bloodnovel Chapter 221 - 137: Insta-killing the Scale-Chief, Total Annihilation
Chapter 221 - 137: Insta-killing the Scale-Chief, Total Annihilation
Lin Ye’s voice was soft, but combined with his actions, it struck like a thunderclap, shaking Galasha to its core!
The flame of certain victory that had just ignited in Galasha’s single eye instantly froze the moment it saw Lin Ye shove a handful of Source Crystals into his mouth. It was replaced by an indescribable mixture of horror and disbelief.
"You..."
"This is impossible!"
Galasha’s voice was hoarse and twisted. In the end, it could only force out those three words.
Whether on the battlefields of the Celestial Abyss that spanned the sea of stars, or on this Blue Star they once considered their pasture.
Every human it had ever encountered—even experts of the human race ten thousand times stronger than this one—was no exception. They all avoided Source Crystals like the plague.
For a fragile, carbon-based lifeform like a human, the violent energy and alien radiation within Source Crystals were a lethal poison, capable of destroying them at a genetic level.
This was an ironclad rule.
But now, that ironclad rule had been shattered right before its eyes by this human, in the most brutish way imaginable.
This scene didn’t just make Galasha’s brain short-circuit.
In the distance, the other members of the Shadow Scale Race—who had been cowering before Galasha’s tyrannical might while simultaneously drooling over the Source Crystals scattered on the ground—were also completely dumbfounded.
They stared blankly at the blood-drenched human, who was popping Source Crystals into his mouth one after another like they were candy, their eyes filled with utter confusion.
’Wait...’
’Who’s the one from the Celestial Abyss Race here?’
’Who’s the heinous, evil villain?’
’How does this human look even more practiced at devouring Source Crystals than we do?’
He swallowed several large Source Crystals.
Lin Ye could clearly feel torrents of raw, violent energy flooding down his throat and into his body, instantly surging through his every limb.
Most of this energy merged with the surplus Qi and Blood in his body—an excess that had appeared due to his recent racial advancement and had yet to be refined.
Like ice water hitting boiling oil, his vast reserves of Qi and Blood instantly began to churn and boil. Then, through repeated cycles of scouring and compression, they grew increasingly refined.
Although the bloated feeling didn’t vanish completely due to the sheer volume of energy, it was now receding at an incredible speed.
Meanwhile, another portion of the Source Crystal’s energy transformed into the purest life force, rushing to every wound on his body.
On his back, the charred flesh from the Energy Cannon’s blast wave sloughed off in plain sight as pink, new tissue rapidly grew beneath.
The muscle fibers around the bone-deep claw marks on his chest and abdomen writhed and knitted themselves together as if they were alive.
The horrifying wound on Lin Ye’s abdomen—deep enough to have reached his organs and previously staunched with a covering of purple crystal—was also healing at a startling rate.
In just a few short breaths.
The horrifying injuries that would have incapacitated any Meridian Opening-stage Martial Artist were already mostly healed!
Even his severely depleted stamina and Spiritual Power were rapidly returning to their peak state, replenished by the Source Crystal’s energy.
The system hadn’t registered Lin Ye as out of combat, so this recovery wasn’t from his "Healing out of combat" ability.
This was the direct, tangible result of devouring the Source Crystals!
This was the first time Lin Ye realized that swallowing Source Crystals didn’t just refine his Qi and Blood—it could also heal his injuries!
Lin Ye looked at Galasha, who stood opposite him.
’He had this genuine member of the Celestial Abyss Race to thank. Otherwise, he’d still be in the dark.’
’Can all members of the Celestial Abyss Race heal by devouring Source Crystals?’
’And in terms of healing effectiveness, was he stronger or weaker than them?’
Through observation, Lin Ye confirmed a fact that surprised even himself.
When it came to healing, the Source Crystals had an even greater effect on him than they did on Galasha!
Galasha crushed the clump of Source Crystal in its hand to dust.
Of course, it could also heal by devouring Source Crystals.
But that kind of healing came with a price and a limit.
The Celestial Abyss Race depended on Source Crystals for survival, but an invisible rule also constrained them.
Based on its strength and evolutionary stage, each member of the race had a hard limit on the total amount of Source Crystal energy it could absorb within a short time.
Once that limit was exceeded, their fate would be no different from that of a human directly exposed to Source Crystal radiation.
They too would be burst apart by the frenzied energy, reduced to a puddle of rancid pus!
As a Scale-Chief-level warrior in its clutch, Galasha’s limit far exceeded that of an ordinary member. But the handful it had just swallowed had already brought it close to its short-term threshold.
And yet, it watched as this incredibly slight human, after swallowing a dose of Source Crystals far greater than its own, showed not a single sign of energy overload. On the contrary, looking as if he hadn’t had nearly enough, he bent down and grabbed another huge handful!
The look on his face wasn’t one of a person who’d just swallowed deadly poison, but more like a Taotie that had starved for three days and nights and was finally presented with a royal feast.
A chill shot up Galasha’s spine.
’Monster!’
In the end, that was the only word it could use to describe the human before it.
The next moment, Galasha’s massive body shot backward, instantly melting into the swirling sandstorm and vanishing without a trace.
Lin Ye’s eyes narrowed.
’He knew the brief intermission was over.’
The fight to the death had begun anew.
This time, Galasha had completely shed its arrogance and conceit.
It now saw Lin Ye as a mortal enemy on its own level—or perhaps one even stronger and more dangerous!
The sandstorm howled, cutting visibility to less than five meters.
Galasha’s figure had vanished completely, its very presence perfectly masked by the raging wind and sand.
Lin Ye extended his Spiritual Power to its absolute limit, switching the Star-Piercing Spear in his hand to the Roaming Dragon Stance, its strongest defensive form.