Chapter 646: Xingtian Finale
The blood gushing out of Slaughterer’s neck hadn’t poured to the ground. Instead, it swam across his torso and formed all sorts of anomalous, mysterious, and savage-looking pictures and runes.
The blood squirmed unnaturally for a bit before forming a human face with no eyes and no mouth. Suddenly, Slaughterer’s nipples split open into a pair of eyes, and his belly button widened into a mouth.
When the unholy transformation was complete, the face slowly began to move as if it was alive. It was none other than Slaughterer’s face.
The next moment, the face looked in Ye Qing’s direction, eyes smoldering with seemingly infinite hatred and killing intent. At the same time, a vast amount of baleful aura gushed out of his body like a volcanic eruption.
The thick fog in the area was dispelled instantly, and the air turned cold, stifling, and smelly. Indistinct illusions of corpses and blood began appearing all over the place as if hell itself was surfacing to the yang world.
Not only that, Slaughterer’s aura was many, many times stronger than it was before. It was as if he had awakened as some sort of demon king of Asura.
“RAAAAAAAGHHHHHH!!!”
Slaughterer let out a mighty roar, and a massive, blood red axe and a demonic-looking shield descended from the black sky. When he caught the axe with his right hand and the shield with his left, the illusion of blood and death stirred ominously, and his fighting spirit pierced the heavens. A powerful shockwave washed out of the warrior and annihilated the surrounding walls, sand, and plants into dust.
As soon as he was ready, Slaughterer swung his axe at Ye Qing.
BOOM!
The mountain of bodies and sea of blood overwhelmed Ye Qing instantly.
“Hahahahaha!”
Slaughterer laughed savagely from his belly button at the successful ambush, the large face on his chest looking crazed and savage.
Slaughterer was a member of the Asuras, and the word “Asura” was defined as “anti-heaven”. Although their men were ugly, and their women were beautiful, both genders were tall, massive, and extremely warlike. Originally an evil god, they possessed Seven Emotions and Six Desires like a human, but they weren’t humans. According to the myths, the Asuras and the Devas were originally enemies. The continuous strife eventually resulted in the Asuras being exiled from the heavens and forced to reside in the caves of Mount Meru. Despite waging many battles against the Devas, they were never able to gain the upper hand.
It should not need to be said, but the Eight Legions of Devas and Negas were no divine god or celestial. They might call themselves the People of the Divine, but they were well aware of the fact that they weren’t the true gods of the ancient times. At best, they were humans with a very small percentage of divine blood in them.
The Asuras Slaughterer hailed from were humans who inherited the bloodline of true Asuras. It was why they possessed some of the abilities and characteristics of the true Asuras. For example, their men were ugly, their women were beautiful, and both genders were tall and massive. They also possessed supernatural strength and were naturally predisposed toward conflict. Assuming someone’s bloodline was sufficiently thick, they could even become unkillable just like the ancient Asuras.
Of course, there was no such thing as power without a cost. In exchange for immense power, an Asura was naturally violent, impulsive, warlike, cruel and bloodthirsty.
Slaughterer roared as fighting spirit exploded from his body. He raised his arms, and the hill he was embedded in collapsed just like that.
It was at this moment a demonic ape descended from the sky while clutching its hands high above its head. Then, it brought its hands down on Slaughterer’s head like a hammer.
The sky shook, and the earth trembled. Slaughterer barely managed to raise his shield in time before the demonic ape struck him.
BOOM!!!
The earth within tens of meters of the point of impact split into a million pieces like glass. Slaughterer’s axe and shield too crumbled into smithereens.
Slaughterer himself was still alive, but his body now looked like it was made of porcelain. Cracks covered him from head to toe, and his presence had become terribly weak and shriveled, though his fighting spirit remained as strong as ever.
“You... You’re not an early-stage Spirit Master?!”
Slaughterer asked. Every time he said a word, his body would gain a new crack.
“I am an early-stage spirit Master.”
Ye Qing released his “Chaos Demon Ape Body” and returned to his normal appearance. While looking down on Slaughterer, he answered, “However, I’m a little different from the early-stage Spirit Master you know. You see, I have the body of a body-tempering Half-Step Grandmaster. I sure got you good, didn’t I?”
“A body-tempering Half-Step Grandmaster?!”
Slaughterer’s eyes widened in disbelief. “This is impossible... this cannot be possible...”
“Why not?” Ye Qing’s lips curled into a devilish smile. “There is no such thing as impossible in this world.”
“I should thank you for your Nanke though. Without it, I would never have reached the heights I have and become strong enough to kill you.”
Ye Qing said sincerely, “So seriously, thank you.”
“You bas—!”
Rage consumed Slaughterer as he tried to stand, but the sudden movement was the last straw. His entire body started crumbling in earnest, and he dissolved into ash before the pieces could even hit the ground.