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Chapter 141 Diamond Bionic Human?!

After searching for a while in the explosion pit, Xia Xinyan and the others managed to find a few usable items.

One was a grenade launcher from a mechanical soldier—

[Tracker-EX]

[Generates a high-explosive shell every 30 minutes, can store up to 3 high-explosive shells]

The description was just like the grenade launcher Ling Mo had received from his clone, except with an EX suffix at the end; one could guess it was likely more powerful than Ling Mo’s.

The fat guy handed this weapon to Bai Yu.

There was also a weapon from a goblin—

[Wolf Tooth Club]

[When using this weapon to attack, each attack will ignore 30% of the opponent’s defense]

[Durability 100%]

It seemed pretty strong according to the description; one could say that the stronger the enemy, the more powerful this weapon became. However, after glancing at it, Xia Xinyan tossed it directly to the fat guy, realizing that this weapon had great limitations. It only provided a 30% defense reduction while attacking with it, which was fundamentally different from the fat guy’s bone weapon.

Neither she nor Ling Mo would be accustomed to swinging a wolf tooth club. They might as well sell it in the auction house for a decent amount of game points, but it wasn’t their unique loot, and she couldn’t be bothered worrying about ownership.

The fat guy ultimately handed this item to Morning Light, considering that this old bro had taken on most of the impact from that grenade for him, and he couldn’t let him leave empty-handed.

Morning Light didn’t refuse, but seeing him toss it directly into his space watch, it seemed likely it would end up on the auction house anyway.

This wasn’t a concern for Xia Xinyan anymore.

At this moment, everyone’s tasks had been completed, so they began to rest in place. They were unclear about what they would face next, so recovering stamina was the priority.

However, the game didn’t let them rest for long.

What awaited them first wasn’t a new task prompt from the game but rather a sudden change in the surroundings.

The sound of shattering glass echoed from all directions as the space around them broke into fragments, as if the entire world was beginning to collapse.

Before they could even react to this shocking scene, they noticed their own bodies began to tremble as if their signals were unstable and became transparent at a visible speed.

As Xia Xinyan snapped back to reality, she saw Ling Mo beside her reaching out to her in a panic.

The next moment, her vision plunged into darkness.

Seconds later, when she opened her eyes again, it was afternoon, and the sunlight made it hard for Xia Xinyan to open them.

Squinting her eyes as she surveyed the surroundings, it appeared to be an ancient Roman colosseum, though it was already quite dilapidated, with not a single spectator in the stands.

In front of her stood an old Taoist.

His face looked somewhat mature.

However, she had returned to her normal appearance, no longer in her previous ghostly state, and she could feel that all her abilities had been unlocked. Not only that, but she sensed that her abilities… seemed to have some new changes.

This was something she hadn’t had before.

Soon, a new game prompt appeared—

[Important News: You have passed all tests and are about to enter the final confrontation]

[Current Task: Kill the opponent]

[This task is a special reward task; failure will not affect the completion reward]

[Player’s abilities unlocked; some mutated aspects of the dungeon abilities retained]

[Completing this special task will earn you additional special abilities (current experience status)]

This left Xia Xinyan somewhat surprised.

She had matched up for special type dungeons many times before, but this was the first time she encountered a situation where completing a task could earn her new additional abilities. To her, this was like hitting the jackpot.

Though it probably wasn’t without costs… after all, she still had to defeat the opponent in front of her.

Now it seemed this battle was entirely each person’s fight, with no helpers; it was truly a moment to test their adaptability.

If they failed, they would lose a great opportunity.

The Taoist didn’t give her much time to prepare.

Just as she finished digesting the current information, he suddenly pulled out a talisman. The talisman spontaneously ignited, bursting into flames, and a fire dragon rushed directly toward Xia Xinyan.

Xia Xinyan’s expression darkened as she instantly activated her cat-girl form. Her body suddenly crouched down, arching like a cat ready to pounce, and in a flash of black energy, she shrank… until finally, only a small ball of black remained, revealing a small… black cat.

This was Xia Xinyan’s newly acquired ability—Cat Transformation.

According to the game description, this ability seemed to be a variation of the ghost’s phasing effect applied to her own abilities. In this state, she would also activate ghostly object control abilities.

This ability was also a variation, presumably much weaker than her original ghostly object control ability. For instance, she wouldn’t be able to uncontrollably smash everything around her like before, but in this smaller form, even if weakened, there were still plenty of things she could do.

One could say her abilities were increasingly inclined toward assassination.

However, in a direct confrontation, it also offered some advantages.

The black cat quickly dodged the black dragon, then swiftly vanished into the ruins of the colosseum.

After losing sight of her, a moment of confusion appeared on the Taoist’s face; he seemed to forget why he was even there—using game terminology, he… lost his aggro.

This was Xia Xinyan’s inherent stealth ability, which greatly reduced her presence.

But after a while, he suddenly focused on a broken stone pillar, raised his hands, and began inscribing a formation in the air with his blood energy.

The black cat hiding behind the stone pillar suddenly lost the constraint of gravity and floated up, directly drifting toward the Taoist.

This left Xia Xinyan somewhat surprised.

However, she quickly reacted—this must have been the intervention of the game system; otherwise, in a one-on-one battle, the BOSS losing its target would mean the battle couldn’t continue.

Though it was a bit annoying, it wasn’t a big deal.

As she was about to fly in front of the Taoist, he raised another talisman, which morphed into a ferocious ghost, opening its massive maw as if to swallow her whole.

At the critical moment, the black cat was once again enveloped in black energy, instantly expanding to human size. As the black receded, Xia Xinyan directly slapped the talisman in her hand onto the ghost: “You really thought only you had talismans?!”

The talisman she had previously scavenged from the Taoist’s clone finally came into play.

She had originally planned to take it out for sale; what a pity.

The talisman she used was [Formation Breaking Talisman], which nullified all abnormal effects within a one-meter range of herself, naturally including that ferocious ghost.

With her secret weapon dispelled, the old Taoist flashed a moment of surprise. Just as he was about to unleash another attack, Xia Xinyan swiftly countered with her tail—

And created a spark against the old Taoist’s neck.

Xia Xinyan: “…”

Is this a damn Diamond Bionic Human?!