Chapter 603: 603: Strength

Chapter 603: Chapter 603: Strength

The toughness of Diana’s bones is something Han Dong has personally experienced, and it is definitely harder than steel.

“Butcher’s Cut”

Two of Diana’s fingers instantly detached, flying in the air…

The cut on the bone is incredibly smooth, seemingly unopposed.

If Diana’s danger sense and body reaction were a fraction of a second slower just now, her right forearm might have been gone entirely.

“What’s up with this monster?”

She herself had never encountered such a situation… moreover, after Breaking the Breed, the hardness of the bones has reached a higher level.

Facing such an existence, her bone defense is no different than ordinary flesh. A mistake could lead to her execution.

She changes her stance, abandoning close combat.

During her retreat, the density of the bone within her body is rapidly changing.

“Bone Elongation”

Her unique bone traits along with her Breaking the Breed ability, allow Diana to create various forms of bone constructs based on her will.

Using two reinforced ribs as the bow body and highly flexible cartilage for bowstrings.

The flesh at her palm splits open.

Through the differentiation of bone marrow stem cells, she constructs a conical bone arrow with a unique structure, the inside of which appears to flow with bone marrow fluid exceeding energy values… Diana wouldn’t dare use this move in the Knights Convention, it could easily kill.

Instantly switching from a close combat assassin to a long-range assassin.

The entire process flows smoothly.

“Fatal Bone Arrow”

She locks on and gathers strength, requiring 1s~3s of charging time.

Cass also starts to act at this moment.

Cass, who joined the Lionheart Knight Group, knows her role in the knight squad and what she should do… she must utilize her exceptional Defense Power and Lion’s Power to create the most optimal output space for her teammates.

“What kind of Brute Force is this… defending my accumulated assault with their body.”

Cass roars.

The veins on the surface of her left arm bulge, ripples of Qi spread under Cass’ feet… perhaps due to the integration with the demons, there is a “Stone Skin” phenomenon when Cass uses her strength to the fullest.

There are even slight layers of rocks, rapidly clustering on the skin surface.

“Giant Shield Assault”

The weight of the shield combined with Cass’s strength directly causes Miles’ center of gravity to be unbalanced.

Shield and sword switching.

Without any gap, Cass grabs the “Stone Pig Sword” in her hand, sustains the offensive pressure, doing all she can to attract Miles’ attention. If she can cause damage, that would be even better.

However.

The body strength and adaptability of the Other Residents exceed Cass’ estimates.

The giant shield swing only causes less than a second shift in Miles’ center of gravity.

Smack! Planting her fifty yards heavy leather shoes into the ground, stabilizing the center of gravity.

Evil Qi leaks out.

The Moonlight Dinner Knife held in her hand forcefully chops at Cass.

The terrifying gaze peering beneath the white leather mask places an enormous pressure on Cass, restraining her momentum.

“Even with ‘Stone Skin,’ Halo, and Stone Pig Sword boosting my defense, it’s hard to block this cut…”

“Sword Technique. Offense-to-Defense Switch”

Cass instantly changes strategy, forcibly shifting the swing of the Stone Pig Sword into a blocking stance.

What comes next leaves everyone stunned.

The seemingly ordinary dinner knife slams against the Stone Pig Sword set up in a defensive posture.

Dang!

The Stone Pig Sword, crafted by the Wild Boar Tribe using ‘Heavy Rock’ as the base material for its elder… breaks!

“Stone Skin”

Clang!

Sparks flew.

The Stone Pig Sword’s block absorbed a large part of the damage.

The remaining cutting power just managed to slice open the stone skin, but didn’t harm Cass.

Even so, the residual force from the dinner knife’s chop made Cass retreat more than ten steps.

Staring at his right hand that was ceaselessly shaking from the rip in its tiger’s mouth, Cass was somewhat dazed.

A muted Moonlight Mark appeared on Cass’s neck… he’d been marked.

Of course, because Cass’s attention was drawn away,

Diana was able to fire a Fatal Bone Arrow straight into Miles’s temple… in terms of hardness, bone exceeds steel, it even tore the air apart during its flight, and also carried a spin force that heightened the piercing effect.

Ziii Ziii Ziii!

The bone arrow hit its target.

It felt like a construction drill colliding with a cement floor.

It was quite forced.

But it finally punched through the white leather mask, the arrowhead about 5 cm deep into the temple… this degree obviously couldn’t be fatal, let alone to this other resident whose body was the strongest.

But Diana’s attack wasn’t over yet.

Her control over bones was more horrifying than anyone could imagine… Captain Curran raised Diana as his foster daughter, not only because of her father but also because of Diana’s own strong talents.

“Bone Explosion”

Right hand clenched.

The bone arrow that Miles hadn’t had time to pull out.

The arrow’s surface overflowed with a pattern that shimmered with a dark light.

Boom!

Explosion.

Not only did the explosion cause damage, but the bone arrow itself also shattered into tiny bone pieces, and the explosion propelled them further into Miles’s skull… similar to the effect of a fragmentation grenade.

Through the smoke from the explosion, one could faintly see Miles kneeling on one knee because of his injury.

“Miles is injured (21%), participants receive two hours of safe rest time.

Two hours later, Miles will randomly reappear in the Moonlight Coverage Area, activating [Demon Possession].

Remember: Every time Miles suffers more than 10% damage, he will disappear into the moonlight, and after fully recovering he will appear stronger… pray for the night to pass quickly.”

The smoke cleared.

Nother resident – Miles, had disappeared from the baseball field.

“There’s such an absurd setup? As long as you’re in the moonlight environment, you disappear as soon as you get injured? And after completely healing, he reappears even stronger?”

Han Dong primarily observed this battle.

Using the Little Demon Eye to scrutinize every movement of [Nother Resident – Miles]’s body, the ways energy flowed inside him, and the threats and special effects of his attacks. Han Dong took in every detail.

“As for Togu’s important reminder about execution, it might have something to do with the ‘Moonlight Mark’.

Once you’re hit, even a shallow injury will leave a moonlight mark on the target… perhaps when the marks accumulate to a certain level, it will trigger the execution effect.

Very likely it could cause instantaneous death on our part.

Is this the strength of [True Fate]? If placed in the real Other Derry Town, facing ten, or even more residents, there’s no way to confront them head-on.

The survival path of the [Other Chapter] might require us to take a different route.”

“Nicholas, did you observe any important information?”

As Cass looked at the broken ‘Stone Pig Sword’ on the ground, his face turned gloomy, not expecting the pressure to be this big as soon as the game started…

“Let’s talk back in our room…”

As Han Dong turned his head he noticed Diana standing straight in place, looking somewhat dazed and mumbling something to herself.

“Diana, let’s go!”

“…Okay.”

Diana, whose expression was also grim, made a strange movement, pressing her right hand on her left collarbone as if to control some kind of uncontrollable bone change inside her body.