I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 181 - 154

Chapter 181: 154

She exhaled, no longer suppressing the Blood Sacrifice she had maintained; instead, she triggered the burst of power that had been held back on her weapon. The life source that had gathered from the absorbed blood was transformed into a lethal force.

Her horizontal slash drew a massive crescent moon that severed all the Aberrant creatures in front of her at the waist.

After that attack, she felt somewhat drained. Forcing down the urge to let the Blood Sacrifice explode was very exhausting to her physical strength and Inner Strength. Moreover, emulating Zheng Yichen’s use of Blood Combustion Transform to Origin made her feel like her blood was boiling, making her very uncomfortable. This reaction seemed to be due to an inability to refine the strange blood energy that had been dragged in through devouring, causing the residual blood energy to conflict with her own.

What came easily to Zheng Yichen, she couldn’t learn.

"What are you doing?" A figure stepped in front of Liu Hongzhao, blocking the other Aberrant creatures. It was Lin Yaoyao. The girl, noticing Liu Hongzhao staring at her, hastened to say, "Don’t get me wrong, I just didn’t want Brother Chang Qing to be affected because you were out of strength."

Qi Xiangyun also helped her block the Aberrant creatures coming from behind.

"...Thank you." Liu Hongzhao looked at the insincere Lin Yaoyao and hurriedly purified the strange blood energy that conflicted with her own. Once she had caught her breath, she let out a soft sigh. She could mimic part of Zheng Yichen’s battling style, but she couldn’t imitate it in its entirety.

That method was just right for adults like Zheng Yichen, but for a child like her, the burden was too heavy. Utilizing devouring to forcibly obtain external blood energy to use Blood Combustion Transform to Origin risked contaminating herself, as the technique was meant to burn one’s life source and transform it into a power that enhanced oneself.

The power transmuted by burning foreign blood energy entirely integrated into herself after use. Most of it would be consumed, but there would still be a residue left behind. This residue was a toxin; if too much accumulated, even she wouldn’t be able to bear it, and it would affect her normal state.

That’s what she was going through, so how did Zheng Yichen deal with this residual effect? Or could it be he hadn’t noticed this problem at all? Or perhaps he had, but to deal with the Demon Flower, he simply ignored this issue... no longer considering the future?

Besides, the blood Zheng Yichen provided them was very pure; had he retained the residue for himself? Considering this, Liu Hongzhao’s expression grew slightly graver.

She couldn’t learn from Zheng Yichen, but she could find another way.

Liu Hongzhao, rejoining the battle, didn’t accumulate the blood energy she stirred into herself but into the weapon in her hand, bypassing herself and directly utilizing the blood energy she dragged in to enact the Blood Sacrifice.

When Blood Sacrifice was used after Blood Combustion Transform to Origin, the power sustaining the Blood Sacrifice was like refined crude oil, possessing greater force and efficiency.

Lacking the step of Blood Combustion Transform to Origin meant she couldn’t enhance the power of Blood Sacrifice with greater efficiency or continue to use Blood Combustion Transform to Origin without depletion. However, this alternative had the advantage of no side effects, as long as she spent extra Inner Strength to suppress and maintain the Blood Sacrifice, accumulating power without letting it burst forth.

As the lure lost its effect, the number of converging Aberrant creatures dwindled. Zheng Yichen’s voice came through: "Leave me a normal beast."

"...Are there any normal beasts left?" Lin Yaoyao looked at the diminished number of Aberrant creatures, where desolate beasts were visible, each lacking the appearance of a normal beast, looking sanity-draining.

"Then leave one that looks somewhat pleasing to the eye."

An Aberrant creature that was somewhat pleasing to the eye had none of the pus-filled sores, unnatural colors, strange tentacles, or decaying wounds that distinguished the others.

From the bodies of the dispatched Aberrant creatures, Zheng Yichen picked and chose, eventually settling on a piece of meat that passed muster - that would be his lunch.

Having moved from the battlefield, they arrived at a new clearing, which would serve as their new temporary camp. Liu Hongzhao watched Zheng Yichen handling the piece of meat, her lips moving slightly as if she wanted to ask something, but then she held back.

A phantom appeared next to Liu Hongzhao, whispering, "Envious, aren’t you? This is the advantage of having power. With sufficient power, you can attempt anything rather than just getting a taste and stopping."

As Liu Hongzhao tried to copy Zheng Yichen’s ’maneuver’, the phantom watched closely. She had to admit the gap between her and Zheng Yichen was vast. Zheng Yichen could draw in blood energy through devouring and then compress the power through the Blood Sacrifice, accumulating it to a certain degree. The power pooled on that weapon made her, a Supreme Demon, very wary.

That power couldn’t kill her – Supreme Demons don’t die in this world - but if her real body exploded, it would take more than a moment to reemerge. During that time, even as a Supreme Demon, she would be stuporous, and if discovered by other Supreme Demons, they would further suppress and interfere with her.

One couldn’t completely obliterate the existence of another Supreme Demon, but they could prevent a stupefied Supreme Demon from recovering and keep them in an ’eternal slumber’.

Zheng Yichen could achieve that extent, but Liu Hongzhao only tried it a bit and her body couldn’t bear it. Over these days, Zheng Yichen’s techniques became more powerful. The Battle Maniac Asura really did create a troublesome enemy this time.

As a result, they, the Supreme Demons, joined forces to intervene with the Battle Maniac Asura, preventing him from immediately coming to challenge Zheng Yichen. They were not interested in a duel, but in a fight where both sides could potentially perish – a deathmatch!

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