Chapter 1063
Chapter 1063 - 149 Sunflower
1,376 words
•
7 min read
"Is this, what kind of ghost is this?!"
The originally solemn battlefield, within the human purgatory of ice and snow, witnessed the emergence of a sunflower.
It stood there, vaguely, at least ten or twelve feet tall, radiating golden, brilliant sunlight around it.
It appeared to have human-like emotions and seemed to be smiling at the people of the world.
It swayed joyfully, as if on vacation.
But at its core, infinite light and heat crazily surged forth...
Snow Mountain? There has been no snow mountain here for a long time; the scorching halo has burned everything.
Each sway of the flower brought forth a new round of "Supernova Explosion"... The intense sunlight burned everything around it, turning the atmosphere, the ground, even beneath the ground, into a fiery purgatory.
"I... surrender!"
The adventurer Su hurriedly retracted his elements, changing back into human form.
If he maintained his "low-temperature form," he would be instantly vaporized.
But now, even if he could gather himself at the edge of the battlefield, it was already too late...
The flame was right in front of him, that golden Holy Flame, faintly carrying a deadly "Purification" force.
Just one glance scared Su out of his wits, his instinctual spirituality telling him that if he was touched by it, he would completely evaporate in an instant.
He tried to resist but already looked desperate.
This was the Secret Realm of the God of Martial Fight, although it was not a fight to the death mode, there was no mechanism to halt everything just by shouting stop...
The flames, they already spread across his face...
𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
But a figure had already stood in front of him.
"....Quite interesting."
Eighth-tier Fighter Gan Qianyun stood there, his outstretched hand blocking the scorching Holy Flame, the fire covering it yet being directly parted to both sides.
He stood still, not making any extra moves, his body alone was enough to part the sea of fire.
But the next moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face...
"....Quite interesting."
The same words, but this time with caution.
He looked at his palm, which had a faint black scar... Although it was barely enough, the purity of the Holy Flame had indeed wounded this eighth-stage boss.
At that moment, his gaze toward the "Sunflower" carried astonishment of an incomprehensible level.
"It’s really unbelievable, how did he transform his life form instantly..."
Priest Gan was somewhat astonished; every time he thought he had seen through Lu Ping’an, the young man would always surprise him immensely.
What astounded him wasn’t the strength Lu Ping’an showed now, not even the Holy Flame that singed him, but what Lu Ping’an did at that instant.
The Fighting Path was always about using the body to fight, a "technique"; everyone’s body is theoretically fixed, so the limit of a Fighter is also fixed.
Lu Ping’an’s life form should have been "wood" plus "human," in Priest Gan’s eyes, perhaps with further potential, but at that moment, when Lu Ping’an touched that book...
"It’s not an illusion, he did transform into an Elemental Creature... not just a simple Elemental Creature, but ’wood’ plus ’human’ plus ’flame’. It can be done like that? How did he manage it?"
What the eighth-stage boss couldn’t comprehend was how Lu Ping’an effortlessly changed his "life form."
It was understandable as evolution, but he directly changed his species, his "basic structure."
"...I can’t understand his limits anymore."
At that moment, even an experienced eighth-stage boss truly couldn’t understand.
Even after encountering countless life system professionals good at stirring things up, this was indeed his first time witnessing someone who changed their species so casually.
And at this moment, even Lu Ping’an himself was a bit stunned.
"I’m still alive? Uh, I’m still okay?"
At that moment, he nearly met his end... he almost died of the most common cause of death for professionals - "elemental backlash."
The upper limit of the Life Codex was far higher than any Informed-person had anticipated, sharing not only "life form characteristics," but also the "categories of life forms" that make those characteristics functional, and even "the micro-particle level of life composition."
In that moment, the "overly aggressive" Lu Ping’an truly transformed himself into a flaming creature, a pure Holy Flame Knight... but his other parts could not harmonize with this bloodline.
To put it plainly, his flesh and blood that did not merge with the Holy Fire was ignited by his own Holy Flame.
At that moment, had it not been for the fact that the Magical Vine of his flesh coexistence body was itself of the Holy Fire bloodline, he would have been instantly consumed by his own flames.
After all, "elemental creatures" and "flesh and blood life forms" were completely different tracks; the logic of bones and organs that flesh and blood life forms operate on does not exist in elemental creatures at all... Elemental creatures are collections of "particles" and "spirit," and Lu Ping’an lacked the structure in that aspect.
Luckily, or rather through enough accumulation, he had a flash of insight and found a lifeline.
"Soul Binding, it can actually be used in this way..."
Since he did not possess the "spirit" to control elemental particles, he would create one himself.
In that moment, he activated the "Chr-style hieroglyphic boxing," using past accumulations to forcibly shape a Soul Binding.
"...But why a sunflower?"
"You would have to ask yourself that. Perhaps, this is the form you envision yourself to have as an elemental creature."
"...Now, that’s a bit far-fetched."
"Then, it’s what you imagine a ’Magic Plant’ with the power of Sun Holy Flame should look like."
"That’s more like it."
At that moment, under the pressure of life and death, Lu Ping’an unleashed all his past accumulations and completed the Soul Binding.
The materials included in it were "Little Flame," the Beast God of the Solar God Descendant, the form he imagined a mature Solar Demon Vine should have, and, of course, the most important was the "fixed point of flame" he had once witnessed... the mythological form of the Firebird.
"If I were a flaming creature, perfectly exerting the elemental power of the true Sun flames, what form should I take?"
At this moment, Lu Ping’an’s flesh had been burned (transformed) clean, with the remaining "flesh" being the more resistant Solar Demon Vine.
Naturally, based on the existing material basis, the answer could only be "plant."
As for which kind, it was even simpler...
"The symbol of the sun, the sunflower..."
At this moment, Lu Ping’an’s subconscious provided the answer and also endowed the Soul Binding with the most adapted evolutionary form in the Codex.
And thus, the form of "Soul Binding. Sunflower" came to be.
"...This, still isn’t enough."
At that moment, as the flames continued burning, the Soul Binding was only a spiritual constraint and could not solve everything.
But, it gave Lu Ping’an time to make a timely switch, activating another hidden trump card, and saving his own life.
"...Next time, I need to be more careful."
In this moment, Lu Ping’an, having returned from his elemental life form, looked around with some helplessness... then he draped a piece of red cloth over himself for protection.
This round, the only damages were to armor in need of major repairs, the losses were quite substantial.
But the most horrifying might be for his opponent.
"The victor, Lu Ping’an!"
Facing the tsunami of cheering, Lu Ping’an could only smile and maintain a serene composure.
After all, he guessed that if not for the overwhelmingly terrifying "Qi Yun" that supported him, that last move might have indeed gone awry.
But now, it seems his Arsenal has gained one more terrifying "Nuclear Weapon."
"Tsk, not a bad haul; is this what trials are like..."
Meanwhile, the spammed notifications on the system Panel signified that he had done more than just a gambit with life and death.
Moreover, the greatest gain remains the now-proven "feasibility"...
"... Species, and even higher forms of life, are no longer limitations, are they?"
— End of Chapter 1063 —