Chapter 1105
Chapter 1105 - 1911: Inhuman
1,312 words
•
7 min read
"I’ve seen this episode before."
The arrogant Demon King, facing the mercilessly evolving Warrior, initially enjoys a crushing advantage but soon finds the battle growing increasingly painful and futile.
The most outrageous thing about these so-called "Warriors" is that their leveling-up is utterly illogical, and their potential cap is even higher than that of the Demon King.
"She hasn’t reached her limit yet. Although Big Cat is quite certain, why do I feel like she really could Breakthrough Rule Level during battle..."
It might be an instinctive warning or a perception born of Martial Destiny, but Lu, in the midst of real combat, has a revelation.
Under normal circumstances, it’s not that easy to Breakthrough Rule Level. A Decree often needs to be refined over and over again, requiring the unity of heart, spirit, and body, an accumulation of vast Knowledge, a qualitative change in one’s "life," and more... In short, being able to break through after ten, or several decades, is already considered extremely lucky.
It’s a true transformation, a complete Evolution from Mortal to non-human.
But Eve is a Rule-level creature by birth. Does she really need to abide by the same restrictions as humans (Intelligent creatures) at Rule-level?
"Martial Destiny, too much of it, this fight is already uncontrollable..."
The Martial Fight has reached a point where nearly everyone has placed their bets.
The abundance of Martial Destiny allows Lu Ping’an and Eve to grow every moment.
Inspiration continuously erupts, improvised tactics almost inevitably take effect; indeed, the more they fight, the more spectacular it gets... Such a battlefield is ideal for showcasing each other’s limits, and Lu Ping’an, at this moment...
"I’m not yet ready for Advancement..."
Lu Ping’an’s gains from this fight were already abundant. He didn’t think advancing to fifth-tier in the current overly zealous atmosphere would be a rational choice.
"...And even if I advanced to fifth-tier, I probably still wouldn’t be able to beat her."
That’s actually the key point. Before clarifying his path, simply advancing in tier was meaningless for Lu Ping’an and could even constrain his future development.
But it’s different for Eve at present; she’s frantically absorbing experience from War and Fighting, evolving and growing rapidly.
Just as Big Cat said, she originally had no "ambition." But now, having all the necessary conditions, she has transitioned from quantitative to qualitative change.
As for worrying about negative effects of advancement... Her talent, "Crystal Beast Group," smoothly entering Rule-level, fitting her characteristics the most.
Big Cat judged that she was unlikely to advance, basing his reasoning on rationality from the perspective of an Intelligent creature. However, Lu, who has personally clashed with her, senses a "Devil" gradually crawling out from beneath her seemingly soft exterior.
"We can’t continue like this..."
"Martial Destiny" has abundantly blessed both sides; Eve could Breakthrough at any moment, and Lu Ping’an’s continued engagement would only feed her opportunities to do so.
Lu Ping’an takes a deep breath, aware that he must decide the outcome within a short time.
"Substitution of Racial Talent..."
Eve has a Racial Talent that’s absurdly Powerful; doesn’t Lu Ping’an have one as well?
One of the most fundamental traits of the Life system is the relentless pursuit of Evolution, with "not being Human" essentially the only commonality among all high-level life series.
And when it comes to complexity, growth potential, and characteristics above "Species," Lu is by no means inferior to so-called Quasi-rule level Demons...
"...Target for substitution Mumu, substituting Racial Talent... Ancient Tree Bloodline."
His skin turns to wood once again, but this time, Lu Ping’an avoids using the extremely handy Energy-devouring Skin.
This time, Lu Ping’an’s Body undergoes "Expansion" and "Gigantification."
[Ancient Tree Bloodline (Silver Mid-position): By continually absorbing ’nutrition,’ gain growth in size and physical strength. When the absorbed Energy exceeds the growth limit, it can be transformed into ’Crystal Leaves’ for external storage.]
This ability, in essence, is Mumu’s Treeman form.
She can continue to evolve and grow indefinitely in size and strength. As an Energy-devourer, she can also turn surplus Energy into "Crystal Leaves" hanging on a Big Tree.
And at that moment, Lu Ping’an shoved the crystal leaves into his mouth.
Mumu could regenerate, gigantify, and gain strength by consuming these "reserve leaves," and now, so could Lu Ping’an!
A scene from a classic video game turned real; a Treeman without mushrooms swallowed a few leaves and became a Giant once again.
This energy was Mumu’s tactical reserve, her snack savings accumulated over more than a month, which to Lu Ping’an’s standards, was clearly an overload.
Two meters, three meters, until stabilizing around seven or eight meters, Lu’s skin became like tree bark.
This transformation, this Great Change into a Living Being, not only confounded the opponent but also left the Emcee above completely dumbfounded.
"...How did he do it? There’s no way, he’s clearly a pure Human..."
But now, Lu Ping’an had done it, enlarging his cells to an extent impossible for a normal life, perfectly magnifying his body without suffering significant negative effects.
The punch, like a train colliding with a pillar, turned Eve and the obstructing Crystal Legion into dust.
In most cases, physical force is directly tied to tonnage, with the heavyweight class easily knocking out the featherweight class... and Lu Ping’an’s tonnage was now likely beyond the reach of Mortals.
"Gigantification..."
Eve, who had been floating above the ground, stood up fiercely, attempting to mimic the action.
But as the crystal began to gather, she hesitated... then with a wave of her hand, she turned all the crystal into projectiles.
This made Lu Ping’an laugh, outright ignoring the flying Props from the opponent.
Casual gigantification only served as a target, enlarging the body without a suitable nervous system effectively meant defeat from the moment one suffered from second-long Reflex impairments.
And maybe it was instinct, maybe it was her acute combat sense, but Eve didn’t fall for it.
A kick sent a pile of Crystal "Dolls" flying, and in this form, Lu Ping’an found it easy and enjoyable to deal with these "toys."
Fast Fist, Heavy-boxing, he delighted in them, those cannon-like Heavy punches truly producing earthquakes and fissures.
While punching, he continued swallowing leaves... The massive body and its inappropriate movements consumed a lot of energy, far more than Lu Ping’an had anticipated.
"...Bloodline activation, Ah Jiu, Energy may not necessarily be conserved..."
But no problem, Lu Ping’an’s "Bloodline" was not limited to one kind.
When he once again activated his bloodline that converted thermal energy into kinetic energy, indeed, the next moment he was enveloped by the Holy Fire, originating from the "Little Flame," the Holy Fire Bloodline activated at the same time.
At that moment, as a massive Flame Treeman of at least ten meters tall appeared before the world, it felt like a nightmare had become a reality. The most preposterous part was that he still demonstrated combat skills and stunts that the crowd found incomprehensible.
And his opponent, Eve, was naturally forced to retreat continuously.
Lu Ping’an already knew how to counter Eve’s near-Sharingan level of copying ability, just by using his own difficult-to-replicate Bloodline powers, that even more irrational "Rule characteristic," she who could not replicate it, naturally had to fight head-on.
𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Another strike, hitting her like a baseball, causing her to disintegrate into crystal dust mid-air.
But the next moment, she was reborn from the Crystal Ocean in front of them.
Undying nature, another common trait of high-level life series.
Finally, at this point in the battle, the two life system Fighters laid bare their utterly non-human true selves.
— End of Chapter 1105 —