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Chapter 305 - 160: Crystalized Shadow Scale Upgrades Again, Mechanism Quest

Streams of dark red lava flowed down the mountainside, their oppressive presence palpable even from a great distance.

The daylight was rapidly fading.

Hours ago, Lin Ye had left the relatively safe area near the fissure entrance far behind.

He popped the last Source Crystal in his hand into his mouth, feeling the familiar, frenzied energy detonate within him.

But Lin Ye’s brow furrowed slightly.

In over six hours, he had gained very little.

His puppet legion had grown to ten units, all searching for him nonstop within their maximum range of sixty kilometers.

Yet, the deeper he ventured, the harder the Source Crystal Veins were to find, as if they had vanished completely.

Even the few crystals he had just consumed were ones he’d had to personally snatch from a patrolling squad of the Eight-armed Race.

As the last wisp of source energy was completely absorbed by the golden Gang Sha in his Dantian, Lin Ye felt his three temporary skills—Crystalization, Shadow Scale, and Silk Puppet—undergo another subtle transformation.

But this improvement did little to ease the anxiety in Lin Ye’s heart.

’Too slow.’

He was trying to do too much at once: maintaining contact with his puppet legion, advancing cautiously, killing stray aliens, and searching for elusive Source Crystals.

Too many tasks, too many objectives.

It was slowing him down immensely.

Lin Ye raised his right hand. On the screen of light projected from his wristband, a string of numbers pulsed.

[Time Remaining: 02:47:13]

He had been in the Nirvana Tower for over nine hours.

Of the time he had bought with 200 academic credits, less than three hours remained.

Once time was up, a spatial-folding effect would be triggered, forcibly teleporting him out.

To get back in, he would have to pay another 200 academic credits.

At this thought, the hesitation in Lin Ye’s eyes vanished.

He mentally struck two objectives from his list: searching for Source Crystals and hunting stray aliens.

’I’ll devote the rest of my time to the Blood Slaughter Tribe.’

’There are plenty of the Eight-armed Race there.’

’And maybe some Source Crystals, too.’

The next moment, with a single thought, Lin Ye acted.

In the world of his Spirit, he ruthlessly severed the ten connections linking him to his puppets.

The ten puppets, scattered across a radius of dozens of kilometers, froze. Then, like marionettes with their strings cut, they crashed to the ground, lifeless.

He abandoned these burdens—far slower than him and a serious drag on his progress—to advance more quickly.

Lin Ye’s body sank slightly as the muscles in his legs tensed. The Gang Sha inside him surged to his feet in an instant!

BOOM—!!

A deafening explosion erupted behind him!

The volcanic ash-covered ground beneath him instantly blasted into a huge crater from the terrifying force. A violent shockwave kicked up a sky-full of dust, forming a circular, white vapor ring.

And Lin Ye’s figure once again became a black arrow, tearing through the air as he rocketed toward the location of the Blood Slaughter Tribe from memory!

In the instant he reached his maximum speed,

A series of system notifications rang in his mind without warning!

[Ding! Host has been detected actively exploring a high-risk, unknown area. A high-difficulty challenge has been issued!]

[Mission Name: To Slay a King!]

[Mission Objective: Enter the Blood Slaughter Tribe canyon and assassinate Chieftain Kargath of the Blood Slaughter Tribe without alerting more than ten members of the Eight-armed Race.]

[Mission Reward: 150,000 EXP, Skill Points x5!]

[Special Reward: Randomized.]