Chapter 225 - 210: Prying for Information and Breakout (Part 2)

Chapter 225: Chapter 210: Prying for Information and Breakout (Part 2)

"Hmph! ...You bastard!"

Hearing this, Ye Qingniao’s killing intent finally subsided a little.

As a sign of her "forgiveness," she suddenly lunged forward, smashing him with a muscular headbutt. Lin Fan’s chest constricted again. Only then, satisfied, did she let go and adjust her own collar, which looked ready to burst.

She walked past Lin Fan with heavy, powerful strides, not even glancing back, and headed toward Cheng Qi, who was cautiously waving at her from behind the door of the armored vehicle.

"Sigh..."

Lin Fan let out a long sigh. He’d been trying to look cool, but that ’boar’s rush’ had nearly knocked the wind out of him.

Rubbing his sore chest, he turned his head and glanced at the two people whispering conspiratorially by the armored vehicle.

He continued to mull over his part of the plan as he carried his spear toward the regenerating "Jiang Jing."

[3220/5610]...

"Jiang Jing," whose head had been chopped off once, saw its health rise again. The head that had flown off into the distance had already vanished. On the stump of its bare neck, countless dark-red fleshy tendrils squirmed and intertwined like living clay. They collapsed inward and reformed, gradually "sculpting" a new, skinless, dark-red head.

"Do you know who I am?"

Lin Fan didn’t rush to interrupt the process.

He just planted his spear in the ground, watched the face gradually take shape, and asked the question.

The figure froze. Its newly grown eyeballs swiveled to focus on Lin Fan. Then, in a puzzled tone, it slowly began to speak, "Colonel Lin, it’s me, Jiang Jing..."

"Right, right, you’re Jiang Jing."

Lin Fan waved his hand impatiently, cutting it off.

"Jiang Jing, do you know what this thing is that’s trapping us..."

He asked, pointing a finger upward.

The figure seemed completely unprepared for such a question. It was clearly beyond "Jiang Jing’s" knowledge, and it stalled for a moment before replying mechanically:

"These are the Mother Tree’s roots. They’re for..."

It suddenly hesitated. Its face, now covered in skin and indistinguishable from a normal person’s, took on a confused expression. It lowered its head, seemingly lost in thought.

"They’re for a highest-priority monster!"

After two seconds, it suddenly raised its head and looked at Lin Fan with fanaticism.

"It destroyed the Domestication Nest... But as long as we can capture it, the Mother Tree’s power is enough to tame it, and then..."

It suddenly threw its arms wide, its expression twisting into something indescribable.

"We’ll reunite with our other brothers and sisters, and this world will be ours..."

"Who are ’you’?"

Lin Fan saw that the monster seemed a bit unhinged and not too bright, but he hadn’t expected it to actually be able to communicate. He continued to fish for more information.

"Us? I’m Jiang Jing..."

It seemed to get stuck again. It looked down and began to think, muttering to itself.

"We are human... This place was always ours... We are the masters... We are the masters!"

As it muttered, it suddenly became agitated and roared at Lin Fan. The flesh beneath its skin began to boil, countless small bumps rippling across its surface, and blackish-brown tears of blood streamed from its eyes.

"They are the newcomers! We are the ones who..."

"Okay, okay, you’re the masters. Calm down, don’t get excited. We’re on the same side, right? Let me ask you another question..."

Seeing it was about to lose control, Lin Fan quickly tried to placate it. When the monster calmed down slightly, he probed with another question.

"This is all to capture that monster, so... was it captured?"

"Capture... Capture..."

"Jiang Jing" suddenly froze again. It scanned its surroundings before its gaze locked onto Lin Fan. The dullness from when it was answering questions was completely gone, replaced by a sudden, ferocious snarl.

"You monster!"

RIP!

The combat suit on its arms instantly ripped apart as two half-meter-long, razor-sharp bone spurs shot out, dripping with a blackish-brown fluid. A dangerous, restrained, pale-white light flowed across their surfaces as the monster lunged straight at Lin Fan!

"Hey! No need to get so pissed!"

Despite his words, Lin Fan had been ready for this moment all along.

As the monster suddenly attacked, Lin Fan planted his feet, drew back his spear, and used the power of his core to unleash a reverse horizontal sweep!

One point of Impact Energy collided with one of the monster’s bone spurs!

VMMM—CRACK!

The two forces collided. The spear sprang back, and the bone spur snapped in two!

But Lin Fan didn’t pause for an instant. His spear moved like a dragon as he channeled more energy into it, using the force of the recoil to stab into the opening under the monster’s exposed armpit!

SHUNK!

The spearhead plunged deep into the monster’s chest without any resistance!

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

...

Five points of Impact Energy instantly detonated, setting off a series of muffled explosions from within "Jiang Jing’s" chest cavity!

[-199]!

[-199]!

...

A dense stream of damage numbers flashed before Lin Fan’s eyes. The Impact Energy injected into "Jiang Jing’s" chest had set off a chain reaction. The intense internal pressure tore through its skin, causing bloody chunks to seep out and stain its "combat suit." But then, as if time were reversing, the dark stains were slowly sucked back into its body, and the wound began to heal at a visible rate...

[2265/5630]!

He had dealt nearly two thousand damage in one blow, but Lin Fan didn’t hesitate. With a single thought, the battle-ax Ye Qingniao had just been using appeared in his hand, replacing the spear.

Taking advantage of the monster’s momentary paralysis, Lin Fan swung the ax horizontally with one hand!

SHLICK!

"Jiang Jing’s" newly grown head was once again relocated!

And Lin Fan didn’t even give it a chance to hit the ground. He spun, brought his arm around, and, turning the flat of the ax, batted the flying head away as if he were hitting a baseball!