Chapter 228: Exploiting a Bug
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Noahveis struggled in agony for a moment before gradually becoming still, lying motionless on the ground.
Daniel's eyes lit up, not expecting the toxin extracted from the giant cocoon to be so effective.
He stood up, ready to deal with Noahveis.
But suddenly, Noahveis's chest burst open, and a pitch-black heart was forcibly squeezed out, along with the purple toxin.
Noahveis slowly opened his eyes, his face unable to hide his fatigue, and a flash of anger shone in his eyes.
He rose abruptly, with strong corrosive black water converging in his palm, turning into a sharp "black blade"; Daniel wanted to back away, but it was too late.
The "black blade" pierced through Daniel's abdomen, his intestines corroded into a flow of bloody fluid, as Daniel screamed in agony.
Noahveis opened his gaping mouth, his teeth fine and sharp as he bit into Daniel's arm; even the tough dragon scales couldn't stop it, the flesh tore open, and even the bones inside were bitten through.
Daniel was tightly "embraced" by Noahveis, with no chance to break free. Both of his arms were gnawed off, completely losing the power to resist.
A look of despair flashed in Daniel's eyes, as Noahveis was about to bite into his skull and suck out his brain matter.
Silver light suddenly flashed, piercing Noahveis's yet-to-heal chest with precision; it was a long needle engraved with complex patterns.
The long needle penetrated Noahveis's body, growing countless spikes, like a thorn bush.
Noahveis winced in pain, retracted one hand to pull the thorns from his chest; Daniel seized this opportunity to break free from Noahveis's grasp.
Daniel was all too familiar with the long needle that had stabbed into his opponent's chest; he turned his head and saw the last person he wanted to see.
"Mia! Get out of here!" Daniel roared.
Although he had said his goodbyes to Mia over the phone and entrusted the children of the Finns to her, she had still come.
Mia tossed a chain; the chain was only as thick as a thumb, and a half an inch long, but as it flew through the air, the front end of the chain began to extend, quickly growing to a hundred meters long.
The chain wasn't aimed at Noahveis; it flew towards Daniel, binding him tightly.
"Don't worry about me! Get out of here!" Daniel yelled anxiously, sensing what Mia was intending to do.
Mia turned her head toward the direction of the city, struggling to sense a familiar presence; she suddenly felt something and pointed towards the chain.
The chain soared into the sky, taking Daniel away from the battlefield.
Mia was well accustomed to this sort of thing, just like the countless times she had protected Daniel before.
Of course, Noahveis wouldn't just watch his "delicacy" escape from under his nose; he lunged at Daniel with force.
Mia slashed her own palm, blood flowing into the bronze bracelet in her hand.
She chanted in some ancient, unknown language, and flung the bracelet with force; the bracelet intercepted in front of Noahveis and exploded violently.
A vast amount of liquid metal poured out from the bracelet, forming a dense thicket of sharp thorns; Noahveis was trapped amid the Thorn Forest, and for a moment was unable to move.
No common Magic Artifact could achieve this; this was Mia's Exorcism Holy Relic, the Guardian Thorns.
"Be careful!" Daniel shouted a warning.
He tried to struggle out of the chains, but he was too injured and too weak; if not for the effects of the Dragon Blood Elixir, he would have already died.
Noahveis's feasting had been interrupted time and again, and he was completely enraged; he rammed his head into the metal thorns, his head shattering, but countless Eyeless Snakes burrowed out from under his neck, replacing his head.
The prior Noahveis at least maintained a human form; now, he had transformed into a horrifying monster.
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The Eyeless Snakes used their razor-sharp teeth to tear apart the metal thorns, forcibly breaking through the blockade of the Exorcism Holy Relic.
"No!" Daniel screamed in despair.
Mia was focused on controlling the Exorcism Holy Relic; therefore, she didn't see when an Eyeless Snake, having broken away, wriggled out of the Thorn Forest and moved behind her.
The body of the Eyeless Snake coiled, then shot forward, instantly piercing through Mia's abdomen; her white wedding dress, not even changed in her rush, was stained red with blood.
Two lines of bloody tears slid down Daniel's cheeks; at that moment, all the light in his pupils extinguished as he let the chain carry him away.
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Xu Yi took deep breaths, adjusting himself to an optimal state.
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He no longer hesitated, jabbing the syringe into his own arm, and injecting the platinum liquid entirely into his body.
After a moment of hesitation, he still decided to directly inject the God-melting Blood, although there was only an 8% chance of successful fusion. But what if it could create a miracle?
[High-quality blood has been detected entering your body. Do you wish to initiate "Blood Fusion Ascension" on the Blood Throne? (Note: "Blood Fusion Ascension" can only be activated once; please choose carefully!)]
Xu Yi didn't hesitate and chose "Yes."
[Prepare for a severe reaction as "Blood Fusion Ascension" will commence.]
Xu Yi suddenly screamed in agony, falling to the ground and convulsing in pain.
Lisa's face was full of anguish, but she couldn't do anything because Xu Yi had already instructed her that no matter what she saw, she should not interfere. All she needed to do was guard the door and prevent Evil Deities from disturbing.
Xu Yi felt as though he had plunged into magma, his flesh and blood starting to melt away, and he desperately yearned for a basin of water to pour over his body, to help cool him down.
The next second, his wish was granted.
He shivered from the cold, as if he had fallen into a frigid polar lake, the piercing chill engulfing his whole body, his cells freezing into ice shards.
But he would have preferred to continue enduring the scalding of the magma.
The alternating torment of ice and fire ravaged Xu Yi from within, as he waited in extreme pain for salvation, for that touch of "Sweet Spring" to heal his tattered body.
But the "Sweet Spring" didn't come; instead came a system notification.
[The "Blood Fusion Ascension" is about to fail. The "Salvation" ability will be initiated, and the entry is fixed at "Blue Common" level.]
It had failed!
The miracle did not happen; the 8% chance of fusion success was indeed too low.
Xu Yi, enduring the pain, reached for the Alchemical Revolver Messiah he had prepared beforehand and pointed it at his temple.
Before Lisa could react, he pulled the trigger.
The "Hyper Accelerated Regeneration" entry was always enabled by default, but Xu Yi could also choose to turn it off. Just before pulling the trigger, he turned off the "Hyper Accelerated Regeneration" entry.
The bullet penetrated his brain, and without the aid of the "Hyper Accelerated Regeneration" entry, his body was no more than an ordinary human's.
Xu Yi had committed suicide.
A faint golden light shone before his eyes, and it had been a long time since Xu Yi returned to the Resurrection Space.
He had a total of 22 Resurrection Coins on him, including the 16 he had been left with before, and the 6 he had acquired from signing in over the past six months.
With one Resurrection Coin used, 21 remained.
The failure of "Blood Fusion Ascension" meant that the entry would be locked at the "Blue Common" level, which was a complete waste for such a precious entry as the Blood Throne.
But he had Resurrection Coins. As long as he committed suicide before the failure, allowing time to rewind, it was as if the failure never happened.
Xu Yi had realized this bug long ago, which is why he proceeded with the fusion despite the mere 8% chance.
This was like buying a lottery ticket; if the fusion were successful, there would be great joy. If not, the loss of one Resurrection Coin was also acceptable.
Time rewound, and Xu Yi resurrected ten minutes earlier.
He stood in front of the lab table, staring silently at the God-melting Blood inside the test tube.
He now had two choices.
One was to continue injecting the God-melting Blood, gambling on that 8% chance; the other was to flee, to get far away from a city like Boston.
After the recent attempt at fusion, he had felt that the chance of successful fusion was slim.
The latter seemed like a good choice; now that he had obtained the God-melting Blood, given time, he would surely find a way to increase the odds of a successful fusion.
But Noahvess was being bombarded by the Doomsday Blade and poisoned by the toxins in the cocoon, in a weakened state, which made it the best time to deal with him.
If Xu Yi waited until he had succeeded with the blood fusion, by then, Noahvess would have certainly recovered. If the adversary ingested more Supernatural Creature blood by that time, his strength would become even more terrifying.
Moreover, escaping Boston was a challenge in itself, and once Noahvess dealt with the obstruction, he would undoubtedly come after Xu Yi.
Xu Yi furrowed his brow, hesitating.