CHAPTER 442: CHAPTER 410: BLOOD BRAIN

[WARNING!]

[WARNING!]

[WARNING!]

The surface of the eyeball reflects rows of blood-red capital letters.

At this moment, Li Cheng in his insect form still wears the [Information Integration Glasses], and inside his facial armor are installed two small diagonal lenses, just like the central rearview mirror of a car,

he can observe himself through the lenses, reading the information.

Artery injection of Qilin Blood Plasma 300g, third second,

[Myocardial contraction strength increased by 510%, heart rate accelerated by 400%, myocardial oxygen consumption increased by 430%]

Thump thump thump thump—

His heart beats fiercely like war drums, surging blood crashing against blood vessels, causing stabbing pain all over his body.

The red beetle rushes in rapidly with a flaming tail trail, Li Cheng strikes with one palm,

The roaring hurricane generated by [Riding the Tide, Wind, and Waves] in the enclosed tunnel raises visible shockwaves like a high-power wind tunnel.

The red beetle quickly folds its six limbs, slightly bows its head, while the chimney-shaped vector ports on its back also change direction, closely adhering to the streamlined spine to minimize wind resistance,

finally with its bullet-shaped head, it pierces through the incoming shockwaves like the Concord high-speed train speeding against the wind.

Li Cheng advances instead of retreating, leaping forward,

at the sixth second of artery injection of Qilin Blood Plasma, repeating his technique, he fires a punch and hits the scythe limb of the beetle with the steel banner spear in his palm.

The upper half of the giant scythe voluntarily detaches, then it is blown away by the [Counterattack Moment] special effect of the steel banner spear.

And the remaining lower half of the scythe transforms into a large axe, continuing to strike towards Li Cheng.

Hiss!

The exoskeleton mechanical arm on Li Cheng’s back shoots out the bat hook, nailing it into the ground behind him. The steel cable retracts suddenly, pulling him back in a bounce,

The few steps forward just now provided sufficient strategic buffer for this moment.

[β2 receptor activation, relaxing smooth muscles, expanding airways, improving breathing efficiency, enhancing muscle strength, explosiveness, endurance]

[Pupils massively dilated, mixed congestion of the eyeballs]

Not just the eyeballs are congested,

as the heart rate explosively increases, the capillaries all over his body are blown.

Under the Gray Rain silver armor, Li Cheng’s pores spray blood, and the nails of his fingers and toes burst open completely.

He holds the steel banner spear in his right hand, parrying the giant scythe of the beetle,

with his left hand wielding the Gray Rain’s Power Skull Shattering Hammer to deflect the beetle’s second pair of limbs, causing its plasma cannon to misfire.

Buzz, buzz—

The plasma buries into the soil, lighting up the dark tunnel like meteors tearing across the night.

Li Cheng’s 2.8-meter stature is still growing, clear sounds of bone cracking emanating from beneath the armor.

At the ninth second of artery injection of Qilin Blood Plasma, the red beetle slashes away the steel banner spear, cutting towards Li Cheng’s head,

while its long tail simultaneously sweeps forward, spraying a large amount of acid.

The mechanical arm on Li Cheng’s back is splashed with some acid, instantly melting into iron liquid.

Yet before it is completely destroyed, it completed its final task—plugging the [Skill Mobile USB] into Li Cheng’s back neck.

[Rooting in Stone Technique] activated again, Li Cheng’s body glows with a stone-like radiance, forcibly resisting the scythe and acid coming from the front.

Ten seconds, eleven seconds, twelve seconds.

The red beetle’s continuous attacks resembling a storm,

even with the defense enhancement of the Rooting in Stone Technique, the silver liquid metal armor and black insect armor still can’t rival pure strength.

Armor fragments burst, liquid metal scatter and regroup, then scatter again.

The red beetle lifts the petrified Li Cheng high, its two scythes like hydraulic clamps firmly gripping his neck.

Crack, crack.

Cracks spread across Li Cheng’s neck, just one step short of his head being chopped off.

In the pitch-black vision, crimson fonts light up.

[Progress 100%]

[Blood-brain barrier breached]

Li Cheng suddenly opens his bloodshot eyes, he can’t see clearly, nor does he need to.

Removing the petrification from his arms, he grips the edge of the giant scythe, slowly pulling it open.

The compound eyes hidden under the beetle’s shell suddenly contract, biological hydraulic joints exerting force frantically, joints connections emitting dense explosive sounds.

In mid-air, Li Cheng presses open the giant scythe with both hands, his armor ruined. Especially the face armor part, half missing, exposing bloodshot eyes.

Boom!

He kicks out, hitting the red beetle’s head directly.

The heavy beetle flies backward, its thorny hind legs plowing a narrow trail on the tunnel floor.

Before it can regain balance, the landing Li Cheng leans forward, stomping the ground, his whole body launching like a cannonball.

The iron hammer and flag spear in his hands, under the swing of massive force, bent slightly at the shaft.

Clang!

Weapons clash with giant scythe, both sides possessing the same level of neural reflex speed, muscle reaction speed, engaging dozens of rounds in a breath.

The beetle’s body full of dents, chest armor hammered and sunken, spurting green liquid,

Li Cheng is also in a bad shape, his entire right arm missing, uncontrollable Qilin Blood Plasma causing excessive regeneration, shoulder stump growing mutated grape-like dense nodules.

Apart from the shoulder stump, the gaps and connections of his armor are also sprouting large nodules consisting of cysts, abscesses, and granulomas.

Same bloodline, same destiny, both sides fighting desperately in the narrow tunnel, completely ignoring the imminent collapse of the whole tunnel.

The final hammer swings in reverse, smashing the red beetle’s chest, shock waves penetrating the opponent’s body, its chimney exhaust ports spraying dark green slurry and organ fragments.

Yet, the beetle’s hidden second sharp long tail, serving as a killer move, also pierced through Li Cheng’s helmet.

Puncturing along the midline of the two glowing red eyeballs, protruding from the back of the helmet.

"It’s over, eighteenth one, comrade."

In an instant, the distributed neural system within the red beetle generates sentiments named "relieved" and "fortunate."

...Pffsh

A slight sound comes from within, the beetle’s compound eyes looking down only to see Li Cheng’s body with a blown head still moving.

The only remaining left hand easily splits open chitin armor, tendons, bones, blood vessels, internal organs with a seemingly ordinary cleaver.

Why...

The distributed neural system raises a puzzled sentiment, only now noticing, in high-speed combat the overlooked detail.

Inside Li Cheng’s helmet, where the human head should be, there are only dense nodules and two eyeballs.

He actually used the proliferative nodules caused by over-regeneration of Qilin Blood Plasma, and the two eyeballs taken from the [Assembly Puppet], using the closed helmet to disguise as his head.

Deliberately damaging the face armor in battle, exposing bloodshot eyes, deceiving the beetle into attacking.

Rip.

The Blade of Repentance, sharp to the extreme, like a butcher dissecting an ox, cuts open the beetle’s chest and belly. The massive body crashes down, dust fills the air.

Li Cheng takes half a step back, his eye sockets hollow, blood flowing out,

he grabs the beetle’s head with a single hand, taking a deep breath,

then, the Dragon Breath

A spectral blue dragon appears overhead, the thunderstorm lightning spewing from his mouth, pouring into the beetle’s gaping maw, directly destroying all distributed neural systems along its flesh.