radicalducati Chapter 27 Two Hearts and Three Lungs
Chapter 27 Two Hearts and Three Lungs
"call--"
Eight sharp spider spears tore through the damp cave air in the air, making a sharp, tearing sound, like an inverted, deadly iron lotus flower falling with a violent whirlwind like a meat grinder.
Luo Lan poured all the weight and force of his fall from the sky onto the tips of his spears, slashing the eight spider spears fiercely into the giant crocodile's now wide-open, soft mouth.
"Pfft!!"
Flesh and blood were torn apart. The spear tip, falling with tremendous force, pierced directly through the soft flesh of the crocodile's upper jaw, which was covered with fleshy spines, and then pierced through the thick root of its tongue, embedding itself deep into the tongue sheath tissue in its lower jaw.
Dark red crocodile blood gushed out from the wounded maw, drenching half of Luo Lan's body, soaking through the outer muscles of the thorn-stitched corpse, and then flowing down the exposed skeleton.
Under immense pain, the thunderous behemoth broke free from the mental control of [Terror lv.3] in an instant.
The crimson beast's eyes bulged and throbbed, and extremely dazzling crimson lightning poured out directly from the depths of the giant crocodile's pierced throat.
The rampaging Crimson Lightning frantically climbed upwards along the surface of the eight alloy spider spears stuck in its mouth.
The lightning bolt traveled upstream along the eight external spider spears made of metal, shooting up onto Luo Lan's back. Wherever the current passed, the muscles convulsed and spasmed violently under the shock, and the "sizzling" sound of the [Dark Gold Skeleton] conducting electricity mixed with the stench of burnt protein exploded everywhere.
But under the baptism of lightning powerful enough to instantly incinerate an ordinary person, Luo Lan did not retreat.
The "rage" state caused by the blood supply to the heart of the violently stitched corpse is still in effect, and the pain tolerance threshold has been forcibly raised to an alarming level.
Two hearts pounded wildly in his chest, pumping biomass energy into the muscles throughout his body to combat the paralysis caused by the electric shock.
Despite enduring the terrifying damage from the lightning strike, Luo Lan's back muscles suddenly clenched.
Controlling two of the spider spears that were embedded deep in the crocodile's jaws, it began to violently rotate and churn inside the crocodile's bloodied and mangled mouth. Wherever the spear blades passed, they brought out large swaths of torn and shredded muscle tissue and a large number of shattered tooth fragments.
The crocodile was in excruciating pain and instinctively tried to snap its jaws shut and crush the thing in front of it.
Luo Lan immediately deployed four sturdy spider spears to press against the two ends of its wide upper and lower jaws, trying his best to pry open the giant crocodile's mouth.
The giant crocodile's bite force is astonishing; even the spider spears made of alloy were bent into a dangerous arc under the terrifying force of its bite.
[It won't last much longer...]
Luo Lan couldn't withstand the lightning and bites for long, but she didn't intend to keep fighting like this.
He deftly pulled out the two spider spears that were originally stuck in the giant crocodile's mouth, the spear tips flashing a cold light in mid-air, and then pierced diagonally into the side blind spot of the giant crocodile's huge head.
"puff!"
Two spider spears swiftly and cleanly pierced the giant crocodile's bloodshot eyes. Frenzied sparks of lightning, mixed with the stench of thick, viscous blood, erupted instantly from its bulging, beastly pupils.
As its injuries worsened, the enormous creature's death throes became increasingly frantic, its entire body twisting wildly among the rubble on the shore, causing the stalactite pinning its tail to loosen by several inches.
Luo Lan was almost exhausted from supporting the giant crocodile's four spider spears, which were being bitten and made a rattling sound.
At the critical moment, Luo Lan relaxed her self-protection.
Standing before the giant crocodile, Luo Lan willingly placed her arms into its gaping maw. She clasped her hands together, pressing against the still-bleeding soft tissue of its palate.
The terrorists stitched together the corpse's heart, squeezing out the last bit of biomass energy.
A cone-shaped, pale bone spur rapidly spins and forms in the palm of the hand, unleashing a [Bone Spur Burst] that's almost within reach!
Execution at extremely close range.
"Sizzle—"
From a distance of only half a palm's width, the bone spur, with terrifying penetrating power, pierced directly through the already tattered upper jawbone, penetrated the hard inner wall of the crocodile's skull, and deeply embedded itself in its cerebral cortex.
With the residual force of the bone spurs' rotation, the giant crocodile's brain was churned into a pool of murky pulp within a second.
The Thunder Crocodile's massive, hill-like body suddenly stiffened. It convulsed violently three times in the mud and blood.
With the first strike, all the crimson thorns on its body went out. With the second strike, its tail lashed out and smashed several pebbles on the shore. With the third strike, its four thick, short claws twitched and kicked the ground a few times.
Then it went limp like mud and never moved again.
[Resolved...]
As the behemoth crashed to the ground, Luo Lan deliberately ended his near-limit-reaching [Berserk] state.
The frenzied power supporting his body was suddenly pulled away from all his muscles, and the feeling of exhaustion was as if half of his skeleton had been removed, accompanied by the excruciating pain of half of his body being scorched by the red lightning.
Unable to even stand steadily, Luo Lan slumped down by the pool. The residual electricity within the [Dark Gold Skeleton] still flickered with sporadic sparks between the tendons.
The surroundings fell silent. Dark red blood flowed uncontrollably from the horrific, deep wounds on the giant crocodile's body, turning most of the cold, dark pool into a glaring dark red within minutes.
Thanks to the high-speed metabolism provided by the heart of the violently stitched corpse in his chest cavity, Luo Lan's exhausted body soaked in blood for most of the day before the weakness from overdrawing his soul gradually faded from his limbs and skeleton.
The cells damaged by the lightning strike began to divide and recombine, and Luo Lan barely managed to muster enough strength to act again.
Using a nearby rock for support, Luo Lan stumbled and stood up again, walking to the dead crocodile carcass. The eight spider spears attached to his back popped out, transforming into highly efficient scalpel blades.
The spearhead pierced through the gaps between the giant crocodile's spiky scales, tearing open the thick skin of its belly piece by piece, like dismantling a massive armor plate. Dark red blood and pale yellow fat gushed from the cuts, carrying the distinctive stench of a cold-blooded animal.
After the absorption ability of [Condensation] is activated, most of the flesh and blood disintegrates layer by layer, turning into purplish-black particles that flow into the body and become a reserve of chaotic source matter.
Gradually, only a huge, pale skeleton and scattered fragments of scales remained on the shore.
[Chaos Essence +222]
[Current Chaotic Essence: 1000]
However, any useful monster organs were definitely left behind by Luo Lan; he wouldn't directly devour them and waste them.
Luo Lan carefully peeled off a row of spines from the back of the skeleton using his spider spear. Each ridge-like spine was still connected to deep red tendon tissue at its base. After detaching from the torso, the remaining crimson arcs of electricity on the surface of the spines crackled a few times before completely extinguishing.
When Luo Lan opened the chest cavity, she unearthed another unexpected organ—the lungs of a giant crocodile.
This half-lung looks unlike any organ of any creature on Earth.
It has a semi-transparent, dark blue gelatinous appearance, and its surface is covered with a fine mesh-like filter membrane similar to fish gills. The membrane around each blood vessel is still slightly opening and closing after it is separated from the body.
Luo Lan held the heavy, strange organ in front of her with one hand and examined it for a while.
When you press it, you can feel a noticeable resilience and elasticity, and the surface will show a layer of light that resembles water ripples.
Instinctively, Luo Lan realized that this was no ordinary piece of meat, but another genuine extraordinary organ.
With abundant source material reserves, Luo Lan isn't afraid to try and fail; she doesn't mind trying her luck with blind box loot.
Luo Lan pressed the half-leaf of slippery blue giant lung directly against her chest.
[Casting - Assembly]
[Consumed Chaos Essence: 112]
[Current Chaotic Essence: 888]
Under the influence of the chaotic primordial matter, the lung lobe, which was originally too large to fit into his chest cavity, began to compress and shrink rapidly.
The spinous process muscles in the chest automatically separated to make way, and the shrunken lung squeezed behind the original left and right lobes of the lung. The blood vessels and trachea scattered around the new lung lobes crawled over as if they were alive, and the entire respiratory system was smoothly connected within seconds.
[Assembled: Diving Thunder Crocodile Scuba Gear]
[Rank: Bronze+]
Specialty: Underwater breathing, filtration of pollutants
Underwater breathing: It allows the body to extract dissolved oxygen from water, complete aerobic metabolism, and maintain normal life functions.
[Toxin Filtration: When oxygen (dissolved oxygen) is inhaled from a polluted or toxic environment, a certain degree of toxin breakdown occurs, ensuring that the respiratory system is not damaged by inhaled toxins. This feat's effectiveness is reduced or lost when the toxin level is too high.]
As soon as this half-lobed blue new lung was connected to the airway, it immediately took over part of the original breathing work.
Luo Lan's chest heaved slightly. He immediately felt that the body's breathing became several times smoother.
Not only was the burning sensation in my lungs from the previous high-speed battle completely gone.
Even the sticky, putrid smell that lingered in the air of the underground palace seemed to have faded considerably thanks to this peculiar filter membrane.
Luo Lan touched her chest, which felt completely stuffed.
At this point, this body now contains two hearts and three lungs.
Luo Lan felt that she had taken another big step closer to truly and completely completing the concept of "human being".
Well, Luo Lan considers herself "not human".