129: Chapter 130 Breakthrough in Lightness Skill, A Strike Piercing the Earth

"Ding! Basic Qinggong Realm has increased. Current Realm: Mastery (50/10,000,000)"

Boom!

A surge of warm energy manifested out of thin air. Lin Ye felt as if his legs were being soaked in a scalding hot spring; every inch of muscle and meridian was relaxing and expanding.

This feeling came fast and left even faster. In just a moment, everything returned to tranquility.

But when Lin Ye performed his Qinggong again, he felt a distinct difference.

Not only was his speed faster, but his body had also become more agile. As he moved and dodged, there was almost no lag in his actions.

Although he still couldn't match the extreme speed of the Humanoid Pangolin, he would no longer be easily hit by it.

At this moment, his physical reactions could finally, barely keep up with his spiritual perception.

The Humanoid Pangolin also seemed to sense something was wrong. It raised its sharp claws and lunged straight for Lin Ye's throat, its speed even faster than before.

But Lin Ye didn't panic at all. With a slight sidestep, he allowed the tips of the claws to pass by within a hair's breadth.

Not only that, while dodging, Lin Ye suddenly jerked his arms upward, and the black iron heavy staff accurately smashed into the Pangolin's elbow.

Although the Pangolin in its beastman form had incredible speed, its defense was significantly compromised.

"Crack!"

The sound of bone fracturing was clearly audible, followed immediately by a shrill, miserable scream.

Struck while moving at high speed, the Humanoid Pangolin immediately lost its balance, rolling twice on the ground before barely managing to stabilize itself.

One could see its right arm bending outward unnaturally, like a snapped tree branch with only the flesh still holding it together.

As the saying goes, strike while the enemy is down. Lin Ye gave it no chance to catch its breath.

He closed the distance and smashed his staff into the Pangolin's chest.

Bang!

The scales on its chest shattered instantly, accompanied by the dull thud of breaking ribs.

Bang!

Another strike landed on its abdomen. The Humanoid Pangolin was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into a large tree behind it, snapping the trunk upon impact.

The Humanoid Pangolin was clearly dazed by the combo. It coughed up large mouthfuls of blood; the dark red blood mixed with foam looked quite pathetic.

The blood-colored armor on its body also began to crack, falling off piece by piece to reveal the grayish-white flesh beneath.

At this moment, that flesh was covered in cracks, like dried tree bark, devoid of any color of blood.

This was the price of activating its Bloodline Talent.

The Humanoid Pangolin was afraid.

The desire to kill receded from its eyes, replaced by fear.

In the next second, it dived straight into the ground, the soil parting before it like the surface of water.

In the blink of an eye, only a large pit remained on the ground, with a few drops of dark green blood lingering at the bottom.

"Running? Do you think you can escape?!"

"Slaughter Mark, activate!"

A blood-red vision covered the world before him. The earth seemed to be stripped of its thick outer shell, revealing the contours beneath.

Currently, in Lin Ye's vision, a dark red point of light was rapidly moving underground; that was the Pangolin's life aura.

Thirty meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters.

It dug very quickly, escaping to a depth of one hundred meters underground within a few breaths.

At this depth, almost no one could threaten it—except for Lin Ye!

Lin Ye raised the black iron heavy staff, slowly aiming it at the direction the point of light was moving underground.

With a thought, the Ruyi characteristic was activated.

Buzz!

The shaft of the black iron heavy staff shuddered violently, emitting a low hum.

In the next second, the tip of the staff extended silently—ten zhang, twenty zhang, fifty zhang, one hundred zhang.

The black iron heavy staff thrust straight toward the dark red point of light underground at a speed difficult for the naked eye to capture.

This time, however, Lin Ye felt significant resistance.

Fortunately, his strength was formidable enough; otherwise, it would have been quite a struggle to penetrate the soil layers and reach the depths.

A moment later, the tip of the staff accurately pierced the fleeing point of light.

Simultaneously, three hundred meters underground, a staff pierced straight through the Humanoid Pangolin's body, pinning it firmly to the rock layer.

It didn't die immediately; its four claws still frantically clawed at the surrounding soil, but that staff pinned it down so tightly that any struggle was futile.

The Humanoid Pangolin's struggling movements grew slower and slower until it became completely still.

"Ding! Essence +100, Qi +36, Spirit +10."

A torrent of energy, invisible to the naked eye, emerged from the ground and then split into three different types of energy that poured into Lin Ye's body.

One of these energies was the most ferocious, like a bursting flood, washing through every inch of his flesh, bones, and Meridians.

Lin Ye felt the bones throughout his body emitting slight and dense cracking sounds, as every muscle fiber was being torn apart and reorganized.

Another energy appeared gentle and continuous, slowly flowing through every meridian. The Internal Qi he had previously consumed was rapidly replenished and became even more profound.

The final energy was the weakest, but its effect was not lacking in the slightest.

Lin Ye felt a wave of coolness in his brain. His perception became sharper, and even his speed of thought increased by several points.

After a moment, that energy dissipated, and Lin Ye couldn't help but exhale a long breath of turbid air.

Refreshing!!

This pleasure of essence, qi, and spirit surging simultaneously was simply beyond words.

It was as if his entire being had been thrown into a scalding hot spring; every pore was expanding, and every cell was cheering with joy.

At this moment, he felt his entire body filled with inexhaustible strength, as if he could shatter a mountain with a single punch.

Of course, this was just an illusion following a sudden surge in power; it would settle after a short while.

He took a look at his status panel.

His essence attribute jumped from 200 directly to 300, his qi attribute from 80 to 116, and his spirit attribute increased from 70 to 80.

This wave of improvement was almost no less than a Breakthrough to a major Realm.

One could only say that the Killing Life Creation Art was indeed a peerless-level technique; its effects were simply Heaven-Defying!

Of course, it was also mainly because Lin Ye's combat power was monstrous enough that he could fight across higher ranks.

After all, the absorption ratio of the Killing Life Creation Art depended entirely on the attribute gap between the two parties.

The larger the attribute gap, the higher the absorption ratio, and vice versa.

And this time, the absorption ratio was as high as 20%, which was the limit the Killing Life Creation Art could reach at its current Realm.

After stretching his muscles and bones slightly, Lin Ye walked to the spot where the Pangolin had previously burrowed into the ground.

There was no bottomless pit; the soil just looked relatively fresh and felt soft when stepped on.

This was normal. After all, a Pangolin wasn't a rat; it was impossible for it to dig a tunnel leading straight to the depths. That would be too much work.

"However, it would be too much of a waste to just leave it underground."

He had personally experienced how hard that Pangolin's scales were.

He had smashed it hundreds of times with the black iron heavy staff before barely managing to shatter a small patch.

If he could take the corpse back and have his Grandmaster handle it, making a set of armor from the scales on the corpse, the defensive power would definitely be astonishing.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye immediately felt energized.