125: Section 125

Jing Yuan finished speaking and prepared to leave on his motorcycle.

There was another Ecological Core Zone nearby; perhaps Dragon Bone Village was located in that other area.

Looking at the Earth Vines blotting out the sky before him, Jing Yuan couldn't help but want to venture inside and explore.

"Could there be a legendary Monarch-level Phage Beast here?"

Jing Yuan just thought to himself.

He knew that with his current strength, he could at most fight a Metamorphic Type Phage Beast.

If he encountered a Monarch-level, his only option would be to hurry back to the Lighthouse and hide.

Boom!

Suddenly, a red energy bolt streaked towards him. Jing Yuan quickly maneuvered his motorcycle to dodge it, then stopped to investigate.

He saw several Earth Roars leaping out from the mountainsides on both sides.

Earth Roars excelled at long-range attacks, though their methods were relatively simple.

Their red energy bolts weren't particularly powerful.

Jing Yuan manipulated the twelve flying daggers of the scale disk to form a Flying Cone.

The Flying Cone shot toward an Earth Roar, piercing its throat in a single strike.

This was their firing organ; once destroyed, they couldn't fire energy bolts.

Seeing that the scale disk's Flying Cone was effective, Jing Yuan formed another Flying Cone with the twelve flying daggers and directed it to attack the Earth Roar on the other side.

If it were just Earth Roars, Jing Yuan wouldn't be worried; his concern was whether other Phage Beasts would appear nearby.

Sure enough, in this Dense Ecological Zone, whatever you fear most is what happens.

Just as Jing Yuan was about to kill the second Earth Roar, the mountain suddenly shook.

A massive Phage Beast burst out from the mountain ruins.

In terms of size, it was almost identical to a Calyx Beast.

Regardless of the type of Phage Beast, a larger size meant greater power.

Not to mention its stronger attack power, its massive, thick-skinned body alone made it difficult to kill.

Jing Yuan swept his Mental Power across it; as expected, just like the Calyx Beast, it was difficult to locate the spirit seed's position.

A biological body seemed to have some effect on Mental Force.

For example, while Jing Yuan could indirectly control people by manipulating objects, he couldn't directly control a human body.

When scanning for a Phage Beast's spirit seed, smaller ones could be found instantly, but larger ones were much harder to detect.

The Phage Beast before him looked very similar to the Earth Salamander Beast recorded by the Lighthouse, yet it was also somewhat different.

Compared to an Earth Salamander Beast, its legs were longer and its body more upright.

It looked a bit like a Demonic Dragon from Western mythology, only without wings.

"Could it also be a Metamorphic Type?"

Jing Yuan recalled the two Flying Cones and controlled the scale disk to form a shield.

Holding his war blade with both hands, he charged at the Phage Beast.

Seeing Jing Yuan charging, the Phage Beast actually opened its mouth and spat out a blast of energy breath.

Caught off guard, Jing Yuan only had time to merge the scale disk and hide behind it.

Fortunately, with the protection of the scale disk and his armor, Jing Yuan wasn't burned by the energy breath.

However, the powerful energy impact still sent Jing Yuan flying.

Chapter 129: Absorption, Advancement!

After hitting the ground, Jing Yuan immediately controlled four plasma flying daggers to unsheathe.

The four flying daggers shot toward the Phage Beast from four different directions; it had no time to react and could only tank them with its body.

Sizzle... one flying dagger embedded itself in the Phage Beast's head, the high temperature of the Plasma Light Blade scorching its skin until it smoked.

But the flying dagger only sank in to the length of the blade before it could go no further.

Two other flying daggers slashed across the Phage Beast's skin from the left and right, leaving long gashes, but these were merely superficial wounds to the beast.

The last flying dagger was slapped by the Phage Beast, becoming directly embedded in its palm.

Compared to the cutting ability of a Flying Cone, ordinary flying daggers rely on the impact force at the moment of collision.

Even the Plasma Light Blade was no exception.

Jing Yuan flipped up and summoned his war blade to his hand.

The Phage Beast charged straight at him, swinging a palm at Jing Yuan.

Jing Yuan raised his war blade and brought it down with a heavy strike.

The Phage Beast likely didn't realize the power of the war blade.

It didn't dodge either.

Hum!

The plasma war blade activated at full power, its blue-glowing, high-temperature plasma edge slicing smoothly through the Phage Beast's arm.

"Roar... Roar!"

With its arm severed, the Phage Beast let out a series of furious howls.

Back then, that Calyx Beast had also had its arm severed by a single strike from the plasma war blade.

This strike confirmed for Jing Yuan that this Phage Beast's strength was likely on par with a Calyx Beast.

It was just a different type, so its attack patterns would vary.

Jing Yuan took the opportunity to quickly observe the Phage Beast's external features; the skin on its shoulders and neck was thick, and its spine was covered in armor-like skin.

It seemed that breaking through its armor from the back would be difficult.

In contrast, the abdomen might be a weak point.

Before Jing Yuan could move, more energy bolts from the Earth Roars flew in from a distance.

Jing Yuan hurriedly rushed forward.

But after its roar, the Phage Beast opened its mouth again and unleashed a wave of energy breath.

Jing Yuan had to recall the scale disk to block, only to be thrown back once more by the impact.

This Phage Beast and the Earth Roars didn't coordinate their attacks like the Calyx Beast and the Sting Eels did.

However, the continuous attacks from the Earth Roars made it difficult for Jing Yuan to manage.

Seeing the Phage Beast attacking with only one arm, an idea suddenly struck Jing Yuan.

He recalled the scene from the original work where Bai Yuekui fought the beastified Mark.

With a wave of his hand, Jing Yuan summoned two weapons from his motorcycle. One was the Tang sword, Alaya-Vijnana, and the other was a laser drill.

Jing Yuan put down the plasma war blade and took the Tang sword.

Facing the Phage Beast's lunging palm, he dodged five or six times before finding an opening, plunging the sword into the back of the beast's palm and pinning it to the ground.

The Phage Beast showed signs of pain; no matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't pull its hand free.

Jing Yuan hadn't expected that this small Tang sword could actually pin the Phage Beast down.

Without pausing, Jing Yuan used his Mental Force to summon the plasma war blade to his hand.

He rushed toward the Phage Beast's abdomen, raising the war blade to slice it open.

Jing Yuan's Mental Power penetrated the sliced skin, quickly locking onto the location of the spirit seed.

"Come on!"

Jing Yuan used his Mental Force to make the laser drill fly up; the conical drill head unfurled like flower petals, instantly firing six laser beams.

The laser drill began to spin rapidly, boring into the wound in the Phage Beast's abdomen.

Standing beneath the Phage Beast, Jing Yuan could smell a scorched odor.

The Phage Beast was in immense pain, but pinned by the Tang sword, it was unable to move.

Jing Yuan controlled the laser drill with his Mental Force, quickly finding the spirit seed and piercing it!

Once the spirit seed was destroyed, the Phage Beast stopped struggling.

However, the battle wasn't over yet.

The Earth Roars in the distance continued their assault.

Earlier, while Jing Yuan was at the Phage Beast's abdomen, the Earth Roars' attacks had even struck the beast itself.

Now that Jing Yuan was free, he formed four Flying Cones from the scale disk blades and quickly killed the remaining Earth Roars.