The Birth of the Demonic Chimera

Chapter 18: Demonoid Transformation - Chimera

"Heretic!!"

Seeing Li Ye about to resort to force, the Crusader whose neck he was gripping roared. If Li Ye hadn't pinned his limbs so tightly, he might have fought back.

"You really are a Crusader!" Hearing the familiar word, Li Ye, with a surprised expression, confirmed that these people were indeed not good.

Unlike the Crusaders in Li Ye's impression, these people seemed to have transformed their desire to burn the world into a desire to survive, with their own survival becoming the top priority.

But Li Ye knew that the Crusaders' desire to burn the world wasn't just their own thought; it was more a madness caused by a distorted mental structure.

It shouldn't be like this. Aside from their main base, which was wiped out by the Lion King, how could the scattered Crusaders have had their mental structures modified by high-level magi?

Li Ye raised his hand and dislocated their limbs, rendering them unable to move. Then, he pinched their chins and examined them one by one.

The others were as quiet as refugees, as if their bodies were at their limit and they couldn't move. Only the one in front of Li Ye was unusually active.

"Miss Nitocris! Can you use suggestion-like magic to make this guy talk honestly!"

Li Ye, who always had a headache with interrogations, turned and shouted.

"These people shouldn't have much Magic Resistance. Please, Miss Nitocris, lend a hand and make them tell us where they came from."

"!"

The moment Li Ye turned, obscure magic rippled, directly breaking through the domain maintained by Nitocris!

At the same time, Li Ye, who sensed the anomaly, instinctively retreated several meters.

Visible, obscure magic flowed from the quiet Crusaders. It circulated rapidly within their bodies, their flesh gradually merging and expanding in the magical circulation, as if they were about to become one!

What's wrong with these people?

Li Ye could clearly feel the magic fluctuations increasing rapidly. Within a few breaths, they surpassed ordinary people, infinitely approaching the level of a Servant!

Not to mention their bodies gradually turning to liquid.

That was definitely not a human posture!

Is it a fusion!

"Miss Nitocris! Can you tell what's happening!" Li Ye couldn't discern the deeper actions of these people, but he wasn't facing them alone now, so he decisively shouted.

The only response to Li Ye was the howling of the strong wind.

Nitocris had disappeared from her original spot at some point. Li Ye hadn't detected any trace of it.

Someone made a move! Did Nitocris disappear, or did I disappear?!

Li Ye's expression tensed. He hadn't noticed when the change occurred, and his intuition hadn't warned him of any danger.

But to be able to separate Nitocris and Li Ye so silently, at least on some level, their strength surpassed Li Ye's!

Facing an opponent of this caliber, Li Ye dared not be careless and immediately shot forward.

He wasn't foolish enough to let these people finish fusing before starting the fight.

But the moment Li Ye took a step, he was met with a barrage of attacks!

Hundreds of cold, luminous projectiles, hidden in the wind and sand, attacked from all directions. Li Ye had no way to dodge!

No threat?

His intuition didn't activate again. Li Ye immediately realized that these projectiles likely had no offensive power. If so, they had only one purpose—

Boom!!

A dazzling light explosion erupted, and the resulting shockwave kicked up a sky full of yellow sand.

Li Ye endured the explosion head-on. Before the aftershocks could dissipate, Li Ye, completely unharmed, continued to charge forward.

But the scene before him had already changed. In just the few breaths it took for Li Ye to be delayed by the projectiles.

A horrifying monster appeared where the Crusaders and the others had been.

It stood on thick limbs, its torso bulging as if nurturing something. Its appearance resembled a Mighty Lion that had its skin peeled off, with no trace of its former human form visible.

The Chimera's body was constantly dripping with crimson blood, soaking the yellow sand beneath it.

But Li Ye's attention was not on this suspected Chimera at the moment. His rapidly spreading senses encompassed everything within a radius of tens of meters.

It's a magus! Where?

Li Ye was now certain that there was definitely one or more magi nearby, eyeing him covetously!

"Guh guh—"

A low breathing sound echoed from afar.

The Chimera's eyeballs rolled, and it fixed on the approaching Li Ye. It suddenly slammed its forelegs down!

Bang!

The explosive, immense force directly lifted a large patch of yellow sand, and raging flames erupted from the ground like spewing lava!

The scorching heat of over a thousand degrees was enough to consume most life!

"Was it you?"

Li Ye's sinister whisper echoed in the Chimera's ear.

Before the Chimera could even turn its head, a blow erupted from its side, seemingly aimed at piercing the Chimera's skull!

BOOM!

The impact of the punch sent the Chimera's massive body flying a hundred meters away like a cannonball!

Seeing the Chimera so easily sent flying with a single punch, Li Ye frowned slightly, "It's not it?"

Li Ye had initially assumed the Chimera was equipped with a special remote operation spell left by the Magus. During this time, the magical fluctuations Li Ye detected had all emanated from the Chimera.

Those hundreds of light projectiles didn't seem like something that could be instantly cast. Yet, there was no sign of them being prepared beforehand, unless the magical fluctuations triggered when the Chimera began its fusion were enough to mask them.

The Magus, while initiating the Chimera's fusion, had also used the magical fluctuations to put on a dazzling fireworks display for Li Ye.

"ROOOOAR!!"

A deafening wave of sound surged forward, even scattering the wind and sand around Li Ye!

The Chimera, which Li Ye had just sent flying with a punch, now moved on all fours like a leopard. Its massive body propelled it forward with terrifying speed towards Li Ye!

Its weight is around one ton, and it can cover a hundred meters in four seconds. This is far beyond what those Crusaders' muscles could achieve. And that flame is a Crusader's magic. To retain the magic while performing such modifications—

And what is generating enough power to drive this body?

Seeing the Chimera charging at him at high speed, Li Ye calmly assessed its stats.

The Chimera, a stitched beast forcibly created using thirteen Crusader members as material, had reached Servant-level just based on its own fundamental physical qualities.

Even a third-rate Servant was incredibly powerful.

What Li Ye considered a stroke of genius was that the Magus had used absolutely no auxiliary materials, completing the forbidden life conversion in mere breaths!

This undoubtedly showcased the creator's extremely high level of skill!

"You've got some tricks up your sleeve, Magus!"

After assessing the Chimera's strength, Li Ye knew it posed no threat to him. Only the Magus, lurking in the shadows, could present a genuine danger!

Never one to wait for his opponent, Li Ye strode forward, meeting the Chimera head-on!

The distance closed to ten meters in less than half a second!

The Chimera, wreathed in roaring flames, leaped high, intending to pounce on Li Ye!

"A grave mistake!"

Li Ye drew back his fist, taking just one step forward.

His fist, crackling with crimson lightning, swung out violently!

First flesh, then bone, then organs. A single blow to the center of its abdomen utterly destroyed the Chimera with absolute brutality!

The moment Li Ye made contact with the Chimera and intense magical energy erupted—

An invisible tendril silently spread from behind him, about to touch Li Ye's collar, which fluttered in the strong wind.

And that golden cup.

Snap!

Without even looking back, Li Ye grabbed the invisible tendril.

So, you were trying to steal my Holy Grail!