Chapter 347: Purity

Tao Baibai was defeated?

Lilith was caught off guard; she had actually seen that black ghost before being struck, but because her reaction was too slow, she was directly severely wounded.

The subsequent fact that Tao Baibai led her to dodge the direct blast range of the missiles gave her the illusion that the two were fighting side-by-side, which was why she gave a warning while tending to her injuries.

But she did not expect that in a mere instant, Tao Baibai would seem to have been knocked down by some ability.

Millennium Worm pulled his mask back up; the ability of 【Curse Word】 is indeed powerful, but it also has many side effects on oneself.

First, this 【Innate Technique】 is a passive one; if not restricted, every sentence he speaks would become a 【Curse Word】, pointlessly consuming a large amount of Cursed Energy and easily causing collateral damage.

Second, this ability causes extreme side effects on himself; the more powerful the effect of the Curse Word used, or the stronger the target it is used against, the greater the backlash he suffers.

Millennium Worm therefore purchased an exclusive item from the 【Goddess】 to restrict this side effect; the mask he wears is named 【Exclusive Item: Curse Word Seal】, and after wearing it, he will not produce Curse Words.

Correspondingly, after taking it off, the effect of the Curse Words will be strengthened.

"Careful, Boss, Tao Baibai's heartbeat response has recovered!"

Millennium Worm's eyes narrowed; Tao Baibai's falling figure froze in mid-air, then slowly dissipated.

The next moment, a massive force appeared from in front of him.

Tao Baibai stepped forward as if flashing, arriving right before him. Millennium Worm's reaction speed was also extremely fast; he raised his hands instantly, crossed them in front of his chest, and lowered his center of gravity.

Bai Cangshu's spiral Force was contained and not yet released; when his palm made contact with Millennium Worm's crossed arms, it felt as if there was no force at all.

Millennium Worm's expression changed as he felt Tao Baibai's palm pass over his arms.

The next moment, the spiral Force exploded with a bang.

Bang!

Millennium Worm fell backward, the violent Force erupting on his cheek, his brain shaking, his vision instantly turning black.

Bai Cangshu had fully mastered 【First of the First】; in this close-quarters combat, he dispersed the 【Rakshasa Palm】 to pass through the defensive stance, then temporarily condensed half a Rakshasa Palm to strike the opponent's face.

He did not let up after gaining the advantage; the right palm he struck with pulled downward, grabbing the collar of the opponent who was staggering back, pulling him back in one motion, completely destroying the opponent's center of gravity while also preventing him from escaping his attack range.

His right fist curled, his muscles bulging in an instant.

Creak~

The moment the great bow was drawn taut, the corner of Bai Cangshu's eye twitched; an intense killing intent appeared, and a black ghost emerged from behind him, its hand, shaped like a curved blade, slashing toward him.

The IBM (black ghost) cannot normally be observed by non-Demi-humans, but it can be observed by ordinary people when it exposes killing intent during an attack, or when the person being attacked is in an extremely intense emotional state.

While confirming that Lilith's Intelligence was accurate, Bai Cangshu also determined his subsequent combat methods.

Clang!

The IBM's slash was easily pinched; Bai Cangshu turned, his force erupting, directly grabbing the IBM's hand-blade and swinging it through the air, smashing it toward the staggering Reincarnator.

Boom!

An explosion erupted directly in front of Bai Cangshu.

As Bai Cangshu's eyes shifted, he saw that the man who had been smashed also had strange mouths on both of his hands.

Didala's Bloodline Limit 【Explosion Release】?!

Thrown dozens of meters away, Bai Cangshu's skin was charred black, and his ribs were already clearly visible, but he merely wiped the blood from his face, and his injuries had already begun to recover rapidly.

"What a coincidence, a battle between two Immortality-type Reincarnators, ha..."

Bai Cangshu's tone rose; this first exchange of combat made him start to feel excited.

Without a doubt, the Reincarnator in the black trench coat before him was quite capable.

Millennium Worm also rose from the ground; he squeezed his own throat, then a flash of light appeared in his hand, and he raised a pistol, cleanly shooting himself in the head from under his jaw.

Bang!

Amidst the spray of blood and brain matter, his figure seemed about to collapse, but after swaying twice, his consciousness had already recovered.

At the same time, he took off his mask, and the throat that had been destroyed by using the extreme Curse Word 【Death】 also recovered along with his 【Resurrection】.

Seeing that Tao Baibai had already noticed his other ability, he no longer hid it, instead speaking directly:

"I have good Luck; I obtained the 【Demi-human】 Bloodline, and then I obtained the 【Curse Word】 Innate Technique, combined with a Bloodline Limit that can self-destruct... I am very difficult to deal with."

Millennium Worm imposed a "Binding" on himself by publicly revealing his abilities; this would cause his Cursed Technique effects to gain an additional boost.

The Cursed Technique system is also an ability system with partial "idealistic" characteristics; using this kind of 【Binding】 in such a situation was very appropriate.

Bai Cangshu knew the other party's little scheme and shook his head with a smile.

"Knowing your secrets have been seen through by me, you reveal them in advance to increase your strength..."

"Very shrewd."

"However..."

Bai Cangshu blinked once; in his field of vision, the man in the black trench coat before him was also hung with a circle of red luster.

"However?"

Millennium Worm replied, his tone questioning.

But he had actually already controlled his IBM to approach the injured Lilith; since he had failed to use 【Curse Word】 to kill Tao Baibai instantly, and after realizing that Tao Baibai not only possessed High-speed Regeneration but also a certain degree of 【Immortality】.

Millennium Worm was already prepared to engage in a war of attrition with Tao Baibai, waiting for subsequent reinforcements to enter.

He knew very well that since Tao Baibai had violated the 【Iron Law】, those Title-level Reincarnator teams who considered themselves high and mighty and were preparing to divide the resources of this world would not let Tao Baibai go.

They would not place all their hopes on him alone.

"However, your purity is not enough..."

Bai Cangshu spoke, his tone somewhat regretful.

The opponent was undoubtedly an excellent Reincarnator, regardless of ability combination or combat mindset; even when falling into a disadvantage in taijutsu combat, he had controlled the black ghost in advance to coordinate with his Explosion Release to prepare a counterattack, and even after realizing his abilities were exposed, he immediately utilized the characteristics of the Cursed Technique "Binding" to turn a disadvantage into an advantage.

But it was precisely because of such "shrewdness" that it further confirmed the other party's impurity.

A Sorcerer who is so rational—this means the opponent can never reach the extreme.

Millennium Worm's mouth curled, his smile mocking.

"A guy like you is probably one of those types who pursues some kind of limit or purity; how truly boring."

He pressed his palms together, casually molded them twice, and the white clay took the shape of a missile.

He loathed the "randomness" of space, and he hated even more how Tao Baibai, who had clearly obtained powerful abilities through sheer Luck, insisted on finding all sorts of excuses to claim it was his own strength.

As a Reincarnator, why pursue such things? One only needs to combine reasonable abilities to become strong enough!

Amidst the circulation of Chakra, he threw several missiles that looked like clay toys; the explosive power of these things was beyond imagination.

The direction his missiles were aimed at was naturally not Tao Baibai.

But before his raised hand could fall, it was gripped by Tao Baibai; the opponent's speed was as fast as a Ghost. While Thousand-Year Worm was analyzing Tao Baibai's combat power in his mind, he had already executed the Body Replacement Technique.

He broke free, and the Tishin exploded immediately.

Boom, boom, boom!

On the other side, his missiles also exploded in front of that female Reincarnator, but a blue-and-white Barrier appeared before her, and she was not killed instantly by the blast.

"You wanted to make me lose focus by attacking that woman; you wanted to stall for time..."

"You even deliberately molded the clay into the shape of missiles; was your goal to provide cover for that guy hiding a kilometer away firing rocket-propelled grenades?"

Bai Cangshu pointed out Thousand-Year Worm's thoughts one by one, shaking his head.

"Don't you understand yet? I am not the kind of opponent you can fight with this half-baked mindset."

Bai Cangshu was in no rush to activate Instant; he quite enjoyed fighting Reincarnators with this much potential.

"Forget it, why don't you go kill that woman, and I'll go kill your two subordinates, and then we can fight to our hearts' content, how about that?"

The smile on Bai Cangshu's face grew increasingly cruel, then he lifted his foot and tapped it lightly, his figure already vanishing like the wind.

【Wind God Leg】!

Thousand-Year Worm was startled; unable to care about continuing to hunt down Lilith, he immediately pressed his headset.

"You guys, retreat quickly!"

"Ah!"

"Boss, Tao Baibai has found us..."

(End of chapter)