percentage.
The value seemed extremely low, but Lin Ye knew exactly what this meant.
As long as his attack frequency was high enough, this lifesteal ability would become incredibly terrifying.
With the enemy weakening as he grew stronger, his sustain would reach an unbelievable level.
The two long, tedious days of slaughter had been worth it.
Of course, besides killing monsters, Lin Ye hadn’t been idle.
While searching for traces of the other chosen candidates, he acted like a silent shepherd, quietly transferring the vast number of minions he had accumulated in his old lair, the Painful Labyrinth, to this brand-new Rift Realm using the Fungal Dominion skill.
The Summoning Space that came with Fungal Dominion was a perfect "transfer station."
No matter where his minions were, as long as he first recalled them to the Summoning Space, he could then deploy them to any area he was in, ignoring spatial barriers.
When these minions from the Painful Labyrinth first arrived in the Eternal Dragon Tomb, they showed clear signs of being unable to acclimate.
The ambient energy here was completely different from the Painful Labyrinth, and the level of danger was higher by more than an order of magnitude.
But fortunately, Lin Ye had [Life and Death Authority].
He directly bestowed the skill [Frenzy] upon all the summoned minions.
Even though their average level was far below that of the native species in this Rift Realm, with the buff that doubled their All Attributes, they at least possessed the most basic means of self-preservation.
These minions were the countless seeds Lin Ye had sown in this graveyard of the Dragon Race.