Chapter 153 – Super Killer Move, Death Message on the Way to the Underworld!

Lu Yuan felt fantastic, unprecedentedly so.

His constitution points skyrocketed from an initial 7 points to 19 points.

Although each increase had always brought a noticeable improvement,

It had never been as significant as this!

It was as if he had completely transformed into a different person.

The previous increments in constitution points, culminating in the transition from 19 to 20, had reached a critical mass, triggering a qualitative change from a mere quantitative one.

This feeling was akin to a hiker ascending a mountain.

Step by step, he climbed upward.

Although each step took him higher, the scenery around him remained largely unchanged.

Until he reached a certain level.

Suddenly, he arrived at the summit.

The view before him opened up dramatically!

Lu Yuan felt like a cicada that had been slumbering underground.

After enduring a long and arduous struggle in the dark depths,

At this moment, he finally shed his old exoskeleton, broke through the soil, and embraced a new life!

It felt as though an invisible thin membrane between him and the world had been shattered.

And heavy chains had been removed.

His senses, his body, every pore on his body, seemed to be celebrating this arrival in a brand-new realm.

“Limit break. Is this what it feels like to break the limit?”

Lu Yuan murmured to himself, the transformation in his constitution was earth-shattering.

In comparison, advancing to Level 4 and unlocking the ultimate exertion effect of [special exertion] seemed almost insignificant.

Who could have known?

He initially just wanted to casually boost his constitution and [special exertion], hoping that a sudden surge in “attack” might bring a miraculous outcome.

A higher constitution would also increase his chances of survival.

Unexpectedly,

He stumbled upon two such enormous surprises!

“Swish——”

As he pondered, Lu Yuan suddenly felt a slip in his palm.

Looking up, he saw Karofis had broken free from his grasp and retreated several dozen meters away.

Under the crow mask, Lu Yuan’s lips twitched slightly, but he didn’t pay much attention to it.

“You’re really surprising me. You actually managed to block that strike. It seems you’re more interesting than I thought.”

Karofis stood far away from Lu Yuan, his face expressionless, but his eyes betrayed a slight hint of shock.

He was feeling a tinge of dread and unease from Lu Yuan, the “weakling” he had just been toying with?!

Ridiculous.

Karofis’s expression turned cold as he completely abandoned his playful and relaxed demeanor. He spoke coldly, “No matter how much you change, mortal techniques are still mortal techniques. In the face of true Deity power, they are nothing but laughable, clumsy performances, hmm?!”

Karofis hadn’t even finished speaking when he suddenly froze.

Because Lu Yuan, who was dozens of meters away, suddenly appeared right in front of him.

In an instant, he had crossed the distance, almost as if he had materialized out of thin air.

Karofis was so shocked that he instinctively shut his mouth.

The crow mask was now inches away, and beneath the dark eye holes, those deep, clear eyes smiled.

In the next moment,

Karofis abruptly noticed that the scenery around him stretched out, turning into lines.

He then realized he was being hurled backward at an incredible speed.

A sharp pain exploded in his chest, as if it were being pierced, shattered, and torn apart all at once.

He saw the fragments of his Underworld Garment scattering before his eyes, accompanied by layers of white mist.

And then came a loud “pop,”

A massive explosion as he broke through some barrier.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Karofis was sent flying, crashing through seven or eight trees before finally coming to a stop.

A deep fist imprint caved in his chest, nearly punching through his entire ribcage, leaving only a thin, translucent membrane holding it together.

The black patterns on his body, like an elegant garment, cracked radially outward from the fist imprint.

“Hah—hiss—hah—”

Karofis panted heavily, his chest heaving like an old, broken bellows struggling to pump air.

His eyes were unfocused, his consciousness almost shattered.

The slight unease that had been bubbling up in his heart,

Now surged from all directions, overwhelming him like a tidal wave.

“Lamacakca@￥!”

Karofis uttered a series of harsh syllables, as vast amounts of black death energy surged from his body, desperately trying to repair something.

His once unfocused pupils finally regained their clarity.

Like someone suddenly surfacing after nearly drowning,

He leapt up from the ground.

“Whoosh—whoosh—”

Karofis stood there, his face pale, unable to hide his fear.

His gaze quickly locked onto Lu Yuan’s figure.

Lu Yuan stood just over ten meters away, his arms naturally hanging down, standing quietly.

“What kind of power is this?”

Karofis clutched his chest, using the death energy to swiftly mend his injuries and the shattered Underworld Garment, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

“Pure physical strength.”

Lu Yuan answered casually, not even sparing Karofis a glance.

Instead, he focused on his right hand, the one he had just punched with.

A body after a limit break, combined with ultimate exertion, gave him a profoundly unique feeling.

He now felt like a child who had just gotten a new toy, filled with curiosity and a desire to explore everything.

“Did I just break the sound barrier?”

Lu Yuan muttered to himself.

He was immediately interrupted by an exasperated voice.

“Impossible, I don’t believe it!”

Karofis’s face twisted, his eyes bloodshot, “How could mortal strength possibly break through my death energy Underworld Garment!”

“Don’t believe it?”

Lu Yuan frowned.

He thought for a moment, then seemed to come to a realization.

He slowly stretched out his arms.

The scarlet patterns formed by his blood vessels started to spread rapidly from his heart to his limbs and torso.

His already twisted muscles became even more knotted,

As if trying to form some sort of pattern.

A mysterious and oppressive aura began to spread outward from Lu Yuan.

Everything around him fell silent as he passed by.

An invisible yet terrifying pressure gradually bore down on Karofis.

At this moment, the unease and sense of crisis in his heart had reached their peak.

Then, he heard Lu Yuan’s slow and deep voice.

“Have you ever heard of the Ancient Sacred Physique?”

“Huh???”

“Boom!”

A white wave, as fierce as a dragon, struck Karofis instantly!

Karofis was flung into the air.

Before he could even land, he was struck in another direction.

He seemed like a sandbag, constantly being hit.

Each time he was struck, a part of his body would cave in deeply.

The Underworld Garment on his body shattered rapidly, dissolving into death energy and dissipating in the air like mist.

Lu Yuan’s speed was beyond comprehension.

As his body rubbed against the air, it created visible white airwaves, almost leaving afterimages in the air.

He didn’t summon any death energy.

A layer of bright yellow light floated on his arms.

This was the Ten Thousand Refined Crane Bone Technique, now elevated to Level 4!

After a limit break, Lu Yuan’s constitution had skyrocketed, and his Ten Thousand Refined Crane Bone Technique had directly surged two levels, comparable to a martial artist with half-body power training.

“Ultimate Exertion!”

Lu Yuan’s eyes gleamed with brilliance, and his long black hair danced wildly behind him.

Constitution is the jar; strength is the water!

The size of the jar directly determines the amount of water it can ultimately contain.

Lu Yuan’s jar had now reached an unprecedented size, and the power boost from Ultimate Exertion seemed almost limitless.

He wasn’t sure how much boxing power he had now.

Fifteen tons?

Twenty tons?

Or thirty tons?

He didn’t know, but he felt like he could smash through any obstacle before him with his fists and feet.

Lu Yuan punched again and again, indifferent to whether it was a true skill or a killer move.

With sheer physical strength and inner strength alone, he could easily break through Karofis’s body surface barrier.

In a moment, Lu Yuan suddenly stopped.

He appeared silently in front of Karofis.

By now, Karofis was nearly unrecognizable, his body shattered and twisted like a crushed, dented can.

“It’s over.”

Lu Yuan spoke calmly, his body descending in sync with the falling Karofis.

“Return peacefully to the embrace of the Crow Deity.”

He slowly raised his right hand.

His five fingers curled, and the bright yellow inner strength at his fingertips flowed out with a sharp, blade-like edge.

Karofis’s swollen, twisted face suddenly became animated, his remaining eye widening abruptly.

His mouth rapidly protruded outward, becoming as wide as a crow’s beak.

“Ah—”

An invisible sound wave erupted from Karofis’s mouth.

Terrifying mental waves spread out.

“Whoosh—”

The surrounding ancient trees and grasses bent outward, and countless crows, perched within this forest as witnesses, took flight almost simultaneously.

Swept by the mental waves, they exploded one by one into clouds of blood mist.

The waves even affected a distant shuttle.

Inside the shuttle, numerous instruments and meters went haywire. The spectators within the shuttle clutched their ears in agony, their faces contorted in pain.

Lu Yuan, at the forefront, found his outstretched claw-like hand suddenly frozen in place under the immense mental waves.

Even his taut, pale red skin began to ripple faintly.

He was caught off guard.

It felt as if his brain had been struck hard from the front, causing it to reverberate incessantly.

“Damn it!”

Lu Yuan hadn’t anticipated that Karofis still had this move up his sleeve.

It suddenly dawned on him that Karofis was probably a “mage” after all?!

Moreover, he didn’t know what secret method or technique Karofis had used, but the mental power unleashed in that instant far exceeded his current 17 intelligence points.

This was Lu Yuan’s first encounter with such a direct, brutal mental attack.

His consciousness began to blur, and his expression turned ferocious.

In his mind, countless memories surfaced like sediment stirred up from the bottom of a pond, churning violently.

Murkiness.

Crows, full moon, Styx, Red Spider Lily.

Scenes from the Crow Dreamscape repeatedly flashed in Lu Yuan’s mind.

Unknowingly, a large amount of black death energy began to emanate from his body.

The back of a woman in a black lace dress became clearer and clearer in the high-frequency flashes.

She even seemed to be moving.

Slowly turning towards Lu Yuan.

Just like that one dream.

As the woman turned, a skill point on the [Death Messenger (Extraordinary)] professional panel, shining like the Doomstar, grew brighter and brighter, more and more radiant.

Finally, when the pain, chaos, and agitation reached a certain peak.

Lu Yuan’s right hand, which had been hovering motionlessly, suddenly broke through the invisible barrier and shot out forcefully.

He grasped Karofis’s mutated crow beak tightly.

The terrifying mental impact seemed to pause for a moment.

Under the crow mask, Lu Yuan’s face was ferocious, with blood trickling from the corners of his eyes and ears.

He looked down coldly at Karofis, his deep, husky voice resonating.

“You are far too noisy!”

In the next moment.

Lu Yuan’s left arm rose.

Countless streams of black death energy converged on his left fist, resembling dark, flowing water.

Time seemed to stand still.

Everything around him fell silent.

Countless fleeing crows silently reversed course, swarming toward him.

In Karofis’s eyes, it seemed as if even the gloomy daylight in his field of vision had completely darkened.

The sky turned from day to night in an instant.

A massive full moon hung behind Lu Yuan.

Around him, numerous Red Spider Lilies swayed.

Beneath his feet flowed the silent Styx.

“The way to the underworld has opened, the death message on the way to the underworld.”

Lu Yuan’s cold, indifferent voice sounded like a solemn proclamation, announcing Karofis’s final fate.

“Rest in peace.”

He struck.

Under the illusory night, the dense crow flock soared together, completely obscuring all light.

At the same time, on Lu Yuan’s [Death Messenger (Extraordinary)] professional panel.

The skill point that had long remained unlit finally illuminated completely.

A new skill was revealed—

[Super Killer Move—Death Message on the Way to the Underworld!]