192: Chapter 192 Severed Arm

Hearing Ye Mao's scream, Peng Lin was both shocked and furious.

She knew Tang Long wasn't weak, but she hadn't expected her subordinate to fail to last even a few seconds.

Like a madwoman, she unleashed heavy blows, swiftly killing the two Saber-toothed Tigers. Then, she saw Tang Long grabbing the miserable Ye Mao and slicing his throat with a hand blade.

Watching her subordinate executed right in front of her, Peng Lin's expression shifted abruptly.

Her aura changed along with it; the temperature in the air rose rapidly, the soil became scorched, and grass stems suddenly ignited.

Within a semicircle centered on her, the light was distorted by heat waves, expanding continuously until it stopped at about fifty meters in size.

"Tang Long, I'm going to kill you."

She said this in a low voice, filled with deep-seated hatred and determination.

But Tang Long on the opposite side chuckled, "So you really did have a trump card. Very good."

After dropping that line, Tang Long turned and activated his acceleration to flee again.

And this time, he was heading toward the area where the players were most densely packed.

Peng Lin's speed was not fast, because releasing a more advanced form of the Power of the Sun was very taxing for her.

But she was not in a hurry. She already knew that Tang Long's acceleration only lasted a dozen seconds or so, and for the next minute or so, this ability shouldn't be usable.

He could summon Saber-toothed Tigers, use that strange technique that made people feel cold and heavy, and release Spirit Blast during his attacks.

However, in the face of her Scorched Earth Domain, none of these were useful.

Those ant-like Alien God minions were even more useless.

As she advanced, the players were burned to ash batch after batch.

The Saber-toothed Tigers lunged in, immediately turned into fire tigers, and then were burned to death after five or six seconds.

After another dozen seconds, Tang Long summoned Saber-toothed Tigers again.

At this point, she basically confirmed that Tang Long's cooldown for summoning Saber-toothed Tigers was about eighteen seconds.

Eighteen seconds. Once she killed those two beasts this time, he wouldn't have another chance.

Then she realized she had still underestimated him.

This time, Tang Long didn't send both tigers at once, but rushed them in one by one.

The second tiger scratched a wound on her this time. Even though the injury wasn't serious, for some reason, it greatly slowed her speed.

Although it was only for about two seconds, it was precisely because of those two seconds that she couldn't reach Tang Long.

After dragging out two more Spirit Summoning Incantation cooldowns, Tang Long stopped and let out a long sigh.

He had just seen that a health bar had appeared above Peng Lin's head, and he could see small light icons for buff and debuff statuses.

It was basically confirmed: getting tainted by the blood of too many players would cause such changes.

This phenomenon should indicate that this person had already been corrupted by the game system's power—which was what they called the Alien God's power.

For the current battle, it didn't have any substantial impact.

But Tang Long already understood that its significance was profound.

Because a major problem Tang Long currently faced was that many items could not be recognized by the system, could not be stored in the inventory, and thus could not be utilized in the game's way.

For example, money. He clearly had a massive sum of over thirty million in his account, yet he couldn't distribute it to the players.

Favorability could only be a novelty for a while; constantly fooling people like that would lower his status.

If money could be recognized by the system after being soaked in players' blood, that would undoubtedly be huge news.

The same went for other things; it might even have other massive impacts.

For example... like that Yin Ying from before?

However, he couldn't make any more attempts right now.

The battle in front of him really couldn't be dragged out any longer.

Because as he 'lured the monsters', Peng Lin had almost slaughtered all the players in this area.

Some players who had respawned after death only watched from afar, refusing to come back.

This was the consequence of insufficient rewards.

Therefore, the other few Sun Worshipers were basically idle as well. Instead, because Peng Lin's ability was too terrifying, they didn't dare to get close, only maintaining a distance to surround him.

He couldn't run anymore, so he had to fight.

He summoned two Saber-toothed Tigers again, then sent one to charge into the Scorched Earth Domain first.

Peng Lin sneered from afar, "Not running anymore? It seems you also realize you can't escape."

"I admit, you, this Holy Messenger, are truly very unexpected. But besides sudden acceleration, slowing others down, summoning ferocious beasts out of thin air, and Spirit Blast, you have no other extraordinary skills."

"Your biggest problem is being overconfident, actually daring to leave The Sect's protection and come to the wilderness alone."

"I still find it hard to believe that you are really alone."

Tang Long chuckled and let the other Saber-toothed Tiger rush in.

"I've seen just about all your cards."

"The domain you activated is indeed very overbearing, but it's also a huge burden on you. With this domain open, my Saber-toothed Tigers can actually hurt you."

"Do you believe that if I could summon three Armored Apes today, you would be the one to die?"

Peng Lin couldn't help but be stunned, "What is an Armored Ape? By the sound of it... do you think you still have a tomorrow?"

Tang Long smiled and waved his hand, "Forget it if you don't understand. Then let me show you just how fierce I can be."

At this point, he suddenly stopped smiling, and his whole body suddenly lunged forward, stabbing straight into the Scorched Earth Domain.

The high heat quickly ignited his hair, eyebrows, and tattered clothes, quickly turning him into a human torch.

But when he rushed in front of Peng Lin, the flames all over his body suddenly extinguished.

While Peng Lin was stunned, Tang Long's massive fist had already smashed down. She raised her arm to block, and suddenly discovered the power was surprisingly great, breaking even her Spirit Astral.

Chaotic spirit energy was transmitted simultaneously, immediately triggering a Spirit Blast.

A clear, crisp sound of bone cracking came from her arm bone, followed by heart-wrenching pain.

Although Peng Lin could still endure it, in her extreme shock, she didn't dare to exert force with the other hand, and immediately fell into a passive position.

Tang Long was like a madman at this moment, his attacks completely lacking structure, only seeking speed.

Peng Lin was overwhelmed, her body struck repeatedly, and she was actually forced to retreat continuously.

In her great rage, she barely stabilized herself, spotted an opportunity, and kicked Tang Long in the lower abdomen like lightning.

If he were a normal person, this kick would likely be fatal on the spot, and even if he didn't die, he would suffer internal injuries that would leave him unable to have children.

But Tang Long seemed not to feel it at all, and backhanded her with a Spirit Energy Blade straight at her face.

Peng Lin was completely dumbfounded, not knowing what to do for a moment.

In that hesitation, her movements slowed, and Tang Long's Spirit Energy Blade immediately grazed her face.

This blade wasn't strong; if she hadn't been exerting her full power into the Scorched Earth Domain, letting him grab her wouldn't have even scratched her skin.

However, just as Tang Long had said before, the domain consumed too much of her spirit energy, leading to a decrease in her body's defensive capabilities.

Thus, this strike actually cut her mask and left two long bloody gashes on her delicate face.

Peng Lin became increasingly terrified, while Tang Long's attacks became increasingly frantic.

The key was the Spirit Blast. Although these Spirit Blasts weren't fatal to her, they severely disrupted the operation of her spirit energy.

So much so that her Power of the Sun was severely affected, and even the Scorched Earth Domain was constantly shaking, showing a trend of shrinking.

Peng Lin felt she hadn't been beaten this much in the first half of her life; she was currently incomparably depressed and aggrieved.

She didn't believe there was any ability in the world that could allow Tang Long to ignore her attacks for so long.

But every second now felt extremely long to her.

Just as she had judged, only a few seconds later, flames ignited on Tang Long's body again.

But Tang Long's fists didn't stop; he turned into a human torch again and continued to attack Peng Lin without blinking.

After being hit in the midsection once more, Peng Lin finally couldn't maintain the Scorched Earth Domain, and that heat wave suddenly turned into a whirlwind and soared into the sky.

However, having shed this heavy burden, her body's spirit energy circulation became much smoother.

After blocking another heavy punch from Tang Long, she had slightly adjusted and immediately channeled her spirit energy, striking back with a punch.

Tang Long shouted that it was well-timed and reciprocated with a punch of his own.

Two fists, one big and one small, collided, causing another violent explosion.

After the explosion, both figures bounced back.

Although Peng Lin wasn't knocked down, half of her right arm was gone, and her whole body was trembling uncontrollably.

And Tang Long... his entire right arm was gone, completely shattered in the collision just now.

In that last strike, both of them had used the strongest destructive power they could muster. It went without saying for Peng Lin's Open Origin-level Power of the Sun, and Tang Long had also released the strongest level of Spirit Blast he could currently control.

When these two forces clashed, they actually produced an extremely bizarre change, with power several times greater than they had anticipated.

Therefore, both of their arms were actually devoured by this power.

But Peng Lin noticed that Tang Long's complexion hadn't changed in the slightest; he immediately waved his left hand, and a green light shone on his body. Then, a small bottle appeared in his left hand, which he crushed, turning it into a ball of red light.

The arm didn't grow back, but his wounds were closing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Those parts burned by the high temperature of the domain recovered in the blink of an eye.

His body with the severed arm remained as steady as a mountain, like steel that had just been forged.

And the next second, as he raised his hand again, two more Saber-toothed Tigers appeared by his side.