Infinite Paradise
Chapter 116 - 88 Transform~~~ation! (4000 words for subscription)_2

Chapter 116: 88 Transform~~~ation! (4000 words for subscription)_2

Caster wanted to mold his soul into the same form as Sigma, the first step was to abandon the notion that he was a human, and to fully identify with that soul form. Next, he needed to apply this sense of identification to his soul and gradually twist its shape; in simpler terms, it was like kneading dough into a half-human half-dragon figurine.

But the problem was, the soul was not dough!

No matter how you knead the dough, it’s fine; it doesn’t have any sensations, while the soul can truly feel pain. Even after Visualization, it indeed has the potential to be reshaped, but hammering and tapping one’s own soul like this is not something most people can endure.

[It hurts so much!]

Merely twisting a finger, Caster felt an agony worse than death.

He couldn’t help but begin to doubt; is this really something a human can do?

[What’s that, isn’t it quite simple?]

As Caster was doubting life, the voice of Le Cheng suddenly came from the other side.

Caster’s expression changed instantly, and he turned to look, only to see Le Cheng had already completed the shaping, joyfully wagging his tail as he controlled the half-dragon soul in the air.

How is that possible so quickly?!

Caster was stunned.

[Mr. Le Cheng, how did you do it?]

[Uh, how did I do it? Just followed the mantra I taught you, and it was done effortlessly.]

[Effortlessly... How is that possible! It’s clearly so painful.]

[Oh, that thing, yeah, it does hurt a bit, but if you just bear with it, it’ll pass.]

[Bear with it... Did you have some kind of trick?]

Caster truly did not believe that such pain could be endured with just a bit of patience; he was convinced Le Cheng must have a shortcut.

[A trick, huh...] Le Cheng was swinging his long tail, tapping his chin with his sharp claws, thought for a moment, then said, [Let me tell you a story about a refrigerator and an elephant. How to put an elephant into a refrigerator is actually very similar to what we’re doing now, so the first step is to open the refrigerator, the second step is to catch an elephant, and finally, stuff the elephant into the refrigerator, that’s it.]

[Ah???]

Caster looked confused.

Le Cheng continued: [My point is, don’t think too much, just explode and it’s done, you are going to be the Emperor, how can you fear a little pain, cheer up! Fight! Ganbadei!]

Is this encouragement? And he even used three different languages.

Caster surprisingly found that Le Cheng used three languages in that one sentence.

However, he also understood that it was useless to think more at this moment and could only continue to try hard, so he nodded and once again immersed his thoughts into shaping.

Meanwhile, Le Cheng had already left, swishing his tail. He wanted to test just how powerful this Rising Dragon Transformation was, but transforming on the spot would likely cause a sensation, so he controlled his body and silently left the place along with his soul.

After a while, Caster finally completed shaping both arms and at that moment, he also understood something.

No one can be unafraid of pain unless they’re not human.

And as it turned out, Le Cheng was not human!

At the same time, Le Cheng, who was not human, had come to a deserted area nearby.

In a state of soul visualization, the body, consciousness, and soul become three separate entities, but consciousness is merely a perspective and can control both the body and soul at the same time. This is fundamentally different from a regular Soul Out-of-Body experience. Only when the soul has completed shaping and merges back with the body and consciousness, does one truly complete the entire process of the Rising Dragon Transformation.

Le Cheng looked around for a while, noticing nobody would come by in the short term, he then controlled his soul to return to his body.

Then, when he opened his eyes again, he found that his body had transformed into a half-human, half-dragon form. Red scale armor covered most of his torso, and a long tail had grown from behind his buttocks, swishing like a snow leopard’s, and even his body had inflated a good bit larger, along with his lower regions.

Naturally, with such transformations, his clothes had burst apart.

After all, reality is not like Magic Girl; the laws of physics still have to be followed.

Le Cheng simply tore off the shredded clothes from his body, controlled his tail to flick to the right, where there was a large stone about half a person’s height. As the dragon tail swept over, the stone immediately boomed, and countless cracks formed upon impact. Then with another tail swipe, the stone shattered into pieces on the ground.

"Damn, that’s badass!"

Le Cheng was astonished. He was very clear about his own strength; as a human, without using any external objects, no matter how hard he tried, he could never crush such a big stone to dust. Yet now, it was done with just two hits with his tail.

In terms of strength alone, he had increased at least fivefold.

Is this the quality of the Rising Dragon Transformation?

Le Cheng finally understood why Sigma was regarded by the people of this world as a War God-like figure. Such power had indeed completely surpassed human limits. Even three Gawains, in front of his dragon form, would probably not stand a chance.

Of course, there’s a trade-off.

The half-dragon body indeed significantly enhanced his strength, but the increase in size meant his speed had slowed down, losing some agility. However, this compromise was ultimately within Le Cheng’s acceptable range because compared to a fivefold increase in strength, the loss in speed was negligible.

After that, Le Cheng conducted a series of serious tests and finally confirmed that his overall combat power had increased at least threefold in his half-dragon, half-human form.

"Just half-dragon transformation is already this powerful; what would the complete form of dragon transformation be like?"

Thinking of this, Le Cheng couldn’t help but murmur to himself. It’s a pity that there are no more dragons in this world; he wanted to find a giant dragon for soul visualization, which was impossible. But what about other worlds? If he could find a real dragon in another world, he could fully complete the Rising Dragon Transformation.

However, perhaps dragons aren’t the only option?

Le Cheng’s thoughts suddenly stirred, and looking sideways, he soon found an old hen with her chicks nearby.

So he entered into soul visualization again.

"Eh, Kunkun actually has no soul?"

Le Cheng initially wanted to try whether he could transform into other animals. However, upon inspection, he found astonishingly that neither the old hen nor the chicks had souls, which was somewhat strange.

"Logically, as long as it’s alive, it should have a soul, right? Could it be that their souls are too weak to be detected... Maybe the statement that every life has a soul is just wrong in itself, otherwise even mosquitoes and flies would have souls; that would be terrible... Wait a minute!"

Suddenly, Le Cheng remembered the many souls he had observed before.

Rising Dragon Transformation is not based on the actual physical form of the animal, but on the shape of its soul. That is to say, it doesn’t matter if the other is human or beast; as long as their soul is in the form he wants to transform into, it will work.

And among the souls he had observed before, there were chicken forms.

With this thought, Le Cheng immediately closed his eyes, visualizing the chicken-shaped soul in his memory, and started shaping his soul.

Transform for me!

The next moment, when body, soul, and consciousness merged again as one, a majestic rooster appeared where Le Cheng had been standing.

"Cluck cluck cluck, now I’m Kunkun too."

Le Cheng flapped a pair of large chicken wings, laughing heartily.

Not far away, the old hen looking for worms to eat gave a cry of alarm. Her eyes stared at Le Cheng who had transformed into a rooster, as if she had seen a monster, with a look of sheer terror, then she quickly ran off with her brood of chicks.

Oh my, what kind of monster is that!

I need to hurry and tell Jimei Sister that there’s a talking rooster here!