Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 381 - 354 VS Ming Zhuo 5

Chapter 381: 354 VS Ming Zhuo 5

I have truly come to terms with this and sincerely want to see it through.

Compared to my mere existence of less than twenty years, ten years might seem lengthy, but as a Great Impermanence, I have a future that can exist as long as heaven and earth. In this light, ten years is nothing. If I can eliminate a Great Impermanence Level enemy at this cost, it would be extremely worthwhile.

Moreover, I have endless Mana support; as long as I continuously draw energy from the Fire Sea, I can kill Ming Zhuo indefinitely like a perpetual motion machine.

A massive amount of Mana was transferred through the air into the Xuanming Fire within Ming Zhuo’s body, causing it to ignite repeatedly and kill Ming Zhuo. The loss of my Mana was replenished by the power provided by the Fire Sea, immediately restoring me to full readiness. The depleted portion of the Fire Sea was replenished by burning natural resources from the land, returning to its most vigorous state in the blink of an eye.

The "True Spirit" itself — damaged by Ming Zhuo’s black and red rays — was also recovering at an extremely slow rate.

In reality, I do not have the power to restore the True Spirit. Although my flames can replenish my own body and soul, they cannot replenish the True Spirit. Or rather, I cannot really figure out the exact location and state of my own True Spirit. Even Ming Zhuo, who can attack the True Spirit, probably only vaguely sensed a direction before impacting it with immense power. To truly grasp the whereabouts of the True Spirit, there seems to be no other way unless one certifies their own True Spirit.

Hence, the recovery of the True Spirit should simply be a natural healing process. The basis of my realization of its recovery is just a faint intuitive sensing. This recovery rate is really very, very slow; it might not even recover within a year.

If I had time to rest and recuperate, maybe it would initially recover in two or three days, but now my consciousness is too strained, and I can’t even find a moment to breathe, far from the ideal conditions for rest.

"Burn me for ten years... Ten years? Burn until I die?"

Between successive deaths and resurrections, Ming Zhuo, unable to accept his future situation, gritted his teeth and said, "Even if your power is limitless, you can’t maintain such high concentration for ten years.

"Your Spirit will surely become exhausted and lax, and then I will catch a flaw to strike back. Once I get the chance to counterattack, it will be your time to die!"

I retorted, "Do you think I only have endless Mana?"

As he said, even maintaining such high concentration for this period has started to tire my Spirit, however...

With the Fire Sea replenishing my soul again, I immediately became spirited and had the energy to continue the high-frequency slaughtering.

"I don’t need to eat, sleep, or even rest," I said. "If you are relying on my fatigue and laxness, then I’m sorry, you won’t find such an opportunity."

"Power of Manifestation...!" Ming Zhuo said bitterly.

I, too, am experiencing this kind of intense and protracted combat for the first time, uncertain if the future will really be as I stated. Previously, I did not always maintain the Fire Element Form, because the consciousness structure cultivated by my human identity might not be accustomed to staying in the Fire Element Form for extended periods. Over time, I always felt a burden accumulating in places I could hardly perceive.

However, looking at it from another angle, this burden might be evidence that my consciousness structure is adapting to the Fire Element Form. Eventually, I might truly get used to considering my Fire Element Form as normal, and that feeling of burden might disappear.

There are too many unknowns, which both excite and make me doubt. If I could set instructions for the released flames to automatically and repeatedly kill Ming Zhuo, then I wouldn’t need to always concentrate here—wait, isn’t this what Xuanming did to Ming Zhuo? Xuanming entangled his flames around Ming Zhuo’s body like a curse, probably aiming to achieve this exact outcome, and the method I considered was clearly also contemplated by him.

Such a mechanical and repetitive approach would quickly be deciphered by Ming Zhuo, and, in fact, Xuanming’s Fire had been sealed by Ming Zhuo beforehand. You absolutely cannot treat a Great Impermanence as a minor character that could be restricted by such tricks.

Then, what about Zhu Shi’s side? If I can hold on for another eight months here, Zhu Shi could become a Great Impermanence, and then use her "Buzhou Mountain" to find the flaw in Ming Zhuo’s Naraku Undying Body...

No, this approach is probably not feasible. Zhu Shi wields the power of Great Impermanence by relying on the Yama Sword. Essentially, it only allows her to manipulate a Super Magic Treasure of Great Impermanence Level. She herself has not truly become a Great Impermanence. Therefore, her "Buzhou Mountain" will not be upgraded, and it won’t be effective against Naraku Undying Body.

To be honest, I have this feeling that if I extricated myself from battle and calmed my mind, superfluous thoughts would surely arise; I wouldn’t be as reckless as I am now.

But it is precisely because I understand this that I have to focus even more on what lies before me. Right now, all I need to think about is how to win this battle. I just want to relish this soul-stirring experience of fighting for victory without reservations – other thoughts are but impurities.

It is clear that Ming Zhuo has also realized that the key to the battle has shifted to "how to unsettle my spirit". Now, I have already killed him more than forty times; each death leads to his automatic resurrection, and with each revival, I kill him again before he even has a chance to strike. His only option is to try to undermine my resolve.

"Are you planning to destroy this country... or even the entire world?" he said, "Ten years! During this period, you need to continuously emit the Mana potent enough to kill me, a Great Impermanence, and draw restorative power from this Fire Sea, which will regenerate by burning natural resources...

"This country will soon be burned to ashes by you, followed by Asia, and finally the entire world... With your power, it is not impossible to achieve this, but are you really prepared to let the world pay such a tremendous price just to kill me alone?"

His words struck at the gravest flaw in my approach. Admittedly, I am not averse to destruction, sometimes even looking forward to the arrival of Doomsday, but what I seek is the process of the world’s end – the absurdities and dangers that appear one after another, not the result of the destruction itself. If I personally destroy the world and face a vast expanse of dull scorched earth after killing Ming Zhuo, what joy would there be?

Moreover, even if I really resolved to destroy the world to kill Ming Zhuo, it likely wouldn’t proceed smoothly to the end.

"Even if you really intend to do so, the other Great Impermanences will definitely not stand idly by." Ming Zhuo pointed out the most critical aspect, "Not to mention destroying the whole world, even a partial destruction could cause irreparable devastation to current human civilization... Gua Tianshi and Fa Zheng will absolutely not tolerate such a situation.

"As the destruction widens further, other Great Impermanences will join your opposition in succession... At that time, do you think you can still focus your energy on killing me? If you don’t give up soon, you’ll be the one who ends up dead."

Upon hearing this, I couldn’t help but recall the warning issued to me through Dong Che by Gua Tianshi before the battle.

—"I hope that when you act next, try not to get too involved with your surroundings."

So that’s it. At the time, I thought that since the disparity in strength between Ming Zhuo and me was vast, whether or not I got involved depended on Ming Zhuo, not me, so the warning seemed superfluous. Now it seems, did Gua Tianshi already foresee that I might use this method to kill Ming Zhuo?

If he had made it clear earlier, it would have saved me a lot of trouble; this kind of "enigmatic behavior" is truly unnecessary. But on second thought, he might not have been sure if things would really develop this way. I still believe that Gua Tianshi can’t completely see through the future of Great Impermanences like Ming Zhuo and me, but I must acknowledge that the future he sees is definitely more extensive than I originally imagined, and he likely gave me that warning just as a precaution.

Perhaps even the act of "killing Ming Zhuo" itself falls into the category of "getting overly involved." The Great Impermanences that have lasted from ancient times to the present are most likely already part of the planet’s natural order. Even if it’s just the death of a single Great Impermanence like Ming Zhuo, it could likely cause drastic changes in the global climate, causing massive turmoil.

But then—so what?

My determination to kill Ming Zhuo remains unwavering.

"So you’re saying, just as long I can kill you within ten years without destroying the world, that would be sufficient," I said.

"What?" He seemed not to expect my reaction.

"There’s a place, where infinite heat can be harnessed. There, I won’t need to continue burning natural resources, and I reckon other Great Impermanences won’t have any objections," I said.

"Do you still plan to ascend to heaven and take me to the sun?" he sneered coldly.

"No, it’s the opposite."

Saying this, I plummeted towards Ming Zhuo like a meteor. Incapable of responding in his cycle of dying and burning, he was directly seized by me and smashed into the ground.

The ground and rock layers were instantly melted and evaporated by the Xuanming Fire blazing from Ming Zhuo, then drilled through by me like a ground missile, heading towards the depths of the earth at speeds over a hundred times the speed of sound.

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