MM Racing Chapter 52 Ice Soul Wolf
Chapter 52 Ice Soul Wolf
Song Chen pulled the knife from the mantis's corpse, and green fluid slid down the blade.
His left arm was still hanging at his side, and the numbness spread from his fingertips to his shoulder, making his entire arm feel like it didn't belong to him anymore.
He shook his right hand and flexed his fingers.
He looked up at the score panel floating above the cage.
Zhou Jin is still ranked first, while Zhou Jin is still second, but the score difference has widened to nearly 40,000.
In previous years, this score would have been enough to secure the top spot.
Song Chen cleaved open the mantis's brain with a single slash, rummaged around inside, and removed the third-tier life crystal core and a small green ball.
After examining the ball in front of his eyes, he put it into his mouth without hesitation.
A strong, fishy stench made him want to vomit.
He endured it, and then a warm sensation spread throughout his body, and his left arm returned to normal.
Song Chen did not leave the cage.
He stood there, staring at the patch of ground that had just closed up beneath his feet.
The praying mantis rises from below, which means there are more below.
He pressed the communication button on the inside wall of the cage.
"Examiner, I request to continue the challenge."
Inside the examination center, the people who had just begun to breathe a sigh of relief froze again.
"Still want to fight?" someone blurted out.
"Is he crazy? He's still hitting me?"
"This isn't a game where you finish one level only to have another one follow you up."
"What is he trying to do? Isn't 60,000 points enough?"
Someone shook their head and explained, "It's not about the score; he's consolidating his advantage, and several other geniuses are also challenging him."
On the big screen, the rankings began to fluctuate wildly.
A line of red text popped up after Zhou Jin's name.
[Candidate Zhou Jin has applied to challenge a Tier 3 alien beast.]
Almost simultaneously, the names of Zhao Lingxi, Chen Mo, and Zhou Wenyuan also lit up.
In different corners of the core area of Changqing City, alloy cages rise from the ground.
Zhou Jin was facing a Tier 3 Armored Wolf, whose silver-gray fur stood up like steel needles, and whose fangs still had bits of meat from its previous prey hanging on them.
Zhao Lingxi's opponent was a third-tier fire-feathered eagle, whose wings flapped with scorching heat waves that created a strange resonance with her own fire-based abilities.
Before Chen Mo was a Tier 3 Twin-Tailed Scorpion, its two tails raised high, its venomous stingers gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light under the lamp.
At that moment, the entire audience in the province held their breath.
This wasn't just one person going crazy; it was an entire generation of geniuses choosing the same path at the same time.
Song Chen stood in the cage, looking down at her feet.
The mantis's corpse had been dragged away, and the cracks in the ground had closed up again, leaving no trace.
But his True Sight could see that there was something moving below. And not just one.
"Examiner, I request to continue the challenge."
This time the sound was louder and calmer.
It wasn't an impulsive decision, nor was it made on a whim; it was a well-considered one.
Inside the examination center, everyone fell silent.
No one said he was crazy anymore, because that was what he had just said, and then he killed a level 3 mantis.
"Satiate him," the chief examiner commanded calmly.
The ground cracked open, and a second cage slowly rose from underground.
Song Chen's pupils contracted slightly.
There were no strange beasts in the cage, only a cloud of mist.
No, it's not fog, it's ice.
Extremely cold icy mist seeped out from the gaps in the cage, and the moisture in the air instantly condensed into tiny ice crystals, which fell to the ground with a crackling sound.
A layer of white frost had formed on the cage bars, and the alloy floor creaked and groaned—the sound of metal contracting at extremely low temperatures.
The ice fog grew thicker and denser.
Then it moved; the ice mist condensed towards the center, compressed, and took shape.
A wolf emerged from the mist—no, it didn't emerge, it coalesced into being.
Its body is made of translucent ice crystals that refract a cold blue light under the lamp.
Its eyes were two dark blue flames, devoid of warmth, only chilling.
A third-tier elemental beast, the Ice Soul Wolf.
The wolf has its eye on him.
Its body was slightly lowered, and ice crystals condensed on its limbs to form thicker armor.
Instead of charging like a praying mantis, it slowly paced around Song Chen.
Each step was taken very lightly, but each step left a trail of frost on the ground.
It's testing the waters.
Song Chen gripped his battle sword tightly, activating his True Sight at full power.
The purple lightning on the blade rekindled.
The Ice Soul Wolf moved first. It opened its mouth, and a beam of ice-blue light shot out from deep within its throat, heading straight for Song Chen's chest.
It wasn't fast, but it covered a huge area, almost enveloping half the cage.
Song Chen didn't dodge; the place was too small to hide from.
He swung his sword with his right hand, and lightning crackled as he slashed at the beam of light.
Lightning and icy blue energy collided, steam exploded, and the entire cage was engulfed in white mist. From within the mist, a shadow pierced through the steam, its sharp claws aimed straight for his throat.
Song Chen's pupils shone brightly with golden light, and his True Sight Eye caught the blurry trajectory.
Cut in from the left front, targeting the neck.
He didn't manage to parry; it was too late.
He sidestepped, letting the wolf's claws graz his armor, while simultaneously slashing the wolf's side with his right hand.
The blade cut into the ice crystal, but got stuck after only three inches.
Taking advantage of the moment he swung his sword, the Ice Soul Wolf turned around and bit his right arm.
Suddenly, Song Chen raised his left hand, and just as the wolf's mouth was about to close, his left arm grabbed its throat.
Ice crystals pierced my palm, and the chill spread upwards along my blood vessels, freezing my entire arm from shoulder to elbow.
But he did not let go.
Lightning flashed on his right hand as he thrust the Thunderclap Blade upwards into the wolf's chest.
The Ice Soul Wolf let out a sharp howl and struggled desperately.
Four claws scratched wildly at his body, sparks flying from his armor.
But Song Chen held it by the throat, the knife still embedded in its chest, refusing to let go.
Lightning exploded on the blade, purple arcs of electricity surged wildly within the wolf's body, and the sound of ice crystals shattering crackled incessantly.
The two dark blue flames in the Ice Soul Wolf's eyes began to flicker.
It is shrinking, the ice crystals are peeling off, and the body is disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
With a final screech, its body exploded, turning into countless ice crystals that fluttered down onto Song Chen.
The core is broken.
Song Chen knelt on one knee, his body covered in ice crystals. His left arm was completely frozen, and his skin from his fingertips to his elbow had an abnormal bluish-purple hue.
But his score jumped again, and the gap widened once more.
Song Chen stood up unsteadily, holding a knife in his right hand, the tip of which was still dripping blood. He looked down at the alloy floor beneath his feet.
The scent of life still lingers below; there's more than one. There are others.
"Our advantage isn't big enough yet. If we can take down one more, we'll have first place in the bag."
Song Chen pondered silently in his heart.
After a long pause, he spoke: "Examiner, I request to continue the challenge."
This time, the examination center was completely silent.
No one spoke, no one moved; everyone just stared at the boy who was covered in wounds, whose left arm was frozen and still bleeding.
Not long after, the third cage slowly rose.