Chapter 277: Fate Is Mine (3k)

Bai Cangshu sat atop the mountain cliff, his muscles appearing a greenish-black, large patches of necrotic cells regenerating and healing; he chewed a few times in his mouth and swallowed the cooked Tailed Beast Meat.

The cellular activity grew increasingly intense.

Sizzle!

Another bolt of lightning landed on his body.

But at this moment, the pain in his body had already begun to subside; instead, a certain consciousness began to enter his body.

【You have used a Special Item, Inheritance of the Eight Warriors: Huangkuang Taoguang】

【Determining eligibility...】

【Determination passed】

Bai Cangshu estimated that this lightning strike test was entirely for the purpose of checking whether a Reincarnator possessed sufficient physical strength and tolerance to lightning.

A body that was too fragile would likely be unable to withstand the inheritance of the Orochi Clan at all.

Bai Cangshu's vision suddenly went black, and when he opened his eyes again, he had already appeared in his own Consciousness Space.

【You have initiated the Special Trial: Huangkuang Taoguang】

【Attention, Reincarnator ex051, the Special Spirit Body: Huangkuang Taoguang of the Eight Warriors has entered your body. This trial cannot be terminated. Upon failure, you will suffer consequences including but not limited to loss of Soul, schizophrenia, dual souls in one body, possession, and death.】

In the world of consciousness, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared; a figure that looked like a twisting snake, its original appearance completely indiscernible, appeared out of thin air.

It was not the beautiful woman with bangs covering her eyes from Bai Cangshu's impression; this was the true soul of the Eight Warriors that was constantly being passed down.

【Trial Content: Survive the attacks of the Eight Warriors: Huangkuang Taoguang until its soul energy is exhausted】

【Trial Reward: Inheritance Title: Huangkuang Taoguang】

Bai Cangshu rose leisurely from the Heart Throne and then dropped to the ground.

Countless spirits sensed that the 【Heart Throne】 was vacant once again, and howling began anew within the Yellow Springs.

"Tsk, you guy, can't you let us have some peace for a while?"

Gojo Satoru lay in a corner, too lazy to move, merely lifting a corner of his blindfold to see that special soul which seemed to be composed entirely of lightning and twisted like a giant snake.

He had to sigh that his host's ability to stir up trouble was indeed outstanding, always managing to provoke strange and bizarre fellows.

And yet, every single one of them... possessed quite extraordinary strength.

In the corner on the other side, the Reaper's Spirit Body was massive; it rose from the Yellow Springs. That deathly Yellow Springs Water actually made it quite comfortable, but sensing the appearance of Bai Cangshu's Spirit Body, it still floated upward.

Uchiha Madara was soaking in the Yellow Springs with his arms spread out, as if he were soaking in some hot spring pool. Around him were scattered a large number of spirit fragments; those spirit fragments would gradually dissipate and dissolve over time, regenerating into spirits.

He had already realized that in this space, there was no concept of 【Death】. This was a massive dueling arena, intended only to allow these spirits to continuously evolve through combat.

Furthermore, according to the silver-haired man wearing the blindfold, this place was actually a cage—a prison of the heart used by the owner of the 【Heart Throne】 to imprison and harvest everyone's power.

At this moment, beneath his disheveled long hair, Uchiha Madara watched the so-called owner of the 【Heart Throne】 in the sky with indifferent and scrutinizing eyes.

A trace of a disdainful arc tugged at the corner of his mouth. Heart Throne, host—he didn't take them seriously at all. As long as his eyes saw an opportunity, he would take everything back.

He was long since unsatisfied with fighting these mediocre spirits. In this space, apart from the man wearing the blindfold, no other soul was worth his attention.

And at this moment, the appearance of Bai Cangshu's soul, with its density far exceeding all other spirits, did indeed make Uchiha Madara see something different.

He lay in the Yellow Springs, a clear Sharingan appearing in his pupils.

"So-called King of Hearts, dance before these eyes of mine..."

Bai Cangshu landed in the Yellow Springs, and Death Intent Senra flowed over his ankles along with the Yellow Springs.

As if he hadn't seen the arrogant and playful smiles revealed by Uchiha Madara and Gojo Satoru respectively, he beckoned slightly with his left hand toward the twisting Huangkuang Taoguang in the air.

"Come, mighty heroic soul of the Orochi Clan, let me see just how much power the dark side of the Earth Will has..."

Sizzle!

A flash of lightning lit up; the figure that had been twisting in the air a moment ago appeared behind Bai Cangshu like a bolt of electricity the next.

It was precisely because it was a Spirit Body with absolutely no physical shackles that it could fully exert the power of the elements to the extreme.

Intense lightning suddenly condensed in front of that Spirit Body.

【Dark Lightning Fist】!

Intense thunder condensed into a sphere less than a meter in size and erupted violently in an instant.

Bai Cangshu leaned backward, his entire Spirit Body bending backward like a spirit snake; while his lower body remained in place, his upper body had already folded to the ground.

The intense lightning exploded, yet it did not directly harm Bai Cangshu's Spirit Body.

The Spirit Body of Huangkuang Taoguang did not pause in the slightest. When the Lightning Fist missed, it stepped forward, directly touching Bai Cangshu's body, and the lightning exploded.

Zzz!

Bai Cangshu was pierced through by the intense lightning, and a terrifying pain struck.

This was the world of the soul; techniques like Iron Block and Flame Dragon Scale, as well as Chao-fan Te-zheng, could not take effect, and lightning itself dealt extra damage to Spirit Bodies.

This strike made Bai Cangshu's soul body tremble slightly, but he raised his right hand swiftly. Bai Cangshu's tolerance for pain far exceeded that of an ordinary person, and furthermore, he found himself falling into that state of feeling pleasure from pain once again.

Pfft!

A sound of piercing through the air rang out; Bai Cangshu's right hand thrust out like a Magic Spear with a movement completely uncoordinated with his body.

The soul body of Huangkuang Taoguang instantly flashed backward again like a bolt of lightning.

At this, not just Bai Cangshu, but even Uchiha Madara and Gojo Satoru realized that this newcomer was indeed very troublesome.

As a master of lightning power, which most countered Spirit Bodies, the nature of its soul had actually turned into something similar to lightning itself.

The Spirit Body blew a breath toward Bai Cangshu.

The next moment, a bolt of lightning exploded out of thin air in front of Bai Cangshu's chest, and the dissipating electric light shattered the Spirit Tower that had just been piled up.

Accompanied by the pain of his Spirit Body being nearly torn apart, Bai Cangshu caught a glimmer of sensation.

It was the restless lightning power within the opponent's Spirit Body; it was one of the ultimate destructive powers used by the Earth Will to punish humanity—the power of thunder!

Bai Cangshu also realized at this moment why this trial was to survive the attacks of Huangkuang Taoguang until its energy ended: this special Spirit Body was almost impossible to touch.

It was just like an Enel with even richer combat experience; he was moving at the speed of lightning at all times, and the most direct way to obtain the inheritance and master the power of the 【Wild Rampage】 was none other than to feel it with one's own Soul!

"Ha, interesting."

Bai Cangshu suddenly stopped pursuing and stood where he was, spreading his arms wide.

"Come, Wild Rampage, let me feel the power with which the Orochi Clan intends to destroy humanity!"

He appeared mad, no longer dodging.

This scene made the smile on Gojo Satoru's lips grow even wider; that madness from the depths of the soul was the greatest reason he approved of Bai Cangshu—it was the self-awareness of being fellow Outliers, the essence of madness that could not be concealed.

As for Uchiha Madara, his Sharingan rotated slightly at this moment; he slowly rose from the Yellow Springs, admitting that this so-called King of Hearts was not a pure mediocrity, as the opponent possessed a spirit he was familiar with.

The next moment, as if sensing Bai Cangshu's will, one arm on the twisted figure of the Wild Rampage rose and pointed far away toward the sky.

Zzz~

Even though it was a Spirit Body space, an extremely intense sense of oppression suddenly appeared; that heavy feeling as if the entire sky were pressing down upon you made one's uncontrollable Spirit Body feel heavy.

That finger was clearly pointing at the sky, but whether it was Bai Cangshu, Gojo Satoru, or Uchiha Madara, all had a feeling from the netherworld.

The moment that finger fell would be an incomparably terrifying strike.

Ever since Bai Cangshu successfully used 【Cursed Blood Homology】 to purify his bloodline into a Perfect Individual, this was the first time he had felt the intent of death so clearly; excluding the time when Roland occupied his body and was hostile to the Black King, he had almost never felt that he could be killed at any other time.

But at this very moment, in this battle of souls, as the 【Fate Lightning Arrow】 was about to descend from afar, he indeed felt a wisp of death intent spreading up from the Yellow Springs, enveloping his entire body.

Is this my death intent?

Ha.

Gojo Satoru had completely removed his blindfold by now, his Six Eyes watching Bai Cangshu's soul body.

"Tsk, taking this hit, even if you don't die, you won't be able to sit firmly in that position anymore, host~"

Uchiha Madara, meanwhile, watched the guy who still stood with arms spread wide, welcoming the attack with a heroic posture even when the entire space seemed locked by that condensed yet unreleased powerful will; a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously, which then transformed into battle intent as he stepped out of the Yellow Springs, murky yellow spring water dripping continuously from his soul.

"With this kind of spirit, if you can take this strike and not die, I will acknowledge that you can fight me."

He walked over step by step, his aura rising continuously, and the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes had already changed its appearance; seeing that posture, Gojo Satoru also put away his flippant and lazy state.

Bai Cangshu took in everyone's posture, along with the thirty-three thousand spirits screaming madly behind him, and the god of death that had appeared from the Yellow Springs, seemingly wanting to harvest him.

A fanatical, arrogant smile appeared on his face as well.

"Who do you all think you are..."

"I am the master of this world!"

At this moment, the Wild Rampage, which had been holding its twisted arm high, suddenly brought its arm down.

The Consciousness Space went black for an instant, and then, a bolt of lightning that seemed to split the entire Consciousness Space lit up.

"Look at the will of Heaven, the final judgment!"

The Wild Rampage spoke for the first time, its voice as dull as thunder and as solemn as fate.

【Fate Lightning Arrow】

Crack!

The lightning descending from the sky fell abruptly; the Spirit Tower, already several hundred meters tall, was the first to vaporize, and the moment this strike landed, the aftermath of the lightning shattered those screaming spirits.

Subsequently, that bolt of lightning, in a world that seemed to have come to a standstill, suddenly fell toward... that twisted Spirit Body.

Boom!

With a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar, ripples of cyan-white energy continuously expanded in the Consciousness Space, shrouding the entire area; the heavenly might of the lightning intersected with the deathly silence of the Yellow Springs, and white mist submerged everything.

"Hahaha... hahahaha..."

Amidst the mad laughter, Gojo Satoru and Uchiha Madara both changed their expressions slightly, and then both revealed smiles full of interest, their expressions becoming fanatical.

That tall figure revealed itself in the white mist, clutching his forehead and laughing wildly without stop.

"Fate is in my hands."

(End of this chapter)