I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 484 - 378: Race Against Time to Take Away More_1

Chapter 484: Chapter 378: Race Against Time to Take Away More_1

After they returned, Liu Hongzhao’s cultivation was nearly complete. The divine demon blood of the Snake God was highly compatible with her, allowing her to metabolize the Supreme Demon Blood very efficiently. However, she didn’t completely deplete the blood; instead, she reserved some of the Supreme Demon Blood.

The portion of the Supreme Demon’s Blood within her heart belonged to the heartblood of the Snake God, the most essential part. She intended to give the retained blood to Qi Xiangyun and the others. This time they might not be able to completely eradicate all the Supreme Demons, but the Supreme Demons would certainly unite afterward, and Qi Xiangyun and the others would need to enhance their strength as well.

Not only that, the Diviners present also collected a small vial of the Supreme Demon Blood, which to them was a family heirloom.

It couldn’t turn someone into a Supreme Demon directly, but using Supreme Demon Blood to enhance potential was possible. If any descendant was exceptional enough, they might be able to step into the Supreme Demon Realm. Even if they were not naturally Supreme Demons, at most having the power of the Supreme Demon without the immortality, that would still count as a Supreme Demon, one from the human race.

As for Liu Hongzhao, the Diviners could already foresee this young girl becoming the first Supreme Demon of the human race.

Zheng Yichen was an exception and could not be used as a comparison.

"Here, take this." Zheng Yichen handed a white serpent’s exuvia to Liu Hongzhao. It was a compass made from the serpent at the altar, capable of locating the reincarnation altar left by the Snake God. This object was of no use to Zheng Yichen, as he was not a person of this world.

It was better to leave it for Liu Hongzhao to handle.

"Set the coordinates," Zheng Yichen said to Yi Nan and others. Using the meteor fire rain did cost him energy, but that was replenished after he drew the Snake God’s blood. The Snake God seemed to have used some sort of curse, but it was quite insignificant compared to the curse of the Bull God.

It didn’t affect him much.

While the Diviners were busy, Zheng Yichen watched his own status through the projection screen; his hair had completely returned to black. As for the enhancement of strength, it was naturally that of the Performance Coefficient. The Supreme Demon Blood led to an increase in the Performance Coefficient of his body’s capabilities. Surely, the Supreme Demon’s Soul would also make his soul stronger?

Although he didn’t have a very direct feeling about the enhancement of his soul.

"If only all the Supreme Demons created as much trouble as the Snake God," Zheng Yichen said a bit greedily. While cracking the spells left by the Snake God, the Diviners analyzed its actions quite thoroughly through back-and-forth discussions.

The preparations of the Snake God were truly thorough, but these preparations did not include a part where it would fight to the death. Reincarnation, soul splitting, survival by severing its own tail, and so on – it had planned various schemes. The cave they entered was also the Snake God’s ’all-in bet.’

The most dangerous place was the safest, under the lamplight remains the darkest place, but the Compass directly pierced through the Snake God’s disguise.

If the Snake God’s preparations included a do-or-die stance and didn’t rely on such tricks as hiding under the lamplight, the ensuing battle would have been much more troublesome.

A wrong choice resulted in the Snake God’s demise, making it the fastest to die among the Supreme Demons, even though it was one of the craftiest.

"Brother Chang Qing, we shouldn’t underestimate the Supreme Demons," Liu Hongzhao said, slightly licking her lips. Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes faintly bloodshot, and the mark on her forehead seemed to come to life. Her blood qi was still agitated.

The Supreme Demon Blood was rapidly transforming her constitution, making her body more akin to that of a Supreme Demon. The Inner Strength of the Blood Asura also underwent subtle changes, gaining new properties that seemed weak at the moment. However, as her constitution evolved, that part of her power rapidly strengthened, becoming Supreme Demon Power.

"Of course, I won’t underestimate the Supreme Demons. The Snake God died so easily purely because It courted death. Come, let me check your body." Zheng Yichen walked to the side of the motorcycle and, under the somewhat regretful gaze of Liu Hongzhao, took out a pair of gloves and put them on his hands.

He pulled electrodes from the motorcycle and stuck them on the young girl’s arm. Lilith’s projection looked at a screen where information from the body check flowed. Liu Hongzhao’s body was undergoing new changes, and thanks to Lilith’s energy monitoring, her bodily strength wouldn’t affect the checkup process.

"Her body structure hasn’t changed, but all aspects of her body’s performance are improving. This is a form of evolution and sublimation, and her body has adapted to this evolution. However, if such changes occur consecutively in a short period, severe deformation will still happen..."

Lilith relayed the results of the analysis. Her database contained research data related to ’evolution,’ some provided by Chiang Wei, while some were downloaded from Ahn Ke. Liu Hongzhao’s body was currently in a state of rapid ’evolution.’

With her adaptive capability, she could withstand this high-speed evolution, but any ordinary person would have already suffered serious deformities. Still, if the strength of this evolution continued to be enhanced, Liu Hongzhao’s body would also encounter problems.

"Her body still has 40% safety margin."

"And what about me?" Zheng Yichen placed the electrode patches from Liu Hongzhao’s body onto his own, under her gaze, Lilith’s projection seemed to stare more intently at the screen in front of her, taking much more time than she had with Liu Hongzhao.

"Boss, your body is also undergoing subtle and continuous changes, with an extremely high degree of stability, and like before, it’s impossible to analyze any remaining safe space," Lilith calmly narrated the information she had detected, which was similar to previous results.

Zheng Yichen’s body had always been undergoing changes, which were not as ’intense’ as those of Liu Hongzhao, but Zheng Yichen’s changes were more comprehensive. Liu Hongzhao’s transformation was like enlarging a water tank, whereas Zheng Yichen’s was not only about making the water tank bigger but also expanding the space that held the tank.

Regardless of how much you enlarge it, Liu Hongzhao would still have just a water tank, but Zheng Yichen’s changes could allow for more water tanks to be placed in the expanding space, "And the soul?"

"I need a hardware upgrade before I can attempt to detect it," Lilith immediately replied. The functions she was currently exercising depended on the various pieces of hardware mounted on the motorcycle, and with the motorcycle having undergone a series of enhancements, those hardware devices could be utilized beyond their original limits under her control.

However, once those pieces of hardware were removed, she would lose that functionality. As an excellent artificial intelligence, her requirement for hardware components was still quite significant.

The more hardware is mounted, the greater the impact on the external environment.

"...I’ll upgrade you after we return this time."

In dealing with the Supreme Demon, he was certain to obtain many new materials.

Those materials would be enough for some upgrades, and it was a good opportunity to use up some of the merit points he had no other place for.

The Diviners had finished their locating as well, and a Compass that could be considered an heirloom treasure, along with Diviners who had received a boost from Heaven’s Mandate, were still in a complete state after finishing the location.

Yi Nan handed the Compass to Zheng Yichen and said, "The Supreme Demon we located this time is very close to us."

They had also considered targeting other Supreme Demons, but what they needed now was efficiency. They aimed to carry off as many of them as possible before the Supreme Demons united, so a closer target became the preferred choice.

Anyway, Zheng Yichen’s current state seemed, to put it mildly, robust, and he could just push through directly and get it done.

On the way, Zheng Yichen was mulling over the Ice Heart Mantra. This was a mental technique that did not require repetitive practice like martial arts to improve, nor could it be fully utilized by random recital. To fully utilize the Ice Heart Mantra, some additional guidance related to the spirit was necessary.

However, when Zheng Yichen came into contact with that ancient text, it left a profound impression on him, much like learning a Skill Book, allowing Zheng Yichen to bypass the initial adaptation phase. With more familiarity, he would develop an ’automatic run’ inertia.

Yet his current mastery of this mental technique was not high, only capable of maintaining inertia for automatic operation. If he relaxed for a while, it would come to a halt, requiring him to reactivate it.

As for the sensation of running the Ice Heart Mantra, it remained that cool and refreshing feeling, quickly expelling his stray thoughts, and even the influence of Liu Hongzhao sitting beside him weakened significantly. However, the Ice Heart Mantra was not about eliminating personal desires.

It was about stabilizing one’s own grip on those desires. Impulses would still exist, but with retained additional rationality during those moments, one could choose whether or not to let desires run wild.

The Ice Heart Mantra would not warp one’s personality but offered the cultivator new choices when facing certain issues. Letting go was one choice, and self-restraint was another. Choices made due to external factors were those losing the ’self.’

The choices provided by the Ice Heart Mantra allowed one to view one’s true nature more directly when making decisions. However, Zheng Yichen had just learned the Ice Heart Mantra and was not yet capable of placing himself in a third-person position to make such ’decisions.’

That was for later. For now, if the Ice Heart Mantra could help him withstand the assault of demonic thoughts, that would suffice. He would take the time later to delve deeper. If he had not just learned this less than half a day ago, he would have attempted to use the Black Light to amplify negative emotions during his journey.

He would have strived to accumulate demonic thoughts, aiming to reach the standard for unleashing the Demonic Abyss Seven Kills before encountering the target. Upon meeting, he would not hold back and would deal a severe blow to the Supreme Demon he faced.

But now that the Supreme Demons had become aware of the danger, he could not act as recklessly as at the beginning when they were unguarded. Otherwise, he really would have tried it. For now, he would stick to a steady and systematic approach.

He had already worked out through combat that the current Supreme Demons were at the Supreme Demon level. They could not escape, so after seizing the time to carry off a few more Supreme Demons, the rest would be worn down slowly. One by one, the Supreme Demons would die until there were none left.

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