Free Web NovelChapter 56: Wisp of Qi
Urduja Wells continued staring at the strange crystallized object resting quietly beside the sink while her three blood red parasitic tails twisted violently behind her like living creatures that had completely lost control.
The reaction coming from her parasite was simply too intense.
Far too intense.
Even when she absorbed the parasitic crystal from the fully mutated undead earlier, her blood limbs had never reacted like this before. At most, they merely became active and hungry, but now, her first parasitic tail looked almost frenzied.
It kept twitching.
Curling.
Pointing directly toward the crystal nonstop.
The sharp stinger at the end of the flesh tail repeatedly trembled as if screaming for her to devour it immediately.
Urduja slowly narrowed her eyes afterward.
"What exactly are you..."
From her perspective, the thing looked unbelievably ordinary.
No.
More than ordinary.
It looked like a low grade malignant parasitic crystal.
The type born from a malignant undead.
The type weaker evolved infected carried.
Nothing about it looked legendary.
Nothing about it looked worthy causing her parasite to lose control this badly.
Yet the instinct flowing from her blood limbs told her otherwise.
The message was unbelievably clear.
Take it.
Absorb it.
Consume it now.
Immediately afterward, Urduja slowly looked toward the bathroom door.
Her expression gradually became more cautious.
The one upstairs.
That mysterious survivor.
The terrifying person who killed a fully mutated undead.
The same person capable piercing concrete walls using flicked projectiles stronger than bullets.
The same person who casually killed the two tailed infected whose parasitic crystals she absorbed earlier.
If she delayed longer...
She might lose the opportunity entirely.
Meanwhile, her body was already reaching another bottleneck.
Ever since she absorbed the crystal from the fully mutated undead and awakened her third parasitic blood limb, she could already feel it clearly.
She was nearing Third Stage Parahuman.
As long as she solidified the blood within the third parasitic limb completely, she would evolve again.
Become stronger again.
Gain more control.
Survive this apocalypse longer.
And now, the thing her parasite desired more than anything else was directly in front of her.
Immediately afterward, Urduja slowly inhaled deeply.
"I don’t need wasting time talking to him..."
"I can just take this crystal and leave..."
"It’s only a low level malignant crystal anyway..."
At least, that was what she convinced herself.
Soon afterward, she picked up the crystal.
Then immediately placed it into her mouth.
And swallowed it.
The moment the crystal entered her stomach, Urduja instantly activated suppression.
This was standard.
Every evolved infected and every parahuman knew this process eventually.
Parasitic crystals could never simply be absorbed carelessly.
If the suppression failed, the mutation inside the body would spiral out of control.
At first, Urduja remained completely calm.
After all, this was not her first absorption.
She had already succeeded multiple times before.
The fully mutated undead crystal.
The evolved infected crystal from the corpses outside.
She absorbed both successfully.
So naturally, she believed this would merely take several minutes.
Immediately afterward, the blood inside her body surged violently.
Her three parasitic tails expanded slightly behind her while dark veins spread throughout her neck continuously.
Then she sent her blood toward the crystal inside her stomach.
But the moment her blood touched the crystal...
Boom!
Urduja’s eyes widened instantly afterward.
The suppression failed immediately.
No.
Not merely failed.
The crystal crushed her suppression blood instantly.
Meanwhile, a strange energy suddenly exploded from inside the crystal and spread throughout her entire body afterward.
The energy felt unbelievably dense.
Warm.
Heavy.
Pure.
And overwhelmingly powerful.
Urduja immediately gritted her teeth afterward.
"No problem..."
"I’ll suppress it again..."
Immediately afterward, her blood surged again.
The first parasitic tail behind her suddenly enlarged grotesquely while blood essence continuously gathered around it.
Then she attacked the crystal again internally.
Boom!
Failure again.
The crystal devoured the suppression blood effortlessly afterward.
Urduja frowned deeply.
Still, she remained calm at first.
Occasional rejection happened during unstable absorptions sometimes.
Immediately afterward, she attempted a third suppression.
Then a fourth.
Then a fifth.
Every single attempt collapsed instantly afterward.
And the more she failed...
The stranger the situation became.
Because the crystal inside her body became increasingly violent continuously.
Its energy kept growing denser afterward.
Hotter.
More unstable.
Meanwhile, her blood tails started twitching harder behind her afterward.
Her breathing slowly became rough.
Sweat covered her forehead continuously.
Then...
Sixth attempt failed.
Seventh attempt failed.
Eighth attempt failed again.
Urduja’s calm expression slowly disappeared afterward.
Because this no longer looked normal.
At all.
Immediately afterward, she forced more blood essence from her first parasitic tail.
The blood red flesh limb suddenly pulsed violently while veins bulged across her arms continuously.
Then she suppressed the crystal again.
Boom!
Failure.
Again.
The crystal instantly shattered the suppression blood afterward.
"What the hell..."
Urduja’s breathing became increasingly uneven afterward.
Meanwhile, the crystal inside her stomach became more violent continuously.
The strange energy flowing from it no longer merely spread.
It flooded her body.
Yet strangely...
The energy did not feel corrupted like ordinary malignant crystals.
That alone terrified her further.
Because parasitic crystals should feel filthy.
Violent.
Chaotic.
But this one felt strangely pure.
As if another force entirely existed within it.
Then afterward...
Ninth attempt failed.
Tenth attempt failed.
Eleventh attempt failed again.
Urduja’s pupils slowly trembled afterward.
Meanwhile, heat spread throughout her body continuously.
Her skin slowly reddened.
Her heartbeat accelerated wildly.
Even her parasitic tails began lashing uncontrollably behind her.
Then...
Twelfth suppression failed.
Thirteenth suppression failed.
Fourteenth suppression failed again.
And when the fifteenth suppression collapsed completely...
Urduja finally became genuinely shocked.
"How is this possible?!"
"This is only a low level malignant crystal!"
"Why can’t I suppress it?!"
What she did not know...
Was that the crystal she swallowed had already changed completely.
The spiritual qi absorbed into it transformed its entire nature.
But Urduja knew nothing about cultivation.
Nothing about spiritual qi.
So naturally, she could not understand the real reason.
Meanwhile, her condition rapidly worsened afterward.
The energy flooding inside her body spread crazily throughout her veins.
Her blood became hotter continuously.
Heavier.
Denser.
The parasitic crystal kept rejecting her control afterward.
Soon, Urduja clenched her fists tightly.
"If first blood isn’t enough..."
"Then I’ll use second blood..."
Immediately afterward, her second parasitic tail pierced directly into her own shoulder.
Blood burst outward afterward.
Then another blood essence emerged.
This blood looked darker.
Thicker.
Far stronger.
The second parasitic limb specialized in corrosive suppression.
Immediately afterward, she forced that blood toward the crystal desperately.
Boom!
This time, the suppression lasted slightly longer.
Several seconds.
Then afterward...
The crystal exploded again violently.
Urduja suddenly coughed blood afterward.
"Cough!"
Her eyes widened in disbelief.
Even second blood failed.
Meanwhile, the crystal energy inside her body became increasingly terrifying afterward.
Steam slowly escaped from her skin.
Her body temperature skyrocketed continuously.
Then finally...
Urduja used the blood from her third parasitic tail.
The newest blood inside her body.
The blood awakened after absorbing the evolved infected crystal earlier.
Immediately afterward, the third parasitic limb rose upward behind her while blood red patterns spread throughout her skin continuously.
A stronger blood essence emerged afterward.
Far stronger than the previous two.
Urduja immediately forced it toward the crystal.
This time...
The suppression actually worked briefly.
The crystal slowed momentarily afterward.
Urduja’s eyes immediately brightened.
But then...
BOOM!!!
The crystal exploded with even greater force afterward.
"AAAGHHH!!"
Urduja screamed painfully afterward.
Blood erupted from her mouth.
Her entire body trembled violently.
Meanwhile, the third blood suppression completely shattered afterward.
Despair immediately filled her eyes.
Even third blood failed.
That meant she was running out of options completely.
Meanwhile, the crystal energy spreading inside her body became increasingly unstable afterward. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
Her skin gradually became alluring unnaturally.
Her breathing turned hotter.
Her body emitted strange biological heat continuously.
This was another one of her abilities.
Pheromone stimulation.
She originally intended saving this for future encounters.
For manipulation.
For survival.
But now she had no choice anymore.
Immediately afterward, her body released pheromones continuously while her metabolism accelerated crazily in an attempt weakening the crystal through biological suppression.
Yet...
It still failed.
The crystal remained completely unaffected.
Meanwhile, Urduja’s face slowly turned pale afterward.
Because she could now feel it clearly.
The mutation inside her body was spiraling beyond control.
If this continued...
She would become undead.
Immediately afterward, despair clouded her eyes completely.
"In this life..."
"Am I seriously..."
"Going become undead...?"
And then suddenly...
BANG!!!
The bathroom door slammed open violently.
Urduja instantly turned her head afterward.
And standing there...
Was Clayne.
