495: Chapter 495 Two-in-One

(Chapter 1: Mysterious Thunder Flash)

After bringing the Leisi Sacred Beast to the holding room, Nie Ning took advantage of his shift with Lovsky to obtain some biological samples from the Leisi Sacred Beast.

However, the Leisi Sacred Beast resisted very fiercely and would release strange four-colored lightning to attack others.

Nie Ning tested it several times and discovered that the Leisi Sacred Beast was extremely fast—fast enough that they almost let it escape due to their negligence.

Just this one incident nearly scared Lovsky out of his wits.

After all, they were here to guard the Leisi Sacred Beast; if it were to escape, they would likely face very severe punishment.

Nie Ning, however, didn't feel much about this.

Since he had already borrowed Sage Huiyuan's name, he wouldn't mind using Sage Huiyuan to take the blame if something actually went wrong.

And for Xiao Guang's sake, at worst, he would just get beaten up by Sage Huiyuan to vent some anger.

It's not like he would kill him, right?

Er... it seems that's not impossible either; who knows what a Transcendent of that level might be thinking.

"Stop messing around. If it really escapes, those high-rank Transcendents won't let us off easily."

Seeing that Nie Ning was still teasing the Leisi Sacred Beast, Lovsky, who was standing to the side, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but advise him.

"We should be a bit bolder; that's better than just earning a fixed salary here."

Nie Ning didn't think much of it.

The salary in the logistics department was fixed, and because the danger level was low, the pay was also significantly lower than that of the exploration team.

The only benefit was that it was safer being with high-rank Transcendents.

"That's easy for you to say, but I'm afraid we'll have the life to earn it but not the life to spend it."

Lovsky rolled his eyes, activated the restriction, and locked up the restrained Leisi Sacred Beast.

Seeing this, Nie Ning shrugged and didn't go to activate the restriction again.

After all, just talking about it was enough; if it really escaped, it would implicate Lovsky.

However, the examination just now had allowed him to discover the Leisi Sacred Beast's technique for controlling the Sacred Rune Armament.

It was similar to humans using meridians and other organs instead of Spiritual Power to cast spells, achieving the effect of casting techniques by activating specific Holy Runes on the body.

The opponent's lightning-like speed just now came from this.

Of course, this was still currently limited to theory.

Because the runes on the indigenous people of this world were all unknown runes, and their specific effects were unknown, rashly activating them could very likely lead to abnormal reactions like self-detonation.

After all, runes were dangerous; there were even some runes that could make an ordinary person explode on the spot just by looking at them.

Nie Ning looked at the strange, dark red blood with a hint of blue in his hand.

"It seems that if I want to obtain skills, I still have to start with the bloodline."

After finishing his day of guard duty, Nie Ning couldn't wait to return to the laboratory to begin researching the Leisi Sacred Beast's blood.

bloodline was a magical thing that allowed Strange Beast Bodies to master skills without needing to learn them; it could be called a cheat code for Strange Beast Bodies.

However, things that seemed wonderful all had fatal weaknesses.

In reality, the reason why Strange Beast Bodies had level restrictions was, to a large extent, because the rune information contained within their bloodline blocked their future.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, among the offspring produced by Strange Beast Bodies, it was often only the weak ones that survived.

Regarding this, the explanation given by Wizards was simple—two words: Cowardly!

When encountering battle, the ones who fled were often the weak creatures, but this didn't cause the weak to disappear; instead, it allowed the weak to continue to survive.

Continuing to reproduce generation after generation like this, the bloodline became weaker and weaker, the tolerance for runes decreased, and the potential dropped step by step, which could not be compared to the Strange Beast Bodies of the ancient era at all.

As for those powerful Strange Beast Bodies that currently existed, the situation was exactly the opposite; standing at the apex of living beings allowed them to continue surviving.

Even to this day, powerful Strange Beast Bodies were still those same breeds, because they were already at the top of the food chain, and there were very few creatures that could threaten them.

After spending half a day, a bottle of purple potion appeared in Nie Ning's hand.

"Please, please, give me something useful."

Nie Ning prayed haphazardly for a moment, then immediately consumed this bottle of Sacred Beast potion.

Perhaps because he had used too many bloodline potions, Nie Ning didn't experience the body heat he had felt before, but Sacred Rune Armaments grew uncontrollably on the surface of his body.

And as the Sacred Rune Armament appeared, a wisp of white electric light flowed and danced across Nie Ning's body surface.

Nie Ning lifted his leg, but his body turned into a streak of lightning and shot out, leaving a deep humanoid impression on the wall.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey..."

Nie Ning, on the wall, stepped back a few paces and spat out a mouthful of dirt.

His gaze returned to his palm, where a cluster of white lightning danced like a flame.

Nie Ning hadn't expected this Runic Formula to be so powerful; he hadn't even prepared himself before he shot out.

Fortunately, he still had Thought Acceleration, otherwise he would have likely run over a hundred meters away.

[Class: Fifth-Tier Rune Knight (Early Stage), Fifth-Circle Wizard (Early Stage)]

[Talents: Supernatural Adaptability, Death-Speech Curse Binding]

[bloodline: ??? (Unactivated)]

[Derived Traits: Strange Beast Body, Elemental Star Source, Power of the Tribe, Super-Limit Fusion, Star Body, Abyssal Body, Ice Desolation Devouring Extreme Body, Advanced Self-Healing (Corruption), Power of a Hundred Beasts (Corruption), Super-grade Mental Power Amplification, Thought Acceleration, Malice Perception, Intermediate Shapeshifting, Super-grade Chaos Affinity, Advanced Life Force Affinity, Intermediate Gluttony, Sacred Rune Armament]

[Derived Skills: ..., Assisting Evil, Super-grade Chaos Manipulation (Corruption, Transformation), Advanced Life Force Manipulation, Light Break Impact, Ice Shackles, Forbidden Domain of Living Beings, Light-Shadow Fox Spirit Avatar, Earth-Splitting Force, Mysterious Thunder Flash, Mysterious Yang Thunder Qi]

[Artistic Conception: Wind (9%), Lightning (8%), Earth (8%), Light (7%), Dark (7%), Fire (6%), Water (6%), Metal (6%), Wood (6%), Soul (6%), Ice (6%), Life (10%)]

[Cultivation Method: ..., Great Yi Giant Spirit Art, Shattered Jade Phantom Light Art, Stairway to Godhood]

[Imprint Formula: Star Source Gathering Spirit Array, Mountain-Moving Rune Technique]

[Skills: ..., Ice Blue Wing Technique (Great Success), Rainstorm Condensation Technique (Great Success), Blood Cloud Escape (Great Success), Taixu Annihilation Blade (Introductory)]

This time, he had obtained two skills from the Leisi Sacred Beast; the one he had used just now was Mysterious Thunder Flash.

Unlike conventional Wizardry, he had tried it out; Mysterious Thunder Flash could be used by employing the method of casting Wizardry, but its power was somewhat reduced.

However, using the Sacred Rune Armament was different; its power was about 30% stronger than conventional rune sequencing.

Furthermore, ordinary Sacred Rune Armaments couldn't use this skill; it required the assistance of composite Holy Runes with lightning attributes.

From this, it could be seen that the Sacred Rune Armament should be the core source of power in this world, and it required specialized Sacred Rune Armaments to unleash the power of Mysterious Thunder Flash.

Chapter 2: Indigenous Creatures Attack

The other skill, Mysterious Yang Thunder Qi, was a high-power destructive beam-type skill.

The object being attacked would suffer a searing impact from mixed-attribute lightning.

Nie Ning had seen the Leisi Sacred Beast use it before; its power was very strong and could easily tear through magic shields of Fifth-Tier late-stage intensity.

Yet the Leisi Sacred Beast was only at the Fifth-Tier early stage, which showed that the bonus the Sacred Rune Armament provided to the Leisi Sacred Beast was ridiculously high.

If Lovsky hadn't blocked the Leisi Sacred Beast earlier, Nie Ning would have had to go to quite some trouble to catch that little guy.

Just as Nie Ning wanted to continue experimenting, he suddenly sensed a mental fluctuation.

Nie Ning's expression turned serious: "Something happened!"

He quickly left the laboratory; at this moment, everyone had come out, including those Wizards primarily responsible for research, the Yin-Yang Sect Transcendents, and two Eighth-Tier Wizards.

Looking into the distance, dark clouds that blotted out the sky were rushing towards the camp.

Amidst the flashing lightning in the dark clouds, a massive shadow was projected.

"The indigenous creatures have started their counterattack; everyone, prepare for defense."

Wizard Lapu looked at the sky and shouted in a calm voice.

Although Nie Ning was not part of the main exploration team, he was one of the logistics personnel and needed to maintain the camp's array to prevent it from being destroyed by the local indigenous people.

Soon, the two adjacent camps became busy.

A huge blue barrier rose, and everyone was prepared.

As the dark clouds covered the camp, dense black dots appeared below, and amidst the flashing lightning, some strange creatures that had not been seen before could be seen.

'Boom!'

Suddenly, a thick purple lightning bolt struck down.

The entire camp shook violently, and the blue barrier flickered twice as if it were lacking power supply.

"This is a bit too strong."

Nie Ning looked at the barrier above, somewhat stunned.

Because this was the place where they had crossed over, the space was relatively weaker than in other areas.

Even with the influence of the World Power, they could quickly open a spatial channel to leave, so the defensive barrier here was of a very high level, capable of defending against Eighth-Tier attacks.

At this moment, a long-armed man with three-colored Holy Runes flickering on his body flew out from the dense swarm of strange creatures.

"Hand over the Leisi Sacred Beast, and get out of our world!"

The three-colored Holy Rune long-armed man shouted sternly at the Transcendents below.

Even though the language was different, the powerful mental fluctuation resonated with the Transcendents, allowing them to understand what he was saying.

"Hmph! A bunch of indigenous creatures!"

Claude snorted coldly: "I'll give you a chance to surrender; otherwise, today will be your last day!"

Hearing this, Nie Ning's eye twitched slightly.

Had this Yin-Yang Sect Eighth-Tier Wizard eaten gunpowder? Why was he so aggressive?

It wasn't like he had just accidentally glanced at that female comrade last time; the person herself hadn't said anything, so there was no need for him to still be angry about it now, right?

Besides, shouldn't this be a line for them, the Extreme Phase Demon Palace, to say?

"Then go to hell!"

An angry shout came from the dark clouds.

As terrifying lightning flashed in the dark clouds, a purple lightning bolt, even thicker than before, fell like a sharp sword.

Nie Ning widened his eyes.

Feeling the energy contained within the lightning, he feared this strike would be enough to tear through the barrier.

Just then, Wizard Lapu waved his sleeve, and a great sword condensed from black dense fog shot straight up, colliding with the purple lightning in the sky.

The two forces stalemated in the air, and the overflowing energy vented towards the surroundings, tearing large swathes of blue trees into fragments.

Only, the purple lightning was clearly more powerful, pressing the black great sword downwards bit by bit; anyone with a discerning eye could see that Wizard Lapu had fallen into a disadvantage.

Wizard Lapu frowned slightly: "The world's suppression force is still too strong."

The stronger the strength, the stronger the suppression force received; currently, his strength was only about half of his peak.

However, after all, he was a Wizard of the Belvis World; naturally, he wouldn't be defeated so easily.

Wizard Lapu gripped the air with his right hand, and the black great sword suddenly exploded; the violent energy even tore the purple lightning apart.

But the purple lightning was equally not weak; although it was shattered by the black great sword, the scattered lightning fell onto the barrier, causing the entire camp to tremble slightly and continuously.

At the same time, the strange creatures outside the barrier began a fierce attack.

As the Sacred Rune Armaments on their bodies were activated, the dark, cloudy sky was rendered colorful.

The three-colored Holy Rune Long-armed Human who had spoken earlier held a giant axe and slashed from top to bottom, creating a huge three-colored crescent light blade.

"Little trinket."

Claude said coldly.

Points of starlight lit up around his body, and then he flew out of the barrier, charging towards the three-colored crescent light blade.

There was no explosion as imagined; those starlights were like insects, and in an instant, they had gnawed away half of the huge crescent light blade.

Seeing this, the three-colored Holy Rune Long-armed Human decisively detonated the three-colored light blade, and the violent energy surged towards the barrier again.

And at this moment, a massive white head nearly a hundred meters long stretched out from the dark clouds.

Seeing this scene, everyone realized what the opponent was—the real Leisi Sacred Beast!

The terrifying pressure swept over, and even the barrier began to creak.

"Let's go outside to fight."

Wizard Lapu frowned slightly.

Seeing the teetering barrier, his body turned into a streak of black fog and shot towards the sky.

Claude didn't say anything, turning into a streak of light and shooting straight at the three-colored Long-armed Human.

The Transcendents within the barrier also began to counterattack, various colored Wizardry and Knight skills smashing towards the strange creatures outside.

Under the condition of being suppressed by the World Power, the formidable nature of the Transcendents was also displayed.

Even if they were otherworldly creatures of the same level, their strength was still a few points stronger than the indigenous people of this world.

However, the local indigenous people were numerous and powerful; after a round of attacks, everyone didn't gain much advantage, and instead, the barrier was attacked to the brink of shattering.

Nie Ning stood at the edge of the barrier maintaining the array, his gaze constantly wandering over the strange creatures around him.

Although the creatures of this world were not as good as those of Belvis, if he could obtain a large quantity of biological genes, after some effort, it would be enough to obtain a wave of enhancement.

However...

"This momentum is a bit wrong; isn't the number of high-rank living beings on the other side a bit too many?"

Nie Ning was full of question marks.

Because just by looking around casually, he had already seen forty or fifty creatures with energy intensity around the Sixth-Tier.

Not to mention the vast army of low-tier creatures, and the Seventh-Tier creatures that exceeded his mental detection intensity.

Nie Ning stroked his chin: "Is breaking through in this world this easy?"

You have to know, it had only been a few days, which was not enough to gather all the top-level creatures of the entire world.

If one looked at it according to this ratio, I fear this world not only had Eighth-Tier, but there might even be Ninth-Tier creatures in existence!

Thinking of this, Nie Ning felt numb.

It shouldn't be that unlucky, right...