Chapter 200: Maggot Human Bone Cultivation Dish

Lin Yifan's pupils suddenly contracted, and an alarm rang in his heart.

This is already the third time he's seen Su Tianhao, appearing in a bizarre form!

"This is never ending!"

He drew the dagger at his waist in a flash, and shouted loudly, "Mao Mao, Flame Breath!"

The Golden Eagle let out a sharp cry, and Mao Mao was already by Lin Yifan's side.

The raging flames erupted instantly, heading straight for Su Tianhao.

"Crack!" The sound of bone cracking rang out, and Su Tianhao's head was violently twisted 180 degrees, yet a ferocious grin stretched across his rotting face.

Even more horrifying, the neck that Mao Mao had torn off suddenly spewed countless white maggots, shooting outward like living arrows.

Although most were burned to ash by the flames, a few managed to break through the fire's barrier and surged straight toward Lin Yifan.

"So they have fire immunity?" Lin Yifan frowned, a sudden sense of danger rising in his heart.

Without hesitation he unleashed Extreme Ice Thrust, freezing every stray into a block of ice.

At the same time, he seized the chance, rolled, and instantly arrived beside Su Xiao xi, whispering:

"Xiao xi, how are you? Are you hurt?"

"Brother Yifan, my, my arm hurts..." Su Xiao xi's lips turned ashen as she spoke with difficulty.

Only then did Lin Yifan notice that her right arm was crawling with writhing maggots.

And those insects, moving at a visible speed, were trying to burrow into her skin.

"Hold on a bit!" Lin Yifan's complexion changed dramatically, and he immediately activated Eternal Freeze Domain.

Because only within the Eternal Freeze Domain can he freely control the power of ice.

For now, the most effective way to deal with these maggots is fire, followed by the power of ice.

Thus, Lin Yifan could only use the power of ice to freeze these maggots.

The icy power enveloped Su Xiao xi's entire arm, freezing all the parasites into ice.

Su Xiao xi trembled in pain, biting her lips tightly, without a single whimper.

Seeing this, Lin Yifan felt a pang of emotion, but he had no other choice and could only comfort her:

"Just endure a little longer; once I clear all the maggots from your arm, it will be over."

While speaking, he hurriedly used his hand to remove the frozen maggots from Su Xiao xi's arm.

But the real headache remained the maggots that had burrowed into her arm.

These maggots pierced Su Xiao xi's flesh, leaving tiny holes.

To extract these maggots, the flesh must be cut open.

Moreover, if the flesh stays frozen for too long, it will suffer permanent damage.

Therefore Lin Yifan could only use a knife, slashing Su Xiao xi's skin, and at top speed, crudely pulling all the maggots out.

Fortunately, the freezing reduces pain; otherwise, even if Su Xiao xi could endure, she would likely have fainted from the agony by now.

When all the maggots were cleared, Lin Yifan finally exhaled and dispelled the Eternal Freeze Domain.

Su Xiao xi's arm instantly returned to normal, yet it still lacked sensation.

Lin Yifan could only take out a bandage and first wrap it around her.

Su Xiao xi looked at her numb arm, her face full of terror, and said:

"Brother Yifan, is this arm now useless?"

Lin Yifan frowned, at a loss for how to answer.

He had only mastered the Ice Body for a day, and his study of the Eternal Freeze Domain was even shallower.

The reason he just chose the freezing power of the Eternal Freeze Domain was that he had no other option.

But whether it's maggot invasion or freezing, the damage to the arm remains unknown.

So at this moment, even Lin Yifan himself dares not guarantee whether Su Xiao xi's arm can be saved, and can only soothe her by saying:

"It shouldn't be a big problem; when I used the freezing power just now, I tried to avoid your meridians and blood vessels."

"The consequences of the recent maggot invasion are still unknown at this point."

"But don't worry too much; this world is different from the one we knew. There are countless wonders here, and even if your arm is temporarily off, there will be a way to restore it in the future."

Su Xiao xi's complexion turned ghastly; finally she could only sigh and say with a wry smile:

"Never mind, surviving is already a blessing; this arm... if it's gone, it's gone!"

"But..." She lifted her head, looking at the Maggot Human Bones reduced to ash, her face puzzled:

"Why are Maggot Human Bones appearing in this house again? And every Maggot Human Bone that shows up nearby has my brother's face. What on earth is happening?"

At that moment, the entire Shelter violently shook, the wooden walls twisted and folded at a bizarre angle, and in an instant transformed into an airtight bone‑white cube.

Countless human skeletons burst from the ground, each bearing countless white maggots; they were all Maggot Human Bones.

Each Maggot Human Bone had Su Tianhao's facial mask hanging on it.

Su Xiao Xin's face turned ashen as she looked at it all, "What, what! What on earth is happening? Why are there so many Maggot Human Bones inside my Shelter?"

Lin Yifan stared at the ground and finally grasped the key.

He saw that the floor that should have been tiled was now covered with a puddle.

The Shelter's window opened, and the Red Moon hanging in the sky shone through, casting a reflection of a Blood Moon onto the puddle.

The reflection was crystal clear, like looking into a mirror.

Those Maggot Human Bones crawled out from that Blood Moon reflection.

Moreover, Lin Yifan noticed that at the exact center of the Blood Moon reflection lay a corpse.

And that corpse was Su Tianhao!

Lin Yifan looked at the corpse and the massive horde of Maggot Human Bones emerging from the Blood Moon reflection, and said in a deep voice:

If I'm not mistaken, your Shelter is no longer an ordinary Shelter; it has been turned by this Blood Moon into its energy conversion pool.

As far as I know, these Maggot Human Bones are the K‑type creatures evolved from the power of the Blood Moon.

"Then, why do they all have my brother's face?" Su Xiao xi asked in confusion.

"Probably because your brother was the first victim," Lin Yifan guessed, "I've also encountered many Maggot Human Bones; they either wear the skin of Humans or the skin of Other Races."

"Thus, I estimate that the Blood Moon's power cannot create Maggot Human Bones out of nothing; it must have living flesh as a cultivation dish to be able to create Maggot Human Bones."

"Your brother was the first victim, so he became the cultivation dish for this area's Maggot Human Bones; consequently, all Maggot Human Bones later cultivated naturally bear your brother's face."

Lin Yifan now recalls carefully and finds that the Maggot Human Bone he first encountered at the entrance of his Shelter, with its clothing and its vague facial features, bore some resemblance to Su Tianhao.

Therefore, it is estimated that the Maggot Human Bone from that incident was also cultivated through Su Tianhao as the cultivation dish.

Moreover, that Maggot Human Bone was only a low‑level one; a single burst of flame killed it, making it far easier to deal with than the ones encountered today.