Vector Manipulation

A slaughter of blood and fire began. The thousands of bones within Lin En's body locked together.

Dragon Clan authority flowed through his bones. Every gap between them fit together seamlessly without sacrificing flexibility, forming the ultimate killing posture that defied biology.

Techniques like the Dragon Combat Arts were etched into his muscles. Lin En charged into the crowd, twisting his body freely as he swung an arm. The ten joints in that arm rotated at once.

The arm covered in blue dragon scales possessed tremendous strength. The end of his palm instantly unleashed an air burst, while golden claws carved long, narrow streaks of gold through the darkness.

The dragon scales screeched as they rubbed together, accompanied by the explosive sound of brains splattering.

Several Evil Soul Masters preparing to self-destruct cosplayed Louis XVI and said goodbye to their heads.

These Holy Servants had poor defenses. Their bodies were already riddled with holes. Although their Soul Power reactions and soul skills were somewhat stronger than those of ordinary Soul Masters, their physical bodies were far inferior.

According to the old man in white, Holy Servants who had not undergone the Spirit Ascension Ritual were defective Evil Soul Masters. They were even worse than wild Evil Soul Masters, burdened with all kinds of restrictions and treated as spare consumables.

Holy Spirit Disciples who underwent Spirit Ascension would lose certain things, but they would gain far greater power.

"Kill him!"

Behind the Holy Servants, a Holy Spirit Disciple spoke in a hoarse voice. A long whip formed from connected pale skulls appeared in his hand.

Five Soul Rings revolved around him—three purple and two black. They were Soul Rings beyond normal standards, confirming that the Holy Spirit Cult's Spirit Ascension Ritual could increase the age of Soul Rings.

The bone whip lashed out, stirring layers of airwaves through the air. Lin En's spiritual power immediately rang with a sharp explosion.

The blade on his elbow slashed out fiercely. The whip struck the arm blade, snapping the hard blade inherited from the White-Armored Earth Dragon in half. Fragments scraped against his dragon scales, scattering sparks.

The Little Sage coordinated his body, using the collision to turn aside and evade the attacks of the surrounding Holy Servants.

"Just a Soul Grandmaster."

Another Holy Spirit Disciple hidden in the shadows made his move. Foul-smelling sludge instantly covered the entire area. The sludge bubbled, and when the bubbles burst, they sprayed yellow-green venom.

Lin En's dragon scales closed together, blocking the splashing venom. Yet the scales of the Devouring Dragon were actually dissolved away, exposing the flesh beneath.

The moment his flesh touched the venom, it began to boil. In the blink of an eye, countless gruesome bloody holes had been corroded into it.

The poison invaded his body and waged war against his Immune System, slowing Lin En's movements and severely obstructing the flow of his Soul Power.

"Memory!"

The second Soul Ring surrounding Lin En bloomed with yellow light.

The Little Sage had said that his Memory soul skill had immense room for development. It could memorize injuries as well, allowing rapid recovery based on their characteristics.

His damaged wounds slowly began to heal under the effects of the Dragon Clan Bloodline.

The poison was completely eradicated through the cooperation of the Immune System and the Dragon Clan Bloodline. His Soul Power flow returned to normal.

His injuries and the entire healing process were transmitted by spiritual power to his memory cells. Specialized injury-memory cells were successfully created.

The hidden Holy Spirit Disciple repeated his old trick. A large number of bubbles rose from beneath Lin En's feet, and Zhang Lexuan cried out in alarm from behind him, "Watch out!"

Blood Moon erupted. Countless crimson rays swept through one area after another, and even the sticky sludge chose to avoid that light.

Faced with the large-scale attack, the hiding Evil Soul Master revealed his true form. He was a short Evil Soul Master covered head to toe in sludge. Nimble and agile, he leaped upward to evade Blood Moon's sweep.

Lin En neither dodged nor blocked, allowing the venom from the bursting bubbles to splash over his body.

This time, the venom had no effect at all. His second Soul Ring continued to shine as the injury-memory cells within his body rapidly divided under the effects of Soul Power. This time, his injuries were repaired in the blink of an eye.

The poison failed to stir even the slightest ripple within his body.

This was absolute adaptation. As long as Lin En still had Soul Power to sustain his second soul skill, and as long as the relevant memory cells remained in his body, he would adapt to identical attacks.

"What the hell?"

The short Evil Soul Master was bewildered. He had used this venom to ambush and kill plenty of people before. Why could a mere Soul Grandmaster survive it?

After his brief shock, the short man swept up the sludge on the ground. It surged into a massive wave, cutting Lin En off from Zhang Lexuan. Blood Moon was swallowed by the sludge as the two forces of Soul Power began to clash.

Zhang Lexuan was clearly at a disadvantage and could only struggle to hold on. The man's true target was not Zhang Lexuan, but Lin En. The sludge on the ground rapidly merged into his body, turning him into a five-meter-tall giant.

The Evil Soul Master wielding the bone whip in front cooperated by unleashing his third soul skill. The whip split into dozens of strands, forming a dense net in the cramped space.

Even a Soul King of the same rank would die if they dared take this attack head-on without being a defense-type Soul Master.

The sludge giant also swung his fist at high speed. The attacks from front and back were both killing moves unleashed by Soul Kings.

Lin En could not help baring his teeth. He did not possess rapid healing himself; he had always relied on the Dragon Clan Bloodline. His adaptation was a secondary immunity—he had to endure an attack once before he could imprint and adapt to it.

If he were smashed into pulp in one blow, no adaptation would save him.

"Little Sage, it's up to you. Start calculating!"

Lin En devoted all his spiritual power to fueling the Little Sage. His modified brain began operating at a speed beyond human imagination.

Every neuron became a computational unit. The Nervous System Martial Soul instantly overloaded!

Dopamine, acetylcholine, and other neurotransmitters were produced without restraint. His entire body had practically become a biological supercomputer.

His personal reality based on the Nibelungen Theory—or rather, a unique spiritual domain—unfolded.

Relying on terrifying computational power and the new brain's lack of delay, the Little Sage began calculating.

"Impact point confirmed. Direction calculated. Magnitude confirmed. Soul Power flow confirmed. Light, gravity, wind speed, airflow, ground vibrations, and other factors confirmed."

"Variables confirmed. Basic formula generated. Calculation complete. Beginning reflection."

The Little Sage encompassed an incomparably vast number of variables. Lin En's face turned slightly pale; both his Soul Power and spiritual power were being heavily drained.

The expressions of the two Holy Spirit Cult disciples changed. They stared in confusion as their own attacks were reflected back, the dense net of bone blades exploding in every direction.

"Aaargh!!"

The short Evil Soul Master at the core of the sludge giant screamed in agony. His arm was twisted into an astonishing arc by an invisible force.

All the sludge attempting to engulf Lin En slammed into an invisible wall, then was controlled and swept in an even more violent surge toward the Holy Servants attempting to self-destruct near Yu Mu'en's cell.

The rumbling receded into the distance as the self-destruction of those Holy Servants caused the entire dungeon to shake violently.

The shaking did not last long before abruptly falling still, as though a giant hand had forcibly held it in place.

Lin En suddenly threw a punch at the sludge giant behind him. The seemingly powerless fist struck the giant, instantly setting off wave after wave of violent shockwaves!!

The earth's vibrations, the explosion's shockwaves, the planet's gravity—every vector was transmitted through Lin En's arm, forcibly redirected and concentrated at one point before smashing into the sludge giant.

The transparent shockwave nearly robbed the short Evil Soul Master of his ability to think.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!!

His entire body flew backward at nearly the speed of sound, forcibly blasting through the entire Holy Altar.

Once the rumbling subsided, white light appeared at the end of the passage. It was the sunlight Lin En had long craved.

Lin En shook out his arm and forced himself to hide the weakness in his voice. "Who the fuck needs that old man's map?"

The brain modification the Little Sage had planned for three years—the unique spiritual domain born from the Nibelungen Theory and the immense computational power of the Nervous System—was called Vector Manipulation.

When Lin En learned the name of this spiritual domain, he knew that all the suffering of the past three years had been worth it!