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

Chapter 129 Light-speed upgrade, like a war god!

Lin Ye focused his mind and looked inward.

The twelve primary meridians are like twelve broad rivers flowing through the entire body, where qi and blood circulate freely and unimpeded.

But at this moment, the waters of these rushing rivers seem to be overflowing.

There is also a large amount of unusable Qi and blood stored in his spleen and Dantian.

The blood and qi refined by the source crystal are pure and viscous, full of explosive power, and the twelve meridians can no longer be fully utilized.

They require wider waterways to support them.

Since that's the case, let's continue breaking through to new heights!

Lin Ye, like a king overlooking his territory, locked onto eight more mysterious meridians hidden deep within.

In the martial arts theory of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Eight Extraordinary Meridians refer to the Ren, Du, Chong, Dai, Yin Qiao, Yang Qiao, Yin Wei, and Yang Wei meridians.

Their paths are completely different from the cyclical nature of the twelve primary meridians. They sometimes intersect and sometimes stand alone, which is strange and peculiar, hence the name "extraordinary meridians".

The opening of each extraordinary meridian means that the martial artist has more refined qi and blood to utilize, and at the same time, the ability to unleash qi and blood will also be enhanced.

However, the difficulty of impacting the eight extraordinary meridians is far greater than that of the twelve regular meridians.

Breaking through the barriers of the twelve meridians is like breaching isolated mountain gates; once the gates are opened, the entire meridian becomes unobstructed.

The attack on the eight extraordinary meridians is actually an assault on heavily guarded and formidable passes!
Each of the extraordinary meridians is covered with acupoints and checkpoints of all sizes.

Once you open one acupoint, countless others await you.

To fully master a special meridian requires painstaking effort, a gradual process of refinement and tempering over time, until success is achieved naturally.

This is also the root cause of why countless martial artists encounter bottlenecks in the mid-stage of meridian opening, and their cultivation progress becomes extremely slow.

Lin Ye focused his mind on his sea of ​​consciousness and once again activated the visualization method of the "Five Qi Guiding Technique".

This time, he mobilized the viscous, magma-like, and powerful blood and qi within his body, gathering it into an incomparably elite army, its spearhead aimed directly at the first barrier of the Ren meridian!
In his visualization, the gateway to the Ren meridian was no longer an illusory mountain gate.

Instead, it was a heavy city gate, with towering walls and formidable defenses.

His vital energy is like that of the soldiers standing ready to attack the city gates.

Lin Ye unleashed all his spiritual power from within his sea of ​​consciousness, pushing the control over every wisp of blood and qi to its absolute limit with unprecedented focus.

Siege the city!

boom!
The siege hammer, formed from a torrent of blood and qi, slammed violently against the black city gate!
A muffled thud exploded in Lin Ye's mental world!

However, the city gate only trembled slightly and remained as sturdy as ever.

Instead, the violent rebound force surged back along with the torrent of qi and blood, violently impacting the inner walls of Lin Ye's meridians.

A metallic, sweet sensation, like blood and qi rebounding, shot straight to my throat.

This attack failed!

Lin Ye frowned, pondered for a moment, and then his brows relaxed.

He knew that it wasn't that he lacked ability, but rather that his methods were wrong.

That charge just now, though seemingly powerful, actually dispersed its force.

He is harming himself by using his own vital energy.

Lin Ye stopped trying to break through the barrier.

With a thought, he dispersed the gathered energy and blood.

Ten seconds later.

The "Disengage and Recover Health" mechanism is in effect.

A cool sensation flowed through his body, instantly repairing the meridians damaged by the backlash of qi and blood, and rapidly restoring his depleted mental energy and qi and blood.

If any martial artist fails to break through a barrier once, their meridians will be damaged, and they will need at least several days or even weeks of rest and recuperation before they can try again.

And he can try and fail indefinitely!
Lin Ye closed his eyes again.

This time, he did not rush to mobilize his qi and blood.

Instead, one should concentrate all mental energy on visualization.

In his inner world, Lin Ye began to visualize the details of the city gate.

Lin Ye recreated every structure and every key detail.

The body's vital energy was mobilized once again. This time, it was no longer a raging torrent, but was condensed into an indestructible siege spear!

All the power is concentrated on one point!
An unprecedentedly loud roar exploded in Lin Ye's mental sea!
The towering black city gate, pierced through by the spear of qi and blood, instantly developed spiderweb-like cracks at its center before shattering with a deafening roar!

The first barrier of the Ren meridian, broken!
Lin Ye felt a warm current surge into his lower abdomen, and a brand new meridian channel was forcibly opened up!

A large amount of refined and pure blood and qi surged in wildly, as if finding an outlet!
This is the first major acupoint on the Ren meridian, the Huiyin acupoint.

However, before he could fully appreciate it...

The next moment, another black city gate appeared, blocking the way.

That's the second major acupoint on the Ren meridian, the Qugu acupoint.

But now, with the experience of successfully breaking through the level for the first time, Lin Ye has mastered the most essential techniques.

In addition, the quality and quantity of his internal energy and blood far exceed those of martial artists of the same level.

The subsequent process was unstoppable!
The second city gate, located at the Qugu acupoint, shattered instantly!

The third city gate was the most dangerous point, and it was utterly devastating!
Guan Yuan!

Qi Hai (CV6)!

Shenque!

In just over twenty minutes, Lin Ye concentrated his mind and gathered his energy, aiming to break through with a single blow!
He successively opened up the first six major acupoints of the Ren meridian!
However, when he arrived at the last checkpoint of the Ren meridian—the Tanzhong acupoint.

He discovered that his army of vital energy had become sparse and could no longer be properly organized.

This gave him the most direct understanding of the terrifying reserves of the eight extraordinary meridians.

It took him almost all of his refined and pure Qi and blood to open up just 80% of the Ren meridian.

Lin Ye slowly opened his eyes.

It was now completely night.

There is no light source inside the underground station.

But the entire space was enveloped in the ethereal blue glow of the source crystal, creating a dreamlike atmosphere.

A surge of ruthlessness welled up in Lin Ye's heart.

He felt that if he didn't break through the entire Ren meridian in one go today, his thoughts wouldn't be able to flow smoothly.

If you don't have enough Qi and blood, make up for it with quality!

Anyway, he's surrounded by source crystals now, so the last thing he lacks is energy to temper his blood and qi!
Lin Ye picked pieces of source crystal from the wall and the ground as if harvesting fruit, and swallowed them without hesitation.

The enhancement effect of these source crystals on oneself is not as efficient as the first time one tempers one's blood and qi.

But even now, it can still purify and refine the existing Qi and blood in the body again and again!
Each source crystal that entered his stomach transformed into a torrent of the most violent and primal source energy, washing over his limbs and bones.

Lin Ye felt as if his body had turned into a super furnace operating at full power.

Every drop of blood and qi in the body becomes increasingly viscous under the repeated impact and compression of this energy, as if it is transforming into a higher density form.

Gradually, Lin Ye could feel that no matter how many source crystals he devoured, the quality of his blood and qi seemed to have reached a limit, and he could no longer improve it even a little bit.

He then stopped his devouring motion.

At this moment, the once dazzling blue light in this huge underground space has become dim and sparse, and he has consumed almost all of the source crystals!
Lin Ye looked down at his skin.

His body surface also began to emit a faint, ethereal blue glow.

He had no doubt that if he simply stood in a crowd, the high concentration of radiation emanating from his body would be enough to kill hundreds of ordinary people in a short time.

He's practically a walking, talking source of pollution.

Lin Ye's mind stirred.

He tried to channel the thick, molten new blood and energy within his body to his fingertips.

next moment……

laugh!
A semi-transparent crimson blade of light flew out of the body, leaving a faint trace in the air, and silently struck the wall several meters away.

The crimson blade of light, like a hot knife slicing through butter, silently pierced into the concrete pillar.

Lin Ye looked up.

A deep cut, half a foot deep, appeared on the wall!

Lin Ye's gaze froze instantly.

This is……

Is Qi and blood being released externally?

impossible!
He is currently only at the Opening Meridian Realm. Although he has broken through several levels, he is only at the middle stage.

Of the eight extraordinary meridians, only the Ren meridian is about to be fully connected.

This method of condensing qi and blood into qi and attacking enemies outside the physical body is the exclusive mark of a martial artist in the Qi Condensation Realm!

and many more……

A thought flashed through Lin Ye's mind.

The so-called Condensing Qi Realm, in essence, is simply refining and condensing the body's Qi and blood to the extreme, transforming it from "Qi" into "Qi," thereby gaining the ability to release it to injure enemies.
As for myself, I just used a massive amount of source crystals, disregarding the cost, to repeatedly temper my own blood and qi to the limit...

Isn't this a way to take a different approach and complete the most crucial step required for "condensing the Qi" ahead of schedule?

A crazy idea popped into his mind.

Could it be that he possessed strength approaching the Condensation Realm ahead of time, despite only being at the Opening Meridian Realm?

Lin Ye pondered for a moment, then dismissed the idea in his mind.

A true expert in the Condensing Qi Realm has completely transformed all the Qi and blood in their body into another, higher level of energy—Original Qi Fiend.

That is a transformation of the essence of energy.

What he has in his body right now is probably just qi and blood, but it is of ridiculously high quality, almost like a "pseudo-gangsha".

Perhaps, looking across the entire Great Xia Dynasty, or even the entire human world, you won't find another freak like him.

For a normal martial artist to break through to the Condensing Qi Realm, all twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians must be fully opened, and the total amount of Qi and blood and the cultivation level will naturally follow, thus completing the transformation.

Who else would use such an extravagant method to repeatedly refine the quality of their Qi and blood during the mid-stage of the Qi Refining Realm?
In any case, this is a huge surprise.

Lin Ye felt the surging, molten power within his body and let out a long breath.

He looked inward again and mobilized all the remaining qi and blood in his body once more.

Target point – Tanzhong acupoint!

This time.

The total amount was far less than before, but the crimson blood and qi, condensed to the extreme, still transformed into an invincible spear.

The final city gate opened with a bang!

Overwhelming and unstoppable!
The moment the Tanzhong acupoint is opened, the entire Ren meridian, from the perineum to the Tanzhong acupoint, is completely connected into a single line!
Lin Ye felt a strange chemical reaction taking place inside his body.

The newly opened Ren meridian, like the final piece of a puzzle, perfectly connects with the twelve regular meridians that were originally flowing independently.

An unprecedented sense of harmony, of endless vitality and self-consistency, arose spontaneously.

If the Qi and blood before were rivers, then now they are a vast water system connecting rivers and lakes!

His explosive power and lethality may not have undergone another qualitative change.

However, the interconnectedness of his meridians means that he will be able to mobilize his qi and blood more smoothly and freely during battle, and his recovery efficiency will be greatly improved.

simply put.

He lasted longer.

In just over two hours.

Lin Ye's cultivation level advanced rapidly from the early stage of the Meridian Opening Realm to the middle stage.

Most importantly, the qi and blood in his body have undergone a basic transformation.

Lin Ye estimated that even disregarding all the BOSS mechanics and skills, his true strength was enough to rival the peak of the Qi Opening Realm, and he could even contend with a martial artist at the half-step Qi Condensation Realm.

If you include those mechanics and skills...

Lin Ye himself couldn't say exactly how strong he was.

Is anyone there!?

“Is anyone there?!”

Just as Lin Ye was experiencing a new realm, a slightly anxious shout faintly came from the ground through a loudspeaker. Lin Ye's heart stirred.

He assumed it was some unfortunate martial artist in danger, calling for help.

In this lawless land, although people's hearts are unpredictable, we are still human beings after all.

If it's just a small favor, Lin Ye wouldn't mind lending a hand.

But as he listened intently, the next sentence coming from the loudspeaker made his eyes narrow.

"Level 2 Insect Swarm Alert! Everyone who hears this message, please evacuate immediately!!"

"To reiterate, a Level 2 insect swarm has been detected in the Linchuan North District. Everyone, please evacuate immediately towards the South District outpost!!"

Insect swarm?

Lin Ye instantly recalled what Zhang Fu had told him.

What needs them most are these swarming, all-consuming insects.

Once it reaches a certain scale, it will be a terrifying natural disaster!

Lin Ye felt a chill run down his spine. Although his strength had greatly improved, he did not want to act rashly and confront the natural disaster head-on.

He moved swiftly, soaring upwards along the passage he had come from.

However, just as he emerged from the subway station exit and before he could even regain his footing, several screams and exclamations rang out!

Lin Ye looked in the direction of the sound.

Not far away, on a modified armored vehicle, the young man who had been shouting through a megaphone earlier was now deathly pale.

His other companions were even more pale-faced, their bodies trembling like leaves.

Following their gaze, Lin Ye's expression also changed.

A kilometer away, a dense cloud of black beetles was sweeping in at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The insect swarm is here!

In just a few breaths, the swarm of insects had almost arrived, within a hundred meters.

Each beetle was as big as a pigeon, covered in a black carapace that shimmered with a metallic sheen. Its menacing mouthparts and barbed pincers gave it a creepy feel.

Buzzing--! ! !
The sounds of billions of insect wings vibrating at high speed converged to form a terrifying sonic wave that could disturb one's mind and send chills down one's spine!

"Flying... How can they fly so far! Aren't these iron-eating beetles only capable of short-distance flight?!"

"They're moving too fast! This insect swarm has mutated again!"

“Run! Run!!”

"It's too late...it's coming!!"

Amidst desperate screams, the black wave of death had already arrived!
In the blink of an eye, the hundreds of flying beetles at the forefront slammed into the armored vehicle like black cannonballs, making a terrifying clanging sound.

The first to be affected was the young man with the megaphone.

He only had time to let out a heart-wrenching scream before he was pounced on by seven or eight beetles and knocked to the ground. His combat uniform was torn apart like paper by the beetles' ferocious mouthparts!
Then came the flying blood and gore!
"Jiale!"

On the chariot, a female warrior let out a terrified scream, and the others were also terrified. Almost instinctively, they abandoned the chariot and scrambled to escape in the opposite direction.

Someone turned back as they fled, shouting the young man's name at the top of their lungs, but their steps did not falter for a moment.

In the face of death, the so-called camaraderie is fragile beyond repair.

However, just as the young man named Jiale was about to be completely overwhelmed by the swarm of insects...

A blurry black shadow, like a bolt of lightning shooting against the current, suddenly cut into the chaotic swarm of insects!

puff!puff!puff!
A few barely audible soft sounds.

The beetles that had pounced on Jiale suddenly stiffened, a bloody hole instantly appearing in their hard heads, before they slid off powerlessly.

The young man felt a tightness around his waist, and he was lifted off the ground by an irresistible force, freeing him from the swarm of insects.

Lin Ye carried him with one hand, his cold gaze sweeping over the few panicked martial artists who had already run more than ten meters away.

"If you want to live, come with me! Hide underground!"

The group turned around and saw Lin Ye rescue their companions from the swarm of insects as if he were a god descending to earth.

Although they didn't recognize this stranger who had suddenly appeared, driven by their survival instincts, they didn't hesitate at all and immediately turned around and ran towards Lin Ye.

Lin Ye said no more, and in a flash, he carried the wounded man in his arms and disappeared back into the dark subway station entrance.

The next moment, the others also scrambled in.

Just as the last person rushed into the passage, the overwhelming swarm of insects behind him descended completely!

The swarm of insects was like a black torrent, with endless iron-eating beetles rushing in from the subway station entrance and instantly filling the entire passageway!

For a moment, chaos erupted on the platform.

The female martial artist was so terrified by the sight that she turned pale and screamed incoherently, clutching her head.

The other male warriors, though their legs were weak and their faces were pale, were forced to remain calm by their will to survive. They wielded their weapons and hacked at the beetles charging at the front.

Lin Ye placed the wounded man in his arms on a relatively flat platform. With a flash of cold light from the Piercing Star Spear in his hand, all the other beetles covering him had their heads explode.

Kill with one blow!
After doing all this, Lin Ye flashed again and appeared next to an abandoned subway car not far away.

"Get out of my way!"

Lin Ye roared angrily.

Instantly, the people closest to the subway entrance all instinctively stepped aside to make way.

Lin Ye's eyes narrowed, and the boiling, molten blood and qi in his body surged wildly into his right leg!
He suddenly delivered a flying kick, slamming it hard into the end of the carriage!

boom--!
A deafening explosion rang out!

The entire steel carriage, weighing tens of tons, was kicked by Lin Ye and almost lifted into the air, blocking the entrance to the subway passage with perfect precision, accompanied by a piercing metallic scraping sound!
Boom!

The carriage collided with the wall, sending debris flying and dust billowing.

The martial artists who were struggling to resist stared in disbelief at the scene, their hands frozen in place.

Their eyes were filled with indescribable shock and horror.

He kicked a subway car away?
What a terrifying power this is!

But they quickly realized what was happening and rushed forward, hurriedly moving the surrounding rubble and metal frames to seal up the gaps between the carriage and the wall.

It's safe for now.

The group collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, as if they had survived a disaster.

"Thank you so much, brother, for saving my life!" The middle-aged man at the head of the group stood up first, clasped his hands in thanks to Lin Ye, and spoke with great respect.

"We are from the Azure Edge Society. My name is Zhou Tong. I was ordered by the guild leader to enter the city to inform the other hunters of the approaching insect swarm. I didn't expect... this insect swarm would arrive so quickly and be able to fly long distances..."

He pointed to the young man he had rescued and said with lingering fear, "His name is Cheng Jiale, the youngest brother in our team. If it weren't for you, he..."

The young man named Cheng Jiale had already treated his wounds himself. He had a youthful face and looked to be about the same age as Lin Ye. He was looking at Lin Ye with gratitude.

"Thank you! Thank you so much! Once we get out of here alive, I'll definitely have my brother repay you properly!"

Lin Ye simply nodded and remained silent.

His attention was not on the thanks expressed by these individuals.

rustling...

A series of chilling, fine friction sounds gradually came from all directions.

The hearts that had just been put at ease instantly jumped into their throats again!
The group was on a subway platform.

There's never just one entrance!
Deep within the seemingly bottomless railway tunnel and the transfer area, countless black beetles crawled in from all directions like a tide!

On the walls, on the ceiling, on the railway tracks... everywhere you look, there is a surging blackness!
sizzle!
They sensed the presence of living beings, let out excited hissing, and suddenly increased their speed!

At the same time, everyone was horrified to discover that the subway car they had just used to block the entrance was being devoured at a visible speed!
The surface of the carriage emitted a teeth-grinding sound, and holes appeared on the hard alloy shell, which were rapidly expanding!
These beetles are monsters that feed on metal!

Blocking them with steel is like giving them an appetizer!

That carriage can only hold on for another half a minute at most!
The road ahead is blocked, the road behind is cut off, and enemies are everywhere!

They were completely surrounded!
Looking around, the underground space is teeming with tens of thousands of iron-eating beetles!
"It's over..."

Zhou Tong's face drained of color, leaving only a deathly despair.

"We...we're going to die here..."

Another female martial artist collapsed to the ground, letting out a broken sob.

Cheng Jiale also gripped the short knife in his hand tightly, his face filled with resentment.

Despair spread through their hearts like a plague.

In the midst of this deathly silence and despair, a figure stepped forward.

He walked slowly to the front of the crowd, alone with a gun, facing the endless horde of insects surging in from all directions!
Zhou Tong and the others were taken aback by Lin Ye's actions.

What does he want to do?
Does he intend to fight against tens of thousands of iron-eating beetles all by himself?
how can that be!

However, the next second.

A scene that they would never forget, and that even overturned their worldview, unfolded.

Those originally ferocious, violent, and fearless iron-eating beetles seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall the moment they got within ten meters of Lin Ye!

The bloodthirsty glint in their eyes vanished instantly!

Instead, there is a fear and trembling that originates from the instinct for survival!
It was as if they were facing not a human being, but some kind of most terrifying natural enemy!

The difference in quantity becomes meaningless at this moment.

Lin Ye simply stood there, and the invisible aura emanating from him carved out a 20-meter-diameter, absolutely safe zone within this terrifying black swarm of insects!
The insects in front were pushed and shoved towards Lin Ye by their unsuspecting brethren behind them.

They let out terrified cries and desperately tried to retreat, but they were powerless to do so.

This bizarre scene left Zhou Tong and the others completely dumbfounded.

Their minds were blank.

Lin Ye, however, had anticipated this.

Although the number of these iron-eating beetles is alarmingly high, the individual quality of each beetle is not particularly high.

The vast majority are between LV.16 and LV.18, with the strongest elite individual being no more than LV.19.

And he is LV.24.

Under the "Crushing" mechanic, a level difference of more than 5 levels will result in an absolute pressure effect!

These insects didn't even have the slightest courage to attack him!
For him, the swarm of insects was not a dead end!
Unfortunately, this environment limits the number of beetles that can attack them.

In a short period of time, at most a hundred beetles will come.

This way, Lin Ye wouldn't be buried alive by a large number of beetles with no will to fight.

In Lin Ye's hand, the Piercing Star Spear transformed into a series of blurry, dark afterimages.

With a single thrust of his spear, he sent several beetles at the front flying like candied hawthorns.

Lin Ye flicked his wrist, and the gun swept horizontally.

Five or six beetles were cut in half at the waist by the sharp spear blade, and their dark green fluid splattered out.

System notifications kept ringing as I gained a large amount of experience points.

Lin Ye was overjoyed.

This is a leveling paradise that looks terrifying but is extremely hilarious to play!
……

A scene that can only be described as a miracle has been created.

One man, one gun, darting and weaving through the endless swarm of insects.

There is an absolute vacuum zone within ten meters of him.

Any beetle that steps into this territory will instantly lose all ability to resist, like a lamb to the slaughter, easily harvested by that elusive spear with an almost artistic efficiency.

One shot, several.

A single sweep covers a vast area.

Lin Ye's figure left afterimages in the swarm of insects, leaving mountains of insect corpses in his wake.

He wasn't putting up a last-ditch resistance; he was committing a massacre!

Cheng Jiale and the others, who were cowering in the back, had completely lost their minds.

His eyes were filled with endless awe and worship; the figure holding the gun was like a god of war!

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