Chapter 245: Chapter 245: Domineering Stone Transformation (Fourth Update)
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Lin Zhen knew that Xiao Nuan was reacting to the threat of the S-level Mutated Poisonous Scorpion up ahead, so he quickly calmed Xiao Nuan down to prevent any rash actions.
An S-level Mutated Beast has power comparable to the Star Realm. Although beasts of the same level are generally not as strong as martial artists, their power is still quite formidable, so Lin Zhen didn’t want Xiao Nuan to take any risks.
Even though Galaxy Beasts are born with the power of the Star Realm, making Xiao Nuan equivalent to an S-level Mutated Beast now, there were several Poisonous Scorpions at Crane Lake.
And Lin Zhen wanted to test himself to see if he could defeat an S-level Mutated Beast on his own.
He had Xiao Nuan stay in place and not move.
Xiao Nuan seemed to understand Lin Zhen’s intent, and it really didnt move, just sitting there and swaying its long tail a few times.
After tossing it a large piece of crab meat, Lin Zhen headed towards Crane Lake alone.
As he approached, a poisonous scorpion rose from the surface of the lake and swiftly lunged at Lin Zhen.
He quickly drew his Broken Jade Spear and bravely met the challenge!
“Clang, clang, clang!”
After several clashes with the Poisonous Scorpion’s pincers, Lin Zhen’s confidence grew.
His speed and strength were barely enough to confront the Poisonous Scorpion. With the right tactics, it wasn’t impossible for him to kill an S-level Mutated Beast.
At this moment, he was in perfect condition, so Lin Zhen used all of his techniques in a battle that lasted nearly half an hour.
“Thunder Kill!”
After dodging the Poisonous Scorpion’s tail with a teleportation move, he thrust his spear through its abdomen. The Thunder Kill destroyed its internal organs, piercing through its body from behind!
The Poisonous Scorpion tried to escape in its severely injured state, but Lin Zhen teleported again above its head and launched another Thunder Kill to pierce through its skull, effectively killing the S-level Mutated Beast.
“Phew! No wonder killing S-level Mutated Beasts is considered a benchmark for evaluating the strength of War Gods. Even at the middle stage of the
Seventh -level War God, it took me half an hour to kill a Poisonous Scorpion.
This is almost as difficult as fighting against higher-level opponents.”
After killing the Poisonous Scorpion, Lin Zhen extracted its crystal and was considering what to do with the corpse when Xiao Nuan came bounding over and started feasting on it.
Lin Zhen had witnessed Xiao Nuan swallowing large amounts of lava earlier and had grown somewhat accustomed to its astonishing appetite, but he still thought it ate too ferociously.
In just a few minutes, a body the size of a small car was completely devoured by Xiao Nuan.
But this time, the little guy seemed to be completely full. Atter eating, its eyelids began to droop and it lay down to sleep.
Being a newly born Galaxy Beast, it was still prone to getting tired easily. Naturally, after eating so much, it wanted to sleep.
With Xiao Nuan in his arms, Lin Zhen was unsure of what to do.
He couldn’t put living beings in the vacuum of the Space Ring. Left with no choice, Lin Zhen placed Xiao Nuan on his back and used liquid metal to create a temporary nest for it. After all, it was only the size of a small dog, so putting it in the middle of his Lightning Wings was enough.
After settling Xiao Nuan, who was like a baby, Lin Zhen headed back towards Crane Lake.
He already had an idea of how to find the Cinnabar Stone in the lake. Although he could now defeat S-level Mutated Beasts, their vast numbers meant he would have to use a luring strategy.
With the current three times the speed of sound acceleration of his Lightning Wings, he could easily outrun the Poisonous Scorpions. Lin Zhen felt this plan was feasible.
As he approached the edge of the lake, another group of five or six Poisonous Scorpions emerged. Lin Zhen immediately slapped his Lightning Wings, lifting himself into the air and flying across the surface of the lake!
As Lin Zhen flew by, countless Poisonous Scorpions emerged from the water and closely followed him.
Lin Zhen remained calm and steadily zigzagged across the surface of the lake, attracting more and more Poisonous Scorpions to swarm the sky like locusts.
However, Lin Zhen’s speed had already far surpassed that of the Poisonous Scorpions. Although there were many of them, they still couldn’t catch up to him. Besides, Lin Zhen also had teleportation to escape any encirclement.
The massive swarm of Poisonous Scorpions trailed behind Lin Zhen like a dark cloud, numbering in the thousands, but they couldn’t harm him in the slightest. After flying over the lake for five minutes and seeing no more Poisonous Scorpions emerge from the water, Lin Zhen decided to fly away from the crowd.
He didn’t fly too fast, allowing the Poisonous Scorpions to keep up as best they could. After flying about a kilometer away, he knew that if he went any further they would cease their pursuit.
Then, Lin Zhen suddenly teleported!
After one teleport, he activated a three-fold acceleration with his Lightning Wings and flew another kilometer in a blink of an eye before teleporting again.
The swarm of Poisonous Scorpions suddenly lost their target, dawdling in the air for a while before gradually returning to Crane Lake.
From the moment Lin Zhen disappeared until the Poisonous Scorpions returned to the lake, about four or five minutes had passed. During that time, Lin Zhen had explored roughly one-tenth of the lake bottom using the speed of the Lightning Wings.
As the Poisonous Scorpions returned, Lin Zhen left the lake and began his second round of luring.
This time, Lin Zhen’s luck wasn’t too bad. On the fifth attempt, he finally found the unique meteorite at the bottom of the lake.
The Cinnabar Stone!
The Cinnabar Stone was crimson all over, with natural properties that granted immunity to all poisons once absorbed.
Once he obtained the stone, Lin Zhen immediately returned to a safe area on Fire Burning Mountain and began to meditate to absorb it.
About three hours later, Lin Zhen completely absorbed the Cinnabar Stone.
After absorbing the Cinnabar Stone, there were no visible changes to his body, but Lin Zhen knew that every cell of his had undergone some subtle changes, and an antibody had been added inside.
When the absorption was completed, Xiao Nuan on his back was still sound asleep, unaffected by such intense battles.
Lin Zhen got up again and flew towards White Dragon Lake.
Although he wanted to stay at Crane Lake for some more time and collect some S-level Scorpion Crystals, the speed of killing scorpions was too slow, and he had to leave due to time constraints.
Back in the poisonous fog area, Lin Zhen first used a Spiritual Barrier to wrap himself and entered the fog before tentatively sticking out a finger.
No reaction!
Lin Zhen was overjoyed, as expected, this kind of antibody can resist the invasion of toxins. In this way, the poisonous fog has no effect on him.
The only problem now is the white python under the lake water.
However, the threat of this quasi-S-tier mutated beast to Lin Zhen was far less than that of the scorpions. As long as Lin Zhen did not go deep into the python group, there would be no major problems. He entered the poisonous fog area and began to wipe out the snakes along the riverbank.
As water pythons attacked Lin Zhen one after another, he was able to kill two every minute. This battle lasted for a full four hours before the number of white pythons on the shore gradually dwindled.
Blood almost dyed the lake water red, and the white pythons were not completely unintelligent. They gradually began to distance themselves from the humans who could easily kill them.
With no more attacks from the white pythons, Lin Zhen collected hundreds of quasi-S-tier crystals before finally being able to dive into the water smoothly.
About three hours later, Lin Zhen emerged from the water and returned to the Fire Burning Mountain area, holding another meteorite in his hand – a Domineering Stone!
The Domineering Stone is a black meteorite.
It is not ordinary black, not the usual black, but pure black.
It’s so black that it feels like endless eternal night; on this stone, Lin Zhen could not find any trace of other colors.
It weighed hundreds of kilograms in his hand, and Lin Zhen could feel the vitality and energy contained within.
“Great! All this trouble was for you. Only by absorbing the Domineering Stone can I achieve the greatest increase in strength and gain the capital to compete for the War God’s Knockout.”
Checking the time, there were only four days left before the start of the War God’s Knockout rematch. Lin Zhen immediately began to absorb the Domineering Stone.
First, he took the little warmth from his back and placed it to one side. Lin Zhen unfastened his clothes and placed the Domineering Stone on his Dantian lower abdomen.
Quietly running the Dantian Qi, the energy in the Domineering Stone was immediately attracted by the Qi and entered Lin Zhen’s body with a bang!
This power was so strong that Lin Zhen quickly gathered his Dantian Qi to guide the energy into his limbs and hundreds of skeletons.
Unlike the lukewarm Cinnabar Stone, the power of the Domineering Stone was painful as soon as it entered Lin Zhen’s body!
“Ah!”
Lin Zhen threw his head back and let out a roar, his body screaming!
Within his skin, every cell moved violently, becoming more resilient!
In his blood, every drop of blood seemed to boil and become more vigorous.
His muscles twisted and stretched, becoming stronger under the powerful effect of the Domineering Stone.
In his internal organs, every part of them contained even stronger vitality at this moment. Even if Lin Zhen did not advance to the Star Realm, his physical body alone would allow him to live for 300-500 years without any problems!
Even in his bones, the bone marrow inside became richer and more concentrated, making his blood-forming function even stronger.
Even just raising his head, his bones made cracking sounds, showing the transformation effects.
His vision was improving, and Lin Zhen could see the molten rock fragments spewing out of the Fire Burning Mountain in the distance.
His hearing became more sensitive, and Lin Zhen could even hear the breathing sounds of the water pythons in White Dragon Lake spraying out poisonous fog.
His sense of smell also became clearer, and Lin Zhen could feel the faint smell of blood wafting over from afar.
His sense of touch was also becoming more sensitive, and Lin Zhen could feel where the wind was stronger or weaker as it blew past, and even when volcanic ash landed on his skin, he could clearly feel it.
Even that area’s ability grew stronger, although he hadn’t tested it yet, Lin Zhen could easily feel it because the Domineering Stone strengthened all human bodily functions.
Except for the Dantian Qi and Spiritual Power, which will not be enhanced due to the effect of the Domineering Stone, all other aspects are being comprehensively strengthened!
“What a powerful force! Keep growing! I can bear it!”
Although this transformation was extremely painful, Lin Zhen’s willpower and soul strength had reached a point where no pain could bring him down.
He was waiting, waiting for the transformation to be completed, waiting for the moment when the clouds cleared and the moon shone brightly!
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