Chapter 859
Chapter 859 - 845: Breaking Defense
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True Words are a rather special "Extraordinary Power."
It is not the power of the user themselves, but a kind of borrowing, a way to carry and "control" the special power of a superior using one’s own body as a vessel.
But the power of a superior couldn’t possibly be infinite, and even less likely to be lent out endlessly without any reason.
Using True Words is a skill, and even more so a "qualification," or perhaps, also a kind of "transaction."
Deities usually only open "qualifications" to their devout followers, and mostly with many troublesome and tedious restrictions, with additional costs for continued use.
Even the most liberal Abyss True Words required sacrifices and many prerequisite conditions when Lu Ping’an and Zhi Xi were learning them.
Zhi Xi relied on Abyss Transformation, while Lu Ping’an on Abyss knowledge (Almight Taboo Knowledge); in some sense, they were both people of the Abyss, but what does the Snake King have now?
At this moment, she is of human flesh and bones, with only her soul being that of an Abyss demon.
She, having undergone Rebirth, is no longer Didirona in a biological sense, but a Newborn.
Not only has she lost her past "qualification," but as a "Human," her body, with the Abyss Aura hiding only within her soul, has also lost the prerequisites for using Abyss True Words.
"Profanity!"
Sensing its power flowing within the body of a "Mortal," the great being, whose power was being forcibly borrowed, instantly raged.
Profanity, theft of Divine Right, this is the act they despise the most!
In reality, there’s a "Profanity Priest" Profession, especially adept at stealing the power of deities... the power itself isn’t the issue, but such actions are a mockery and an insult to deities.
"Profanity!"
The Deity, raged.
Using the same Module of the Profanity True Words that Didirona had "requested" moments ago, the source Big Boss’s True Words smashed down, his generosity unprecedented in that moment.
The True Words representing corruption, Degeneration, were not very damaging to Abyss life forms, but for ordinary life forms, they were extremely dangerous and lethal.
At this time, Didirona, in a sense, was a "Mortal."
The Chaos within her body swirled uncontrollably, and the unfortunate Didirona got to enjoy the taste of Abyss Transformation once again.
But unlike the relatively beneficial evolution before, this time the change was quite "Disorderly."
Her left hand had its own ideas, planning to become Tentacles, her right hand also had its own thoughts, contemplating becoming long legs to go out for a stroll.
The "Degenerating Truth Words" did not allow her to complete the evolution as an individual, but utterly bestowed evolution as a "gift" to her brand new body.
When internal organs and limbs began to split and plot their own escape, the "evolutionary" True Words turned into the "Profanity Degeneration" Curse.
Pain, discomfort, dizziness, internal bursting, Didirona was afflicted with numerous negative Curses in that moment.
She probably never thought that she, completely Abyssalized, would one day be deeply cursed by the Abyss!
Her originally configured "Fragile Human Body" became her greatest weakness; her spirit body’s inherent high resistance was meaningless, her flesh, which hadn’t had the chance to evolve again, was directly torn apart.
All her parts wanted to flee, witnessing her about to die due to blasphemy against the god....
"...I...I am the King! Lord of the Abyss Didirona...."
But at that moment, the Snake King burst out again, a fierce Aura blowing across her body, as she forcibly integrated her own body... or rather, forcibly patched it back together.
"Why wouldn’t she simply give up? She should still have Snake Shedding, right?"
"Heh, indeed she still has Snake Shedding, but that is not her... she has been contaminated by human flesh and blood, reborn with the identity of a ’Human,’ how could she be accepted by her past body? She may not even be able to leave her soul, and if she does manage to leave her soul successfully, she would only be providing nourishment for the Snake Shedding."
This is some counterintuitive inner world knowledge, the soul can erode the body, but the body can likewise erode the soul.
Therefore, her Snake Shedding could only be her past body... unfortunately, now they would not possibly recognize her as the original one.
The soul of the Snake King Didirona has been eroded by the "human body," she remains Didirona, but no longer the Snake King.
"Mortal, Mortal...."
Didirona fell into a frenzied rage, at this moment she was like a Transformation Monster, forcibly keeping her body together, riddled with cracks and patches.
She, looking like a living zombie, forcibly controlled her body which had developed independent thoughts; she strained to open her nearly blind eyes, fixating on her mortal enemy.
But at that moment, Lu Ping’an burst into laughter....
"Finally, you’ve fallen below the Rule-level... Zhi Xi."
No more words were needed when the Knight Armor, now stained with grey-black, appeared before the former lord, the two were destined to a fight to the death.
For abyssal creatures, the first collision in combat is a kind of "courtesy".
This time, the one sent flying was still the seemingly massive heavy armor.
But in fact, with many enhancements, "Lu Ping’an" now possessed brute strength that was probably no less than that of an ordinary Rule-level Battle-profession!
Yet, this was still not enough...
But Didirona’s shattered right arm showed that all this did not come without a cost.
Perhaps she could exert herself forcefully by relying on her "origin", but how much could her fragile body endure?
Biting her teeth, she stood up again.
In Lu Ping’an’s Eye of Truth, she began to burn her own spirit body...
𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
"...I am Didirona! The serpent queen of the abyss, the direct descendent of the one-eyed Duke..."
Didirona loudly declared in the language of the abyss, attempting to use the power of this abyss, trying to...
"She’s demonizing herself, stop her!"
Big Cat’s reminder came just in time.
Although her body was already frail, Didirona had not given up... Having fallen to become a mortal, she could remonstrate herself into an abyssal being by releasing her essence.
By complete Abyss Transformation, she could integrate her new body. It was perhaps far from her original state, but at least she would have many abilities at her disposal.
"How do I stop her?"
Lu Ping’an was a bit stunned, he had just charged at her but was repelled by a strange black fog.
This seemed to be the protection of the Abyss Throne? At this moment, she appeared to still be the queen of the seven-layered abyss.
She used her own "Abyss King’s Right" to protect herself during her declaration... Such protection might be meaningless against Rule-level beings, but it was still enough against the strongest weapon in Lu Ping’an’s hands.
"She firmly believes she is Didirona, the holder of King’s Right, the daughter of the abyss, that’s why she can summon all this, you..."
"Oh, a battle of words? Got it."
After pondering for only a second, Lu Ping’an came up with his lines.
"... I am the noble daughter of the abyss..."
"What noble daughter of the abyss? Aren’t you just a showcase snake that ran out of Changping City’s zoo?"
Instantly, her declaration was interrupted, and that pair of beastified snake eyes glared viciously, filled with poison and hate in their dull yellow pupils.
Ha, Lu Ping’an got excited instead. A battle of words, it’s not the hate or the defensiveness that’s feared, it’s being ignored.
"Still in denial? Isn’t understanding human speech the most obvious fact? Honestly, being able to comprehend human language while in a glass room in the Snake Museum, for a grass snake, you’re indeed quite intelligent..."
"I’m not a grass snake! I am a python, you stupid mortal! And I didn’t learn human speech from there..."
"So you don’t deny you’re a resident of the Snake Museum?!"
Her relatively "inferior" birth in the abyss had always been the greatest "inferiority complex" in her heart, it might also be the driving force behind her constant efforts to become a true King of the Abyss.
"I am the golden blood descendant of the Great one-eyed Duke, the most noble..."
"Ugh, wasn’t it the will of the one-eyed Duke who just cursed you, treating you like trash? Could it be, as his ’dear daughter’, you’re also some illegitimate born of pretense?"
"I &%...%..."
Finally, Didirona who was already suffering from severe psychological damage, completely lost her composure and descended into madness.
But in this process, she subconsciously recalled her "python" memory and thought of the reality she was just scorned by the one-eyed Duke...
She doubted herself.
Like the shattering of a mirror, the sound of a chain reaction occurred, her once-prerogative protection was directly unlocked, Didirona’s half-completed demonization was halted, and what came at her face was the Beheading Blade of the abyss.
"You don’t even have a Beheading Blade, and you dare to call yourself an Abyss Lord? How about King of the Snake Museum? Cute exhibit number 273, your snake children and grandchildren are probably still on display in the Snake Museum."
At this moment, Lu Ping’an, who had already accessed the intelligence but pretended to recognize her incorrectly, recited the most humiliating past of Didirona’s life, the "code" that had always hung on her.
This time, it was not only her body that was breached but also her self-cognition and fragile self-esteem.
— End of Chapter 859 —