Chapter 259: Su Hao's Ultimate Form, Even an Indestructible Body Must Die!

"Ah ha? Did you find me?"

Su Hao secretly laughed, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.

The blood giant charged like a furious beast, each step making the earth tremble violently and leaving a huge footprint.

However, facing the blood giant over five hundred meters tall with astonishing momentum, Su Hao not only had no worries, but even felt some anticipation.

From start to finish, what he feared was not the fourth-rank Crimson Mother Nest, but merely the possible Crimson Divine Power that might exist in the blood lake.

If the Crimson Mother Nest could actively leave the blood lake, then he wouldn't hold back; his Bursting Heavy Axe had long been thirsting for battle.

"Go!"

Su Hao smiled faintly and elegantly waved his hand.

The next moment.

The pale skeleton warriors and skeleton horses on the ground, and the pale bone dragon in the sky, had their soul fires flicker twice, then they howled as they charged toward the blood giant.

Su Hao didn't need these undead to cause any damage to the blood giant; his purpose was singular.

That was to slightly slow the blood giant's advance, giving the Crimson Mother Nest an illusion—that he didn't want the opponent to approach.

And Su Hao himself was riding on the broad back of a bone dragon, sensing the faint familiar aura emanating from the Crimson Mother Nest, a faint smile appearing on his face.

"It truly is the aura of crimson blood; it seems the intelligence about the undead creatures is correct."

Immediately he opened the Omniscient Magic Book in his hand, aimed at the nest monster at the blood giant's heart, and used the Appraisal Skill.

【Crimson Mother Nest】

Supernatural Grade: Fourth Rank

Introduction: This is an extraordinary creature that mutated after being corroded by the "Crimson Source Pearl".

It has the ability to convert mental power into precious first-rank crimson blood, and can blend crimson blood with ordinary liquids, diluting it into a large amount of ordinary blood.

The Crimson Mother Nest can also use crimson blood to create blood elemental monsters with strength reaching Supernatural Third Rank; these monsters are not only powerful but also completely obedient to the Crimson Mother Nest's will.

Moreover, the Crimson Mother Nest's flesh possesses astonishing regenerative power; even if it suffers heavy damage, or even if its physical body is completely destroyed, as long as any drop of blood remains nearby, it has the possibility of rebirth.

"Huh? What is this?"

"This isn't basically equivalent to an indestructible physical body, is it?"

Gazing at the appraisal result on the Omniscient Compendium, Su Hao couldn't help but take a deep breath, a flicker of shock flashing in his eyes.

Su Hao likewise possesses strong regenerative ability; as long as a drop of blood remains active, he won't die and can slowly recover from his injuries via that drop of blood.

However, such ability pales in comparison to that of the Crimson Mother Nest.

Even if the Crimson Mother Nest's body is completely destroyed, turning into a wisp of light smoke that vanishes, as long as any drop of blood remains on the battlefield, it can thereby be reborn.

Here's the key point to remember: "any drop of blood" — meaning even if that drop of blood isn't from the Crimson Mother Nest, it can still use it as a medium to be reborn!

Such an outrageous ability is tantamount to making it invincible in battle against any living being.

After all, which living creature doesn't have blood flowing? Doesn't this mean that as long as there is any living being around the Crimson Mother Nest, it won't suffer total death?

"No, no!"

But soon, Su Hao shook his head, realizing that this regenerative ability must have some limitation.

According to his speculation, if the Crimson Mother Nest wants to, after its body is completely destroyed, rely on this ability, using surrounding blood as a medium to sustain life and await revival, it likely needs that blood to be ownerless.

If the surrounding blood belongs to a living creature's body, perhaps the Crimson Mother Nest's regenerative ability would be suppressed.

If, when the Crimson Mother Nest's body is completely destroyed, the surrounding blood all belongs to someone, perhaps it would have no way to revive via that means.

At most, it might only temporarily lurk in those bloods, waiting for a specific moment to revive, possibly requiring some special substance or a great deal of time.

Otherwise, this near-immortal ability would be truly heaven-defying, far beyond what a fourth-rank Supernatural being could possess.

Moreover, even if it truly were that as long as there is blood from the auxiliary guard present, the Crimson Mother Nest's flesh would not die and could be revived infinitely.

But this does not mean it is truly immortal; an indestructible physical body does not signify an indestructible soul.

The physical body and the soul are interdependent, together constituting the complete form of life.

For countless beings, once the physical body perishes, the soul loses its reliance, and often soon thereafter it drifts away with the wind, scattering in the vast world.

If fortune favors, after the physical body perishes, the soul may be retained by some special circumstance, giving it a certain chance to transform into an undead creature.

Such transformation is not easy; it is strictly limited by the world's rules.

Even if successfully transformed into an undead, such naturally transformed undead creatures often lose their memories and can no longer possess their former abilities; everything must start anew.

Likewise, if the soul perishes before the physical body, even if the body is preserved, it is merely a consciousness-less shell, essentially just a fresh corpse.

Although the Crimson Mother Nest's flesh possesses astonishing regenerative power, even in the vicinity of this blood lake it even possesses an almost indestructible physical body.

It can also be completely slain by directly shattering its soul.

However, the soul and flesh complement each other; even if the Crimson Mother Nest lacks means to protect its soul, a powerful physique can likewise provide solid protection for the soul.

Even if an attack can directly target the soul, as long as the opponent possesses a robust physical-body shield, it is difficult to inflict significant damage.

The Crimson Mother Nest itself possesses fourth-rank Supernatural strength and such a massive physique, obviously capable of providing strong protection for its soul.

Moreover, it is now hiding within the blood giant, undoubtedly adding another layer of protection for its soul.

Even if Su Hao wields a Death Scythe capable of directly attacking the soul, attempting to shatter the opponent's soul in one blow under this protection, its success rate is not high.

If he cannot instantly kill the Crimson Mother Nest in a single strike, not only will he expose his crucial trump card, but it will also raise the opponent's vigilance.

Once this happens, using the Death Scythe again to attack its soul will see the difficulty significantly increase.

What's more troublesome is, if the Crimson Mother Nest's vigilance is extremely high, it might notice Su Hao's lethal capability the moment it is attacked.

Should it rely on its apparent immortality, upon sensing danger it might directly choose to self-destruct its body, hiding within any drop of blood, which would undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty of completely slaying it.

In that case, to kill it again one would have to burn dry all the blood in the blood lake, and…

all the blood within one's own body.

This is basically impossible to accomplish!

Therefore, Su Hao planned to keep the Death Scythe as his final trump card, not to be drawn until the very last moment.

He planned to first attack with purely physical means, destroying the Blood Giant summoned by the Crimson Mother Nest to weaken its defense.

At the same time, he would use Bloodthirsty Soul Fire to continuously scorch the Crimson Mother Nest, attacking its soul, thereby creating the illusion that he relied only on these methods.

When the right moment came, he would unleash the Death Scythe with a swift and deadly strike, a blow meant to kill in one hit, slaying this nearly immortal Crimson Mother Nest and ending the battle.

If everything went according to plan, he might even inflict greater damage on the Crimson Mother Nest's main body before unleashing the fatal blow, thereby increasing the chance of a one-hit kill.

Afterward, Su Hao gathered his focus, glanced at the Blood Giant approaching to just one li away, then leapt down from the Bone Dragon's back and jumped toward the ground.

During the fall, Su Hao let out a low shout: "Transform!"

As soon as his words fell, a stream of crimson blood energy burst from his body, wrapping him tightly like flames.

With the surging of the blood energy, his body underwent a rapid change in midair.

His originally normal figure quickly swelled, his muscles inflating like they were filled with air, and his size continually increased throughout the process.

Until he became a titan giant over five hundred meters tall, he landed heavily on the ground, and the earth within several kilometers trembled violently.

Nearby pale skeleton warriors, unable to stand steady from the violent shaking, many toppled over in disarray.

Immediately after.

Su Hao's right hand made a grasping motion, and with a thought the Explosive Heavy Axe appeared in his palm.

Now that he had transformed into a five-hundred-meter-tall titan giant, the originally huge Explosive Heavy Axe looked like a toy in his massive palm, too small even to use as a dagger.

Su Hao clearly had no intention of fighting with such an Explosive Heavy Axe.

Immediately, Su Hao activated the Gigantification Skill on the Explosive Heavy Axe.

Under the effect of this skill, the Explosive Heavy Axe began to expand at a visible speed, quickly becoming a gigantic battle-axe over two hundred meters long, looking mighty and awe-inspiring.

Scorching heat radiated from the Explosive Heavy Axe, igniting the surrounding trees; even the blood on the Blood Giant's body began to emit wisps of blood-red steam.

Su Hao firmly gripped the enlarged Explosive Heavy Axe, looked at the Blood Giant not far away, and fiercely chopped down, an strike that contained all of his strength.

The axe blade sliced through the air, carrying scorching flames and a sonic boom, viciously chopping toward the Blood Giant and easily splitting his body in half.

Immediately, the effect of the Explosive Heavy Axe's Blazing Heavy Strike was triggered, a mass of scorching flame erupting instantly at the Blood Giant's wound.

Boom—

The half of the flame‑blood giant's body was instantly shattered by this powerful energy.

Blood flew sideways, firelight scattering in all directions.

At the same time, the pale Bloodthirsty Soul Fire surrounding them, under Su Hao's control, spread onto the remaining half of the Blood Giant's body, scorching the soul of the Crimson Mother Nest.

However, despite suffering such heavy damage, the Crimson Mother Nest merely let out a muffled groan, and the Blood Giant did not fall.

The blood that had flown out, as if time were reversing, flew back into his body, and the shattered parts began to recover at a visible speed.

In less than a moment, the Blood Giant's body returned to its original state.

This astonishing regenerative ability is precisely what makes the Crimson Mother Nest terrifying; using ordinary means, it would be impossible to kill it.

Ah, I'm worried about the road, I'm afraid.

Seeing his body instantly return to normal, the Crimson Mother Nest let out a mocking laugh.

Since the Crimson Mother Nest had been dormant at first and had not witnessed Su Hao's battle with the Bloody Octopus, it did not know what method he used to kill that Bloody Octopus.

Therefore, it could only speculate based on the power of Su Hao's axe strike and the scorching of the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire.

According to his current thinking, Su Hao might first use the axe's powerful physical attack to cleave the Bloody Octopus's body, exposing its soul, which would then be burned to death by the Bloodthirsty Soul Fire.

However, this method would not work on him, for his flesh is not as fragile as that of the Bloody Octopus.

Moreover, with the protection offered by the Blood Giant, such an attack could not possibly knock his soul out.

Soon after, the Crimson Mother Nest launched a swift counterattack; the Blood Giant's arm instantly turned into a sharp blade, which it swung fiercely at Su Hao.

This blade was extremely fast—almost the instant it was drawn, it struck Su Hao's chest, leaving a deep, long wound from which blood slowly seeped out.

Immediately after.

Under the Crimson Mother Nest's control, the blood within Su Hao's body surged out rapidly along this wound.

Yet Su Hao seemed not to notice; at the moment the Blood Giant's blade struck him, he swung a second axe.

But this axe likewise failed to inflict real damage on the Crimson Mother Nest, and in the blink of an eye the Blood Giant returned to its original state.

Seeing this result, a hint of regret appeared on his face, as if refusing to believe it, and he immediately swung the third, fourth, and fifth axes.

Unfortunately, attacks of this level caused the Blood Giant to recover instantly, and even if struck against the Crimson Mother Nest, it would return to normal in an instant.

Ah, Lu ga gu go.

The mocking tone in the Crimson Mother Nest's words became increasingly evident.

Su Hao's attacks had basically no effect on it, but each of his blows left deep wounds on his own body.

By this time, Su Hao's body was covered in wounds, blood staining him all over, and his expression grew ever darker.

"I just don't believe you can't really die!"

Su Hao roared and swung the sixth axe.

Hold on, we're afraid of the road!

The Crimson Mother Nest paid no heed to this attack at all, having no intention to defend; as Su Hao raised his giant axe, the Blood Giant's hands turned into blades and rose as well.

But just then, Su Hao suddenly activated the Divine Light Gravity Domain; the Blood Giant found that its raised blades could not fall no matter what, and even its body could hardly move.

At that instant, time seemed to stand still; the Crimson Mother Nest could only watch helplessly as Su Hao's axe came down, triggering the Blazing Heavy Strike.

For this move, Su Hao had been waiting a long time; his qi and blood surged throughout his body, instantly consuming a full sixty percent of them.

Threads of crimson blood energy poured from his pores all over, empowering the Explosive Heavy Axe.

With only a "Boom—" sound, the Blood Giant's body, and the Crimson Mother Nest hidden within it, were split open by Su Hao's axe.

Violent flames burst from the Explosive Heavy Axe, utterly shattering their bodies into specks of blood that scattered outward.

As the Crimson Mother Nest's main body was completely shattered, its soul was revealed before Su Hao.

The Scarlet Mother Nest's fleshly recovery ability is simply abnormal; even under gravity's pressure, these blood continue to flow back toward the soul's position, and it probably won't take long before it fully recovers.

Time was pressing, Su Hao unhesitatingly waved his left hand, producing the Death Scythe; as his will moved, the Death Scythe instantly enlarged, turning into a giant scythe over two hundred meters long, flashing with a cold, icy light.

Su Hao gripped the giant scythe tightly, his entire body's spiritual power surging wildly into it at this moment; he unhesitatingly swung a blade at the Scarlet Mother Nest's soul.

Swish! The giant scythe transformed into a beautiful fox spirit, carrying a fierce killing intent, and with one stroke it split the Scarlet Mother Nest's soul in two.

The Death Scythe is a Tier-5 supernatural item, and it was forged by the Goddess of Night and Death; it is a powerful weapon specifically designed to attack souls.

The Scarlet Mother Nest merely possesses an extraordinarily strong fleshly recovery ability; its soul strength is not particularly strong.

Now the soul is exposed again, with no protection whatsoever; under Su Hao's powerful strike that consumed ninety percent of his spiritual power, his soul flame was instantly extinguished by this move.

To ensure the Scarlet Mother Nest was completely dead, Su Hao quickly took out his Storage Bag, and only after storing the nest's automatically recovering flesh inside did he let out a sigh of relief.

(End of chapter)