Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields-Chapter 385 - 368: First Bond Target

"Its magic value is not infinite; eventually, we’ll blast it to smithereens!"

The battle grew more intense, and the situation became increasingly tense. When the monster broke through the human barrier, humans immediately set up new barriers, forcing it back.

The monster unleashed magic attacks, while humans attacked the human faces on its body.

The monster initially thought its enemies would eventually grow exhausted, but more and more human soldiers joined the fight...

At that moment, Rein rode a black steed and galloped onto the battlefield.

Rein waved her hand, and two Beastmen made of black mist appeared, roaring as they charged at the monster.

Meanwhile, the horse transformed into darkness, enveloping its female rider, and replaced her outfit with a black gown.

A silver bow appeared in Rein’s hand, firing black arrows one after another at the monster.

Four arrows pierced the monster’s body, forming black spheres that made the monster scream in agony.

Its flesh was frozen, unable to regenerate.

Moments later, a boomerang hit its wounded area, triggering a violent explosion.

Chunks of flesh fell from the monster, and it appeared unable to regenerate quickly.

Seeing this, humans were inspired to attack with double the ferocity.

"Despicable insects! Why won’t you just die!"

The monster roared, trying to shake off the two black Beastmen hacking at its arms.

Their weapons froze the monster’s flesh, causing it tremendous pain.

No matter how the monster punched these phantoms or sprayed magic at them, it couldn’t eliminate them, and the wounds they caused took a long time to heal!

The monster broke the barriers, injuring several human soldiers, not even those in power armor could withstand the giant Chimera’s fierce attack.

As its body grew larger, the monster’s power greatly increased; shield-bearing soldiers were now ineffective, so the troops switched to long-range weapons.

When 400 elite knights wearing 2nd and 3rd level system armor appeared, the situation began to improve.

Led by Aura Master Kern, the knights surrounded the monster and erected a barrier.

This barrier served as both a defense and an attack tool.

The dome-shaped barrier enclosed the monster, pinning it to the ground, allowing Shelter soldiers to attack through the barrier!

Everyone went all out in their attack.

The monster was now powerless to resist, howling in agony, but the soldiers showed no mercy.

The monster still refused to die!

Its regeneration ability was clearly slowing down, but this only made it angrier.

The human faces on its body pleaded for death, yet continued to unleash magic, attempting to escape the cage imprisoning their bodies to no avail.

Soon, the aura barrier failed.

The monster finally broke free from its restraints.

Its skin turned red, its tail sprouted spikes, its body was covered in a thick shell, and the human faces merged into a larger face, emitting more powerful magic.

Lin Yi’s energy cannon was still cooling down, and his ranks were nearing their limits.

"Distract the monster and then get behind the barrier!"

Lin Yi shouted, then charged at the monster.

Upon witnessing this, Rein transformed into darkness, enveloping the monster’s head.

The black mist dissipated, and Rein held two swords made of darkness, with a pair of black wings like those of an angel sprouting from her back.

Rein hovered in midair before the monster. The three faces on the monster’s body immediately attacked her with ice, lightning, and flame.

Rein flew upward at incredible speed, avoiding the attacks.

Flying over the monster’s head, she flipped in midair, throwing the swords toward its head, then chasing after them at top speed.

The swords pierced the monster’s thick hide.

Although only partially embedded, Rein quickly stepped on the sword, driving it fully into the monster’s flesh, up to the hilt.

The monster let out a howl of unimaginable pain.

The human faces on its body fiercely attacked Rein, but she dodged them effortlessly.

She was now weaponless, but as long as her swords remained lodged in the monster’s body, they would continue to cause it significant harm.

Meanwhile, infantry concentrated their fire on the monster’s arms, blasting them off one by one.

Of course, the arms would regenerate, but it took time and reduced the monster’s mobility.

At that moment, Lin Yi flew toward the monster’s body.

He was the only one on site with regeneration ability, and at least according to the professor, he was virtually unkillable.

Several human faces on the monster reacted, blasting magic at Lin Yi, but he activated his "Combat Reflex" skill, dodging wave after wave of attacks.

Furthermore, the monster had only roughly six tattered human faces remaining.

Lin Yi retrieved a 3rd level hand grenade from storage, tossing it at the monster’s severely wounded back.

A series of explosions rang out, and Lin Yi charged at his target.

Finding the deepest wound, he wielded two shotguns, firing at the wound.

At close range, the plasma beam was incredibly effective, and when the wound expanded enough to fit a large watermelon, the shotguns vanished, replaced by a bomb.

This was a 4th level "Destruction" bomb, powerful enough to flatten a five-story concrete building.

"It’s done! Retreat quickly! It’s going to explode!" Lin Yi shouted into his headset while activating his jetpack.

Those below quickly took cover behind the siege barrier... then the bomb exploded.

The blast was extremely powerful; the ceiling began to collapse, tearing the monster into countless pieces, with its remains pounding against the barrier... but it held.

The knights used their aura skills to strengthen the barrier, with mages offering support.

"Is everyone still alive?"

No one immediately responded to him.

Some soldiers were dazed, some were knocked down by the shockwave, and a few were buried under dirt...

But the professionals wouldn’t fall that easily.

They were starting to wake up quickly, including someone in an extremely dangerous situation.

"Rein... you fool!" shouted Lin Yi, his power armor had already turned into a heap of scrap metal.

At the last moment, when his "regeneration" skill was supposed to bear the brunt of the explosion, Rein jumped in front of him, shielding him with some kind of dark barrier.

Needless to say, Rein’s magic value wasn’t enough to block such a powerful explosion, so she quickly exhausted all her magic power and passed out.

To save her, Lin Yi had to grab her and protect her with his own body...

Lin Yi, cursing profusely, was buried under the rubble, his body pressed by a large chunk of the ceiling.

Sharp stones pierced his back, his back already scarred by the melted power armor.

Rein lay beneath him, completely naked, because her combat armor disappeared the moment her magic power exhausted, and her clothes were in her shadow space.

He focused for a moment, and a bottle of healing potion appeared in his mouth.

He still couldn’t open it... After thinking for a while, he bit off the top of the potion bottle, throwing the remaining part onto Rein.

The liquid inside only splashed onto her body, having no effect.

Another potion appeared in his mouth.

He bit through the bottle, then spat out the potion mixed with his own blood, trying to let the potion flow into Rein’s mouth.

After drinking the potion, he spat out the glass shards and took out another potion.

The third bottle of potion seemed to take effect.

The girl’s breathing was no longer as rapid, and her complexion began to recover.

She had turned pale due to blood loss, but now the most dangerous moment had passed.

Lin Yi was preparing to pour a bottle of magic power potion into Rein’s mouth the same way, but at that moment, the power armor helmet lying next to the girl’s head suddenly malfunctioned, its lights dimming.

"Trouble never comes alone... How am I supposed to get the potion into her mouth now?"

Lin Yi spent five minutes trying to pour magic power potion onto Rein, eventually giving up.

She remained unconscious.

He tried to conjure a flashlight, but didn’t know how to turn it on with his tongue.

"What to do? She’s dying... Is there any skill that can resolve this situation?

Transformation, metamorphosis, penetration?... ’Bonding’ skill? First level bonding attribute boost? Somewhat helpful... Uh, whatever!"

Lin Yi tried to open his mouth wide, attempting to shove that rare skill book inside.

As expected, it wouldn’t fit.

He opened his mouth a bit wider, and then a bit more... His mouth started to bleed, something in his jaw made a ’crack’ sound...

The skill book appeared in his mouth, and in an instant, it turned to powder.

You have learned a skill: Bonding.

Bonding, Level 1

A unique skill, the only skill book in the world.

After your death, there is a certain chance for this skill book to reappear.

This skill allows you to create bonds between two or more people. Those bonded will gain attributes from each other based on the bonding level.

At Level 1, the user receives a 25% increase from the target’s base attributes.

At Level 2, the user receives a 50% increase and establishes telepathy.

At Level 3, the user receives a 75% increase and establishes a mental/physical connection.

At Level 4, the user receives a 100% increase and can teleport to the bonded target’s location.

At Level 5, the user receives a 200% increase and can partially use the target’s skills.

The number of bonds that can be established: 3/3. Exceeding the maximum number of bonds will incur a penalty and all bond levels will be reevaluated.

[Activate Bonding!]

Select a target.

"Rein!"

Select the bonding object with the target.

Me!

Bonding established.

Rein→Lin Yi: Level 3;

Lin Yi→Rein: Level 1.

You gained 75% of Rein’s attributes:

Power +8, Agility +8, Endurance +7, Vitality +7, Magic Power +27.

Mental/Physical connection established.

"Good! Wake up, Rein! Rein!" Lin Yi communicated telepathically with the still unconscious Rein.

He could feel she was in great pain, it seemed the potion still hadn’t fully healed her...

Rein’s eyes suddenly opened, her body wracked with intense pain, moaning painfully.

She tried to move, but it hurt so much that tears flowed down her face.

"Rein!"

"Boss?!" Hearing that familiar voice, tears of joy welled up in Rein’s eyes.

She had just woken up in extreme pain and darkness, her heart full of fear.

"It’s me, it’s me, can you move?"

"It hurts all over..." Rein cried in response.

"Something will fall onto you, it’s an injection for treating severe injuries. Try to use it on yourself."

"But Boss! You must also be..." Rein spit out a bit of blood, "you must be hurt too..."

"I can regenerate, take it!"