I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 325 - 263: Uproot the Grass_1

Chapter 325: Chapter 263: Uproot the Grass_1

The battle did not last for several hours; after more than half an hour, the blood overflowing from under his feet began to lessen. When Zheng Yichen stepped on the ground, the scorching blood was continuously absorbed by him. As he absorbed in large amounts, the quality of the blood rapidly declined.

It became on par with the surging blood columns, and the attacks of the flesh-clad people grew increasingly frantic. Setting aside the issues of curses and other influences, the speed of recovery from injuries just couldn’t keep up with the self-healing pace.

What was more critical was the influence of the demonic thoughts. Under the sway of demonic thoughts, he had become mentally ill, but not intellectually disabled. His ability to judge was still present; it just made him not want to be his normal self.

The accumulation of demonic thoughts had reached a limit. There was no problem in maintaining this state, but continuing to accumulate them... his body began to collapse from the inside out.

The apocalyptic force of the Demonic Abyss Seven Kills, which had not yet been unleashed, acted uncontrollably upon him. Even at this limit, Zheng Yichen still did not cease fighting but let the battle persist for another half hour.

In the meantime, countless flesh-clad people were blasted apart, while the blood evaporating from Zheng Yichen’s body condensed into a mist of blood. Swirling through the blood mist, one could faintly discern a shadow of an Asura.

More than eighty percent of his skin began to crack, evaporating along with the seeping blood. The accumulation of demonic thoughts had exceeded the physical limits of his body, and the destructive forces overflowed from his body and the giant saber he held in his hands.

The residual effects of his swings turned those flesh-clad people into dust, rather than bursting into mists of blood.

——Demonic Abyss Seven Kills!

The blast of air spread from the motion of Zheng Yichen raising his weapon, turning all nearby flesh-clad people into ashes, while blood columns bursting from the ground split apart as soon as they emerged.

The intense heartbeat and the omnipresent howling of the environment came to an abrupt halt after a single slash that turned the surroundings black; the undissipated blood on the ground instantly cleared to reveal a large expanse of ashen flesh-land, and a vast fissure that split the planetary abyss appeared.

Fluffy cotton-like substances drifted out of the fissure, expanding as they scattered, while the massive heat source under Zheng Yichen’s feet was bisected. At the center of the cut was a color starkly opposite to that of the heat source: a chilly hue that rapidly spread across the area once covered by the heat.

Zheng Yichen, who delivered this strike, was also in bad shape. His body did not wither due to extraordinary abilities. The consumption of the Demonic Abyss Seven Kills was great, but it did not drain his life force.

Aside from the consumption of Blood Asura inner force, accumulated demonic thoughts, and a vast amount of physical strength, his life force remained in a normal state, with any damage being solely from battle injuries.

However, the vigorous life force and regenerative abilities were of little use now as his body collapsed faster, his flesh disintegrated, and fine cracks surfaced on his bones.

Zheng Yichen showed little change in expression as he stared at the collapsing flesh-land around him, and within the area covered by the ashen color, he found a remaining heat source that resembled a shell, firmly protecting itself.

It was the struggling of the heart below him. The Demonic Abyss Seven Kills was in itself a final blow meant to destroy the roots, and Zheng Yichen’s strike was delivered with an enhanced fishing rod, adding an extra aura of death to the Demonic Abyss Seven Kills.

If the heart had not been connected to the rejuvenated planet, the strike would have ended the battle. However, this heart was closely linked with the planet, and at the edge of the split planetary abyss, a massive heat source was still converging, focusing towards that remaining area of heat.

The Demonic Abyss Seven Kills he unleashed could slay this heart but were incapable of severing the life force of the entire planet. From this, it could be seen that the heart, causing the cancerous mutation of this world, was indeed a ’parasite’ that had successfully taken over the host, inducing irreversible cancerous changes in this world.

"No, please!!" As Zheng Yichen rapidly approached, the area where the residual warmth was beginning to revive teemed with figures—pitiful ones, enchanting ones, and even more that were weak and innocent. They tried to use their bodies to intercept Zheng Yichen, delivering themselves to death.

"Demonic Abyss Seven Kills—"

A single slash cleared all the figures ahead, splitting open the thick shell of condensed flesh, while a rapid thumping of a heartbeat resounded from within. The black saber did not hesitate to pierce the heart, which swiftly withered away.

His physical disintegration had not ceased. Seeing this, Zheng Yichen’s saber shattered, revealing the fishing rod inside, which he thrust into his chest without a moment’s hesitation. The abundant Life Force he had accrued was now completely exhausted.

The blood of the heart that caused the world’s cancerous mutation did not rejuvenate him. Since his body’s self-collapsing could not be alleviated, he chose another method, a contingency he had planned for previously.

Without sufficient Life Force to sustain him and due to Zheng Yichen’s deliberate actions, this strike was fatal to him.

Having received a fatal blow, he keenly felt his Life Force rapidly contract. After being compressed to a single point, it exploded in a great burst.

The concentrated explosion of Life Force caused new buds to sprout within his body. A reborn body replaced the self-collapsing parts, turning the replaced useless sections into ’exuvia.’

This consumption greatly reduced Zheng Yichen’s body.

"Ah—It’s insane!" The instant after feeling his body restore its completeness, Zheng Yichen tore off the layer of ’exuvia’ from his skin, grabbed the cat spirit cloak that was draped over the ’exuvia,’ hung it on his waist, and shuddered violently.

The characteristics of the serpent’s exuvia allowed him to recover. The life explosion had even washed away the influence of the Demonic Abyss Seven Kills’ demonic thoughts, making it unnecessary for him to take time to adjust; his consciousness had already returned, although his spirit was somewhat languid.

Zheng Yichen rubbed his forehead. To trigger this life-saving ability by means of suicide, he would have hesitated while in a normal mental state, but under the influence of demonic thoughts, he did indeed stab himself without a second thought.

Besides, he felt truly cold. This ’resurrection’ left him weaker than the last, so weak that he felt like an ordinary person.

The depth at which he was should not have been too cold, but the reality was that the environment here was extremely frigid.

The surrounding remains of flesh and earth had frozen, turning into fossil-like structures, including the completely withered heart. Even with thermal vision, Zheng Yichen could not detect any heat sources—all that was visible were colors of low temperature. He punched the withered heart beside him.

The feedback was a pain so intense that he could hardly believe it!

"I’m freezing to death, let’s hurry up and go!"