nucmednet Chapter 245 Overt Scheme and Crushing Strike 2
Chapter 245 Overt Scheme and Crushing Strike 2
With a light tap of his right index finger, Arcane Missiles, enhanced by the Ring of Annihilation, were launched precisely at the larger, stronger elite units in the monster horde, often killing them instantly.
He wandered through the waves of monsters, and wherever he went, flames and arcane magic intertwined to create a picture of destruction, with the roars and explosions of the monsters becoming the only accompaniment.
Experience points, upgrade points, and Dominance Power grow steadily and continuously, like streams flowing into the sea.
Celia followed behind, occasionally taking down one or two fish that managed to slip through the net of fire.
Her gaze grew increasingly serious.
"Brother Tian, something's wrong." Celia finally couldn't help but speak, her voice reaching Lin Tian's ears through the monster's roar.
"The energy released when these monsters died... was too pure. Far exceeding the energy level they should possess. Moreover, they seemed... to be actively 'sacrificed' by some kind of force."
Lin Tian paused slightly, then casually unleashed a [Shinra Tensei], blasting dozens of demonic creatures surging towards him, along with a giant rock, into dust.
He looked at the ever-growing power of the ruler, a knowing glint in his eyes.
"I understand." Lin Tian's tone was calm, tinged with a knowing sarcasm. "Kael'thas cannot leave the core of Dark Eclipse City, nor can he perfectly absorb the energy fed back from the Abyss. He cultivated these monsters not only to serve as cannon fodder and bait..."
He paused, looking towards the seemingly endless waves of monsters deep within the canyon.
"...He is even using these monsters to 'feed' me."
Celia's golden eyes narrowed sharply: "Feeding?"
"That's right," Lin Tian said with a cold laugh.
"The excess energy that he could not absorb was forcibly injected into these low-level demonic objects."
By letting me kill them, I'm essentially 'purifying' and 'refining' this energy for him, and then, through some method I don't yet fully understand...
Perhaps it was the energy fluctuations generated when I killed them, or perhaps it was the pre-set runes within these monsters...
"Redirect this pure energy to where he is, or at least to a place where he can absorb it more easily."
"He's using you to handle his 'garbage' that he can't digest, and profiting from it!" Celia instantly grasped the key point, her face showing anger and disdain. "How... cunning!"
"At the same time, he was also testing the limits of my strength, using these endless monsters to deplete my mana and energy."
Lin Tian added, but his tone revealed no anger at being outmaneuvered; instead, it carried a condescending scrutiny: "A very clever scheme. Killing two birds with one stone."
"Then we..." Celia hesitated.
Knowing it's a trap, knowing you're being used, should you still go deeper?
Lin Tian's lips curled into a cold smile again. He glanced at the endless stream of demonic creatures surging forward, his eyes showing no impatience, only indifference.
"Since he wants to feed me, then I'll eat to show him," Lin Tian said calmly, as if stating a perfectly simple fact.
"Let's see if he has more 'food' prepared, or if my 'appetite' is bigger."
When he discovers that the sacrifice he poured all his resources into nurturing not only failed to weaken me, but actually made me stronger... I wonder if he'll regret his decision today.
Before he finished speaking, Lin Tian took a step forward for the first time.
【Starstorm】!
He held back and directly used his amazing clearing technique.
Above the canyon, the void was violently torn apart, and three enormous astral rifts suddenly opened, unleashing destructive stellar energy like a celestial river pouring down, instantly covering an area of several hundred meters in front!
The dazzling starlight contrasted sharply with the agonizing screams of the monsters. In the destructive storm, hundreds and thousands of monsters were instantly vaporized, leaving not even a trace.
A massive amount of experience and resources once again flooded into Lin Tian's body.
"Let's go." Lin Tian took the lead and stepped into the scorched earth that had been cleansed by the star storm and was temporarily empty. "Let's go to his lair and ask him in person whether the taste of this 'food' suits his taste."
As Celia looked at Lin Tian's back, which seemed to hold the entire starry sky, her last trace of doubt vanished.
She took a deep breath of the destructive air, her eyes regaining their firmness and sharpness, and quickly followed after him.
The carnage in the Withered Canyon has only just begun.
The roles of hunter and prey were already determined from the moment Lin Tian stepped into the canyon.
Kael'thas thought he was a hunter playing a game of chess, but little did he know that he had provoked a master who could overturn the entire chessboard...
......
Stepping over the scorched earth plowed by the [Starry Sky Storm], the energy particles in the air still stirred restlessly, emitting subtle crackling sounds.
The canyon widens here, but the scenery becomes increasingly eerie.
The rock walls on both sides were no longer hard stone, but had turned into dark red, fleshy membranes that seemed to still be pulsating slightly.
It was covered with thick, vein-like structures, and in some places it secreted a viscous, corrosive black liquid.
The ground became soft and elastic, and stepping on it felt like stepping on the entrails of some giant creature. The stench of fishiness mixed with decay in the air was so strong that it almost materialized.
This place is no longer just a canyon; it's more like the internal cavity of a living, enormous organism—the true entrance to Kael'thas's "Flesh Furnace."
"A disgusting place." Celia frowned. As a succubus, she was also uncomfortable with this kind of pure flesh and filthy abyss scene, which was more in line with the aesthetics of some chaotic demons or flesh monsters.
Lin Tian remained expressionless; his divine sense had already penetrated the layer of flesh and blood disguise, revealing a deeper structure.
The ground and walls here are not just writhing; they are more like a giant energy conversion and transmission system.
Countless tiny energy streams are converging from all directions along those "blood vessels" into the depths of the furnace.
"roar--!!!"
A deep roar, mixed with countless demonic features, came from the depths of the furnace.
The next moment, monsters several times more numerous than those in the canyon passage poured out from the various fleshy passages like a floodgate being opened!
These monsters are still mostly low to mid-level, but their condition is noticeably different.
His eyes were no longer simply wild, but held an almost sacrificial fervor.
Their bodies were covered with faint, dark red patterns similar to the surrounding flesh walls, and their aura was much stronger than that of other monsters of the same level outside, clearly due to the blessing of this "flesh furnace".