Chapter 1063: and translation of chapter title

When the first threeFourth Rank Mutant turned and poked its head out, Lin An realized he must have been discovered.

Is there a camera, or some other means?

He clearly saw no device resembling a lens.

His gaze turned fierce.

Although he couldn't detect the exact number of the encirclement with mental power,

but relying on the vibrations from the ground, Lin An could vaguely sense that at least a hundred Mutant were rushing toward him.

With a step down, the swiftly returning vibration waves showed Mutant traces in all directions.

Encircling, pretending to retreat? Indeed, a higher intelligence lurks here!

No time to dwell, after locking onto below, Lin An took a deep breath, and his whole body again glowed with dark-purple Arcane Torrent.

Alloy long swords shot out one after another.

Break for me!

The sword stream mixed with immensely destructive arcane energy; in an instant, it frenziedly drilled downward like shattered earth.

Although unsure where the higher intelligence controlling this place is, Lin An can only gamble, betting that for safety it will stay in the lowest underground cavity.

At the same time, the hidden controller realized Lin An wanted to flee, and the hundreds of Mutant approaching the encirclement instantly accelerated again upon command.

In the span of a breath, the huge warehouse was filled with thirdFourth Rank Mutant.

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!

The tearing sound was like a dense rain of swords.

Hundreds of Mutant charged like arrows, frenziedly assaulting Lin An; with each collision, massive booming sounds rang out in succession.

Bang bang! Bang!

Bearing the successive Mutant attacks from behind, Lin An dug downward while straining to maintain his spiritual energy shield.

But under the massive onslaught, his spiritual energy reserves were depleting at extreme speed, about to run out in the blink of an eye.

His gaze sank.

Lin An suddenly turned, exerted his muscles, and directly beheaded the nearest Red Tower Mutant.

This is troublesome.

Seeing the Mutant army nearly filling his field of view, Lin An's face grew solemn; he had no choice but to strike first.

thirdFourth Rank initial attacks, ten or a hundred times, he fears not; but the problem is when hundreds strike simultaneously, even if he could endure more, he cannot hold out!

No time to dig downward.

Then he could only try... that move!

Death God Aura!

A low shout.

In an instant, the black mist's vapor surged like rolling water to cover his whole body, instantly enveloping the surrounding Mutant.

Activating Blink, after a jump, Lin An precisely controlled the maximum distance, beginning to fly around the cavity.

The Mutant army, having lost its target, hesitated briefly, but soon, within 0.1 seconds, spotted Lin An having blinked to the other side.

Charged again.

Unlike the previous swift assault, Mutant caught in the Death God Aura slowed as if decelerating, and their muscles rapidly withered as they charged.

Constantly accelerating while circling.

Seeing the effect of the Death God Aura, Lin An quickly assessed its damage.

Life force drained once per second...

The damage is indeed considerable; in his visual observation, the thirdFourth Rank Mutant first covered by the aura are rapidly aging.

At most six seconds, and they will be completely stripped of all life force.

No need to act; standing still can exhaust thirdFourth Rank Mutant—for a supportive aura skill, this power is already terrifying enough.

But... still not enough.

As more and more Mutant entered the aura's range, Lin An sank in heart discovering that the Death God Aura's damage was actually shared.

The total damage equals his life recovery speed; once too many enemies enter, the time to death is greatly postponed.

Rapid-fire thinking.

If given enough maneuvering space, he could, like flying a kite, 'brush past' a few Mutant while flying. As long as he isn't surrounded and caught up, in theory he could exhaust these hundred thirdFourth Rank Mutant within a few minutes.

But seeing Mutant charging from all directions, Lin An sighed and had to dismiss the idea.

No time; if more than ten Mutant rush in together, the rest will follow and attack, and he will soon exhaust his spiritual energy and die in battle.

His recovery power still hasn't...

Wait a moment!?

After straining to dodge the largest group of Mutant surrounding him, Lin An's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something.

Night Healing!?

Night Healing absorbs life force to heal himself; wouldn't that be equivalent to indirectly boosting the aura's power!?

Looking at the Red Tower mutant's terrifying musculature, Lin An clearly realized these monsters' life force is probably extremely vigorous, absolutely not weaker than ordinary thirdFourth Rank.

A thought moved.

Seeing the Night Healing he had discarded as trash in the corner, Lin An now had only one question in mind.

Now, does it count as night? Or does darkness alone make it night!?

Think of it, then do it.

Taking a deep breath, after raising his spiritual energy shield, Lin An acted contrary to habit, suddenly charging toward the nearest thirdFourth Rank Mutant.

Boom!!

The two sides collided violently. Taking advantage of the close‑range contact opportunity, ignoring the dense claw shadows around, Lin An punched into the opponent's spine, instantly activating the Night Healing skill.

The next second.

「Hum」

Accompanied by a sudden buzzing sound, a pure life force flowed into the body like a stream.

Effective!

Even without light, it's still night!

He was overjoyed.

Lin An tightly gripped the opponent's spine, like sucking blood, frantically draining the life force of the mutant in his hand.

In an instant, the rich black aura around him surged again, and all mutants that stepped into the halo range stiffened once more.

Damage increased by about 100%!

Watching the mutant's aging rate, Lin An instantly determined the specific damage.

The life force actively absorbed is naturally stronger than passive recovery!

The shield shook. After enduring two seconds of attack, Lin An again activated Blink while holding the mutant in his hand.

「Swish」

After instantly pulling away, under precise control, he directly covered the three nearest mutants from above.

Under double enhancement, the charging mutants looked like they were carbonized; within two or three seconds their whole bodies trembled, then they turned into corpses and collapsed to the ground.

Seeing such good results, Lin An quickly rehearsed the subsequent battle.

The next second, he simply dispelled the spiritual energy shield and relied on his flesh to withstand damage.

Anyway, with a mutant in hand and double life recovery, he could hold out for a while. Next, it's a contest of life recovery!

With the Uninterrupted state, he theoretically still had two 9‑second invulnerabilities!

His gaze fierce, under continuous attacks from a hundred mutants, Lin An's heart was also stirred with ferocity.

「Boom! 」

He casually tossed aside the mutant whose life force he had drained, then turned and charged into the monster horde. Following the same method, after grabbing a brand‑new mutant, Lin An frantically drained its life force.

For a moment, an extremely horrifying scene appeared on the battlefield.

Seen amidst the mutant encirclement, Lin An's wounds kept increasing, yet in the next second they quickly healed. Meanwhile, the surrounding mutants under the Death God's halo were moving toward death each second. Whenever the damage reached its limit, a dark‑gold light burst from Lin An's body to block the fatal blow.

Making efficient use of the Uninterrupted and Blink abilities, Lin An now resembled an indestructible monster, his vitality jumping back and forth across the death line like a roller coaster.

Under the combined assault of his flesh and the Death God's halo, the vast swarm of mutants that had once been dense enough to cause despair now kept dying as time passed.

Inside the underground cavity, a white‑coated zombie that had been observing the battle stared blankly at the scene reflected in the zombie's eyes.

Seeing that the mutant army he had sent could not defeat Lin An alone, at this moment no person... no corpse could comprehend his shock.

What kind of monster is this!!

Unable to keep watching, upon realizing that the black light around Lin An would devour his own mutant army, he shouted a new command:

「Retreat! Surround him! Don't get close! 」