Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 154 - 152: Mythical Form, Life Spiral Super Evolution (Part 2)

BANG!!

But in the next instant, she was blasted into the air by a single, terrifying punch from Ulysses, her body sent flying back more than ten meters across the water’s surface.

Her body was incredibly light, like a fallen leaf sent spinning through the air. With immense control, she used her agility to dissipate the terrifying force of the impact.

Her expression grew grim as she glanced down at her hand. The skin and muscle on two of her fingers and half of her palm were twisted and distorted, sending a sharp jolt of pain through her.

Ulysses, in contrast, was completely unscathed where her Finger Sword had struck his fist.

Spiral Force was inherently both offensive and defensive, capable of repelling foes and protecting its user.

If you couldn’t break through that protective Power, you couldn’t harm them in the slightest.

’Just as I thought. He’s not going to be easy to deal with.’

Zhou Qingchen willed the flesh of her hand to return to normal, and her expression regained its placid calm.

She had expected this battle to be arduous.

’But was this the limit of her power?’

SWISH!!

With a light tap of her foot, her form became weightless as she began to sprint across the surging surface of the river.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!!

A pure wind swirled around her. As she ran, a clear glow began to emanate from her body, growing brighter and more intense. At the same time, her speed increased, until she became a blur that the spectators’ eyes could no longer follow.

Kuibu! Accumulation!

Ever since Yi Beidou returned from Dragon Tiger Mountain after receiving the Elder Celestial Master’s teachings, his power had been constantly on the rise. As Donghua’s youngest Saint Expert, how could Zhou Qingchen have possibly stood still?

Her Accumulation Step Technique was now far more refined, and her ability to stimulate her Life Magnetic Field had grown much stronger. It was a world of difference from her performance back in Dragon Tiger Town.

Most importantly, by incorporating Yi Beidou’s Method of Controlling the Killing Qi of Destruction, she had developed another function for Kuibu.

VMMMM!!

As she ran, the pure glow on her Finger Sword grew increasingly intense and condensed, almost taking the form of a Light Saber.

Sublimation.

During the Accumulation process, she controlled the ever-growing Magnetic Field Power from her Life Magnetic Field, gathering it into one part of her body to unleash an even more terrifying power.

This was a terrifying level of control that only she could achieve.

A brilliant light enveloped her two fingers, making them appear as if they had turned into translucent, glowing jade. At the same time, a fierce wave of pain washed over her.

This was the technique’s drawback. Concentrating the Life Magnetic Field beyond the body’s physical limits could certainly unleash greater power, but the flesh and blood in that area would suffer continuous damage from the field’s destructive force.

When she had been tested at the Purple Cloud Research Institute, her Mana Value was a mere 88, far lower than Yi Beidou’s. But raw Physical Ability, strength, and the sheer intensity of her True Intent had never been her strong suits, so that number hardly represented her actual threat in combat.

With the same amount of Mana, some people’s power might be so dispersed that they could only pose seventy percent of the potential threat. But Zhou Qingchen precisely condensed her Mana, like compressing loose sawdust into a sharpened wooden spike, allowing her to unleash one hundred and twenty percent of its threat!

WHOOSH!!

Zhou Qingchen suddenly thrust her sword-finger at her opponent.

This time, Ulysses’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he threw a sudden punch to meet the attack.

The crimson spiral of his force transformed into a massive vortex.

However, the result of this exchange was completely different from the last.

RRRRIP!!

The massive vortex was torn apart by the sword of pure light, and its radiant Sword Qi lanced straight toward Ulysses’s fist.

In the instant before they collided, Ulysses’s technique abruptly changed. He unfurled his fist into a palm, dodging Zhou Qingchen’s blade of light and grabbing for her wrist.

Even he had to avoid the brunt of that attack, or he would certainly be injured.

His Power spiraled, creating a suction force out of thin air that locked onto Zhou Qingchen’s wrist.

But Zhou Qingchen’s Swordsmanship was exquisite. The instant he changed his technique, she flickered out of reach, adapting her own attack to appear at his flank. Relying on her incredible speed, she unleashed a tempest of attacks all over his body.

For a moment, Ulysses seemed to be on the back foot, forced to constantly dodge and weave across the water’s surface. His Spiral Force and True Intent were repeatedly torn apart by Zhou Qingchen. In the space of just ten breaths, several bloody gashes had appeared on his body.

As the two chased each other across the river, unleashing burst after burst of Power, the water’s surface churned, great waves rising and falling. The sight left the onlookers breathless and enthralled.

A battle between Deities would look just like this.

Is she going to win?!

Seeing Ulysses constantly on the defensive, the spectators’ eyes filled with joy, and they erupted in cheers.

When Zhou Qingchen had been sent flying by a single punch at the start of the fight, everyone’s hearts had been in their throats. Now, they could finally breathe a small sigh of relief.

"Go! Emei Female Warrior God!!"

"Beat that foreign devil!"

"..."

Shouts of encouragement rose from both banks of the river.

Meanwhile, an oversized SUV had entered the cordoned-off area at some point and pulled to a stop by the riverbank.

Yi Beidou and his group stood on the guardrail by the river, silently watching the battle on the water.

However, Yi Beidou did not share the crowd’s optimism.

He could already feel the aura within Ulysses’s body changing.

"He can still continue to ’evolve’?"

Yi Beidou muttered to himself.

Zhou Qingchen had sensed this as well. The resonant hum of her opponent’s internal organs was changing. A terrifying transformation was silently underway.

"I seem to have underestimated you," Ulysses said. "In our original assessment, of all of Donghua’s younger generation, only that upstart Yi Beidou was considered a top-level threat. I paid you no mind, but I didn’t expect you to be this capable."

"Since Jingming isn’t enough to defeat you, then I suppose I’ll let you experience a true ’Myth.’"

Even under the storm of Zhou Qingchen’s Sword Momentum, Ulysses’s responses grew increasingly relaxed, to the point where he could even speak while dodging.

His Physical Ability and his magnetic field were growing stronger and stronger, as if they were still being enhanced.

He was beginning the next stage of metamorphosis and evolution, moving beyond the "whale."

’However, the whale is already a true apex creature on Earth. What could the next step in its evolution possibly be?’

VMMMM!!

Finally, the resonant hum of Ulysses’s organs changed completely. An invisible, concussive sound wave spread out. The effect was so powerful that even Zhou Qingchen’s body trembled, and under the influence of the sound wave and the magnetic field, her movements faltered for a moment.

It was difficult to describe the sound in its entirety.

The greatest sound is faint; the greatest form is shapeless.

In Zhou Qingchen’s eyes, Ulysses’s true form was shifting from that of a giant whale into something unknown.

It was at the bottom of an abyss, impossibly vast, like a mountain range, beyond all measure.

A single glimpse could not capture its entirety as it roamed the deepest trenches of the sea.

For an instant, Zhou Qingchen couldn’t help but recall certain ancient Western legends—of the great sea monsters that existed in the depths of the ocean.

Leviathan.

This was not a real creature, but a mythical one!

The ultimate goal of the Life Spiral Stream was to absorb power from all living things, to transcend the creatures of reality and become a living Myth!!

This was the ultimate power of Ulysses, the man known as the "Source Stream."

Mythical Form!