Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 189 – Crystal Bone

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the three hundred female slaves, their eyes vacant as if they were the walking dead. Her small fox ears twitched uneasily.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but ultimately swallowed her words.

Her sister’s command was everything.

She took a deep breath and picked out the ten girls who were also from the Fox Clan from among the three hundred.

“You few, come with me.”

Su Xiaoxiao’s voice wasn’t loud, but it carried a trace of unquestionable authority.

The ten Fox Clan girls numbly raised their heads. When they saw the perky fox ears atop Su Xiaoxiao’s head and her clean, neat clothes, a faint glimmer flickered in their vacant eyes.

Lin Fan paid them no mind. She turned to look at the remaining two hundred and ninety female slaves.

“Xiaoxiao, take the rest to the basement.”

Her voice was placid, as if she were speaking of a trivial matter.

“Yes, Sister.”

Su Xiaoxiao led the ten Fox Clan girls away, heading deeper into the residence.

Lin Fan followed behind, her Mental Strength surging out like a tide, precisely controlling the two hundred and ninety female slaves. She made them line up and walk silently toward the entrance that led underground.

The entire process was devoid of any chaos.

The residence’s basement was vast. It was originally used to store grain and weapons, but now it had become the final destination for these female slaves.

Two hundred and ninety lives were crammed into the dark, damp basement, the air thick with the stench of despair and fear.

Lin Fan stood at the entrance, looking down at them from above.

People of the Dragon Spirit Continent?

In her eyes, these otherworlders were nothing more than walking “materials.”

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Since they were already slaves, their fates were long sealed. They would either die in some nobleman’s bed or be slaughtered in a gladiatorial arena.

Rather than letting them struggle in endless agony, she might as well send them on their way herself.

At the very least, their bodies could contribute to her future grand ambitions.

There was not a shred of pity in Lin Fan’s eyes.

She raised her right hand and placed it gently on the nape of her neck.

The Skin of Long Ningshuang split open from her spine, like a shed snakeskin.

Long, silver-white hair cascaded down, and her rainbow-colored eyes shone with astonishing brightness in the dim basement.

Lin Fan’s true body had descended once more.

She walked down the steps one by one. With each step, the terrifying pressure of her true body’s Mental Strength intensified.

The female slaves in the basement began to stir. They felt a fear that originated from the depths of their souls, and their bodies trembled and curled up uncontrollably.

“Quiet.”

Lin Fan’s vermilion lips parted slightly.

An invisible wave of mental energy instantly swept through the entire basement.

All the female slaves’ bodies suddenly stiffened. Then, as if all their strength had been drained, they collapsed limply to the ground, completely losing consciousness.

“System,” Lin Fan called out in her mind.

[What are your orders, Host?]

“Begin production.”

[Detecting two hundred and ninety unconscious female targets. Convert all of them into Skins?]

“Yes.”

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[Batch production initiated. Estimated time: ten hours.]

The System’s voice faded.

In the basement, the bodies of the two hundred and ninety female slaves simultaneously began to glow faintly.

The faint glows converged, illuminating the dark underground like a sea of stars, both splendid and bizarre.

Lin Fan found a clean stone step and sat down, resting her chin in her hands as she watched the “production line” before her with a bored expression.

Ten hours…

She had been on the Dragon Spirit Continent for so long, but it seemed she had never properly “relaxed.”

Back on the rooftop, she could at least unleash a “Crescent Moon Sky-Piercer” or fire off a “Waterfall Salute” from a thousand meters in the air.

Since arriving on the Dragon Spirit Continent, she had spent every day scheming, without even a private space to herself.

Perhaps…

She immediately dismissed the boring thought.

Ever since she had completely merged with her true body, the perverted desires that once came from Long Yue had also slowly faded away.

She was gradually approaching “perfection.”

(And in the unseen world, she felt that an Outer-Heavenly Demon named Shen He was obstructing her, making her feel that if she ever indulged herself, someone would die a very ugly death.)

Besides, there were more important matters at hand now.

Time passed, minute by minute, second by second.

Lin Fan closed her eyes and began to feel the dense Spirit Energy around her.

Ever since she had permanently fused with Lei Li’s Skin, her true body had become a bottomless pit for Spirit Energy, constantly absorbing the energy from its surroundings.

On Blue Star, where Spirit Energy was so scarce as to be almost nonexistent, this feeling hadn’t been obvious.

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But on the Dragon Spirit Continent, this absorption rate had become quite considerable.

She carefully inspected her own body.

The Spirit Energy flowed into her limbs and bones with her breath, nourishing every cell.

Most of the Spirit Energy was absorbed by her body, used to strengthen her physical constitution and Mental Strength.

A small portion, however, began to undergo a peculiar change.

It wasn’t being absorbed, but was stubbornly adhering to her bones.

Lin Fan frowned.

She recalled Long Ningshuang’s memories.

The Dragon Clan was powerful precisely because they were born with Dragon Bones, which could absorb and convert Spirit Energy with the highest efficiency.

For other races, whether it was the Tiger Clan, the Fox Clan, or those Demonic Creatures, the core source of their power was the Crystals that condensed in their brains.

Crystals were their “batteries” for storing and deploying Spirit Energy.

But…

Lin Fan looked inward again.

Her mind was completely empty, with no sign of a Crystal forming.

The Spirit Energy attached to her bones seemed to have a will of its own. It was slowly but surely seeping into and transforming her bones.

In her perception, the surface of her bones seemed to be coating itself with a substance harder than diamond and clearer than crystal.

Although it was still extremely minuscule and almost imperceptible, the trend was undeniably there.

“Crystal Bones…”

A flash of understanding lit up Lin Fan’s rainbow-colored eyes.

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Although the Dragon Clan also had Crystals, their primary strength lay in their Dragon Bones.

Her body, on the other hand, was transforming her entire skeleton into an energy crystal similar to a Crystal under the influence of Spirit Energy.

If she could truly achieve that…

This discovery instantly thrilled Lin Fan.

Did this mean that after a Blue Star human’s body absorbed Spirit Energy for a long time, it could naturally form an ability like Dragon Bones?

The “Crystal Bones” of a Blue Star human?

Lin Fan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing her excitement.

She closed her eyes again, calmed her mind, and silently guided the Spirit Energy within her body to accelerate the transformation of her bones.

Time trickled by in this tedious wait and cultivation.

Ten hours later.

[Batch production complete.]

The System’s notification sounded in Lin Fan’s mind.

Lin Fan opened her eyes and looked toward the center of the basement.

Where the female slaves had once lain, there were now only two hundred and ninety brand-new Skins, stacked neatly together.

Lin Fan stood up and walked over to the pile of Skins.

[Congratulations, Host, for obtaining 242 Excellent-grade Skins, 44 Exceptional-grade Skins, and 4 Perfect-grade Skins!]

A satisfied smile graced the corners of Lin Fan’s lips.

Ten thousand Grade-1 Crystals in exchange for so many high-grade materials. This deal was an absolute steal