500: Special skills

“How could I possibly be hit by such a straightforward fireball?”

Just as Lin Tianwei thought that, he discovered that the Heavenly Flame was incredibly Flexible, suddenly crossing a space and instantly arriving at Lin Tianwei’s location.

Under the terrifying power of the Heavenly Flame, even this space, which Lin Tianwei had already sealed, could not stop Lahe’s actions, allowing him to use a method similar to Instantaneous Movement.

Watching Lin Tianwei, who had been ignited by the Heavenly Flame and instantly turned into a fireball, Lahe’s eyes were filled with ferocity as he roared:

“I’ve got you! Die!”

“Don’t worry, I will control the power of the Heavenly Flame to make you burn a little longer.”

“Enjoy your last moments, though painful, this is the only time you will still be alive in the universe.”

Facing Lahe’s roar, the fireball representing Lin Tianwei remained motionless, simply burning.

It was at this moment that Lahe finally sensed something was wrong.

Even if Lin Tianwei didn't want to bother with him, he couldn't possibly not struggle to escape this terrifying Heavenly Flame.

His lack of movement could only mean that it wasn't Lin Tianwei’s true body that was trapped in this beast-shaped flame!

No sooner said than done!

The moment Lahe rushed towards Lin Tianwei without hesitation, he had already activated Instantaneous Movement and left his original position.

The seemingly raging flames had only ignited Lin Tianwei’s phantom.

It was Lin Tianwei’s extremely decisive Instantaneous Movement that allowed him to evade Lahe’s fatal attack.

This terrifying Heavenly Flame, with just a speck of fire, could reduce Lin Tianwei to ashes at an extremely fast speed!

Facing the raging Lahe, Lin Tianwei chose not to respond, but instead operated remotely.

Lahe was merely an insect that Lin Tianwei could crush at will; what truly made him wary was only the Heavenly Flame burning on Lahe.

Under Lin Tianwei’s control, the originally integrated space began to be largely extracted, gradually forming void vacuums where nothing existed.

There were many ways to extinguish fire, and Lin Tianwei directly chose the simplest one: to deprive the Heavenly Flame of its burning foundation, the space and laws that served as fuel.

As long as there was no fuel, the Heavenly Flame could not burn more fiercely; it would just be a small flame that Lin Tianwei would eventually extinguish.

Unfortunately, Lahe’s weak perception could not penetrate the layers of spatial obstruction to discover Lin Tianwei’s actions, otherwise, he would never have remained indifferent at this moment.

Facing the vanished Lin Tianwei, Lahe roared furiously:

“Cowardly rat, come out and die quickly.”

“Facing this terrifying Heavenly Flame, which represents the God-King, you have no hope of survival.”

“However, if you can contribute your Star Devouring secret art, I might be a little merciful and grant you a quick, painless death.”

The Heavenly Flame representing Lahe darted around in space, but could not find Lin Tianwei’s figure, only raging in futility.

This feeling of possessing great power but being unable to attack the enemy was incredibly frustrating for him.

Could it be that even after using the Burning Sky Fire Seed, he still couldn't kill this mysterious Cosmic Beast?

Thinking of this possibility, Lahe’s expression immediately turned grim.

He only then remembered the condition Fritz had set at the Chaos Universe Alliance meeting: he had to kill Lin Tianwei to receive the massive sum of one hundred billion merit points.

If he couldn't kill Lin Tianwei, he would lose everything.

It was precisely for this reason that Lahe had no intention of leaving.

He planned to completely burn this space to force Lin Tianwei out of hiding.

This space was only so large; as long as the Heavenly Flame did not extinguish, Lahe believed he could definitely kill Lin Tianwei.

Thinking of this, the Heavenly Flame seemed to sense Lahe’s determination and burned even more fiercely.

Unfortunately, Lahe, unable to see through the truth of this space, no matter how angry he was, ultimately only raged in futility.

He, who seemed to possess great power, was merely raging in futility.

Once Lin Tianwei was fully prepared, having sharpened his butcher’s knife, he would not hesitate to swing it at Lahe’s neck... In the distance, a massive mechanical figure was observing this bizarre battle through an endless fog of war.

Lin Tianwei was clearly not far from Lahe, yet Lahe seemed completely unaware, scurrying around the area like a headless fly.

Balota frowned at the scene before him, his electronic eyes flickering with an inexplicable light.

Although things were developing in the direction he expected, even with the Burning Sky Fire Seed, Lahe still hadn't managed to capture Lin Tianwei, this cunning Cosmic Beast.

However, it was Lin Tianwei’s displayed strength that made Balota somewhat doubtful.

He doubted whether a single scale from the Lord Star Devouring Beast could truly kill this cunning Cosmic Beast.

Shaking his head slightly, he expelled this ridiculous thought from his mind, Balota scoffed:

“How is this possible? A single scale from Lord Star Devouring Beast is completely sufficient to kill Lin.”

“There won’t even be a chance to use this scale; the power of the Burning Sky Fire Seed alone is enough to kill Lin.”

“Although Lahe is foolish, his strength is decent after all, and with the help of the Burning Sky Fire Seed, he can be considered invincible.”

“In this situation, as long as Lin doesn’t escape, he will absolutely not be able to escape Lahe’s grasp.”

Thinking of this, Balota subconsciously looked at the surrounding space, an area that he had already sealed with an electromagnetic network.

Although he had the idea of using the Lord Star Devouring Beast’s scale to slap all Cosmic Beasts in the face, plans couldn’t keep up with changes. He felt he had a better way to act at this time, which was to cooperate with Lahe to kill Lin Tianwei.

Killing Lin Tianwei could earn one hundred billion merit points, but if the kill was accomplished with Balota's assistance, he could receive at least twenty percent of the merit points based on his contribution.

Such a good thing, requiring only a little effort to gain at least twenty billion merit points, was truly hard to find.

What’s more, the fact that Lahe would ultimately need Balota’s help to make up for it would be enough for Balota to slap everyone in the face.

Especially Lahe, who would have a large amount of merit point rewards taken by Balota; that would definitely be more disgusting than eating a fly.

And the most, most, most important thing was that if he assisted Lahe in killing Lin Tianwei, he would be able to save a super weapon, that scale belonging to the Lord Star Devouring Beast.

Possessing such a great weapon, his future would undoubtedly be boundless.

If those fools in the Chaos Universe Alliance dared to look down on him, he wouldn’t mind taking such a great weapon to their homes for a visit, letting them see what it meant to be unprovokable.

There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

In the face of enormous profit, Batro ultimately chose to abandon his hatred for Lahe, and instead annoy Lahe in a more reasonable way.

It’s just unknown what Lin Tianwei’s ultimate fate would be when facing two peak Universe Masters who wielded the power of a God-King.

Would he successfully hunt two prey, or would his teeth be broken by the prey, ultimately capsizing in a ditch and perishing... In space, as time passed, Lin Tianwei’s recovery of his own power gradually came to an end.

A large area of void vacuum isolation zones had been cleared by him, and it was soon time for the dagger to be revealed.

Heavenly Flame? This was nothing but a joke in Lin Tianwei’s eyes!

However, before officially dealing with Lahe, Lin Tianwei felt he had another matter to handle, which was to first deal with the little mouse outside who was peeking at the battle.

In fact, Lin Tianwei had discovered Balota’s existence long ago.

The reason his strategic approach was so conservative was also somewhat related to Balota lurking outside like a tiger eyeing its prey.

If Lin Tianwei abandoned most of his Body of Talents and chose to escape, he would be defenseless against Balota’s attack.

Lin Tianwei certainly didn't want to become a classic example of the idiom “the snipe and the clam grapple, and the fisherman profits” in textbooks, so he naturally needed to preserve more power for unforeseen circumstances.

Lin Tianwei’s original plan was to deal with Lahe first, and then Balota.

However, he didn't expect Balota to actively reveal his Mech Clan identity and initiate an electromagnetic blockade against Lin Tianwei from outside.

Dealing with the Mech Clan was Lin Tianwei’s specialty, so the hunting priority naturally shifted from Lahe to Balota.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei left an Avatar in place to confuse Balota, while his true body transformed into a data stream, quietly launching an attack on Balota.

As long as Lin Tianwei could make contact with the data stream representing Balota, he would quickly infect this delicious prey completely like a virus, harvesting an incredibly powerful cyber soul Slave.

Simoni, with his Universe Master third-stage strength, was completely defenseless against Lin Tianwei. Balota, facing the even stronger Lin Tianwei, would likewise have no ability to fight back.

This was the benefit of Lin Tianwei collecting a large amount of Core Code; not to mention Mech Clan members weaker than him, even those slightly stronger, Lin Tianwei could easily manipulate.

A great harvest, this was simply a super great harvest, this was the benefit of a perfect plan.

Balota, who was congratulating himself on his decision, never imagined that death had already arrived silently.

His seemingly Stealth hiding was no different from being naked in front of Lin Tianwei’s keen eyes.

He might have had a chance to kill Lin Tianwei, if he had directly detonated that scale belonging to the Lord Star Devouring Beast when Lin Tianwei wasn't paying attention.

But he was blinded by profit and chose another seemingly perfect path, thereby completely losing the opportunity to kill Lin Tianwei.

The battle situation changed in an instant!

A battle on the data level was not much different from a battle on the physical or energy level; in fact, due to the terrifying flow rate of data, it was even faster and more frantic.

In just a few minutes, Balota already felt something was wrong; his consciousness seemed to be completely frozen, becoming much slower.

Something was wrong, absolutely something was wrong!

He was a peak Universe Master-level existence; how could there be a problem with his consciousness? This was definitely caused by an attack, and possibly even the effect of a terrifying Talent like Time Deceleration.

Thinking of this, Balota subconsciously looked around, trying to find a certain Cosmic Beast that was ambushing him.

But he found that the surrounding space was exactly the same as before, with no signs of enemy invasion.

It’s no wonder Balota couldn’t detect Lin Tianwei’s Stealth attack; an attack at the level of consciousness data was a method of attack used only in internal Mech Clan conflicts.

And the outcome largely depended on the size of the data volume of both sides.

Given that Balota was already a peak Universe Master, it was impossible for any Mech Clan member to launch such a seemingly suicidal attack against him.

As for the Mechanical God-King?

If he intended to act against Balota, he would never use such a troublesome method as data invasion.

He had countless ways to instantly kill Balota.

After all, not all Cosmic Beasts were Lin Tianwei, possessing the power to contend with a God-King.

There were no enemies externally, yet his consciousness felt as if it was under attack, becoming incredibly sluggish. What exactly was going on?

The data representing Batro began to compute rapidly, searching for the most probable answer for him.

An enemy had launched an attack on him from within, an attack on him from the data level!

How was this possible?

This was Balota’s only thought after learning this answer.

He truly couldn't believe that there was an entity capable of launching a data attack on him silently.

It could even overwhelm him, corroding a large amount of his data without Balota’s awareness, making his consciousness sluggish.

However, following this line of thought, Balota quickly discovered something amiss within his body.

A strange and extremely data stream was wildly surging within his body, bit by bit devouring his own data.

This data stream seemed to have a knack for Stealth and offense, being able to evade his perception and extensively devour his data.

And the reason Balota could discover all of this now was not because Balota’s strength was greater than Lin Tianwei’s, but simply because Lin Tianwei’s strength was a little too great.

So powerful that it had already occupied half of Balota’s body, making it almost impossible for Balota not to notice this powerful alien data existing within his body.

Data encapsulation, data recovery, data Infection, firewall… Balota was indeed worthy of being a peak Universe Master-level Mech Clan member, possessing unparalleled rich experience in data defense and Infection.

Just like raising Gu, every Mech Clan member who could grow up was a champion of infighting.

When they were not strong enough, becoming prey to their own kind and hunting their own kind was a very normal thing.

After all, the most important indicator for measuring the strength of a Mech Clan member was the intensity of their data stream.

And to enhance the intensity of one’s data stream, devouring Mech Clan members who also possessed data streams was clearly the best plan.

However, after employing so many methods, the data representing Balota began to tremble wildly, a signal that Balota was terrified to the extreme! (End of Chapter)