Chapter 307: Wu Youqing's Omniscience, Slaying the Parasitic Wax, and an Unexpected Divine Bounty (4

Chapter 307: Wu Youqing's Omniscience, Slaying the Parasitic Wax, and an Unexpected Divine Bounty (4K)



Although Xue Jing had not primarily focused his efforts on cultivating the Seamless Heaven technique during this time, his overall martial prowess had been steadily increasing. As a result, his mastery of Seamless Heaven had also improved significantly.

One hundred and ninety-seven stabs.

That was the number of stabs he had just executed.

This wasn't his limit; Xue Jing still had some computational leeway, and his brain hadn't overloaded yet. If necessary, he could even activate the Twin-faced Son to double his computational power, allowing him to add at least thirty more stabs.

However, something felt off... This spherical monster seemed severely injured, but it was just lying there howling without any other reaction.

"There's no sign of weakening..."

Xue Jing floated in the air, looking down at the monstrous creature writhing in pain on the ground. Its excessive weight shook the earth, creating an earthquake-like effect.

He slightly furrowed his brows.

All the massive creatures he had faced before, even the life-based dragon species in the borderlands, showed signs of weakening when injured, to a greater or lesser extent.

But the monster before him didn't exhibit any such signs... Although it appeared to be severely wounded, Xue Jing felt as if it had only been injured in unimportant areas like 'hair' or 'fingernails,' not qualifying as actual injuries.

"Did I hit the wrong spot... Or does this thing not have a concept of life?"

"No, I must have targeted the wrong spot."

Xue Jing pondered.

As an outsider in the Sixth Organization, he had access to many secret materials that ordinary people couldn't see. Additionally, his conversations with Wu Youqing had provided him with knowledge about interdimensional creatures.

According to Wu Youqing, from the moment 'Order' appeared, 'meaningless and illogical chaos' was expelled, and anything entering the 'orderly world' must abide by the fundamental rules of 'Order.'

In the rules of Order, all living beings must have a concept of life.

And within the concept of life, the most crucial aspect is 'death.'

Even 'Gods' can die, but death is not an irreversible outcome for them.

"It has a concept of life, and it's not impossible to kill. There must be a vital spot... Where is it?"

Xue Jing's gaze swept across the monster's massive body.

In the sky above, the Shadowflame army and the Steel army continued to clash, with black flames and metal debris falling like a rainstorm.

Xue Jing suddenly scratched his head, and the golden rage in his silver-white irises slowly extinguished.

"I'm being silly. Why am I overthinking this? It's not like I'm trapped and unable to contact the outside world. I can just ask someone who knows."

He took out his phone from his pocket, opened a messaging app, and made a video call to Wu Youqing.

Then, he performed the Feathered Ascension technique on the phone, causing it to levitate in the air with the camera aimed at the rolling spherical monster on the ground.

The video call was quickly answered.

On the screen, Wu Youqing appeared—sitting gracefully on a wooden chair in the loft's resting area, elegantly sipping tea from a cup. Her smooth, high ponytail swayed slightly in the air, and her pretty face maintained its usual serenity.

"What's up?"

Setting down the steaming teacup on the wooden table, Wu Youqing spoke softly.

She showed no shock at the sight of the terrifying monster rolling on the ground in Xue Jing's video, treating it as an ordinary scene.

"Oh, all-knowing Saint Youqing, please answer your lamb's plea and tell me what this thing is and how to deal with it."

Xue Jing prayed devoutly to Wu Youqing in the video.

"..." Wu Youqing was speechless for a moment.

"I'm not a Saint Youqing, and I don't know everything."

She glanced at the monster in the video and casually said, "The black candle on top with its unextinguished flame indicates it's a 'Parasitic Wax,' a minion of the Black Candle God. The massive body below is just its host, where it has parasitized."

Upon hearing her immediate identification of the monster's origin, Xue Jing couldn't help but tease, "So, you do know everything?"

Wu Youqing neither confirmed nor denied, "I don't know everything, just happened to know this."

Xue Jing stroked his chin, "Then, how do we deal with it? Ideally, a method to capture it alive..."

Wu Youqing contemplated for a moment before explaining, "As a minion of the Black Candle God, the Parasitic Wax possesses a portion of the god's authority, granting it the power to mutate and animate matter."

Sch Jing tilted her head, "What do you mean?"

"Simply put, it can make tables grow teeth and chase people, make bombs grow wings of flies, and make your arms grow hard shells... It's a strange ability that gives inanimate objects a sense of vitality." Wu Youqing explained.

Sch Jing understood, "So that's how it is."

No wonder this Parasitic Wax could make the steel bars in the Abandoned District undergo such changes, growing tentacles and mouths.

"This ability, in the hands of a skilled user, can be very troublesome. Fortunately, these 'Elder' creatures don't have the wisdom to use their abilities well; they just create chaos."

"Just aim for the main body on its head. As for capturing it alive... it's very difficult. Once the Parasitic Wax detaches from its host, it struggles to survive."

"Even if you manage to capture it alive, it's probably useless... Elder creatures are basically unable to communicate."

Wu Youqing twirled the strands of hair in front of her with her fingers as she spoke softly.

Sch Jing nodded, deep in thought, "I understand, Boss."

After hanging up the call, Sch Jing's gaze shifted to the main body on the monster's back.

A five-meter-tall black candle with a green flame.

"Difficult to capture alive, impossible to communicate."

"Looks like we have to eliminate it."

Sch Jing muttered to herself.

She twirled her palm, spinning the long spear in her hand, and in an instant, she transformed into a rainbow meteor, rushing towards the Parasitic Wax's main body.

As if sensing Sch Jing's intentions, the black candle's flame suddenly intensified, burning fiercely.

The skin on its back began to change, bulging and forming multiple layers of wrinkled, bark-like protective shells, enveloping the black candle in layers of protection.

Sch Jing's expression remained unchanged. Crimson gold flame lightning coiled around the Nightscythe Ice Gun, and her flesh, muscles, tendons, and blood all worked in unison.

Born for killing and with the 'penetrating power' taken to the extreme, the Dragon Concealry Art: Eye of the Dragon, was now used with the most suitable weapon, the long spear. This strike was enough to pierce through fifty Zhou Yinglin.

The thunderous roar of the dragon rang out, and the Nightscythe Ice Gun, carrying annihilation flame thunder, transformed into a dark blue dragon-shaped spear glow wrapped in crimson light, piercing towards the black candle's main body, protected by the outer shell.

"Whoosh—"

The first layer was pierced with no resistance, like hot knife through butter.

Then came the second layer, the third layer... almost no resistance, and the sharp dragon-headed spear glow was about to kill the monster from another world.

At that moment, suddenly, a shrill cry rang out.

"Omoooooo!!!"

In the midst of the shriek, Sch Jing's expression changed, and she instinctively sidestepped, quickly dodging the attack.

The next moment, the sharp dark blue spear tip quickly pierced through the spot where she had dodged.

Unexpectedly, the Nightscythe Ice Gun in her hand suddenly 'rebelled', turning the spearhead and making a sharp U-turn, aiming directly at its owner.

Sch Jing quickly retreated, furrowing her brows as she extended her left hand to grasp the spearhead. The gun struggled like a living snake, constantly writhing and trying to attack Sch Jing, who held it tightly with both hands.

"Omoooooo!!!"

Another shriek, and Sch Jing's body immediately emitted a 'crackling' sound.

It was the sound of sharp objects piercing flesh.

Viscous, crystal-clear blood slowly oozed from her entire body, staining her clothes red.

At this moment, Sch Jing was like a soft hedgehog wearing its spines inside out. The inside of her clothes was covered in sharp thorns that pierced her flesh, and more thorns continued to grow from the existing ones, gradually spreading throughout her body.

The pain was extreme, beyond what ordinary people could endure; it was enough to cause a faint within seconds.

But for Sch Jing, whose daily training involved enduring such pain, it was nothing out of the ordinary.

Her expression barely changed; she only slightly furrowed her brows. With both hands, she straightened the struggling Nightscythe Ice Gun, like a javelin, and forcefully threw it to the ground, deeply embedding it into the earth.

Then, with her right hand, she grabbed her clothes, her face hardening. She channeled her vital energy and forcefully tore!

"Whoosh—"

Amidst the bone-chilling sound of flesh being torn, Sch Jing ripped off all the flesh caught on the barbs of her clothes, leaving her body drenched in blood, with her chest exposing internal organs and bones.

On the torn clothes, countless crystal-clear pieces of flesh hung on the dense, crooked barbs, still twitching and displaying strong vitality.

The life force ignited, and the missing flesh and blood on Xue Jing's body began to regenerate at a visible rate, rapidly restoring his naked form to a pristine state.

His perfectly sculpted body, akin to a divine sculpture, was exposed to the air. Xue Jing's expressionless face gathered black air currents, transforming into pitch-black flames that obliterated the mutated clothes on his hands, turning them to ashes.

He then swung his hand, and the shadowflame on his hand materialized into a black flame coat, which he donned.

His gaze shifted downward, meeting the five eyes of the parasitic candle and its host's face.

At this moment, the eyes, unlike the previously chaotic and murky ones, seemed to have deepened, exuding a sense of thoughtful wisdom.

Xue Jing's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Did they switch out the player?"

This ability to directly apply matter mutation to an enemy's possessions demonstrated intelligence, completely contradicting Wu Youqing's description of the mindless Eldritch creature.

If Xue Jing were merely a high-level martial artist with limited means, he would have already suffered a decisive defeat.

There must be something with advanced thinking capabilities that possessed this parasitic candle.

"Hey, you can communicate now, right?"

Xue Jing spoke in a flat tone.

"..." The parasitic candle stared fixedly at Xue Jing without responding.

"Playing dead..."

Xue Jing narrowed his eyes, and with a thought, countless black air currents converged, covering his body.

In a short while, the shadowflame giant, clad in a full-body ornate armor, made a long-awaited reappearance.

Slightly taller than the parasitic candle's host, the shadowflame giant raised its pitch-black longsword and slashed downward with tremendous force, causing the air to tremble with a deafening roar.

"Boom—!!!"

Amidst the earth-shaking impact, the parasitic candle was struck with such force that it sank into the ground, and the soil plates spread out like waves, creating a circular 'earth wave'.

"If you don't want to talk, then die."

Xue Jing crossed his arms, standing in the 'cockpit' of the shadowflame giant's chest, looking down from above.

With a thought, the giant's body began to simulate the changes within a human body.

Bones, blood, organs, and muscles... Although not as intricate as a real human body, it could roughly simulate the crude flow of vital energy.

Amidst the loud rumbling sounds like machinery in operation, the Dragon Concealry Art: Cyclone of Dragon was unleashed by the shadowflame giant. The pitch-black giant blade whipped up a massive spiral air current, slicing horizontally towards the parasitic candle.

"Swoosh—!!!"

With extreme ferocity, the hundred-meter-long giant sword beam slashed towards the distance, directly severing the peak of a mountain several kilometers outside the southern suburbs.

The massive body of the parasitic candle was also split in half, and the upper half soared into the sky.

Without hesitation, Xue Jing aimed at the candle's main body on the airborne half of the parasitic candle. The shadowflame giant raised its pitch-black longsword and slashed vertically downward.

"Boom—!!"

The protective layers covering the main body were instantly hit by this unbelievably heavy strike, shattering the core within, and emitting a deafening explosion.

"Successful kill..."

"—As if!"

Xue Jing's gaze shifted, and his sharp eyes locked onto the other half of the parasitic candle's host body on the ground.

"You damn thing, trying to trick me?"

Amidst the crackling arcs of electricity, the annihilation crimson gold flame lightning wrapped around the giant's black longsword, enchanting it and increasing its lethality.

"Taste my Dragon Ascension Sword!"

The shadowflame giant swung its sword in a reverse diagonal slash, aiming at the half-body of the host on the ground.

"Shhhh—"

The smooth cut split the body in two, and on the cross-section, a half-black candle stood out, which was the main body of the parasitic candle, having moved from its back.

Xue Jing let out a cold laugh.

"A-Ban didn't tell me you wouldn't die until you actually died. Are you trying to pull a fast one on me?"

He slashed twice more, forming a cross-cutting attack, and sliced the black candle hidden in the lower half of the body into tiny pieces.

Then, Xue Jing leaped out of the cockpit, extended his palm, and aimed at the shattered black candle's main body.

Crimson gold flame lightning glowed on his palm, and the terrifying annihilation power was unleashed in the form of a light cannon.

"Buzz—!!"

The black candle's main body turned into charred ashes amidst the annihilation glow.

[Killed a divine-centric creature, Divinity +4027]



Seeing the prompt from A-Ban, Xue Jing's eyes widened in surprise.

Hmm? Lost points?

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(End of Chapter)

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