Evolution Begins with Elemental Domination

Terrifyingly, even its fragile eyeball offered some resistance, and the bullet was even caught by the muscles behind the eye socket.

BANG!

Another shot followed immediately after.

Having quickly reloaded, Su Chen pulled the trigger again.

BOOM!

This shot was remarkably effective. In less than a second, the figure, still suppressed by the Law, was struck in the forehead, sending a spray of blood into the air. Ruoruo’s two consecutive follow-up arrows also successfully pierced its flesh.

”Ugh!”

The creature roared in fury. With a shake of its arms, the constricting roots shattered inch by inch.

Shrugging off a body full of debuffs, it charged forward like an out-of-control heavy tank. Under the sheer force of its physical assault, Pang Peng, the giant bear holding the front line, was protected by a Water Mirror Screen and a life shield, and was even holding a physical shield in his bear paws.

Even with these three layers of protection, he was sent flying like a broken doll after just one exchange, erupting in a spray of blood mid-air.

In response to this,

Su Chen, with a look of indifference, had already tossed aside the somewhat overloaded shotgun. A crackling lightning shield erupted from his belt to surround him, and the Holy Sword, which had remained unused in his backpack until now, instantly fell into his palm.

At that moment, the aura around him soared.

His skin and muscle fibers began to writhe wildly, as if dozens of python-like muscle bundles all over his body had begun to contract at an overclocked frequency. As his Steel Bones and Iron Flesh trait activated, the Holy Sword in his hand was already wreathed in lightning and fire, trailing arcs of plasma flames.

TAP!

Instead of retreating, he advanced. With a single step forward, his figure shot out like an arrow loosed from a bow, charging head-on.

As his ability activated, his body’s potential was fully unleashed. His speed increased dramatically, while in contrast, the flow of time around him began to slow to a crawl.

The two of them charged at each other.

”Die!”

The Reviver was not completely stopped by this bullet-time effect. Although its movements were slightly sluggish, the fingers of its withered right hand had already swelled and warped, bones cracking, as they instantly transformed into a pair of high-frequency claws.

Vibrating at a high frequency, they seemed to slice through the air itself, threatening to tear apart the slowed Space-Time.

But it was ultimately rejected by the Law of this era.

In that life-or-death moment, Su Chen’s eyes, illuminated by lightning, locked onto his opponent, only to spot an extremely uncoordinated, spastic pause in the muscles of its supporting right leg.

’That’s enough.’

Relying on his extraordinary combat intuition, Su Chen’s body reacted faster than his mind.

While charging straight ahead, he defied physical inertia, forcing his body into a bizarre side-slip and shoulder dip mid-motion.

SWOOSH!

The high-frequency claws, which seemed capable of annihilating all matter, grazed past Su Chen’s scalp.

Although he wasn’t hit directly, the sharp wind pressure tore a corner of his lightning shield, and a single, stark line of blood beaded on his skin.

But this near-miss created the perfect angle for a kill.

Because of that earlier falter, its guard was wide open, revealing a fatal gap in the defenses of its flank.

”Break!”

The overclocked muscles all over Su Chen’s body released their full kinetic energy in that instant. The Divine Sword Radiance in his hand, wreathed in lightning and fire, slashed brutally upward at the creature’s waist.

SLAAASH!!

The cut wasn’t nearly as smooth as he’d expected.

The resistance was shockingly heavy.

It felt like sawing through an old leather tire with a dull blade. The creature’s tough muscle fibers contracted wildly under the scorching Holy Flame, trying to lock the blade in place.

However...

The stalemate lasted only for a moment.

The Plasma Holy Flame suddenly erupted.

A terrifying elemental power exploded along the path of the blade. Under the effects of the Sun Flame’s decomposition and the Thunder Core’s roar, the resistance was instantly torn apart, and a massive, bloody hole was blasted open at its waist.

”Ugh!”

The Reviver’s body arched violently, its remaining pupil dilating wide as it spun around for a rending claw strike.

The fierce wind pressure, like a spinning wheel of blades, tore straight through the already faltering lightning shield.

However, before the claws could slash into his back, the Light and Dark Particle Stream swirling around Su Chen caused him to fade like mist. He executed an Aurora Flash; an afterimage was left in his place while his real body appeared phantom-like behind the creature.

WHOOSH!!

The Holy Sword in his hand was once again wreathed in lightning and fire, emitting an aura of annihilation.

”Break!”

Veins bulged on Su Chen’s arms. Activating Steel Bones and Iron Flesh again, he brutally thrust the tip of his sword into the creature’s back, aiming for the heart.

SQUELCH!

The resistance from the skin on its back was still astonishing, like piercing a thousand layers of folded steel. But as a torrent of Telekinesis flooded into the spine of the blade, the Holy Sword accelerated, pushing forward inch by inch.

At the same time, the sound of roots bursting from the ground filled the air. Yan Ziqian had unleashed his bloodthirsty vines, which wrapped around the creature’s arms as the Life Warlock frantically plundered the Life Force that sustained it.

The twang of a bowstring became a continuous hum. Yan Ruoruo’s expression was grim as she drew her Cyan Nether Bow so fast it left afterimages. Multiple Wind Split Arrows flew with piercing shrieks, burying themselves in the creature’s forehead.

And her Killing Arrow proved its divine efficacy, its head penetrating completely into the brain cavity.

Under this coordinated assault, just as the Reviver shattered its bonds once more and was about to turn and deliver a fatal blow to the enemy behind it, its body trembled violently, and the raised claws fell limp.

The tip of a sword was seen bursting out from its chest, having pierced its heart with perfect accuracy.

”Urgh...”

The creature coughed up mouthfuls of blood, and the oppressive Divine Sense that had filled the area dissipated along with it.

As the Holy Sword was pulled from its body, its now unsupported form crashed to the ground.

The heart-pounding battle was finally over.

Amidst a pile of rubble, Pang Peng lay on his back, blood trickling endlessly from the corner of his mouth.

”Pang Peng...”

Yan Ziqian looked anxious and immediately began to administer aid. In addition to casting a High-level Healing Skill, he even went over and fed him a Life Potion.