Chapter 136: Mortal Body

"Lin Dui... you're joking, right!"

Zhang Tie's face was iron-dark, his whole face black enough to show a blue tint, revealing his inner terror.

Good fellow, Lin Dui's strength gives him the most say.

Along this journey, he has participated in almost every battle.

With Lin An's current strength, let alone not using the Divine Spur.

Even if he stood still and let him hit, without activating Heavy Fist Blast, he could wear himself out and still not break Lin An's defense.

What's more, if Lin Dui took the initiative...

Obediently.

Zhang Tie hastily waved his hands, indicating he absolutely did not want to "spar" with Lin An.

That's just asking for abuse...

Lin An didn't care about his reaction; now mutants are hard to find, and no one present can withstand his damage.

Unless a combat test lab is built later, then he can freely test his abilities.

But for now, that's still premature.

After thinking it over, only Zhang Tie is suitable to spar with him.

"Come!"

"I'll suppress my attributes to 10 points and fight you with zeroth-rank strength."

As he spoke, Lin An removed his equipment and faced him empty-handed.

Upon hearing that, Zhang Tie suddenly froze, then became somewhat excited.

Good fellow, 10 points of attributes.

That's not just half less than mine—it's even more!

You know that attribute increases boost strength multiplicatively; each point difference is a huge chasm.

Thinking he might be able to give Lin Dui a sound beating, Zhang Tie couldn't help feeling a secret delight.

"Bring it on! Lin Dui! You really want to fight me?!"

Battle instinct!

Lin An also didn't waste words; with a low shout, his body was instantly filled with dark-gold spiritual energy, as if brimming with endless power.

Disperse!

The spiritual energy faded, leaving only the boost from the ultimate combat technique!

Seeing Lin An was serious, Zhang Tie hastily activated Bear Transformation.

Bear Transformation!

The ground trembled slightly as a black bear nearly three meters tall suddenly appeared in the Meeting Room.

"Lin Dui! Then I won't hold back!"

"Roar!!"

The black bear, as if cheering itself, directly unleashed a Heavy Fist Blast!

A giant fist half a person's thickness slammed toward Lin An in an instant, mighty and overwhelming.

Not daring to hold back, Zhang Tie looked eagerly at his own fist.

Even Lin Dui at his peak might not be able to dodge this punch!

"Good, come on!"

Time seemed to slow; in Lin An's sight, the huge fist he couldn't react to appeared like slow motion.

This feeling, only the first appearance of the Black Dragon had given him before.

So slow...

In an instant, Lin An could even see frame by frame the steel-needle-like hairs on the bear's fist, and Wen Ya's hair lifted by the airflow.

A massive amount of combat information flooded his mind, as if requiring no thought, perfectly engraving the attack and evasion trajectory.

"Side step six centimeters, body tilted thirty degrees can perfectly dodge..."

Like a steel-wire dancer, precise and elegant.

In Zhang Tie's incredulous gaze, Lin An stubbornly brushed past the Heavy Fist, the piercing wind of the fist ruffling his forehead hairs.

In an instant, his form burst forth with a flash.

Side-step downward slash!

Only saw Lin An instantly appear at the bear's side, hand forming a blade and slashing out in an instant.

Upper kick!

Before the first strike finished, a precisely calculated upper kick kicked the heavy black bear into midair.

Reverse downward elbow!

Soaring leap! With a blank expression, he Blinked into midair, twisting his waist to unleash sudden force.

"Bang!"

The alloy floor shuddered; Zhang Tie had no power to retaliate, couldn't even react before the lightning-fast elbow strike smashed him into the ground.

Counter step! Forward punch!

Like a splendid, domineering combo, the black bear in midair was continuously lifted, knocked flying, then pursued and shaken off by Lin An.

If not for his strength being suppressed...

Each of Lin An's attacks went straight for the vital weak point, like a precise scalpel.

In every move, he was brutal and cold, like an emotionless killing machine.

Helpless to fight back, the black bear continually blown into the air could only barely protect its head, emitting feeble angry roars.

Lin An!

Team!

No! Fight!

Even though he had suppressed all attributes to 10 points, he still managed to make him feel somewhat desperate by relying entirely on mechanically perfect combat skills.

Why can't I even move at all!

Any of his attacking moves seemed to be foreseen by Lin An, each one perfectly interrupted as soon as he acted.

If it weren't for his physique just receiving a boost and him having activated Bear Transformation.

Zhang Tie seriously suspects he will be slowly worn to death by Lin An using just 10 points of attribute.

Exhilarating!

In just 7 seconds of combat, Lin An struck no fewer than eighty times!

At the limit of combat skill, his every movement and attack seemed to instantly change into a technique, perfectly continuing.

Without a doubt.

An ordinary person possessing such combat skill and predictive ability could, even without surpassing the limit in attributes, forcibly kill a Zeroth Rank Awakened One.

In this world, there actually exists such a terrifying combat skill.

Lin An gazed fervently at the description of 【Combat Instinct】, and a strong sense of anticipation suddenly welled up in his heart.

After activating Combat Instinct, he could display such terrifying power relying solely on skill.

Hard to imagine, how terrifying the next level of 【Heavenly Human Form】 must be.

Even the as-yet-unlocked???

With a mortal body... could it rival the divine?

But the advancement conditions are somewhat harsh: Fourth Rank spiritual energy nodes.

To be honest, Lin An doesn't even know where they are.

Maybe the capital's Safe Zone would have them, but now the capital's war zone probably hasn't even built a shadow of a Safe Zone.

If he hadn't altered the game progress, all players worldwide wouldn't know what a Safe Zone is until half a year later.

As for unlocking the??? Sixth Rank nodes?

That thing truly is a legendary existence; Lin An even doubts whether such nodes exist.

After calming his excitement, he didn't think about it any further.

He reached out and pulled the black bear, lying on the ground with its limbs spread, looking aggrieved.

"I still have plenty of fruit cans; if you want to eat, just go take them."

"If there's nothing else, stop sneaking into the storeroom; it's not right for an Awakened One to steal cans to eat every day..."

Just as Lin An's words fell,

"Huh!??"

The grievance on Zhang Tie's face vanished instantly, replaced by some embarrassment.

Behind him, Wen Ya couldn't help but cover her mouth and let out a light laugh.

As the base's logistics, Zhang Tie's stealing of cans had long been discovered.

He refused to eat the meat cans given to him, instead secretly swapping the meat for fruit, thinking this would fool inventory checks.

He didn't even consider that the packaging is different, and the college had only merged the day before; even a fool could notice.

"Ah... Lin Dui, that I..."

Lin An somewhat amusedly raised his hand to stop Zhang Tie's explanation, merely casually ordering toward Wen Ya.

"The base has its rules; from now on, I'll deduct Zhang Tie's share from my own."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tie felt somewhat moved; he never expected the usually strict Lin Dui to not scold him.

He knows the base's rules: no one may arbitrarily break the line.

He actually counts as having violated the rules...

Lin An shook his head; he wasn't that rigid.

Of course, rules set must be followed.

But Zhang Tie, after all, had no ill intent; each time he traded high-value meat cans for fruit cans.

Thus it isn't considered too much of a violation of the established regulations.

"Don't overthink it; when bringing back supplies later, remember to swap them back."

Zhang Tie's daily food rations are more than enough to eat, but this guy actually doesn't like meat...

If Wen Ya hadn't told him, Lin An would never have imagined that this black bear actually likes yellow peaches...

"Bear bro, can you live up to that fierce, demonic face of yours?"

Helplessly,

Lin An caught sight of Liu Shiming shrinking in the corner out of the corner of his eye; it seemed that during his earlier sparring with Zhang Tie, he had been frightened into hiding aside, fearing to be implicated.

Having just become an Awakened One, he hasn't yet adjusted.

"Liu Shiming."

Lin An gave a slight smile, instantly causing his future chief designer to tremble all over.

Am I really that frightening?

Ignoring his emotions, Lin An gestured for him to open his own player panel.

To be honest, he's still quite curious about what talent his future chief designer has awakened.

He also doesn't know if it's the most mysterious spatial system.

If that's the case...

Lin An's mouth corner lifted; perhaps he could initiate some plans ahead of time.