Chapter 848
Chapter 848 - 834: The Reincarnated
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Life is full of disappointments eight or nine times out of ten, but to be an Abyss Lord and reach the level of the Snake King Didirona is still something to marvel at...
"Didirona, today is your doomsday!"
The mountain-like toad let out a bizarre roar that no one could understand and lunged forward.
Its pronunciation was incredibly strange, the only thing understandable probably being that of her arch enemy, who was now looking dumbfounded.
"My fortress? My kingdom? My home? My... my throne?!"
What she saw was nothing but ruin after ruin, and if it weren’t for the fact that she had just crawled out of her "Snake Shedding", Didirona would have thought there was a problem with her "Reincarnation" ability.
But before that, what she had to face first was the furiously enraged giant toad.
All the potential traps that might have lured her here, the sudden arrival of Didirona hinting at all this, the fact that she had fallen into the enemy’s home ground alone... All these disadvantages and doubts flashed through the mind of Anlijie, who was considered a fool, and then...
The giant beast leaped and crashed back down with force.
The six-footed stomps of the large magic monster turned the already ruined city into complete rubble.
"...It doesn’t matter anymore, the detestable Didirona, the detestable viper..."
When faced with an arch enemy and a sworn foe, the thinking side of a pure Abyss inhabitant shuts down, and the brain that relishes enmity kicks in!
The mountain-like giant beast let out a mocking laugh happily; not because she had already figured out that Didirona had just died once, but because her head was filled with a desire and craving for massacre.
The already ruined walls of the fortress could no longer withstand, and they just crumbled and collapsed.
The two massive beasts, one anxious and the other reluctant, collided once again.
They fought tooth and nail, colliding without any grace, but this time it was different from when "the adult (Didirona)" used to fight children; on the receiving end of the beating, hanging in the air, was the recently revived Didirona.
"Haha, stinky snake, you’ve gotten weak!"
"...Fool, killing you is more than enough. I can lose countless times, but you, you only get one chance..." the venomous snake issued a threat, and then was pressed to the ground by the raging toad and pummeled again.
Resurgence, or rather reincarnation, apparently wasn’t without cost.
Snake Shedding was a "rule" that Didirona possessed, and with the blessing of this plane, it even tasted of the World’s Reason.
It wasn’t the power of her self-proclaimed "father", the great One-eyed Duke, who seemed to lack the concept and possibility of "death"... This "Snake Shedding" and "Regeneration" was her understanding of the concept of "snake".
𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
The snake that awakens from hibernation in spring, the injured snake that sheds its skin, the snake that evolves and regenerates through continuous shedding, sleeping, shedding, regenerating, evolving... She longed for immortality and took it as her first rule.
From this, it is clear she is very much not from the Abyss, for no Abyss-brute would pour all their points into clinging to life like this... If she wasn’t truly powerful, and her "Snake Shedding" rule not so unsolvable, she would have been successfully overthrown long ago.
In specific terms, she viewed her "shedding skin" as "her past self", and every time she was killed, it would only waste one shedding, activating one clone.
Then, she would spend a year, through springs, summers, autumns, and winters, undergoing reincarnation once more, gaining a new "shedding" in the process.
After shedding again, she could heal her past wounds and recover some of her losses.
Of course, this was not without cost... For example, a certain famous doppelganger villain and experience loot in a film set, due to excessive body swapping, suffered from mental deficiency, acquiring a fatal weakness of being afraid of "eyes".
The professional’s need for Soul and Body Unity goes without saying, even if she uses her "former body" for Resurgence. Each Death is still a major loss to her very foundation. Her Soul has already been heavily damaged, and thus the new Body suffers from a "correlated strike."
Snake Shedding is Reincarnation, it is unlimited growth within unlimited reincarnations. Therefore, she has gained an increasingly colossal and perfect Body. But once she is reduced back to her original form, the discordance between Soul and Body brings pain that requires at least a year to recover from... and it can never be fully restored to its original state.
No power in this world is without its flaws, but hers was already strong enough. The Human side had once killed her, only to face her crazed vengeance three years later.
The most helpless fact is that most of her "Snake Shedding" is hidden below the seventh layer, tucked away in her dangerously damp and chilly Old nest... Once she enters a weakened state after Resurrection, her personal guards, her nation’s guardians protect her.
This means that if she cannot be killed outright, a single kill will not solve the problem.
Exactly how many times must she be killed to end it all? No one can answer that question, but as long as she can be killed consecutively, it’s possible to completely disable her.
"Let the Abyss return to the Abyss, let Chaos return to Chaos..." First and foremost, is to eliminate this leader who is too much a symbol of "Order."
The other Abyss Lords, even the powerful Glaug, require only continuous battle, not unlimited legions and so-called Order.
"...The Snake King is amassing troops underground, one day she will..." The pressures of reality have long ensured that Changping would not let this venomous serpent continue to lurk; no matter the cost, she must be eradicated completely.
The size of the pond determines the size of the fish. The chaotic Abyss also has its own limits. Considering the "evolution" trait of the Abyss, under normal circumstances, its threat is limited.
But when the evolutionary ability of the Abyss is coupled with the hazardous Snake King, the threat becomes unacceptably high.
"...Do we need to make a move?"
"No, wait a bit. If we’re lucky, that toad can help us kill her once, which should be the most difficult time."
Kun Ba and his companions are trekking through ruins; they are searching for a possible "Snake Shedding."
Though the cunning Snake King is unlikely to hide two Snake Sheddings in the same location, finding one would save them a lot of trouble.
Initially, the plan was for the Trio to carry out the most difficult second kill. But now, a giant toad has unexpectedly appeared. After deliberation, they decide to continue to lie in wait.
"Intruders! Aghhhh!"
"Quickly tell the King..."
The sword light flashed, leaving nothing but a pile of minced flesh.
Destroying the Snake King’s "City" also meant destroying her Ethnic group and disrupting her "Order."
Those Snake-men and Magic Monsters that remained were no match for the full-throttle Trio.
They’re efficiently conducting Massacre, plundering, searching...
Kun Ba has activated the "Communication Crystal," for they have found the teleportation gate... And just like the data said, the device can’t be directly destroyed.
He is contacting Lu Ping’an, hoping he brings those unlucky fellows over to be sent up first.
But oddly, there is no response from the other end of the Communication Crystal.
Is something wrong with Lu Ping’an’s side? Or is something holding him back?
"Let’s do the important thing first; there’s a high chance that there’s another Snake Shedding here..." Kun Ba thinks for a moment and decides to prioritize the main task.
Fengshui-Master Wang is holding a compass that is swinging to rearrange the direction, attempting to find that exceedingly precious item.
And Lu Ping’an, whom they were worried might have encountered trouble, is actually cheerfully setting up traps, or rather, supervising others as they dig.
"...As expected of a snake, always liking to hide its nest in the mud underneath the riverside... Ah Jiu, you’re in for a treat."
— End of Chapter 848 —