Chapter 500 314: Lin Qi Joins the Battle, Monster? Monster

She made her decision. This was a gamble she had to take!

Compared to the less than one percent chance of success if she acted herself, Baili Xueyuan could only trust the Mercenary Corps before her.

Or rather...

Trust that Dead Ghost, Master Ma!

The Dead Ghost probably wouldn't screw her over—at least not to the point of getting her killed!

If they could truly deal with the Bearer, then it could be considered a form of help.

After all, if the ones who came to support Red Fruit City weren't them, but the real Yellow Bear Special Team, then *this* would be a truly hopeless situation.

Judge the action, not the motive. Only the results mattered; the process could be embellished in the report.

"Minister Baili, what if he does something to us..."

Wu Yong was extremely worried. To let down their guards and allow him to drain their Spiritual Power was to put their lives in his hands.

Baili Xueyuan urged, "Follow my orders. I will take responsibility for the consequences."

As expected of a top figure from the Assassin Alliance, Baili Xueyuan was incredibly decisive.

Seeing this, Wu Yong could no longer hesitate. He could only obey Baili Xueyuan's command, completely opening up his mind and allowing Lin Qi's power to drain his Spiritual Power.

Within his Spiritual Vision, two thick "pipelines" connected to Baili Xueyuan and Wu Yong, the two Tier Four Powerhouses.

A massive amount of Spiritual Power was extracted.

This Spiritual Power didn't converge on Lin Qi himself. Instead, it formed a Virtual Sea of Consciousness within his Spiritual Vision.

The Virtual Sea of Consciousness was under Lin Qi's direct control. He could use the Spiritual Power within to further boost his own Spiritual Power.

Draining others' Spiritual Power to fuel "Spiritual Power Absorption," which was then used to continue draining their Spiritual Power...

A nesting-doll-like loop was formed, creating a Virtual Sea of Consciousness in a short time with a total amount of Spiritual Power far exceeding Lin Qi's own.

Controlling the deformed individual, he looked at King Arthur and Master Ma and said, "Don't resist. Lower your Spiritual Power defenses. I will help you fight this monster's power. The task of capturing the Bearer still falls to you."

As he spoke, clumps of flesh tore themselves from the deformed individual's body and surged rapidly toward King Arthur and Master Ma.

'Lin Qi clearly had no intention of dealing with the monster himself. That monster was obviously deeply connected to the Blood Moon and to Wizards. It even had an ability like signal interference! Who knew if it could counter a Wizard? Who knew if a Cyber World version of the Blood Moon Will would appear? As a mere Tier Three, it's enough to put on a show for Baili Xueyuan and the others. There's no need to personally enter the fray.'

What Lin Qi had to do now was to create a disguise!

Not to disguise himself, but to disguise King Arthur and Master Ma!

Large amounts of flesh detached from the deformed individual's body, but its volume, far from shrinking, continued to expand.

The detached flesh attached itself to the bodies of King Arthur and Master Ma, seeping into the crevices of their Exoskeletons.

It enveloped the two of them completely, as massive amounts of hair formed into threads, stitching and reinforcing the clumps of flesh.

Buried within the flesh, King Arthur and Master Ma suddenly heard a voice.

The flesh near their ears had quietly grown... vocal cords!

"Next, I'm going to remove your Prosthetic Bodies, but they will be enveloped by this flesh and won't be lost."

"The process will be a bit painful. You'll have to bear it."

King Arthur and Master Ma were almost wrapped into carbon-based Gundams by the excess flesh. The outside world couldn't hear these sounds, nor could they see their expressions.

Both King Arthur and Master Ma's eyes widened.

'What was the Wizard saying? Remove our Prosthetic Bodies? Is that something you can do during a battle? We're both high-percentage Implanters. Once our Prosthetic Bodies are removed, missing arms and legs, what combat ability would we have left? No, wait! How is the Wizard communicating with us? It's like he's whispering right in our ears!'

The two of them clearly hadn't considered that although technology had lost its signal, Lin Qi still had Extraordinary means.

'It's just a pair of headphones! Just grow a vocal cord next to your ear! Super useful for whispering secrets!'

King Arthur and Master Ma were still confused, but in the next second, their expressions changed drastically.

They had voluntarily lowered their Spiritual Power defenses, allowing Lin Qi's Spiritual Vision to invade their bodies.

The moment it invaded, "Rapid Growth" activated at full power, and the Spiritual Power in the Virtual Sea of Consciousness was consumed rapidly.

Dozens of Prosthetic Body removal surgeries were performed simultaneously!

The Prosthetic Bodies equipped on King Arthur and Master Ma, two Tier Four Extraordinaries, were rejected and expelled by the new flesh growing inside their own bodies.

It wasn't just simple limb, bone, and internal organ Prosthetic Bodies.

Even the various chips installed in their brains were all rejected and expelled!

The pain from this process was incredibly intense.

But the two Tier Four Extraordinaries were not ordinary people. They knew they couldn't show any weakness in front of Baili Xueyuan.

No matter how much it hurt, they had to endure it!

They couldn't let out a single sound!

In those few dozen seconds, King Arthur fainted from the pain multiple times, the agony so intense it felt like her very brain cells were being reborn.

Compared to Master Ma, she had more Prosthetic Bodies implanted, and of more complex varieties.

Naturally, the pain she experienced was also much greater than Master Ma's.

Fortunately, her Extraordinary Level was lower than Master Ma's, so the duration of her agony was much shorter than his.

Before long, a brand-new King Arthur emerged—skin fair and tender, completely free of any Prosthetic Body implants!

Feeling her long-lost original arms, legs, hands, feet, internal organs, and cerebral cortex...

King Arthur suddenly felt her body was so much lighter.

For a heavily modified Implanter, even without cyber psychosis, the burden on the nervous system was immense. They even came to treat nerve pain as a daily sensation, having grown almost accustomed to the agony.

Now that the burden was lifted, King Arthur was even a little reluctant to have those Prosthetic Bodies reinstalled.

...

In just over a minute, King Arthur and Master Ma had undergone a metamorphosis.

But because the large amount of flesh that had split off from the deformed individual was wrapped tightly around King Arthur and Master Ma, swelling to a height of over four meters, their true transformation was completely undetectable from the outside.

In other words, besides Lin Qi and themselves, no one knew that their Prosthetic Bodies had been removed and new flesh had grown!

This was exactly the deceptive effect Lin Qi wanted!

To hide the true effect of his Ability from Baili Xueyuan and avoid any connection to his real identity, "Lin Qi."

"I feel like I could take that monster down all by myself!"

Feeling light and unburdened, King Arthur was getting cocky, speaking such arrogant words from behind the thick, deformed flesh.

Master Ma stood to the side and said, "Stop bragging. It's time to move!"

As he spoke, Master Ma instantly erupted with the power of a Tier Four Martial Artist.

BOOM! A corner of the H3 Skyscraper's rooftop collapsed.

Master Ma instantly charged toward the monster.

King Arthur glanced at Lin Qi's deformed individual, then followed closely behind Master Ma, unleashing her true power.

The Knight's Will Badge appeared!

Transcend!

The person she most wanted to surpass was right in front of her, and King Arthur erupted with power far beyond her own limits.

Immediately after, a basic skill of the Knight Profession took effect: Fearless Charge!

King Arthur displayed astonishing speed. At first glance, she was in no way inferior to Master Ma, not even a fraction of a second slower!

The two Tier Four Extraordinaries had made their move, and Lin Qi wasn't just standing by watching.

'The Spiritual Power of a Tier Four Peak is incredibly deep, and their recovery is too fast. As things stand, King Arthur and Master Ma are fully capable of dealing with Ning Hao. I need to plan my exit. I have to drain their Spiritual Power dry before the battle ends. I can't get myself killed just to save the world.'

Lin Qi didn't hesitate.

Full power!

'Spiritual Power Absorption, suck them dry!'

A massive amount of Spiritual Power was injected into the Virtual Sea of Consciousness enveloped by his Spiritual Vision, only to be consumed just as quickly.

The flesh of the deformed individual began to grow at an unimaginable speed.

The disgusting human form, enshrouded in deformed flesh and hair, began to expand.

Five meters, ten meters, even a hundred meters!

The massive pile of flesh and hair stacked up from the ground, almost reaching the height of the H3 Skyscraper!

Compared to the scarlet, one-eyed monster entrenched in the ruins of the H4 Skyscraper, Lin Qi's deformed individual seemed more like an ultimate lifeform concealing some great terror.

Liu Xingyuan, who was currently tangling with the monster in his Tentacle Monster form, suddenly felt the vast neon brilliance of Red Fruit City behind him being blotted out by a shadow.

The scarlet eye swiveled, and then it saw the behemoth, hundreds of meters tall, with countless strands of hair fluttering in the wind.

The Tentacle Monster let out a hoarse voice: "What the hell is that thing?"