Chapter 920 - 639: Schemed—Was It Deliberately Gifted?

Chapter 920: Chapter 639: Schemed—Was It Deliberately Gifted?

What kind of eyes were those!

They weren’t normal irises, but tadpole-shaped Hook Jade patterns composed of eerie shades of black, white, and red.

The Hook Jade was not still, but spinning wildly, colliding, merging, and separating, forming an endless, constantly twisting Kaleidoscope maze.

The colors were bizarre and magnificent, yet emitted a suffocating malice, as if trying to pull his gaze, even his soul, inward.

"Flying enemies are troublesome,"

A calm voice sliced through fifty meters of vertical distance, ignoring the barrier of air and the sounds of high-altitude winds, as if echoing directly in the depths of Fire Raven’s mind,

"But I have to thank you for not flying away immediately. Haha—"

Fire Raven’s heart raced inexplicably, his soul was inexplicably agitated, and his scalp prickled.

Danger!

Extreme danger!

He wanted to immediately divert his gaze, sever the bizarre visual link, and madly flap his wings, flying backward and higher into the sky at all costs.

Fire Raven’s brain issued the strongest directives to his body!

However, it was all too late.

The bizarre and icy voice exploded like the final judgment bell directly in his sea of consciousness:

"Moon Reading!"

Fire Raven stiffened entirely, his eyes dazed.

His vision was instantly engulfed by an endless abyss, the abyss was not empty but filled densely with crucifixes, bottomless, each crucifix bearing a face identical to... his own?!!!

Who am I?

Who are you?

Where am I?

Where is Feng Mu?

A Fire Raven, along with thousands of Fire Ravens, simultaneously felt something and instinctively looked upward, and then... he found Feng Mu!

Countless Feng Mu!!!

......

In the sky, Fire Raven’s body suddenly stiffened.

No screaming, no struggling, not even curling or rolling during the fall, like a puppet suddenly cut from an invisible string tautly holding it, straight down from fifty meters high.

The wings spread wide behind him were rattling sharply, but that sound was not the freedom of the wind, but the elegy of a funeral hymn.

Below, Feng Mu stands quietly, looking up, the bizarre spinning Kaleidoscope eyes restored to normal, wearing a pair of unremarkable glasses again.

He did not dodge, his footsteps did not move an inch.

He simply raised his right arm calmly, five fingers slightly opened upward, as if a benevolent person below catching Fire Raven’s life.

He... caught it!

"Squelch—crunch!"

The arm impaled Fire Raven’s falling chest with deadly accuracy.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Scene frozen:

A man stands upon the earth, expression indifferent, one arm raised high.

Another suspended mid-air (by the arm supporting the descent), head thrown back, limbs hanging weakly.

Connecting the two, was an arm extending from Feng Mu’s shoulder into Fire Raven’s back, stained with blood.

Blood gushed down along Feng Mu’s arm muscle lines, gathering at his elbow joint, dripping onto the dry grass, splattering into dark red blooms.

This sight, primal, savage, yet emanating solemn wickedness akin to religious rituals depicted in ancient manuscripts.

Feng Mu is the cold priest presiding over the sacrifice, Fire Raven the offered sacrifice, and the arm piercing the sacrifice, as if holding it high to the lord like a crucifix.

Feng Mu’s arm paused briefly, feeling the last stubborn pulsation within the chest cavity.

Then, his five fingers closed inside the warm and sticky interior, accurately grasping an organ still convulsing and pumping blood.

The surface of the organ was covered with fragments of broken white exoskeleton, revealing a sacred beauty amidst the blood.

Then, Feng Mu’s fingers gently closed.

"Pop—"

Accompanied by more warm liquid splashing onto the ground, a line of text floated before Feng Mu’s eyes.

[You tightly grasp the heart warm in your palm, feeling its surging Strength transform into shattered light flows.]

[Residual ability assessment in progress...]

[You glimpsed three undispersed abilities from this heart:]

1. Hawk Eye Vision Lv.3

Trait Description: A long-distance locking ability.

The eyes can instantly adjust focus, clearly capturing details kilometers away during rapid movement, automatically calculating wind speed, energy disturbances, aiding in deadly precise locking.

2. Exoskeleton Manipulation Specialization Lv.3

Trait Description: An exquisite biological exoskeleton manipulation skill.

The user can control the exoskeleton on body surface to locally harden, deform, extend, or even peel off.

ps: The execution of this ability heavily depends on the exoskeleton’s inherent functions.

3. Space Perception Lv.3

Trait Description: Integrating oneself into a three-dimensional aerial space intuition.

During high-speed flight, can accurately construct three-dimensional space models of hundreds of meters around in mind, including airflow directions, obstacle positions, relative speeds and distances, greatly optimizing flight paths and evasion efficiency.

[You can choose one to replicate (Replicated ability forcibly adapted to user’s current rank)]

Feng Mu’s pupils flickered with cold light, corners of his mouth lifted:

"Indeed, Exoskeleton Manipulation Specialization is standard for White Mask, excellent!"

Feng Mu’s palm suddenly tightened, heart turning into ashes, slipping through his fingertips.

[You replicated Exoskeleton Manipulation Specialization!]

[Replicated ability forcibly adapted to user’s current rank.]