Elite Mages' Academy

Xiao Lin was familiar with this occurrence because just a few days ago, Xiao Lin had seen someone undergo the same kind of change in front of his own two eyes. In that form, the man got a huge boost in his speed and power, and had a certain relationship with the resurrection towers, leading to unlimited resurrection abilities, which was the most terrifying thing.

Xiao Lin once again saw it–a demon-like body covered with green scales. However, the man in front of him did not have a third eye, and when Xiao Lin opened his Eye of Truth, he did not see any threads. Of course, since the corrupted resurrection tower had been destroyed, he would not get any form of resurrecting ability.

Xiao Lin did not hesitate to use his flame sword aura while his Ruin state was still active. The dancing flames fell on every corner of the garden. Troops that wanted to go inside to help immediately fled upon seeing the situation.

Roar!

A deep roar came from within the flames. The green-scaled man suddenly rushed out of the flames. There were only some black marks on his body, but he was not injured that much. He had a weapon before, but it had already been thrown aside. With the expansion of his muscles, the armor he was wearing had been ripped apart as well.

Boom!

The man swung his bare fist, and Xiao Lin blocked it with his Holy Sword. At the collision of flesh and blade, an immense force surged through the sword, causing Xiao Lin’s hands to go numb. However, under the Ruin state, his strength did not lose out to his opponent. The man was not that strong before, and even with the transformation bolstering his power, it was not at an unimaginable level.

Xiao Lin’s Holy Sword had the destructive ability of a Gold-ranked weapon. Even if it did not have any other effects, using its pure destructiveness to cut through armorless opponents was the best way to show off its strength.

The man’s right hand that was blocked by the Holy Sword was immediately cut in half. Flesh splattered, and Xiao Lin was surprised when the red blood that flowed out was contaminated with flecks of green. Valen’s green blood could have been explained by him being a different race, but that man was definitely human.

The man did not seem to feel the pain in his hands, even though he only had half a palm left. He still shouted and charged at Xiao Lin. With the help of Phantom Steps, there was practically no way the man could hit Xiao Lin. In terms of skill, that man was much lower than Valen.

Xiao Lin’s Holy Sword mercilessly left scar after scar on the man’s body. The green scales could not defend against the explosive strength of Ruin. Xiao Lin could somewhat feel as well that the man’s transformation did not seem complete yet.

After a few minutes, the man did not seem to have an inch of unharmed skin left on his body. After losing the protection of the scales, the flames in XIao Lin’s sword aura caused the man even more damage. The wounds that had blood pouring out were also burned by flames. Even Xiao Lin was starting to feel the pain.

However, the man seemed to have lost all sense of reasoning, and was still stubbornly fighting on. Every time he fell, he would stand up again in fervor. Each injury had caused his speed and strength to drop, but he was still unbelievably dangerous to a regular person.

The scattered soldiers had quickly brought reinforcements back with them, but the increased numbers did not help at all. Instead, they were all killed by the crazed man. Even if he only had his left hand remaining, just a slap was enough to turn the soldiers with Bronze-ranked armor into mush.

Xiao Lin took a deep breath; the air in the garden had turned scorching hot by his flame sword aura. He felt like he did not have much time left in his Ruin state, and Xiao Lin looked toward the man pitifully. Xiao Lin could somewhat empathize with the man; to be able to fight in that state for the stake of stalling for time showed how deep the man’s hatred went.

If it were the regular troops from the royal city that came to investigate, they would probably have been delayed by at least half a day by that man. Sadly, the one he met was Xiao Lin.

Looking at the wounds on his body, Xiao Lin understood that the strengthened body was very hard to kill in one strike. In order to make sure he was completely dead, Xiao Lin would need more power.

He shouted, getting the surrounding soldiers to leave. The soldiers immediately fled when they heard the order. The man was basically a demon to them.

Dragon Breath Sword!

Xiao Lin once again awakened the dragon breath that was deep within his consciousness. The dragon breath immediately surged forward, and with the gentle drop of a sword, the dragon breath completely swallowed the man up.

As Xiao Lin’s most powerful skill, the strength of dragon breath was immeasurable. Even Xiao Lin did not know how strong that sword aura was. It might have been Bronze? Silver? Even Gold?

Xiao Lin did not know, but he knew that even the transformed man could not withstand it. After using his dragon breath sword, Xiao Lin slipped out of the Ruin state in exhaustion. Thankfully, the increase in his attributes allowed him to not collapse on the spot. Looking at the remnants of the garden, the man’s corpse had been disintegrated by the dragon breath, and what was left was only a mangled corpse. He ordered a few soldiers to bring the corpse back and guard it properly.

Be it Valen Argos or that man, their transformations were both very suspicious. It was definitely not a form of power that Dawn Academy had mastered. If he brought it back, Xiao Lin believed a certain Logistics Department Head would happily research it.

The reinforcements were still coming in, and no one hesitated to follow Xiao Lin’s orders. Even if they were afraid of the man’s corpse, they were more terrified of Xiao Lin’s skill than he showed earlier. This planet emphasized strength, and his strength was much more convincing than his rank as a commander.

Leaving behind a group to clean up the garden and to look for any clues they missed, Xiao Lin put aside the fatigue of his body and brought the remaining people into the passage.

The passageway was very long, but it was spacious. Everywhere had been properly reinforced as well. It was obvious that the passage had been made a long time ago, but it had been cut off halfway in. Piles of collapsed rubble completely blocked their way. The scope of the collapse was large as well, and it would take at least half a day to clear. However, if they took that much time, then they would be in deep trouble.