Top-Tier Superpower Student-Chapter 620 - 592: Reinforced Iron Bones, 100,000 Catties of Divine Power
Lin Tian's shoulder was struck by the white python, sending him flying. The immense pain caused his grip to loosen slightly, and the Godslayer Sword dropped to the ground.
As soon as the Godslayer Sword dropped, everyone was shocked. In a second, beads of cold sweat cascaded down Lin Tian's face.
The gap in strength between them and the white python was too great. With the power of the Godslayer Sword, they could barely fend off a few moves from the white python, but now, having dropped the sword, they were at a loss.
With the Godslayer Sword gone, how could they continue fighting the white python!
Lin Tian fiercely hit the ground. Ignoring his injuries, he drank a healing potion while running towards the Godslayer Sword, trying to retrieve it.
The white python's spiritual intelligence was extraordinary. It had already figured out Lin Tian's intentions. With a sweep of its tail, it easily sent the Godslayer Sword flying a hundred meters away, putting it beyond Lin Tian's reach.
Despite the dire situation, Lin Tian had managed to delay the white python for about twenty seconds. By this time, Chen Long had already dashed out, heading straight for the Red Flame Flower.
The white python wanted to kill Lin Tian directly but saw Chen Long approaching the Red Flame Flower. It immediately abandoned Lin Tian and charged towards Chen Long.
Lin Tian wanted to intercept the white python, but with a harsh lash of its tail, he could only dodge. Intercepting the white python was no longer possible.
As Chen Long saw the white python running towards him, he sprinted with all his might toward the Red Flame Flower. However, he was still a step too slow. Just five meters away from the Red Flame Flower, the python's tail fiercely struck him, sending him flying several meters and severely injuring him with blood spewing from his mouth.
The situation was dire now. With six people neither reaching the Red Flame Flower nor evading the white python's strikes, it seemed their only fate was death!
With the Godslayer Sword out of hand, Lin Tian felt utterly hopeless and thought despondently, "Am I really going to die here?"
Six severely injured people faced the white python with no power to resist.
Despair filled Lin Tian's heart, but the next moment, his eyes burst with golden light, filled once again with boundless hope.
He was prepared to die, but he couldn't just perish meaninglessly like this. Dying this way would be too worthless.
Although they hadn't snatched the Red Flame Flower from the white python, they had to pass on the news about its presence here.
If they could communicate the news about the Red Flame Flower to the Sect, then the Sect would surely be able to easily slay the white python, increasing the odds of saving the Dragon Emperor.
No matter what, one of them had to break through even if it meant risking their lives.
He clenched his fists tightly and his fighting spirit soared again as he yelled, "I'll hold back the white python, you scatter and flee. At all costs, break out and tell the Sect about the Red Flame Flower here!"
Yue Lei, Wang Hai, and Chen Long, enduring their pain, stood by Lin Tian's side and shouted, "Brother Tian, we're all badly injured, we can't escape. We'll stay with you and hold off the white python."
"Huo Shaotian, Jian Cangsheng, you two run in opposite directions. Someone has to break out, tell the Sect about the Red Flame Flower." Lin Tian yelled.
Jian Cangsheng and Huo Shaotian didn't move. The two exchanged glances, nodded in understanding, and then rushed to Lin Tian's side, shouting, "Brother Tian, you are the strongest and least injured among us. You are the most likely to escape from the white python. Run, we'll hold it back for you. Trust us, we'll use our bodies to delay the white python and buy you the most time possible to escape."
"No, I brought you all here. I can't abandon you. I'd feel guilty for the rest of my life." Lin Tian roared.
At this moment, all six had cast aside their own survival, consumed with the idea of passing on the news about the Red Flame Flower.
Lin Tian was moved and felt fortunate to have met so many people in this contest who would share life and death, honor and disgrace with him.
Fairly said, what Huo Shaotian and Jian Cangsheng proposed was right—at this moment, among them, Lin Tian was the most likely to escape from the white python.
But Lin Tian couldn't run. These people had followed him here; if he fled, he would live the rest of his life in tormenting guilt, suffering nightly in agony.
Just as Lin Tian was about to step forward, he saw the white python charging towards them. Huo Shaotian pushed Lin Tian forcefully backward, shouting loudly, "Brother Tian, no more hesitations, run! We'll hold it back, charge!"
"Charge!"
All five shouted in unison, embracing their fatal resolve to attack the white python, using their bodies to secure as much time as possible for Lin Tian.
In that moment, Lin Tian's eyes moistened. He wanted to rush forward and fight alongside them, to share life and death, but reason told him not to. If he did, everything Jian Cangsheng and the others did would be in vain.
No matter what, he had to break out and repay their kindness in the next life.
"Brothers, I'm sorry!"
Lin Tian bowed to them, tears streaming down his face.
Men do not easily shed tears, only at the point of deepest grief!
He turned around, trying to flee and to tell Nidhogg about the Red Flame Flower.
But at that moment, something unexpected happened—it was a voice from the Taotie System.
"Ten hours have passed, and you've slain the most evildoers during this trial, earning the first place in the disciple contest, awarded to you with a mysterious grand prize!"
"Disciple competition, first place, a mysterious grand prize?"
Lin Tian checked the time, which matched perfectly—it had been exactly ten hours since he had entered the Death Valley.
Before the competition, the Taotie System had mentioned that winning first place would grant a mysterious grand prize.
What could the mysterious grand prize be? Lin Tian was both anticipative and excited.
The Taotie System spoke again.
"Iron bones, a hundred thousand pounds of Divine Power!"
"What, iron bones, a hundred thousand pounds of Divine Power?!"
Lin Tian exclaimed, his eyes filled with excitement.
Then he felt countless streams of air rush into his body from the pores all over his body, his body shook, and he could distinctly feel the air chaotically moving inside him.
Shortly after, countless streams of air enveloped him and gradually stabilized; then, he could feel his arm muscles enlarging and hardening. His abdomen and chest muscles began to bulge, and his originally fair skin turned a visible bronze color at a visible rate — he felt as if his body were being filled with iron sands.
In less than ten seconds, the abnormality in Lin Tian's body disappeared, and in its place were iron bones and a hundred thousand pounds of Divine Power.
His body, transformed by the Taotie System, had bones harder than iron, and his veins like steel, truly iron bones. Now, an ordinary dagger couldn't penetrate Lin Tian's skin.
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What was even more exaggerated was that he now possessed a hundred thousand pounds of Divine Power, which doubled his previous strength—a slap could easily topple a two-story villa, more terrifying than a bulldozer.
What delighted him most was that after the transformation by the Taotie System, Lin Tian's strength had increased by half a rank, and he was now a Condensing Mirror powerhouse!
Awesome, just awesome, the Taotie System bug was perfect, absolutely perfect!
"Aaaaah...!"
As Lin Tian was rejoicing, several screams suddenly reached his ears.
He saw a white python's tail sweep across, tossing Yue Lei, Wang Hai, and Chen Long into the air simultaneously.
Huo Shaotian anxiously yelled from the side, "Tian bro, run, what are you waiting for!"
In the midst of speaking, the white python attacked again, its tail hurling Jian Cangsheng away, then it opened its massive mouth, revealing its ferocious teeth, and fiercely pounced toward Huo Shaotian.
"Be careful!"
Lin Tian shouted, deployed Flight Technique, and charged over.
The python's fangs reached Huo Shaotian's face in an instant, and facing the white python, Huo Shaotian had no strength to resist, only to evade.
He leaped up, jumping over ten meters away, narrowly avoiding the white python's attack, but due to the excessive force, he landed unsteadily and fell to the ground.
The white python seemed fixated on him, once again raising its fangs, charging towards Huo Shaotian.
Huo Shaotian had just fallen to the ground when he saw the white python's fangs were less than five meters away; he had no chance to evade, and it looked like he was about to be torn to shreds by the white python.
"Shaotian!"
"Shaotian, run fast...!"
Jian Cangsheng, Yue Lei, and the others shouted, unable to bear watching their brother being torn apart by the white python.
Just as the white python was about a meter from Huo Shaotian's head, its speed suddenly slowed because it sensed a tremendous threat.
It turned its head to see Lin Tian had transformed, his fist speeding towards it.
It felt the terrifying power contained in Lin Tian's fist, a power that chilled its heart.
If it continued its attack on Huo Shaotian, it would be struck by Lin Tian's fist; it immediately drew back its body, evading Lin Tian's punch.
Lin Tian's punch missed, but he wasn't discouraged and shouted, "All of you step aside, I'll take care of this white python."
The others didn't say much and quickly retreated, sensing the incredibly strong power in Lin Tian's body, a power that was a match for the white python.
And they could see that Lin Tian's strength had reached the Condensing Mirror level. Although they didn't understand why Lin Tian had suddenly become so strong within just a few seconds, the powerful force inside him was real.
Lin Tian stood alone before the white python, as tall as a four-story building, and from the white python's height, Lin Tian looked as tiny as a rabbit.
But it was this 'tiny' figure that made the white python deeply wary.
