Chapter 761 - 748: Abyssal Chis
Chapter 761: Chapter 748: Abyssal Chis
The divine artifact was seized, and the water tornado Sofia and the others had been maintaining naturally dissipated, freeing the insects to attack once more.
"Watch out, the insects are back!"
"Damn Puki, he’s definitely not a good guy!"
Yet before the words had faded, the sea surged up once again, far surpassing its previous scale, causing this broken ship to sway precariously.
By the time Bella managed to steady herself, the insects that were just attacking fiercely had all vanished, replaced by a giant sea wall towering into the clouds, standing between the ship and Chis.
"What the hell is this...?"
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The sea was trembling.
The Sword Saint was using the divine artifact for the first time, attempting to drive it with his will.
As the scepter was lifted high, each drop of seawater seemed infused with willpower, and then the sea surface rose, forming eight walls of seawater that enclosed Chis.
These walls were not still; internal currents flowed, and whenever Chis tried to breach them, his power would be redirected, making it difficult to break through.
Insects soared, aiming to attack the Sword Saint standing above the water walls.
The Sword Saint waved the scepter at them, and the seawater transformed into countless intersecting blades!
Thousands of insects were shredded by the swirling water blades, their shells cracking, the sound continuous, and purple blood surged, dismembered limbs floated, the sea surface was covered with insect carcasses, spinning and sinking in the vortices.
The Heart of Chis, relying on Leviathan’s massive form, only suffered minor injuries, but his insect horde was severely decimated by this vast attack.
Saint Puki couldn’t help but weigh the scepter in his hand, experiencing the joy Mortis had when using the divine artifact back then.
"Why... why...!"
Countless voices erupted simultaneously from Leviathan Chis’ flesh, sharp voices of mermaids, furious roars of dragons, and more unidentifiable twisted shrieks.
They intertwined, forming a deafening sonic wave, reverberating between the sea walls.
"I clearly gained strength! I tried so hard to devour everything! I am the ultimate end!"
Thump—thump—
The Heart of Chis, aided by the abyss core, began to beat intensely.
Thump—thump—
The second beat, the third.
The heartbeat grew faster, more urgent, like a war drum being struck madly.
The black light emitted from the abyss core intensified, gradually shifting from gray-black to pure black.
The light burst through the wrinkles and wounds of Chis, shooting out from every fragile membrane!
"I..." The voice no longer came from the flesh puppet but from Chis himself, from the depth of his flesh, from the heart beating furiously, from the abyss core’s darkest part, "am not a failed plan!!!"
Chis’ flesh began to swell, the already twisted flesh now like an inflated balloon, surging outward, tearing, restructuring.
Countless monsters never seen in the world drilled out from his body.
Some had dozens of appendages, each pointing in different directions; some lacked heads, with only a giant mouth across their whole bodies, split from one end to the other; some were covered entirely with eyeballs, each one rotating.
As soon as they emerged, they began using strange abilities to tear the surrounding sea water walls, but quickly seemed to be pulled back, merging into the rolling flesh, followed by new monsters squeezing out.
Chis’ flesh was now like a bubbling furnace, and these monsters were merely the defective products it continuously cast.
And what the ultimate creation might be, perhaps even Chis himself did not know.
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Above the sky, Sofia’s Eye of the Star captured every detail of Chis’ transformation.
In her sight, Chis’ panel information kept shifting, with numerous skills or statuses marked as (failed plan) popping up and disappearing on his panel.
It was her first time encountering such a situation, and the term "failed plan" gave her a slight doubt about the world’s reality.
However, these were thoughts for later consideration, as now the situation had completely slipped beyond her control as a hero.
On the other side, the Sword Saint’s fungal body tightened to the extreme.
He tried his best to use seawater to wipe out Chis, but as Chis entered this state of spasmodic transformation, even with the divine artifact, he felt the pressure increase immensely.
If this continued, not only would Chis be uncrushed, but once the transformation was complete, he might break through the sea wall’s blockade, perhaps even counterattack.
The situation was critical, so the Sword Saint had to shout within the fungal network: "Louisa, Chief! Got any more tricks? Use them now! I feel like this stick won’t hold much longer!"
"Preparing, hang in there a bit longer!" Lin Jun’s grumbling thoughts echoed through the fungal network, "This damn bug, how did it become an abyss representative?!"
Lin Jun would sometimes fish things from the abyss in that half-independent space he obtained. The unknown creatures Chis transformed into, not all, but quite a few were familiar to Lin Jun, all were failed plans from the abyss.
Chis’ current appearance was very much like summoning some big boss from the abyss, and Lin Jun certainly couldn’t let him unleash his ultimate move like that.
Hence, an action he was still hesitating over had to be taken ahead of schedule.
Deep within the Mushroom Garden, under the Sunstone’s illumination, Lin Jun stuffed the captured soul of a Demon King into the body of a disposable Puki.
The Demon King Puki emerged from the cocoon, looking at his round body and four twisted tentacles, momentarily bewildered.
Feeling the sunlight on him, the Demon King Puki lifted his mushroom cap.
"Sunstone? What are you..."
Before he could finish asking, several Knight Pukis swung their tentacle blades, finely slicing the Demon King Puki into mince, the remnants fell onto the fungal mat below.
[Greed]
Meanwhile, in the Empire’s Muling Castle.
The Demon King, who was briefing a few mages on the precautions for constructing a large instrument, suddenly and unexpectedly dismissed everyone.
Once everyone had left, he curled up on the throne, coiling into a ball of mucus, trembling slightly.
At this moment, the Demon King was suffering from the pain of having [Envy] forcibly torn from his soul.
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[Acquisition: Seven Sins of Envy]
With [Envy] being stripped away, the Demon King’s soul was inevitably disappearing from the Mushroom Garden.
Afterward, this small mass of empty soul will likely slowly grow back to the Demon King, dealing with Chis, who is colluding with the abyss, leaves no alternatives.
Having received [Envy], only the final question remained.
The great sins were not usable just by possessing them; the owner must meet certain traits to activate them.
According to the speculation, Lin Jun now had to find a way to suppress his generosity, to maximize the jealousy in his heart...
[Envy] appeared on Lin Jun’s panel.
[Envy] burst forth with a dazzling brilliance, each letter seemed gilded with a layer of golden edge.
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Clearly, his previous speculation was wrong, [Envy] was probably like [Greed]—a capability that could be used immediately upon acquisition, without the need for activation.