bloodnovel Chapter 222 - 137: Insta-kill the Scale Leader, Kill Them All
Chapter 222 - 137: Insta-kill the Scale Leader, Kill Them All
He knew Galasha planned to use its home-field advantage to fight a war of attrition.
SHHHNK!
A sharp sound tore through the air to Lin Ye’s left without warning.
A strike of black wind from its claws ripped through the sandstorm, aiming straight for his temple.
CLANG!
As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Lin Ye didn’t even turn around. With a flick of his spear’s shaft to the left, he precisely parried the gale from its claws.
The sound of clashing metal had yet to fade.
To his right, from behind, and from above!
Three more gales, from even more difficult angles, followed in quick succession, sealing off all his escape routes.
Lin Ye neither dodged nor retreated. The Star-Piercing Spear in his hands became a black, coiling dragon, its continuous afterimages blocking all three attacks.
However, once the attack failed, Galasha’s form vanished back into the sandstorm without a moment’s hesitation.
It was like a master assassin, constantly probing from the shadows, searching for a fleeting, fatal opening in Lin Ye’s defense.
Its objective was clear.
It intended to use this endless harassment to wear down Lin Ye’s stamina and focus.
In its home turf of the sandstorm, it had to press the advantage of the Shadow Scale Race to its absolute limit.
The passage of time was on its side.
It refused to believe this human could maintain such a high level of vigilance indefinitely.
Unfortunately for Galasha, its calculations had been wrong from the start.
It thought Lin Ye would be forced onto the defensive.
But it never imagined that Lin Ye had been waiting for an opportunity to close the distance and cling to it from the very beginning!
Another gale from its claws shot forward.
Lin Ye parried again.
But at the very instant the spear tip collided with the gale, Lin Ye’s eyes sharpened!
’Now!’
In that instant, as Galasha’s old momentum was spent and new power had yet to be mustered, just as it prepared to withdraw and vanish...
An explosion of Qi and Blood burst from under Lin Ye’s feet!
He left an afterimage in his place, his entire body moving as if teleporting. He followed the dissipating gale, tracing its path in reverse, and closed the distance in a flash!
The sandstorm was blasted aside.
Galasha’s massive form was exposed before Lin Ye.
A flicker of astonishment flashed through its single eye.
It hadn’t expected Lin Ye’s reaction and speed to be so incredible. He had instantly traced the trajectory of its attack and closed in!
’This is bad!’
’This cunning human is trying to pull the same trick again!’
Seeing Lin Ye’s icy gaze, Galasha instinctively felt its chrysanthemum clench.
’No!’
The supreme agony and humiliation of being pierced from behind... It absolutely refused to experience that a third time!
In that critical moment, Galasha did something that even took Lin Ye by surprise.
Its massive, mountain-like body actually moved backward, leaning *toward* Lin Ye!
Simultaneously, its thick, massive tail shot through the gap between its powerful thighs, acting like the sturdiest of shields to protect its vital spot!
It would rather take Lin Ye’s attack head-on with its sturdy back than give him another chance to attack its chrysanthemum!
Seeing this, a flicker of regret crossed Lin Ye’s eyes, but he changed his attack just as quickly.
’If I can’t go low...’
’...then I’ll go high!’
The momentum of the Star-Piercing Spear in his hands shifted. Angling from low to high, it transformed into the afterimage of a dragon ascending in reverse, stabbing viciously at the back of Galasha’s neck!
PFFT!
As expected, the spear tip tore through the Scale Armor, sending a great spray of dark green blood into the air.
But in the next moment, Lin Ye felt immense resistance from the tip of his spear, as if he had struck diamond.
It was Galasha’s incredibly hard spine!
The thrust still wasn’t fatal!
Galasha cried out in pain, but the attack also reawakened its innate ferocity.
In the instant Lin Ye’s momentum was spent and his spear was caught on the bone...
Galasha suddenly exerted its strength. Its two giant, black-scaled claws lashed back with lightning speed!
SNAP!
It had actually caught the weapon with its bare hands from behind, clamping down on the spear’s shaft in a death grip!
Immediately after, the giant tail that had been guarding its chrysanthemum whipped out like an awakened abyssal python. With a howling gale, it coiled tightly around Lin Ye’s entire body!
The massive tail tightened madly, its terrifying constricting force powerful enough to crush a tank into a flattened disk of metal!
The tip of its tail snaked around Lin Ye’s neck like a viper, attempting to snap his neck.
With a mere thought from Lin Ye, purple crystals instantly covered his entire body.
CRACK! CRACK!
The crystal armor groaned under the tail’s crushing force, its surface covered in a spiderweb of cracks, but it ultimately withstood the fatal blow.
Although it hadn’t managed to strangle Lin Ye on the spot...
...Galasha had achieved its objective.
Using its claws and tail in tandem, it had completely immobilized Lin Ye!
Lin Ye’s body was held fast by the giant tail, and the Star-Piercing Spear was clamped in Galasha’s two massive claws. For a moment, he was utterly unable to move.
With his movements so restricted, even a spear materialized from his Crystalization ability would have difficulty piercing the tough Scale Armor on Galasha’s back.
The disadvantage of being a human without a tail was made painfully clear in that moment.
It was then that Lin Ye witnessed a bizarre sight.
With a sickening CRICK-CRICK-CRICK of twisting bone, the Shadow Scale’s massive head rotated a full 180 degrees.
A tusked face, now facing backward, appeared right in front of Lin Ye.
Lin Ye could see the undisguised mockery and cold killing intent in Galasha’s single eye.
The next moment, Galasha’s massive maw gaped open.
This time, it wasn’t trying to devour Lin Ye.
A destructive, ethereal blue light began to gather rapidly in its throat.