This wasn't over yet; Little Golden Crocodile's head moved again and "crawled" onto his chest. He twisted his head left and right to look around, then suddenly burst into laughter, as if he found this new perspective amusing.
Following that, his legs bent downward and quickly grew onto his back. These legs began walking, moving Little Golden Crocodile across the stage as if he was lying flat.
Everyone was stunned.
A bit terrifying...
Upon Lin Yi's command, Little Golden Crocodile's legs, right hand, and head returned to their original places, reverting him back to his normal appearance.
Lin Yi, "This second ability can be considered a way to dodge attacks under special circumstances, or simply to scare people, which isn't bad either."
"Body flexibility at one hundred percent, ability three, damage filtration."
Lin Yi finished speaking and extended his sword finger towards Little Golden Crocodile, with a puff of ice mist appearing from thin air and heading toward him.
Actively cooperating with Lin Yi, Little Golden Crocodile, now fully familiar with his reward, raised his right hand. The ice mist swiftly entered the palm of his right hand, then, he lifted his left hand and, surprisingly, the ice mist emerged from the palm of his left hand, obviously weaker than before.
Little Golden Crocodile shivered as a result.
Lin Yi explained, "Ability three, damage filtration, works only against energy-based attacks. It can filter out most of the damage with the body and release the residual force of the attack from another part of the body, thus the body only sustains a very small portion of the damage from this skill."
Everyone listened with their eyes wide and mouths agape, never having imagined such an odd ability could exist.
Damn, what an eye-opener!
Lin Yi continued, "Body flexibility at one hundred percent, body part strength transfer."
"An individual's various attributes are evenly distributed across the various parts of the body. The function of this ability is to concentrate all the attributes of every body part on a single body part simultaneously."
After saying this, Lin Yi instructed Thousand Waves, "Use the Divine Artifact and unleash a sword Qi at the Second Worshiper's back. He won't dodge or retaliate."
Thousand Waves hesitated, thinking that his sword might split Little Golden Crocodile's back in half, just like a buttock.
However, he did as Lin Yi said.
Thousand Waves went on stage, and Little Golden Crocodile turned around knowing he had to use that ability to respond.
The Angel Holy Sword appeared, Thousand Waves looking serious as he rotated his wrist and a golden light split forth, heading straight for Little Golden Crocodile's back.
The onlookers' gazes quickly fixed on Little Golden Crocodile.
They only saw his facial and arm skin instantly turn pale, as if his blood had swiftly drained away to some other place.
"Bang!"
The golden sword Qi quickly fell upon Little Golden Crocodile's back, turning his clothes to shreds and exposing the rosy skin beneath, yet causing no wounds whatsoever!
Thousand Waves looked astonished, even glancing down at the Divine Artifact as if to check if it had malfunctioned.
It was then that everyone noticed with amazement the different color of Little Golden Crocodile's skin on his back, much rosier than the rest, and the solid muscle contours that had appeared on his small frame!
Holy crap, that's ridiculously outrageous!
It wasn't until his face and arms regained their color that the muscles on Little Golden Crocodile's back disappeared.
Lin Yi followed up with an explanation, "Just now, he concentrated the attributes of all other body parts into his back, which made the muscles in that area increase to seven or eight times their usual, making them so formidable. The Second Worshiper can also transfer all of his attributes into his fist."
After Lin Yi spoke, Little Golden Crocodile lifted his right hand, and his whole right arm suddenly bulged with muscles, becoming incredibly thick and robust, shiny and full of strength on the surface, yet his face, exposed left arm, and back turned pale and emaciated.
Thousand Waves suddenly had a feeling that a punch from this little guy might kill him.
"This is strength transfer, it's most effective purely as a defensive measure. On the offensive side, it might be slightly lacking, after all, a skill's release isn't completed by just a single body part, but by the entire person. If one part is strong, other parts may be weaker, so the final damage might see a small increase, but it won't be too exaggerated."
Lin Yi explained in detail, and everyone basically understood.
The Little Golden Crocodile thought for a moment then curiously asked, "So if I use the Golden Scales Blade to attack again and transfer all my strength to my right arm, will the damage increase?"
"It will, but you'd better just hold the knife with your right hand," Lin Yi reminded.
"We now know of four abilities, and after trying them all, you can continue to attack."
The Little Golden Crocodile nodded, he gave a laugh, hopped in place twice, and then retreated backward.
"Then I'm going to start my attack now!"
After saying that, the black seventh soul ring, and the blood-red ninth soul ring rose up again.
The Little Golden Crocodile raised his right hand, his small, chubby right arm suddenly swelled with muscle, pulsing and bulging with exposed veins, his fist becoming as large as a sandbag.
"Roar—"
The Golden Crocodile phantom roared behind him, then dispersed into fragments of gold scales, which converged into the palm of the Little Golden Crocodile, condensing into a dazzling golden broadsword.
He held the broadsword effortlessly with his right hand. With all attributes on his legs gone, the Little Golden Crocodile's approach towards Lin Yi was much slower this time, and he didn't leap into the air either. It took some time for him to get in front of Lin Yi, then with a low shout, he swung the glistening broadsword with his muscular right arm, slashing violently at Lin Yi.
"Boom!"
Though it lacked the previous slashing momentum of a propeller, Lin Yi could clearly feel the shield's health drop faster than before.
The Little Golden Crocodile immediately released his martial soul. He turned his body, the swollen right arm vanished, and his back bulged with segments of robust muscle.
The damage rebound that swelled up on Lin Yi's body forcefully struck the Little Golden Crocodile's back, sending him flying. Midair, the muscles on the little guy's back disappeared, and strength returned evenly throughout his body.
He landed with stability, rolled over on the platform, and swiftly got up without a single injury, handling the situation quite skillfully.
The little guy stood with his hands on his hips, looking quite smug.
Lin Yi looked up at him: "Well done."
"Hehe."
Having been praised, the Little Golden Crocodile let out a laugh and lifted his head a bit higher.
[Blood loss: 524,376]
[Remaining health: 899,870,436,457]
[Damage Grade: Golden Junior]
[Random Reward: Challenge Card*1]
[Host Reward: Challenge Card*3]
The rewards were similar to Tang Chen's, but the content of the challenge was definitely different.
Lin Yi looked at the panel, confirming that the type of this Prop Card was indeed the same as the one from Tang Chen's challenge. Completing the challenge would grant a random reward boost, while failure to complete it would still retain the initial reward level.
ps. Two updates for today, thank you for following. The author is continuously working on the story, with drafts saved up to the day after tomorrow~