harleyscars Chapter 967 - 839: Madness
Chapter 967 - 839: Madness
Uncertain of what he sensed, Kane, piloting the Shapeshifter, activated several nozzles on its chest, expelling blue flames that swiftly propelled the Shapeshifter backward.
Just as Kane dodged away, a dark green cloud exploded in the original spot.
As the Shapeshifter was retreating, it was suddenly struck by a tentacle on the left side, forcing the machine to fly right in response to the attack.
When did the tentacle appear?
Kane’s perception failed to detect the tentacle emerging from the left side, so he didn’t defend against it at all.
The mechanical armor hit by the tentacle instantly turned dark green, beginning to corrode and peel away.
Other rule energy began to penetrate through the impacted portion, infecting the interior.
A large section struck on the left side quickly dissipated and fell, only to instantly be reassembled and repaired.
The entire Shapeshifter seemed as though it hadn’t been hit at all.
Even at the colorful level, fighting this way still provides the benefit of being impervious to destruction.
Kane’s requirement for his machine’s defense power has always been not to be destroyed by a single strike.
Inside the Shapeshifter, Kane frowned.
Thinking about what just happened with the attack? Why wasn’t his perception able to sense it at all?
Could the distortion from that crooked monocular eye directly evade perception?
A mechanical orb resembling an eyeball appeared on the left side, then faded from sight, constantly monitoring that monster’s monocular eye and reporting every blink to Kane.
There was a blink.
Upon seeing the monocular eye blink, Kane piloted the Shapeshifter to soar into the sky.
Bam!
The back was hit by a tentacle again.
There was no perception, and he didn’t see how this tentacle appeared behind him.
Could the distortion make some tentacle attacks invisible and evade perception?
With the previous experience, Kane immediately detached the entire impacted section and then re-condensed it.
However, this time, the strange infection rules proceeded even faster, directly affecting a larger area.
Inside the Shapeshifter, Kane immediately tilted his head to look at his right shoulder.
A pustule appeared there, with green liquid seeping into his body.
This rule can warp and infect machines, but it’s even more exaggerated in infecting flesh.
Just being swept by the wave generated by the rules results in noticeable changes.
There’s a specialized adaptation targeting the distortion of flesh.
Thinking of this, Kane immediately entered the state of Divine Power, his flesh transformed into a golden energy body.
A sizzling sound came from the shoulder, and a foul green mist wafted away.
The infected area instantly returned to its original state.
Infection has little specificity toward energy, let alone when Kane directly transforms into Punishing Holy Light energy.
Looking at the seemingly evil creature and rules, Punishing Holy Light is simply the natural nemesis.
Finally, he immediately exited the state of Divine Power.
Piloting the Shapeshifter, he flew downwards, and several large propulsion nozzles reappeared on the back to accelerate to maximum speed.
He must engage in close combat with this monster.
Once out of close combat, this monster can always enter distortion with the blink of its monocular eye, causing the attacking tentacles to completely evade perception.
It’s defenseless and will only lead to continuous passive beatings without any effectiveness.
Knocked a few times, Kane for the first time understood the tentacle attack characteristics.
During distortion, attacks are ineffective and must exit distortion at the time of impact.
That’s why Kane felt the tentacles when hit.
Apart from the monster’s body, the tentacles also become completely invisible during distortion and remain undetected.
Only close combat can cause it harm when it exits distortion to attack.
Kane spread several monitoring devices in the surrounding area for reconnaissance.
The monocular eye blinked again.
But Kane, piloting the Shapeshifter, didn’t slow down, instead, he rushed downward even faster.
This time the right shoulder was hit, upon impact, Kane detached a large portion entirely.
Then he re-condensed it, and inside, he instantly entered Punishing Holy Light energy form, then exited it.
Just narrowly avoiding the rules infection wave during the attack.
However, Kane became more vigilant at this moment.
The enemy’s attacks are too blatant, showing no intention to conceal their various rule properties.
Clearly, once these attacks become covert, a certain level of deceit could deal Kane a deadly strike.
But the enemy seemingly doesn’t intend to do this.
Is it deeper deceit hidden beneath, aiming to conceal the most deadly attack?
Or intentionally making him cautious and hesitant?
Kane couldn’t help but become more vigilant, his eyes completely covered by golden light.
Constant activation of Divine Gaze.
The Shapeshifter had reached the monster, the Crystal Long Spear thrust out again, extending forward a notch.
Taking advantage of the gap during enemy’s blinking to penetrate a certain body part, just as the sensation of entering flesh came, it felt like it pierced into air.
The eye blinked again.
This time, more golden energy surged through the liquid in the spear, then Kane quickly withdrew the Crystal Long Spear.
Without waiting for the enemy to strike, he immediately assumed a defensive posture.
The monster was also straightforward, countless tentacles directly hit the Shapeshifter.
The Shield and the impacted parts were immediately dispersed by Kane, in an instant, several large gaps appeared on the Shapeshifter’s body.
Inside, Kane directly entered energy state, then exited the gaps on the Shapeshifter’s body, again restored.
Everything completed in the blink of an eye.
The severely damaged Shapeshifter once again completely rejuvenated.
Bang! Bang!
As the sound of explosions echoed, streams of golden light burst from the enemy’s body.
This time, Kane had left two condensed energies inside the enemy, and the amount of energy condensed was even greater than before.
This made the attack slightly more obvious than the last time.
However, he still retreated from his virtual form, gathering the energy left by Kane’s attack within the enemy’s body into his own.
This explosion directly blew two large holes into the body formed by the entwined tentacles.
This caused the skewed singular eye to be hit by the explosion before it had time to move.
A defect appeared at the corner of the eye, and thick, ink-like liquid flowed out.
Even the pair of tender white legs below showed a rupture, and what flowed out was bright red blood.
The blood even carried a hint of tempting fragrance.
Kane believed that his actions this time, though stealthy during the attack and energy infusion, should have been extremely obvious once the energy was infused.
With the enemy’s tri-colored level strength, it was impossible not to notice.
Yet he still manifested into a solid form, firmly accepting the attack.
Kane furrowed his brow, what kind of hidden attack was luring him?
He could no longer sit idly by.
Thinking constantly about the enemy’s intentions, while useful, the enemy’s actions were too bizarre, and this only hindered him; a decision must be made.
A blue energy film appeared over his eyes and then adhered to the pupils, transforming into lenses.
The golden light in Kane’s eyes shone brightly, with tears of blood flowing from the corners.
A technique that had previously been used forcibly was employed again, and this would leave his eyes with lasting damage.
He had to use Meizike’s special healing potion.
This would make his current battle somewhat visually blurry.
But it was a necessary sacrifice.
His eyes glimmered with golden light, and he used unique skill rules to analyze the state of the enemy before him.
As the target’s current state entered Kane’s mind, he became increasingly understanding of the enemy before him, even comprehending the specific rules used.
This included the enemy’s mental state and physical condition.
But after all, this observation came at a price, so once Kane gathered the information he wanted, he promptly exited from Divine Gaze.
Kane’s face revealed a strange smile.
As if mocking, but not the enemy—he was mocking himself.
Fuck! This monster is actually a fool.
For some unknown reason, although the monster possessed tri-colored Ascender strength, it had long gone mad.
The body was operated by instinct, mixed with chaotic thoughts.
The attack on Kane was simply because Kane was the only normal, uninfected being in this world fragment.
Kane had never thought in this direction before; he never imagined that the first enemy he encountered of the same level was already completely insane and devoid of wisdom.
He had been fighting wits with a fool all this time.
He was almost amused by his own actions.
But then he thought, why did this Ascender go mad?
Now wasn’t the time to ponder this; knowing the enemy relied on the body’s instinct and chaotic thoughts to fight,
he no longer needed to be so cautious and restrained.
The thrusters on Shape-Changer’s back once again emitted powerful activity.
The powerful propulsion allowed Shape-Changer to charge forward at high speed, with the crystal long spear in hand fully transforming into a golden form.
And the size extended to the maximum, taller than Shape-Changer by a significant margin, following the grip of both hands, it pierced directly into the enemy’s body.
But this time, it still felt as if attacking air.
As the enemy’s singular eye blinked, it entered into an instinctual virtual form.
But this time, Shape-Changer held onto the crystal long spear, charging ahead without any intention of withdrawing the spear.
The entire body was close to completely adhering to Shape-Changer, resulting in a dense array of tentacles preparing for an attack.
In this situation, the enemy also directly exited from the virtual form, allowing the golden long spear to strike its body fully.
Consequently, the multitude of tentacles pierced through Shape-Changer entirely.
At that moment, two massive beams of light shot forth.
The two massive cannon barrels that had been condensed by Kane remained on either side, never dissipated.
At this moment, they unleashed a deadly attack.
Meanwhile, Kane’s true form had already exited Shape-Changer’s body.
Now adopting a pose like the scales, he gently tilted at the side of the cannon.
This heightened the cannon’s attack power, combined with the crystal long spear piercing into the enemy’s body.
Various powerful assaults shattered the enemy instantaneously.
Tentacles and the stinking flesh body burst into fragments scattered all around.
"Attempting to resurrect!"
Kane sensed the fragments were using some strange rule, along with the ambient magic power, to condense and aggregate.
He immediately appeared around, transforming his body from golden energy into machinery.
He entered into the divine power state of the God of All Machines.
His hands opened wide, raising upwards.
Four enormous mechanical towers emerged, with rough and exuberant mechanical structures.
The four mechanical towers interconnected completely encasing the surroundings, then a sphere appeared high above, wildly absorbing the magic power within.
In an instant, the fragments attempting to aggregate found themselves in a magic-deprived space.
The speed of these fragments immediately slowed down, yet still tried to forcefully aggregate relying on rules.
The magic extracted from this space gathered into the energy sphere above.
As the magic in the space vanished, this massive energy ball dropped down.
The glaring light completely dispersed the dusky clouds in the sky.
A giant semicircular light sphere enveloped the vicinity.