Chapter 243 Leaping over the Whirlpool of Fate (Part 1)
That face is completely familiar...and the ears are pointed...but it has become more beautiful...
The battle suit... must be a modified exoskeleton inherited from the Hungry Shell era, and the cape-like organ is a wing...
So, this familiar-looking Cheng Kongyi is...
…………Qingxia?
Limb Spider's mind was in a tizzy. His rationality told him his judgment was correct, but his emotions fiercely contradicted it. It made no sense. Qingxia was a lustful demon created by her loving mother. Even in the Supreme Fairyland, she was of noble birth. In the Spiral Tower, she was the equivalent of a great wizard's beloved disciple.
Her life essence was a world apart from those of ordinary creatures. The inheritance of a high-ranking being determined her path. Qingxia couldn't possibly stray from the Dao, and turning to another path was wishful thinking. No matter how she ascended to Sephiroth 4, she would inevitably become a Plague Demon. But now, she looked nothing like a Lust Demon; she looked like an Allied soldier!
"Too, too ridiculous," the spider whispered. "Xiao Qingxia, are you hiding your true nature... just to appear decent in front of your loved one... This way of living is too pathetic...!"
"It's too early to draw conclusions now." Qingxia clenched her fists, "I'm going to do it, Uncle Spider!"
(——This is the first time she has called me uncle in her life!)
Limb Spider let out a small scream inwardly, his hands unconsciously rubbing together, a Fallen's inherent attachment to family. Qingxia smiled slyly. This was undoubtedly a despicable ploy by the Lustful Demon Clan, a trap aimed at the enemy's weaknesses!
Fortunately, the limb spider still had many arms. He simultaneously formed hand seals with the remaining arms, drawing the Dark Moon's divine power to create a gravitational turbulence around him. This was the best way to counter flying attacks. The Plague Demon's primary killing move was always those vicious viruses, so to defeat them, one had to dispel the poisonous tide first.
But the wings behind Qingxia didn't budge, and there was no sign of a virus release anywhere. She leaped forward with all her might, charging forward with her bare hands. Gravitational turbulence tore at her body from multiple angles, a terrifying pull powerful enough to pulverize a Level 4 alien beast. But Qingxia didn't slow in the slightest. Glistening, high-energy blood coursed through the veins within her combat suit, releasing a powerful energy field to neutralize the gravitational attack. In an instant, she was beside the limb spider, launching a roundhouse kick like a battle axe!
The instep of her foot struck the spider's abdomen, and the immense force caused the Sinking One's sturdy body to deform like a wave. Qingxia continued her attack, using the force of her kick to spin on the spot and strike again. By the time the first wave reached the spider's face, the second kick had already arrived.
Then came the third strike, the fourth strike... Her extremely fast speed caused afterimages to appear everywhere around the limb spider, surpassing twenty roundhouse kicks and attacking in a time difference of less than one hundredth of a second.
"Immortal Technique: Diamond Whirlwind!"
The limb spider flew backwards at the sound of an explosion. He tumbled through the air, smashing through stone fortresses one after another, flying from the black stone city center to the blood-and-bone-filled outskirts of the city, finally slamming into the outer wall of the Corpse Demon City like a cannonball. The force of his kick radiated from his body, imprinting itself on the city wall like ripples. The towering, thick outer wall was dented with the second and third craters, and nearly a quarter of the wall was shattered in the explosion!
The debris of the corpses that had built the city flew everywhere, and the spider slid to the ground, vomiting large amounts of dirty blood. He didn't bother to complain, but immediately checked his body inside and out, trying to prevent the fire seal poison of the pleasure demon from entering his body. However, he found no trace of invasion, and even the ghost body was not disturbed. Only the pain continued to resonate within him.
Qingxia's method was simply bizarre. This attack contained no special effects, yet it was incredibly lethal. Its simplicity made it difficult to counter. This was...
Pure physical attack!
The spider couldn't help but say, "This, this, this is not a magic technique! It's just a simple beating!!"
"The Wanhua Immortal Clan's fighting method is the Immortal Method." Qingxia clashed his fists, "So my moves are the Immortal Method!"
"No, no, you unreasonable child...!" The spider crouched on the ground, "I won't let you get close again. The Demon Castle is reborn!"
Black blood flowed from his fingertips, forming thousands of bloody streaks that merged into the demonic city. This caused a massive shift in the topography of Nightmare City, with the tops of buildings melting and fusing together, forming pale yellow umbrellas reminiscent of fat. Walls of bones rose erratically from the ground, dividing the space around Qingxia into a complex maze.
Qingxia leaped from the bone wall, leaping to the top with her extraordinary leaping power. The maze walls were covered in traction devices and claw-like bone spikes, but these tricks were crushed by Qingxia's bone armor. She rushed towards the other side of the city like a hurricane, the terrain completely meaningless before the mobility of the air-carrying wings. Seeing this, the spider raised its hand, and the layers of bone wall merged into one at his will. The huge mass twisted as it moved, like a dragon of bones tumbling through the earth.
Qingxia bent her knees and sprang up, dodging the bone dragon's impact. The wrist of her battle suit inflated like a balloon, and the Xiaolong Qingkun Spear emerged from the bone armor. She seized the spear and slammed it down, shattering the bone dragon with a single strike. Behind her, a series of black flashes appeared. Thousands of bloodshot eyeballs sprouted from the city's ceiling, their pupils emitting spears of corrupted black blood. That was the contamination attack the Fallen Ones were best at. While the Plague Demon's toxins manipulated the living body through external thought, the black blood could transform enemies into allies through assimilation.
Thousands of blood-curdling spears lashed out at Qingxia's back. Zhi Zhu secretly braced himself, bracing himself for every attack. Cheng Kongyi was agile, and such concentrated fire wouldn't likely harm her. But he had another trap, and another after that. As long as he gradually mastered the rhythm of the battle, even the Plague Demon wouldn't be able to escape his demonic city...
Limb Spider suddenly clenched his fists, his vision engulfed by a powerful light. Thousands of black blood spears dissipated, and brilliant flames rose from the ground. The light and fire reached the dome, causing the eyeballs in the demon city to explode simultaneously!
The girl's "cape" flew up behind her, her thin, almost transparent wings spreading freely in the storm, scattering a dust of crimson dust like stardust, the very force that had shattered the illusion in the first place. She flapped her wings, and soared, a flash of crimson light instantly traversing the demonic city. It wasn't the graceful dance of a moth, but the gallop of a knight on a battlefield, a relentless and violent charge. She shattered the traps scattered throughout the city with a single blow. Before the spider could react, her bone-white fist had already smashed into his face.
The wrist guards on Qingxia's wrists opened, and four folding bone claws flared and thrust forward with the punch. The dorsal exoskeleton, previously used to assist in combat, had transformed into hidden wrist weapons. Red stardust surged in with the bone claws, colliding with the will and energy, triggering a powerful explosion within the Fallen One's body.
"Immortal Technique: Strong Power Flame Strike!"
The limbed spider was sent flying high into the air by the blow. Light and fire erupted from its back, nearly half of its body destroyed by the intense heat, turning it into charred dust. Its limbs danced like a dead insect, and a long thread emanated from its half-broken mouth, clinging to the ceiling and hoisting itself up. The pain continued to surge, causing the limbed spider to howl in agony. Black blood swirled around its wounds, attempting to repair itself, but to little avail. His immortality had failed, and Qingxia's immortal magic even blocked the black blood's power.
What kind of method is this... Back then, Fansalar and Chongming were able to defeat him by instantly shattering any chance of regeneration with a single burst of energy. But Qingxia is nowhere near their level... So is it a special flame? Simply infusing positive energy wouldn't have this effect. Besides, she's Chengkongyi, not Pure Fire...
Fen Ye from Chenjun Palace?
"Is that so... Is that your 'poison'..." the spider whispered, "Xiao Qingxia, you're really crazy... You're the only lustful demon I know of... who uses 'poison' on yourself!"
The essence of those brilliant sparks is actually the scales scattered from the wings, or in other words, the fragments of flesh separated by super-fast regeneration ability.
From her hair to her scales, every part of the Plague Demon's body is imbued with a deadly poison. Qingxia, after her transformation, remains a Plague Demon. With only four Sephiroth points, she was originally unable to escape the path set by Ronghuaxian, but the "poison" she developed has changed the way she operates.
Qingxia's toxins stimulate intense and rapid cell division, significantly boosting metabolism and providing powerful bodily functions. This method consumes energy with extreme efficiency, causing her scales to burn like flames at high speed. However, this reckless outburst carries a heavy burden on her, and even with the strength of a particle 4, she cannot sustain it for long.
Therefore, she used Yi Qi Qian Qiu.
In other words, she took Yi Qi Qian Qiu as the "life mechanism" and integrated it into her transformed self.
The intense consumption of toxins triggers a Thousand Years of Qi, using the increased vigor and vitality to feed the toxins. This creates an internal circulation of "blood" and "qi," allowing her to fight to the bitter end as long as her fighting spirit remains undying. Her enemies, however, lack this ability; the Fallen are a race that trades stasis for immortality. When toxins invade the flesh, the corrupted black blood is also stimulated to revitalize, and the newly active limbed spider is naturally unable to heal its wounds.
"That's unbelievable..." The spider swayed in mid-air. "Do you think you can escape the heresy by deceiving yourself like this? Do you think that by doing this... you're no longer a sensual demon?"
"Race is determined by birth, but the way to survive is always determined by oneself." Qing Xia clenched his fists, "Even if I grow poisonous wings, I will fight in my own way!"
Upon hearing this, the spider shook its head and let out a faint sigh.
"You're so stupid, Qingxia," the spider whispered. "After going through so much, you still think... there's still a 'self' in this world!!"
(End of this chapter)
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