allendalepharm Chapter 41 New Player Gift Pack, Click to Receive!
Chapter 41 New Player Gift Pack, Click to Receive!
"Click-clack—"
Luo Lan stretched his newly forged [Steel Bones], and his joints cracked a series of sounds.
The left arm bone hand clenched and unclenched into a fist, the wrist flipped, and the five sharp claws collided with each other, producing a dull sound similar to the striking of solid steel bars.
He squeezed the heavy left paw with satisfaction, then looked down at the skeletal remains lying on the ground.
After losing the support of the [Dark Gold Skeleton], its exposed red muscles collapsed into a pile, revealing various extraordinary demonic organs that were still trembling weakly inside.
This was most of Luo Lan's wealth, accumulated through countless battles deep within the underground palace.
He stepped forward and probed the air with his left paw.
[Casting - Assembly]
[Consumed Chaos Essence: 62]
[Current Chaotic Essence: 173]
The various extraordinary organ components that have already been "forged" once consume far less during the second recycling process.
The purplish-black chaotic particles surged out of Luo Lan's body once again, like countless greedy tentacles, wrapping around the broken body that had been with him for so long.
The first item extracted was the silver-tier [Diving Thunder Crocodile's Thunder Crystal Back] that had been implanted into the stitched-up corpse's spine.
Crimson crystalline bone protrusions peeled off segment by segment from the stitched corpse's spine, flying towards Luo Lan's back under the pull of purplish-black particles.
Segment by segment, they precisely attach to the outer side of Luo Lan's current human spine, then sink beneath the skin.
From the outside, Luo Lan's back had only a faint reddish line running down his spine, and a faint reddish current was spreading along his vertebrae.
Immediately afterwards, the black, hard structure [the mouthparts of the Tunnel Weaver] was cut open and pulled out of the stitched corpse's throat by an invisible source force.
With a slight amount of mucus, this small, hard, black lump flew into Luo Lan's mouth, where the purplish-black particles quickly fused it with the human male's Adam's apple.
"Click!"
Luo Lan tried to swallow, and the vibration of her vocal cords instantly transmitted several different frequency vibrations, making the structure in her throat extremely complex and intricate.
Organ recycling is still ongoing.
The heart of the furious suture corpse and the scuba gear of the diving crocodile were extracted simultaneously as key power sources.
The still-trembling dark red heart and light blue half-lobed lung tissue, wrapped in purplish-black particles, pierced through Luo Lan's chest flesh without causing any wounds.
The purplish-black particles then acted as a scalpel and sutures, stuffing two extra organs into the chest cavity and squeezing them together with the original human heart and lungs.
Luo Lan felt a heaviness in her chest, followed by the familiar double heartbeat. A new force pumped out from her heart and lungs, beginning to surge through her blood vessels.
Even the broken eggshells of the gem crystal worms that had been haphazardly assembled before were not left behind.
This tiny scrap seeped directly into Luo Lan's intact human right hand. The color of his fingertips instantly deepened, revealing a restrained dark red crystalline light.
Besides these scattered monster parts, the body of the [Spine-stitched Corpse] on the ground was also not spared.
The limp flesh and blood disintegrated into dark red light streams under the erosion of the purplish-black particles, which flowed into the left hand bone claw along the guidance of the purplish-black particles.
On the alloy bone finger of his left hand, countless tiny bone spurs rapidly grew.
"call out--"
With a casual flick of its left claw, a sharp bone pierced the air with a whooshing sound.
The long-range shooting ability of [Bone Spike Burst] from the spiny bone-stitched corpse was successfully transferred to this new body.
The last thing recovered was the [Wandering Stitched Corpse One-Eyed Eye] that had been with Luo Lan the longest.
The enormous scarlet eyeball hovered in mid-air, rapidly shrinking under the compression of the chaotic source matter. Finally, it transformed into a streak of light and crashed into Luo Lan's right eye socket.
A slight stinging sensation came from my right eye.
When Luo Lan opened her right eye again, the right pupil had already changed to the appearance of the [Wandering Stitched Corpse One-Eyed Eye].
The right eye has a bright red, vertical pupil, and its vision is based on thermal vision; the left eye has a deep, azure pupil, and its vision is based on normal human vision.
Luo Lan blinked a few times and turned off [Thermal Vision].
The crimson in his right eye faded rapidly, returning to the deep blue color that resembled his original body.
As long as Luo Lan doesn't actively trigger the pupil skill brought by his right eye, apart from the occasional hidden red light flashing in the deepest part of his right eye, this equally azure pupil shows absolutely no signs of being non-human or abnormal.
[Assembled: The remnants of the Chaos Assembled Body]
The final notification sound in my mind faded, and all my belongings were transferred.
With all the monster's organs intact, Luo Lan began to carefully examine the difference between this "former hero's" body and the previous "spine-stitched corpse" body.
He raised his intact human right hand. He clenched his fist, the force of the muscle contraction precisely to his fingertips.
Loosen your grip, then clench it again.
Grip width, angle, the start and end points of force application... the minute details of the movement are all etched into the body's instincts.
He raised his leg and kicked at thin air.
The thigh leads the lower leg in a clean and crisp arc, and the center of gravity is stable and steady when returning to the starting position.
All the various stances were naturally adjusted to the most energy-efficient positions, a physical instinct brought about by the [Holy Kingdom Military Physical Techniques lv.2].
[The strength of this body...]
The explosive power surging from deep within his body startled even Luo Lan himself.
This body's subconscious muscle memory is etched with combat instincts honed through countless battles amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Luo Lan was certain that if he were to return to Earth in his current body and participate in the Olympics, winning a grand slam of individual gold medals would be a piece of cake.
[So, what about the remaining two "coffins"?]
Luo Lan turned her head and glanced at the two coffin-shaped containers that were still standing intact next to the metal wall.
The first "coffin" Luo Lan opened yielded a powerful body that could be described as a complete transformation.
If we could also break open the hatches of the remaining two "coffins," it would definitely bring unexpected benefits.
Luo Lan had knocked on the "coffin" in the back before, and it seemed to be empty.
The "coffin" on the left scanned him, but there was no other reaction.
[Now that I have a different body, shall I try again?]
Luo Lan walked toward the "coffin" container on the left.
Blue arcs of light shot out from the top again, spreading out like a fan and sweeping across the entire body in less than a second.
"laugh--"
After the scan was completed, all the blue symbols on the container surface lit up, and then with a soft click, the closed hatch slid open to one side.
[It seems this scan really is some kind of identity verification?]
With his new body, Luo Lan unlocked this vessel.
Luo Lan leaned closer to the open container and peered inside.
Inside, there was a complete set of heavy equipment!
From the helmet with the cross emblem to the shoulder guards, breastplate, arm armor, leg armor... and the magnificent accompanying cape, the complete set is available.
There was also a broadsword, sheathed in a dark tanned leather scabbard, held upright on the right side of the heavy armor.
Besides the armor and weapons, an extraordinary-looking cross pendant hangs quietly on the left side of the heavy armor, its silver surface glowing with a white light.
[This is... the original owner's equipment?]
Luo Lan was really thrilled this time, not only did she get a useful body.
Even the accompanying beginner equipment gift pack is given away with a simple click.
Luo Lan reached into the container and took the floating breastplate down.
The moment the chest armor came into my hands, my hands automatically adjusted their grip position.
Turn the breastplate over, align it with your front, and fasten it to your chest.
"Click."
The sound of the breastplate buckles snapping shut was crisp and clean.
Luo Lan was stunned for a moment.
He had never practiced this armor-piercing technique before.
However, the instinct brought by [Heavy Armor Mastery] drove Luo Lan, making his hand speed incredibly fast.
Shoulder guards, arm armor, leg armor, combat boots... one by one they were removed from the floating state and fastened onto their bodies.
I know exactly where every buckle is and how tight every strap is.
In less than two minutes, Luo Lan was fully armed except for not wearing a helmet that slightly obstructed his vision.
Then he took down the broadsword.
The moment the right hand grips the hilt of the sword, the force with which the five fingers close, the direction of the tiger's mouth, and the angle of the wrist all automatically adjust.
When Luo Lan was on Blue Star, he never even properly wielded a wooden sword.
But at this moment, thanks to the presence of [Military Equipment Mastery] and [Templar Knights Basic Swordsmanship lv.1], Luo Lan's right hand holding the broadsword remained as steady as a rock.
The body unconsciously shifts its stance and twists its waist.
He swung the broadsword in a standard horizontal sweep, followed by an extremely smooth downward slash.
The momentum propelled the sword forward, then it retracted, and then it slashed diagonally... The trajectory of the movements was simple and clean, without any fancy curves; each strike was steady and resonant.
The basic movements of the Knights Templar swordsmanship—starting strike, chopping, slashing, thrusting, parrying—are as smooth and natural as eating and drinking.