22: Attribute surge

Takasaki looked at Aiya standing behind Lin Chuan, his expression flickering unpredictably.

Although Aiya was only a freshman, she was already somewhat famous at the university.

During military training, even without a speck of makeup and wearing the same green camouflage uniform as everyone else, her breathtaking beauty could not be hidden.

A candid photo of her taking shade under a big tree was posted on the campus forum, instantly sparking heated discussions.

Some said she would end Senior Sister Su Ling's three-year streak as the campus belle!

Others claimed it was no surprise Aiya was pretty, given that she was an ethnic minority girl.

Meanwhile, Su Ling's supporters believed that pure Han Chinese girls like Senior Sister Su Ling were still prettier.

Unfortunately, the campus belle selection at Jing University was fixed for April every year, when spring bloomed.

Coincidentally, today was April 1st, and before the selection could even begin, the Killing Game suddenly descended...

Back then, many student clubs wanted to recruit Aiya to boost their popularity.

Pity was, Aiya eventually joined the Student Council.

But now, there was no pity to be had!

With the apocalypse upon them, the future world would undoubtedly be ruled by strength!

Takasaki didn't believe his Martial Arts Association would be inferior to Qi Feng's Student Council in this post-apocalyptic world!

But before dealing with Aiya, he had to take care of the eyesore standing in front of her!

Takasaki looked at Lin Chuan, only to find him completely ignoring him!

This made him even angrier, his voice growing icier. "Hey kid, did you not hear my question? Or do you think I don't dare touch you?"

Lin Chuan still didn't reply.

He was looking at his attribute panel.

As the corpses of over two thousand Dimensional Bugs were swallowed by fireballs...

His core attributes had increased by an average of over fifty points!!

Combined with his previous attributes, all four of his main stats had now surpassed 60, reaching numbers so astronomical that no one would believe them!

All four core attributes had reached over sixty points!

Meanwhile, even after being buffed by the heavy rain, other people's attributes probably wouldn't even reach 6 points!

Lin Chuan's stats were already ten times those of an ordinary person!

A lazy smile finally surfaced in his eyes.

But to Takasaki, that smile was a blatant provocation!

Enraged, Takasaki suddenly shouted harshly, "Go! Space-splitting Blade—"

His shout sounded full of power.

However, the atmosphere at the scene became rather awkward.

Because he pushed his right hand forward, but absolutely nothing happened!

Everyone else was baffled, but Takasaki himself realized with horror—

He actually couldn't activate his Talent ability!

W-What was going on?!

Shocked, he looked toward Lin Chuan!

Lin Chuan, however, had no intention of explaining things to a dead man.

He silently expanded the range of his Forbidden Magic Domain while raising his right hand.

Everyone saw the four strange rings connected together on his right hand!

By now, not just Takasaki, but everyone discovered they could no longer use their Talent abilities!

Yet, none of them thought of retreating or running away.

After all, their core attributes and physical constitutions had all been enhanced by the heavy rain!

With so many of them, could they really not beat a single Lin Chuan?!

The answer was, of course—

No!

Strands of iron wire shot out from the first ring of the Death Grip!

The wire's attack style somewhat resembled that of the Dimensional Bugs.

Both wrapped around people's necks to strangle and decapitate them!

But the wire's attacks were tens or hundreds of times faster and stronger than those of the Dimensional Bugs!

With such attack speed, these people with barely 5 points in speed couldn't dodge at all!

Moreover, the wire was made of a special material that could slice through iron like butter!

With every dance and strangle, it didn't just choke people to death!

Horrifyingly, heads began rolling off one by one!

Those rushing at the front lost their heads and lives in a split second, before they could even react or feel pain!

The people behind were scared out of their wits, instantly abandoning any thought of ganging up on him!

These self-proclaimed powerhouses, who had occupied spatial rifts and acted high and mighty, were now terrified by Lin Chuan to the point of utter despair and horror!

Throwing away all dignity of being "strong," they panicked blindly, willing to jump off the building just to escape this living hell!

Lin Chuan didn't give chase.

After all, using the Death Grip consumed a lot of mental strength.

If not for his Spirit and Physique attributes both surpassing sixty, he wouldn't have been able to control so many wires at once to attack.

Lin Chuan let out a breath, concealed the Death Grip on his right hand again with his Invisibility Talent, and then looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground.

By now, Liu Bohao and Aiya were scared stiff.

Aiya was slightly better off, merely dazed, though she looked at Lin Chuan with shock.

Liu Bohao almost wet his pants and dropped to his knees with a thud!

Or rather, he was practically prostrating on the ground, his whole face pressed against the floor as he trembled violently. "B-B-B-Boss..."

He wanted to offer to serve Lin Chuan like a horse or ox, as long as he spared his life.

Lin Chuan had no intention of attacking Liu Bohao.

His attitude was very calm, and he said indifferently, "Don't worry, I don't kill people unprovoked. I prefer self-defense."

Prefer... self-defense???

What kind of bizarre hobby is that?!

Liu Bohao couldn't comprehend it, but he finally let out a sigh of relief, knowing he had escaped death.

Hearing Lin Chuan's words, Aiya also secretly breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.

Liu Bohao had just struggled to get up when Aiya's next sentence scared him back onto the floor—

He heard the little girl suddenly murmur to herself:

"Is killing the only way to solve problems..."

Lin Chuan glanced at her coldly, though he didn't get angry.

He was a reborn soul from the late stages of the apocalypse.

He had seen all kinds of gory scenes and endured countless slaughterings.

Not slaughtering everyone on the rooftop who tried to attack him was already a massive display of restraint on his part.

Still, it was only the first day of the apocalypse, so it was normal for others to find it hard to accept.

As Lin Chuan burned the corpses with fireballs, he said calmly, "Even if I didn't act, these people wouldn't see tomorrow's sun."

"Why?" Aiya was willing to trust Lin Chuan, which was why she asked, wanting to know the reason.

Lin Chuan pointed to the sky. "Didn't you say it yourself? There's something wrong with this rain."

At that moment, Aiya turned pale. "But... didn't we get soaked in the rain too?"

"That's because I have a way to be immune to the side effects brought by the heavy rain."

As he spoke, Lin Chuan had already burned all dozen or so corpses to ashes!

Because his attributes were so high—ten times that of an ordinary person—the probability of acquiring Talents when burning corpses had increased dramatically, almost approaching 100%!

Various strange Talents were powerful boosts for ordinary people, but for Lin Chuan, most Talents below S-Class were hardly worth his attention.

The only exception was Takasaki's A-Level Talent, Space-splitting Blade.

A spatial-type A-Level Talent possessed formidable attack power!

From a certain perspective, spatial-type attacks could pierce through all defenses to deal true damage.

But to the experienced Lin Chuan, it was nothing special.

With his experience, everything below S-Class was an ant!

Because only S-Class Talents touched upon "rules"!

No matter how strong your spatial attacks were, in front of the S-Class Forbidden Magic Domain, they wouldn't even get a chance to be unleashed!

Although Lin Chuan possessed two S-Class Talents, both were support types.

If he encountered an offensive-type S-Class Talent holder...

Lin Chuan stroked his chin, not pondering further. Instead, he turned his gaze toward a nearby fire water tank and said calmly, "Come out, classmate."