dtnovels Chapter 252 - 145: Single-Handed Suppression, Who Is the Monster?
Chapter 252 - 145: Single-Handed Suppression, Who Is the Monster?
Without the slightest pause.
The surging Qi and Blood in Lin Ye’s body flooded his right arm without reservation, his muscles knotting violently. Then, he slammed his hand down!
BOOM!!!
Lu Jiuxiao’s entire head was driven into the incredibly sturdy special alloy floor by that unstoppable, monstrous force!
A web of cracks spiderwebbed out from his head, spreading madly across the floor.
Blood and shattered scales burst from the edges of the dent.
It all happened so fast that most of the people in the arena couldn’t even see what had transpired.
All they heard was a loud boom. Then, they saw Lu Jiuxiao—who just a moment ago had been so imperious, so demonic—planted headfirst into the ground in a posture of absolute humiliation.
However, it wasn’t over yet.
Almost at the exact same instant Lu Jiuxiao’s head hit the floor, four dull thuds of a blade piercing flesh sounded out in quick succession.
The tip of the Star-Piercing Spear became four streaks of blindingly fast purple lightning in Lin Ye’s hand, striking with perfect precision around the crater and drawing four blossoms of blood.
The strikes landed precisely on the wrists of his mutated, claw-like hands and on his ankles!
"Urgh—!"
A groan, suppressed to its absolute limit and filled with pain and indignation, escaped from the dent in the alloy floor.
Lin Ye had severed the tendons in his wrists and ankles in the cleanest, most decisive manner possible!
If killing hadn’t been forbidden, Lin Ye’s four strikes wouldn’t have targeted his wrists and ankles, but his heart and throat.
From start to finish, the entire exchange took less than three seconds.
Three seconds ago, Lu Jiuxiao was the Bloodthirsty Qilin, his arrogance so immense it seemed to crush everyone under his presence.
Three seconds later, he was nothing more than a de-fanged, de-clawed mutt, lying limply in the human-shaped crater he himself had created.
The frenzied Qilin aura surrounding him dissipated as quickly as air hissing from a punctured ball.
His dark red scales receded, and he reverted to his normal form. Bathed in blood, he was a miserable sight.
The arena fell deathly silent.
The contestants, who had been busy fighting the puppets or preparing to take advantage of the chaos, were now all frozen in place, their movements stiff, their faces etched with indescribable horror.
They watched the young man in black slowly retract his spear, not even bothering to look at Lu Jiuxiao on the ground again, and a chill shot up from the soles of their feet straight to the tops of their skulls.
’Is... is he even fucking human?’
First, he ignored Lu Jiuxiao’s attack and one-shotted a genuine Gang Condensation Realm puppet. Then, before anyone could even react, he single-handedly crushed Lu Jiuxiao—whose power had skyrocketed to the verge of the Gang Condensation Realm—with overwhelming force!
The viciousness, the decisiveness, the emotionless cruelty sent a primal tremor of fear through every prodigy present.
Lin Ye paid no mind to the stunned, gaping stares around him.
He simply replayed the battle in his mind, silently analyzing it.
’Compared to the Scale Leader Galasha I encountered back in the fallen zone, this Lu Jiuxiao is nothing but a pathetic clown.’
’His strength, speed, combat technique, and intimidating aura were all far inferior.’
Through this brief clash, Lin Ye gained a crystal-clear understanding of his own strength for the first time.
He now had what it took to challenge a true Gang Condensation Realm Martial Artist head-on.
Lin Ye refocused his mind and began walking straight toward the nearest passage.
Guarding the entrance was an instructor with a grim expression.
As he watched the black-clad youth approach, step by step, he could feel the cold killing intent that hadn’t fully dissipated. A rare sense of dread crept over him.
He instinctively stepped aside, clearing the entrance to the passage. His previous air of arrogance had vanished completely.
Just as Lin Ye was about to step into the passage.
"Hold on, brother!"
A hearty laugh suddenly rang out.
Lin Ye paused and turned toward the voice.
He saw a powerfully built young man in silver armor, a great halberd slung across his back, striding over from the edge of the arena.
He was exceptionally tall, and his entire presence felt as immense and solid as a mountain.
His eyes were locked on Lin Ye, burning with an undisguised, fiery desire for a fight.
"Brother! Once we’re in the camp, you and I are definitely having a proper fight!"
The young man’s voice was resonant and powerful, echoing throughout the underground space.
Lin Ye didn’t respond, just looked at him calmly.
But in the next moment, the powerfully built youth did something completely unexpected.
With a swift motion, he unslung the silver-white halberd from his back. He leveled its tip, but his target was neither one of the puppets in the arena nor Lin Ye.
Instead, he pointed it at the instructor behind Lin Ye—the one who had just moved out of the way!
"Watch yourself, Instructor."
The youth grinned, flashing his white teeth, but his smile was filled with wild arrogance and dominance!
This scene stunned everyone present, including Lin Ye.
’What is he doing?’
「In the monitoring room.」
Yin Liulan, who had been lounging lazily in her chair, clapped her hands in excitement at the sight.
"Excellent! Just as expected of number one!"
Her eyes gleamed with the light of someone about to watch a good show.
"He never even considered passing the assessment by defeating those puppets..."