The Ultimate Evolution - Chapter 1332

Chapter 1332

A sword blade so breathtaking that it felt as if it was condensed from the blood, the life essence, of a million people… .

A power so terrifying that even the Realms were wary of and had to repress… .

A power so formidable that it could ignore the rules of the Realms… .

The shine on the blade, albeit soft, made those who laid eyes on it gasp for air!!

That’s Apophis . Evil Sword, Apophis!

Sheyan wrapped his fingers one by one around Apophis’ hilt . His palm that was grasping Apophis became red and translucent . A sharp thorn slowly grew out of the sword’s hilt . When Sheyan wrapped his hand around the hilt, the thorn penetrated through his skin and pierced deep into his blood vessel . After that, Apophis started to absorb Sheyan’s blood to bring out its terrifying power! A power that would make even the gods tremble!

Sheyan could now display the full power of Apophis, because he now had the Offensive Awakening Reward, ‘Gifted’

[ Offensive Awakening Reward: ‘Gifted’ – Because you have a negative condition which renders you unable to use any kind of shield, ‘Gifted’ will enable you to skillfully use all kinds of melee weapons . Even if you do not have the relevant mastery, you can still display the strength of a melee weapon . ]

(TL: From ch . 1213 “Awakener No . 1018”)

More importantly, when Evil Sword Apophis was devoured, it had already been strengthened to +4 . Do not underestimate this +4 strengthening, because just strengthening this sword to +4 already required a terrible price .

But that also means… . the Apophis in Sheyan’s hand right now was a monstrous +10 Evil Sword Apophis!!

Apart from the dramatic increase in attack power, the +10 Apophis had two other major enhancements . First, the negative effect of the active ability ‘Apophis’ Sneer’ had been greatly weakened – after the end of the effect duration, the probability of turning into Apophis’ slave had decreased from 33% to 7% .

(TL: The details of ‘Apophis’ Sneer’ can be found in ch . 1229 “Devoured” . The details are too long to copy and paste here . )

Second, ‘Extinction’ had also been strengthened . Initially, there was a certain chance of triggering ‘Extinction’ after each successful attack on the enemy, but now, ‘Extinction’ would definitely trigger after the first successful hit on the enemy . The subsequent hit on the enemy would have a 2% chance to trigger ‘Extinction’, the hit after that would have a 4% chance, followed by 8%, 16%, 32%, 64%, and 100%! Each time after triggering ‘Extinction’, the trigger rate would be forcibly reduced to 2%, and the cycle would begin anew .

This way, the triggering of ‘Extinction’ had basically become a controllable factor . Apart from the first hit, no matter how bad Sheyan’s luck was, ‘Extinction’ would definitely trigger within 8 successful strikes!

***

Blood dripped down, one drop at a time .

It dripped onto the soil of the death zone and was instantly absorbed by the land .

Sheyan first endured the enemy’s direct attack with his body!

The Messenger of Pain fully demonstrated his advantage in having long limbs . His right hand swelled up and hardened in the blink of an eye; his fingers even becoming fang-like neoplasms . The right hand struck the right side of Sheyan’s chest . Even Sheyan’s formidable defence could not resist the powerful attack . Sheyan right chest was thoroughly pierced through, leaving behind a huge bloody hole!

Not only that, he was once again struck by the bizarre, invisible attack on his neck, where he lost a large chunk of his flesh . A part of his skull and pulsating carotid arteries showed through the terrible wound .

The signature skill of a Temperer was the ability to transform a part of their body into a perfect combat weapon… while the Messenger of Pain had clearly achieved a perfect transformation, able to transform at will . Every time he raised his hand, he would display terrifying power, exceeding the level of a Temperer!

“This idiot is actually two orders higher than me . Two!” Sheyan thought with gnashing teeth .

And at this instant, the patiently waiting Sheyan finally saw a chance . Having just successfully struck the enemy, there was a large opening in the Messenger of Pain’s defence . Furthermore, the source of his power was pain, so his did not place much importance on defence to begin with . The flaw in his defence beckoned at Sheyan like a wide open door!

Sheyan tightly clenched the sword hilt . The sharp pain from the thorn stimulated his nerves, making him more focused . He could feel his blood and life essence being greedily absorbed by Apophis .

He slashed down with the sword .

The whole world suddenly turned into a sea of blood . His nose was assaulted by the sickening smell of boiling fresh blood . All he could hear was the sound of the air being split apart!

There was also a ray of light – a terrifying ray of light which looked like it was formed by millions of vengeful spirits exploding at the same time!

The ray of light slashed downwards like an unstoppable blood-red waterfall!

When Apophis was about a metre away from the Messenger of Pain, it suddenly met with some kind of resistance, as if it had cut into something thick and sticky . However, there was a dark crimson glow around Apophis’ blade which was very faint but extremely sharp . Nothing could resist its slice, and nothing could last a second in front of it!

That was the might of Apophis . That was the terrible power of the Mutated Lieutenant General Blood Sword!

Such speed .

Such power!

A hard-to-describe scream filled the air, but Sheyan was not done yet . He cut deeper into the hip of the Messenger of Pain, trying to sever his thigh bone from his pelvis . But in the end, the Messenger of Pain’s strong body, personally forged by the Queen of Blades, foiled his plan . The muscles near the wound twisted wildly and gripped Apophis’ blade, stopping it from cutting in any further . The force Sheyan exerted on Apophis slowly depleted until the sword came to a complete halt .

Although the chop was unsuccessful, the Messenger of Pain’s right thigh was now only connected to his pelvis by a layer of muscles and calluses less than three centimeters thick . Thick yellow fluid gushed out of the wound in large quantity . The fluid turned into foam as soon as it came into contact with the air, trying to plug the wound .

Before Sheyan could even react after the slash, the Messenger of Pain already slapped him more than a dozen meters away . When he lifted his body off the ground, he found that half his cheekbones had shattered and he could no longer speak . Blood was seeping through the orifices on his face .

The Messenger of Pain laughed .

“What a powerful attack! Such terrifying damage! Ah, I’m getting addicted to this overwhelming pain! It’s fueling my strength, awakening it from my body . You will soon taste double the amount of pain you inflicted on me, fool! You have no idea how great Her Majesty the Queen of Blades is . A wound like this may have been fatal to the previous me, but my powerful recovery speed will make you understand that all kinds of attacks – and I mean all kinds – are totally futile against me! YOU! ARE! WORTHLESS!”

“Oh, really?” Sheyan’s eyes suddenly sparkled with a mysterious and sinister blood-red glint .

In this instant, he could still clearly see the trail left behind by his previous sword slash . The blood-red colour was rich, clear, and shockingly sharp!

On the Messenger of Pain’s back floated a twisted, deformed, transparent phantom which seemed to be able to change into various shapes . Sheyan’s bizarre injuries previously were evidently the work of this thing .

But a crack had appeared on the transparent phantom . The energy around the crack seemed to be trying hard to repair it . Strangely, a lot of “0’s” and “1’s” would occasionally pop up on the wound . And when the crack was finally completely repaired, a weird thing happened .

A strange blood-red trace which looked like the mosaic commonly seen in certain movies was left on the wound . The moment the wound closed completely, a blood-red light immediately flashed, and the wound was inexplicably restored to its previous state . During the restoration process, a large amount of illusory 0’s and 1’s kept popping up . The mosaic-like blood-red glow also turned into something like an electric current which charged back on forth on the wound!

After several failed attempts to heal itself, the transparent phantom let out a scream of horror and despair!

The same thing was also happening at the top of the Messenger of Pain’s right thigh . His muscles kept folding and twisting, trying to heal themselves, but every attempt was in vain . The moment the wound healed, the horrible power left by Evil Sword Apophis would turn into a series of code and data which forcefully prevented the wound from healing!

This was the horror of Apophis’ powerful trademark skill: ‘Extinction’!

***

Sheyan cut a sorry figure at the moment . He had bruises and wounds all over his body . And the enemy he was facing was a special messenger sent by the Queen of Blades, a monster two whole orders above him .

No one should be able to relax or feel joy under such circumstances .

However, a smile actually broke on Sheyan’s face . He dusted off his body, then bowed politely at the furiously howling Messenger of Pain who was trying hard to stand up but keep falling back down .

Sheyan said in a relaxed manner, “It’s very rude and presumptuous of me to say this, sir, but it’s time for us to part ways . I wish you good health and a pleasant journey . ”

After that, Sheyan left the scene and strode deeper into the criss-crossing fang-like mountains with relaxed steps, like he was a backpacker .