Chapter 2146: Summit Battle 34

Time trickled away.

Lin An suppressed his useless emotions and simply thought about how to solve the problem before him.

If we drag it out according to the original plan, the risk is already too great.

Waiting for the heart to digest the body on its own is tantamount to handing fate over to the enemy; for Lin An, that is something he cannot tolerate.

"Well..."

"What means do I have to break through its defense? Or rather, can I deal with these two—no, three corpses?"

Lin An continually recalled the information given by the Omniscient Domain.

In the recent battle, the greatest threat to him was not the light specks but the control effect of absolute zero. Although the destructive power of those light specks is indeed terrifying, a hit means burning to death. Especially for beings with strong flesh, the light specks will treat the target's flesh, including their own strength, as fuel to burn.

Such an effect is clearly a counter to the Body System, aimed at him.

But for Lin An, this is not a big problem.

The reason is simple: although his flesh is strong, his self-healing ability is even stronger! While ordinary Body Systems also have strong self-healing, the stronger the flesh, the more vitality is consumed during recovery.

For example, a typical Body System with flesh strength 100 and recovery ability 50: burning half of it, even if recovered, can at most hold out two seconds before dying; further recovery would just exhaust oneself.

But if Lin An's flesh strength is 50, his recovery power is 300 or even 500! As long as it's not a one-hit kill, he can rely on the extra time to continually switch to other powers to keep recovering. In terms of consumption, he doesn't need that much vitality either.

Especially compared to the Body System's lack of adaptability, he also has Judgment Space to avoid subsequent damage.

"Can I dodge the freezing effect? Those light specks aren't that fast; if I can avoid the control, even just not being hit in a vital spot, with my recovery ability I could simply chop off my hands or feet when hit."

"The 'fragile skin' has low HP but absurdly fast HP regeneration."

Lin An's eyes flickered as he considered the feasibility of this idea.

"This thing is weird, it knows how to kill me, but its intelligence is still closer to instinct..."

"Moreover, if I don't dodge that freezing rule, I can't attack the heart. The suppression from the Fourth Rank is truly enormous..."

Lin An frowned, constantly calculating in his mind the attack speed of that rule.

Speaking of which, this could be considered an unexpected gain.

Using Judgment Space twice in a row to avoid damage also let Lin An discover its clever use.

Compared to Blink or Void Walking, the pulling effect of Judgment Space has no delay; rather than a spatial skill, it is more like an extremely special compulsory rule. His reaction speed determines how fast he can pull someone.

It's like invincibility frames; at critical moments it's more useful than most spatial rules. Of course there are drawbacks: if the pulled target dies or is too strong, this move becomes useless, and it lacks some flexibility.

However, after a while, Lin An finally sighed and shook his head, rejecting this idea.

It's too close, really too close.

If he could pull out and create a distance of about a kilometer, perhaps his reaction time would exceed the rule's activation time.

But the corpse that masters the freezing rule is right before his eyes.

Even if he hides his aura immediately after emerging, Lin An still doesn't know by what means the heart detects him.

"Or should I just hard-resist it? Like grinding down that Star-Shatter-level beast, draining the corpse's Rule Reserve?"

"The number of reversals is only the last one; wanting to drain it, one or two attempts simply won't work."

Without reversal, there's no way to lift the control. Moreover, the Causal Sequence can be used only twice every 24 hours. Once in a frozen state, if his reaction slows even a little and he's hit by many light specks, he also can't withstand it.

"How to do..."

"If it were only freezing or light specks, these wouldn't be problems. Even a little 'eating' of the light speck rule would just mean a few more recoveries. But combined, the threat is more than tenfold."

"Without depleting the rules, I also couldn't break through the defense under siege by two or even three Star-Shatter-level entities..."

It's like a closed-loop dead end; Lin An frowned, unable to find a way out in a short time.

From all the means he currently possesses, it seems he has only one path to take.

"Next, I will hard-resist once with the Causal Sequence, once with the Rebirth Elixir, and repeat every 24 hours; thus, in the next two days I will effectively have eight opportunities to expend."

"But what's the difference between doing this and just waiting? The difference is that if I just wait, this thing might not necessarily waste its own combat power?"

Lin An gave a bitter laugh, feeling that no matter how he calculates, it seems impossible to obtain the artifact before the scheduled time.

It's as if it's a predetermined script, or rather, the time given by No. 77 is the sole solution.

In silence, Lin An took a deep breath, thought it over, and simply contacted Mo Ling, intending to tell Mo Ling and them to guarantee safety during this period.

He is currently trapped here; if an accident occurs, even if he wanted to rush over, he couldn't.

However, just as Lin An reopened the Starlight Function, the newly added exchange feature suddenly caught his attention.

Wait...

He seemed to have overlooked that there were new items that could be exchanged; perhaps the newly added exchange Props contained something that could help him?

After all, the Starlight War even has Rebirth Elixir; maybe there is some special item that can resolve his current predicament!

Lin An's eyes lit up; he decisively opened the exchange interface.

Ten seconds later.

Looking at the exchange interface, a Props resembling a scroll made Lin An's heart feel extremely complex and strange.

Yes, just as he thought, among the newly added "Powerful" Props of the Starlight Alliance, he truly found something that could solve the problem!

"Seal Stone: (Special)"

"Props effect: After use, seal all rules and spiritual energy, entering a state of exile. In exile, you will continuously consume vitality and gain rules and energy, with physical damage greatly reduced. Maximum duration: 3 minutes. After actively dispelling, the rules and energy consumed by the seal will not be returned."

"Exchange points: 30 points"

"Props description: At a critical moment, this Props can save your life, but only if someone comes to rescue you."

The effect is excellent, and the price is extremely cheap.

Lin An can imagine that the Starlight Alliance offering this Props exchange is likely to better attract bets.

If our side's strongest is besieged and about to die? No problem, using the Seal Stone can preserve his life; during these three minutes, if you want to save him, keep betting, letting others exchange more Props to come rescue!

"This thing suits me well; depleting rules has no effect on me. As long as I return to Judgment Space, I can replenish within a dozen seconds."

"With the exile state, I need not fear the threat of the freezing rule!"

"This way, I can use up the rules of these two corpses in at most half an hour!"

But.

Lin An gave a bitter smile, glanced at the fine print at the bottom of the exchange instructions, and couldn't help but think to 'praise' the Starlight Alliance's level of deceit.

Note: All newly added Props in the exchange function must be exchanged off-site. Current ratio: 1:10.

Off-site?

Where does he have anyone off-site?

Or rather, who would place a bet for him?

Unless..

Lin An looked at the rankings with a complex look in his eyes; he thought he knew a way!