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

Chapter 163 The Great Wilderness Starfall Shocks the Entire Audience!
Lin Ye transformed into an invisible ghost.

He clung to the rugged cliff face, completely concealing himself in the shadows cast by the cliff, making no sound and stirring up not a speck of dust.

Lin Ye continued to venture deeper into the forest.

He didn't dare take the main road, and mostly took side paths where he wouldn't leave footprints and had a small chance of bumping into other people.

Even so, he still encountered the most dangerous moment of his journey.

A patrol of more than fifteen Eight-Armed people walked past him, the closest distance being less than two meters.

Lin Ye held his breath, even deliberately slowing his heartbeat. He was even worried that the heat emanating from his body would be detected by these sensitive alien races.

Fortunately, the stealth effect provided by Shadow Scales is perfect.

Even though this team was composed entirely of six-armed elites, and even though their gazes swept across the surroundings like blades, not one of them glanced at Lin Ye's location, as if he didn't exist in this world at all.

Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief after the group had gone some distance and continued on his way.

As Lin Ye ventured deeper, he gradually approached the heartland of the Blood Slaughter Tribe.

He discovered that the entire tribe's architectural layout radiated outwards from the huge altar in the very center of the canyon.

Therefore, the magnificent fortress behind the altar, constructed entirely of black basalt pillars, is most likely his ultimate goal—the residence of Chief Kaglosh.

The closer they got to the center, the more eight-armed creatures appeared around them, and the more frenzied the atmosphere became.

Lin Ye even witnessed an incredibly bloody scene.

In a relatively open space, two equally burly four-armed slave soldiers were engaged in a brutal hand-to-hand combat.

Their fighting style is devoid of any skill; it's purely about hand-to-hand combat, exchanging blows for blows.

Around him, dozens of eight-armed tribesmen formed a circle. Instead of trying to stop him, they roared excitedly and cheered for each heavy blow.

Finally, one of the eight-armed creatures seized the opportunity, using its four arms to lock its opponent in place, and opened its blood-red maw to bite off the opponent's throat.

Fresh blood gushed out like a fountain.

The victor did not stop. It roared in triumph and twisted off the head of the defeated one, holding it high and letting the warm blood pour over its face and body before opening its mouth and swallowing it.

The onlookers became even more frenzied, pounding their chests and roaring deafeningly.

Lin Ye noticed that after drinking the blood of his kin, the crimson battle markings on the victor's body seemed to come alive.

It even spread visibly to the naked eye, and the aura emanating from its body became even more powerful.

It turned out to be the case.

Lin Ye understood that these eight-armed tribes used this cruel and bloody internal struggle and devouring to achieve survival of the fittest and select stronger warriors.

The crimson battle markings on their bodies were marks of glory earned only by devouring the blood of their own kind.

when!
when!
when!
Just then, three deep and resonant chimes came from the highest point of the basalt fortress, echoing throughout the entire canyon.

The sound of the bells seemed to possess a certain magic.

The next moment, all the eight-armed tribesmen in the canyon who were fighting, patrolling, or doing nothing stopped what they were doing.

Then, their faces lit up with fanaticism and piety, and they all rushed toward the central altar.

From the caves on both sides of the cliff, more eight-armed tribesmen emerged one after another, like ants returning to their nest, merging into the torrent rushing towards the altar.

Lin Ye clung tightly to the shadow of a massive stone pillar, carefully avoiding all the fanatical eight-armed tribesmen.

He saw that all the eight-armed tribesmen had gathered around the huge altar, a dark mass, a truly magnificent sight.

Soon, a team of more than thirty elite six-armed warriors ascended the altar amidst the attention of the crowd.

Their bodies were dark and robust, and they stood in formation in the center of the altar.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
A deep, rhythmic drumbeat begins.

The elite warriors on the altar began to perform a strange war dance.

Their movements were expansive and powerful, full of primal energy, sometimes accompanied by pounding their chests and stomping their feet, emitting deep roars.

Sometimes it mimics the fighting posture of wild beasts, twisting its body and spreading its limbs at an inhuman angle.

The dance moves, rather than being a ritual, were more a display of the purest killing and violence.

As the drumbeats grew increasingly rapid, hundreds of eight-armed warriors beneath the altar began to roar in unison, their combined sound waves seemingly capable of shaking down the blood-red sun in the sky.

In this frenzied atmosphere, Lin Ye finally met the true ruler of the Blood Slaughter Tribe.

He was an eight-armed man who was over two and a half meters tall and whose physique was larger and more robust than any of his kind.

Surrounded by a group of six-armed elites, he slowly walked out of the fortress and ascended the altar.

Kagrosz.

Chieftain of the Bloodlust Tribe!

This was the first being Lin Ye had seen that fit the description of the Eight-Armed Clan.

Kagrosh has eight arms, and his body is covered with dense, blood-red battle markings that cover almost every inch of his skin. The markings are as deep as blood, as if they might drip off at any moment.

Around his neck hung a necklace made of the skulls and fangs of various creatures, a testament to his past illustrious military exploits.

With the appearance of the chieftain, the boisterous war dance came to an abrupt halt, the rapid drumbeats stopped instantly, and the entire canyon fell into an eerie silence.

All the eight-armed tribesmen, whether elite or slave soldiers, cast their fanatical gazes toward their king.

Kagros walked to the center of the altar, facing the towering, three-headed, six-armed statue, his eight arms clasped together in front of his chest, and bowed deeply.

Beneath the altar, all the eight-armed tribesmen knelt down in unison, expressing their utmost piety with a prostration.

Then, several elite guards standing beside the chief issued a few brief commands.

Soon, squads of four-armed slave soldiers, just like Lin Ye had disguised himself as before, carried heavy stone boxes onto the altar.

The box was opened, and a deep blue light instantly burst forth.

Lin Ye's breath hitched.

That's a Source Crystal!

Moreover, it is a source crystal with extremely high purity and extremely strong energy fluctuations!
Lin Ye only glanced at it briefly and found that the number of source crystals was more than the total reserves of the mineral vein he had found before.

In addition to the source crystal, dozens of huge iron cages were also carried up.

Inside the cage were Stone Goblins, their wings severed and their mouths sealed with metal bite marks.

Their eyes were filled with fear and despair as they struggled in vain in their cages.

Lin Ye suddenly understood.

These are all sacrificial offerings.

The eight-armed elite that had been ordering him around before was probably sent to do chores like carrying sacrificial offerings because he was just wandering around aimlessly.

However, when the last batch of offerings was carried onto the altar, Lin Ye's gaze suddenly froze.

It was a relatively small cage.

Inside were three trainees dressed in standard combat uniforms from the training camp!

Their hands and feet were bound with thick chains, and their mouths were gagged with rags, so they could only make "woo-woo" sounds.

Two men and one woman, each with an indescribable sense of despair and fear written on their faces.

Why didn't their spatial folding device allow them to escape?

This question flashed through Lin Ye's mind.

But he quickly suppressed these distracting thoughts.

He was a complete stranger to these three unfortunate men, and in the cruel Nirvana Tower, anything could happen.

save people?

If it's convenient, he wouldn't mind helping out.

If it affects my own tasks, then I can only apologize.

At this moment, his primary objective remains the assassination of the chief.

Using the perfect concealment of Shadow Scales, Lin Ye began to silently approach the altar.

The sacrificial ceremony officially begins.

Under the watchful eyes of all the eight-armed tribes, the enormous three-headed, twelve-armed statue slowly opened its mouth, revealing the angry face in the center.

The eight-armed tribesmen beneath the altar instantly went into a frenzy, banging their heads on the ground even harder, chanting ancient prayers that Lin Ye couldn't understand at all.

Chief Kaglosh stood solemnly at the very center of the altar, presiding over the ceremony.

He was surrounded by layers upon layers of elite six-armed guards, and beyond that, hundreds of eight-armed warriors, completely encircling the altar.

This scene sent chills down Lin Ye's spine. Trying to force his way in from the ground and carry out the assassination was simply a pipe dream.

At such a distance, even if he activated [Berserk] and [Blink] simultaneously and charged at maximum speed, it would be impossible for him to reach the chieftain before being discovered by others.

The mission will fail immediately if he makes the first move.

Lin Ye forced himself to calm down and analyze the current situation.

His gaze shifted back and forth between the altar, the chieftain, and the impenetrable defensive perimeter surrounding them.

Since it's not feasible on the ground.

What about underground?
That's impossible, because below is a bubbling, scalding lava lake.

So... what about above?

Lin Ye's gaze unconsciously moved slowly upwards, eventually landing on the top of the huge statue behind the altar.

The statue is towering, and the top of its head is no more than a hundred meters away from the chief in the center of the altar below.

In Lin Ye's mind, a bold and crazy plan had already taken shape.

……

Meanwhile, outside the canyon.

More than a dozen decapitated eight-armed guards lay scattered at the entrance.

They were killed almost instantly, so naturally they had no chance to sound an alarm.

Nie Cang's expression was cold and stern. Behind him stood five figures, also dressed in instructor uniforms, with a deep and unfathomable aura and undisguised killing intent in their eyes.

Half an hour ago, the command center received emergency distress signals from five trainees simultaneously, as well as system information triggered by spatial folding.

However, only two people were successfully teleported back to the rift entrance. The signals of the other three stopped abruptly at the last moment and disappeared completely.

An unknown and strange force disrupted the stability of spatial folding, causing the teleportation to fail.

Without a moment's hesitation, Nie Cang immediately mustered his men and personally led the team into the Heavenly Abyss Rift to carry out the rescue.

"Captain Nie, the entrance barrier has been identified and completely removed without alerting the enemy!"

Upon hearing this, Nie Cang immediately ordered, "Everyone, conceal your presence and prepare to infiltrate."

"There is only one goal: to find the missing student and save him at all costs."

However, when the group of six quietly slipped into the canyon.

The sight before them caused even these battle-hardened instructors to shrink in surprise.

On the massive altar in the center of the canyon, a bloody and sinister sacrificial ceremony is underway.

Boxes of dark blue source crystals were fed into the gaping maw of the three-headed, six-armed deity.

The moment the Source Crystal entered its mouth, its deep blue luster was instantly replaced by an ominous scarlet, as if it had been instantly corrupted by some kind of force.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of stone golems with their wings cut off were also thrown into the mouth of the statue as sacrifices.

The statue's enormous mouth slowly closed.

Those tenacious stone golems were crushed and dissolved by an invisible force the instant the giant maw closed completely.

It eventually turned into thick, bloody pus, which slowly seeped out from the gaps at the corners of the statue's mouth, dripping onto the altar and flowing into the lava lake below, making a sizzling sound.

This scene was incredibly evil and incredibly bloody.

Beneath the altar, hundreds of eight-armed beings trembled with excitement, kneeling in fervent worship, burying their heads deep as if on a pilgrimage to the greatest miracle in the world.

Just then, the last batch of offerings was brought up.

When they saw what was inside the cage, the faces of Nie Cang and the other six turned ashen.

Those being held there are the very people they are here to rescue: the three missing training camp trainees!

"Ow!!"

Chieftain Kaglosh let out a deafening roar.

The two guards surrounding him immediately stepped forward and roughly opened the iron cage.

They dragged out the three students who had lost the ability to resist and lifted them high in the air.

Then, with all his might, he hurled it fiercely towards the statue's gaping maw!

Three figures traced an arc in the air and landed precisely within it.

The giant mouth of the statue slowly closed again.

"not good!"

A young instructor, his eyes bloodshot, instinctively tried to rush out.

Nie Cang grabbed his shoulder with such force that he almost crushed his shoulder bone.

"That's too late."

Nie Cang's voice was devoid of any emotion, but his eyes, fixed on the altar, were already bloodshot.

He wanted to save them, but with hundreds of meters between them and hundreds or even thousands of fanatical alien races, even if he risked his life, there was absolutely no way he could save the three of them before the giant maw closed.

On the contrary, it would put his subordinates in danger.

Nie Cang closed his eyes, already beginning to think about how to handle the aftermath of these three students and how to explain things to their families.

However, just a moment before the giant stone maw was about to close completely and crush the three students into a bloody pulp.

A sudden change occurred!

A blurry, incredibly fast and almost imperceptible to the eye, flashed past stealthily and silently disappeared into the closing maw.

The statue's enormous mouth closed completely.

……

Lin Ye's gaze was as cold as ice that had stood for millennia.

At the moment when all the eight-armed tribe members bowed their heads in reverence, he maintained his perfect invisibility, with his entire body and the Star Piercing Spear covered in shadow scales, and leaped down from the top of the hundred-meter-high statue.

As he leaped down, he instantly removed the combat bracelet from his right wrist and flicked it towards the giant mouth of the statue.

[Spatial folding has started, countdown: 1 second]

It's just this one-second gap.

All the eight-armed tribesmen, including their chieftain Kagrosh, prostrated themselves on the ground, not daring to look directly at the moment the god was eating.

This is the perfect time to assassinate!
Lin Ye's mind raced, instantly switching to P2 phase!
Berserk activated!
boom!
Within his dantian, the solid golden aura core, the size of a jujube pit, expanded violently by nearly double in size in an instant, its dazzling golden light almost bursting through his body!

Immediately afterwards, the core of the evil energy, which had expanded to its limit, suddenly collapsed at an even faster speed, losing nearly half of its volume!

In return, Lin Ye's meridians were completely filled with an unprecedented, extremely pure liquid energy!

The golden aura surrounding the Piercing Star Spear now possessed an almost transparent, glassy texture!
The power of this shot was many times more terrifying than the strongest attack he could unleash by channeling all his blood and energy into his body!
The vertical distance of over a hundred meters was instantly compressed under the combined effect of gravity and Lin Ye's unrestrained explosive power!

A hundred meters, as if teleported!
Lin Ye seized the opportunity, just as he was about to approach Chief Kaglosh.

The murderous intent that had been building up in his heart erupted without reservation!
The black shadow scales covering his entire body vanished in an instant!

Instead, a dense layer of hexagonal purple crystals instantly condensed at the tip of the Star Piercing Spear under the dazzling golden light!
Crystallization!
boom--! ! !
The gun hasn't even arrived yet, but the intent is already there!
A devastating shockwave, like the hammer of a god, slammed into the center of the altar!

The six guards surrounding Chief Kagrosh didn't even have a chance to raise their heads.

Their powerful bodies were torn apart by the terrifying gunfire, exploding into a thick cloud of blood mist!
The hard altar floor, centered on the chief's location, collapsed with a roar, forming a terrifying crater with a diameter of over ten meters, and countless spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly in all directions!

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The earth-shattering commotion finally brought Chief Kaglosh, who was bowing in worship, to his senses.

It suddenly raised its head, and in its scarlet eyes, the tip of a spear, carrying endless golden light and an aura of destruction, was reflected.

Like a shooting star falling from the sky.

But, it's too late!

For Lin Ye at this moment, a distance of less than ten meters didn't even require time.

[Instantaneous Movement]!
Lin Ye's figure seemed to erase space itself, along with the spear that had burned with all his power, traversing the final distance.

This strike was delivered without reservation.

This strike embodied everything he had at that moment.

This strike was Lin Ye's strongest and most powerful attack to date!
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