Chapter 1083
Chapter 1083 - 169 Reversal
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"...This time, suffered a huge loss."
"Protector" Sarla, and his partner, actually didn’t think much of Lu Ping’an.
Some things are indiscernible, incapable of being disguised.
Lu Ping’an was too young, having become a professional for less than two years, and his outstanding track record made his growth path too clear.
If it were intelligence from other channels, perhaps it could have been lies or misinformation, but frontline intelligence from the Green Planet’s battlefield eventually all made its way into the hands of the Aus people.
By that time, Lu Ping’an’s limits had been clearly understood.
"Heh, another genius....."
Initially, Twenty Rabbits didn’t take Lu Ping’an seriously and even felt somewhat sorry for him.
After all, the world of professionals is ultimately about accumulation, often those who go far have the most solid foundation.
Two years? Even for a genius, that’s just laying the groundwork.
Even if he sacrificed some of his later development for the sake of combat advantage and piled on some combat power... the hard requirements beyond fourth-tier cannot be amassed in a short time, only achieved by countless accumulations and gradual breakthroughs.
A fourth-tier professional might need one third-tier at its apex and three or four same tier foundations, with a bit of luck for the breakthrough as well.
So, fifth-tier? Sixth-tier? These levels, even for a genius, require accumulation and enlightenment, they can’t be rushed.
"...What a pity, he made too many enemies."
Sarla’s opinion was no different from his partner’s.
As professional mercenaries, they never underestimated their opponents, but as professional warriors, they wouldn’t overestimate their combat power either, to avoid tactical errors.
When Lu Ping’an’s record, past, and various ability structures were laid out one by one, the two even treated this hunt as a vacation...
"This time, is a good opportunity, he has walked into a dead end himself."
"He lacks a Fighter’s path. He must be attempting to break through within the Secret Realm, at most by one or two tiers, nothing impressive."
"Half-baked is worse than none at all... His abilities are strong, but his Life system ’Magic Pet’ cannot be used and his external Abnormal Abilities are limited; even with the basic Life system panel still available, it’s just a slightly tougher target."
"Shooting targets? Heh, I’m a professional..."
Now, the one who claimed professionalism has been reduced to bones and dust.
And now, those who underestimated Lu Ping’an, even saw him as a "pity", have lost half their bodies.
"Has the intelligence become outdated?"
Even at this moment, after revisiting the past, Sarla did not doubt the veracity of the intelligence.
The tactics were not flawed; using the Secret Realm’s suppression, the mercenary duo gave up the advantage of hunting as a team and chose a one-on-one hunt based on professional advantage. The success rate was at least ninety-nine percent... if it had been Lu Ping’an who had just returned from the Green Planet!
In this short time, even if Lu Ping’an had completed two or three trips to the Exotic Realms, even if his growth trajectory was terrifyingly astonishing, as long as he remained human, a professional, his growth trajectory should be predictable.
"The maximum limit, is a fifth-tier Life-based Professional with two fourth-tier combat professions."
In fact, their prediction was not wrong, the literal data even exceeded Lu Ping’an’s current Panel.
But some things, right from the start, were impossible to be included in intelligence and calculations...
"Slayer of Gods, Slayer of Gods, we overlooked this....."
Sarla, like a skeleton, finally understood the weight of "Slayer of Gods."
What they miscalculated was the "Divine Foundation" and its boost to a professional’s rate of ability evolution and ultimate limits, the possibility of breaking through common sense... Normal intelligence wouldn’t factor in a Slayer of Gods, and the two mercenaries, like everyone else, knew the reality of Lu Ping’an being a Slayer of Gods.
In their minds, this was just an "explanation", explaining the origins of Lu Ping’an’s so-called genius and rapid growth, which instead made them feel like they had seen through everything, increasing their confidence.
"...Even as a Slayer of Gods, he is still just a fourth-tier, and barely two months into his single profession after breaking through."
Their intelligence was, in fact, "precise", and it was their judgment of this intelligence and "professional qualities" that doomed them.
Based on the intelligence, they felt their odds of success in a one-on-one fight were still higher than ninety-nine percent, and the Secret Realm’s duel stripped the opponent of his "Magic Pet" and "escape methods", greatly enhancing their mission’s success rate.
But in reality, if they had truly used their familiar hunting techniques—team assassination by two Peak Commandment Level complementing each other with appropriate tactics—they could have perhaps multiplied their combat power by seven or eight times.
So, Lu Ping’an really could have been killed outright... And what they are facing now is the continuously evolving Lu Ping’an, who is granted a "Fate Augmentation," and his incessant bursts of power.
"My friend died a wrongful death..."
Even though his partner died from "Divine Grace Backlash," Sarla still possessed the confidence to avenge his fallen comrade.
In his view, his partner had forced the opponent to play all his cards; death was merely a matter of bad luck, encountering just the right kind of divine boon that countered his strengths.
"...Perhaps, I will die even more wrongfully."
When the Firebird, resembling a "Firebird," truly swooped down on him, Sarla’s once-prided defense was as fragile as paper.
In that moment, even his extreme defensive construction could only save half of his body.
And his opponent was still warily watching him...
"...Not even a sliver of a chance, huh?"
Feeling his life force slipping away, he smiled helplessly; even with only half a face left, it seemed as though he was wailing like a ghost.
He was indeed at the Peak Commandment Level, but not everybody was an undying being from the Life system; he—a Fighter and a Heavy Armor Warrior and a Tamer—when it was time to die, still had to die.
But in this moment, he was not willing to fall just yet, and so, looking at the enemy before him who was about to kill him, he used that once-in-a-lifetime ability.
"...Polar Exchange."
When he uttered these hoarse words, he saw his young opponent retreat and defensively watch his own body as if wary of the ability triggering.
"Ha, what needs to be reversed isn’t you, but... Ahhhh!"
His words cut off halfway, making it impossible to continue.
Sarla screamed in agony as his Rule System ability, named "Polar Opposites," was used on himself.
He was reversing, reversing... his life and death, reversing his own form of life!
His bones crawled out of his own flesh, and the flesh was absorbed by the bones.
As a high-level Tamer, he controlled designated objects just like Lu Ping’an, which were also bones.
As a high-level Heavy Armor Warrior, the armor he wielded was always his own bone armor.
As a high-level Fighter, he was a master at controlling his own bones for fighting.
And now, his very bones leaped out to become his skin, his flesh, his "body."
His original flesh, hair, clothes, and more were all absorbed by the bones, becoming the "internal organs" within... His form of life was being reversed, the Rule-level ability causing a polar reversal, turning this bloodless, fleshless creature into a living being.
"...Is this the end?"
But how could such a transformation of life be successfully gambled by someone without a Life Encyclopedia, relying solely on talent?
The old body was already dead, and the new one had not yet begun to function.
He was dying.
His plan to reverse life and death seemed to have failed already.
He had nothing left...
"My god, please save me..."
At this time, even a devout Priest could only pray to the Deities.
Did any god respond to him? No.
But the Martial Destiny weighing on him, so vast it could produce miracles, found a chance to intervene with reality.
Thus, the "miraculous" monster was born.
"...Strange, this sensation is truly marvelous."
The eerie demon made of white bone crawled out from the depths of death and smiled at Lu Ping’an.
— End of Chapter 1083 —