Chapter 161: Transcending the Limits of the Human Species, Annihilating the Dragon Species at the Bo

Chapter 161: Transcending the Limits of the Human Species, Annihilating the Dragon Species at the Border! (4K)



A giant Buddha stood tall, clad in pitch-black armor, with eighteen arms extending from its back. Xue Jing himself was cradled in the palm of one of the Buddha's hands, held close to its chest.

"Hmm? What are you up to?" The man in the ring on his finger widened his eyes in surprise.

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow and asked, "Well, isn't this cool?"

"It's kinda cool... But have you ever thought about one thing?" The man in the mirror paused, seemingly at a loss for words.

Just then, a thick, golden lightning bolt struck the armored giant Buddha.

"Boom—!!!"

The black armor shattered, and golden electricity crackled across its surface.

Suddenly subjected to more than twenty times the gravity, Xue Jing found controlling the giant Buddha extremely challenging.

"......How does it feel?" The man in the mirror twisted his mouth in a wry smile.

Nodding thoughtfully, Xue Jing replied, "So that's how it is. I can't use Susanoo on the giant Buddha; I need to do it the other way around and have the giant Buddha use Susanoo?"

"No," the man in the mirror sighed. "Just stop with the Gundam references. Use the Dragon Thunder Plant purely for defense."

Xue Jing understood this, but he still felt a bit disappointed. "But when fighting such huge monsters, it just doesn't feel right if I don't use a Gundam."

"Roar—!!!"

Seeing that the Dragon Thunder had little effect, the Coronet Dragon let out a furious roar. The red coronet on its shoulder burst open, releasing a large cloud of pale red gas that spread in all directions.

Xue Jing was about to remove the Shadowflame Armor from the giant Buddha, but the man in the mirror stopped him with a glance.

"Wait." He continued, "That's 'Corrupting Breath'! It's a special use of life force that causes anything it touches to rot and wither. It's specifically designed to counter carbon-based life forms and plants!"

Upon hearing this, Xue Jing immediately manipulated the shadows, drawing out black currents from the darkness to replenish the giant Buddha's black armor.

When the pale red gas made contact with the Shadowflame Armor, it emitted a faint sizzling sound. While the armor showed some signs of corrosion, the effect was minimal, and the rate of corrosion was extremely slow.

"......Are you, by any chance, the bane of life-based dragon species?" The man in the mirror was left speechless.

"How come every skill you have seems to perfectly counter them?" Xue Jing laughed mischievously. "Hold on tight, here we go!"

The giant Buddha, clad in armor, took a step forward, its movement belying its massive size as it sprinted towards the Coronet Dragon with surprising speed.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom—"

Each footfall shook the earth, sending stones and dust flying, leaving deep imprints in the ground.

In no time, it had reached the Coronet Dragon.

The eighteen enormous Buddha hands stretched out, clenching into fists that emitted a violent howl as they struck the Coronet Dragon.

"Ora, ora, ora, ora, ora, ora, ora!!!"

The relentless barrage of over ten giant fists, combined with extreme speed and overwhelming numbers, created a true storm of fist shadows.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!'"

"Roar—!!!"

The Coronet Dragon let out a mournful howl as its body was pummeled with giant fist prints. Its rough, bark-like dragon scales shattered and flew in all directions, and dragon blood gushed out continuously. Its eyes were knocked out of their sockets, and its sharp fangs were broken and scattered. The skin on its face had completely rotted away.

The angry dragon roared, and the Coronet Dragon adjusted its stance, swinging its claws and tail in a desperate attempt to strike back at the armored giant Buddha.

However, the multitude of arms was simply too overwhelming. Any attempt at retaliation was instantly overwhelmed by the onslaught of fist shadows, unable to even come close to the giant Buddha.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom—"

The relentless beating continued as the Coronet Dragon tried several times to fight back, eventually giving up and deciding to retreat instead.

As the dragon species' force field activated, it attempted to take flight. Xue Jing, sensing this, immediately manipulated the giant Buddha, causing several of its arms to stop striking and instead elongate like ropes, binding the Coronet Dragon tightly and preventing it from escaping.

"Roar—!!!"

The Coronet Dragon went berserk, its body suddenly swelling up, transforming from a slender form into a bloated, comical shape.

Seeing this, the man in the mirror immediately instructed, "Retreat!"

Without hesitation, Xue Jing controlled the giant Buddha to cease its attack and release the Coronet Dragon, leaping backward.

The moment the giant Buddha moved away, the Coronet Dragon rapidly expanded, inflating into a huge sphere. Its body began to emanate countless golden electrical currents, and with a deafening 'boom', its entire body exploded.

Golden lightning flashed and exploded, forming a sphere of lightning that engulfed the surrounding area within a radius of several dozen meters. The river evaporated, the earth was obliterated, and anything touched by the lightning was reduced to rubble.

The erratic currents grazed the giant Buddha, scorching its Shadowflame Armor with cracks. However, Xue Jing quickly repaired it with black flames.

"It's self-destructing by turning its physical body into fuel for Dragon Thunder... Its flesh should be burned out by now, leaving only the core organ." The man in the mirror explained swiftly.

The golden lightning sphere continued to explode, and as Xue Jing controlled the giant Buddha to take a step forward, the intense dragon thunder instantly melted the armor, forcing it to retreat.

"It will take some time for it to regenerate its flesh... This is our chance."

"If we can cross this dragon thunder and capture its core organ, we might be able to kill it without any cost, even without using the claws!" The man in the mirror's words echoed in Xue Jing's ears, and he narrowed his eyes.

He paused for a moment, then controlled one of the giant Buddha's hands to elongate and reach toward the golden lightning sphere.

"Zzzz—"

But as soon as it touched the sphere, the arm instantly melted away, overwhelmed by the powerful dragon thunder.

"This won't work. It's too difficult to get close, and even the Dragon Thunder Plant's stem can't withstand it."

"In that case..." Xue Jing's thoughts stirred, and he withdrew the pitch-black armor from the giant Buddha, spinning it into a black flame that enveloped his entire body, forming a protective layer.

He then disassembled the giant Buddha, controlling all the Dragon Thunder Plant seeds to attach themselves to various parts of his body.

Countless stems, thorns, vines, and flowers... all entwined around him, forming a second layer of thick golden plant armor.

This time, he left no openings for his eyes or nose, opting for a fully enclosed armor with no gaps.

In this state, his senses of sight, hearing, and smell were almost completely obscured, and he could only rely on his general impression and instinct to act.

However, Xue Jing didn't hesitate. With the oxygen he had inhaled before sealing himself in the armor, he activated the Cyclone Thunder Art, and spiral indentations spread along his legs.

Then, with a forceful stomp, he shattered the ground beneath him and shot forward like an arrow, leaving behind a trail of white spiral-shaped waves.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

Xue Jing pierced through the lightning sphere from one side, and in less than a second, he burst out from the other side, impaling the sphere with his body.

As he emerged, he held in his arms a giant meatball taller than a person.

The meatball pulsed like a heart, its surface writhing with growing flesh, continuously expanding.

Xue Jing's body, covered in golden plant armor, was now in tatters, with only a few remnants clinging to his thighs and shoulders. The Shadowflame Armor that enveloped his body was also in pieces, and golden currents of electricity crawled all over him, randomly surging.

"Bang!"

He landed on the ground but couldn't steady himself, ending up half-kneeling. The impact created a deep pit several meters deep.

Under the influence of more than twenty times the gravity, his flesh, bones, and blood constantly vibrated as if they couldn't bear the strain.

Xue Jing gritted his teeth and drew countless black currents from the shadows, transforming them into black flames that repaired his damaged armor and eradicated the lingering dragon thunder on his body.

The armor continued to break and mend, and it took a while before the golden currents were finally eradicated.

His body suddenly felt lighter as the gravity dissipated, and the vibrations in his blood, flesh, and bones ceased. Only then did Xue Jing breathe a sigh of relief.

"...Impressive. You dare to take such risks?" The man in the mirror exclaimed.

"By the way, you're also a martial artist... It's strange. Most martial artists I've met are like you—impulsive and reckless."

"Enough chatter. We must act quickly. It's now just a core organ without any means of resistance. Hurry up and cut away the flesh from its body!" The man in the mirror urged.

Hearing this, Xue Jing realized that the giant meatball in his arms had already grown to a diameter of several meters.

His arms, which had been in constant contact with the meatball, were now mostly 'devoured' by the proliferating flesh.

Taking a deep breath, he channeled his energy and withdrew his arms from the meat.

Then, with a black flame in his hands, he forged a pitch-black longsword.

"Now, it's butchering time," Xue Jing said softly.

...

"Swish, swish, swish—"

Xue Jing swung the sword again and again, slicing the giant meatball into dozens of pieces.

He watched as the chunks of meat on the ground squirmed and converged toward the center, puzzled. "How much longer do I need to keep cutting?"

The man in the mirror, sitting on Xue Jing's shoulder in the ring's reflection, casually replied, "That's how life-based dragon species are."

"Especially these guardian dragons, which are only a notch below pure-blooded dragons. Without specific means to counter them, we can only wear them down slowly."

Xue Jing extended his right hand and snapped his fingers.

Black flames engulfed the chunks of meat on the ground, the kind that could annihilate matter. When they came into contact with the meat, they were hindered by the constant outflow of lifeforce from the meat. Although the black flames continued to erode the meat's lifeforce, even after they burned out, the meat's lifeforce still showed no signs of depletion.

"Don't waste your divine power. Just keep chopping; there's still one more guardian dragon to deal with." The man in the mirror said.

Hearing this, Xue Jing scratched his head and took out his pitch-black long knife, cutting the Coronet Dragon's core organ into even smaller pieces.

Half an hour later, as Xue Jing continued to chop, the core organ's ability to gather and restore itself slowed more and more until it finally stopped moving.

[Killing a divine special being, Divinity +336]



[Current Divinity: 387]



[... Fitness Experience +1066]



[... Health Preservation...]



On the panel, the divinity gains and a long string of experience value prompts appeared, and Xue Jing looked directly at the end.

[Aiming upgraded to Lv9 (533/8000)]



[Fighting upgraded to Lv9 (798/8000)]



Two more conventional skills have been grinded to Lv9! Xue Jing's spirits were lifted.

His pupils suddenly contracted, and his focal length kept changing.

Everything in his field of vision, which was already extremely clear, became even clearer, as if another layer of filter had been removed.

The bones all over his body emitted a subtle hum, and the various structures inside his body underwent subtle changes once again.

His body was already extremely perfect, and his teacher, Li Qi, praised him as the most balanced and perfect template of the human species.

And now, he was changing in a direction that transcended the limits of the human species.

Xue Jing took a deep breath and urged his vital energy, and a true dragon was born inside his body, emitting a dragon's roar and running rampant.

Smooth, smoother than ever before.

His body, as if coated with lubricating oil, moved his vital energy with extreme smoothness, without even a hint of obstruction.

"The speed of vital energy circulation... has increased by at least a third."

Xue Jing closed his eyes and sensed it, sighing softly.

"And..."

He silently circulated his vital energy and simultaneously activated 'Golden Dragon Scales' and 'Cyclone Thunder'.

Delicate and intricate dragon scales began to appear all over his skin, and at the same time, spiral indentations extended from his right arm.

Immediately after, his pupils changed again, turning into dark golden vertical pupils.

A violent pain appeared all over his body due to the conflict of vital energy, but Xue Jing's eyes shone with excitement.

"Three kills in one, accomplished."

One step closer to the ultimate technique, Five Kills in One, Point-Transfix! Xue Jing beckoned, and the Shadowflame Crow that was holding his backpack flew over.

Then he reached into his backpack and took out the dragon species distribution map, marking one of the two remaining red dots with a cross.

"Next is the last one."

He pointed to the last red dot on the map and thought for a moment before speaking:

"Come to think of it, I've almost wiped out all the dragon species in the border area, but that pure-blooded dragon species hasn't shown any reaction at all."

The man in the mirror sat on Xue Jing's shoulder, dangling his small feet:

"Pure-blooded dragon species are known as true dragons, and they never consider dragon species outside of pure-blooded ones as their kin, even if they are their offspring."

"However, the death of the guardian dragon should still elicit some reaction from it... It's just that your actions are too fast."

"It's been less than half a day, and you've already killed two of them. You're about to go for the third one. It's probably asleep and hasn't reacted yet."

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow, "Is that so?"

"Since that's the case, let's finish this quickly and move on to the next one."

The man in the mirror asked, "Aren't you going to rest for a while and recover your divine power?"

He regarded Xue Jing's divinity skills as bestowed 'secret arts,' which consumed 'divine power' to activate.

"We can rest after we finish off the last one."

Xue Jing memorized the route on the map, put it back into his backpack, and then stretched lazily.

"Let's go."

...

Five hours later, darkness fell.

"Roar—"

A dragon's roar, filled with fear and despair, echoed through the sky as a winged dragon with rough, bark-like scales fell from the sky.

"Boom—"!!!"

The giant dragon fell like a meteor, causing the earth to tremble and a dust mushroom cloud to erupt.

Xue Jing panted lightly, his black tactical suit in tatters, and a dimly glowing Serpent-Slayer Claw in his hand as he jumped down from the dragon's back.

"The last one, done."

He wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"It took three days, and now, all the dragon species in the border area have been annihilated."

...

(End of Chapter)

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