Chapter 437: Chapter 333 Important Things
Belle spread her body in the air. Her form became more slim and mature, her gigantic crystal wings fully spread out behind her. Light spilled from her body over the entire battlefield, with the resonance of the crystal echoing between her and the Crystal Demon Warriors.
"Advance, my warriors! Flatten these filthy infectors!"
From high above, Belle’s sharp voice echoed across the battlefield. The gigantic Crystal Demon Warriors’ turned their arms into tremendously sized Light Cannons. Sweeping fire left a slew of Crazy Demons collapsed, while incoming Crazy Demons could not penetrate their thick crystal armor!
Could it be?!
Is there hope?
No, we can’t leave like this! Wait a little longer!
"Everyone, drink the second dose of the vaccine!"
Long Yi roared.
Immediately, the crystals above everyone’s heads returned to their original size, providing them with another three hours of reprieve.
Clearly, the Catalyst Crystal Stone has had a profound influence on the Crystal Demons. Or should it be said that the Catalyst Crystal Stone influenced Belle, which in turn affected nearby Crystal Demon Warriors?
Long Yi didn’t understand fully, but an idea sprouted in his mind, and he pulled out Giant’s Tablet from his private space.
Almost simultaneously, a line of text appeared on the tablet.
"Detected experimental technology, initiating experiment tracking."
Immediately, various data and text filled the tablet.
Even though Long Yi referred to the thing in his hands as the "Giant’s Tablet", it functioned primarily as a Giant’s personal assistant. As an assistant, it takes initiative to plan usage ways before the user even realizes it.
Monitoring the running Giant’s experiment was one of its functions.
Currently, the Catalyst Crystal Stone was naturally part of Giant’s experiment.
The essence of the Catalyst Crystal Stone originated from Crystal Poison, which the Giants were extremely interested in. As the most perfect creatures created by gods, Giants never fall sick nor face any threats from microbial infection. However, the appearance of Crystal Poison broke this rule, so the Giants decided to find out what this so-called Crystal Poison really was.
After thorough research, the Giants found that Crystal Poison is a peculiar monocrystalline structure composed of ninety atoms. They are so small that they are merely the size of a single crystal molecule. Moreover, though they all appear in crystal structures, the molecular arrangements in each crystal are completely different.
When a single Crystal Poison molecule enters a biological body, it immediately breaks its molecular structure, releasing ninety Crystal Poison atoms, These ninety atoms each break down organic matter in the lifeform’s body to form ninety new Crystal Poisons, which then split again. The whole process is extremely rapid.
As the Crystal Poison proliferates, internal changes can start to occur, certain molecular structures of Crystal Poison start to clump, condense into a Crystal Core that no longer has the ability to split. The Crystal Core could simulate consciousness according to the host it has infected, and, at the same time, it killed the original consciousness of the host. This was what the Giants were most interested in.
Because the consciousness of Crystal Demons had fused with the consciousness of the Crystal Core. At this point, it was hard to distinguish whether the current Crystal Demon was the original creature from the Demon Tribe or a new entity. After all, the consciousness was the same, but to say it was the same life would not be quite right.
Of course, this matter should be left to ethicists or moralists. The Giants, on the other hand, chose to do another thing: they attempted to make Crystal Demons even stronger.
Whether it was Crazy Demons or Crystal Demons, their power stemmed from the Crystal Core. Compared to Crazy Demons, Crystal Demons could tap into their core power—Demon Power.
Demon Power, much like Dragon Power, is a specific form of energy. From the Giants’ perspective, all forms of energy are convertible. Therefore, the Giants conducted numerous experiments and ultimately developed the Catalyst Crystal Stone. Its sole use was to convert the energy in the Crystal Core at an efficiency exceeding ninety percent into Demon Power.
Crystal Demons were best at wielding Demon Power. Using Demon Power, in essence, must go through a complex transformation process. Normally, the transformation efficiency of Crystal Demons did not even exceed thirty percent. But with the sudden increase to ninety percent efficiency, it equated to nearly a triple boost in power! In the hands of Crystal Demons, this threefold efficiency increase resulted in an explosive power that was cubic in nature.
Looking at the comparison data on the tablet, Long Yi was amazed. It was indeed true that good intentions reap good rewards. If it weren’t for his sudden whim to gift the Catalyst Crystal Stone, how could he have achieved such results?!
Keep fighting, keep fighting!
Naturally, Long Yi couldn’t just sit there watching. Even the severely wounded White Dragon Knights returned to the battlefield. With the cover of the Crystal Demon Warriors, they were able to deal damage without any restraints.
The Crazy Demons were numerable, but they fell even quicker! Everywhere Crazy Demons were turned into Crystal Cores, crystal clear as they lay on the ground!
While Long Yi was reveling in joy, an urgent warning blinked on the tablet.
"Catalysis time is nearing its limit, closely monitor movements of the test subjects."
Just as expected!
"Crystal Demon Warriors, unleash your final strikes!"
Belle commanded loudly from above.
Immediately, all Crystal Demon Warriors gathered together, firing their Light Cannons simultaneously toward the farthest and largest Crazy Demon. The Light Cannon hit, creating a field of holes in the massive Crazy Demon. However, this identical Light Cannon that could obliterate regular Crazy Demons was seemingly ineffective against such a large one. Rather, this bombardment had only enraged it further.
The gigantic Crazy Demon emitted a terrifying roar, causing smaller Crazy Demons, attempting to charge, to explode in unison.
Accompanied by the violent shaking of the ground, its heavy body started moving toward them.
However, at this point, Belle had slowly descended from the sky. Her crystal wings had retreated into her body, the crown on her head had shrunken, and, correspondingly, her royal guard—the Crystal Demon Warriors—had returned to their regular sizes.
Belle had an apologetic look on her face, "I’m sorry. Due to time constraints, I couldn’t load this body with more demon power, so I can’t maintain the catalyst state for long. However, these crystal cores should be enough!"
At the moment, the hands of the Crystal Demon soldier replaced with structures similar to suction cups and absorbed the surrounding crystal cores. Seeing the pile of crystal cores that continued to accumulate like a small mountain and looking at the giant Crazy Demons constantly coming from a distance, Long Yi’s heart was pounding hard.
Should I quit while I’m ahead or take a significant risk?
To leave?
There was a space portal not too far behind and once out, the giant Crystal Demon would not be able to continue the pursuit.
But!
That’s not my nature! Even if there’s only a slim chance of winning, I can seize it!
"I really appreciate your help, Belle. Without the interference of those minor enemies, it’s our battle next. You all should leave quickly, my hammer is restless!"
Long Yi was holding his Crystal Hammer with one hand, his fighting spirit was high.
Belle was looking at the giant Crazy Demon in the distance; her eyes were filled with worry, the leader of the Imperial Guards had already started urging Belle to leave.
"I’m truly sorry, Long Yi. I should have stayed here and fought with you. But the significance of this Avatar is far beyond my life. The power you’ve given me is the key to our Crystal Demons reviving. The crystal cores of the avatar cannot fall here under any circumstances, so we must leave." Belle’s words were sincere and apologetic.
"It’s okay, I understand." Long Yi nodded. He, of course, knew that nobody would risk an opportunity that could triple their power, not even Long Yi himself.
"However, I still have my way to help you all. Please hand me your Crystal Hammer." Belle said.
Long Yi nodded, gave the hammer to Belle. As Belle took over the hammer, it turned back into a crystal core.
"I will take out my crystal core and give it to my captain to escort back to Crystal Demon Star, and my body will become your new weapon! The demon power in my body will make your weapon stronger!"
While speaking, Belle suddenly reached out, took out the crystal core from her chest, and stuffed Long Yi’s crystal core into it.
The captain of the Imperial Guard standing next to them immediately took the crystal core from Belle. A group of Crystal Demon soldiers began to gather in one direction, their bodies started fusing with each other, gradually transforming into a space shuttle!
Boom!
The light was emitted from the back. In a blink of an eye, the space shuttle tore through the sky and disappeared without a trace!
Damn, is their tech this advanced?
The giant Crazy Demon in the distance stared at the direction of the space shuttle leaving, its mouth wide open, a column of light shot out, and the clouds in the sky were blasted away in an instant.
Long Yi looked at Belle in front of him, watching her crystal core slowly merging in her chest, at the same time, her appearance began to change to resemble a human more.
How should I fight this?
"Belle?" Long Yi tried to call out.
Immediately, the crystal girl in front of him had a dark golden light in her eyes.
"I’m not Belle, my master. I am a weapon that belongs to you. Even though I’ve merged with her body, I am still myself."
Her crisp and melodious voice was even more pleasant than Belle’s.
"Then... I’ll call you... Lingling?" Long Yi, struggling to come up with a new name, scratched his head and said.
"Alright, master!" Lingling smiled, appearing incredibly human-like.
"So, how do we fight?" Long Yi was looking at the girl’s slender body, feeling somewhat unsure of where to start."
Lingling reached out her hand toward Long Yi.
Long Yi extended his hand, held the girl’s hand, and her body reorganized rapidly into a gigantic hammer, with unceasing demon power flowing on it!
Haha! So this is how it works!
At this moment, three of the White Dragons were severely injured. The only ones left to fight were Long Yi, Bajie, Xiaoyou, Ai Lin, Isrile, and Little Zi.
Long Yi stared at the charging Crazy Demons in the distance and yelled: "Let’s go!"
"Don’t. Move 300 meters to the left! Now!"
Wesley suddenly yelled.
Long Yi hadn’t even started to move forward but had already dashed to the left. Almost simultaneously, the light cannon from the Crazy Demon had blasted.
"Move forward!" (To be continued. If you like this book, please vote at qidian.com. Your support fuels me. Mobile users can read at m.qidian.com.)
