Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Roaring Fist

Peeking cautiously, he checked the situation at the foot of the mountain. The Qi and Wang Families were left with fewer than ten people, and the battle between Bai Shenfei and the Giant King wasn’t looking very optimistic.

When they first arrived, there were more than two hundred people. Now, only a few remained, which made Lin Shen feel somewhat melancholic.

After all, humans have only acquired a portion of the Base Mutation strength and cannot metallize themselves internally and externally like Base Variant Creatures. Generally speaking, at the same level, humans are at a disadvantage.

The reason these people had managed to hold out until now was mainly due to the support of the Dark Birds.

Apart from the two Dark Birds, the Crystal Base pets that Qi Shuheng and Wang Tian’er held were almost all dead. With just this one battle, the Qi and Wang Families had suffered heavy losses and their strength had greatly diminished.

Even if the third and fourth brothers couldn’t come back in a short time, with Lin Shen present, we should be able to stand our ground against the Qi and Wang Families.

The precondition is that Qi Shuheng and Wang Tian’er could survive and return. If they and the Dark Birds were to fall here, the Qi and Wang Families would essentially have no hope of competing with the Lin Family anymore.

Because a few more alloy teammates had died, Lin Shen’s attributes had already broken through thirty. This level of attributes was no longer considered low among those at the Crystal Base Level.

The maximum attributes for the Crystal Base Level are forty, and Lin Shen already had more than thirty. Sacrifice to Heaven was indeed a very powerful ability, though it was somewhat taxing on the person.

“Isn’t it good to just live well? Why insist on rushing headlong into death. The world doesn’t have that many troubles; it’s all self-created by foolish people.” Lin Shen was in a good mood and took advantage of the Giant King’s distraction to push the Base Mutation Egg out and walk away.

No sooner had he pushed the Base Mutation Egg out of the cave than a fierce roar came from the foot of the mountain.

The Giant King, who had been fiercely fighting with Bai Shenfei, had unexpectedly abandoned her and was madly rushing up the mountain.

“How did I get discovered? Does the Giant King have some kind of psychic sense?” Lin Shen had made sure the Giant King wasn’t paying attention before he came out, but he was still discovered.

Instinctively, he retreated a bit and went back inside the cave. The Giant King, having spotted him, didn’t give up and continued to accelerate up the mountain.

“With such strong attributes now, what’s there to be afraid of? Just go for it.” Lin Shen subconsciously still thought of Crystal-based Creatures as extremely powerful and didn’t remember for a moment that his attributes were now no weaker than those at Crystal Base Level. He turned to run but then stopped after a second thought.

Lin Shen’s greatest confidence, besides the significant boost in attributes from Sacrifice to Heaven, was also from Acupoint Sealing and his Super Base Change.

His attributes were definitely still not as good as the Giant King’s, but after the hardening from Super Base Change, it was very likely that his attributes would be no weaker than the Giant King’s.

Instead of running away, it was better to test the extent of his strength with the dual boost of Sacrifice to Heaven and Super Base Change.

Even if he couldn’t overcome the Giant King, escaping would be no problem for him.

With the Angel Revolver on him, he could fire a shot and rush out with the bullet. The speed was definitely not something the Giant King could match.

Immediately, Lin Shen activated his Super Base Change. The armor on his body quickly turned as brilliant and lustrous as red-hot steel. Under a rapid quenching of icy energy, the armor became semi-transparent, looking very similar to those at Crystal Base Level. It would be impossible for ordinary people to distinguish the difference.

All these actions taken by Lin Shen were completed inside the cave at the mountaintop, unseen by Bai Shenfei and others at the foot of the mountain.

Bai Shenfei even felt puzzled, wondering why the Giant King had suddenly left the battle.

With the Giant King’s roar, all the giants had abandoned them, following the Giant King’s body as it charged up the mountain. This left the people from the Qi and Wang Families both shocked and elated; they didn’t understand what was happening but felt like they had miraculously escaped death.

“Go!” Wang Tian’er and Qi Shuheng called out to their surviving subordinates to retreat. As they withdrew, they occasionally turned their heads to look towards the mountain.

Suddenly, everyone saw a human figure appear on the mountain’s summit.

“Is that… a human Mutator?” Someone couldn’t help but voice their question.

“It’s a human Mutator… and a Crystal Base one… No wonder those giants suddenly ran up the mountain… That Crystal Base must have stolen their home…”

“Besides us, there are actually other human Mutators here, and even a Crystal Base?”

“We fought to the death, and that bastard just went to reap the benefits, how utterly shameless.”

“Hmph, cleverness has been outwitted by cleverness. He thought he was smart, but he ended up helping us break the siege while trapping himself. Now, he is probably as good as dead.”

As everyone was discussing, the Giant King was already charging toward the mountain peak, too impatient to wait and taking a leap directly.

The stones under its feet crumbled like cobwebs under the tremendous pressure, forming a webbed crack zone of several tens of meters.

The Giant King, soaring high, reached Lin Shen in almost an instant, faster than a regular bullet.

Plus, its massive body and the sonic boom it created made people think its punch could shatter the entire mountaintop.

Bai Shenfei had been keeping an eye on the situation at the peak, constantly pondering who that person could be: “Is it Lin, or Lin Zongzheng?”

Regardless of whether it was Lin Xiangdong or Lin Zongzheng, seeing that he did not dodge but instead swung his arm to throw a punch, the small fist meeting the Giant King’s terrifying black giant fist, Bai Shenfei did not think it was a good choice.

She had been fighting the Giant King for so long and had come to know it very well; its strength and hardness were top amongst Crystal Bases, and it might even have broken through the Crystal Base Level limits.

Though its speed was slightly weaker, it was still stronger than that of a typical Crystal-based Creature, probably around 37.

The weakest point of the Giant King would be its toughness, estimated to be less than thirty.

Toughness didn’t seem to have much of an impact normally but was equally important. It’s like tempering a knife. After heat treatment, the blade’s hardness increases. But without proper toughness, it can’t cut through harder materials.

That’s why a chef usually has two knives—one with a high hardness and a thin blade for cutting vegetables, which stays sharp due to its hardness and wear resistance.

Another one for chopping bones, with a thicker blade. Its hardness might not be particularly high, but its toughness is better, so it doesn’t get damaged when chopping bones—at least it won’t break just by smashing garlic.

The Giant King’s low toughness was only relative to its other attributes. Actually, within the Crystal Base Level, its toughness wasn’t considered low.

And given its thick body, unlike a thin slicing knife, having slightly lower toughness wasn’t really a problem.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Lin Shen at the peak of the mountain met the Giant King’s aerial punch with his own.

Bang!

A loud explosion erupted between the fists.

The next second, everyone’s eyes widened as they saw a scene they would never forget in their lives.

Amidst the explosive sound, countless tiny white cracks instantly appeared on the Giant King’s obsidian-like body.

The next instant, the Giant King’s massive body, suspended in mid-air, burst apart, turning into countless fragments that were blasted away in all directions, with not much Base Mutation Fluid mixed in.

“Boom… exploded…” A member of the Wang Family with alloy Super-Base strength said tremblingly, the scene was just too shocking.

Not only him, but Qi Shuheng and Wang Tian’er were also stunned for a long while, unable to believe the terrifying power of that punch. It had been a top-tier Crystal-based Creature, and yet it was blasted away by a single punch.

Bai Shenfei also had a look of complexity in her eyes, murmuring to herself, “Who could he possibly be?”

The Giants charging toward the summit also stopped involuntarily at that moment, staring blankly at the figure on the mountaintop, not towering but still imposing enough to make them instinctively fear.