Chapter 2139: Climb to the Summit Battle 27

Crystallized shard?

The battle ended.

Lin An's chest rose and fell slightly as he curiously watched the several fragments, lifted by psychic power, flowing with blue energy.

"Material information: Crystallized shard (damaged)"

"Grade: Shattered Star"

"Effect: Edible? Forging? Inlay? The material is incomplete, so specific usage effects cannot be provided."

"Warning: This fragment contains a large amount of unknown contamination; use with caution. Consuming or merging it has a tiny chance to gain its rules, a medium chance to boost spiritual attribute, and a high chance to suffer contamination backlash!"

Looking at the system description of the three fragments in his hand, Lin An felt a little disappointed.

These three fragments are the crystals from that Shattered Star–level brain, and they are the only things the corpse "burst" out. Although the grade is fairly high, the side effects are extreme.

For some reason, since entering the underground space, the corpses he has killed along the way have dropped nothing, and even the remaining debris is heavily contaminated. Not to mention using them as materials—he worries that storing them in his ring will pollute his storage space.

"Forget it, if the side effects are big, they're big; at least it's still a gain. If worse comes to worst, I can sell them after leaving."

"But looking at it, from Shattered Star level onward, Awakened Ones' bodies seem to undergo changes? They could also turn into something like materials?"

Lin An set aside his disappointment, lowered his head in thought. He had never figured out what distinguishes the "monsters" that drop equipment from themselves. Logically, the gaps between civilizations or life forms are huge, and each can be seen as a monster by the other. Yet some yield rewards when killed, while others do not.

If equipment-dropping must be system-generated NPCs, then those zombies that have reached Fourth Stage and Fifth Stage have essentially stepped outside the NPC category.

Just like the Corpse Emperor and Alien Species, they are also struggling, also resisting the Apocalypse. Deep down, Lin An always feels something hidden in all this.

Thinking of that mutant among this round's participants, perhaps I can go "have a chat" with them...

He casually tossed the fragments into his ring, Lin An no longer dwelled on it, turning instead to check his recent faith power fluctuations.

Before preparing for battle, he clearly sensed his faith power had fluctuated.

"The total slightly dropped by 13… no, 10 units. Down… up… down again. This magnitude of change…"

Lin An patted the dream rat's mouth, while exerting repulsive force to enlarge the dream rat and burrow into his stomach to hurry, all the while simulating the cause of the faith power changes.

Soon, Lin An frowned, suddenly thinking of a possibility.

"Faith power showed a brief emotional transmission a few minutes ago, with fanatics calling out to me. Judging by this fluctuation, could it be that a squad of divine warriors clashed with the enemy, after massive deaths produced elite warriors, only to be wiped out together afterward?"

"Who could threaten these divine warriors? External foes? Heavenly disaster?"

Although Earth still harbors many special-event mutants, Lin An is certain that aside from special events being somewhat dangerous, the monsters he has kept are unlikely to inflict major harm on a divine warrior squad.

Even tempering himself or carrying out missions would hardly do so.

Could it be that a Fifth Stage invasion has struck Earth?

Lin An's eyes turned cold, a chill instantly rising in his heart.

"Did Qing Kai betray me? Did the Creator Alliance move against me? Is that possible?"

With too little information, Lin An couldn't immediately judge what had happened on Earth's side. Still, he wasn't overly worried, since No. 77 had promised to guarantee Earth's safety—even if the Creator Alliance poured out its forces, they could only die. Otherwise he wouldn't be so relieved bringing Mo Ling and the others in here.

At the same time, as Lin An suppressed this thought and re-established contact with Mo Ling, a message from Gao Tian suddenly lit up.

"Lin Dui!"

"Someone is hunting us! They seem to be from the Heaven Walkers' side!"

"Mo Ling! Let us out to fight!"

"This squad isn't strong; we're confident we can go all out against them!"

Inside the Necromantic Space, Zhang Tie and the others being escorted clung tightly to their potions, their battle intent adjusted to the peak, ready to fight at any moment.

Outside the high-speed-moving Necromantic Space, three squads—totally eighteen War Stars and forty Fourth Stage War Slaves—pursued them like hunting dogs, encircling from all sides.

Though hidden inside the Necromantic Space, where they should be invisible, this group seemed able to see the space's movement trail, drawing ever closer.

Ignoring Zhang Tie and the others' pleas for battle, Mo Ling this time merely buried his head in flight, constantly driving the Necromantic Space toward the Eternal Summit.

"Idiot! Now isn't the time for you to be unafraid of death! Kill this batch and another will come—we've obviously been targeted!"

Inside the space, Mo Ling's icy eyes swept over the huddled Ka Lian.

She couldn't help but guess they'd been marked; it must be Ka Lian's problem. As expected, Ka Lian already bore a mark; otherwise these three squads could not have pursued so tightly.

Going out to fight now, although she is confident she can take them down, a huge shift in points would surely prompt the Heaven Walkers Alliance to intensify their hunt, making things even more troublesome later!

"Don't… abandon me…! Please, Miss Mo Ling."

"Am I useful? I still am!"

Ka Lian gazed pleadingly at Mo Ling; though she didn't know why the Heaven Walkers Alliance had singled them out, seeing that aside from three squads, all other Creator Alliance teams were dead, she realized she would surely die if she went out.

Pinning hopes on a bunch of Fourth Stage fighters sounds absurd, yet for some reason Ka Lian felt no problem with it.

Especially Mo Ling's strength—she suspected Mo Ling might actually be a War Star Peak, or even one of the strongest among War Star Peaks!

Without responding to Ka Lian, Mo Ling turned away, closed his eyes, and simply pushed the Necromantic Space to accelerate with all his might.

She would not abandon Ka Lian.

She dislikes Ka Lian, but this woman is useful to Lin An.

Even though Lin An had just told her in the comms to sacrifice Ka Lian if necessary, she has no intention of doing so.

Hunting? Positioning?

Mo Ling gave a cold chuckle, his abyssal-dark pupils icy as he stared at the three squads outside.

She worries that a counterattack now would provoke even fiercer pursuit, but that doesn't mean she will only flee! If they dare scheme against us, then let them all die!

Eternal Summit!

She will move the battlefield to the Eternal Summit!

Gao Tian and the others' strategic vision is insufficient; the Heaven Walkers Alliance dares to hunt them so recklessly essentially because they are now on the outskirts of the Eternal Summit, where few participants remain!

But inside the Eternal Summit it's different—after hundreds of thousands of Fifth Stage fighters have battled in melee, even if the Heaven Walkers Alliance dispatched all its forces, they would not dare act rashly!