Chapter Twenty-Four: Mutation

  A new, strange energy flowed through his body, giving him the feeling that every cell in his body was desperately gasping for air. His hearing seemed to have been greatly enhanced, and his own breathing sounded like thunder. The scene before his eyes suddenly became a kaleidoscope of colors, with a sense of fragmented chaos. But strangely, despite this, he could still see the situation around him... even more clearly than before.

  Every detail around him was in his senses, the sound of the wind blowing gently, the slow swaying of the grass, the movement of the true god's avatar in front of him, and the anxious immobility of Ban and Beck behind him...

  In an instant, he seemed to have become a god-like perspective.

  At the same time, the bone sword in his hand suddenly transformed into a swirling **, which swept towards him directly. Even before he could react, the strange ** had wrapped around his entire arm, from the tip of his fingers to his shoulder.

  A flash of light, and Ji Ran suddenly found that he could move. The invisible spiritual shackles seemed to have been broken by something, and he was completely free to act. Moreover, on his right arm which had held the sword just now, there came a feeling of strange power.

  Turning his head, Ji Ran was stunned. His right arm was wrapped in a strange object. The thing looked like the material of the Bone Sword, but it had already changed into a semi-liquid state and was crawling on his arm, as if searching for a suitable shape to attach itself more tightly.

  What had happened? Ji Ran was completely bewildered. He only knew that the true energy and magical powers within him had all disappeared, replaced by another kind of energy. What this energy would bring to him, he did not know, but he could now feel that this energy made his entire body rejoice and leap with joy.

  The bone sword attached to his arm also seemed to have been affected by this energy, resulting in such a change. But what's the use of this change? If it could turn into an extended shoulder guard with an additional blade at the front, that would be somewhat decent... At least it looks cool!

  Under this sudden change, Ji Yan couldn't help but start daydreaming. Referring to the anime images he had seen before, Ji Yan began to imagine the Bone Sword transforming into a half-** shape in his mind, and what pose it would look coolest in on his arm, when something shocking happened.

  That flowing semi-bone sword actually quickly took shape on his arm in the style he had imagined!

  A thin, intricately patterned outer shell covered the upper part of his right arm, extending from his shoulder to his palm. The upper half of his palm was directly replaced by a sword blade about 1.5 meters long - as if that sword blade had grown out of his body!

  What the heck is this! Ji Ran's scalp felt a bit numb. The two games he brought himself didn't have such incredible settings, did they?! A magic treasure that can melt and transform its shape——although it's not like there aren't any magic treasures that can do this, but absolutely not something a low-level magic treasure like Bone Blade Sword can do!

  It's really because of that energy inside me, isn't it... What exactly is it? So many times of palpitations, ultimately leading to such a change? Is this change good or bad...

  Ji Ran was still pondering life on this side when a dizzy feeling suddenly rushed to his brain. His body swayed, and he immediately recovered from that state of exploring the unknown realm.

  No! I don't have time to think about that now! We need to take down that True God Avatar, or else who knows what will happen!

  He raised his head and looked at the true god incarnation with a stern expression. However, what was strange was that he found the true god incarnation's face had an astonished expression, yet it remained motionless.

  The restraints on himself have disappeared, but who knows when the true god's incarnation will come up with other means. Hurry up and get rid of him is the king's way!

  A thousand miles apart! He unconsciously activated the lightness skill of this school. It wasn't until after he activated it that he suddenly thought, his true energy had already disappeared!

  However, the strange energy inside his body supported him as he suddenly moved forward. His entire body shot forward in an instant, its speed even surpassing that of using true energy to activate lightness skill by a fraction.

  Without time to think, Ji Ran had already charged in front of the True God's incarnation. His right hand swung unconsciously, and the 50-centimeter-long sword blade pierced through the True God's incarnation's body!

  The sword blade entered the outer light of the true god's incarnation, piercing a transparent hole in the true god's shadow. And in the next instant, the true god's shadow suddenly burst out with a ball of light, bouncing Ji Ran's entire person out.

  He suddenly flew out and fell heavily to the ground. At the same time, he found that the strange power in his body had disappeared, and the Bone Sword had returned to its original shape in his hand. It was as if what had just happened was just an illusion.

  But the true god incarnation was indeed injured.

  "Impossible! How could you possibly hurt me?! What kind of weapon is that?! Since it can destroy my avatar..." The True God's avatar was filled with shock, looking down at the huge wound on his chest. Waves of black air emerged from the wound, quickly wrapping around him and engulfing his entire body.

  "Damn it! I won't let you go! I'll curse you, curse you to never be able to step into a higher realm, forever just a lowly insect! Wait for me, I'll find you and make you die in the most miserable way, then fall into the deepest hell..."

  That true god incarnation in the black air was crazily shouting, its body constantly twisting and turning, the black air also rolling non-stop. Suddenly, those black airs quickly condensed, forming a black air mass. Behind the air mass, the true god incarnation's shadow had almost disappeared, leaving only a faint shadow.

  Then, the true god split his body and threw the black air mass in his hand at Ji Ran.

  Connected to the true god incarnation, those words and that aura, clearly knew this thing wasn't a good omen. Must avoid! However, he was now completely powerless, not even having the strength to move his fingers. The strange explosion just now had filled his body with a peculiar energy, but now this energy had disappeared, taking away the last bit of strength in his body...

  "Ah!" Just as the air mass was about to hit his body, Ji Ran suddenly heard a loud shout beside him. Before he could react, a figure rushed over, hugged him, and rolled to the side. But the air mass seemed to have an automatic tracking function, stubbornly turning around and hitting the back of the person who had hugged Ji Ran and rolled around in a circle. The huge impact sent both people flying into the air before crashing back down to the ground.

  Ji Ran, who had already lost all his strength, suddenly felt a blackness in front of him and fainted...

  When he opened his eyes again, it was already dark.

  A bonfire was burning beside him, the flames dancing ceaselessly before his eyes. The twinkling stars hung in the sky, winking at him through the gaps between the leaves.

  Struggling to lift his head, Ji Yan saw others surrounding the bonfire.

  "Ji Ran Gege you xing le!" A surprised voice came from his ear. Turning his head, Lydia was staring at him with wide eyes.

  "Where are we...?" Ji Ran's throat was parched and he could barely get the words out.

  "In a place far away from that valley. Don't worry, everything is over." Lays Uncle was also beside him. Now it seems that Lays Uncle's complexion is much better than before. Although many places on his body were still bandaged, at least he could hold the skewers to roast over the fire.

  Baek and Ban also wrapped their wounds with bandages, and when they saw Ji Ran wake up, they both smiled.

  "You're finally awake, that's great! This means we all made it out of this battle without a single casualty... Ah, why are you hitting me?" Beck exclaimed with excitement, but was immediately hit on the head by Aileen with a wooden stick.

  "Although I don't quite believe it, sometimes auspicious words are also necessary." Irene threw away the wooden stick and refocused her attention on the skewers of meat in her hand.

  Lydia seemed to have noticed Ji Ran's condition and took a water bottle from beside her, feeding Ji Ran water. After drinking several mouthfuls of clear water, Ji Ran felt much better.

  "Thank you, Lydia. By the way... did I pass out? What exactly happened back then?" After feeling a bit more comfortable, Ji Ran immediately asked about the situation earlier with great urgency.

  Lais turned his head, let out a soft sigh: "After we finished off the remaining True God followers, when we got back, you were already unconscious. Beck and Ban were dragging you back. I asked them what happened, but they weren't very clear either. It seemed that at the time, the True God's avatar had bound all of you? But it seemed like you suddenly erupted, instantly killing that True God's avatar..."

  Lai Shu was not present and did not know the situation, so he could be forgiven. So Ji Ran shifted his gaze to Beike.

  "Old Les was right. When we walked into the altar, our bodies suddenly couldn't move. And you, on the other hand, were staring straight at that true god incarnation with a weird expression, as if you wanted to hug it. We called out to you from behind, but you didn't respond..."

  Beck, this big mouth, naturally wouldn't give up this opportunity, and immediately began talking incessantly about the situation at that time.

  He said that, and on the surface, Ji Ran seemed calm, but in his heart, he was shocked beyond measure.

  It turned out that the conversation between myself and the true god's avatar was not heard by those two people! In their eyes, I just looked distracted!

  This thing called the true god... even if it's not a real god, but just an evil existence on the surface, is really too eerie... If possible, it's better not to deal with this kind of thing in the future...

  "Then you suddenly flashed with a burst of light, dazzling us so much that we couldn't open our eyes. When the light faded, we saw you flying back, and on the chest of that True God Avatar, there was an additional large hole. To be honest, at that time, we were all deeply impressed by you... We were all spiritually locked down by that True God Avatar, how did you break through the lockdown and deal damage to it?"

  Baker's expression was excited and curious, but Ji Ran was shocked beyond words.

  What's going on? The Bone Blade Sword merged with me and attached itself to my right arm, for such a long time, yet it only took an instant.