Chapter 16: Absolute Ocular Genjutsu of Spatial Distortion, external Spirit Bone
In the humid air of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The thick scent of blood grew increasingly pungent; Lin Sheng stood quietly at the edge of the lair, his long black hair fluttering in the wind.
Yet, it could not conceal the Sharingan, whose eyes flowed with blood-colored brilliance within the shadows.
"A mutated variant of the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear..."
Standing opposite him was that colossal behemoth, towering like a small mountain: the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear.
As the rarest mutated variant of the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
It had not only inherited that pair of dark-gold claws capable of tearing apart dragons, but had also evolved a pair of purple-black double pupils capable of condensing mental force and unleashing destructive mental shocks.
"Roar—!"
The Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear let out a low growl.
Its thick hind legs exerted force suddenly, and the permafrost beneath its feet shattered instantly!
Its massive body transformed into a streak of dark-gold light.
The giant bear paw, carrying the sonic boom of tearing air, struck fiercely toward Lin Sheng's chest.
"Boom—!"
Tianmeng Iceworm was scared witless.
"Lin Sheng! Dodge! Dodge!"
Lin Sheng ignored Tianmeng Iceworm, merely condensing his mental force, and his right eye, which usually appeared as a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
At this moment, it seemed to possess a life of its own... and began to squirm!
Open eye!
His right eye, once again revealing the Mangekyo Sharingan form, seemed to refract space, revealing killing intent with absolute ocular genjutsu.
Lin Sheng's expression was as calm as water.
The million-year spirit ring at his feet pulsed quietly, emitting a supreme pressure that stood above all things.
"In my eyes, you are too slow."
Under the vision of the Sharingan.
The originally violent and swift charge became as sluggish as slow motion!
Lin Sheng could even see the vibration of every dark-gold bristle on the opponent, as well as the greedy flames leaping within those double pupils.
"Fourth Spirit Ability, Divine Might: Intangibility."
The Mangekyo pattern in Lin Sheng's right eye rotated violently.
Just as the metallic-glistening bear paw was about to touch his chest, the center of Lin Sheng's body suddenly twisted.
Like a reflection cast into water, it became illusory and transparent!
The bear paw, carrying the force of ten thousand tons.
Actually passed directly through Lin Sheng's afterimage, slamming heavily into the giant rock behind him and reducing it to powder.
"Roar?"
The Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear was dumbfounded.
The moment he dodged the fatal blow using spatial refraction, Lin Sheng did not retreat.
He keenly seized the gap when the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear's old strength had just faded and new strength had yet to form, and the black ten-thousand-year spirit ring shone brightly.
"Third Spirit Ability, Jiahang Jutsu!"
Inside its mental sea, the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear felt everything go dark.
Four giant, blood-colored spikes engraved with Sharingan patterns instantly pierced through its soul's limbs.
Forcibly pinning it to an illusory altar.
"Awoo!"
As expected of a top-tier mutated Spirit Beast, the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear's ferocity was actually ignited by the intense pain.
It endured the pain of its soul being torn apart.
Quickly putting distance between them, those purple-black double pupils widened abruptly, and two tangible, dark-purple rays erupted forth.
That was the Annihilation Light, capable of causing the sea of consciousness of an ordinary Spirit King to collapse.
"Boom—!"
Lin Sheng did not resist it head-on and dodged aside.
Using Sharingan ocular techniques consumed a massive amount of mental force, and he would not waste his mental force on this.
He let out a cold snort.
The bewitching light condensed in the Sharingan became increasingly intense.
The first and second Spirit Abilities were activated almost simultaneously in an instant.
"First Spirit Ability, Mirror Heaven and Earth Change, Reversal!"
"Second Spirit Ability, Shiranui, Burn to Ash!"
A layer of mirror-like spatial ripples undulated before Lin Sheng, negating most of the power of the double-pupil rays.
Immediately afterward.
Invisible mental flames followed the path of the rays and backlashed, burning crazily in the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear's mind.
"Roar—!"
Although these were flames condensed from genjutsu.
They seemed to carry substantial, painful damage, causing the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear to howl continuously.
...
On the battlefield, the dark-gold behemoth and the black-clad youth clashed continuously.
Every strike from the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear could split mountains and crack rocks.
But in the face of Divine Might's intangibility, all physical attacks appeared so pale and powerless.
Conversely, for Lin Sheng.
Every flicker of his ocular techniques left the giant bear covered in wounds, and the Shiranui in its mental sea made it emit bursts of shrill wails.
"It's over!"
Finally, the Mangekyo Sharingan in Lin Sheng's right eye rotated to its limit; it was the ultimate spatial judgment.
"Divine Might: Distortion!"
Wherever Lin Sheng's gaze fell, space was twisted violently as if by an invisible giant hand.
The Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear, which had been about to swing its claws to counterattack, suddenly froze, and at its indestructible right arm, space collapsed in a spiral shape.
With a crisp cracking sound.
The bear arm, which had a hardness comparable to steel, was forcibly crushed and severed by the spatial fault!
"Pfft—!"
Blood sprayed like a fountain, and the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear finally felt unprecedented fear.
It realized that the human before it was not food at all.
It was the clown!
The Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear let out a wail, and ignoring the pain of its severed arm, turned and fled toward the depths of the forest.
"Want to leave?"
Lin Sheng's figure flickered through the forest like a ghost, every step accompanied by the refraction of space.
Using the Sharingan, he completely copied the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear's combat taijutsu, charging out with a slightly savage figure.
The Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear could not escape the lock-on of the Mangekyo.
"Divine Might!"
Lin Sheng's right eye widened abruptly, bloodshot veins crawling across his pupil.
A pitch-black spatial vortex suddenly formed beside the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear.
That terrifying suction force pulled directly at the giant bear's massive body, and amidst shrill screams...
The power of space acted like countless transparent sharp blades.
Forcibly mincing half of the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear's body and sucking it into an alternate dimension.
"Bang!"
The giant bear's mangled corpse rolled into a large pit, completely losing all signs of life.
Lin Sheng stood beside the corpse, gasping for breath.
The use of the Mangekyo consumed a massive amount of physical strength and energy.
Even with the support of Tianmeng Iceworm, he felt a dull pain in his right eye.
"This pair of eyes truly lives up to the name of the Cursed Eyes."
"Obtained through the shock of extreme painful emotions, so using them is also accompanied by extreme pain."
"Even... blindness..."
A spirit ring exuding a thick black light, even faintly carrying a hint of purple, slowly emerged.
Lin Sheng looked at this spirit ring, a trace of regret flashing between his brows.
"This thing is also a waste."
However, just at the moment the spirit ring was about to fade, a burst of extremely pure, crystalline light condensed from the shattered head of the Dark-Gold Double-Pupil Bear.
It was a piece shaped like an eyeball.
A strange bone flowing with dark-gold and purple-black dual-colored luster.
It exuded a heart-palpitating mental pressure!
"This is..."
Tianmeng Iceworm in his sea of consciousness screamed: "An external Spirit Bone! And it's an extremely rare external Spirit Bone located at the eye!"
"And... perhaps it even possesses a devouring ability!"
Lin Sheng stared at the flickering Spirit Bone, the Sharingan in his right eye rotating unconsciously once more.