novelraw Chapter 405-2: Respec? Starlight Cage (2)
Chapter 405-2: Respec? Starlight Cage (2)
[Seeing that you still have not woken up, the Star Radiance Priest gives you another injection.]
[You pretend to have just regained consciousness and slowly open your eyes…]
[The Star Radiance Priest makes no move to help you up. It keeps asking you how your body feels and uses a series of refined copper instruments to test your physical data.]
[…]
[After a long time, the Star Radiance Priest looks at the recorded data in its hands and exclaims in delight that it is impossible. How could this Eyeball Heart bring such a massive improvement to the flesh…]
[Heh heh, perhaps the synthesis happened to pick the right answer this time. It knew this Eyeball Heart was absolutely perfect. It really is a genius.]
Lin Xun could not help frowning.
What were these priests of the Polar Star Society even doing, trying to use transplant technology to increase a mage’s physical toughness?
No matter how he listened to it, something sounded off.
Why would a mage need high physical strength? To become a magic swordsman? Give him a break.[The Star Radiance Priest looks at you with narrowed eyes and continues, the paper data has already been measured. To verify its accuracy, the next step is a live-combat test.]
[During the surgery just now, you clearly heard the Star Radiance Priest say that it would remove your heart after the test is over.]
[Now you secretly remain on guard. If it dares to make a move, you will not hesitate to turn on it and kill everyone in the transplant room.]
[You follow the gaze of the Star Radiance Priest to see a painting as tall as a person hanging on the innermost wall of the transplant room.]
[The background on the canvas is a vast, boundless galaxy. One starlight prison cage after another is linked together, and at a glance there are at least a hundred such cages.]
[Most of the cages are empty. Only a few hold terrifying shadows of different shapes.]
[The content of this painting is somewhat similar to the Celestial Prison of Captive Stars you saw before, though its scale is far from as grand as the one you saw in the past.]
[The Star Radiance Priest tells you that the painting holds several demons, some powerful and some weak.]
[All of these demons must be killed fresh on the spot for their materials to be harvested as living samples. Right now is the perfect time to pick a weaker one as your real-combat target…]
[As it speaks, it tosses you a Teleportation Badge and leads you toward the painting, continuing as it walks…]
[In a moment, it will enter the Starlight Cage with you and record your live-combat data. Remember, you must not use any spells. You must fight the demon with physical strength alone.]
[It will not send you against too powerful a demon and will stand by to heal your wounds, so you do not need to worry. Fight the demon with everything you have. No accident will happen…]
[The Star Radiance Priest touches the painting first. As ripples like those on the surface of water spread over the canvas, its entire body sinks into the painting…]
[You notice that the Star Radiance Priest does not appear in the painting immediately. The terrifying shadows within remain frozen in their original poses.]
[It seems that a long time must pass before the canvas updates the images it displays.]
[You glance back. The assistant has not followed. It is still busy cleaning the blood-smeared operating tables for the Priest Lord…]
[Will you touch the painting at once and teleport into the Starlight Cage?]
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xun already had a plan.
He decisively chose the ‘Yes’ option.
[You reach out and touch the giant painting…]
[Teleporting…]
[…]
[…]
[Teleportation successful.]
[You open your eyes and find yourself in a cold, dark void, with starlike fragments of prison cages of various sizes floating not far away…]
[You stand on a round disc formed from motes of starlight. At your side is the Star Radiance Priest, who has been waiting impatiently.]
[It chants a spell, and the disc beneath your feet begins to move forward, gradually approaching the Starlight Cages…]
[As you draw closer, you see that among the hundred cages, only five imprison Abyss Demons…]
[One cage is especially gigantic. The colossal shadow inside howls and roars, and the terrifying aura it releases makes your whole body tense up unconsciously.]
[The Star Radiance Priest does not approach that cage. Instead, it guides the disc to a small cage…]
[The inner space of the cage is about the size of a single bedroom. Inside is a captive Abyss Demon.]
[The demon is a head taller than a normal human. Its goat-like head has curved horns, and its entire body is covered in black fur. If you ignore the claws at the ends of its limbs, it looks just like a black mountain goat standing on two legs…]
[You have discovered Abyss Goat-Horn Demon.]
[The disc stops in front of the cage. The Star Radiance Priest explains that although this Abyss Goat-Horn Demon looks tall and strong, it is actually not that powerful. It sits at the bottom of the demonic food chain, little more than food itself.]
[If you used spells, you could easily kill the Goat-Horn Demon, but that would defeat the purpose of the test, so you can only fight using physical strength…]
[As it speaks, the Star Radiance Priest opens the cage door and strides inside…]
[The Abyss Goat-Horn Demon has been crouched in the corner for a long time, waiting precisely for this moment.]
[It suddenly lunges forward with a savage pounce, lashing out with razor-sharp claws…]
[The Star Radiance Priest is well prepared. With a wave of its hand, a Starlight Veil wraps around its body and easily blocks all of the demon’s attacks.]
[Seeing that it cannot harm the Star Radiance Priest, the Abyss Goat-Horn Demon turns its head and looks at you instead…]
[What are you waiting for? Get in here and start the test.]
[You quickly follow the Star Radiance Priest’s words and step into the cage…]
[The moment you cross the threshold, the Abyss Goat-Horn Demon charges at you.]
[Your first instinct is to cast a defensive spell, but just as you are about to do so, you remember the Priest Lord’s instruction that you can only fight with physical strength.]
[You forcibly suppress your usual combat habits and swing your fist to meet the demon’s attack.]
[In your memory, Abyss Demons typically possess terrifying physical strength. Even if the Goat-Horn Demon is one of the weakest demon types, there is absolutely no way your frail body could withstand its attacks without magic.]
[Facing the claws hurtling toward you, you take a deep breath and throw a full-force punch straight ahead.]
[A deafening bang rings out.]
[The Abyss Goat-Horn Demon is sent flying and slams into the inner wall of the cage. It slowly slides down, and by the time it hits the ground, it no longer shows any sign of life.]
[Looking closely, you see that your terrifying power has caved in its chest. The only reason your punch did not blow a hole straight through its body is that demonkind have incredibly tough flesh.]
[You have defeated Abyss Goat-Horn Demon. Experience gained slightly.]
[The Star Radiance Priest, standing beside you, had already been poised to cast healing spells, terrified that you might be killed in your first melee fight…]
[However, the battle before its eyes leaves it gaping and unable to come back to its senses for a long time.]
[The Star Radiance Priest rubs its eyes and swallows hard. It cannot believe that the Eyeball Heart it crafted is this strong. It actually allowed a physically frail star mage to kill a Goat-Horn Demon with a single punch?]
[You feel unprecedented brute force surging through your body. You cannot help looking toward the largest cage in the distance…]
[Staring at the terrifying gigantic shadow inside, you say to the Star Radiance Priest that you want to fight that demon.]
[The Star Radiance Priest quickly waves its hands, no. No matter how strong the Eyeball Heart is, it is impossible for it to produce enough power to contend with an Ancient Destruction Demon.]
[The power you have just displayed and the combat data you have provided are already far beyond what it can understand. You must leave this place with it at once and return to the transplant room to have your hear… to undergo further testing in the transplant room.]
[This Eyeball Heart definitely hides some secret that it does not yet know.]
[The Star Radiance Priest insists on taking you back to the transplant room. Will you obey its command?]
Lin Xun narrowed his eyes.
The painted world of the Starlight Cage was isolated from the outside world, the perfect place to get things done.
This Star Radiance Priest definitely knew many secrets about the Polar Star Society. It might even be possible to learn the whereabouts of the high dragon clans and the dragon progenitors from it.