Chapter 254: Fire Bird

It's highly abnormal for a mere human to possess a Core Coin; just after seizing the gap when the coin was thrown, they directly flicked away the Mantis Core Coin that had been thrown out.

This made it wonder what had happened to humanity during its 800-year seal. 'Just an ordinary human happy about Ouzi's birth.'

Jiang Xia said lightly: 'It's you, Anku, who once cooperated with the 800-year-old king as a Greeed.'

Now you only have one arm left, making you the weakest among the current Desire Collective.

"Take a good look at how humanity has changed; it's no longer the era of the Greeed."

"You are merely relics of a bygone era; before constantly evolving humanity, you may be drowned by this age's desires."

"What did you say?!"

Anku immediately wanted to question Jiang Xia to clarify the exact meaning of that statement.

"A Greed born of desire will be buried by human desire—what a joke."

"Take a good look at the power of a true Core Coin."

Jiang Xia ignored Anku; without understanding his own pursuit, a Greeed driven merely by desire is at most a moving object.

It cannot even be considered a true lifeform; present Anku has nothing worth his attention.

The Earth Library's Alchemical Art division recorded many cases related to manufacturing Core Coins, but most are of no value to Jiang Xia now.

A coin is merely a manifestation of desire energy, not the source of human desire—just a crude technique for storing desire.

Not to mention destroying the world, even destroying a city is enough.

Those with immense desire are ultimately few; most are distracted by other goals in this world, losing what they truly want.

The coin-desire system condensed from this concept has a clear upper limit, let alone that king unfit even as a desire vessel.

If each Core Coin truly based on human desire, it should have no end, even possessing infinite power—that should be the true nature of the Ouzi System.

Huo Ye Yingsi felt as if scorching heat like flames were surging and burning all over his body.

He thrust the Core Coin into the center of Ouzi's Driver, and the O Scan Ring swept across.

Blazing flames swelled across Ouzi's faceplate, and Huo Ye Yingsi seemed to see many colossal beings that should not exist in this world.

He heard a soul‑shuddering cry, and immense power erupted.

Flaming wings unfolded on Ouzi's back, and its originally multicolored body became completely uniform.

The Cheetah Core Coin originally lodged at the other end of the Driver was also flung out.

Within the third empty gap, an illusory bright‑red Core Coin was born.

"A Bird‑type Core Coin?"

Anku stared in shock; he recognized that the coin this person had just thrown away was originally his own Core Coin, and its power far surpassed the original.

"We need to find a chance to take it back."

Red completely covered Huo Ye Yingsi's body, and his blooming wings were extraordinarily splendid.

Scarlet feathers drifted down from the air, the forehead's faceplate fully opened, a seven‑colored shield appeared on his arm, and flames scorched the surroundings.

"Does it not support other subspecies? Or is it that ordinary Core Coins cannot bear such power, causing the OOO Driver to fling them out?"

Jiang Xia observed silently.

Flames began to erupt.

This battle will end very, very quickly.

Huo Ye Yingsi's entire body instantly took off, and he vanished into the sky‑filled flames.

The Mantis Yummy waved both hands, condensing wind blades like a gale toward the flame‑wrapped Ouzi; those blades, capable of cutting steel, swept like a sickle over everything in sight, yet even so they could not harm the present Ouzi.

Those wind blades, like a downpour, were completely burned away by the erupting flames, and splendid flames burst in midair.

The Mantis Yummy saw the shadow within the flames, then exerted force with its legs, hissing an insectoid cry as it charged at Ouzi.

The chanting from the waist‑worn coin's vibration caused the surrounding flames to begin gathering.

Finally, a flame‑filled splendid great bird formed, flashing across the Mantis Yummy's body.

The jade‑green carapace collapsed like burnt ash, and the Mantis Yummy's chest, legs, and face exploded simultaneously, spewing countless coins.

Just one Eagle Core Coin combined with the Core Coin inside Jiang Xia can achieve the special effect of the Bird‑type Union.

If three were used simultaneously, they could raise Ouzi's power to another level, but even using just one is already the limit for Huo Ye Yingsi now.

As Huo Ye Yingsi landed, the Ouzi on him instantly disengaged, and at the moment of landing he could barely stand.

Sweat dripped from his forehead instantly; even without the Union, the consumption was astonishing.

"Good opportunity."

The moment Ouzi's armor was released, Anku felt an unprecedented surge of excitement and rushed toward Huo Ye Yingsi.

Of course it wasn't for Huo Ye Yingsi's safety, but because that Bird‑type Core Coin was waiting for it.

Anku came before Huo Ye Yingsi and forcibly snatched the OOO Driver from his hand.

Holding that central Core Coin in hand, the familiar immense power surged within its body once again.

At this moment it finally understood how powerful this special Core Coin was—far stronger than its original Bird‑type Core Coin.

Such power was enough for it to fulfill its desire.

Anku turned to look at Jiang Xia, believing this human might still have other Core Coins and wanting to retrieve them together.

A monster‑like right arm flew swiftly at Jiang Xia; although it had only one arm left, killing an ordinary human was still easy.

"Hand over the other Core Coins quickly, or I'll kill you."

Anku extended its sharp claws, aiming at Jiang Xia's throat, and threatened.

"Anku, guess why I threw away the Core Coin?"

As he spoke, Jiang Xia's voice suddenly dropped low and his eyes flashed a hint of crimson.

Jiang Xia seized the flying right arm in midair, and simultaneously the Bird‑type Greeed's aura flowed along the arm into Anku's body.

Impossible? How could this be! I clearly already!

Anku sensed this aura of the same origin, and with a frantic, terrified roar began to struggle, while a blinding red light spread across Anku's body.

In Anku's eyes, what now grasped his body was exactly an arm like its own, the human before him had also turned into a bird-type Greeed, and a tremendous suction was drawing power from within its body.

"You clearly abandoned your body, right? But after you were sealed, this body seems to have gained self-awareness." Jiang Xia said.

When Anku felt it was about to be devoured, it suddenly felt its body lighten, and its arm, following the force of the struggle, instantly pulled away a great distance from the man before it.

At the same time, the Core Coin that Anku had taken from the center of the OOO Driver also returned to Jiang Xia's hand.

"I have no interest in devouring you; let's properly get to know the human world, Anku."

As he spoke, countless red mechanical small birds fluttered in the air, picking up all the ordinary coins on the ground and flying toward a tall building.

(End of chapter)