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Chapter 232 - 139: Taotie Upgraded, Shadow Scale Max Level
THUD...
THUD...
Heavy, ponderous footsteps echoed from the depths of the forest, growing closer.
The sound was like a great hammer striking the earth, each impact causing the ground to tremble faintly.
The footsteps quickened, their approach aggressive and menacing.
Lin Ye’s eyes narrowed. The moment he heard the sound, his body had already reacted.
[Shadow Scale]!
The next instant, dense, jet-black scales erupted madly from beneath his skin.
In the blink of an eye, they covered him completely from head to toe.
Even his clothes were enveloped by this layer of living Scale Armor, leaving not a single gap or weakness.
Lin Ye, meanwhile, slung the Star-Piercing Spear onto his back.
Immediately after, the color and texture of the black scales covering his body began to change rapidly.
They blended in perfectly with the surrounding environment.
Lin Ye looked down at his body.
He realized he couldn’t see himself at all.
His body had seemingly become a transparent silhouette, vanishing completely into the gloom.
This perfect camouflage effect astonished even Lin Ye himself.
At the same time, he was certain that the Defense Power of the Shadow Scale now covering him was no less than that of Galasha’s sturdy Scale Armor.
And its camouflage ability had far surpassed the original!
THUD...
THUD...
The footsteps drew nearer.
Before long, two massive mutated beasts resembling giant bears appeared in Lin Ye’s field of vision.
They were powerfully built, covered in grayish-brown fur, their crimson eyes glowing with a savage light in the darkness.
[LV26]
Neither of the mutated beasts was low-level.
They had clearly been drawn here by the noise Lin Ye made while mining the Source Crystal earlier.
However, when they reached the clearing, their twin pairs of crimson eyes revealed clear confusion and bewilderment.
Their massive heads swiveled about, nostrils flaring as if searching for something.
From a distance, they had faintly seen the figure of a human, and the Source Crystal here showed signs of being mined by a human. So why... was there nothing here?
Lin Ye stood perfectly still.
He was more satisfied than ever with the camouflage effect of [Shadow Scale].
The senses of these mutated beasts—be it sight, hearing, or smell—were far sharper than a human’s, honed by the crucible of this harsh environment.
Yet even so, despite being right under their noses, they remained completely oblivious to him.
Lin Ye began to test it further, moving his feet slowly.
He controlled his body, not making the slightest sound.
The distance between him and the two mutated bears began to shrink, bit by bit.
The two giant bears grew increasingly agitated and restless.
They let out low growls from their throats and paced back and forth in the clearing, seeming to sense a threat but completely unable to locate its source.
The dim environment became Lin Ye’s best camouflage.
As he moved, the Shadow Scale on his body would spontaneously mimic the shifting light and shadows, keeping him part of the environmental backdrop.
As he drew closer, Lin Ye got a better look.
The bodies of the two mutated bears were also covered in a layer of strange, fine black threads.
These threads had even burrowed beneath their skin, intertwining with their flesh and blood as if they had become a part of their bodies.
Lin Ye grew bolder.
He stopped deliberately slowing his pace and continued forward at a normal walking speed.
The two giant bears were still utterly blind to his presence!
’In this dark environment, Shadow Scale’s camouflage effect is...’
’Insane!’
A cold arc formed on the corner of Lin Ye’s lips.
He had already closed the distance to less than three meters from one of the giant bears.
At this range, there was no possibility of him missing.
’Now!’
The moment Lin Ye decided to strike, the perfectly contained killing intent on his body erupted like a volcano!
Almost the instant his killing intent was unleashed,
the two giant bears reacted like cats whose tails had been stepped on. Their fur stood on end as they belatedly let out a heaven-shaking roar!
One of them spun around abruptly, its massive paw cutting through the air with a vicious gust of wind as it swiped fiercely in the direction where it sensed the killing intent!
But it was too late.
And too far off the mark.
Lin Ye’s gaze sharpened.
He noticed that while the clumsy bear’s counterattack was swift, the position of its swipe was off from his actual location by a full half-body’s width!
Its senses were still being deceived by [Shadow Scale], preventing it from making an accurate judgment.
The claws missed, and the resulting gust of wind stirred the hair on Lin Ye’s forehead.
A flicker of confusion even crossed the giant bear’s eyes.
Unfortunately, it would never have the chance to think again.
The next second.
The dark spear, silent yet as fast as lightning, plunged straight into its hard skull.
SCHLICK!
The spear tip burst out from the back of its head, carrying with it a spray of hot brain matter and blood.
BAM!
Just as Lin Ye instantly killed one of the giant bears,
the other’s attack finally landed.
Its heavy claws, powerful enough to crush the roof of an armored vehicle, struck Lin Ye squarely on his side!
However...
The expected excruciating pain and impact never came.
Lin Ye barely even felt the force of the blow!
The dense black scales on his body seemed to ripple with a life of their own the moment they made contact with the bear’s paw.
The terrifying force, enough to flatten a car, was rapidly dispersed, conducted, and then nullified by the overlapping structure of the Scale Armor the instant of contact!
In the end, all that reached Lin Ye’s body was a gentle force, like being given a light shove.
A flash of shock appeared in Lin Ye’s eyes.
He instantly understood the difference in defense between [Shadow Scale] and [Crystalization].
The crystal armor formed by [Crystalization] was hard and unyielding, providing the ultimate rigid defense against cuts and piercing attacks from sharp weapons.
But the Scale Armor formed by [Shadow Scale] was flexible and fluid, possessing an unparalleled ability to dissipate force when facing this kind of blunt-force attack!