Free Web NovelChapter 330: Chapter 134: The Favorite Things of Eyes and Bai Wu
Outside the prison walls, the high-security area.
The golden energy was actually able to break through the rules of space-time, allowing him to transport himself; at this point, the doctor was sure that this person was indeed the Masked Strange Person.
"Your fusion disease didn’t take your life?"
Lin Rui laughed heartily:
"Don’t you think my voice has gotten younger? Not only did the fusion disease not take my life, but it also filled this old man with vigor!"
The golden glow, like playful dragons among the clouds, made Lin Rui’s voice ethereal and changeable, a simple conversation taking on several rhythms.
This meant that the dimension of time had become extremely unstable here, and the constraints of space were utterly ineffective against Lin Rui.
Seven hundred years ago, the masked freak had defeated one Evil Fallen after another with his unstoppable Time-Space Power.
It seemed that in any combat system, the ability to influence time and space, although not the most supreme power, was definitely at the top of the entire system.
The doctor’s emotions started to settle, knowing the Masked Strange Person was indeed powerful, but as it observed Lin Rui’s continually flickering form, it suddenly realized that its vision could keep up with Lin Rui!
It lunged toward Lin Rui, swinging its right arm, delivering a chop with the side of its hand.
A seemingly simple hand-chop produced phantom trails in the void, which, while called phantoms, felt as real as the chop itself.
From a distance, this brief motion of swinging the right arm made the doctor appear like a deity with a thousand arms, and the energy concentrated at its fingertips formed into arc blades when the motion was complete.
Rare Mutation Entry, the Phantom Scalpel.
In Bai Wu’s observations through Prayle’s Eye, the Phantom Scalpel was indeed just a rare Mutation Entry.
But the doctor’s other ability, the Mythical Aberrant Keyword: Aberrant Fusion Technique, could cause the entries to mutate.
Originally a hand-chop that could produce "phantoms with attacking power," this entry now transformed into something akin to a "blade aura" attack.
Countless energy arc blades, like bats startled by daylight, whizzed past, as if Lin Rui was to be devoured the next second, his flesh stripped away leaving only a skeleton behind!
That scene would naturally not happen; the moment the arc blades cut towards Lin Rui, a golden ring appeared like a portal between the arc blades and Lin Rui.
The arc blades, which were initially directed at Lin Rui, now appeared all over the prison.
Laundry, high walls, the library, the outer perimeter of the cells—all surged with intense energy fluctuations.
"That was close! Nearly got me, hahahaha..."
Lin Rui genuinely felt joy for having dodged the attack, not mocking his opponent; his Time-Space Power could transfer anything, including the opponent’s attacks.
He was very wary of the doctor’s technique, in his view, it was definitely some sort of extremely powerful, perfect Mutation Entry, for he noticed cracks appearing in the high walls.
Even Mutants at level nine using perfect Mutation Entry techniques would struggle to damage the environment.
However, Lin Rui’s judgment this time was wrong.
The technique used by the doctor was very common, but with the Aberrant Fusion Technique, these common techniques started to mutate irregularly.
The Phantom Scalpel, originally a close-combat technique, turned into a long-range attack, substantially increasing its power, especially possessing an absolute cutting force against living beings. But since these scalpel blades couldn’t touch Lin Rui, he was oblivious to this change.
The doctor continued to swing the scalpel, the dense arc blades capable of severing flesh like a thick swarm of bees.
"Aah, how terrifying! If I got hit, I’d definitely die, right? I really would, right?"
Lin Rui’s voice was still elusive,
A flash of golden light, and he instantly appeared behind the doctor.
The doctor thought it had adapted to Lin Rui’s speed, but at this moment, it suddenly found that Lin Rui wasn’t even using his full strength!
This guy, seemingly with a changed personality, just showed a speed that left the doctor with no time to react.
The instant his back was exposed to Lin Rui, the doctor came up with a plan in desperation, suddenly using the perfect Mutation Entry "Spiritual Bed Experiment."
However, unlike the tactics used against prisoners like Yan Zizai, the Spiritual Bed Experiment seemed to have changed under the effect of the Aberrant Fusion Technique.
Attacking the blue "Soul" would cause intense pain, ignoring the opponent’s defense, this pain piercing deep into the soul.
But extracting the soul required physical contact with the opponent, and under the influence of the Aberrant Fusion Technique, this limitation was removed.
Lin Rui kept his punch, which was nearly as fast as light, in check, but the powerful punch’s aftereffect still struck the soul.
"Ow! That really hurts!"
Lin Rui cried out, turning into a streak of golden light, like someone in extreme pain, crashing around wildly.
This motion, because of the golden Temporal Power, was too fast, making it look like a swordsman had drawn countless straight cuts in the air.
The doctor, hoping to take down Lin Rui when he hit its soul, now found Lin Rui’s erratically running figure too fast, once again resetting both the doctor’s and the Warden’s understanding of Lin Rui.
Lin Rui was in pain for several seconds before he finally stopped and said:
"That ability is so unfair! Hahaha, you’ve made me afraid to hit you now!"
The Warden felt something was off:
"Was he always like this?"
"Don’t know, he feels like a completely different person, but that power is indeed uniquely his."
The Warden and the doctor watched Lin Rui warily.
Though Lin Rui had a setback just now, it was clear that he was thoroughly enjoying this battle.
"Such an interesting power."
Golden light surged from his palm, and Lin Rui revealed the same smile that was on his mask, before vanishing once again.
He reappeared behind the doctor, who still used Lin Rui’s soul as a shield.
This time, Lin Rui swung his fist just like before!
The terrifying force of the punch twisted the space, and the doctor suddenly felt that something was amiss. It turned around, attempting to defend, wondering to itself, "Could this madman be planning to ignore the agony caused by the soul and endure the severe pain to attack forcefully?"
No one can withstand the excruciating pain produced when hitting a soul!
Indeed, Lin Rui wasn’t that rash!
His actions looked identical to his previous attack, just faster and more powerful!
Just when the doctor and the judge thought that the Masked Strange Person would retreat again due to the intense pain, something strange happened!
The fist wrapped in golden light didn’t touch the blue "soul"!
A golden ring suddenly appeared on the doctor’s right side.
The formidable punch, which should have been directed at the blue soul substance, mysteriously burst forth from the golden ring.
"Bingo! Didn’t see that coming, did you? I can play dirty too!"
Lin Rui’s excited cry echoed throughout the entire courtyard, like a teenager thrilled about having solved his opponent’s puzzle!
The power of time-space allowed him to change the dimension of time with golden light and also alter his own spatial position!
With time-space power, he could easily shift his opponent’s attack, which was, in a sense, an absolute defense.
But the use of time-space power didn’t stop there!
Lin Rui could also move his own attacks!
Just as his ferociously raging punch was about to hit his own soul, he shifted that force away, with the trajectory of the punch moving to his opponent’s right side!
It was as if struck by heavy artillery! The doctor’s entire body twisted!
A full-powered blow from Lin Rui, who possessed twelfth-grade Innate Force, was enough to severely injure any level nine Evil Fallen.
The doctor’s body sank deep into a crater, with the impacted spot directly caved in!
It wanted to rise, but it couldn’t move because of that punch.
"One down, now it’s your turn!"
Twelve golden spears appeared out of thin air, and then fell straight from the sky. Eight spears pierced through the doctor’s limbs, while the remaining four went through the shoulders and the sides of the torso!
The doctor was completely immobilized.
Lin Rui excitedly looked at the judge:
"Time is precious, shall we make this quick?"
The golden figure flashed again behind his opponent, but at that moment, Lin Rui felt a very dangerous presence behind him.
It seemed unbelievable, as if that person had already appeared within an arm’s length, even allowing him to sense the other’s breath.
On instinct, Lin Rui looked back.
Where there had been no one before, a formidable body suddenly appeared, bare-chested and revealing explosive muscles, like a beast.
"Ah... you can teleport too? Then I’m screwed!"
Naturally, Lin Rui never had a chance to utter those words aloud, as the muscular monster with devilish horns didn’t hesitate to land a heavy punch!
Lin Rui’s figure was blasted away by the punch, crashing into the high wall. The wall, protected by special rules, collapsed instantly.
"Ah... pain, pain, pain, it hurts more than when I hit myself just now... cough, cough, cough..."
This time Lin Rui wasn’t just talking big. He coughed up blood, the force of that punch far beyond his expectations.
He even felt that his body inexplicably couldn’t heal.
Even with twelfth-grade Innate Force, which had all growth channeled into a single attribute, his body was resilient.
"Troublesome character..."
Lin Rui slowly stood up from the ruins of the wall, looking at the giant-like figure not far away with a solemn expression.
The Warden joined the battlefield.
As the Guardian of the prison and the holder of the fragment, it was the most powerful monster in the entire prison.
At the same time, it was also the holder of the Doomsday Fragment within the Shudu Prison area.
"Manjushage," also known as the flower of death, was a special fragment that could forcibly create a temporary "trait" on the enemy or oneself.
If used on someone more evil than good, it would produce a random "positive trait." Conversely, if used on someone more good than evil, it would create a random negative trait.
However, this rule could be reversed. If the fragment holder was more good than evil, then the rule would reverse itself.
The Warden being able to become the master of the prison was naturally a cruel and vicious character.
With "Manjushage," the Warden gained a powerful trait— "Life Drain."
The damage caused to the enemy would partially convert to its own vitality and increase its maximum vitality.
On Lin Rui, however, another negative trait appeared— weakening.
His combat strength would not decrease, but any movement would cause a significant loss of physical strength.
Lin Rui had yet to realize that his body had been given a weakness by Manjushage.
The Warden was fast and didn’t give Lin Rui much time to catch his breath; that punch just now was merely a greeting from the strongest person in the prison.
The real battle had just begun.
Hundreds of afterimages of punches came at Lin Rui in an instant; all he could see was the dense and massive qi of the punches, as if the entire space was suddenly filled with hundreds of giant fists!
Any random punch could gravely injure him, and naturally, getting hit by these punches meant there was no chance of survival!
But the Warden was fast; Lin Rui was faster!
It was like hundreds of shells bombarding a region nonstop, terrifying gusts of wind erupting one wave after another at Lin Rui’s original location.
Yet none of these terrifying fists managed to hit Lin Rui, as golden light kept flickering in the spacious outer courtyard area.
But Lin Rui no longer felt as in control as he had at the start.
The power of Time-Space gave him a "speed" that transcended the concept of "speed"; conventional definitions of fast couldn’t capture him.
But strangely, no matter how Lin Rui tried to avoid the Warden, the Warden persisted like a haunting ghost, that sense of oppression biting tightly at him.
It was as if he could run into the other with just a turn of his head!
Continuously dodging and shifting away from the punches, Lin Rui didn’t rest for a moment! He easily avoided the numerous attacks of the Warden, or used Temporal Power to instantly move far away.
But no matter how he changed the measure of his temporal and spatial transpositions, he couldn’t shake off that feeling of the Warden sticking to him like a shadow!
"Wait wait..."
"Have I been fooled?"
"Big guy, your ability isn’t just for show, right? Are you cheating? How can you keep up with my speed?"
"It’s not scientific, not scientific at all!"
Every time he looked back, he could always see the Warden; several times, he narrowly avoided being hit by the Warden’s fists.
Lin Rui muttered incessantly, constantly pondering all sorts of possibilities in his mind.
"Why can’t I shake him off... And every time it feels as if he’s just by my ear... My speed keeps changing, do you change as well?"
"Turn around and there he is?"
"Is this a keyword? Some kind of tailgating keyword? It’s too annoying, are you going to chase me to the ends of the earth? But I don’t like muscle men!"
Lin Rui had a lot of confidence in his speed, so he vaguely guessed that the Warden’s terrifying tracking ability might not stem from the Warden’s own speed.
Because in seven hundred years, not a single Evil Fallen could keep up with him.
It’s just that Lin Rui realized the truth a bit too late...
Dodging punches continuously and trying to shake off the Warden caused his stamina to drain rapidly.
After an initial burst of energy came a decline, and Lin Rui’s heavy breathing made him feel something was wrong; he shouldn’t be this exhausted.
He felt the Warden closing in again from behind, wanting to initiate another blink, but he found that his speed had decreased significantly.
Although the Doctor couldn’t escape, being confined by twelve golden powers of Time-Space, it could sense the changes in the battlefield.
Feeling Lin Rui’s increasingly weaker presence, the Doctor laughed uncontrollably:
"Do you think it’s still seven hundred years ago? Do you think we can still only hide from you? The power inside me, you should know where it comes from, it’s the power that allowed me to create the greatest masterpiece over seven hundred years!"
"The Warden is a monster you can’t defeat! Every keyword on it has undergone my Mutation Transformation!"
"No matter how mighty your physique! If hit by it, you also can’t withstand that powerful destructive force!"
Lin Rui was only hit once by the Warden, he didn’t want to endure that terrifying destructive force a second time, but the current situation was his remaining strength was nearly depleted.
Taking things lightly wasn’t Lin Rui’s style; although he kept muttering, he didn’t underestimate his opponent. The reason he was caught was because of an omission of "information".
The Warden was mighty; if stamina depletion was normal, Lin Rui could engage and tangle with the Warden for days and nights, and he even possessed the means to easily defeat his opponent. But his stamina was draining too fast now.
"This is bad... I’ve really messed this up..."
The Warden finally stopped using feints and began to attack Lin Rui head-on, because Lin Rui’s speed... had slowed.
The judge’s horizontal flute was at his lips:
"It’s time to end this, it seems that after seven hundred years, you haven’t become stronger. Warden, his soul is mighty, surpassing the sacrifices of countless people, so kill him!"
The terrible roar made Lin Rui’s ears hurt.
"Ah, with this punch coming down, I’m definitely going to die!" Lin Rui yelled in panic.
The Warden’s punch, full of destructive force and accompanied by another perfect keyword after Mutation Fusion—Absolute Destruction, as well as the power of the Doomsday Fragment "Manjushage", formed an attack that absolutely couldn’t be faced head-on!
Unlike all the attacks Lin Rui had faced before, it wasn’t a barrage of numerous punches but a massive one that could destroy everything!
"No problem, I can dodge it!"
No matter how terrifying the force, he could dodge it in an instant or shift away, even if his speed slowed down, Lin Rui had that confidence.
But as he tried to do so, Lin Rui saw many "Wandering Spirits"
In the summer of seven hundred years ago, on the streets of Food City, those once lively faces, all with a hint of decay, appeared before Lin Rui.
In the eerie sound of the flute, they beckoned Lin Rui towards them.
Friends from the past, his first love, all eagerly expected him to join them.
And at that moment, Lin Rui covered his ears, and the visions in his eyes instantly blurred.
His powerful will allowed him to instantly realize that the flute sound was causing an illusion. But the judge never believed that the flute sound alone could trap Lin Rui.
What he needed to do was distract the Masked Strange Person for a moment.
And a moment... was enough to be lethal!
The terrifying punch was already nearing, and Lin Rui suddenly found himself with no escape.
His habit of muttering to himself truly hadn’t changed, even in the most dangerous moment:
"Ah... is this the start of the next journey?"
An annihilating force instantly spread from Lin Rui’s position, blooming outward like a flower.
The flute sound formed a barrier around the judge, while the Warden stood in front of the doctor.
The aftermath of the explosive destructive force howled through the prison area like a storm. The collapsed high wall debris was scattered everywhere by the terrifying power.
Amid flying sand and rolling stones, the Warden snorted coldly, and the doctor revealed a smile, seemingly as if their greatest enemy of seven hundred years had finally died!
Only the judge hadn’t summoned a powerful soul through the flute sound. He frowned slightly.
As the residual force of the punch gradually dissipated, the entire prison’s outer courtyard was in ruins. The Warden originally thought the battle was over and was about to remove the twelve spears imprisoning the doctor.
But when they touched the spears, both the Warden and the doctor realized a problem...
If the owner of the golden Temporal Power was already dead, why would this Temporal Power still maintain the shape of spears?
An uneasy premonition blossomed in the doctor’s heart as swiftly as Manjushage flowers.
As if to confirm this premonition, a familiar laugh from the Masked Man soon spread through the heavens and the earth.
"Hahahahaha... I almost died! Ai hei, but I didn’t!"
Grinding his teeth, the doctor had never found this laughter so detestable. Amid the swirling dust, both the judge and the Warden were puzzled about how Lin Rui had dodged the previous blow.
As another voice sounded, they suddenly knew the truth.
"It’s a bad habit to be reckless with full health and wander carelessly with low health. I should have warned you, right? Never underestimate your opponent, especially beware of the flute sound."
"Hahaha... sorry, sorry!"
"Forget it, even if I didn’t save you, you wouldn’t die."
Amidst the endless whirl of dust, the silhouettes of two masked figures gradually became visible. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
The judge’s pupils constricted slightly, as he saw a soul appear in his vision.
Of course, this soul wasn’t the Masked Strange Person... it was the Priest.
The horrific punch hadn’t hit the Masked Strange Person, but it had hit the Priest. It was clear to the judge, the Warden, and the doctor that the position of the Priest had been instantaneously swapped!
The only one capable of doing this was naturally the "patient" - Yan Zizai.
The ones who had saved Lin Rui were none other than the escapees who had rushed over from the cells area, Bai Wu and Yan Zizai.
Although everything was as Bai Wu said, Lin Rui, who had been mouthing off about how terrifying it was, that he was going to die, and starting the next part of his journey, actually did have the means to break free.
However, Yan Zizai didn’t think too much about it due to the urgency of the situation and had performed Bipolar Transposition twice at lightning speed before the powerful punch could sweep over Lin Rui.
The one who bore the terrifying punch... was none other than the fourth leader of the prison, the Priest.
This individual, who lived off the nightmares of others and drained their humanity, was killed by the least humane Guardian of the prison with a single punch.
The Warden, who had been silent from the beginning, snorted coldly, a predatory growl mixing in his throat:
"Two more people have escaped, not bad. Put on the handcuffs. I can’t kill you if you’re bound, but since you’ve broken free, go ahead and die!"
The battle seemed to have just begun, but Bai Wu had already foreseen its end.
"It’s very powerful, as the master of the prison, it has many keywords. Over the seven hundred years, under the unethical doctor’s modifications, all these keywords gained expansion capabilities they didn’t originally have. If you were to fight it alone, you truly wouldn’t be its match. Even with your second-generation masked companion, defeating it would take some effort.
Especially since there’s a black-robed judge blowing the flute behind it. Three against three, it won’t be easy for you to win. Are you prepared to bleed? This is bound to be a fierce battle—yeah right! Haha, everything I just said is nonsense.
I’ve figured it out! You, who lack martial morality and are the Evil Fallen, love to shake things up the most! When you can’t beat someone, you call a bunch of others to fight! Funny, I do, too!" freewebnøvel.coɱ
The eyes didn’t even bother to enumerate the keywords and mutations because the battle had already come to an end.
As the dust settled and the aftermath of the terrifying punch finally subsided completely, Bai Wu, wearing a mask, said with a sneer:
"Two more people escaped? Your eyesight isn’t so good."
As Bai Wu’s words fell, the sound of a Gatling gun roared through the air!
The Warden was shocked, quickly shielding his head with both hands, as countless fearsome bullets with tremendous penetrating power came at him!
Then came deafening roars and cursing noises that fueled his anger, along with—the angry shouts of countless prisoners!
Yuan Ye, Colt, and Lu Yan, leading a vast wave of inmates, burst out from the cells, and the outer courtyard was instantly dominated by the aura of various powerful Evil Fallen!
These inmates, who had just had their shackles removed, were coincidentally eager for a battle that would end with tearing and destruction!
Bald-headed Qian Yixin looked up at the sun piercing the sky and pulled out a pair of sunglasses, an item from before his incarceration.
He put on the sunglasses again, like a suited and booted Assassin, breathing in the air of freedom, listening to the venting roars of all the prisoners—
Qian Yixin looked relaxed as he lit a cigarette, saying with satisfaction:
"This gig ain’t bad. I’d do it for free!"
