Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Chapter 197 - 195: Refining God (3)

At this sight, Habukawa Chisui’s pupils suddenly shrank, and her expression changed drastically.

This thing seemed to be something extremely dangerous. The moment she saw it, a bone-chilling sensation washed over her.

OMM!

The cyan curved blade on her wrist instantly expanded, returning to its original size.

Then, like a wisp of clear wind, it began to revolve around her, protecting her without leaving a single gap.

This was the Eight-foot Jade Saber of He Yun Country; its original name was unknown.

It was forged from some kind of special Spiritual Material sourced from that ruin. It was a powerful Blood Refining Spiritual Soldier from the Miwu Civilization.

It was compatible with the Dog Blade Secret Martial Arts that Habukawa Chisui currently cultivated. The combination of the two could significantly boost her power.

With the Eight-foot Jade Saber in hand, Habukawa Chisui’s confidence surged.

With her current strength, she believed that even if she encountered a Middle Black Blood Species and couldn’t win, she could at least escape.

As for beings at the level of a Food Master or a Refining God Venerable, there were only a handful on all of Earth Star. She didn’t even dare to consider that possibility.

With this in mind, she slowly stepped forward, preparing to inspect the giant cocoon’s situation.

However, before she had taken more than a few steps, an invisible ripple enveloped the entire area.

The ripple instantly froze Habukawa Chisui’s raised foot in place. The cyan curved blade that had been revolving around her seemed to lose its power, falling from the air and striking the rocks below with a crisp CLANG.

The surface of the curved blade emitted a faint cyan glow as its body trembled slightly, as if in extreme fear of something.

Habukawa Chisui’s expression changed drastically. She continuously mobilized her True Essence, circulating it through her body in an attempt to break free from this restraint.

But it was useless.

It wasn’t just her; everything in the surroundings seemed to have been put on pause, like an insect frozen in amber.

—CRACK!

Just then, a shattering sound suddenly rang out.

Hearing the noise, Habukawa Chisui struggled, gritting her teeth to turn her head and look toward the source of the sound.

But after seeing the situation clearly, her pupils dilated as if she had just witnessed something terrifying.

The giant cocoon had, at some point, stopped pulsing. The surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy had also returned to normal, no longer funneling in as it had before.

And on the surface of the pale red cocoon, a dense network of cracks had appeared.

The next moment, the giant cocoon disintegrated, and a blurry figure emerged.

The shattered fragments of the cocoon transformed into red smoke, all of it surging into the body of the figure at the center.

When the smoke cleared, a completely naked Young Man with a nearly perfect face was revealed.

He had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, a high-bridged nose, and a faint smile on his lips. His skin was like jade, his posture tall and straight, full of power and beauty, as if a god had descended to the mortal world.

Watching this scene, even Habukawa Chisui was momentarily stunned.

The person before her seemed to possess a fatal attraction.

Hu Qi paid her no mind. He looked down at himself, only then realizing that he had somehow reverted to his original appearance.

Moreover, the clothes he had been wearing had long since turned to dust.

He didn’t care about that, though.

With a flash of light, he transformed a single strand of his hair into a simple set of casual clothes that appeared on his body.

Then, with a casual wave of his hand, water vapor in the air condensed before him, forming a large water mirror that reflected his current appearance.

He briefly examined himself. He was even more handsome than before.

The thin black line on his forehead, formed by the closing of his Primordial Eye, added a touch of roguish charm to his near-perfect face.

Hu Qi was very satisfied with this. ’If I had looks like these in my previous life on Blue Star, becoming a Duck King would have been no problem at all. I wouldn’t have had to slave away like a beast of burden just to make a living.’

"I finally did it!"

Hu Qi performed Introspection, a smile appearing on his face.

At this moment, his soul had undergone a complete transformation.

The opening of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, as well as the three great Divine Treasures of the human body, had caused Hu Qi’s Life Level to take another leap.

This had transformed his soul into a Divine Soul.

A Divine Soul was different from an ordinary soul. In essence, the former was like a solid rock, while the latter was like loose sand.

After reaching this Realm, Hu Qi could perfectly control his Divine Soul.

Although Hu Qi’s Soul Power was formidable before, there were many restrictions when he tried to use it, and he could only mobilize a portion of it.

The transformed Divine Soul, however, was different. It was extremely condensed and couldn’t be compared to what it was before.

He could even perform incredible feats like leaving his physical body or forcibly seizing another’s body for rebirth.

Not only that, but because his soul had transformed into a Divine Soul, his original Spiritual Power had also evolved into the Power of the Heart.

As a stronger product evolved from Spiritual Power, the Power of the Heart already possessed the Ability to interfere with reality to a certain extent.

The current situation, where everything around him seemed frozen in amber, was the result of being affected by his Power of the Heart.

He briefly sensed the condition of his body.

Hu Qi temporarily withdrew his thoughts and turned his gaze to Habukawa Chisui, who stood nearby.

"Tell me... your origins..."

The moment Hu Qi spoke, before Habukawa Chisui could even react, her head felt heavy, and her consciousness plunged into a state of Chaos.

It was as if it had been veiled by a layer of gauze.

"I am from He Yun Country. My name is Habukawa..."

Habukawa Chisui’s eyes were vacant, but she answered Hu Qi’s question without the slightest hesitation, her words clear and articulate.

Using the Power of the Heart of a Refining God Venerable to cast the Hypnosis Technique was surprisingly effective.

But this was to be expected.

If the Hypnosis Technique was a wooden stick, then the caster’s willpower was like the difference between a baby and an adult. Although both might swing the same stick, the force they could generate would naturally be different.

The latter would obviously be faster and stronger.

Through a session of questions and answers, and Habukawa Chisui’s detailed account, it wasn’t long before Hu Qi understood the young woman’s origins.

When he heard that she had obtained items related to the Miwu Civilization from a certain ruin, his expression flickered with interest.

The Miwu Civilization, as the origin of all Secret Martial Artists, carried an inherent sense of mystery.

"Besides the Inheritance Secret Martial Arts and this Blood Refining Spiritual Soldier, was there anything else in those ruins?"

"I don’t know about that. Those things are all kept by the Lord of the Cabinet..."

Habukawa Chisui shook her head blankly, indicating that she didn’t care about such matters. She only wanted to become stronger to protect He Yun Country.

This attitude was clearly the result of indoctrination from He Yun Country’s education system from a young age, which she received alongside her training. In short, she had been brainwashed.

The goal was to turn her into a pure weapon.

Even now, under his Hypnosis, she was still talking about protecting He Yun Country.

This Habukawa Chisui had clearly been deeply influenced over many years.