113: Chapter 113 Liu Kun's Evolution

But the Tentacles struck the blood hands as if hitting water; the blood hands broke, turned into blood, then re-formed and reached out to grab him again.

Wang Lin frowned, raised his right hand, and purple light swirled at his fingertips as he activated his [Lightning] Superpower.

The blood hands were scorched black by the electricity, turning into a puddle of black liquid without re-forming.

He fired another arc of electricity, striking another blood hand.

But there were too many; the blood hands were crawling out of the blood pool endlessly.

They couldn't be killed; it was impossible to kill them all.

Su Wan shouted, "Young Master Wang! There are too many! We can't hold them off!"

Shen Yuan also yelled, "Young Master Wang! Run! These guys are endless!"

Wang Lin glanced at the red crystal core in the center of the blood pool: "The crystal core is the key. We must destroy it, and then the blood hands will disappear."

Shen Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said, "I'll freeze the blood pool! Young Master Wang, you charge over!"

"Watch my [Ice Age]..."

He pressed his hands to the ground, and blue light exploded from his palms.

Ice spread out from his palms like a smooth mirror.

The ice covered the surface of the blood pool, and within moments, the entire pool was frozen.

The blood hands were frozen, some still in mid-air, some still in the blood pool, but they were all frozen, motionless, like ice sculptures.

"Young Master Wang, hurry! I can only hold this for a few seconds!"

Wang Lin did not hesitate.

He jumped onto the ice, activating his [Wind Ability] and [Speed Ability] simultaneously. His entire body became like a cyan bolt of lightning, rushing toward the crystal core in the center of the blood pool.

Facing the ice-sculpted blood hands in front of him, his body twisted like a snake, sliding through the gap of the first blood hand, ducking under the second, and circling past the side of the third... taking the shortest evasion path at the fastest Speed to charge toward the crystal core.

His right hand reached toward the crystal core, his fingertips already touching the glowing red gem: "Got it."

But a hand was faster than his.

It was a pale, thin hand with long nails.

That hand reached out from behind Wang Lin, grabbed the crystal core, and snatched it away from his fingertips.

Wang Lin's pupils constricted sharply. He twisted his body in mid-air, pulled plasma pistols from his waist with both hands, and aimed at the owner of that hand.

"Bang! Bang!" Two shots.

These two shots, as expected, did not disappoint Wang Lin—they both missed.

At the same time, Wang Lin saw the newcomer: it was Liu Kun.

Liu Kun stood on the other side of the blood pool, his black wings spread out, his skin as white as a dead man's.

"Wang Lin, didn't expect me to still be alive, did you!"

"This thing belongs to me now."

Liu Kun opened his mouth, tilted his head back, stuffed the crystal core into his mouth, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Wang Lin's pupils constricted sharply.

Su Wan's voice came from behind: "He... he actually swallowed the crystal core?"

"Is he crazy... that thing... will cause a backlash..."

Wang Lin did not answer, his eyes fixed on Liu Kun.

Liu Kun's body began to tremble, his eyes widened, and his pupils constricted violently.

His body instantly expanded, muscles bulged, veins popped, and blood vessels squirmed under his skin like earthworms. His wings spread out violently, his wingspan growing from five meters to seven meters.

A powerful force surged from his dantian. His body emitted a blood-red light, and his aura climbed steadily.

Mid-LV6... Late-LV6... Peak-LV6.

"Power... this is power..."

Liu Kun raised his hand and looked at his palm: "Power exchanged for the lives of ten thousand people. Truly powerful."

Wang Lin looked at him and said indifferently: "Ten thousand lives just to exchange for this power. Is it worth it?"

Liu Kun looked at him and laughed: "Worth it, of course it's worth it."

"On this wasteland, human life is the cheapest thing."

"Ten thousand lives in exchange for my life—that is their honor."

Slowly, his expression returned to that cold, gloomy look: "Wang Lin, today is your death day."

Liu Kun rushed toward Wang Lin violently, like a blood-red bolt of lightning.

He clenched his right fist, blood-red light condensing on his knuckles, and punched toward Wang Lin's face.

Wang Lin did not retreat, activating his [Lightning] Superpower, and met Liu Kun's fist with his own.

The two fists were about to collide, but Liu Kun's fist stopped, and his body halted in mid-air. It was as if someone had pressed a pause button, stopping him instantly.

Liu Kun's body began to tremble, and his skin began to crack, instantly splitting into countless fissures.

Blood seeped out from the cracks, only to be instantly repaired by the life crystal core. His body expanded like a balloon about to explode.

Blood vessels squirmed under his skin like earthworms, as if they wanted to burst out of his body.

"No... this isn't right... power... too much... can't control it..."

The energy inside Liu Kun was out of control, causing a backlash.

"No... don't... I don't want to die..."

"Wang Lin... save... save me..."

Wang Lin looked at him, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly: "Save you? On what grounds? Just because you tried to kill me?"

A flash of despair crossed Liu Kun's eyes.

He gritted his teeth, turned around, and rushed toward the door like a blood-red bolt of lightning.

His wings flapped frantically behind him, each stroke making his body more out of control and causing more cracks in his skin.

Su Wan's voice came from behind, urgent and quick: "He's running away!"

Wang Lin immediately gave chase to Liu Kun: "Follow him. We can't let him get away."

But Liu Kun's Speed at this moment was too fast, even with Wang Lin pushing his Speed to the limit. The distance between them gradually widened.

Liu Kun's figure grew further away and smaller, finally disappearing into the darkness.

Wang Lin stopped, panting heavily: "Can't catch up..."

Su Wan and Shen Yuan also stopped, both covered in sweat: "Young Master Wang... he got away... what do we do?"

Wang Lin looked at the bloodstains on the ground: "Follow. Follow the bloodstains."

"He is suffering from energy backlash right now; he won't get far."

The bloodstains wound through the corridor like a red snake, a guiding road sign. It passed through one corridor after another and turned around corner after corner.

Wang Lin's eyes remained fixed on the bloodstains, and his Mental Energy was kept active. Finally, the bloodstains stopped in front of a door, with a sliver of blood-red light leaking through the crack.

Wang Lin said softly to the two: "You wait here, block the door, and absolutely do not let him escape. I will go in alone."

Su Wan glanced at Wang Lin: "Young Master Wang, if anything goes wrong, call us immediately."

Wang Lin nodded and pushed open the door.

The walls inside were made of stone, and in the center was a stone table with a lamp on it. In the corner of the room, Liu Kun was sitting on the floor against the wall, his wings folded and tucked behind him.

He had his eyes closed, and his breathing was slow. His body was no longer expanding, his skin was no longer cracking, and the bleeding had stopped. The energy inside his body was slowly stabilizing.

Wang Lin stood at the doorway, watching Liu Kun for a long time. He touched his own face, and [Thousand Faces] was activated.