Chapter 222 - 209: Targeted Item Build (Part 2)

Chapter 222: Chapter 209: Targeted Item Build (Part 2)

Being near Lin Fan and Ye Qingniao, he could only gawk. His head swiveled from the girl unleashing a storm of Sword Qi to the man whose strength could move mountains. His eyes were as wide as saucers, his jaw hung open. He only wished he had more eyes to take it all in...

"...Is this the world of the strong?"

...

Ye Qingniao’s slashes could no longer cleave the monster in two as they had before. But it was still made of flesh, and no matter how dense it became, it was no match for the sharp weapons from Lin Fan’s system.

But as its maximum Life Value increased, its resistance was also visibly growing. Before, Ye Qingniao’s electric shocks could paralyze it for dozens of seconds, but now they could only slightly slow its movements...

"How’s it going? Can you handle it?"

Lin Fan silently walked over to his spear, which had been kicked crooked. Wincing, he pulled it out and straightened it before shouting the question.

’He saw that Ye Qingniao’s Life Value hadn’t dropped much, and her mana was hovering around a thousand. Apparently, using her ability to activate her bodily functions and increase her reaction speed was at least as effective as a Swift Potion...’

"I can’t hold on! This monster... it’s getting stronger and stronger! Wh-what do we do...?"

Ye Qingniao put all her strength into a single swing, severing one of "Riverview’s" attacking arms. She seized the opening as it regenerated, scrambling back to Lin Fan’s side and gasping heavily for air.

"Do you have any more of those... the shiny things... for strength... Can you give me a few more? I feel like I still have room to grow..."

"In your dreams. A hammer is what you’ll get... hold on..."

Of course, Ye Qingniao wanted crystals. Having already gotten a massive power-up in one go, she now wanted to leech off Lin Fan to level up in sync with the monster.

Lin Fan raised his hand and bonked the greedy girl on the head. Then it occurred to him that he actually *did* have a hammer... or something close.

With a thought, a large, silver-white battle-axe appeared in his hand.

"No crystals. A ham... I mean, an axe. Want it?"

"Whoa! It’s huge!"

Ye Qingniao’s eyes widened. She instinctively stabbed her sword into the ground and took the axe, which was almost as tall as she was, with both hands.

CLANG!

She couldn’t get a firm grip, and the axe head slammed into the ground, leaving a dent.

"It’s so heavy!"

The impact made her stumble, and she exclaimed in shock.

"Can’t lift it?"

’Lin Fan sized her up. She had 700 Life Value. Could it be that the strength she got from stuffing herself with crystals couldn’t keep up with her Life Value?’ he wondered.

"I... I can lift it..."

She took a deep breath, sank into her stance, and with another heave, lifted the axe with both hands. She gave it a test swing through the air and said hesitantly,

"It’s just... too slow..."

’Watching her wield the axe, Lin Fan thought she looked less competent than Su Qing did at 400 Life Value. It seemed a constitution with such high Energy Value growth really did have some drawbacks when it came to raw strength. Even Chu Zhaozhao was the same...’

’If the hardware is lacking, make it up with software.’

He simply reached out, a silver-white injector appearing in his hand. While Ye Qingniao was distracted, he pressed it against her grimy neck.

HISS—

"Ahhh... What did you just inject me with?!"

The potion took effect. Ye Qingniao’s frame immediately began to swell...

In just a second, the slender, five-foot-something beauty evolved into a powerful, five-foot-something... amazon.

The previously loose men’s combat uniform she wore was finally filled out by her expansion, and the straps holding the sleeves up at her wrists snapped open.

As for Ye Qingniao, she could no longer remain calm amidst this drastic change. The axe fell from her hands, crashing to the ground between them with a CLANG. The sound made Lin Fan, who was barefoot, instinctively curl his toes.

"Ahhh... What is this?! Hormones?!"

Ye Qingniao felt her own rock-hard arms in terror, then her shoulders, which had grown a size wider. Her face was a mask of disbelief. She grabbed Lin Fan’s shoulders and began shaking him for dear life, letting out a shriek like a startled groundhog.

"Can I change back?! Huh? Lin Fan!!!"

"Didn’t you want that... you know... strength... room to grow... I gave it to you..."

Lin Fan was being shaken wildly by her arms, which now looked even more muscular than his. He felt like his brains were about to be scrambled.

"Stop shaking me, stop shaking me..."

He rolled his eyes and said with a perfectly straight face,

"It’s the latest in American tech. Hormones designed for elephants. Safe, no side effects. One-time use, permanent effects. Don’t worry..."

"Permanent... You!"

"It’s coming again..."

Before Ye Qingniao could finish, Lin Fan pointed behind her. "Riverview" had already regenerated and was trudging toward them with heavy steps.

In that short time, its Life Value had already risen to [3986/4922]. It was on the verge of a full recovery.

"I’m not finished with you!... Not for the rest of my life!"

Ye Qingniao let out a roar of furious despair.

She abruptly released Lin Fan, snatched the axe from the ground, and charged straight at "Riverview"!

"Just die already!!"

In her fury, the 130-pound axe felt weightless. Swinging it in a wide arc with both hands, she treated "Riverview" as if it were Lin Fan himself. Wreathed in crackling lightning, she brought the axe down, violently splitting its chest open from the shoulder. The electrical charge burned the wound and flesh to charcoal.

A single strike wiped out over two thousand of its Life Value.

"Tsk tsk, the potion sure is effective..."

Seeing that Ye Qingniao, now buffed, could once again dominate the monster, Lin Fan clapped his hands in satisfaction. He picked up her sword from the ground, restored its durability with a flash of blue light, and stored it in his inventory. Then, holding his spear, he walked over to Cheng Qi, who had been watching the whole time from nearby.

This test had confirmed what Lin Fan had suspected.

The walls were getting thinner...

Although they still repaired themselves rapidly, Lin Fan had tried the same thing when they were first trapped. Back then, he had dug more than a meter deep without breaking through at all, which had made him think they’d been dragged underground.