nycdaug Chapter 277, Part 11: Deciphering
Chapter 277, Part 11: Deciphering
The blood mist is thick and cold, containing the ultimate corrosive power of the evil seed's origin. It corrodes rocks and soil when it lands, pollutes air currents when it encounters wind, and dissolves spiritual energy when it touches the body. Any living being that comes into contact with even a little bit will have its physical body rapidly rot, its spiritual energy depleted, and its origin decayed.
Even more terrifying is that this blood mist possesses three bizarre effects: concealment, imprisonment, and amplification.
Vision is completely obstructed within the blood mist, and sensory abilities are greatly blocked. The movement and dodging speeds of all living beings are imprisoned and sluggish by the viscous mist.
Meanwhile, the flesh-and-blood demonic horse, enveloped in the blood mist, experienced a comprehensive boost in strength, self-healing, and speed, steadily increasing its combat power. It attempted to suppress and trap Lin Yuan and An Xin with its domain, thereby completely seizing control of the battlefield.
The crimson blood mist spread rapidly, instantly covering a hundred-foot-wide area. A chilling, corrosive aura swept over, even suppressing and slowly eroding Lin Yuan's golden dragon energy.
Lin Yuan looked at the blood-red domain that filled the sky and calmly analyzed the situation in his mind:
This is a typical domain confinement technique. It does not aim to kill the enemy instantly, but only to lock down the battle situation, amplify oneself, and slowly wear down the opponent.
If the blood mist is allowed to continue to spread, one's spiritual power will be continuously consumed, and one's safe long-range sniping will completely lose its visual advantage, eventually leading to a passive situation.
To deal with this filthy and evil domain, only the pure Yang dragon energy can cleanse the entire area, purifying the evil energy from its source and breaking the domain.
"Dragon energy cleanses evil, purifies!"
Lin Yuan stretched out his arms, unleashing the full power of the ancient dragon. The thick and pure golden dragon energy swept across the surrounding area like a tsunami.
The ancient dragon's primordial power, being supremely yang and righteous, naturally cleanses away all evil and purifies filth. As the vast dragon energy swept across, the crimson blood mist that filled the sky melted, faded, and dissipated at a visible speed, just like snowflakes meeting the blazing sun.
The corrosive power instantly disintegrated upon encountering the dragon's aura, and the viscous mist was forcibly dispersed and purified. In just a few breaths, the blood mist domain that had imprisoned the entire battlefield was completely cleared, and the world returned to clarity. The demon horse's domain suppression advantage vanished instantly.
The demonic horse, hidden in the blood mist, was completely exposed, and the plan to launch a surprise attack completely failed.
With its domain broken, the ferocious beast of flesh and blood surged with ferocity. Clearly enraged by the successive setbacks, it stomped its four hooves on the ground, leaped into the air, and unleashed all the chilling bone spurs on its back, activating its power once more!
【Ten Thousand Bones Demon Thorn Rain】
Countless black bone spikes of varying lengths shot out from the demonic horse's back and flesh, filling the air with hundreds of chillingly sharp spikes. Each spike was imbued with concentrated corrosive magic energy, as hard as refined steel, and dripped with deadly black blood from its tip. With a sharp whistling sound, they rained down from above, bombarding everything in their path.
The bone spikes are numerous, cover a wide area, and have extremely strong penetrating power. They have triple damage of piercing, blasting, and corrosive. When they land and explode, they can form a small magic energy storm that strangles and indiscriminately covers a wide area. They are specifically designed to target large-scale fortified targets and are the strongest long-range bombardment move of the Demon Horse.
The sky was filled with countless demonic spikes that blotted out the sun, casting shadows over Lin Yuan's massive dragon body, sealing off all angles of evasion, and sealing his fate as he plummeted to his death.
Lin Yuan looked up at the rain of demonic thorns falling from the sky, his heart completely calm, having already figured out the opponent's attack logic:
The three ranged attacks—long-range ray, domain confinement, and area bombardment—are progressively more powerful and seemingly unbeatable, yet they all rely on external magical energy output, which is perfectly countered by his own sword energy and lightning.
No need to dodge, just counter their attacks head-on and deplete their mana reserves.
Facing the rain of bone spikes, Lin Yuan neither dodged nor avoided, his towering giant sword spinning and slashing at high speed, golden sword energy crisscrossing and weaving into an impenetrable net of evil-slaying sword energy.
The sharp and domineering sword energy was invincible, shattering all the falling demonic spikes in mid-air. The hard demonic bone spikes shattered, carbonized, and annihilated the moment they touched the sword light.
The sounds of explosions continued incessantly. All the demonic spikes in the sky were shattered by the sword energy, and the storm of demonic energy that exploded was instantly purified by lightning and fire, not even a trace of malevolent energy could get close.
At the same time, An Xin accurately seized the weakness of the Demon Horse when it was charging up in the air and its thin flesh and blood in its chest and abdomen were completely exposed. He fired a series of shots, and several bullets of evil-repelling power penetrated the gaps and accurately hit the Demon Horse's chest and abdomen. They exploded with layers of golden divine light, which continued to erode its evil nature and made its subsequent skill charging more and more sluggish.
All three attacks were broken. The flesh-and-blood demon horse showed no fear. Instead, it fully unleashed the destructive ferocity of the evil species and activated its fourth strange ability the moment it landed!
[Blood and flesh devour each other for self-healing]
The rotten and damaged flesh all over the demon horse instantly began to writhe and proliferate wildly. At the same time, the scattered remains of fallen beings, demonic fragments, and remnants of malevolent energy on the ground were all drawn into the air by an invisible suction force, gathering and continuously merging into its body.
The evil seed inherently possesses an extreme devouring characteristic; it can absorb and refine any flesh and blood remains on the battlefield, quickly repairing injuries, restoring stamina, and amplifying combat power.
The wounds inflicted by sword energy and bullets healed instantly, the damaged flesh regenerated rapidly, the dim demonic eyes regained their fierce light, and the depleted demonic energy was quickly replenished. In just a few breaths, its condition returned to its peak, even more powerful than when it was first born, making it a veritable immortal battlefield demon.
Watching the rapidly healing demonic horse, a cold glint flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes, and he understood:
This is the most troublesome part of this monster.
No matter how fierce the moves or how powerful the attacks, there are always patterns to follow and ways to break them. They can heal themselves indefinitely and continue their power on the spot, yet they can drag all their opponents down with sheer force.
If its self-healing ability is not completely sealed, no matter how many injuries are inflicted, they will be instantly repaired, and the battle will only become an endless stalemate. To achieve a quick victory, we must first destroy its foundation and seal its self-healing.
"Trying to sustain itself by devouring others? That's wishful thinking."
Lin Yuan's eyes were sharp; he already knew about the self-healing properties of the fallen evil spirits.
With a thought, the power of thunder and fire around him surged, and golden flames swept across the entire battlefield, burning and purifying all the scattered flesh and blood remains, demonic fragments and evil energy, completely cutting off the demonic horse's source of devouring.
At the same time, he raised his hand and formed a hand seal. The Celestial Master's Demon-Suppressing Seal appeared with a faint light, and a thick wisp of demon-suppressing power enveloped the demon horse, forcibly sealing the devouring source within its body and suppressing the speed of flesh and blood regeneration.
The power of suppressing evil is specifically designed to imprison the life force of all evil spirits. The moment it was enveloped by the divine light, the flesh-and-blood demon horse's devouring ability was instantly disrupted, and its self-healing speed plummeted by 90%. The wounds that were originally healing rapidly came to a complete standstill, and it could no longer rely on external objects to continue regenerating. The core trump card of the immortal ferocious body was completely broken.