Chapter 129 - 127: Spatial Strangle!

Chapter 129: Chapter 127: Spatial Strangle!

Lin Ji’s gaze turned cold.

He brought the two fingers of his right hand together, instantly condensing several sharp ice needles at their tips.

C-grade Skill, Ice Spear Technique.

The distance between them was extremely close at that moment, leaving the monster no time to react.

Whoosh!

The ice needles shot from his hand, accurately aiming for the pterosaur’s eyes, which burned with flames.

The pterosaur instinctively tried to close its eyelids, but it was already too late.

The sharp ice needles brutally pierced through its fragile eyeballs.

Crack, crack, crack...

Accompanied by a series of faint freezing sounds.

A bone-chilling Frost Energy erupted directly inside its eye sockets.

"Roar—!"

The pterosaur let out a piercing, miserable shriek.

The two clusters of flames in its eyes violently flickered a few times before rapidly dimming.

Its vision was completely stripped away.

"Now."

Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Lin Ji pushed off forcefully with both feet against the pterosaur’s scalding chest, using the momentum to flip backward through the air.

While still mid-air, he instantly activated the Mantis Exoskeleton Armor from his portable equipment set.

Hum!

The joints of the armor gleamed with a cold, sharp light.

Meanwhile, blinded, the pterosaur flapped its wings in panic, thrashing wildly in the air.

Its vulnerable underbelly was completely exposed, defenseless, within Lin Ji’s line of sight.

Lin Ji’s body began to plummet at Extreme Speed.

He took a deep breath, channeling all the strength in his body firmly into his right arm, which gripped the bone blade.

Hum, hum, hum...

The high-frequency vibration of the Exoskeleton transmitted along the bone blade, emitting a sharp, low hum.

Lin Ji tensed every muscle in his body to its limit. Harnessing the terrifying momentum of his fall, he thrust the bone blade out with brutal force.

Thud!

The sound of the blade piercing flesh was exceptionally dull.

The bone blade accurately penetrated through the shattered scales, nearly burying the entire weapon into the pterosaur’s abdomen.

The pterosaur’s massive body abruptly stiffened mid-air.

Scalding, dark Red blood gushed out along the blade’s blood groove, drenching Lin Ji completely.

"Still quite hot."

Lin Ji did not grow greedy for more.

He decisively released the hilt, allowing his body to continue its downward fall.

Just before hitting the ground, he swiftly adjusted his posture, executing a tactical roll to dissipate the impact and landing steadily on his feet.

Behind him.

The pterosaur flapped its wings futilely a couple more times in the air.

Then, its enormous body completely lost control, plummeting straight toward the ground.

Boom!

A heavy, thunderous crash echoed.

A large cloud of dust mixed with shattered stones billowed upward.

The pterosaur lay in the crater, convulsing violently a few times.

The remaining flickers of flame in its eye sockets flashed twice before finally extinguishing slowly.

Completely dead.

The entire process, from Lin Ji’s leap to the pterosaur’s crash, lasted only a mere dozen seconds.

Ye Xinglan and the members of the Rose Society in the distance were utterly stunned.

They had originally thought that even if Lin Ji could deal with this LV4 pterosaur, it would at least require a fierce, hard-fought battle.

Perhaps even requiring Qin Yao’s assistance.

They never expected...

He had single-handedly killed it so cleanly and efficiently.

And in such a nearly savage, close-quarters, melee manner.

Ye Xinglan watched Lin Ji’s back through her thin veil.

A flicker of shock passed through her eyes, followed by a surge of intense curiosity.

This man’s strength... was even greater than she had estimated.

Granny Fu also opened her half-squinted eyes.

She stared at Lin Ji, a contemplative glint flashing in her cloudy pupils.

His mouth moved silently, as if muttering something to himself.

Lin Ji had no time to concern himself with their reactions.

He quickly walked over to the pterosaur’s corpse.

Then, after groping around inside the pterosaur’s skull for a moment, he pulled out a pigeon-egg-sized Lv4 Crystal Core.

The Crystal Core was dark red, with flame-like patterns swirling across its surface.

It felt warm to the touch.

Lin Ji casually tucked the Crystal Core into his pocket and turned to look at Qin Yao’s side.

The battle on Qin Yao’s side had also ended.

However, her method was far more violent.

That pterosaur hadn’t even managed to get close to her.

When it was still over ten meters away, Qin Yao merely raised her hand.

The ground beneath the pterosaur suddenly split open.

A blazing pillar of magma shot skyward, instantly engulfing the pterosaur.

By the time the pillar dissipated, only a pile of charred bones and a rolling Crystal Core remained on the spot.

Qin Yao bent down to pick up the Crystal Core, tossing it in her hand a couple of times.

Then she turned her head to look at Lin Ji and raised an eyebrow.

"I’m done on my end too."

"Captain, don’t forget the reward you promised."

Lin Ji was momentarily taken aback, but quickly understood.

The Qin Yao on this island was no longer just a simple A-grade talent!

With the boost from the volcano beneath the island, the maximum power her A-grade Volcanic Molten Blast could unleash could even surpass A+ grade!

This was the advantage of favorable terrain!

Having figured this out, Lin Ji looked toward Ye Xinglan’s side.

Then, his pupils slightly contracted.

Above the Rose Society team.

Those three Red-Scaled Pterosaurs had not been killed.

They were imprisoned within a transparent, cube-shaped space.

That space was about half the size of a basketball court.

Inside, the three pterosaurs were frantically crashing, biting, and spewing flames.

But no matter how they struggled, they could not break through that transparent barrier.

Ye Xinglan stood below.

Her right hand was raised, fingers curled as if gripping something.

Her face, veiled in thin gauze, still showed no expression.

As if she had merely done something trivial.

Lin Ji looked at that spatial prison, inwardly astonished.

Was this the power of an A+ grade Spatial Talent?

Simultaneously imprisoning three Lv4 monsters, and seemingly with ease to spare.

Granny Fu, leaning on her cane, slowly walked over to Ye Xinglan’s side.

She looked up at the three trapped pterosaurs and grinned.

A hoarse, wheezing sound, like a leaky bellows, came from her throat.

"President, these three feathered beasts aren’t easy to deal with."

Granny Fu narrowed her cloudy eyes, watching the trembling spatial barrier.

"Need this old woman to lend a hand?"

Beneath her veil, fine beads of sweat had already appeared on Ye Xinglan’s forehead.

She stared fixedly at the prison in mid-air, clenching her teeth.

"No need, I can manage."

After saying this, she suddenly turned her head, her sharp gaze sweeping over the Rose Society members behind her.

"What are you all still standing around for?"

Ye Xinglan’s voice was icy.

"What have I taught you all this time?"

"Where is your tactical coordination? Have you forgotten everything?"

She extended her left hand, pointing at the frantically struggling pterosaurs in mid-air.

"Concentrate your firepower and attack them!"

Only then did the girls of the Rose Society snap out of their daze.

Their combat awareness was indeed somewhat weak under normal circumstances.

Within the guild, most of the time, the president and a few key members held the front line.

Now, scolded by Ye Xinglan like this, they began to frantically mobilize their Talent Energy.

A slightly plump woman was the first to strike.

With a wave of her hands, several mud pillars as thick as buckets shot into the sky, pouring through the gaps in the cage.

Several girls nearby armed with crossbows immediately followed suit.

Arrows, glowing with various colors of light, whistled through the air toward the monsters above.

There was also a woman with a horse-like face who opened her mouth and spat out a dense shower of throwing darts.

The darts scraped against their crimson scales, sending sparks flying in all directions.

"This..."

Lin Ji stood not far away, tossing the dark red Lv4 Crystal Core in his hand.

He watched the chaotic and disorganized attacks, his brow slightly furrowed.

The women’s coordination seemed lively, but in reality, the damage they inflicted was extremely limited.

Their attacks against the Lv4 monsters were practically like scraping the surface.

The pterosaurs were enraged.

Within the confined space, they frantically spewed flames.

Their sharp claws continuously tore at the invisible barrier.

The spatial cage began to shake violently, with fine cracks appearing on its surface.

"It seems they can’t handle it."

Qin Yao had somehow moved close to Lin Ji’s side.

She deliberately pressed in close, her chest brushing against Lin Ji’s arm with seemingly unintentional yet purposeful contact.

The torn leather jacket did little to conceal her fiery figure.

Lin Ji could smell the scent of her sweat mixed with a mature, alluring fragrance.

He didn’t pull away; instead, he took the opportunity to wrap an arm around Qin Yao’s slender waist.

"They’re using the monsters for training."

Lin Ji looked at Ye Xinglan, who was struggling to hold on.

"But the cost is a bit too high."

Ye Xinglan’s current state was indeed dire.

Her form-fitting combat suit was completely drenched in sweat.

The fabric clung tightly to her body, outlining her slender waist and long legs.

Beneath the thin veil, she gasped for breath in ragged, heavy pants.

Maintaining a cage capable of trapping three Lv4 monsters was taking a massive toll on her Spiritual Power.

"Crack."

A faint, crisp sound echoed in the air.

A crack in the spatial barrier instantly widened.

A pterosaur forced its head through the gap, opening its bloody maw to spew a torrent of flames downward.

Several girls from the Rose Society screamed in terror, scattering in all directions.

The barely maintained formation instantly collapsed.

Watching this scene, Lin Ji shook his head coldly.

Without Ye Xinglan holding the line, these women wouldn’t survive a single day in the current Forbidden Sea.

Ye Xinglan’s body swayed violently.

She jerked her head up, her eyes bloodshot.

She knew she couldn’t delay any longer.

Her subordinates’ attacks couldn’t penetrate the monsters’ defenses.

If this dragged on, once the spatial cage shattered completely, everyone would be in grave danger.

Ye Xinglan bit her lip.

A flash of ferocity suddenly appeared in her eyes.

She abruptly clenched her fingers, bringing her hands together with force.

With a suppressed, low growl.

"Spatial Strangle!"