Chapter 863
Chapter 863 - 849: Slaying Sword
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"Use the Flame Fist now," someone shouted.
Playing with an unfathomable joke to others, Lu Ping’an however swung his Beheading Sword, unleashing more threatening high-speed slashes.
Strength brought absolute speed, regenerative abilities offered the confidence to make mistakes on the battlefield, and boundless thermal energy provided the power, which also indirectly led to nearly limitless stamina.
At this moment, the thick-skinned and rough-muscled Lu Ping’an, wielding the Abyss Blade and innately equipped with brute strength and abyssal regeneration, was the very embodiment of a killing machine—more so than the Abyss Lord opposite him.
"Ah, ah, ah!"
As the Beheading Sword slashed rapidly at the snake head, Didirona felt a deep pain from within for the first time.
The sword, shimmering with a bloody glow, seemed satisfied with its rare sacrifice. In contrast, the severed snake head grew withered and decrepit.
This was far from normal—the flesh and blood that broke off didn’t transform into snakes but directly became a sacrifice for the Beheading Sword.
And at this moment, Lu Ping’an also revealed a content smile.
He could feel that the Beheading Sword rewarded him with a substantial amount of life energy and abyssal power.
"... Is this my share of the dividends?"
The Beheading Sword that Lu Ping’an held in both hands trembled slightly, wrapped in a swirling blood light—it craved such prey and was even more eager to repair its own "soul."
The counterattacking snake head with its biting and venom was one step too slow, and Runner’s strength allowed Lu Ping’an to sprint back and forth, beheading as he went.
In fact, he moved with a train’s explosive speed, using his Beheading Sword like a knight’s lance.
"It hurts, it hurts so much."
Still playing with a joke no one could understand, Lu Ping’an clutched his right hand and cried out "My power of the king"... but in reality, he was indeed in pain.
Every movement and attack resulted in a collapse of his body, a true test of his pain threshold.
The feeling of veins and nerves relentlessly breaking and rapidly reconstructing was more than even Lu Ping’an could bear.
"... Stop playing, I know you’re enhancing your physical strength, but excessive ’Abyss Transformation’ is not good for you."
At that moment, Big Cat took the initiative to warn Lu Ping’an.
She had noticed that as Lu Ping’an tasted the sweetness of drawing strength from the local abyssal power to fortify himself during his body’s breakdown and reconstitution, it wasn’t necessarily a good thing in her eyes.
"... Alright."
Lu Ping’an calmly retreated. Indeed, he had received notifications of an enhancement to his physique, but since Big Cat believed there were risks, he decided to stop there.
The armor descended once again, and the Ashen Abyss Knight reappeared on the battlefield, this time, it was entirely different from before.
It was covered in blaze, but unlike its previous form, this time it was truly filled with flames.
The gigantic knight moved again, and this time, the Beheading Sword in its metal arm cleaved out a sword Qi mingled with fierce flames.
To the eyes of mortals, the speed of the massive knight was still so fast it resembled teleportation.
With rapid swings of the Beheading Sword, this time it was a true equal hunt.
"This time, it’s not a Gao Da exoskeleton, but a real suit of armor..."
The mobility and power output limit of a mecha and combat power depend on the mechanic’s physical strength... If one recklessly removed the mobility restrictions to play around, they would be left as nothing but minced meat upon exiting the cockpit.
At this moment, Lu Ping’an was no longer the "Mechanic" protected by the mecha, but the true Knight himself who was capable of controlling and utilizing the "armor."
This time, Lu Ping’an easily tore through Didirona’s tough snake body and perfectly activated the new upper limit of this combat platform.
Being so humiliated by a human, sliced and diced like vegetables, Didirona completely lost its temper.
But relying solely on its physical counterattack, in front of Lu Ping’an, it had already lost the possibility of a lethal blow... When it was still a mortal body, Lu Ping’an had to carefully dodge to avoid instant kills, now with multiple layers of armor, it could take the hits head-on, and even if wounded, both the inner and outer layers were the Undead of a confined environment, just a few breaths later and he would recover.
The once impenetrable defense of the Beheading Sword, was now not a problem in front of the current Heavy Armor... It was not that the sword wasn’t tough or sharp before, it’s just that the person wielding the sword lacked the strength and the qualifications.
On the battlefield, the thick Abyss Aura actually favored the "Human," from which Lu Ping’an constantly received feedback from the Beheading Sword, and the Beheading Sword itself grew more complete and sharper with the supplement of "nutrition".
The cornered Snake of the Abyss burst out again, spewing a large amount of flesh.
And as soon as that flesh hit the ground, it transformed into malicious snakes that lunged forward.
However, as soon as they approached, they were ignited by the flames from Lu Ping’an and turned to black ash.
After obtaining immunity to flames, Lu Ping’an’s ability to manipulate fire was much freer than before... Of course, this was assuming normal flames, he wouldn’t be reckless enough to light himself with Holy Flame.
The battle between the Giant and the monster continued.
Both were regenerating rapidly, locked in a death struggle, with Didirona almost being undying.
For Lu Ping’an, the Abyss Beheading Sword constantly drew upon the essence of Didirona, compensating for his own consumption... To draw upon the Life Essence of its prey was just one of the least conspicuous basic abilities of the Abyss Beheading Sword.
But Lu Ping’an’s slashes were growing fiercer, and the scattered snakeheads and flesh had thoroughly stained the land red... As a result, Didirona seemed to grow larger, its presence even more robust.
It seemed to grow stronger the more it was struck?
Yet all this was within Lu Ping’an’s expectations, as the real "Didirona" was still adapting and infusing into this body, "Snaking" and "Abyss Transforming" it while also consuming its own origin.
However, compared to Lu Ping’an, it was still like an unfathomable ocean.
The current state was much better than expected, and such a fragile body gave it the illusion of near-infinite regeneration, but in reality, it still limited its power output.
To use a not quite fitting metaphor, it was like a small store with a million in wealth facing a zero-dollar purchase, but since the store had only put forth a thousand as promotional funds, it could be "looted" several times... The "small store’s" reality restricted the power it could exert, also preventing it from dying all at once.
It certainly wasn’t satisfied with the status quo and was striving to materialize its spirit body, but in reality, it was also sinking everything into this death duel... Before, it could try to regenerate from its spirit body, but once it had completely assimilated its spirit body and flesh together, this death would be the final one.
Did it not understand? It was just that it no longer had a way back.
For Lu Ping’an, this was an arduous battle, one could say that without the Abyss Regeneration, he would not have had the qualifications to withstand its assault,
But even so, amidst repeated clashes and beheadings, this creature’s surging Life Force also convinced Lu Ping’an that if this were dragged out, he would end up exhausted, and it could still likely regenerate.
So, the lethality had to be escalated...
"... Ah Jiu."
This time, Lu Ping’an called out for the Ghost of the Abyss Serpent.
The ethereal Ghost Serpent leaped out from the shadows, turning into a cute little snake in reality and then hopping onto the Beheading Sword.
The little snake coiled up, looking expectantly at Lu Ping’an, who also nodded in agreement.
"... Materialize, Descend."
With those words, a swing of the Beheading Sword and the little snake had once again vanished without a trace.
Lu Ping’an took a deep breath, feeling the presence of the Magic Pet’s Life Force always accompanying him.
He lifted the Beheading Great Sword, giving it a gentle wave.
Under the sharp blade, more snakeheads fell to the ground.
But this time, the snakeheads did not regenerate swiftly.
Meanwhile, the "Weapon" in Lu Ping’an’s hand suddenly opened its eyes.
And just like that, like an eerie creature in a cartoon, it twisted, grew a great deal, and transformed into a long Sickle.
The eyes on the Sickle gazed at Lu Ping’an, seemingly with a hint of a smile.
— End of Chapter 863 —