Chapter 853: Chapter 853
In the tropical rainforest, the vegetation is lush, and the air is hot and humid.
After a short while, one is drenched in sweat.
Lin Baici was holding the heart of God’s bones, ready to devour it, but before he could bite into it, three roots on the ground suddenly writhed like pythons launching an ambush, and burst out from the earth, entwining around Lin Baici’s feet.
This assault was clearly caused by Divine Grace!
Lin Baici didn’t know if he had been tracked by a God Hunter all along or if he had just run into them by chance, but in any case, he was ambushed.
He held the sword in his left hand and swung backward at the roots behind him.
The Bronze Sword missed.
The three roots pulled back fiercely, dragging Lin Baici down to the ground, and just as they were about to rip him apart like tearing apart a roasted chicken, Muscle Buddha appeared and stepped on the root pythons one by one, preventing them from continuing their attack and then bent down to grab them.
Lin Baici was pulled down by the third root, he swung his hand to chop it, and at that moment, the branches hanging down from the tree in front of him suddenly came to life, striking Lin Baici’s right hand that was holding the heart of God’s bones like a whip.
Lin Baici’s fingers were whipped painfully, but he endured it and didn’t let go of the heart of God’s bones.
The buzz-cut man hiding in the shadows cursed, surprised that Lin Baici was so resilient. He knew there would be no chance if this dragged on, so he unleashed the explosive power of his Divine Grace.
World of the Tree God!
The large trees surrounding Lin Baici came to life like tree demons, lashing out at him like slave masters’ whips in a flurry of attacks.
Lin Baici instinctively raised his hand to protect his head, not expecting one of the branches to wrap around the heart of God’s bones in his hand with the precision of a fishing hook thrown by a master angler, and with a snap it jerked it away.
Lin Baici let go, and in an instant, he felt so angry that he spat blood, but he quickly forced himself to calm down again.
Lin Baici swung his sword in rapid succession.
After transforming into tree demons, the toughness of the branches and roots increased, but still couldn’t withstand the sharpness of the Bronze Sword.
Muscle Buddha grabbed the three roots and exerted brute force to tear them apart.
Lin Baici watched as the branch, like a fishing line, pulled the heart of God’s bones away into a bush about thirty meters away.
A figure caught it and immediately fled.
Lin Baici got a clear look, it was that buzz-cut man he had encountered once before, seemingly from Lion City Xinjiapo.
As soon as the buzz-cut man got the heart, he ran for his life, never considering taking the opportunity to kill Lin Baici because it was impossible.
He glanced at the heart of God’s bones wrapped in branches in his hand and quickly took out a round metal ball with a black, textured surface.
This was the Black Coffin, a device specifically for sealing Taboo things.
To have stolen a piece of God’s bones, and it was the heart no less, the buzz-cut man felt like he’d hit the jackpot.
He had been nearby hunting for prey when Lin Baici and that female group member came running over, startling him into hiding.
Then there was Lin Baici killing that female monster.
It has to be said, that Lin Baici was truly strong, having decisively backed down earlier,
Indeed, if Lin Baici had only managed to get a Meteorite, the buzz-cut man wouldn’t have attempted to steal it. After all, offending such a promising newcomer meant he would have to sleep with one eye open in the future.
But this was the heart of God’s bones.
Among the God Hunter Circle, it is universally acknowledged that the most valuable trophy in the Divine Ruins is the God’s bones, and if it’s a clearly identifiable part of the God’s bones, then it was worth a fortune.
This piece of the heart of God’s bones right in front of him, even a newcomer with little experience could recognize its tremendous research value. If sold to those large organizations, not only would it make him rich overnight, but the profit could bless ten generations.
Moreover, since the buzz-cut man’s Divine Grace allowed him to control plants working in his advantage in the tropical rainforest, he took action. Otherwise, anywhere else, he wouldn’t dare to be so bold.
"Damn it, after this score, I’m done!"
The buzz-cut man raced through, branches hitting his face painfully, but he didn’t care, only wanting to quickly seal the heart of God’s bones.
Ever since that thing left the body of the female monster, it began to radiate pollution. Thirty meters away, the buzz-cut man felt dizzy and nauseous. Now, after taking it into his hands and coming into close contact, the dizziness was worse, and he could hardly resist the urge to vomit.
The buzz-cut man remembered how Lin Baici had held the heart in his bare hands, and he was genuinely impressed,
He really wasn’t afraid of being contaminated into a Dead Flesh Man!
But it seemed like he was indeed not much affected?
The buzz-cut man recalled Lin Baici’s last action, somewhat puzzled.
"What did he mean by bringing the heart to his mouth? He wasn’t planning on eating it, was he?"
"Wait a minute, what am I thinking? I’ve never heard of a God Hunter eating God’s bones raw, does he want to die that badly?"
However, Lin Baici’s reaction to the contamination was small, his physical condition was truly excellent!
The buzz-cut man figured this piece of information could make money too!
He pressed the Black Coffin against the heart of God’s bones and hit the activation button.
The metal ball opened, ejecting a series of black mechanical ribbons that rapidly wrapped around the heart of God’s bones, inadvertently binding his left hand in the process too. Newest update provided by n̷o̷v̷e̷l̷f̷i̷r̷e̷.net
The man with the cropped hair was startled before he realized that the side of his heart facing his palm had fused with the branches enveloping it, and before he knew it, it had also stuck to the muscles in the center of his palm.
The heart was beating, and the man’s arm veins swelled with a large amount of blood surging into the heart.
The man’s face turned ashen in an instant.
Had he been parasitized?
The man was ruthless himself; without hesitation, he pulled out a stick over one foot long from his swim trunks.
Divine Grace Activation, Woodification!
In the blink of an eye, the stick turned into a sharp dagger, and the man, with a flick of his wrist, chopped it onto his left arm.
The wooden dagger, which could usually cut through bone, this time only managed to slice through flesh.
The God’s bones heart beat.
As the blood flowed through it and then back into his body, the man’s body began to change rapidly.
Firstly, his left arm’s flesh thrummed and swelled into fist-sized lumps tightly packed together, enough to scare someone with a fear of clusters into instant death.
The man stopped running and turned to Lin Baici, crying out for help.
Lin Baici came over and was startled by the man’s state.
At this moment, the man’s limbs and torso had all swelled up, with flesh pouring onto his left arm, intent on layering around the God’s bones heart.
Lin Baici swung his sword toward the man, slashing repeatedly in a flurry.
Fortunately, the God’s bones heart had just started to parasitize and hadn’t fully taken control of the body yet, so it couldn’t resist and was left to be passively struck.
The man cried out for help, but his head was nearly melting, his voice reduced to whimpers, no longer forming clear words.
Lin Baici couldn’t understand at all.
He took a pine wood torch from his backpack, rubbed it against a nearby tree to light it, and then started burning the man.
After struggling for over three minutes, Lin Baici finally chopped off the man’s left hand and set him on fire.
The man, now a pile of bonfire, let out a piercing scream. He couldn’t understand why nothing happened when Lin Baici grabbed the God’s bones heart barehanded, yet he was contaminated.
Had he known the contamination was this strong, he would have been extremely careful!
The man’s left hand fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and then sprouted over a dozen small legs, similar to the ventral feet of a centipede, immediately crawling towards the distance.
Lin Baici, goosebumps rising and fighting back disgust, pinned it to the ground with the bronze sword, and then, holding a dagger, cut the fat-encased God’s bones heart free.
Lin Baici couldn’t bring himself to eat it; it was too disgusting. Moreover, having witnessed the man being contaminated into a Dead Flesh Man, Lin Baici didn’t dare touch the thing with bare hands again and promptly took out the Black Coffin to seal it first.
[It contains five Divine Graces, named NO BODY!]
[Once activated, it allows you to teleport to any location within a ten-meter radius at will!]
Lin Baici’s eyebrows raised—this Divine Grace was powerful.
While the Eater God commented, from Lin Baici’s left and right shoulders, arms condensed from starlight extended, brushed over the heart, and plucked out a sphere of light.
Inside the sphere of light was a small golden ball, dazzling like the sun.
"Thank you for the God’s blessing!"
After the Eater God spoke, it stuffed the sphere of light into Lin Baici’s mouth.
Lin Baici opened wide.
The sphere melted as soon as it entered his mouth; without swallowing, it turned into a warm current that rushed into his stomach.
Lin Baici’s head exploded with pain, so intense he wanted to bash it against a wall. However, as quickly as the pain arrived, it faded. After a dozen seconds, the pain disappeared, replaced by mysterious knowledge imprinted upon his neurons.
Lin Baici took a deep breath and looked at the heart lying in the mud. Even though it was separated from the body, the thing throbbed every few seconds.
Suddenly, Lin Baici had an idea,
Could this thing be transplanted into someone else?
But that would probably cause contamination and death, right?
The Eater God didn’t force Lin Baici to consume the heart, which gave him a sigh of relief.
Watching the Black Coffin seal the heart into a black metallic orb, Lin Baici felt at ease and solemnly placed it into the Black Tripod Bowl.
Then Lin Baici looked around to ensure there was no danger before sitting down, taking out a bottle of water, unscrewing the lid, and drinking a few sips.
"This Divine Taboo game should be over now, right?"
Just as the thought crossed Lin Baici’s mind, an announcement rang out across the island.
[Congratulations to Lin Baici from the Nine States, for killing the sister idol group and surviving the island challenge!]
[Wishing you great luck and tonight, a winner chicken dinner!]
[Participants may now head to the port to take the cruise ship back to Guangzhou!]