[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed":3,"chapter-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-214":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","How Do We Play If This Boss Isn't Nerfed?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1617989,2083,"Chapter 214 - 135: Scale Leader Galasha (2)","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-214",214,"\u003Cp>The moment he saw the youngling kowtowing and begging for its life, his heart, long as hard as stone, actually wavered for an imperceptible instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Am I being too cruel? Too cold-blooded? Inhuman?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this thought lasted for less than a tenth of a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Lin Ye’s pupils constricted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow Scale youngling, kneeling on the ground with pleading eyes, used its kowtow as cover to abruptly open its mouth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPIT—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spray of eerie green corrosive liquid shot from its mouth like a high-pressure water jet, aimed straight for Lin Ye’s face!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a piercing whistle sounded from behind him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The decrepit old Shadow Scale crone, who had been prostrate on the ground, had suddenly sprung into action. Her tail, now like a long-coiled steel whip, whistled through the air as it lashed straight for the back of Lin Ye’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a trace of humility remained in its murky, vertical pupils—only a venomous hatred and killing intent so thick it was almost tangible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A semi-transparent purple crystal wall materialized out of thin air in front of Lin Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corrosive acid splashed against the crystal wall, creating a harsh SIZZLING sound, but it failed to damage it in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Lin Ye didn’t even turn his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crystal blade, thin as a cicada’s wing and almost completely transparent, flashed behind him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SCHLICK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lashing tail was instantly severed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mid-air crystal blade and the crystal wall in front of Lin Ye both dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, the last trace of hesitation and the final shred of pity in Lin Ye’s heart were utterly obliterated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These aliens, from the old to the young, were filled to the bone with cunning and savagery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while kneeling and begging for their lives, all they thought about was how to kill you in the most vicious way possible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spear flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two soft thuds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the most direct and efficient manner, Lin Ye sent the last of the Shadow Scales, the old crone and the youngling, to hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bent down and, with a few flicks of his long spear, pried the Origin Life Crystals from the skulls of all the Shadow Scale corpses in the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven pitch-black, diamond-shaped crystals of varying sizes lay quietly in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye clenched his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly discovered that, just like with Source Crystals, he didn’t seem to need to swallow these things as he had before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he held these life crystals, streams of cold, chaotic energy flowed out of them on their own, surging continuously into his body through the skin of his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taotie mechanism was working as intended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always found it disgusting to swallow things dug out of alien brains, and he instinctively resisted doing so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to become stronger, he had been forced to accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanoid creatures like the Shadow Scale Race were actually not so bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye only had to use a little imagination to picture the countless, far more twisted and disgusting alien races that must exist throughout the Celestial Abyss Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Insect Race, or some sort of ooze-like creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really had to swallow the cores of things like that, he would probably puke his guts out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Being able to absorb them directly through my hand must be the system’s final act of mercy.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye left the shack he had just completely wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He repeated the process, his figure melting back into the shadows as he silently slipped into a larger stone house not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Lin Ye’s heart felt not a single ripple of emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether he encountered able-bodied Shadow Scale Warriors, the frail women and children, the elderly, or the young—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He killed on sight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every thrust of his spear drew blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he had eliminated all life within the stone house and was about to leave—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His keen Spiritual Power suddenly detected an extremely faint life signature coming from the ground beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye bent down to get a better sense of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he raised his Star-Piercing Spear and flicked aside the thick layer of dried grass and animal hides covering the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crude, earthen hollow appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nestled in the hollow were five or six giant eggs, each the size of an ostrich egg and covered in strange black markings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eggshells were even trembling slightly, as if the life within could hatch at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The Shadow Scale Race lays eggs?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye didn’t spare it a second thought, not even hesitating for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his Star-Piercing Spear and pierced the giant eggs, one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>POP! POP! POP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hard shells were easily pierced, and a foul-smelling liquid, mixed with the already-forming Shadow Scale embryos, spilled all over the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Cut the weeds, pull out the roots.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having done all this, Lin Ye turned and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was like the Grim Reaper himself—silent and efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved continuously through the outskirts of the sprawling settlement, entering one shack and stone house after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spent only a few short minutes inside each one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when he left, there were no survivors inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Southern Outskirts, Temporary Command Post.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, we’ve sent the directive to Candidate 37’s wrist device, confirming the end of the selection and his first-place finish, but... there’s no response,\" a communications specialist suddenly reported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No response?\" Wang Lingchuan frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the signal being jammed? The environment in the Northern Great Rift Valley is certainly complex.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, the signal connection is stable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specialist had a strange expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just... he doesn’t seem to be receiving. And...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Candidate 37’s points are still going up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the number representing Lin Ye’s score was brought up on the main screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>77,891.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number only remained on the screen for less than three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>",990,"2026-06-06T10:31:47.882Z",1,"novelbin.me","52b124920acf63ddae9122ea88f1f1d2ec21e96ed2f847d7ef4cb42890473c68","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-215","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-213",250,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-cover.jpg"]