wuxianovels18 Chapter 237 - 141: Fungal Descendant Corpse King, The Might of Gang Condensation
Chapter 237 - 141: Fungal Descendant Corpse King, The Might of Gang Condensation
In that instant, every mutated beast looked up.
The streaks of fire in the sky grew larger and larger in their pupils, which swirled with black filaments.
BOOM—!!!
The deafening explosion sounded as if the heavens themselves were caving in.
The first Incendiary Bullet scored a direct hit on the treetop canopy—the massive black web that blanketed the entire forest.
In an instant, the spark from above ignited a raging inferno.
The black fungal filaments had long since been desiccated, yet had bizarrely maintained their shape. The moment they touched the scorching Burning Agent, they became the perfect kindling.
A blinding, orange-red ball of light erupted, and a searing wave of fire visibly surged outward in every direction!
WHOOSH—!
The black dome covering the forest canopy erupted in a raging inferno!
The fire fed on the wind, and the wind fueled the fire’s fury.
What had been a single point of fire in the canopy, within seconds, had spread into a vast curtain of flame.
The darkness was utterly banished.
The forest, shrouded from the light for untold years, was now illuminated for the first time by a dazzling radiance.
As the layer of mycelium above burned away, torrents of scorching Burning Agent rained down.
SIZZLE...
All around Lin Ye, countless black filaments extending from the layer of humus shrieked the instant they touched the fire. They curled and withered, ultimately turning to puffs of black ash.
The Fungal Descendant Corpse King, a horde of undead mutated beasts, and Lin Ye himself were completely engulfed by the raging inferno!
Billowing waves of heat assaulted him. The moisture in the air vaporized instantly, and every breath was a searing pain.
This was exactly the effect he wanted.
This was a far cry from his lonely battle against the Doctor in the ruined city.
This time, Lin Ye saw things differently.
His greatest secret was his unique constitution, which allowed him to grow progressively stronger by devouring Source Crystals.
As long as that secret remained safe, there was nothing else he needed to hide.
He was no longer the lone wolf who could only rely on his own strength.
Since he had the entire Great Xia Military at his back, why not use their power?
So this time, he chose to call for backup!
He would use the most brutally direct method possible to wipe this bizarre forest completely off the map!
...
「High above.」
Inside the fighter jet, the atmosphere was thick with tension.
Watching the forest below rapidly transform into a sea of fire, every squad member’s heart was in their throat.
"Captain... the fire is even more intense than we estimated!" a squad member said, his voice tinged with anxiety. "Lin Ye... he’s right in the heart of the blast zone!"
"Should we go down and rescue him right now?"
"It’s too dangerous..."
"The core temperature in the burn zone has already surpassed six hundred degrees Celsius and is still climbing. We’re not wearing specialized fireproof suits; going down there would be too reckless. But it’s too late to get gear delivered now!"
"Then... what’s going to happen to him?!"
"Fuck it. If worst comes to worst, we’ll just have to go for it. We probably won’t die!"
"Captain, just give the order. We’ll go down and get him right now!"
All eyes fell on Shi Ruifeng.
Shi Ruifeng’s expression was just as grim. His sharp eyes were locked on the raging purgatory below as his mind raced, desperately searching for a solution.
He concluded that if they had to go down, their Gangsha Armor should be able to withstand the heat for a short time.
It wouldn’t be the first time they’d had to enter a known danger zone and risk injury to complete a mission.
Every person here had brushed with death a few times.
Lin Ye’s plan was audacious, insane even.
But Shi Ruifeng knew Lin Ye wasn’t the type to make rash decisions on a whim.
He must have been confident in his ability to get out, otherwise he wouldn’t have ordered the Incendiary Bullet airdrop.
As the thought crossed his mind, Shi Ruifeng’s pupils contracted sharply.
Illuminated by the blaze, he could see clearly. In the heart of the inferno—a fire hot enough to melt steel—standing next to the colossal, roaring Fungal Descendant Corpse King, was a figure, perfectly still.
The combat uniform on Lin Ye’s upper body had been burned to cinders.
But his exposed skin was now covered in a layer of dense, pitch-black Scale Armor. Scorching tongues of fire washed over his body but failed to leave a single scorch mark.
He seemed completely impervious to the extreme heat.
"What is that?"
"Those black scales—when did they appear?!"
The others saw it too, their faces etched with an indescribable shock.
This... is another ability?
Shi Ruifeng’s mind raced.
He’d seen Lin Ye use his Crystallization ability before. ’Is this the Crystal Armor?’
’No, the color and form are completely different!’
’Could it be...’
An absurd, almost laughable thought surfaced in his mind.
’He has a third Martial Arts Spirituality?!’
...
Lin Ye could feel the intense heat around him.
But he felt no searing pain.
The moment they touched the flames, the Shadow Scales on his skin automatically made micro-adjustments. The scales shifted to form a perfect, heat-insulating layer, blocking out all the heat.
The sensation was bizarre. It was as if he were in a perfectly climate-controlled space, walking through the inferno as if it were a stroll in the park!
Although Lin Ye could still feel the scorching air, it was as if he were submerged in hot water of about forty to fifty degrees Celsius.
It was still within his range of tolerance, however, and wouldn’t affect his ability to fight.
He had to admit, the Shadow Scale’s fire resistance was terrifyingly high!
The monsters controlled by the fungal filaments, on the other hand, were not so lucky.
As the blaze spread, countless black filaments connecting to the corpses’ tendons and nerves were incinerated, turning to ash.