The wilderness wind carried a dry, dusty scent.
Lin Ye’s figure sped through the rolling hills, leaving a straight trail of dust in his wake.
As he left the area of the Linchuan Ruins, the surrounding Source Crystal radiation levels dropped sharply, and the air beca much fresher.
But the danger had not diminished. In this vast, fallen land, every inch of ground could conceal a deadly threat.
Lin Ye was heading toward the Northern Great Rift Valley marked on his map.
Just as his figure skimd past a patch of low, half-man-high shrubs...
SWISH!
A sharp whistle tore through the air from his right, swift as lightning!
Lin Ye’s steps didn’t pause in the slightest, but his body shifted half a ter to the left at an unbelievable angle.
In almost the sa instant, a long, scarlet tongue covered in viscous, milky-white sli flashed through the spot where he had just been.
The tongue was covered in scalp-numbing barbs, and it stirred up a thick, foul stench in the air.
Having missed its strike, the massive tongue began to retract.
A cold glint flashed in Lin Ye’s eyes.
His forward montum didn’t slow. The Star-Piercing Spear in his right hand twitched backward as if it had a life of its own.
The spear tip transford into a streak of dark light, striking the retracting tongue with pinpoint accuracy.
PFFT!
The sharp Gun Blade t no resistance.
The entire massive tongue was severed in an instant!
A short, pained, gurgling cry ca from deep within the shrubs.
The severed piece of tongue fell to the ground, still twitching and writhing frantically. When the white mucus on its surface touched the withered weeds, it imdiately corroded them, releasing puffs of acrid, green smoke.
’It’s poisonous!’ Lin Ye realized instantly.
He spun around, his long spear sweeping horizontally.
A frenzied gust of wind instantly tore the large patch of shrubs apart, ripping them out by the roots!
A massive toad, a full half-ter tall and rock-gray in color, was exposed.
Its bulging eyes were filled with terror, and dark green blood flowed from the stump of its severed tongue.
Seeing Lin Ye, it showed no intention of fighting back. It kicked hard with its hind legs, its body launching away like a cannonball as it bounded off into the distance.
[Mutated Stone-Toad LV. 22]
However, before Lin Ye could give chase...
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Several more whooshes echoed from all directions, coming from the grass and the crevices between rocks!
The attack pattern of these Mutated Stone-Toads was incredibly insidious, yet monotonous.
They lay in wait, using their protective coloring to blend in with their surroundings.
The mont their prey entered attack range, they would simultaneously lash out with their sharp, poisonous tongues.
As long as they could inflict even a tiny wound, the poison would take effect quickly, completing the hunt.
It was a highly efficient, coordinated ambush.
Lin Ye’s gaze turned cold.
’Perfect. I’ll use these things to test the new chanic I just acquired.’
The mont the thought occurred to him, Lin Ye didn’t hesitate.
’Phase Shift!’
In the instant he switched phases, three scarlet tongues shot out from different directions, sealing off all his escape routes and striking at his head, heart, and lower back simultaneously!
However, a strange scene unfolded.
The three massive tongues, strong enough to pierce solid rock, passed through Lin Ye’s body as if he were a phantom the mont they touched him!
They passed right through his body, missing completely!
Lin Ye could even feel the foul, cold sensation of the tongues passing through his "body."
He saw his reflection in a murky puddle nearby.
His silhouette was still clear, but its edges were blurred and faded, like a bad TV signal.
’So this is... the unselectable state!’ Lin Ye understood.
He didn’t stay put. In a flash, he sidestepped several ters away.
The next mont, the brief, one-second incorporeal state vanished, and his body beca solid again.
He didn’t dare to gamble on what would happen if he stood still when the incorporeal state ended, with the tongues not yet fully retracted.
If they got stuck inside his body, it would be no different from suicide.
’There’s no need for such a foolish test. There are safer ways to verify it.’
His Spiritual Power swept over his surroundings like an invisible radar.
He precisely locked onto four Mutated Stone-Toads hiding in the grass.
The closest one was no more than three ters away.
Lin Ye’s gaze locked onto that patch of grass.
He didn’t move.
A layer of faint purple crystals quietly appeared on the shaft of the Star-Piercing Spear in his hand, instantly completing the weapon’s Crystalization.
At the sa ti, Lin Ye channeled the new, viscous, magma-like Qi and Blood within his body into his right arm!
Using the Crystalized Star-Piercing Spear as a dium, Lin Ye could clearly feel his Qi and Blood extending, spreading all the way to the tip of the spear!
This marvelous sensation of his weapon becoming an extension of his own limb filled him with a powerful confidence, a feeling of being in complete control!
The next mont, with a flick of his wrist, Lin Ye thrust his spear through the air!
PSHH!
A crimson spear-light, almost tangible, shot from the tip of the spear and vanished in a flash!
The spear-light left a faint scorch mark in the air as it silently struck the patch of grass three ters away.
After a soft sound,
the Mutated Stone-Toad hiding in the grass exploded into a shower of flesh and gore before it could even cry out!
Watching this, Lin Ye confird his theory.
His current Qi and Blood, while not yet having transford into the Gang Sha of the Gang Condensation Realm, had already far surpassed the category of re "Qi" in terms of quality and refinent.
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