Chapter 535 - 252: Reptilian Dragon Race, Unyielding Realm

Chapter 535: Chapter 252: Reptilian Dragon Race, Unyielding Realm

Ultimately, they would be forced to maintain their Assimilation Form for extended periods. Influenced by the radiation from the Mental Realm permeating this place, they would gradually lose consciousness, sink into oblivion, and mutate into monstrous human-zerg hybrids.

Lin Feng waved his left hand. As a golden light flowed over it, his Ion Laser Cannon rapidly transformed into a 1.5-meter-long Armor-Piercing Cannon under the power of his Particle Control Realm.

Then, with Ling Yi in tow, he crunched across the scattered obsidian and walked over to the group.

By now, Ling Yi had finished surveying the surroundings and began to brief the group on the entry and exit points mentioned earlier:

"Right now, each of the nearby active volcanoes houses a Tier Three King Spine Zerg. Based on your numbers, there should be a total of seventy such volcanoes, so you don’t need to worry about who goes first."

"The real question is which of the Spine Zergs’ three great Mental Realms to choose: Unyielding, Fearless, or Slaughter."

"The difficulty of the challenges for these three Mental Realms increases in that order. Although their focus differs, the power of the activated effects you gain also increases accordingly."

"The last one, in particular, is extremely difficult to clear in a single life."

"Fortunately, it seems that within this nearly 30,000-square-kilometer Mental Realm World, the vast majority of challenges are of the first two types. I haven’t sensed the aura of Slaughter yet."

As Ling Yi spoke, they looked behind the group.

"We’ve spawned at the edge of this Mental Realm World. This is where your conscious bodies will reform—you can also call it a revival point."

"Everything behind us is just a backdrop. You only need to look forward. The five active volcanoes ahead, from left to right, all contain King Spine Zergs of the Unyielding Realm. We need to pick up the pace."

"The strategy we used to break the last trial won’t work this time. This place is simply too large; we don’t have enough time to block every single underground volcanic vent."

"The longer this group trial lasts, the greater the mental strain. In other words, the more you die and respawn, the weaker you’ll become, and the lower your chances of success will be."

"Take some time to familiarize yourselves with the situation. If you have any questions or are confused about anything, report them now. We’ll set out together in five minutes."

Soon, two leaders from the Genetic Combat Team stepped forward to ask a question.

"Excuse me, Miss Lin, but was the Realm Trial that Director Shen passed the Slaughter one?!"

Ling Yi nodded.

"That’s right. All of you in this batch should have participated in the rescue mission within the Slaughter Realm World. That experience also tempered your Spiritual Power."

"So you should have a better understanding of how terrifying the Slaughter Realm is. In a world like this—nothing but Obsidian Crystal Stone and toxic volcanic sulfur gas—you would have been hit by the first wave of attacks within three minutes of your arrival."

"In a Mental Realm World shrouded by Slaughter, all Spine Zergs become frenzied and belligerent. Naturally, that would include us, upon entering."

"Fortunately, this time it’s all Unyielding and Fearless. Otherwise, there’s no way we could be having a relaxed conversation like this."

Everyone nodded.

Many members of the Genetic Combat Team recalled that terrifying experience, facing an overwhelming horde of Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs that charged with crazed, fearless ferocity.

The memory alone filled them with lingering fear, and they became more vigilant.

After that, Qin Hu also asked a few basic questions. Once Ling Yi had explained everything, the group readied themselves and began walking toward the nearest volcano.

Their goal was to kill the King Spine Zerg living inside the volcano—a physical manifestation of the Unyielding Realm.

A successful kill would allow them to absorb its Realm Power.

At the same time, it would allow them to awaken in the real world.

They would become Tier Two Peak Powerhouses who had mastered a Mental Realm!

And so, with their spirits high, the group raised their weapons and charged toward the volcano ten kilometers away.

「Shortly after they left...」

Behind the group’s spawn and revival point, in the borderlands of the Mental Realm World where there had only been a static backdrop, space suddenly began to ripple...

Immediately after, a dark red aura, imbued with the Slaughter Realm, began to seep out from the fissures in the ripples.

As this aura seeped in and tainted its surroundings, the space originally enveloped by the Unyielding Realm...

...began to twist and corrupt.