369: Chapter 369 Another Trillion!

A young Researcher couldn't hold back, cursing out loud.

This curse, tinged with a sob, became the sole inner reflection of every Researcher present.

Damn it!

Here it comes again!

The feeling of having narrowly escaped death, of having just crawled back from the brink, vanished without a trace.

This time, it was more violent, more domineering than before, giving them no chance to catch their breath.

Their bodies felt like leather sacks punctured with countless holes, precious life essence pouring out at an irrecoverable rate.

Wen Yan felt his body like a piece of iron thrown into a furnace, melting and disintegrating under that terrifying suction.

The skin on his newly regenerated arm once again showed signs of charring.

The human chain behind him had lost its shape; several elderly Researchers had already collapsed, only kept from falling completely by the inescapable pull.

Everyone's gazes turned into venom-tipped steel needles, piercing the man on the other end of the Duel Arena.

Lin Yu!

The root cause of all this!

How dare he? What gives him the right!

The words 'your brother is here with you' now sounded like the whispers of a devil from hell, filled with the most malicious irony!

Anyone can spout pretty words!

Why don't you do something!

Why don't you put your hand on too, let us see just how much energy you really have!

This is a battle of gods!

A forbidden art triggered by a genius girl staking everything and burning her life!

You're just a student! No matter how talented, what could you possibly amount to in the face of energy consumption of this magnitude?

No one believed that Lin Yu alone could fill this bottomless pit.

It was sheer lunacy!

The shock and rage in Wen Yan's heart had reached their peak.

He was wrong.

Terribly wrong.

They had rushed in, thinking that many hands make light work, that they could help the girl.

Only now did he realize they weren't even qualified to be firewood.

They were the fuse.

They had lit the powder keg that was Lin Yao, and Lin Yu, that seemingly harmless guy, had just personally poured an entire cartload of high explosives into this keg about to blow!

It's over.

It's all over now!

This young lady really takes advice to heart!

Her brother tells her to continue, and she does so without the slightest hesitation!

This brother and sister pair, one dares to say it, the other dares to do it!

Do they intend to suck everyone present, all these innocent people, dry and turn us into mummified sacrifices!

The Old Analyst's body once again turned semi-transparent, and, unsurprisingly, spiderweb-like cracks once again appeared on the lenses of his newly repaired reading glasses.

He wanted to let go.

He wanted to flee.

But that suction force was like countless living chains, binding each of them tightly together, making movement impossible.

They were trapped.

"Lin Yu!"

Wen Yan roared with all his might, but his voice, in the violent energy storm, couldn't even create a ripple before being torn to shreds.

It was useless.

Conventional means of communication were already impossible.

Gritting his teeth, he mustered his last ounce of strength, raised his uninjured hand, and pressed it heavily against the collar of his combat suit.

A tiny mechanical device activated.

"Lin Yu! Make Lin Yao stop immediately!"

The voice, processed by the amplification device and carrying a metallic timbre, finally pierced through the roar of the energy, ringing out clearly within the Duel Arena.

"The consumption of this spell is ten thousand times more terrifying than you can imagine!"

Seeing Lin Yu still unmoved, Wen Yan's voice grew more urgent, almost a roar.

"This is an energy level you cannot comprehend! This is no time for recklessness! You'll kill her, kill all of us!"

"Stubbornly persisting will only bring destruction!"

Yet, Lin Yu still gave no response.

He didn't even make an extra movement.

He simply stood there quietly, letting the energy storm, strong enough to tear steel, buffet the hem of his clothes.

Wen Yan's heart sank bit by bit.

This madman.

Just like his sister, a complete and utter madman!

Just as everyone had sunk into the deepest despair, Lin Yu finally moved.

Without warning.

His right wrist turned lightly.

Fifteen cards materialized out of thin air, hovering neatly before him.

These were no ordinary cards; each one flowed with a pure, luminous energy, their surfaces inscribed with intricate and profound alchemical arrays.

What... is this?

Wen Yan's mind struggled to process it for a moment.

The next second, he witnessed a scene he would never forget.

Lin Yu extended his left hand, sweeping it across the fifteen floating cards with lightning speed.

His movements were fluid, carrying an indescribable rhythm.

And the cards touched by his fingertips, one after another, instantly transformed into streams of pure light, merging into his body.

One, two, five, ten...

Fifteen purification instant burst potion cards, all merged into his body in less than three seconds.

The familiar, bone-deep agony swept through his entire being for the fourth time.

Every meridian, every cell, wailed, tore apart, and then reformed under the violent potency of the medicine.

But there was no change on Lin Yu's face.

[All Attributes +150]!

His Spiritual Power skyrocketed to a terrifying value in that instant.

Fifteen thousand five hundred points!

But this was far from over.

Lin Yu waved his right hand once more.

*Hum*!

This time, what appeared before him was a dense, countless multitude of cards, numbering in the hundreds!

Those cards surrounded him, forming a slowly rotating ring, like the most loyal soldiers awaiting their sovereign's inspection.

[Multiplication]!

[Ghost Card]!

Lin Yu's movements didn't pause for a moment as he reached out his hand again.

One Multiplication card merged into his body.

Two.

Ten.

Twenty.

...

Forty!

When the fortieth Multiplication card dissipated into light, the remaining six hundred and twenty-two cards encircling him also vanished from sight.

But it was enough!

Two to the fortieth power.

A number enough to suffocate any intelligent being.

1,099,511,627,776.

One trillion times!

In that instant, a torrent of vitality, so vast it defied description, erupted from within Lin Yu!

It wasn't energy, nor elemental force, but the most fundamental essence of life itself.

[Origin Level] Vitality Nourishment!

This time, Lin Yu set his target on the entire Organization!

The same energy, the same multiplier, higher proficiency, a narrower scope.

Lin Yu could foresee that the effect of this skill would be ten thousand times more terrifying than he had imagined!

That vitality was not a warm current, not a light.

It was a dense, tangible substance, thick to the point of being palpable.

In an instant, everyone in the Duel Arena felt as if they were submerged in a pool of warm, viscous liquid.