169: Battle of Domilot

Lin Luo's gaze quickly swept over the battle on the other side, and he realized the situation was dire.

Takimaru was locked in a fierce battle with the strange man named Fuji.

At this moment, Fuji had long since stripped away his disguise of a suit and sunglasses. During the fight, his body took on a bizarre, rubbery texture, allowing it to deform easily like liquid, even attempting to burrow into Takimaru's body!

Although Takimaru, relying on his agile movements and Gourmet Knight techniques, barely managed to force Fuji's true form out of his body, he was momentarily trapped in a stalemate of close-quarters grappling and found it difficult to break free.

On the other side, Machi held his ice gun, continuously pouring firepower onto the tall, thin monster, Barry.

However, the bullets that struck Barry were all deflected or absorbed by a layer of slick, reflective, oily substance covering his body!

"Toriko, leave this guy to me." Lin Luo decisively stepped in front of Toriko, who was about to continue pursuing Domiロット, and said in a deep voice, "Takimaru and Machi are having trouble holding their own over there; go help them!"

Toriko gasped for air, glancing at the small wounds on his body caused by bug bites and the fatigue brought on by energy consumption, then looked at Takimaru and Machi, who were struggling in the distance, and immediately understood the situation.

He nodded heavily: "Alright! You be careful!" He then turned without hesitation and charged toward the battlefield of Takimaru and Machi like an angry bull!

Seeing this, Domiロット's eyes grew cold: "Toriko! Where do you think you're going?!"

How could he let Toriko go and upset the balance on the other side? He opened his mouth wide immediately, but this time, he didn't spit out aggressive bugs; instead, he unleashed dozens of bloated, dark-red-shelled, self-destructing monster bugs that radiated unstable energy fluctuations!

These bugs were not fast, but like maggots clinging to bones, they lunged toward Toriko!

Lin Luo reacted extremely quickly. With a slight shift of his Divine Sense, several condensed energy blades slashed through the air, precisely intercepting and detonating most of the self-destructing bugs in mid-air!

Boom, boom, boom! A series of explosions erupted in the air, creating bursts of flames and shockwaves.

However, a few escaped through the cracks and successfully adhered to the "ignition jumpsuit" on Toriko's back that he hadn't yet taken off! They clung tightly like leeches, their dark red shells flashing rapidly as they entered the countdown to detonation!

"Detonate!" A cruel smile curled on the corner of Domiロット's mouth as he snapped his fingers.

Boom—!!! The self-destructing bugs clinging to Toriko's back exploded violently all at once! The scorching flames and violent shockwaves instantly engulfed Toriko!

However, the instant the explosion's flames rose, a figure dashed out from the smoke like a cheetah! It was Toriko!

He had made the most decisive reaction the moment the explosion occurred—forcibly tearing off and shedding that expensive ignition jumpsuit which had become the center of the blast! His bare upper body was left with only some charred marks and minor burns from the explosion, but the main damage had been borne by the discarded jumpsuit.

"Tsk, fast reflexes." Domiロット frowned, feeling a trace of regret that he hadn't managed to severely injure Toriko.

By this time, Toriko had already fiercely charged into the battlefield on the other side! His addition instantly broke the original balance.

The scales of victory began to tilt significantly with the addition of Toriko, this fresh force.

Domiロット's expression was gloomy, but standing before him was Lin Luo, whose aura was composed and whose gaze was icy.

"It seems... I have to play with you for real first." Domiロット twisted his neck, making a "crack" sound, and a more dangerous aura began to radiate from his body; he was clearly about to use his true trump card.

The insect wings on Domiロット's back suddenly flapped!

The next moment, several blurry afterimages appeared in Lin Luo's vision simultaneously, surrounding him like Clones.

These "Clones" had twisted faces, their mouths full of sharp teeth that could no longer be hidden, emitting a teeth-grinding hissing sound.

Whoosh—! Various strange-looking alien bugs were "birthed" from the mouths and even the bodies of these afterimages, like a surging black mist, instantly submerging the location where Lin Luo stood! The swarm bit, collided, and sprayed venom and acid, making a sound so dense it made one's scalp tingle.

Domiロット knew very well that this level of swarm attack might not cause truly fatal damage to Lin Luo.

Whether it was that resilient, colorful protective light halo, or that bizarre method of instantly obliterating the swarm's spirit, both came at the cost of consuming huge amounts of energy.

And every alien bug he hatched also required the consumption of his own strength.

But in this war of attrition, he was confident that his "reserves" and "recovery" abilities would never lose to the human before him!

Rip—! Just as Lin Luo was distracted by dealing with the swarm and his protective light halo flickered slightly, a ghostly figure broke through the swarm at a speed far exceeding before!

It was Domiロット!

His fingertips were wrapped in high-speed vibrating air currents, like the sharpest insect mandibles, carrying a piercing whistle as he clawed fiercely at the weakest point of the protective light halo!

The light halo shattered in response! It peeled off in pieces like glass.

In the momentary gap before the light halo could automatically repair itself, Domiロット's sharp fingers had already slashed fiercely across Lin Luo's chest!

Pfft! Five bloodstains deep enough to see bone appeared instantly, and blood sprayed out!

At the same time, several brown stag beetles that had been lurking in the swarm, waiting for an opportunity, lunged like sharks smelling blood. They seized the gap in the defense, pounced onto Lin Luo, and their hideous mandibles were about to burrow into the depths of his wounds and tear at them!

However, a cold glint flashed in Lin Luo's eyes.

Hum! A soft yet immensely domineering brilliant light erupted from within his body, instantly enveloping him completely!

Those stag beetles that were clinging to him and about to succeed were instantly drained of all moisture and vitality, as if sucked dry. Their plump, hard bodies shriveled and withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into light, lifeless bug corpses that fell off Lin Luo's body.

And the five hideous wounds on Lin Luo's chest, nourished by this pure life energy converted from the bug corpses, saw their muscle fibers rapidly wiggle and close. The bleeding stopped, and the wounds began to heal and scab over at an astonishing speed!

Domiロット's pupils shrank slightly, but his offensive did not stop. He opened his mouth again, and this time, he spat out dozens of explosion bugs whose shells flickered with unstable red light! These bugs did not get close; instead, when they flew to within a few meters of Lin Luo, Domiロット detonated them directly with his mind!

Boom, boom, boom, boom—!!! The continuous, violent explosions completely turned the area where Lin Luo was into a purgatory of flames and shockwaves!

The terrifying tremors caused the huge icicles on the surrounding ice walls to shake and collapse continuously. Even that giant icicle, which sealed countless fierce beasts and served as the core of the "Gourmet Showcase," began to shake violently, emitting groans of being unable to bear the burden!

Smoke and ice debris filled the air.

When the dust settled slightly, Domiロット narrowed his eyes and looked toward the center of the explosion, his expression darkening again.

Lin Luo was still standing in the same spot, and the colorful light halo circulating around his body, although slightly dimmer than before, remained stable. Apart from his clothes being somewhat damaged, there were no visible new injuries on his body!

"You really are something..." Domiロット's voice was hoarse, "To be completely unscathed after such an explosion?!"

Lin Luo slowly twisted his neck, making a faint "click" sound. He lifted his foot and walked toward Domiロット step by step, his pace steady, his gaze as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice.

"If... that's all the ability you have," Lin Luo's voice was calm and waveless, yet carried a heart-palpitating indifference, "then please, die in peace."

"Haha... Hahahaha!" Domiロット seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, throwing his head back and letting out a sharp, twisted laugh, "Die in peace?! That's the... most interesting joke I've heard lately!"

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Whoosh! The next second, Domiロット's figure appeared directly in front of Lin Luo without warning, as if he had teleported!

He lowered his body, his right hand held like a blade, his arm muscles bulging and hardening strangely, with a layer of carapace-like texture covering the surface, and he thrust fiercely toward Lin Luo's abdomen with speed and power far exceeding before!

The protective light halo on Lin Luo's body was once again easily pierced through like fragile white paper!

Pshhh! A dull sound, teeth-grinding, of flesh being pierced!

Domiロット's hand, like the sharpest insect spear, had fiercely stabbed into Lin Luo's abdomen! Intense pain instantly spread throughout Lin Luo's entire body!

However, the moment the hand stabbed in, the muscles of Lin Luo's abdomen suddenly contracted and twisted as if they had a life of their own! The powerful force was like an iron clamp, locking Domiロット's inserted arm tightly, making it impossible for him to pull it back for a moment!

At the same time, the index finger of Lin Luo's left hand had already condensed a point of pure white light, extremely refined and seemingly capable of piercing the Void Realm, and struck like lightning toward Domiロット's glabella, which was right in front of him!

The speed of this finger might not be fast in the eyes of an ordinary person, but at such close range, it carried an unavoidable sense of lock-on.

What made Domiロット's Soul tremble even more was that a fatal sense of crisis poured down over him like ice water.

He had an almost instinctive premonition: if this finger hit his glabella, he would die! He would absolutely die!

"Move—!!!" Domiロット roared wildly in his heart, his face showing a look of terror for the first time. He struggled desperately, trying to pull his arm back, but was tightly imprisoned by the muscles of Lin Luo's abdomen!

Seeing that the finger of death was about to strike!

Riiiip—!!! A terrifying sound, making one's scalp tingle, of muscle being forcibly torn!

Domiロット had actually made an extremely ruthless and decisive decision—he exerted force suddenly, not to pull out, but to twist and pull inward!

Pfft! Blood gushed out like a fountain from where they were connected!

Domiロット had forcibly torn off his own entire imprisoned right arm from the root at the shoulder! The huge recoil generated by this and the explosive power brought by the intense pain allowed his figure to blast backward dozens of meters like a cannonball, distancing himself from Lin Luo!

Drip... drip... blood dripped continuously from his severed arm, blooming into eye-catching blood flowers on the ice. His face was pale from the intense pain and blood loss, but his eyes were filled with the lingering fear of surviving a disaster and an even deeper madness.

And in Lin Luo's hand, he was holding that severed arm belonging to Domiロット that had just been torn off. The severed arm was still twitching slightly, the muscles at the cross-section were blurred, and the white bone was ghastly.

Lin Luo looked down at it, expressionless. A mass of warm yet inexplicably heart-palpitating colorful light flames rose from his palm, wrapping around the severed arm.

There was no crackling of burning, no charred smell. The light flames seemed to be... extracting.

Almost in an instant! That severed arm, which had originally been strong and covered with partial carapace, shriveled, withered, and lost all luster and moisture at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming as withered and fragile as a mummy's limb that had been air-dried for a thousand years.

Lin Luo tossed it aside casually, throwing this withered severed arm that had completely lost its vitality onto the ice to the side like trash, making a faint "clack" sound.

"What a pity." He softly spat out two words, not knowing if he was regretting not being able to kill him with one finger, or something else.

Before the words had even finished—Domiロット only felt a blur before his eyes!

Lin Luo's figure had actually appeared like a ghost less than a meter behind him!

"You're right~" The low and calm voice, like a whisper, resounded directly in Domiロット's ear!

"!!" Domiロット's hair stood on end, and alarm bells rang in his heart! He turned around abruptly, but there was nothing behind him!

Then he turned back to the front abruptly—Lin Luo's face, which was calm to the point of being cold, was already right in front of him, almost touching the tip of his nose!

He could even see his own face, distorted by horror, reflected in the other's eyes.

Bang—!!! A dull sound to the extreme!

Domiロット didn't even see how Lin Luo had attacked; he only felt an irresistible, terrifying force, like being hit head-on by a high-speed giant truck, slam fiercely into his chest!

Crack! Crack-crack...!!! The clear, dense sound of bone fractures rang out like popping beans!

Domiロット's whole body, like a kite with a broken string, flew backward fiercely toward the towering iceberg behind him at a speed faster than his previous retreat!

Boom—!!! His body embedded deeply into the mountain of the iceberg like a cannonball, smashing out a huge human-shaped crater, with ice debris and gravel flying all over the sky!