Chapter 544 - 234: Sub-dragon Warrior, The Golden Mechanism’s Heaven-Defying Effect

When he saw the ridiculously long string of numbers on the panel, Lin Ye’s heart couldn’t help but pound violently.

His All Attributes—more than tripled!

He quickly pulled up the system’s notification history and soon found the reason.

[Ding! Racial template has advanced to Sub-dragon Warrior. Attribute growth coefficient increased from 9.0 to 30.0!]

A thirtyfold growth coefficient!

This meant that any 1 free attribute point he now obtained would be magnified to a full thirty points after the system’s bonus!

In his previous racial stage, Lin Ye already felt he was enough of a stat monster.

Now... he was the stat monster of stat monsters.

He even had a feeling now.

If he were to face Zhou Ke again, he wouldn’t need to use any Martial Arts Spirituality or activate any skills.

With just his physical body, a single punch might be enough to beat that Mid-stage of Divine Realm instructor to death!

In the face of absolute, overwhelming stats, the so-called gap between realms no longer seemed so important.

Lin Ye took a deep breath and shifted his attention to the [Racial Traits] section.

Unlike traits like Furious Gaze Demon Suppression and Soul Melting Bone Erosion, which were plundered from the Celestial Abyss Race, this was the first time his system’s own racial template had come with a built-in trait.

A fixed 30% resistance to all elemental, curse-type, and Spirit-type attacks.

In any game, this would be an absolute god-tier skill.

Coupled with his current terrifying Life Value of over five million...

Lin Ye had a feeling that from now on, dying was going to be a real challenge.

His gaze continued downward, and he soon noticed a change in the "mechanisms" section.

Almost all the mechanisms now had an "Upgradeable" tag next to them.

"System, how do I upgrade these mechanisms?"

[Ding! Mechanisms can be upgraded using Evolution Points.]

[Evolution Points can be obtained by completing system missions, devouring Source Crystals, and converting high-quality Spiritual Objects or special items of Spiritual Artifact grade and above.]

A fire immediately ignited in Lin Ye’s heart.

He unhesitatingly opened the upgrade interface for the purple-tier mechanism, [Taotie].

Without a doubt, this mechanism had the greatest potential. Once upgraded to the gold tier, it would surely provide him with the biggest boost.

However, when he saw the number of Evolution Points required for the upgrade, he couldn’t help but freeze for a moment.

Upgrading [Healing out of combat] from white tier to green tier only required 1 Evolution Point.

But upgrading [Taotie] from purple tier to the highest gold tier cost a full 100 points!

Lin Ye didn’t yet know how difficult it would be to acquire 100 Evolution Points.

Sensing the Gang Sha still surging restlessly within him, an idea struck him.

’This is the perfect opportunity to refine and absorb this excess energy. I can also test the efficiency of converting Evolution Points by devouring Source Crystals.’

The next instant, his figure vanished from the hotel room.

...

A grayish-white mist shrouded a twisted stone bridge.

On the bridge, purple fungi emitted a faint, fluorescent glow, illuminating the deathly silent land.

Lin Ye’s figure appeared once again in the Painful Labyrinth.

Lin Ye looked at the Source Crystals growing on the stone bridge.

Hmm...

’If it’s just me... collecting a large number of Source Crystals... would be a bit of a hassle.’

But fortunately, he wasn’t alone anymore.

Lin Ye’s figure flickered again.

The Soul Sacrifice Hall.

Atop the Bone Throne, Ah Qiang was yawning out of sheer boredom, the two points of black soulfire in his eye sockets flickering listlessly.

But the next moment, those two points of soulfire suddenly shrank and began to tremble violently!

In the center of the vast, empty hall, a familiar figure appeared without any warning.

"Master...!"

Ah Qiang jolted, scrambling to his feet before respectfully dropping to one knee and lowering his head.

Lin Ye merely gave him a cool glance, a flash of dark light flickering in the depths of his eyes.

An irresistible command was instantly transmitted via Soul Link into the minds of every minion under his command within the rift.

—Gather all the Source Crystals in the entire rift and transport them to the Soul Sacrifice Hall!

He didn’t order Ah Qiang to do it himself.

After all, Ah Qiang was still the nominal king of the Curse Bone Race and the entire Painful Labyrinth. He had to give him that much face.

The command was issued.

Soon, countless towering Curse Bone Race warriors and members of the Black Nightmare Race lurking in the shadows, like diligent worker ants, began hauling chunks of Source Crystal that glittered with a faint blue light from all corners of the rift.

Source Crystals of all sizes were soon piled into a small mountain in the center of the hall.

Without wasting words, Lin Ye walked up, casually picked up a head-sized Source Crystal, and, under Ah Qiang’s stupefied gaze, shoved it directly into his mouth.

Ah Qiang’s jawbone nearly dropped off in shock. The soulfire in his eye sockets flickered wildly as he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

It was the first time it learned that its unfathomably mysterious master...

...could actually devour Source Crystals raw!

Source Crystals were the fundamental energy source upon which the myriad races of the Celestial Abyss depended for survival, the very foundation of their life and power.

But to humans, that stuff was a deadly poison packed with terrifying energy!

Ah Qiang knew this better than anyone.

*Hiss...*

A thought that made even it shudder in horror suddenly shot through its mind.

’Could it be...’

’...that Master isn’t human at all?’