I've Become the King of Villains in the Game

Chapter 281: Chapter 202: Transformation Technique! Limit State!
 

Chen Lun had internalized all the omens from his divinations.

‘I have already completed the task set by the Dark Knight, and I believe he will be coming to find me soon… The task description mentioned that once the test is passed, it allows participation in his plan, which could be related to the imminent danger!’ he thought.

He put away the cards and slowly stood up.

Stretching lazily, his bones crackled loudly.

‘Fortunately, I have advanced to Mid Sequence and updated the memory grid for Animal Mimicry, which gives me a solid base to join this battle,’ he reflected.

Chen Lun’s gaze sharpened.

“But before that… I need to integrate my skills to maximize their power!” he said.

He summoned his panel and glanced at his Experience Points.

Together with Mr. Pot and Mr. Bottle, he had joined the mission to destroy the source of pollution, killing polluted creatures and obtaining experience points from the mission rewards, which totalled over 80,000.

He applied all of them to his main profession, Magician LV21, advancing five levels to become Magician LV26, and then balanced the obtained Attribute Points between Endurance and Intelligence, which were slightly lagging.

His total level was now 76, with both Strength and Agility at 69 points, while Endurance and Intelligence were 60 points.

Chen Lun stretched his body, somewhat obsessed with the sensation of growing stronger.

This was unlike any gaming experience from his past life; it was genuinely happening to him, bringing unparalleled confidence and a sense of security.

‘Next is Animal Mimicry… My self-developed Great Serpent Form has also significantly changed from before,’ he thought.

Chen Lun stood still, deep in thought.

The original “Great Serpent Form” was based on Serpentine Incarnation, integrating some relevant features into a transformation technique.

But after a round of replacements, Chen Lun had a better plan.

Serpentine Incarnation, Steel Bones, Didak Armor, and Abyss Touch would all be activated simultaneously, creating the 2.0 version of the Great Serpent Form and redefining Chen Lun’s “regular transformation technique.”@@novelbin@@

Crack…

Chen Lun attempted this new “Great Serpent Form”—his skin began to form a white keratin layer, eventually evolving into a fully covering layer of rhombic plates.

The joints such as fists, fingertips, elbows, and knees were subsequently endowed with glossy black exoskeletons adorned with densely packed sharp spikes, creating a fierce appearance.

Two serpentine tendrils as thick as thighs also rose from his shoulders, transformed from the bone and flesh of the scapular region, which could be used for scouting, disrupting the enemy, and entangling for control.

‘This regular form can be maintained for about an hour, which significantly boosts my Combat Power… It’s more than enough for regular battles,’ he thought.

Chen Lun clenched his fingers and casually threw a punch.

The tendrils on his back moved accordingly, spiraling around his arm and following the punch, intertwining like three hands striking together. The shockwave of the punch blasted the surrounding air, emitting a screech and striking the transparent crystal stone wall with a thud.

The sound reverberated in the enclosed attic space, lingering for a long time.

‘I only used a fraction of my strength… Unfortunately, it’s not suitable here to exert fully,’ he thought regretfully.

‘I’ll need to find a place to try it out later… It would be best if I can encounter some polluted creatures to practice on.’

Without reverting from this “regular form,” he took a deep breath, and thoughts of his next steps flickered through his mind—

After his promotion to Magician, he was able to activate more traits simultaneously, achieving the capacity for seven, barely eight.

Thus, on the foundation of the “regular form,” by adding Variegated Wings, Blood of Decay, and Mad Pot’s Heart, he would enter a brief burst period.

This transformation technique would be equivalent to the Second Phase, named by Chen Lun as “Extreme State.”

‘Mad Pot’s Heart, burning one’s own blood, gains a significant attribute enhancement while being covered in boiling blood… just like how Mr. Pot fights seriously.

This is not only the core trait of the Extreme State but also a crucial step in maximizing the potential of Blood of Decay…’

Chen Lun’s gaze became profound.

In his vision, once the Extreme State was activated, the blood erupting from his body, under the effect of Blood of Decay, would carry a high intensity of Supernatural Toxin, causing severe erosion to any enemy who dared to come close.

‘This is not yet the most crucial aspect…’

Chen Lun revealed a faint smile.

Whoosh!

Two pairs of translucent, variegated Scaled Wings emerged behind him, appearing quite dreamlike.

‘A big guy like me using such cute wings feels somewhat out of place, haha…’ he chuckled softly to himself.

As he spoke, the serpentine tendrils on his shoulders began to disintegrate on their own, transforming into numerous tiny tendrils the size of fingernails, replacing the finely scaled wings.

This effect was a fusion of Abyss Touch, Serpentine Incarnation, and the magic of Body Separation.

The wings appeared variegated due to the refraction of light from the small scales, yet they turned into two pairs of white wings when densely covered by serpentine tendrils—

At first glance, they truly resembled the angels from various literary works of his prior world.

However, upon closer inspection, one would realize those “white feathers” were actually wriggling serpentine tendrils! Terrifyingly spooky, enough to trigger those with a fear of densely packed patterns!

‘These two pairs of Scaled Wings are the most powerful weapons in the Extreme State!’ Chen Lun mused, lowering his eyelids.

They provide not only the ability to fly, allowing for high-speed flight, hovering, reversals, and direct vertical movement, but they also possess terrifying defensive and offensive power!

Under high-speed vibration, thousands of serpentine tendrils whip and bite simultaneously, akin to two overlapping irregular saws.

Mere contact could be deadly or severely injurious.

Even worse, it would probably shatter to pieces on the spot!

“Once I enter the extreme state, my consumption will increase exponentially since I have to maintain the release of many skills and also burn my own blood… I estimate I can only hold on for a few minutes at most.”

Chen Lun let out a long breath, dismissed all effects on himself, and only kept the original “Variegated Wings.”

Buzz!

He levitated on the spot, flew out through the skylight at the very top of the spire.

With his scaled wings vibrating rapidly, Chen Lun’s speed was incredibly fast. He left a fading afterimage and then disappeared from the spot, heading for the depths of the rocky mound.

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A moment later.

Above the gloomy plain covered with black rocks, a figure was walking through the dim fog on foot.

This person slowly walked out of the fog, gradually revealing Chen Lun’s handsome face.

“This is my first time exploring this new area… Philip’s message had warned me, before promoting to Mid Sequence, it’s best not to venture here, as the danger far exceeds the Forest of Nature.”

He frowned slightly, his visible range in front of him was less than three meters.

The thick gray-black fog enveloped the area, not only making the light dim but also blocking most of the sounds.

This easily gave one an extreme sense of unease, as no one knew whether some monster might attack from within the fog the next second.

At this moment, all was silent except for the slow and rhythmic light footsteps, as Chen Lun followed his intuition forward.

He hoped to encounter some polluted creatures to test his two newly developed transformation techniques and incidentally to gain some Experience Points to level up to Max Level sooner.

After walking for about half an hour, Chen Lun suddenly stopped.

“Spiritual Intuition is acting up, there’s an unidentified creature at eleven o’clock…”

Without hesitation, a card suddenly appeared in his naturally hanging palm and he casually flung it.

Whoosh!

The card cut through the thick fog, but soon the surrounding fog filled back in.

Chen Lun quietly waited for a few seconds, but there was no movement ahead.

He narrowed his eyes in thought, then raised his hand to cover his left eye.

The next second, a blood-stained card appeared in his hand, but his eyeball had vanished.

Using the magic “Body Separation,” he had split his eyeball out and then performed the magic “Great Human Transformation,” swapping it with the card.

Thus, Chen Lun could achieve remote scouting.

He soon discovered that his vision unexpectedly had an extra part from a bird’s-eye view angle; his eyeball should be on the ground, seeing a barren clearing where dozens of dark-skinned humanoid creatures were huddled together, discussing something.

The fog in that clearing was thinner, and the visibility was broader.

Those dark-skinned humanoid creatures were thin and hunched, with extremely ugly features that didn’t look human at all. They wore raggedy, dirty robes and each held a homemade spear.

But surprisingly, the spearheads were made of some black, glossy stone. They were highly irregular, as if arbitrarily shattered and a sharp fragment picked up as a makeshift spearhead.

Suddenly, the reflection of swirling fog appeared on the eyeball, instantly providing Chen Lun with information about those hunchbacked creatures—

They were called the “Moonless People,” a type of group-dwelling polluted creatures that lived on the gloomy plain. Usually, their strength barely reached the level of a Sequence Eight Transcendent, but they could transform into werewolves, elevating their physical power to the level of Sequence Seven.

Chen Lun again performed the magic “Five Senses Perception,” whereby the eyeball, tens of meters away, suddenly could “see” the conversation of the Moonless People.

But soon, he was disappointed.

Because he couldn’t understand the language those creatures were using, or rather it wasn’t any kind of language at all, more like simple animal-like braying.

They were very excited, and one of them was holding a bleeding arm, showing pain on its face, probably injured by the earlier Card Throwing Knife.

Suddenly, the leader of the Moonless People seemed to sense something, swiftly turned its head toward the eyeball, and with a shrill cry, raised a cane, different from the others’, pointing it at the eyeball.

Sizzle!

The cane, studded with black stones, suddenly shot out a beam of red lightning as thick as a finger, slashing straight toward the eyeball.

Chen Lun acted instantly, making the eyeball levitate to dodge.

But the red lightning moved too fast and struck the eyeball in the next second.

Crack!

Chen Lun abruptly opened his eyes.

He raised his hand and inspected his index finger.

The index finger was already charred and started to spread toward the root of the finger and even his palm.

“Good thing I used the magic ‘Damage Transfer’ at the last moment to switch the eye injury to my finger… That red lightning, it doesn’t just have high heat, it also has some strange infection property?”

Chen Lun pondered for a moment.

With a flick of his hand, the charred index finger affected by the red lightning fell off and shattered into powder upon hitting the ground.

But the next second, with a green fluorescence, his finger regrew.

“Heh… Interesting polluted creatures, I’ll use you for experiments then.”