EBE Chapter 236 - 140: Late Stage of Meridian Opening, Speedrunning the Forest
Chapter 236 - 140: Late Stage of Meridian Opening, Speedrunning the Forest
He had scoured this forest clean of every single Source Crystal.
He had already consumed a vast number of them.
A small portion of that energy was used to solidify the new realm he had just broken through to. But most of it exceeded his body’s refinement limit and simply dissipated, becoming useless radiation.
But this was exactly what he wanted.
The Crystal Stone Mountain beneath him was the final reserve of Source Crystals in this vast forest.
He was lying in wait.
He was using this final meal to lure the hungry giant beast from its lair.
Lin Ye didn’t even activate [Shadow Scale].
In this pitch-black forest, he used the Source Crystals beside him to become the most conspicuous flame.
SHH SHH SHH SHH...
An eerie sound came from all directions.
It wasn’t the sound of wind rustling the leaves.
It was the sound of innumerable tiny things scraping and scurrying at high speed beneath the thick layer of humus.
It was the black fungal filaments!
Like sharks drawn to the scent of blood, they swarmed from every corner of the forest, converging madly on this very spot!
Meanwhile.
Thousands of meters in the sky directly above the Black Silk Forest.
An armed assault aircraft, painted entirely in dark gray camouflage, had activated its optical stealth mode and was hovering in mid-air like a ghost.
The atmosphere inside the cockpit was grim.
Shi Ruifeng and the elite squad under his command were fully armed and on high alert.
"Check the weapon payload system. Make sure the incendiary bombs are locked on the target area. Drop margin of error cannot exceed three meters."
Shi Ruifeng’s voice transmitted clearly to everyone through the comms channel in their tactical helmets.
"Sir!"
The pilot beside him ran a final confirmation, his fingers flying across the holographic display.
Shi Ruifeng, however, kept his eyes fixed on the personal terminal on his wrist.
Several hours ago, he had received a communication from Lin Ye.
It wasn’t a call for help.
It was a battle plan.
Lin Ye claimed that if the plan went well, he was ninety percent certain he could completely eliminate the Black Silk Forest—a scourge that had been entrenched in the Linchuan fallen zone for years!
Shi Ruifeng didn’t dare hesitate and immediately reported it to Wang Lingchuan.
After a brief silence, Wang Lingchuan replied with just three words.
"Cooperate with him!"
The Shadow Scale Race tribe in the Northern Rift Valley, their greatest threat, had already been single-handedly wiped out by Lin Ye.
Therefore, it was time for this last remaining threat to be wiped off the map for good.
Whether the Linchuan fallen zone could still be used as a trial ground no longer mattered.
It’s not like Earth was short on fallen zones.
DING!
A soft chime sounded.
A new message popped up on the screen of Shi Ruifeng’s personal terminal.
It was a coordinate, precise to three decimal places.
Below the coordinates, there was a short line of text.
"Target spotted. Requesting air strike!"
...
THUD!
THUD!
THUD!
In the dead-silent forest, a series of incredibly heavy footsteps echoed, like the beating of a war drum.
Each footfall made the very earth tremble.
Lin Ye slowly opened his eyes.
A colossal figure emerged from the darkness before him.
It was a monster woven from innumerable black fungal filaments.
Its main body was a fusion of the remains of dozens of large, mutated beasts—giant bears, ferocious tigers, and more—forming a bloated, misshapen, and enormous torso.
Severed arms, mangled limbs, and even the shrunken heads of countless human Martial Artists were embedded across its surface, displayed like trophies by the fungal filaments.
Their empty eye sockets seemed to silently recount the despair of their final moments.
Lin Ye finally understood why Chan Tianhao’s map had noted the suspected presence of human rebels in this area.
They weren’t rebels at all, but puppets controlled by the monster before him!
The behemoth stood over fifteen meters tall, a moving mountain of corpses that exuded a nauseating stench of rot and an aura of pure evil.
The monster’s information appeared before Lin Ye’s eyes.
[Fungal Descendant Corpse King]
[LV 30]
[Evolution Level: 0.95]
Lin Ye’s gaze paused slightly on that last line of information.
’Its Evolution Level is lower than mine?’
’This member of the Celestial Abyss Race exudes an oppressive aura comparable to a Galasha, so why is its Evolution Level so low?’
’Goes to show, the universe is full of surprises.’
The very instant the Fungal Descendant Corpse King revealed itself,
pair after pair of scarlet pinpricks of light ignited in the darkness behind it.
Hundreds... then thousands of them!
It was a horde of mutated beast corpses controlled by the fungal filaments—a seemingly endless Undead Legion!
They completely surrounded the lone patch of light, leaving no escape.
Neither side exchanged any words.
But when the Fungal Descendant Corpse King saw Lin Ye grab another handful of Source Crystals right in front of it and drain them of their energy,
its face—a patchwork of countless corpses—let out a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar!
The furious roar became a physical shockwave that swept out in all directions!
A foul gale whipped through the trees, making them sway.
The Undead Legion launched an all-out attack!
The next moment, however,
dense, tough black scales instantly covered Lin Ye’s entire body.
He ignored the corpse horde surging toward him like a tide. Instead, he raised his head, his gaze fixed on the night sky—a sky veiled by a black, silken web that blotted out the stars and moon.
The night was torn asunder.
Tiny points of fire materialized from nothing, rapidly growing larger as they plummeted!
Trailing long, fiery tails, they became a meteor shower pouring down upon the world, piercing the darkness and tearing through the massive black web that had sealed off the heavens!
They fell with unerring precision, crashing down upon the exact coordinates of the Fungal Descendant Corpse King!