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  Chapter 52: Feather Scales

  [Monster Element·Power] Where should I use it?

  You Huan thought of the pain of bullets piercing his scales when he was fighting against the group of inmates before.

  Although with each upgrade, his overall physical fitness will improve, the defensive power of the scales will also increase accordingly.

  But compared to the strength of the muscles that can directly clamp and push out the bullet, his scales are still inferior.

  As an Indominus Raptor, he hadn't thought much about scale defense.

  Because the Indominus Raptor has three major skills: Science of Killing, Adaptive Instinct, and High-Speed ​​Recovery, and it also has the bone armor of the Golden King's Bone to protect its body.

  What's more, the difference between the King Cobra and the Indominus Raptor is that the [Infinite Growth] skill means that the former's body will become extremely large, making it easy to be used as a target, so the strength of its scales is more important.

  So... there's nothing to hesitate about.

  He tickled the snake's chin with his tail.

  Combining toxicity with muscles, combining strength with scales, no one else can do such a strange operation except him.

  But he had higher thoughts in mind.

  [Monster Element·Strength] This element, which sounds like it has something to do with muscles, when combined with scales, may be able to interact with the previous muscle-related skills.

  [Selected part: scales]

  This time the feeling was very strange. You Huan's entire body began to itch, as if his entire body surface was breathing autonomously.

  "Crack, crack…"

  The snake scales that were originally fixed to the body actually began to move, like a river of scales covering the body surface.

  [The monster's elemental power has been combined with the scales, gaining the skill [Feather Scale]. ]

  [Feather scales] are controlled by a follicle structure and a connecting structure rich in specialized muscle fibers. ]

  This short sentence broke the record for the shortest skill description, and made it difficult for You Huan to grasp the effect of this skill for a while.

  Although feathers and keratin scales may have the same origin, their forms are completely different.

  Bird feathers grow from hair follicles, which can be compared to human hair.

  The keratin scales of animals such as snakes and lizards cover the body surface directly, like a hardened layer of skin.

  Judging from the skill description, his snake scales now grow from hair follicles like feathers?

  And the key point is "rich in specialized muscle fibers"...

  As soon as he thought of it, the black scales with yellow horizontal stripes on the huge king cobra's body immediately changed drastically!

  Under the control of the muscles, the scales on the sides of the body unfolded like complex machines and expanded outwards.

  The scales near the outer end are free from the constraints of the body and are connected to adjacent scales only by some connecting structure that extends into the interior of the scales.

  The fine scales extend outward to form a wing-like structure!

  The king cobra opened its mouth wide.

  Is this how this skill is used?

  You Huan controlled the special muscle structure, constantly manipulating and changing the shape of the scales.

  Unfortunately, the entire branch of the Administration has now fallen into chaos due to the rampage of countless monsters.

  No one noticed that in the elevator lobby, a giant snake over 20 meters long had its scales constantly changing. Sometimes they looked like a pair of wings, sometimes they expanded into a body full of spikes, and sometimes they gathered into a spear at the tail end.

  Under the control of special muscle tissue, snake scales can break away from the hair follicle structure on the body surface, extend outward, and be connected through connecting structures.

  The shedding and extension in different places can create different effects.

  In short, You Huan possesses a set of scales that can flow and change at will!

  The muscle structure penetrates deep into the scales, which means that he can control the scales freely, and any structure composed of scales is extremely powerful.

  He could also vaguely feel that under this circumstance, the hardness, sharpness and defensive power of the scales had been enhanced to a certain extent.

  In his opinion, this skill is a bit like the [Golden King Bone] of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, except that the scales cannot completely detach from the body and fly out.

  These two skills are both skills with a high degree of freedom.

  As for the effect, he plans to observe it in actual combat.  

  All the scales returned to their place, and he transformed into a cobra that looked ordinary except that it was a little bigger, and crawled out of the hall.

  The snake's tongue moved in and out, catching the dense smell of monsters in the air.

  He opened the administration map in the function card and prepared to explore all the departments of the administration on the map, as well as the passages for employees to enter and exit the base.

  The office closest to him was the chemistry department's office.

  As soon as the huge snake head reached in, an eight-legged black shadow attacked him! The

  furry black spider legs tried to hug his head.

  However, the first thing the giant spider came into contact with were two wings made of sharp-edged snake scales!

  Use your muscles.

  "Swish!"

  The scaly wings whistled as they cut through the air, and two alternating black lines flashed in the air.

  The giant spider raised its legs and froze in place.

  The next moment, its body was divided into three parts by two cuts, upper, middle and lower, and scattered on the ground!

  The scales cut open the spider's head and found the venom gland for strengthening.

  Then, with a slight rustling sound, the scales and wings retracted into the body surface and turned back into ordinary scales.

  You Huan crawled into the office with his tongue sticking out. Just as he was about to swallow the giant spider that was almost as tall as the ceiling, another monster appeared next to him.

  He had seen this monster before; it was the pure white unicorn.

  With a handsome and strong body, white fur and a straight horn, it looks as beautiful as the unicorn in fairy tales.

  The only thing that was different from the fairy tale was that blood was dripping down from its spiral horn.

  This guy can use its horn to stab people directly into the wall.

  If innocent children saw this scene, the beautiful image of unicorns in their hearts would probably be shattered.

  Facing the king cobra that had once blocked its way, the unicorn shook its head, and blood splattered from its horn.

  It seemed to be afraid, and also seemed to be ready to attack You Huan at any time.

  You Huan turned his head and looked at it quietly, and then his mind changed.

  Another thin layer of scales shaped like wings stretched out from the back, like an arm, and with the push of muscles that had been strengthened several times, it came in front of the unicorn in an instant.

  The unicorn neighed and retreated quickly, leaving only a shallow scar on its body from the very edge of the scale.

  You Huan retracted the scales, looking thoughtful.

  Because of the limitations on the number of scales and muscle mass, the additional body structure formed by the [feather scales], the further it extends, the worse its performance in all aspects.

  It seems that he still wants to focus on close combat.

  He was not worried at all that the unicorn would sneak attack him while he was thinking, because the muscles extending into the scales had already secreted toxins, and the unicorn was already poisoned at this time.

  A terrifying black color quickly spread from the wound. The unicorn wailed, and its limbs went limp and fell to the ground. After a few breaths, it lost all signs of life.

  While devouring the giant spider, You Huan summarized the effects of [Feather Scale].

  First of all, this skill can control the scales to form different shapes, improving his situation as a snake without limbs for various operations.

  Secondly, the muscle structure extends between the scales, which means that the muscle strength from [Ten Thousand Poison Body] and [Python Power] can be inherited through the use of scales.

  When using scales to attack enemies, you can also use his venom.

  The four skills on him formed a system!

  However, the new skills were limited by the number of scales and so on, so there was a gap in the use distance compared to [Golden King Bone], so they should be mainly used in medium and short range.

  There are more effects waiting for him to explore.

  The giant spider provided 29 evolution points. He was about to turn to the unicorn when his snake's tongue caught a strange scent.

  At the same time, the unicorn that had died of poisoning slowly stood up again.

  (End of this chapter)