Chapter 157: Killing the Impostor

That means Lin Yifan's intelligence increase is entirely due to his own willpower.

The reason this reward message appeared might simply be to rationalize everything.

But none of that matters; as long as his intelligence can be enhanced, that's a good thing!

At that moment, Lin Yifan suddenly heard a painful scream coming from the impostor outside the door.

"Ah!"

He looked up and saw the impostor clutching his head with both hands, squatting on the ground with a face full of pain.

His skin was becoming increasingly transparent, the maggots beneath clearly visible, and maggots continuously wriggled back and forth in the holes of his eyes and nose.

After all, it was a face identical to his own; even Lin Yifan, however big‑hearted, couldn't help feeling a revulsion.

Nevertheless, the reason the impostor turned out like this must be related to the earlier mental attack!

Realizing this, Lin Yifan's mood grew increasingly heavy.

This is only an Intermediate Maggot Human Bone, yet its intellect is so high it can even launch a mental attack.

This time he barely blocked the attack by sheer force; but what if he faced a higher‑rank Maggot Human Bone?

Could he still hold it off?

The sense of crisis in Lin Yifan's heart surged to its peak!

It seems he must keep increasing his intelligence; only with sufficiently high intellect can he have self‑preservation ability when confronting advanced Maggot Human Bones in the future.

However, even while Lin Yifan was daydreaming, his hands never stopped moving.

The impostor had already been under Lin Yifan's control of fate, so it likely resorted to a desperate mental attack because of that.

Although it has now failed and appears to be in poor condition.

But now the answer Lin Yifan seeks has been found, so there's no need to keep this repulsive thing any longer.

He grabbed a burning piece of wood, strode to the Shelter's doorway, and looked down at the impostor, saying:

"I told you, an impostor is an impostor; you will never replace me!"

The impostor's outer skin is now completely transparent; in just a moment it will fully turn into a Maggot Human Bone!

The impostor struggled to lift his head, used his hand to pull out two maggots from his eyeballs, exposing blood‑veined eyes, and looked at Lin Yifan with extreme malice, hoarsely saying:

"What does it matter if I lose? Since you already know I'm just a wisp of illusion, even if you destroy me, your shadow will still be occupied by other illusions!"

"So sooner or later, you will be completely replaced by us!"

"Then we'll talk about it on that day!" Lin Yifan sneered, and directly threw the burning wood onto the impostor's body.

"Boom!"

Intense flames erupted instantly, completely engulfing the impostor!

Crackle!

It was the crisp crackle of maggots exploding as the fire burned them!

A strange fragrance began to waft!

It was the smell of burning protein!

Lin Yifan's brows knit into a furrow, for when the previous two Maggot Human Bones were burned, no odor had been emitted.

Why is there an odor this time?

Could it be that higher‑rank Maggot Human Bones have more corporeal flesh?

Yes!

Lin Yifan vaguely sensed that, although as of today the so‑called Maggot Human Bone appears as an illusion, it might not be a pure illusion!

If it were merely an illusion, why fill it with maggots?

Thus the body may be an illusion, but the maggots need not be!

But since there is no basis to investigate now, Lin Yifan can only temporarily set the question aside and calmly watch his impostor turn to ash.

"Ding!"

After the impostor's body turned completely to ash, Lin Yifan had thought that, aside from the fixed Treasure Chest dropped by killing a Maggot Human Bone, there would be nothing else.

But to his surprise, this impostor actually left something behind!

He stepped forward, rummaged through a small pile of ash for a while, and actually pulled out a ring!

It was a bronze ring set with a white gemstone.

Lin Yifan's pupils instantly contracted upon seeing the ring!

Because he also owned an identical bronze ring!

He extended his left hand; his left middle finger bore such a bronze ring, which was his Space Ring.

Lin Yifan took both rings off and placed them together; indeed, the two rings were exactly alike!

Just as he began to wonder what connection the two rings had, they suddenly emitted a faint green glow!

Then, the two rings floated up from nowhere, slowly approached each other, and finally merged into a single white jade ring!

It can't be called a white jade ring, because the material of this ring is exactly the same as the white gemstone on the ring he previously owned.

Lin Yifan had already speculated that perhaps the white gemstone is the true Space Stone that carries space!

He just didn't dare to experiment, so he couldn't verify!

But what is happening before his eyes can be used to test it!

The verification method is simple: just open the Space Ring and see!

Lin Yifan placed the ring back on his finger; with a thought, his consciousness appeared inside his Space Ring.

Sure enough, as he expected, the spatial area changed; originally his Space Ring had an internal space of 15 cubic units.

Although compared to that storage pouch with only two or three cubic units of internal space, his Space Ring is already quite good.

But in actual use, even 15 cubic units of internal space is still insufficient.

And now, the built-in space that was originally only 15 cubic meters has expanded to more than three times that size.

What was already nearly full now occupies a lonely little corner, yet also a large area.

Lin Yifan withdrew his consciousness from the Space Ring and saw that its attributes had changed.

Item name: 【Space Ring (internal space 50 cubic meters)】

Grade: Bronze Grade

Evaluation: 【Using a Space Stone as the core and refined gold as auxiliary material, this Bronze Grade Space Ring has an internal space of 55 cubic meters, a highly rare spatial treasure!】

Skipping the Excellent grade and the Black Iron rating, it jumped straight to Bronze Grade; the fusion of the two rings indeed brings a considerable promotion.

However, Lin Yifan discovered that inside the Space Ring, all the Water Avoidance Talismans he had previously obtained from the Xuan Snake tribe had vanished!

The Teleportation Talismans are still present, which gave him some comfort; if even the Teleportation Talismans were gone, his efforts would have been in vain!

Besides this ring, Lin Yifan suddenly realized that this counterfeit or dropped Treasure Chest was also unusual!

Because it turned out to be a special black Treasure Chest, yet not an ordinary Black Iron Treasure Chest!

It was—a Special Treasure Chest!