Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 131 Unselectable, Passes Through Walls!

The wind in the wilderness carried a dry, dusty scent.

Lin Ye's figure sped through the undulating hills, leaving a straight trail of dust in his wake.

Once outside the ruins of Linchuan, the concentration of source crystal radiation dropped sharply, and the air became much fresher.

But the danger has not diminished as a result.

In this vast occupied area, every inch of land could harbor deadly dangers.

Lin Ye was heading towards the Northern Great Rift Valley marked on the map.

Just as his figure swept past a low bush about waist-high.

Whoosh!
A sharp, piercing sound came from the right, as swift as lightning!
Lin Ye's steps did not stop at all, but his body shifted half a meter to the left at an incredible angle.

Almost at the same instant, a long, scarlet tongue covered in thick, milky-white mucus flashed past him from where he had been standing.

The tongue was covered with barbs that made your scalp crawl, and it carried a strong fishy smell into the air.

If the attack misses, the giant tongue will retract.

A cold glint flashed in Lin Ye's eyes.

His forward momentum did not diminish, and the Piercing Star Spear in his right hand seemed to have a life of its own as it twitched backward.

The spear tip transformed into a streak of black light, piercing the giant tongue that was retracting with unparalleled precision.

puff!

The sharp blade was not hindered in any way.

The entire giant tongue was instantly severed!
A short, painful, gurgling cry came from deep within the bushes.

The severed tongue fell to the ground, still twitching and writhing wildly. The white sap on its surface, upon contact with the withered yellow weeds, immediately corroded them, releasing bursts of pungent blue smoke.

poisonous!

Lin Ye made a judgment immediately.

He turned and swept his spear horizontally.

The violent gust of wind instantly tore the large patch of bushes apart, uprooting them completely!
A huge toad, about half a meter tall and entirely rock-gray in color, was exposed.

Its bulging eyes were filled with terror, and dark green blood was still flowing from the broken end of its tongue.

Upon seeing Lin Ye, it showed no intention of fighting again. With a powerful push of its hind legs, it leaped and fled into the distance like a cannonball.

[Mutant Stone Toad LV.22]

However, before Lin Ye could give chase...

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Several more whooshing sounds rang out simultaneously from all directions, from the grass and rock crevices!

These mutated stone toads have incredibly insidious attack methods, yet they all seem to follow the same pattern.

They lurk in the shadows, using camouflage to blend into their environment.

Once the prey enters its attack range, it will simultaneously extend its sharp and venomous tongue.

As long as a tiny wound is left on the prey, the toxin will take effect quickly, completing the hunt.

This is a highly efficient coordinated ambush.

Lin Ye's eyes turned cold.

Just right.

He used these things to test the new mechanism he had just acquired.

The moment the thought arose, Lin Ye did not hesitate for a moment.

Phase transition!

Just as he switched phases, three crimson giant tongues from different directions blocked all his evasive routes and attacked his head, heart and lower back simultaneously!

However, a strange scene happened.

The three enormous tongues, powerful enough to burrow into hard rock, seemed to pass through a phantom the moment they touched Lin Ye's body!
They passed right through Lin Ye's body, completely missing their target!
Lin Ye could even feel the fishy, ​​cool sensation on his tongue passing through his "body".

He saw his reflection in a murky puddle nearby.

His figure was still clearly defined, but the edges were blurred and indistinct, as if there was a poor signal.

This is... an unselectable state!
Lin Ye understood.

He didn't stay in place; in a flash, he moved several meters to the side.

The next moment, the brief 1-second ethereal state disappeared, and the body became solid again.

He dared not gamble. If he stood still, what effect would those tongues that had not yet completely detached have on him after the blurring ended?

If it gets stuck inside the body, it's no different from suicide.

This kind of silly test is unnecessary.

There are more robust methods for verification.

Mental power, like an invisible radar, instantly scanned the surroundings.

He precisely located four mutated stone toads hiding in the grass.

The closest one was no more than three meters away from him.

Lin Ye's gaze locked onto that patch of grass.

He didn't move.

On the surface of the Piercing Star Spear in his hand, a layer of light purple crystals quietly appeared, instantly completing the crystallization of the weapon.

At the same time, Lin Ye poured the viscous, molten new blood and energy in his body into his right arm!

Using the crystallized Piercing Star Spear as a medium, Lin Ye clearly felt that his blood and qi seemed to be extended, spreading all the way to the tip of the spear!

The strange feeling of this weapon becoming part of his own body gave him a powerful sense of confidence that he could control everything!

The next moment, Lin Ye flicked his wrist, and the spear thrust out from a distance!

laugh!
A crimson spear light, almost tangible, detached from the spear tip and flashed past!

The spear's edge left a faint burn mark in the air, silently striking the patch of grass three meters away.

After a slight sound.

The mutated stone toad hiding in the grass didn't even have time to let out a scream before its entire body exploded, turning into bits of flesh everywhere!
Seeing this scene, Lin Ye confirmed his guess.

Although his current qi and blood have not yet transformed into the qi of the Condensed Qi Realm, their quality and degree of refinement have far exceeded the scope of "qi".

It has indeed become capable of detaching from the physical body and injuring enemies from a distance!

Furthermore, due to the special structure of the star-piercing beam and the amplification of crystallization, the destructive power of this force was amplified to an extremely terrifying level!

Lin Ye did not pause; the gun flashed like a ghost.

With each flash, a crimson spear beam pierced the air.

puff!puff!puff!
Several other mutated stone toads hidden in the shadows were killed one after another by him from a distance, and without exception, they all exploded and died.

This mutated toad can survive on land without water.

Over a long period of evolution, their bodies have developed an incredibly hard keratinous shell, providing them with astonishing defensive capabilities.

Ordinary martial artists, even those in the mid-stage of the Meridian Opening realm, would find it quite difficult to break through their defenses.

But at this moment, their defenses were as fragile as paper in the face of Lin Ye's unconventional approach of attacking from afar.

After killing all the attackers around him, Lin Ye put away his spear.

He thought for a moment.

These mutated stone toads are not good targets for leveling up.

The main problem is that these mutated beasts are too cowardly and usually only attack by surprise.

They also believe in the survival principle of fleeing far away if their attack fails. Even without the pressure of the "crushing" mechanism, they will run away immediately after a failed sneak attack, burrowing underground, making them extremely difficult to kill.

Lin Ye prefers monsters with a strong fighting spirit, who are fearless and will fight him to the death.

That way, he wouldn't have to waste time searching for and hunting down the killer.

Turn around and continue heading north.

But on the road, a question about the phase transition mechanism always lingered in his mind.

What exactly is the form of that one-second unselectable state?
What happens if you don't move after the unselectable state ends?
Driven by his thirst for knowledge and his desire to control his own abilities, Lin Ye was compelled to find the answer.

Once out of combat, he can freely switch between Phase 1 and Phase 2.

Lin Ye stopped behind a sheltered rock and switched back to P1 from the P2 phase he had used during the battle with the mutated stone toad.

He looked around and, after confirming that there were no spying or attackers, he...

He picked up a withered branch, about the thickness of an arm, from the ground and sharpened it with the blade of his Piercing Star Spear.

Then, he did something that seemed incomprehensible to outsiders.

Lin Ye held the sharp branch in his left hand and aimed it at the tip of his right index finger.

Take a deep breath.

He stabbed down fiercely!

At the same time, thoughts raced, switching phases!

The sharp branch pierced his fingers without any resistance!
Lin Ye's figure once again entered that brief, blurred state.

He could clearly feel a cold, foreign object resting inside his ethereal finger.

No pain.

There is no tactile sensation.

It was as if the branch didn't exist at all, or as if the finger didn't belong to me.

He resisted the urge to move his fingers away and remained still.

A second passes in the blink of an eye.

The moment the ethereal state dissipates and the body returns to solidity.

Click!

There was a crisp sound.

That sturdy tree branch was actually snapped in two by his restored physical body!
A sharp pain shot through my fingertips!
Lin Ye looked down.

My index finger is completely unharmed.

However, a broken branch remained strangely and perfectly in his fingers.

The branches pierced through flesh and bone as if they had grown from there.

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Lin Ye's forehead.

The pain was secondary; what truly unsettled him was the eerie feeling of a foreign object invading his body.

He tried to use his qi and blood to squeeze the branch, but found that it was so tightly bound to his flesh and blood that it was completely integrated with him and could not be expelled at all.

Lin Ye's eyes hardened.

Without hesitation, he raised the Piercing Star Spear, intending to cut off the finger.

After all, with the [out-of-combat health regeneration] mechanism, he could regenerate a severed finger in the blink of an eye.

But the next moment, Lin Ye suddenly realized that he was now out of combat and could switch phases an unlimited number of times!

When the phase switched again, Lin Ye saw that the branch fell out of his fingers.

Things that don't belong to his body will automatically detach themselves.

Lin Ye moved his fingers, and they moved flexibly and freely, just as before.

He was completely relieved.

Although the process was somewhat painful, this test was absolutely significant.

He completely understood the correct usage of "phase transition".

That one-second blurring effect is somewhat like the "roll" in most games.

It is a "fault-tolerant frame" used to create opportunities for oneself.

It allows it to ignore attacks, but only if it can get its body out of the attack's detection range within that one second.

Otherwise, once the ethereal transformation ends, the enemy's weapons and attacks will truly remain inside the body.

Lin Ye didn't dare to think about the consequences.

Lin Ye stood up, looked at a rock beside him, and was once again filled with curiosity about testing the mechanism.

Since the branch can pass directly through one's fingers.

Think about it from the other side, at the moment of transition when you begin the process.

Is it also possible to pass through other entities?
Lin Ye arrived at the rock and visually estimated its thickness.

It's about a meter or so.

Then Lin Ye channeled his qi and blood into his right hand, and thrust the Piercing Star Spear into the edge of the rock!
puff!
The spear tip pierced through, but the Piercing Star Spear remained undamaged, while countless cracks appeared on the rock.

After confirming that even if he messed up and got stuck in the rocks, he could still break through the entire rock and escape by using the Piercing Star Shot.

Lin Ye started the test again.

He switched his phase back from P1 to P2.

In the instant his figure blurred, Lin Ye dodged and plunged his left hand into the rock.

Lin Ye did not feel any obstruction or pressure.

At the same time, the left hand did not realize that it was being filled with any substance.

Lin Ye's eyes lit up; there was hope!
Then Lin Ye entered the rock completely.

It clips through the characters like some trashy games!
Lin Ye saw that the rock was still a solid object, but he was stuck in the rock, becoming one with it, yet he felt no discomfort.

A second passes very quickly.

Lin Ye dared not be careless. As time was about to run out, he unleashed his speed and burst out from the other side of the rock.

The unselectable mechanism has now ended.

Lin Ye returns to physical form.

Lin Ye silently summarized in his mind.

This mechanism allows you to dodge attacks at the last second during combat.

Yes, you can also use the body's etherealization mechanism to take a hit from the enemy.

Then, take advantage of the moment before your opponent can react to launch a counterattack.

The effects are absolutely extraordinary!

Besides combat, this mechanic can also be used for passing through walls and infiltration.

No matter what material the wall is made of, you can pass through it.

Lin Ye can enter and leave any prison or cell as if it were his own!

There are no inherently flawed mechanisms, only fools who don't know how to think or use them!
After testing the mechanism, Lin Ye did not linger in place and immediately set off towards the northern rift valley region.

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