How Do We Play If This Boss Isn't Nerfed?
Chapter 203 - 132: Reaching Number One, the Shadow Scale Race
"Kree-ka-ka-KA!"
A piercing shriek escaped the Shadow Scale Warrior’s mouth.
This time, its voice was filled with panic and terror.
It glanced down at its right leg—a bloody, mangled mess that was all but crippled. Its golden, slitted pupils were wide with disbelief.
’How could this human keep up with its speed, let alone predict its movements!’
Flee!
That was the only thought in its mind.
In the next moment, it ignored the grievous wound on its leg and lunged forward, about to vanish into the raging sandstorm once more.
’Trying to run?’
Lin Ye’s gaze was as cold as ice.
’Now that I’ve been exposed, there’s no way I’m letting you get away!’
He didn’t give chase.
He simply raised his left hand.
An uncanny purple light flared in Lin Ye’s eyes.
The Spiritual Power in his Sea of Consciousness was being drawn out at a frantic pace!
In an instant, the air around him distorted violently.
Over thirty half-meter-long amethyst short spears materialized out of thin air! 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Each spear glinted with a dangerous light, its tip lethally sharp, its surface shimmering with a faint halo of energy.
After devouring a massive number of Source Crystals back at the subway station,
Lin Ye’s [Crystalization] skill had finally reached its current zenith.
Lin Ye could now, just like that Crystal Spirit Race fledgling, condense amethyst out of thin air and project it to strike his foes!
Lin Ye made a grasping motion with his left hand, then thrust it forward.
PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!
Dozens of amethyst short spears transformed into a deadly barrage, letting out a sharp whistle as they instantly blanketed the sand-swept area ahead!
"GAAAAH—!"
Amid the swirling sand, the Shadow Scale Warrior’s body was riddled with amethyst short spears of varying lengths. Its blood instantly soaked the yellow sand beneath it.
Several spears had pierced straight through its body, pinning it firmly to the ground!
Lin Ye felt a sharp, needle-like pain prick his mind.
This technique of condensing amethyst weapons out of thin air was powerful, but the toll on his Spiritual Power was just as terrifying.
With just that one attack, Lin Ye felt twenty percent of the Spiritual Power in his Sea of Consciousness had been completely drained.
Still, the results were outstanding.
Lin Ye gave it no chance to recover, closing the distance in a single bound.
He thrust the Star-Piercing Spear in his hand, carrying immense force, straight down at the Shadow Scale Warrior’s head!
SQUELCH!
The spear passed through its skull without any resistance, its tip sinking deep into the sandy ground below.
The Shadow Scale Warrior’s body convulsed violently. The iridescent black Scale Armor covering it instantly lost its luster, turning dull and gray.
All signs of life vanished.
[Ding! You have slain the LV.27 Shadow Scale Warrior!]
[You have obtained 226 experience points!]
The system’s notification chimed in his mind.
Even with his experience gain halved due to the restriction of his Cultivation Technique, Lin Ye noticed that killing a member of the Celestial Abyss Race awarded far more experience than a mutated beast of the same level.
Lin Ye pulled out the Star-Piercing Spear, crouched down, and began to examine the Shadow Scale’s corpse.
Soon, inside its pierced skull, he found a thumb-sized, diamond-shaped crystal. It was jet-black and emanated a faint, ominous aura.
This was its core essence.
Without hesitation, Lin Ye picked up the Black Crystal, closed his eyes, and swallowed it in one gulp, forcing down the instinctual resistance and rejection that his body felt.
A cold, chaotic energy instantly erupted in his stomach.
[Ding! You have devoured the essence of the Shadow Scale Warrior. Taotie mechanism activated!]
[You have gained 0.8 Agility!]
[You have gained 0.4 Strength!]
[You have gained 0.7 Stamina!]
A series of attribute-gain notifications rang out.
Unfortunately, the Taotie effect didn’t grant him any of the Shadow Scale Race’s racial traits or temporary skills this time.
But Lin Ye wasn’t discouraged.
’This is only the first one I’ve encountered.’
’Now that I’m in the Shadow Scale Race’s territory, there will be plenty more chances.’
He was quite interested in their ability to use Mimicry to camouflage themselves according to their environment.
He activated his wrist device, smeared some of the Shadow Scale’s blood on the scanning port, and took a photo of the complete corpse to upload to the system.
A moment later, the wrist device vibrated gently.
[Kill Confirmed: Shadow Scale Race]
[Points Awarded: +500]
’The points for a single member of the Celestial Abyss Race are surprisingly high.’
Lin Ye flicked his spear, shaking off the blood.
He didn’t linger. After getting his bearings, he headed resolutely deeper into the ravine.
The sandstorm continued to howl.
However, he had walked less than a hundred meters when a voice, faint and intermittent, once again drifted toward him from the nearby sandstorm.
"H... help me!"
Lin Ye stopped in his tracks.
His expression instantly turned strange.
’Again?’
The sandstorm showed no sign of letting up. On the contrary, it grew even more violent, dyeing the entire ravine a murky, dim yellow.
The weak cry for help drifted on the wind.
Once again on high alert, Lin Ye followed the sound.
’Is this the only trick these Shadow Scale creatures know?’