Chapter 447: Pit Uprising
The biological sample inside the Flesh-and-Blood Metal Giant began spontaneously mutating into various mutation organs. This was a program Lin Ye had preset within the biological sample. Now, he only needed to adjust some details related to the Metal Giant to strengthen the Flesh-and-Blood Metal Giant into its complete form.
He had already completed one round of adjustments inside the priest's Flesh-and-Blood Mecha earlier. Now, he just needed to repeat and optimize that process.
Of course, Lin Ye hadn't been idle during this time. While keeping an eye on the Giant Deep-Sea Creature, he picked up the heavy cannon the priest had discarded.
The Giant Deep-Sea Creature seemed to be digesting the upper half of the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant and didn't attack Lin Ye immediately. However, most of Lin Ye's attention remained focused on that expanse of pitch-black seawater.
Unfortunately, the Giant Deep-Sea Creature was hidden deep within the sea. Lin Ye had to deal with the Tumor-like Organism first.
A large amount of flesh and blood burned as Lin Ye used Blood Burning to charge the heavy cannon, boosting its power.
The Tumor-like Organism in the sky began to rapidly contract, while the one underground extended tumorous Root Tendrils from below, attempting to entangle the legs of the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant.
Under Lin Ye's control, the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant instantly leaped into the air, grabbed the Tumor-like Organism in the sky, shoved the cannon barrel into its body, and fired.
Boom!
The Tumor-like Organism's core and surrounding areas were completely obliterated, leaving only some peripheral tissue remnants. The Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant drew the blood-colored longsword and plunged it into the ground. The blade pierced the core area of the Tumor-like Organism below.
The Tumor-like Organism convulsed underground, but before it could extract itself, the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant, after landing, drove its metal arm into the ground and tore out half of the Tumor-like Organism hiding beneath.
Under Lin Ye's control, the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant was exceptionally agile, completely different from when the priest piloted it.
Lin Ye tried to eliminate the Tumor-like Organism first, but its proliferation speed was extremely fast. Before long, it had gathered together with the duplicates on the priest's body, covering Free City like a Fleshy Mountain.
Those survivors could only struggle within the gaps of buildings, resisting the constantly proliferating tumor-like structures, delaying the time until they were devoured by the Tumor-like Organism.
Under the leadership of Maggie and others, those young men controlled the clubhouse base to protect nearby survivors. The major factions were also struggling with all their might within the encirclement of the Tumor-like Organism, delaying their assimilation.
At that moment, Sera led those Salvation Cult followers to fight against their duplicates. Both Redemption Rituals were affected. Some survivors died instantly, while others were mutated into salvation monsters that only knew how to pray to the God of Salvation.
Just as Lin Ye was about to control the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant to lift the Tumor-like Organism, his upper body was moved into the massive maw of that Deep-Sea Creature.
The sensation was incredibly bizarre. He and the lower half of the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant remained in place, but their upper bodies had been moved into the Deep-Sea Creature's mouth. The upper and lower bodies were still connected, yet the spatial position of the upper body was displaced.
This was the ability of the Giant Deep-Sea Creature. If it could bite off the upper bodies of the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant and Lin Ye during this displacement, it could directly eliminate these two troublesome enemies.
Lin Ye did not possess the recovery ability of the Redemption Priest.
However, Lin Ye could hide in the World of Ashes. Then, once the displacement ended, his upper body would return to its original position.
The problem was that Lin Ye couldn't bring the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant into the World of Ashes. Its size was too massive. Lin Ye's spiritual energy and mental energy simply couldn't support him achieving that.
And if he lost the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant, Lin Ye would lose the means to deal with these Giant Creatures. Humans and such Giant Creatures were simply not on the same scale of existence, just as ants cannot bite through an elephant's epidermis.
'...I can only reveal another trump card.'
Before the massive jaws could crush the metal armor, Lin Ye took out some transparent Crystal Fragments emitting a bright white light. The fragments vanished within the light. The Giant Deep-Sea Creature suddenly suffered an invisible attack. An extremely deep wound, reaching its internal organs, appeared out of nowhere on its body.
This attack caused it to be unable to exert force, preventing it from biting off the upper body of the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant.
The displacement ended. Lin Ye and the upper body of the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant returned to their original positions. Lin Ye controlled the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant to charge at full speed toward the Black Sea, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to the Giant Deep-Sea Creature.
But the Giant Deep-Sea Creature directly dove into the depths of the Black Sea, giving Lin Ye no chance to act.
Lin Ye could only turn around, lift the Tumor-like Organism, and hurl it into the air.
"Go to hell!"
Lin Ye plunged both hands into the Tumor-like Organism's body, using Blood Burning at full power. The blood vessels within the Tumor-like Organism began to burn. The violent energy quickly spread from the blood vessels to the entire Tumor-like Organism.
Lin Ye had no alternative. He had to resolve this trouble as quickly as possible. If he got entangled by the Tumor-like Organism, he might die in the mouth of the Giant Deep-Sea Creature.
This kind of invisible attack from the future was extremely insidious.
However, this attack wasn't invincible. For example, if the Giant Deep-Sea Creature kept hiding in the sea, he couldn't determine where to use the future attack.
Also, his current state would affect his future state.
Just now, Lin Ye could only simulate a future where he used the World of Ashes to escape the attack, utilizing the lower half of the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant to attack the Deep-Sea Creature. That's why the earlier attack wasn't instantly fatal.
Similarly, if the Giant Deep-Sea Creature used its ability next time while the future Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant was trapped by the Tumor-like Organism, then he wouldn't be able to use a future attack to help himself escape danger and would have to abandon the upper body of the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant.
Therefore, Lin Ye absolutely had to eliminate the Tumor-like Organism quickly.
That way, as long as the Giant Deep-Sea Creature used its ability again, Lin Ye would have a chance to finish it off.
That was his first time using a future attack, and he wasn't very proficient yet. Next time wouldn't be like this.
'It's a pity there aren't many Crystal Fragments left. At most, I can only use the future attack two more times...'
If future attacks could be used freely, Lin Ye alone could slaughter his way through the entire Bottomless Pit.
Lin Ye stared at the pitch-black seawater. He understood the Giant Deep-Sea Creature's ability very well and wouldn't use mental energy to sense its location.
Perhaps because it didn't understand Lin Ye's attack method, the Giant Deep-Sea Creature didn't continue using its ability. It remained hidden deep within the Black Sea, giving Lin Ye no opportunity to attack.
"The Bottomless Pit suddenly began violently shaking just now. A large number of anomalous phenomena are surging out from the depths of the Bottomless Pit. If this phenomenon is triggered by the Deep-Sea Creature, then their target is likely Free City."
Ms. Carnot's virtual image suddenly appeared at the core position of the Flesh-and-Blood Mecha Giant. She brought Lin Ye a very troublesome piece of news.