Free Web NovelChapter 398: Chapter 390: Humanoid Ferocious Weapon vs. Active Wormhole
「Extreme North. Ice Lake.」
The air had liquefied into a lake, while the seawater had frozen into eternally solid ice. In a space sealed by Sunshot, the glaciers instantly turned to high-temperature steam, hissing and sizzling.
Every cell in his body burning, Shi Ming opened his eyes.
HISS—
The temperature within this sealed space soared even higher. The dominant shades of blue and white turned crimson, like the true Earth Core.
The Commander-in-Chief’s Self-Immolation,
was originally a one-time-use skill.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Wilderness of Zhulu had used it as his final, curtain-closing killing move. After unleashing his full power, his body would split open, staining the dusk with blood and turning his sword into a vicious weapon. But for Shi Ming, there was no such thing as "one-time-use." Even without relying on his powerful physical adaptability and self-healing, the skill [Death’s Door] alone could nullify the side effects, allowing him to use it repeatedly.
Shi Ming did not pull Burning Abyss from his body.
The three-meter-long Magma Greatsword began to melt.
It became the most scorching magma, merging with Shi Ming’s body. The greatsword became one with him. The blood that splattered from his wounds during the "self-immolation" strangely and rapidly transformed into fantastical blue butterflies. They danced gracefully amidst the ice before vanishing to parts unknown.
As Burning Abyss fused with him, molten cracks split open across his body.
His fists, forehead, arms, cheeks...
Even when he moved his joints, magma would burst forth, searing and intense.
He was like a humanoid killing machine.
The power from the Earth Core’s magma and the flesh of the seven types of Holy Hall Fierce Beasts used for his infinite upgrades were converted into a massive Attack Power boost under the effect of the Commander-in-Chief’s Self-Immolation. Shi Ming’s Attack Power climbed by 800 points, reaching a terrifying 1649!
This was far beyond the scope of the Holy Hall Tier.
[Final Countdown!]
[3!]
[2!]
[1!]
At that exact moment, the countdown provided by the Eye of Destiny finished. Shi Ming leaped out of the scorching space, his Arm of Judgment infused with ten times its power. Using his body as a blade, he charged straight for the Active Wormhole’s chrysalis!
Ten times the power!
It had just completed its evolution and was in its earliest, most nascent stage.
This was the perfect opportunity to hunt it down.
The Active Wormhole’s Defense Power was less than 1000! ’There’s no way it can withstand this blow!’
WHOOSH!
Like a sun plunging into the Ice Lake, the liquefied air seemed to boil, rapidly turning into a mass of scalding bubbles.
The newly evolved Active Wormhole was still basking in immense joy. It hadn’t even had time to comprehend its newfound skills when it instantly sensed the terrifying attack descending upon it. Its entire body contracted abruptly. The original chrysalis became a pitch-black Black Hole, and from within it emerged a blurry, two-meter-long worm!
[Bug!]
[The worm born from the Wormhole is the bug itself. Possessing a numbered Nirvana-tier skill, it has shed its original life characteristics. Now, its name has also become unique in the universe.]
[Active Wormhole. (Crossed out and vanished)]
[Quintetra.]
[The change to "Bore" was not significant. Quintetra also felt that this evolutionary path, born from a flash of "inspiration," was perfect. "Bore" has become numbered Nirvana skill 39 and is destined to leave a fearsome reputation across the universe!]
[...]
Shi Ming was a weapon unto himself!
Because Quintetra had just finished evolving, it had no time to adapt to its new body. In the sliver of time it had to react, it could only use its Defense Power, far superior to that of a Holy Hall Fierce Beast, to brace for this seemingly astounding attack.
SHIIINK—
The strike landed true.
Quintetra’s body convulsed as it was cleanly sliced in half. Its Defense Power seemed intimidating, but under the effect of ten times the power, it was like paper. It stood no chance against Shi Ming, who was fused with Burning Abyss and empowered by the tenfold multiplier!
The severed halves of its body were seared black.
Quintetra felt as if its very soul had been split in two, yet it did not perish.
But—
Pain!
Excruciating pain!
’During my evolution, I was completely focused on myself. I never even noticed a Holy Hall Tier Magma Giant? It dares to hunt me here?’
’One of the other seven emergency food supplies?’
’How dare he?’
’This magma human seems far stronger than the Candle Mirage. If this had been a month ago, or even just a day ago, we might have been evenly matched. But now, it’s too late. Everything is too late... This provocation is a death wish.’
’Nirvana Tier is a new state of being.’
’Completely different from the Holy Hall.’
’So what if he can break my defense? I’ve just completed my life’s evolution and need to replenish my energy. All enemies are destined to become food!’
Quintetra’s blurry worm-like body reformed.
That terrifying strike had depleted 18% of its Life Energy.
Quintetra had just entered the Nirvana stage and lacked information. It didn’t understand the significance behind that number. All it knew was that the human before it was indeed Holy Hall Tier—powerful, but that was his limit. Next, it would show this human just how vast the difference was between the Nirvana and Holy Hall Tiers!
The worm’s body, which had emerged from the Wormhole, began to layer and fold over itself.
Bore!
This was the first time this skill had ever been used.
Within seconds, Shi Ming also received a notification from the Eye of Destiny.
[Quintetra is preparing to use its new skill.]
[From its perspective, a two-meter-tall Magma Giant is indeed rare. Perhaps condensed is the essence of deliciousness. Its Spiritual Power is transforming into a borer worm! It plans to start with a Spiritual Power attack!]
[Without a doubt.]
[Your luck is good. It has chosen the wrong approach.]
In Shi Ming’s Sea of Spirit, a 97-floor giant tower descended from the heavens, guarding the ocean of Spiritual Power. This was the Civilization Secret Scripture, the "Hundred-Floor Celestial Tower," recorded on the great stone monument. If cultivated to the 100th floor, one’s Spiritual Power would be impregnable.
Ninety-seven floors.
Although it wasn’t perfect, Quintetra’s [Bore] was unpracticed. Coupled with his own inscrutable Spiritual Power, this meant that the first use of [Bore] would be an ineffective attack.
Perhaps this, too, was a "destiny" preordained by fate!
Quintetra’s Attack Power was high.
But its Endurance was merely over 200!
A single failed attack might seem like a minor mistake, but it was paving the way for Shi Ming’s victory.
Quintetra unleashed its newly born Nirvana-tier skill for the first time. Its Spiritual Power transformed into a resilient borer worm and, on a microscopic level, drilled into the forehead of the magma-bodied Shi Ming. A human’s Spiritual Power is based in their Sea of Spirit, and the head was indeed the greatest vulnerability of this body.
But what lay beyond that vulnerability?
The borer worm passed through the vulnerability and entered Shi Ming’s spiritual world, only to find it was a realm of illusion,
with nothing to latch onto,
vast and boundless.
There were also endless undeveloped regions, stretching on like a Star Sea with no end in sight. In the distance stood a 97-floor tower, seemingly unreachable, thousands of miles away.
Quintetra felt that something was wrong.
But it was very confident.
Just as it was about to take its first bite, it discovered that in the infinite heights above the tower, a bizarre and unfathomable eye had locked onto it.
The eye was detached and indifferent, without consciousness, like an object. Yet, it was ninety percent similar to the eyes of the man outside. A single glance, with no tangible attack, was enough to make Quintetra’s Spiritual Power of over 2000 points falter.
’This...’
Quintetra froze for a second.
