Even an exploit had its living cost.
Invulnerability frames prevented the external physics engine from registering damage. But they didn’t eliminate the backup heat-powered heat wave of eighty-four thousand volts of white-hot star-fire exploding two inches from human flesh.
Lin Tao rose from his third in a row roll. Then, a sharp wave of dizziness washed through his vestibular canals.
His internal test tracking data flared with body warnings:
Heat-flow heat wave penalty, Lin Tao analyzed, breathing slowly through his nose to filter the acrid ozone specks. The i-frame negates the moving and spark strike registration, but surrounding blasting heat can’t be fully zeroed. The heat rising heat of white-hot air increases inner body heat by zero point four degrees per second.
A thin trickle of bright crimson blood ran from Lin Tao’s left nostril, dripping down onto his chin.
His tiny blood vessels were straining under the rapid air pressure fluctuations caused by Lei Zhen’s nonstop star-fire detonations. The heat inside the sapphire dome was choking, drying the sweat on his skin into a crust of salt and minerals.
Lin Tao didn’t lose his focus.
