183: You can't play unless you're at low health.

"Fish his corpse out."

The Stitched Monster extended a pieced-together Insect Appendage, probing into the deep black seawater below, intending to retrieve Bai Ye's "corpse."

Just before its massive claw touched Bai Ye's body, extreme coldness burst forth from the seabed.

The half of the Insect Appendage that the Stitched Monster had extended into the water instantly froze!

Deep blue solid ice spread upward at a visible speed.

"What?!"

The smile on Tian Quan's face froze, and in the next second, the sea surface exploded.

A blood-soaked figure shot into the sky, raising monstrous waves.

Bai Ye reappeared in mid-air, kneeling on one knee on the sea surface, panting heavily.

The Frost Rattan Armor covering his body was covered in cracks, and blood seeped out from the gaps.

But this level of boost was not enough.

To defeat the Lord-High Rank monster in front of him, he needed stronger power to push the effect of Unyielding further.

He continuously suppressed the restless Photosynthesis within his body, only maintaining injuries that avoided critical areas, allowing his Health Points (HP) to slowly drop near the warning line.

Eighty percent... Seventy percent... "Not dead? Your life is certainly tenacious."

Tian Quan looked slightly surprised, then commanded.

"Deal with him, don't waste any more time."

The Stitched Monster roared and charged at Bai Ye, all the pores on its body opening up, unleashing countless attacks composed of Bone Spurs, Chelicerae, and tentacles toward Bai Ye.

The indiscriminate area-of-effect attacks landed on Bai Ye.

Bai Ye decisively abandoned most of his defense, trading injury for injury!

Mind Split and Overclocked Body Movement cooperated, allowing his body to weave through the impenetrable barrage of attacks, dodging all directly fatal strikes.

He deliberately allowed non-fatal Bone Spurs and Chelicerae to hit his torso and limbs.

The Frost Rattan Armor continuously shattered and reformed under the assault.

His Health Points were also continuously dropping.

Sixty percent!

Fifty percent!

The heavier Bai Ye's injuries became, the wider Tian Quan's smile grew.

"That's enough. Even with the most tenacious will, you should understand the gap now."

Tian Quan licked his dry lips. He was ready to use the most precious Mind-Controlling Beetle to completely control Bai Ye once he fell.

After enduring another collision from the Stitched Monster and being sent tumbling across the sea surface dozens of times, Bai Ye's body was thoroughly Battered.

His Health Points finally dropped below the Threshold.

Forty percent!

"Now!"

Bai Ye raised his head, and his eyes, slightly dim due to blood loss, burst forth with unprecedented dazzling light!

The Frost Rattan Armor instantly reformed, and energy flames, interwoven with emerald green and icy white, even began to burn on it.

The effect of the Unyielding Talent.

When Health Points fall below forty percent, all attributes are boosted by 2.4 times!

"What?!"

Still getting stronger?

Wait, what exactly is the effect of your Talent?

Fusion, getting stronger after injury—what other surprises do you have in store for me?

In the next instant, Bai Ye appeared before the Stitched Monster in the blink of an eye.

His cracked fist gathered unimaginably terrifying power.

The energy density of various attributes was compressed, and the energy Rank ascension subtly carried a trace of dreamy purple halo.

"Phantom Pupil!"

A Mental Energy shockwave even more terrifying than before slammed into the Stitched Monster's fused brain, even delaying the Mental Link between it and Tian Quan.

The Stitched Monster's movements suffered a one-hundredth of a second stiffness.

It was enough.

Bai Ye threw a punch!

The ultimate Penetrating Force created a massive hole in the Stitched Monster's body, which continuously expanded under the terrifying energy erosion.

Broken bones and rotten flesh sprayed outward relentlessly.

The impact force that dissipated from the Stitched Monster caused its body to arch backward, howling inarticulately.

But it wasn't dead yet.

The Life Force of a Lord-High Rank creature far exceeded imagination, but the Stitched Monster had ultimately traded life for strength.

Its Recovery Ability was completely incomparable to Demonic Beasts of the same Rank.

Tian Quan snapped out of his shock, roaring with a hideous expression:

"Kill him! Kill him even if you die trying!"

The current Bai Ye already possessed the ability to destroy the Insect Cocoon. Among the Seven Stars of the Insect Nest Organization, he was the only one without a Monarch-level Magical Beast.

If this inexplicable Beast Tamer destroyed his Insect Cocoon, he would fall from his position as one of the Seven Stars.

Bai Ye had no intention of giving it a chance to counterattack; he was about to lose control over his own Power of Recovery.

As the Stitched Monster's body suffered heavy damage and its chaotic consciousness was affected by Phantom Pupil, its Mental Defense dropped to freezing point.

Deep within Bai Ye's spirit, the vast starry sky slowly rotated.

"Super-Tier Skill..."

"Myriad Elephant Heart Domain: Spirit Cat Illusory Star!"

Tian Quan felt as if his brain had been violently struck by a sledgehammer.

His vision went dark, blood flowed from all Seven Orifices simultaneously, and even his control over his own body was interrupted.

From the Stitched Monster's perspective, the Apocalypse had arrived.

A planet composed of Mental Energy appeared in its mental world.

The planet was pinkish-purple, and its form was unmistakably the head of a Cartoon Cat Head, yawning, its size immeasurable.

It let out a lazy "meow."

The sound transformed into a Spirit Storm that annihilated everything, sweeping across the Stitched Monster's filthy spirit, which was composed of hundreds of Residual Souls.

Then, the entire planet smashed heavily onto the opponent's spirit.

Before the "Spirit Cat Illusory Star," the collective entity composed of various insect Residual Souls was instantly evaporated, like snow under the sun.

In the real world, the hundred-meter-tall Stitched Monster's massive body shuddered.

Its monstrous, Malevolent Aura vanished completely.

This Flesh and Blood Fusion, like a puppet whose strings had been cut, collapsed instantly.

It turned into a rain of flesh and blood, splashing into the sea below, dyeing a large area of the seawater a sickening black-red color.

Bai Ye rubbed his head, which felt like it was about to explode, as a massive amount of Sunlight flashed across his body surface.

His scarred body rapidly recovered in the Sunlight, and his depleted Mental Energy was replenished.

"No... impossible..."

Under the Bone Mask on Tian Quan's face, his eyes were wide with disbelief.

A Second-Tier Beast Tamer had directly defeated the Lord-High Rank creature he had cultivated at the cost of numerous Demonic Beasts and the life of his own beast pet!

"Monster..."

"But it's not over yet!"

Tian Quan tore off the mask covering his identity, a look of ferocious madness flashing across his face.

He still had pieces!

On the Ghost Ship, there were still over a dozen powerful Beast Tamers controlled by him.

He wanted to command Li Yan, Wang Lie, and the others standing at the bow of the ship, directing their remaining Demonic Beasts to launch suicidal attacks against Bai Ye!

He was fast, but Bai Ye was faster!

Under the enhancement of Mind Split, Bai Ye had already anticipated all of Tian Quan's contingency plans.

"Trying to use hostages? Did you ask me first?!"

Tian Quan felt his vision blur; the figure of the young man, who should have been exhausted, vanished from his spot.

Overclocked Body Movement!

"You!"

Tian Quan was terrified. Just as he was about to summon his Insect Swarm Guards, a fist wrapped in frost and vines rapidly magnified in his pupils.

Too fast!

As a Beast Tamer, he simply couldn't react in time.

"Pfft!"

The fist covered in ice crystals pierced through Tian Quan's chest.

Tian Quan lowered his head, watching in horror as the arm piercing his body emerged, and a large amount of blood gushed from his mouth.