novelraw Chapter 348-1: The Oppressive Presence of the Purgatory Angel (1)
Chapter 348-1: The Oppressive Presence of the Purgatory Angel (1)
Up to this point in the guide for this chapter, the actual gains along the way have not really been that high.
Overall, it was basically the Full-Adaptation Parasite with the Perfect Parasite skill, and the Shadow Dancer Tuning Fluid that can Ascend into a Legendary shell.
As for the gains brought by the rest of the mask equipment, they did not improve his strength much.
After using the Star Lord’s Crowned Diadem, the Spirit Essence drop rate did indeed increase quite a bit, but compared to other chapters, there were simply too few BOSS fights in this chapter, resulting in the fact that even if the drop rate for minor monsters increased, the actual gains did not increase by much.
However, that was under the condition of ignoring Lin Xun’s talent.
For Apostles without Thousand Faces, Ten Thousand Forms, just a Full-Adaptation Parasite that can ignore compatibility and possess most insect-people is already the greatest gain of this chapter.
The strength boost brought by this single shell can be so great that it overwhelms the fact that the rest of this chapter’s gains are too low.
After obtaining this shell, then bringing Kim or other story characters along to help kill monsters, one can continuously obtain powerful shells to increase strength.
It looks like the gains are not high for Lin Xun, but for other Apostles, the gains of this chapter far exceed other chapters.
But fortunately, things are finally turning around. The gains from the hidden map presumably will not be bad.The Ascended Prototype Purgatory Angel hanging in midair can make the Desire-Bearing Greedy Wolf Star Lord feel powerful pressure, which indicates that this shell is not weaker than the Star Lord at all.
[Flanda looks at the sleeping young girl inside the pod. Her expression is very complicated, and she remains silent.]
[Kim suddenly lets out a startled sound. It picks up a notebook filled with writing from a bone operation platform to the side.]
[It signals for you and Flanda to come over and look. You hurry forward…]
[You have discovered Desire Wet Nurse’s Experimental Log (Document)!]
[You take the notebook and browse its contents…]
[…]
[Prototype clone body No. 12 suffered factor collapse due to rejection reactions between factors. The skin on the surface and the internal organs were both unable to endure it, rapidly decaying and rotting…]
[Prototype clone body No. 12 has been destroyed. Begin cultivation test for prototype clone body No. 13.]
[…]
[Prototype clone body No. 33 had too low a factor deciphering degree. The fusion degree could not reach expectations. Not only did its strength fail to surpass the original model, it instead fell drastically…]
[Prototype clone body No. 33 has been destroyed. Begin cultivation test for prototype clone body No. 34.]
[…]
[Prototype clone body No. 57 shows all life signs to be intact. The fusion degree has reached the limit of the Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord. Since the Firefly factor has not yet been fully deciphered, it is temporarily impossible to continue upgrading clone body No. 57 to reach transcendence.]
[In summary, prototype clone body No. 57 will not be destroyed. It will be left within the cultivation pod to continue growing and developing, until there is new progress in deciphering the Firefly factor…]
[…]
[After reading Desire Wet Nurse’s Experimental Log, Flanda tightly presses her lips together and clenches her fists hard.]
[You know the young girl’s fury has reached an extreme. No one would be happy after seeing countless clone bodies manufactured from their own flesh tissue, repeatedly destroyed like slaughtering livestock.]
[Flanda finally calms her emotions and explains to you that the Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord sensed by the Shriveled Replica Umbilical Cord should be inside the so-called Prototype Purgatory Angel.]
[Do you remember what she once told you? The umbilical cord is the tangible, physical manifestation of a life factor. From the experimental log, these clone bodies were created when the Desire Wet Nurse had not yet deciphered the Firefly factor. After constant trials, the umbilical cord inside them has already reached the ultimate limit of factor fusion.]
[She can sense that the clone body named Prototype Purgatory Angel is not far behind her, Flanda, in terms of strength.]
[Because it has newly fused with the Firefly’s life factor, the clone body will also obtain many abilities that she does not have.]
[To achieve such progress while still not having deciphered the Firefly factor… no wonder that perfect clone body could obtain strength close to a god.]
[Flanda walks to the bone operation platform and continues speaking to you. The pod wrapping the clone body has been treated with the Desire Wet Nurse’s special methods. To break through the pod will take some effort.]
[However, through the operation platform, she can continue injecting Firefly factors into the clone body. The clone body will then collapse because it cannot endure it, rapidly rotting and dying.]
[She asks your thoughts. How will you deal with the Prototype Purgatory Angel?]
[How will you choose?]
[1. Continue injecting Firefly factors. Kill the Prototype Purgatory Angel without bloodshed to obtain rewards. Of course, if you do that, the clone body container will rot away completely, and the Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord inside it will also collapse because it cannot endure it.]
[2. Activate the pod, awaken the Prototype Purgatory Angel, and have Flanda kill the clone body. Obtain the clone body container, along with the Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord inside it. Because Flanda makes the move, you cannot obtain any additional excessive gains from the clone body.]
[3. Instruct Flanda and Kim to stay to the side, and have you alone engage in an honorable duel with the Prototype Purgatory Angel. This has the greatest difficulty, but compared to difficulty, obtaining more gains is the most important.]
Lin Xun does not hesitate and clicks the third option.
First solo the BOSS. If he really cannot win, Flanda will not just stand by and watch him die.
With Flanda and Kim holding the line to the side, he must kill this BOSS and obtain the highest reward.
[Flanda looks at you in surprise, but still follows your instructions and retreats to the side with Kim. With some worry, she tells you that the button to activate the pod is the largest one on the operation platform. Press it and you can awaken the clone body.]
[But you must end the battle as quickly as possible. Although the Desire Wet Nurse cannot currently watch you and her through the web of consciousness, she can monitor all Ascended beings within the web of consciousness.]
[The clone body must be within the Desire Wet Nurse’s sight. It is just that the Desire Wet Nurse is currently fully focused on gestating the offspring of you and Her, and cannot immediately notice you.]
[But if the battle drags on for too long, it will eventually draw the Desire Wet Nurse’s attention.]
[In any case, be careful!]
[Hearing this, Kim looks at you in shock. It points at you with trembling fingers and cannot say a complete sentence. You, you… you and the Desire Wet Nurse?]
[It truly cannot think of any words to evaluate you, and can only silently give you a thumbs-up.]
Lin Xun has a blank expression.
“I was forced, okay? It was like being drugged.”
From an ethical standpoint, Flanda should call him Dad.
However, although what happened with him was the Desire Wet Nurse’s consciousness, objectively it was with Flanda’s clone body, and the ethical relationship within it is hard to explain clearly.
[Do you want to activate the pod and awaken the Prototype Purgatory Angel?]
Lin Xun narrows his eyes and does not immediately press ‘Yes.’
[You possess the shell of the Fire-Worshipping Palace Master of Iya Palace!]
[You swing the purification wand in your hand, summoning the shikigami Origin-Tracing Nurarihyon and the shikigami Origin-Tracing Nine-Tailed Fox.]
[You do not stop. You continue by taking out the Refined Copper Sand Maraca and shaking it, summoning Battle Angel – Valkyrie.]
[You take out two bright yellow talisman papers covered in talismans, form hand seals, and chant. Complex talismans like tadpole-script runes fuse into the two shikigami.]
[Visible to the naked eye, thunder around the Nine-Tailed Fox grows even more surging, and Origin-Tracing Nurarihyon grows from a youthful boy into a young adult.]