si-mexico Chapter 251 - 145: Single-Handed Suppression, Who Is the Monster?
Chapter 251 - 145: Single-Handed Suppression, Who Is the Monster?
Crystalization!
Lu Jiuxiao’s claws slammed viciously into Lin Ye’s shoulder armor, letting out a grating, ear-piercing screech!
Sparks flew everywhere!
The vicious grin on Lu Jiuxiao’s face instantly froze.
He felt as if his claws had struck the hardest diamond, a powerful shockwave shooting up his fingertips!
CRACK!
With a sharp snap, the nail on his right index finger—a nail sharp enough to tear through alloy—was forcibly broken off!
A sharp pain shot through him!
Combined with Lin Ye’s attitude of not even deigning to look at him, Lu Jiuxiao was thrown into a complete rage. He had never been so humiliated!
His other claw, whistling as it tore through the air, aimed straight for the vital point of Lin Ye’s heart!
But the next moment, it was met by the same indestructible purple crystal armor!
At the same time, an astonishing aura erupted from Lin Ye.
He ignored Lu Jiuxiao’s attack. The Star-Piercing Spear he held tightly in his hand also pulsed with a brilliant, crystalline purple light!
All of his power, all of his Qi and Blood, poured into the tip of the spear at that instant!
Lin Ye’s body and the spear merged into one, transforming into a streak of purple light that tore through space. Though he had moved second, he struck first, viciously piercing the vital point on the puppet’s chest!
THUNK!
There was no earth-shattering boom, only the dull thud of a hot knife slicing through butter.
The alloy chest plate, durable enough to withstand a siege from late-stage Vein Opening Realm Martial Artists, was as fragile as paper before that purple spear light.
The entire Star-Piercing Spear sank in more than halfway!
The scarlet light in the puppet’s eyes flickered wildly a few times before finally dimming completely.
Then, the terrifying spear light, its momentum unchecked, detonated inside the puppet’s body!
BOOM!!!
The puppet’s massive body exploded from within, sending countless precision parts and alloy fragments flying in all directions!
At the edge of the field, the instructor at the tunnel entrance announced, his voice carrying a barely perceptible tremor as it echoed across the arena.
"Lin Ye, 20 points, target met!"
The entire arena was stunned.
Everyone, whether they were in the middle of a fierce battle or just watching, froze for a moment.
A 20-point puppet at the Early Stage of Condensing Gang Realm...
...was actually one-shotted with a spear?!
’This is terrifying!’
The rage on Lu Jiuxiao’s face had also transformed into incredulous shock.
He looked at his broken nail, then at the puppet in the distance that had been utterly blasted to smithereens.
He had just killed a puppet of the same level, but only by paying the price of being covered in his own blood. In the end, he had barely managed to destroy it by resorting to a savage tactic of trading injuries.
But this person...
’He actually finished the fight with a single spear thrust, all while enduring my relentless attacks?!’
In the monitoring room.
A trace of shock finally appeared on Nie Cang’s perpetually icy face.
Su Yunjin subconsciously covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with astonishment.
’That was a one-shot kill, and he did it while under attack from another top-tier genius!’
Yin Liulan put down her wine glass.
She sat up a little straighter, her normally languid eyes narrowing slightly, a dangerous light flickering within them.
Nie Cang took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "I’ve never seen that kind of Martial Arts Spirituality before. It integrates offense and defense. And... what terrifying power and speed."
"There was something strange about that spear thrust!"
Yin Liulan’s finger swiped rapidly across the list on the virtual screen, quickly stopping on Lin Ye’s profile picture.
"First in the selections... Lin Ye..."
She whispered the name, her gaze falling on his information.
"Realm... only the Mid-stage of the Vein Opening Realm?"
Beside her, another tall, thin instructor who had been silent the whole time, a simple, antique sword scabbard on his back, spoke up for a rare change.
"Impossible."
His voice was hoarse and resolute.
"The degree of condensation of his Qi and Blood in that last spear thrust was, at the very least, at the Early Stage of Condensing Gang."
"How could he just be in the Vein Opening Realm."
As the instructors were discussing amongst themselves, the situation on the field changed once again.
Seeing his prey stolen by Lin Ye right in front of him, Lu Jiuxiao’s rage completely burned away the last of his remaining sanity.
He gave up on his plans to harass the others and abandoned any thought of hunting more puppets.
At this moment, his entire attention was focused solely on Lin Ye.
The dark red scales on his body deepened in color, and the qilin phantom behind him grew slightly more solid. A violent aura swept across the arena.
A cold glint flashed in Lin Ye’s eyes.
’He wasn’t made of clay; even a clay figure has a bit of a temper.’
Until now, he simply couldn’t be bothered to deal with this madman.
With a thought, he switched phases!
HUMMM!
Lin Ye’s figure just flickered slightly.
The next instant, he completely vanished from Lu Jiuxiao’s sight.
In the monitoring room.
Yin Liulan sat bolt upright.
For the first time, an incredibly solemn look flashed in her eyes.
’Fast! Impossibly fast! So fast that even they could only barely make out an almost indiscernible black blur!’
Before Lu Jiuxiao’s roar of fury could fully echo through the empty subterranean space, and before anyone on the sidelines could even recover from Lin Ye’s explosive burst of speed—
BOOM—!!!
A sound that was both incredibly muffled and yet seemed capable of shattering eardrums suddenly erupted throughout the entire testing ground!
The ferocious expression on Lu Jiuxiao’s face had just turned to bewilderment at the disappearance of his target.
The next instant, his entire world was completely filled by a large, purple, crystal-covered hand!
Lin Ye had appeared in front of him at some unknown moment.
His crystalized right hand gripped Lu Jiuxiao’s entire face with unerring precision.