Invincible through Touching Corpses

Lin Xinghai was well aware of everyone’s curious gazes, but he paid them no mind.

After all, on this mission, he hadn’t planned on deliberately hiding his strength; it was just that the enemies he’d encountered so far weren’t worthy of him using his full power.

It had been the same for the Exoskeleton Armor squad at the entrance, to say nothing of this ordinary patrol team.

He slightly raised the Mjolnir in his hand. He didn’t rush to act, instead waiting for the enemy to advance. One step... two steps... three steps.

The moment the enemy reached him, Lin Xinghai, who had been perfectly still, took a single step forward. He unleashed his Phantom Body Technique and activated his Time Acceleration Ability at the same time.

Every member of the Wolf Hunting Squad had their eyes fixed on Lin Xinghai. They thought that this time, they would finally get some insight into how he had annihilated an entire squad in such a short period.

But in that instant, all they saw was a blur. The next thing they knew, the ten members of the patrol squad passing before them collapsed almost simultaneously.

A bloody hole pierced each of their foreheads. They couldn’t be more dead.

The members of the Wolf Hunting Squad stared at the scene, their pupils dilating slightly. Their faces, however, were blank. At that moment, they were all completely stunned.

Forget figuring out *how* Lin Xinghai had killed his opponents; in that instant, they hadn’t even been able to see him move.

The difference in their power was simply horrifying.

Fu Yuan and the others looked at the corpses on the ground, not knowing what to say. They knew Lin Xinghai was strong, but they never expected him to be *this* strong.

This was a fully-armed elite squad, not a bunch of nobodies.

Besides, even if he were killing actual cats and dogs, it wouldn’t have been that fast!

They had budgeted ten seconds for this. Forget ten seconds—it hadn’t even taken a tenth of a second. Only at such a speed would his movements be completely invisible to them.

"Hurry up and clear the area!" Lin Xinghai urged when he saw everyone standing frozen. "The next patrol will be here soon."

Lin Xinghai’s voice snapped them out of it. Everyone jolted and began working, their movements tense.

The master hacker, Huang Tianyu, was particularly affected. He was in charge of opening the main door, but his nerves were so shot that he fumbled the code several times. A two-second task ended up taking him a full ten seconds to complete with trembling hands.

This scene left Lin Xinghai quite speechless.

He knew watching him in action would be a shock to them.

But it seemed he had underestimated just how profound that shock was.

’There’s nothing I can do about it, though,’ he thought. ’I can only wait for them to pull themselves together.’

Besides, Lin Xinghai knew that he wasn’t actually as strong as they imagined.

The reason he could eliminate his enemies so quickly was partly due to his own Speed, but it was mainly thanks to his Time Acceleration Ability.

Under 10x Time Acceleration, it appeared to outsiders as if Lin Xinghai had eliminated all enemies in less than 0.1 seconds.

In reality, while in his Time Acceleration State, he had a full second to make his move.

In that second, he had directly executed the Thousand Thunder Stab, an area-of-effect move from his Wind and Thunder Spear Technique.

Coupled with the element of surprise, the enemy had no time to react at all. That was the only reason he could achieve such a terrifying-looking feat.

’Otherwise, if even one Blood and Qi Realm Martial Artist had reacted in time and circulated their Blood Qi Power for defense, I wouldn’t have succeeded so easily. After all, Thousand Thunder Stab is an area-of-effect Martial Art; its Attack Power against a single target is quite limited.’

The members of the Wolf Hunting Squad lived up to their reputation as special forces. Despite their shock, they managed to clear the area in under ten seconds, even wiping the ground clean of any bloodstains.

By now, they had entered the room housing the central control system, dragging the ten corpses in with them.

Lin Xinghai had also dealt with the two staff members stationed inside.

After a moment to compose himself, Fu Yuan quickly recovered as well.

He directed his men to plant micro-bombs while coordinating with the master hacker, Huang Tianyu, to use the central control system to extend their control over the entire underground base.

"It’s a shame this control system only covers the facilities on the first two sublevels. If only we could control the third sublevel, where the armory is."

"I could even silently bypass their firewall and issue orders to the patrols, changing their routes to clear a path for us," Huang Tianyu said with a hint of regret, having recovered from his earlier nervousness.

In all his missions, this was the first time he’d ever been able to operate so freely inside an enemy command hub.

After all, these areas were always among the enemy’s most heavily guarded locations. In the past, even if they managed to sneak in, they’d have to hastily plant a micro-bomb and retreat immediately.

But this time, with Lin Xinghai leading the way, their infiltration was countless times faster than planned. This gave him enough time to actually put his skills to use.

Of course, the most important factor was Lin Xinghai’s terrifying combat prowess, which gave them an immense sense of security. Otherwise, they wouldn’t dare linger here for a single extra second.

Hearing the regret in Huang Tianyu’s voice, Fu Yuan laughed and chided him, "Alright, don’t bother showing off those little tricks of yours. With the Captain here, any squad they send at us is just serving themselves up on a platter. Hurry up and plant the Back Door. We need to get to the armory."

The others also broke into relaxed smiles. In their minds, they had already revised their assessment of Lin Xinghai’s strength upward by two entire realms.

From ’comparable to the Body Shaping Realm’ to ’comparable to the Divine Demon Realm.’

The thought might have sounded absurd out loud, but after seeing Lin Xinghai in action with their own eyes, it was exactly what they believed.

Lin Xinghai keenly sensed their thoughts. To prevent them from misjudging the situation ahead, he felt compelled to offer a serious warning. "Don’t overestimate my strength."

"I was only able to insta-kill that squad because I’m fast. My Attack Power is still at the Blood Qi Realm level. Even with the boost from my Mjolnir, I’m only equivalent to the Body Shaping Realm Early Stage at best. We can’t afford to let our guard down."