Chapter 350: Domain Expansion: Sound-Killing Underworld (3k)

Hongchen just smiled upon hearing Tao Baibai's words; he was not showing off or making any declaration of victory, he simply felt that fighting Tao Baibai was quite enjoyable.

Because of the scarcity of resources in the early stages and the uncertainty of acquiring abilities within the space, it is very difficult for Reincarnators to obtain specific types of abilities without the support of team resources.

Therefore, the abilities of the vast majority of Reincarnators are, to put it nicely, diverse, and to put it bluntly, broad but not refined.

Furthermore, because of their combat style, Reincarnators on the melee and physical arts side have a higher mortality rate than those on the shooting or spellcasting side.

Being able to encounter a master who is purely on the physical arts side is a very rare thing.

Hongchen swung the Snow Drink Saber twice, and the surroundings were already shrouded in ice mist; his Chao-fan Te-zheng 【Whistling Wind Chill】 allowed him to lower the ambient temperature when moving rapidly in any form, and additionally boosted the effects of wind-chill power.

He looked at Tao Baibai, whose muscles were swelling again, whose figure had already exceeded two and a half meters, and who had crimson flames appearing on his body; without a doubt, Tao Baibai belonged to the Second Tier of powerhouses.

This kind of exaggerated physical attribute already possessed the strength to crush some "watered-down" Title-level Reincarnators; it was no coincidence that the other party could kill 【Qicai Modao Qilinsi】 one-on-one.

But...

"Let me introduce myself, I am 【Hongchen】, belonging to the second follower squad of the supreme powerhouse His Excellency 【Fate Eternal】 — 【Chaos Sage】."

"Although you have some conflict with that girl 【Baimian】, I will still ask for the sake of it: are you willing to become a Follower of His Excellency 【Fate Eternal】?"

Whenever Hongchen saw a talented Reincarnator, he would habitually try to recruit them; this was his philosophy of conduct. Not every powerhouse had to be killed; only by having more powerhouses on one's side could one more easily achieve victory.

"Shut up!"

A roar suddenly erupted, and for a split second, Hongchen felt a strongly twisted negative energy strip away his ability to speak.

Pitch-black Cursed Energy dripped from his body like blood; the Millennium Worm walked over from afar. He kept his head lowered, his figure appearing like a twisted Monster, swaying constantly under the shroud of Cursed Energy.

The effect of this Curse Word was extremely powerful; the Flower Fairy, who was eavesdropping via a cactus, also had her ability to speak taken away.

Bai Cangshu turned his head and looked at the man in black, who had not lost his memories despite regenerating a head, knowing that the other party had likely resolved this hidden danger of the Demi-human through some means.

In this way, the other party was indeed quite difficult to deal with; of course... that was for others.

Bai Cangshu opened his mouth and discovered that as long as he did not want to speak, this Curse Word would not make him unable to open his mouth; he gained a deeper understanding and speculation regarding this 【Curse Word】 ability.

Hoo~

Bai Cangshu greedily breathed in the cold air to alleviate the Killing Intent Wave that was becoming increasingly frantic and agitated due to the power displayed by these two Reincarnators.

The Killing Intent Wave was already burning in his chest and brain; he twitched his fingers strangely a few times, suppressing the impulse to remove the restriction at this moment.

I really want to completely Release the Killing Intent Wave and kill these two guys right now~

Especially...

Bai Cangshu shifted his gaze away from the man in the black windbreaker whose Cursed Energy had finally become intense and twisted; what he had wanted to see all along was the other party's current appearance.

That look of using rationality to suppress his increasingly frantic Spirit made it hard for him to feel any interest.

But when the other party finally revealed his true form, Bai Cangshu realized there was someone who could make him even more "excited."

This red-haired swordsman was undoubtedly also a Reincarnator specializing in the physical arts side, and his enhanced ability was likely of the 【Martial Arts】 type. Combined with Luo Xi's Intelligence, the Flower Fairy had betrayed them to join the 【Chaos Sage】, and in a head-on conflict, she had severely wounded Red Lotus and stolen the resources from that 【Wind and Cloud】 world.

Thump, thump, thump...

Bai Cangshu's heartbeat grew faster and faster; accompanied by the terrifying sound of muscle swelling and tearing, Bai Cangshu's physique instantly exceeded three meters.

That sense of oppression based on physical quality struck directly.

He looked at Hongchen, tapped his toes on the ground, and gathered force from his muscles, which then exploded at a single point.

Crack!

The frozen asphalt road instantly developed spiderweb-like cracks, with the range of the cracks radiating for hundreds of meters.

Seeing this scene, Hongchen also took a breath of cold air, gripped his saber with both hands, and arched his body like a bow.

Bang!

The cracked ice layer and the asphalt road beneath it turned into dust together; amidst the eruption of intense Force, Hongchen's eyes went Empty.

The speed at which the other party exploded in this instant was already above his own.

He didn't even look, his figure instantly flowing naturally like running water; the air in front of him was emptied in an instant, but Hongchen also rotated along with that impact force.

Bai Cangshu's 【Immortal Way Great Demon Spear】 missed completely for the first time; the air made a "puff" sound, and a scorching white smoke pillar pierced out from beside Hongchen, instantly punching a hole several meters deep into the ice layer.

A glance from the corner of Hongchen's eye told him that Tao Baibai's martial arts mastery was likely also over level 7, with Force leaving the body without dissipating. He was even more delighted; he stepped out with the 【Water Shift Footwork】 again, and following the agitation of the air from the Great Demon Spear's thrust, his figure flipped and floated up, his hands gripping the saber to slash horizontally with great force.

【Fifth Form: Treading Snow to Seek Plum Blossoms】!

A massive ice-blue saber aura appeared once more.

This slash seemed to carry all the air that Bai Cangshu had agitated, rolling back in an instant. Bai Cangshu did not retreat a single step; he took a step forward, and amidst the roar of the exploding ground, he gripped his left hand tightly.

Sizzle!

Blue-white electric light lit up from his fist out of thin air, and the ionized particles that had long filled the surroundings were also activated in an instant.

【Dark Thunder Fist】!

Boom!

Bai Cangshu's punch was incomparably violent; as he threw his left fist, the thunder in the air for dozens of meters in front of him exploded simultaneously, turning into a massive thunderball with a diameter of over ten meters, with the fist force, Killing Intent Wave, and thunder power exploding violently inside.

The blue-white saber aura crashed into the Dark Thunder Fist before it could even fully reach his body; the two energies collided and then exploded with a bang.

Pfft, pfft, pfft...

Shattered saber aura scattered from the explosion; Bai Cangshu was instantly pierced by several strands of saber aura, and the blood was frozen before it could even flow out. The cold Wuji remaining in the saber aura continued to circulate within his body, preventing his flesh from healing.

Meanwhile, Hongchen was also blown away by the thunder and Killing Intent Wave, his entire head of red hair standing on end, and his skin appearing charred. He coughed, and some dark blood flowed from his nose and mouth, as he had also been wounded by that thunder and Killing Intent Wave.

But he merely adjusted his breath, and powerful Wuji flowed through his Meridians, causing his injuries to immediately ease significantly. 【Martial Arts Internal Skill】 was far superior to energies like Fighting Spirit in the fields of internal observation, breath regulation, and even healing.

Hongchen held the Snow Drink Saber high and slashed down fiercely.

【Startling Cold Glimpse】!

Bai Cangshu raised his left hand, and the saber aura crashed onto the King's Left Arm; as the saber aura shattered, Bai Cangshu was once again wounded by the fine, fragmented saber aura.

Hongchen's Force and energy seemed inexhaustible; he leaped high and slashed down again.

One slash, two slashes, three slashes!

One after another, massive saber auras kept falling; the earth was completely frozen, and Bai Cangshu, covered in bruises, had half his body slashed into the ground, his body covered in purple and blue wounds.

The overwhelming Inner Qi made the output capability of Hongchen nearly approach that of those spellcasters.

Szz~

Electric current flowed through Bai Cangshu's body, and that icy cold began to melt.

Thump, thump, thump...

Like dense drumbeats, the frequency of Bai Cangshu's heartbeat was constantly approaching a certain Extreme Value; his face, stiffened by the icy Inner Qi, cracked into a grin, for he had a premonition that he was gradually approaching that realm...

That realm of understanding everything!

Hongchen descended from the air, gripping his blade with both hands, prepared to sever Tao Baibai's head with a single strike.

"Domain Expansion, Sound Kill Underworld."

A cold and low voice rang out; Hongchen and Bai Cangshu, immersed in their battle with each other, were both startled, and pitch-black Cursed Energy submerged everything, plunging the surroundings into complete darkness, after which rows of bronze chime bells appeared from the darkness.

These chime bells seemed to extend without end, their bases emitting a dark, ghostly light that adorned this pitch-black domain with a sinister and terrifying atmosphere.

Worm stood in the domain, his hands releasing the hand seal; his eyelids were lowered, and his expression was painful and mocking.

These two seemed to have ignored his existence, but clearly... he was the strongest one here~

The higher the level of a Demi-human's Immortality, the more profound the pain brought by this ability; without any Bloodline ability to reduce the pain of death, every death meant fully experiencing the suffocation and physiological struggle brought by dying.

And every resurrection would create a severance from everything prior; that form of resurrection, completely detached from the flesh, made Worm question more than once whether he was still himself.

Compared to the living, he, as a Demi-human, was more like a replica; perhaps the real him had died long ago, and what survived was merely a clone carrying his memories and personality.

The despair born from immense Spirit pressure had caused his Cursed Energy to long ago break through its limit, reaching the level of Second Tier Breaking the Rules.

It was just that he was truly too miserable, so he had spent a great price to fix a 【Flash Memory Calculation】 (from The Irregular at Magic High School) Magic within his body; once memory was lost, he would passively recall all memories in a very short time in the form of a reappearance.

This method was extremely painful, but it would also significantly strengthen his Cursed Energy.

Every time he was targeted by someone in this way of taking his head, he would passively relive all the painful memories and fall into this special state similar to "awakening."

Worm clutched his head, tearing at his scalp; the overly intense Cursed Energy made it impossible for him to use Reverse Cursed Technique.

But none of that mattered anymore...

Watching the two in the domain react instantly, one using Inner Qi to seal his ear orifices, the other repeating his old trick to destroy his own hearing.

Dong~

Rows of chime bells began to ring; Hongchen's expression changed, for even with his ear orifices sealed, he could still "hear" the sound.

"In my domain, hearing has no meaning."

Worm spoke to explain; he looked at the two, raised his hands, and all the chime bells began to vibrate.

The completely meaningless sound, having broken free from the restriction that 【Curse Word】 must be understood by the listener to take effect, began to directly make the two feel chaotic.

"Hongchen, die."

Worm spoke calmly.

The next moment, the light in the pupils of Hongchen—who held his precious blade with Inner Qi like three-foot-long protective energy covering his body—instantly vanished, his figure collapsed to the ground with a boom, and the Snow Drink Blade stuck into the ground, vibrating slightly.

Bai Cangshu saw this scene, and his heartbeat rapidly climbed to the limit.

【Reincarnator ex051, talent anchor activated again, entering manifestation state...】

Worm looked at Tao Baibai indifferently, the corners of his mouth curling up in a mocking expression.

He understood the weakness of so-called Immortality best.

"Tao Baibai, fall into eternal Sleep."

Bai Cangshu's expression froze, his violently beating heart also suddenly calmed, and the next moment, his massive body of over three meters also collapsed to the ground with a boom.

(End of chapter)