Chapter 414: Bai Cangshu Awakens, Fragments of Fatalism (3k)

Moo!

The giant Resentful Spirit let out a long howl toward the sky; in just an instant, the humans throughout the entire building went rigid, losing all ability to move. Although they could not see the Resentful Spirit, that hair-raising sensation made them instinctively aware.

In this building, something invisible and terrifying was approaching.

The twisted Resentful Spirit broke free from its cage, wantonly radiating its distorted malice. Having been soaked in the Yellow Springs and having slaughtered others for a long time in that Purgatory-like pit of Resentful Spirits as if being raised as a Gu, the degree of distortion and power of this Resentful Spirit were extraordinary.

It would soon be able to evolve into a Resentful Spirit or a Cursed Spirit; as long as it wished, it could also remain in this building and become a powerful earthbound spirit.

The Resentful Spirit lunged fiercely at those humans radiating fresh vitality, but the next moment, a powerful suction force arrived, and the giant black Resentful Spirit felt a familiar aura.

It let out a shriek of fear.

Woo!

It did not want to go back.

The Resentful Spirit's limbs turned into twisted joints, entangling themselves in the building, but that force was far stronger than at any time in the past. The next moment, the Resentful Spirit's joints were torn off, and its body instantly passed through the building, turning into a black arrow under the sunlight and shooting into the distance.

Bang!

The Resentful Spirit, sucked into the air, collided with another Spirit Body. It angrily reformed its claws and fangs, preparing to devour the other party, only to find itself facing a pair of scarlet Three-Tomoe.

Uchiha Madara snorted coldly, using one hand to hammer the weakling that had collided with him out of the air, only to see that the fellow merely changed its arc and still inevitably flew toward the same place as him.

He looked up at the sky, at those pitch-black lines rising continuously from all directions of the world, then converging toward the same place.

It was obvious that his strange host had likely obtained some even more powerful strength and was now forcibly capturing them, these prisoners, back.

"Hmph."

Even at a time like this, Uchiha Madara kept his arms crossed. Despite having reached an agreement with him, the host was still employing such crude methods. He could vaguely sense that the host had not only become more powerful, but his temper had likely become even more brutal...

The flight speed of Spirit Bodies was fundamentally different from that of living beings; they could directly cross certain spatial obstacles and enter the Spirit World directly.

Uchiha Madara only felt that it was but a moment in that strange space of black and white before he plunged once again into the body of that host, whose appearance had become somewhat strange.

The next moment, Uchiha Madara's expression turned gloomy. He struggled to maintain his arms-crossed posture, but he was constantly shoved by the crowded Spirit Bodies around him, his figure forced to change position again and again.

Gojo Satoru, standing in the air using the Limitless, watched this scene and laughed, clutching his stomach.

Boom!

In almost an instant, Uchiha Madara cleared all the Spirit Bodies in his vicinity. These destroyed Spirit Bodies slowly regenerated the next moment from the equally crowded Yellow Springs, pushing and shoving in confusion.

In the vast white space, a massive amount of Spirit Bodies, far exceeding their previous scale, were crowded here at this moment.

Gojo Satoru nimbly landed beside Uchiha Madara, who had cleared a space in an instant. In the distance, one could see that the Reaper capable of devouring souls was floating in the air, rarely motionless; it had likely eaten a fuller meal than ever before.

"What exactly is going on?"

Uchiha Madara asked in a cold voice. Although he had accepted temporarily cooperating with this host, this space becoming so crowded truly put him in a bad mood.

Gojo Satoru rested his hands behind his neck, looking at the specks of golden luster revealed within the cracked White Jade Throne of the Heart in the sky, and whistled flippantly.

"Probably, that guy obtained some wonderful opportunity and became a billion times stronger again. Truly..."

"Such enviable, almost frightening Strong Luck."

——

Lilith watched the black sedan driving away. A day had passed, and the rescue work here had temporarily come to an end. The corpse of the 【Nameless Hero】 Tao Baibai remained where it was, surrounded by a perimeter. It was said that many researchers hoped to use the remains of this powerful hero to conduct research.

This matter had now sparked fierce arguments, and Fubuki had left, preparing to gather everyone from the former Hero Association to change the current situation.

She could not accept that a "hero" would end up with such an outcome.

Hero, heh...

【You are currently in a non-combat state. Do you wish to use Article 3, Special Situation 1 of the Safety Regulations to end this mission immediately and return?】

【Yes/No】

On the space panel before Lilith's eyes, scarlet characters flickered continuously; it was clear that the space was hinting that she should return immediately.

Lilith's gaze was dim. The difficulty of this world was completely unsuitable for a weakling like her. Or rather, for a Reincarnator of her 【Bing】 rank to be dropped into a world of this difficulty was a disaster to begin with.

But now that the disaster was over, she felt little joy.

Her familiar companions were dead, the great villain Tao Baibai, who had inexplicably saved her several times, was also dead, and Saitama, who had shown her kindness, had suddenly begun hunting down Reincarnators.

Lilith looked at the mangled corpse surrounded by layers of warning tape, sighed, and chose 【Yes】.

As streams of information descended, she suddenly smelled a scent of blood, and then she saw that on the mangled corpse within the warning tape, strands of granulation tissue suddenly appeared and twitched again.

"You..."

Lilith's figure vanished completely, and subsequently, an increasingly thick stench of blood emerged from the corpse; the granulation tissue twitched continuously, and the flesh and blood tissue began to regenerate.

After Bai Cangshu's body regained its vitality, it began to attempt regeneration continuously.

Beep, beep, beep...

Urgent alarm sounds rang out rapidly from the edge of the warning tape. These were alarms set up jointly by the Hero Agencies to prevent anyone from privately trying to monopolize the remains of this hero.

They would sound as soon as the aura of a living organism was detected.

Soon, several motorcycles appeared from the distant city area. Because B City had suffered that terrifying impact, most people had already migrated to neighboring city areas, but there were still some Hero Agencies stationed within the city.

Several fully armed men rode their motorcycles to the outside of the warning tape, but they did not see any trace of others.

"What is this alarm about? Was it triggered by some animal by mistake?"

Several people squatted down to check the trigger, but they did not notice that the mangled corpse was now several centimeters taller than before, and the flesh had begun to emit a bloody stench.

Crack, crack, the sound of mechanical Footwork rang out. The men turned their heads back, only to see a pitch-black robot appearing outside the block, walking over with heavy steps.

"Stop! Which agency are you from?"

The men immediately warned loudly while drawing the firearms on their bodies. The pitch-black cannon barrel behind the robot slowly rotated. The men's faces showed fear; their strength had not reached the level where they could ignore thermal weapons, especially this kind of large-caliber weapon.

"Wait a minute, we..."

Bang!

Three headless corpses fell slowly. The robot stepped past the men, directly crushed the alarm, tore off the warning tape, and looked at the mangled corpse with granulation tissue; its mechanical eye emitted a red light.

"As expected, it is you who have resurrected..."

The robot's chest plating then opened, and a mechanical arm reached out to extract a jade-green reagent, pouring it over the remains.

A massive amount of active substance and intense vitality suddenly emerged from Bai Cangshu's remains, the granulation tissue writhing together like long snakes.

A moment later, a complete Bai Cangshu appeared once again in this world.

Unlike before, Bai Cangshu now had long black hair draped behind his head, and his entire temperament had changed completely.

The cruel smile from the past had vanished, replaced by a pair of eyes that seemed dark enough to swallow a person's heart.

His expression appeared calm, but merely standing nearby made one feel as though they were being involuntarily drawn to him.

It was a gap in absolute presence, a gap in the essence of the Soul.

"Hello, hero for fun~ Tao Baibai, I have been observing you all for a long time..."

A mechanical voice emanated from within the black robot; this robot stood over three meters tall, covered in heavy armor, with three large-caliber cannons on its back and likely many more weapons concealed on its body.

"Metal Knight."

Bai Cangshu looked at the robot calmly, then, without waiting for the other party to speak, said directly,

"I accept your trade."

Metal Knight's electronic eyes flickered a few times, and Bai Cangshu, again not waiting for it to speak, said directly,

"You, who have always hidden behind the scenes, are nothing more than having observed the powerful strength of our group, as well as the even more terrifying power of Saitama and the others, so you want to create a balance; I can agree to your terms."

【Your actions have earned the appreciation of Metal Knight; your Reputation with Metal Knight has increased slightly. Current: Stranger (88/100)】

The corners of Bai Cangshu's mouth twitched; he did not know if there was some issue with his "resurrection," or if the effects of those three golden Soul fragments were truly that potent.

He was clearly not activating 【Super Limit Spiral】 at this moment, yet he possessed a powerful thinking ability nearly equal to when it was activated, almost instinctively able to simulate the other party's thinking Logic.

He vaguely sensed that this was likely a change he had gained after his 【Super Limit Spiral】 reached its extreme first turn and his genes had nearly collapsed.

"Your performance makes me need to re-evaluate the threat of your group."

Metal Knight was not a guy who was easy to get along with; one could see his guarded mentality from the fact that even though he showed appreciation for Bai Cangshu's "cleverness," the Reputation still remained at Stranger.

But Bai Cangshu himself did not care about such things.

He moved his limbs, still feeling a slight lack of flexibility.

"You should also want to study me, so arrange a place; I also want to know the current state of my body."

Metal Knight was silent for another moment; the intelligence and cooperation of the guy before him had reached a level that made him uneasy, but thinking of those terrifying individuals, he had to take precautions.

Whether it was this group of suddenly appearing Ability Users, or the mysterious Saitama and that Spirit World Creature...

【Metal Knight invites you to join his faction. Do you agree?】

【Yes】.

Bai Cangshu sat on the shoulder of Metal Knight's black robot as it flew into the desert; suddenly, he jumped off the robot's shoulder.

He saw a golden, glittering object in the desert that was incredibly dazzling.

And Metal Knight had clearly not scanned this item.

Bai Cangshu landed in the desert; this was a dark golden fragment, looking like an Infinite symbol that had been broken in the middle.

This design, at a glance, was inseparable from the 【Infinite Dimensional Space】.

He reached out to touch it, and a profound feeling emerged.

【You have obtained Authority Fragment: Fatalism】

(End of chapter)