novelraw Chapter 166-1: Cloudless Lightning, the Overlord’s Demise (1)
Chapter 166-1: Cloudless Lightning, the Overlord’s Demise (1)
The text before him gradually turned a shade of bright red, and the options began to tremble.
Lin Xun narrowed his eyes, his mind racing.
Two points of soul strength and one point of soul strength, there was no need to deliberate over which to choose.
Letting the Valkyrie abandon him was better than the two of them dying together.
But if he was killed by the Veiled Aberration Overlord, if he died and returned…
Setting aside how terrifying the overlord’s strength would become after wiping out the remaining four behemoths and devouring all their corpses. Just the items dropped by the already-dead behemoths would bid Lin Xun farewell forever.
He had only reached this deep fog battlefield by tracking a behemoth. If he died now, finding this place again later would be virtually impossible.
“If I’d known, I should have used the Luminous Tracking Powder Bennett gave me on the way here. Even if I died, I’d have been able to find the location again.”
Lin Xun was unwilling to just be cannon fodder. He still wanted to struggle a bit more.
[You opened one pink eye and looked back at the Veiled Aberration Overlord relentlessly pursuing you…][Special skill Pleasure-Hazed Sight activated!]
[The massive form of the Veiled Aberration Overlord right behind you abruptly froze, its charge slowing slightly…]
[Those thick tentacles drew back a bit, and just as you were about to sigh with relief…]
[The enormous monster instantly regained its momentum, accelerating its pursuit once more!]
[The tentacles dripping slime drew ever closer…]
[The scythe of death was poised right against your throat, about to slice across!]
[You felt a trace of fatigue…]
[Do you wish to have the Battle Angel – Valkyrie abandon you and flee alone?]
The options of this deathly game were like an execution notice, constantly reminding Lin Xun that his end was near.
Pleasure-Hazed Sight could only control the Veiled Aberration Overlord for the blink of an eye, nowhere near enough time to escape.
After his Shell’s fatigue was restored by leveling up, he had already used Falling Starlight once. This time, after using Pleasure-Hazed Sight, the text showed slightly fatigued.
“At most, I can still use three more control skills. The fourth time, the Shell will collapse from exhaustion…”
Lin Xun’s brain worked furiously, trying to think of a countermeasure.
His hand pressed the skill button again.
[You opened one pink eye and looked back…]
[The Veiled Aberration Overlord’s speed again slowed…]
This was tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst. When the President’s Shell completely ran out of spirit, that would be the moment he died.
Lin Xun’s brows knit tightly as he searched for any chance to escape.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him.
“The Valkyrie isn’t flying high or fast enough because she’s carrying the President’s Shell. Is there a way to make the Shell lighter so she can fly faster?”
His gaze fell on the Earth Giant’s innate skill – Earth Form.
[Earth Form: …Using this innate skill, you can freely alter your Shell’s size, and your weight will change accordingly. The minimum size cannot be smaller than one meter tall, and the maximum cannot exceed your current limit of thirty meters.]
When he had first obtained the Earth Giant’s Shell, he’d also shrunk it while riding the Three-Headed Lion to reduce the burden and speed up travel.
He hadn’t used the shrinking skill for so long, he’d almost forgotten that the Earth Giant could not only grow, but shrink, stretch and compress at will…
[You opened one pink eye and looked back…]
[The Veiled Aberration Overlord’s speed again slowed…]
[You felt very fatigued…]
[You possessed the Corrupted Earth Giant Shell!]
[The Battle Angel – Valkyrie’s flying form abruptly dipped. Because of your Shell’s weight, plus the Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub, the Regenerating Scale Armor of the Dragon Rider, and other heavy gear, her speed visibly slowed to a crawl.]
[The pursuing Veiled Aberration Overlord drew rapidly closer!]
Lin Xun hurriedly shrank the Shell to the minimum size and also removed all equipment.
[Your Shell instantly shrank from human size to that of a child only one meter tall.]
[With your body so lightened, the Battle Angel – Valkyrie climbed sharply, her flight speed also increasing. But compared to her fastest pace before, the increase was not significant.]
[At the very least, this flight speed and altitude still weren’t enough to shake off the colossal monster behind you.]
[You couldn’t see the distant ground through the heavy fog, but by rough estimate, your current altitude was at least a hundred meters!]
[The Veiled Aberration Overlord behind you towered well over a hundred meters tall. With your speed failing to shake it off, and your current height still not reaching safety, you were far from out of danger.]
[The Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration Overlord drew ever closer…]
“How…how can this be?!”
The Earth Giant had already shrunk to the size of a child about one meter tall, and its weight had lessened accordingly.
Even so, the Earth Giant’s flesh remained tough and heavy; its dense muscles and bones made this Shell’s weight far exceed that of an ordinary child.
Although the Earth Giant at one meter tall was somewhat lighter than the President’s mage Shell, it still wasn’t light enough to help Lin Xun out of his predicament.
The President’s Shell only had one more use of Pleasure-Hazed Sight left.
Lin Xun had to find a way to resolve this crisis within that single remaining chance.
In his inventory was a special item called Legacy Sapling of the Withered Tree, which had dropped after he killed the giant treant in the Blood Sun world.
[Legacy Sapling of the Withered Tree (Special Item): You may set this item to Active or Inactive. When Active, if your Shell dies, this item will be consumed. In exchange, your Shell will fully revive at any moment within 300 seconds at the place of death.]
If he set this item to Active, he would be able to revive at full health after death.
Perhaps he could wait until the Veiled Aberration Overlord finished off the four behemoths and then sneak in to loot the spoils.
But this item was far too precious, practically a lifesaving treasure in reality.
Even if using it could trade for the divine items dropped by nearly ten behemoths, it still felt like a loss to use it here.
The two remaining items were the High-Energy Particle Shield Generator given by Amos and the Storm Scroll of Thunder from the Cloudless Wastesgifted by Li Xingyue.
As his game difficulty increased, the effectiveness of these trump cards had gradually diminished.