Chapter 338: Super Sublimation

A thunderous roar came from the horizon, lightning continuously gathered in the sky, and the sound of thunder and incoming waves seemed to devour the entire mountain peak.

The ground trembled, two explosive winds filled the mountain summit, rocks fell from above, and the thick dark clouds were blasted into huge voids one after another by the rapidly frictioning Electric Arc.

"Hahaha, come on, come on."

Da Gu Ba's laughter enjoyed the pain from his body, and he swung his fist with almost the same movements and posture as Jiang Xia.

The two madly erupted bursting blood flowers on each other's bodies, and every part of their bodies turned into twisted weapons.

The sealing energy continuously imprinted on their bodies, bright red blood and vivid yellow blood intertwined, constantly dyeing the ground blood-red.

Jiang Xia ignored the blood spurting from his body, aimed a heavy strike at Da Gu Ba's belt, but it was blocked by Da Gu Ba's arm.

Then Jiang Xia violently lifted his leg, already dyed red by blood, and fiercely kicked at Da Gu Ba.

Da Gu Ba reacted swiftly, lifting his leg and using his knee to firmly block Jiang Xia's kick.

Then he gathered power in his right hand, igniting a burst of high-temperature flame; immense force suddenly whipped up a storm, which fiercely condensed onto his right fist.

In the next instant, the ferocious force carried on his fist emitted an extremely sharp sound in the air, and immediately Da Gu Ba's powerful punch struck straight into Jiang Xia's waist and abdomen.

"Bang——"

A low rumbling sound burst from Jiang Xia's body, blood instantly blossomed on his chest, and his body was instantly flung backward.

Just as Jiang Xia's body was about to crash into the cliff, a sound of wings flapping came from the sky.

The air vibrated violently, and a huge shadow, upon seeing Jiang Xia, suddenly accelerated.

Within a few seconds, its speed surged again, and gorgeous blue fire erupted from its tail, releasing a powerful shockwave.

Contrary to expectation, no intense pain came; Jiang Xia frowned, turned his head backward, and saw behind him a massive metal beetle dragging his body, preventing him from directly striking the cliff.

"Golem?" Jiang Xia spoke slowly in the Linduo language.

The beetle-form Golem nodded, letting Jiang Xia stand on its back to continue fighting.

Golem, relying on speed beyond limits, rushed from Linduo Village at high speed and rescued Jiang Xia from the air.

"It turns out that so many things happened even after I left the village; leaving the copied Kuuga belt on Li Ke's body was indeed the correct choice."

After Jiang Xia understood the situation, he nodded at Golem and said, "Then let us fight together, Golem."

He steadied his body, standing on Golem's back, as if floating in midair.

Golem's combat ability is compatible with Kuuga; now it can absolutely help Jiang Xia fight together against Da Gu Ba in battle.

"Ha, a new mount?" Da Gu Ba looked at the Kuuga hovering in midair, laughed excitedly, and immediately a burst of white light erupted on his body.

The scorching white light made people feel warm, like seeing an oil lamp glowing from inside a house on a cold winter night, involuntarily making one hasten steps toward that warm place and relax.

However, this is merely an illusion; that warm white light is not people's refuge on a winter night, but an attack that destroys everything, and the ability of particle control to disintegrate matter again acts upon Jiang Xia and Golem's bodies.

Compared to supernatural ignition, Da Gu Ba has evolved once more here; his particle control ability has increased again, becoming the aurora of destruction.

"Swish!"

Jiang Xia's Amadam Spirit Stone at his waist and the Spirit Stone on Golem's back simultaneously emitted a faint glow.

The dark-gold armor on Ultimate Kuuga's body and the armor on Golem's body jointly aroused the latent power.

The two Spirit Stones of the same origin merged into one, beginning to jointly resist Da Gu Ba's attack.

Golem charged at Da Gu Ba with maximum acceleration, rushing toward the source of the white light and directly colliding.

The white aurora was sliced apart; just as Golem was about to strike Da Gu Ba, Da Gu Ba fiercely swung his fist, the golden ornaments on his body flying, the air exploded, and a deathly aura gathered on his right arm.

Da Gu Ba merely swung his fist, yet it gave the feeling of sucking all the air dry—slow, powerful, and explosive.

This is a game about the contest for supremacy, a ritual to summon the ultimate darkness.

"Ha!"

Jiang Xia likewise felt the deathly aura emanating from Da Gu Ba's body.

The two Spirit Stones resonated together, concentrating power into the fists, silently raising them and throwing punches at Da Gu Ba.

In the deafening explosion, Golem's lonely voice emerged, having exerted all of its strength.

Its voice was very faint, yet it could reach Jiang Xia's heart; not even the explosion's sound from the collision could block it.

"Clang."

Shattered metal fragments the size of a fingernail cap scattered across the ground with the explosion's sound.

In the mutual clash, Da Gu Ba smashed Golem's body into fragments, leaving only the Spirit Stone still emitting a faint light, which fell into Jiang Xia's palm.

Golem bore Da Gu Ba's attack for Jiang Xia, allowing Jiang Xia's all-out strike to land on Da Gu Ba's chest, blasting him away.

At the same time, this blow damaged the Spirit Stone on Da Gu Ba's chest, temporarily slowing his Evolution speed.

"You've helped me a lot; rest assured, I will repair you." Jiang Xia looked at the Spirit Stone flickering in his palm and silently stored it into his body.

Golem's true form is merely the Spirit Stone; its body is actually constructed from the most ordinary metal and rock, and as long as the Spirit Stone remains intact, Golem will be reborn again.

"Come on, Da Gu Ba!"

Jiang Xia's transformed Ultimate Kuuga once again became a black shadow; the thorn-covered battle attire on his body burst with golden thunder, shaking loose all surrounding rubble.

"Hahaha, this is great, ultimate power."

Da Gu Ba lowered his gaze to the Spirit Stone on his chest, now bearing several cracks; he not only ignored it but instead showed Jiang Xia a mad grin.

At the foothills of the Gulanggi Tribe.

Rose Woman blocked the blast with her hands in front of her, desperately resisting the baptism of the violent wind.

Although it was hard to perceive the concrete situation in this nearly materialized airflow, she still strained to keep her eyes open.

Just like a pilgrim-hearted saint advancing step by step toward the battlefield's center.

"What on earth is the result..."

"Boom!"

Ultimate Kuuga's black silhouette, accompanied by a blast, was struck by incredible speed and hurled toward the distant rock wall.

Shattered stones flew and splashed; Jiang Xia stumbled to his feet from among the burning debris, pale gold blood sliding from his black shoulder armor and dripping onto the ground riddled with cracks.

He stumbled to his feet, the surroundings fell silent instantly, and violent gasping replaced the storm-like airflow.

He inhaled a large amount of air to maintain his balance, pressing the bleeding wound to heal.

The jet-black armor, shattered into tiny metal fragments, littered the ground.

Da Gu Ba's white, muscular body pierced the smoke and dust; an invisible force tore through the surrounding shroud, revealing his current form.

Da Gu Ba stood upright; his muscular body was riddled with countless holes spurting blood with a hiss, yet they healed at a visible speed.

His healing ability was equally astonishing, repairing faster than Jiang Xia's current rate.

The battle between Da Gu Ba and the ultimate Kuuga actually gave Da Gu Ba the advantage; the reaction between King Gurongi's belt and the spirit stone was far from over. This is why he is sure to win: the spirit stone compensates for the belt's weakness and raises Da Gu Ba's limit.

Under the superposition of dual ultimate forms, relying solely on ultimate Kuuga's output power makes it impossible to defeat Da Gu Ba.

In every aspect, he was heavily suppressed; even ultimate Kuuga's defense and other means could not withstand the double attack.

Each punch from ultimate Kuuga carries two to three times the power of a nuclear explosion kick.

Under the spirit stone's stimulation, Da Gu Ba's punching and kicking power have grown to 1.5 times that of ultimate Kuuga over time.

In countless collisions from punching blasts, Jiang Xia often sustained the heavier injuries.

However, Jiang Xia relied on his already evolved body to forcefully smooth out this gap, continually repairing his wounds and then resuming the fight.

Indeed, if two opposing yet same-origin powers mutually fuse, they will obtain tremendous energy far beyond the limit.

"Hahaha, it's about time, right? Relying solely on Kuuga's power cannot possibly defeat me."

Da Gu Ba pointed at Jiang Xia's miserable state and said: "You should be like me, able to break through the ultimate limit; you clearly possess such great power, why aren't you planning to use it at all?"

"You're right; relying solely on ultimate Kuuga's power makes it hard to defeat you. Your current strength surpasses ultimate darkness, and so does mine, but the difference is that I might lose control."

Jiang Xia looked at the scars on his body; half of his armor had already been torn apart by Da Gu Ba's fists.

His flesh and blood were blurred beyond recognition; the bones in his limbs were almost all broken, the only thing possibly not severely wounded being the belt.

For Kuuga, only the belt is most important; external wounds can be healed by expending power.

But repairing the belt takes a very long time, and even a slight mistake could cause the body's nerves to sever, so we must avoid this weakness as much as possible.

"I really don't want to use it." Jiang Xia murmured.

At that moment, he released all restraints on his body.

The agony, almost like lingchi, made Jiang Xia's muffled groans from the battle thus far escalate to the point where he completely opened his ultimate Kuuga perception at this moment.

The wind-element's thousandfold enhancement of perception acting on Jiang Xia's blurred, broken body is hardly tolerable compared to any punishment in this world.

Endless information streamed from sky, land, and sea; the access rights at the Earth Library automatically opened.

Under the perception pushed to its extreme, the vast information was received by him in its entirety at that moment.

"It's really hard to endure; if the information had come even a little later, I would have been tortured to death." Jiang Xia grimaced.

"Dragging this half-crippled body while boosting perception a thousandfold in one breath is an experience I never want to repeat; I hope that when the Kuuga legacy is inherited later, this problem can be resolved." Jiang Xia gave a wry smile.

"Every time I combine a new form, I get beaten half to death; this is really unfriendly to me."

The pain beyond limits and the endless information—both states are life-threatening.

The omnipotent ability we've painstakingly gathered can only be barely used this way, and the internal energy sustaining it is rapidly depleting.

Even Jiang Xia as he is now can't endure it for long; perhaps only after evolving to A Rank or S Rank life level could he briefly wield this ability.

At least he can maintain a clear state to experience it; each time he's about to be overwhelmed by information and lose consciousness, the pain signal from his body gives him a surprise, preventing him from losing control.

"Transform!"

"Boom——!"

Forked lightning flashed from the sticky dark clouds, striking straight down onto Jiang Xia's body; the surrounding earth, fire, wind, water, and electricity elements surged toward him like weary birds returning to their nests.

Jiang Xia's originally pure-white energy, bearing the Knight's history within him, was violently injected into the Amadam spirit stone at his waist.

Although it seems a bit contrary to natural order, this is also Jiang Xia's trump card.

After reaching the ultimate, the spirit stone's energy-absorbing trait has greatly strengthened, allowing it to freely absorb all external power to enhance itself and replicate and reproduce.

Including earth stone, demon emperor power, dimensional wall, and various special abilities, all can be freely absorbed.

Even the power of Decade's special form riding cards can be reproduced; this is one of the truly heaven-defying abilities of the Amadam spirit stone.

Jiang Xia's internal energy now encompasses all the monsters and Knight powers he has encountered along the way, far surpassing any single energy.

"Boom!"

The strong air current made Da Gu Ba, who originally wanted Jiang Xia to go all out, shrink his pupils; he warily watched the unknown life form emerging from the ruins, his muscles tensed but he dared not approach.

A body even more perfect than ultimate Kuuga appeared before Da Gu Ba, golden to the point of whitish armor covering ultimate Kuuga's body.

On the chest and limbs, the entire body was covered in armor of thorn-like protrusions, golden and black veins.

The originally sharp black shoulders that curled upward turned into gold-black battle armor; the arms, elbows, and legs all have golden, freely contractible battle thorns.

The spirit stone at the waist transformed from pure black to gold, continuously drawing power from heaven and earth to sustain its existence.

This is more terrifying than the Kuuga that brought ultimate darkness; it is a truly world-destroying special form.

Super-Sublimated Ultimate Kuuga—appearance.

At this moment, Jiang Xia's spirit stone evolved again.

"Thump!"

In the instant before Da Gu Ba could react, the fist wrapped in golden armor rapidly enlarged in his vision.

Even without a chance to react, Da Gu Ba's chest was directly struck by a massive force.

Da Gu Ba's body flew backward and slammed hard into the mountain cliff.

"Boom—!"

The mountain peak before him completely shattered; tens of thousands of tons of sand and dust fell from the sky, covering the battlefield's center.

"I now feel I can do anything." Jiang Xia looked at his hands and murmured.

Endless power burst from his waist to his limbs; everything in heaven and earth is under his control, and with a casual gesture he can achieve unimaginable miracles.

Just as Jiang Xia was preparing to continue attacking, a rich white light burst forth from the already broken mountain peak.

Jiang Xia suddenly heard the sound of a horse's neigh, as heavy as thunder.

Based on the transmitted roar, if it is truly a horse, its size would be as huge as a small mountain, and it is likely a creature transformed after an extraterrestrial meteorite.

Within the white light stood a majestic steed as massive as a mountain, wearing metal lattice armor consistent with Da Gu Ba's, and its white fur flowed with a light like that of a spirit stone.

The massive shadow outline resembled a giant beast, its four thick horse legs larger than a mammoth.

The dark gold hooves dug into the ground, the rock-like ground was treated as blocks, scooping out holes one after another.

At this moment, Da Gu Ba's coarse hair scattered over the mount, his entire body covered in dark gold heavy armor that formed a single piece, and he, possessing a giant frame, sat upright on his steed.

On his white platinum iron face, four golden iron shovel worm horns extended outward, and he also held a giant sword in his hand.

The giant sword also emitted a dim spiritual light, as if wielding a mountain, and his strong muscles bore incomparable power.

This is the true appearance of Da Gu Ba, the King of Ancient Lang Ji, possessing an invincible giant body, a steed as tall as a mountain, and a ruler who conquers the world with mighty power.

(End of chapter)