Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 196 – Becoming Crazy from Abuse

The author’s imagining of Long Xueqi

Lin Fan looked at the thirty-meter-tall behemoth before her, a trace of surprise flashing through her seven-colored eyes.

This ferocious head, these thick hind limbs, these short forelimbs, and those muscle lines brimming with explosive power…

Isn’t this the overlord from Blue Star’s ancient legends, the Tyrannosaurus Rex?

Could there be some unknown connection between the Dragon Clan and the ancient creatures of Blue Star?

“Roar—!”

The Tyrannosaurus-like Long Xueqi had clearly lost her sanity. Her scarlet bestial eyes locked onto Lin Fan as she let out a deafening roar. Opening her cavernous maw, she unleashed a foul-smelling gale and lunged to bite Lin Fan’s petite body.

Faced with a mouth that could easily shatter a mountain peak, Lin Fan couldn’t even be bothered to move.

She just stood there quietly, the corners of her lips curling into an icy arc.

Perfect.

Time to test a new ability.

Just as the massive, tooth-filled maw was about to touch her silver hair, the phantoms of nine enormous fox tails made of pure white flames silently blossomed behind Lin Fan.

A terrifying pressure, far more ancient and mysterious than any dragon might, one that struck deep into the soul, descended with a boom!

It was the upgraded primary Nine-tailed celestial fox bloodline!

“Voom!”

The air seemed to freeze.

The rampaging Tyrannosaurus Rex’s massive body came to an abrupt halt less than half a meter from Lin Fan.

It remained in its biting posture as if the pause button had been pressed, utterly motionless. Its mountain-like body trembled violently, and for the first time, an emotion called “fear” appeared in its scarlet bestial eyes.

“Not bad,” Lin Fan commented silently in her mind.

She could forcibly control a level-six enemy, even one in this berserk state of Bloodline Regression.

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However…

Lin Fan’s gaze seemed to pierce through the endless jungle, looking in the direction Long Jingyun had left.

The gap between level six and level seven was like the difference between heaven and earth.

If she were facing Long Jingyun right now, this kind of mental control probably wouldn’t last three seconds before he broke free with his pure strength and bloodline pressure.

Still not strong enough.

As this thought flashed through her mind, the playful look in Lin Fan’s eyes vanished, replaced by an icy killing intent.

She released the mental suppression.

“Roar!”

The moment Long Xueqi regained her mobility, her accumulated rage and Tyranny erupted completely, and she pounced with even greater frenzy.

Lin Fan’s figure instantly vanished from the spot.

The next second, she appeared atop the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s head. Her slender, jade-like foot, wrapped in silver-white Dragon Scales, seemed to press down lightly.

Boom!

The thirty-meter-tall behemoth was forcefully stomped out of the air and slammed to its knees by the force of that single step. Its massive head smashed violently into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!

“Hahahaha… It’s not enough!”

Strangely, from within the ruins, Long Xueqi’s morbidly excited and crazed laughter echoed out.

She struggled to lift her head as her massive body began to shrink rapidly. The Scale armor receded, muscles contracted, and in the blink of an eye, she had reverted to the black-haired woman, covered in wounds and clad in tattered clothes.

She lay at Lin Fan’s feet, her broken wrist twisted at a bizarre angle, yet her lips were stretched into a smile of utter enjoyment. Her voice was hoarse and fanatical.

“…Hurt me more… Hahahaha!”

Lin Fan looked at her face, twisted with the excitement of battle, and listened to that grating laughter, her fine brows furrowing slightly.

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What an irredeemable lunatic.

Too noisy.

Lin Fan expressionlessly lifted her foot and stomped down on Long Xueqi’s still-laughing face.

“Mmph… Mmph mmph…”

Long Xueqi’s laughter came to an abrupt halt, a trace of astonishment flashing in her eyes.

A hint of disgust flickered in Lin Fan’s eyes as she stomped down hard.

Crack.

The crisp sound of a dislocated jawbone rang out.

Long Xueqi’s eyes rolled back, and she passed out completely.

Lin Fan slowly retracted her foot, her gaze cold.

Kill her?

No.

Too much of a waste.

This woman’s tyrannical Tyrannosaurus Rex Bloodline provided a terrifying boost in combat. If she fused with it in the future, it might even evolve her own low-level Dragon Bloodline to an intermediate level.

And…

The arrogant and contemptuous face of Long Jingyun appeared in Lin Fan’s mind.

Right now, she happened to be in need of a high-level Skin.

On one hand, she could use it to fake her death and escape, gaining an extra life.

On the other hand, she could assume Long Xueqi’s identity and openly return to Long Jingyun’s side, getting closer to the core of the Pureblood Dragon Clan…

This was a perfect tool that had practically delivered itself to her doorstep.

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“System,” Lin Fan issued a command in her mind. “Begin creating the Skin.”

[System prompt: Epic-grade target detected. Estimated creation time: 40 minutes.]

A soft light enveloped the unconscious Long Xueqi.

Forty minutes later.

The light dissipated. The figure on the ground had vanished, leaving only a skin that emanated a faint, bloody scent.

With a thought, Lin Fan called up the panel for the Epic-grade Skin she had just obtained.

[Skin: Lu Xueqi]

[Race: Ancient tyrannical Tyrannosaurus Rex]

[Quality: Epic]

[Body Constitution: 3462]

[Mental Strength: 376]

[Innate Ability: Tyranny—The heavier the injuries, the stronger the recovery ability. Pain is greatly reduced and converted into pleasure.]

As expected.

A flicker of understanding passed through Lin Fan’s seven-colored eyes.

This body’s constitution had already reached the late stage of level six. Its pure physical strength was even more formidable than Long Ningshuang’s before the fusion.

But its Mental Strength was pitifully weak, not even on par with an ordinary level-four Evolved being.

A classic case of extreme specialization.

As she equipped the Skin, Long Xueqi’s chaotic and dark memories flooded in like a tide.

“Monster!”

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“A good-for-nothing without Dragon horns and Dragon Scales!”

“You are unworthy of possessing the Dragon Bloodline!”

A cold prison cell, endless beatings and curses.

Long Xueqi’s original name was Lu Xueqi; she was not born in the Dragon Clan’s ancestral land.

It was only because a member of the Dragon Clan, while traveling, passed through Lu Xueqi’s village and discovered that she possessed a trace of the ancient tyrannical Tyrannosaurus Rex Bloodline.

They slaughtered the entire village and forcibly captured her.

Under the pretext that the Dragon Bloodline could not be allowed to flow outside, they changed her surname to Long Xueqi.

However, because she couldn’t elegantly cover herself in Dragon Scales like other members of the Dragon Clan, and was born without the twin horns that symbolized glory, her Bloodline Regression into a Tyrannosaurus Rex form was seen as the lowest of beasts in the eyes of the Dragon Clan, who pursued both power and elegance.

The branch family of the Dragon Clan assigned to raise her saw her as a disgrace, and the Pureblood Dragon Clan members around her treated her as a plaything.

Amidst the day-after-day torment, in order to survive, this body’s instincts became twisted.

Pain became pleasure.

Abuse became a form of grace.

Lin Fan digested this information, her expression remaining utterly placid.

She turned her head and glanced toward the entrance of the cavern.

Long Yan…

With the Dragon Bone, with hatred, and with the stimulus of “Ning Shuang’s” death, I wonder to what extent you will grow in the future.

I’m… a little expectant.

An icy arc formed on Lin Fan’s lips.

She turned around, no longer paying any mind to the “Son of Destiny” in the cavern. After getting her bearings, her figure flashed and vanished deep into the dense forest.