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Chapter 322: 215: Rebirth through Blood, Devouring the Stars!_1
Chapter 322: 215: Rebirth through Blood, Devouring the Stars!_1
Chapter 322: Chapter 215: Rebirth through Blood, Devouring the Stars!_1
The battle had actually ended at the five-minute mark.
The Flesh Puppet’s output was insufficient to deplete the life force of the three Star-burning Hearts and induce a successful transition into their life cycle.
The rate of healing was far surpassing the rate of damage.
In such a scenario, even if the fight dragged on until the end of time, Jiang Chen could still maintain an unscathed condition.
Of course, the battle couldn’t last that long.
Not to mention that during the course of the battle, the Flesh Puppet’s life force and physical strength were slowly decreasing and would eventually be exhausted.
Just talking about Jiang Chen himself, he was growing stronger every moment!
Life recovery enhancement, expanded armor attribute enhancement, trait proficiency enhancement…
Under the high-intensity battle, in just a few minutes, the perception ability of the Extreme Battle Spirit had risen a notch.
What this translated into was more precise predictions of movements and the ability to foresee steps even further in advance.
Even though he couldn’t yet interfere with the information of the world, he could use this predictive attack ability to prepare his movements in advance…
By using these actions to forcefully guide and force the Flesh Puppet, he made it act and attack in the way Jiang Chen envisioned.
He then matched the Flesh Puppet’s attacks with countermeasures.
“So beautiful…”
“This is simply art!”
Laymen watch the excitement, the insiders watch the technique.
On the Ring Mountain Range, many Asuras with traits related to the Extreme Battle Spirit were attracted by Jiang Chen.
They sensed the situation of the battle in the Deathmatch Arena, as if they were not watching a fight.
But a “puppet show”.
Jiang Chen was the puppeteer of the show, gradually controlling every move of the Flesh Puppet, turning it into a puppet in his hands, offering the Asuras a grand performance—
If it were an expert bullying a novice, creating such a situation would not be difficult.
But the Flesh Puppet was not weak at all.
It was crafted by the Flesh Host, possessing three Mythical powers, two of which had corresponding extended terrifying monsters.
If it were not for Jiang Chen’s stunningly fast recovery rate, it indeed had the power to defeat and even kill him.
The stark contrast in strength was like a child playing with a tiger,
Addition to the battle, making it much more exciting.
Especially seeing Jiang Chen continuously exploring and growing made these Asuras ghosts utterly intoxicated and obsessively engaged—
They seemed to see an Asura with boundless potential.
Shedding its immaturity, advancing towards supreme power!
“No wonder Lord Asura is so looking forward to the growth of this mecha pilot…”
“Only such a genius can possibly become an opponent worthy of Lord Asura, right!”
Regrettably, even the most spectacular “performance” will eventually come to an end.
With the Flesh Puppet’s physical strength rapidly depleting, its movements appeared increasingly sluggish to Jiang Chen, and its vulnerabilities were becoming more apparent.
This led to a faster accumulation of injuries and a rapid decline in life force.
Until it crossed a certain threshold.
Jiang Chen’s figure flashed, moving from below and standing atop the Flesh Puppet’s head.
A pitch-black edge that split space manifested on the surface of his body, completely dividing the ten-thousand-meter tall flesh monster into two halves!
The Flesh Puppet’s movements paused for a moment because of this.
Also at this moment, it had not yet managed to heal its body, when thousands upon thousands of silhouettes passed by around it—
These were the shadows left by the excess speed.
Each shadow represented a Void Splitting.
Countless simultaneous Void slashes erupted, dividing the Flesh Puppet into numerous pieces of flesh, crumbling into disintegration!
[You have killed the Flesh Puppet (Savage Bull, Moon Horse), and obtained a mythical module: Flesh Regeneration (supercharged).]
[You have won the ceaseless challenge, with your Mythological Victory Count +1, current consecutive wins: 2.]
…
“Still lacking wide-area attack capabilities…”
With the appearance of Three Heads and Six Arms, Jiang Chen floated in the air, looking at the disintegrating flesh of the Flesh Puppet, feeling rather drained—
In order to take down the Flesh Puppet and not allow it time to recover,
He had used the technique Void Splitting thousands and thousands of times in an instant!
Using this type of smaller range single-target attack to confront large-sized enemies was really difficult and ungrateful work.
Even if a single Void Splitting didn’t consume much physical strength, when accumulated, it was an extremely exaggerated number.
In combination with Limitation Unlock, it drained all of his physical strength.
If he had used the Spatial Fracture that Vitaz had used in the past…
Specifically countering this type of large-sized enemy, it would have required significantly less physical strength and energy to achieve a similar result.
“Besides area attacks, there’s also the stamina bar…”
“Now I have a long health bar, but my stamina is very weak, insufficient to support me in battle until the end of time.”
“Next, I can consider cultivating an energy-type mecha, paired with various energy-supplying modules.”
As Jiang Chen pondered these things, his eyes scanned the settlement text and brightened.
[Flesh Regeneration]
[Rank: Four (Eight)]
[Quality: Mythical]
[Type: Repair Module]
[Effect One: Grants the Mecha a self-healing capability, recovering 500 Armor Value per second.]
[Effect Two: When a Mecha part is damaged, it can consume the corresponding Armor Value to reshape the Mecha part, restoring its function. (Module will be disabled when part damage exceeds 70%)]
[Effect Three: The Mecha must undergo one ascension before it can be equipped.]
[Description: Remolding limbs, flesh undying.]
This Flesh Regeneration module was clearly born from the power of the Flesh Host.
A base increase of 500 Armor Value in recovery rate per second, in a 4th Rank module, was also quite exceptional.
It’s just a shame…
The base effect of the Star-burning Heart is to increase 1 point of recovery rate every second.
With twelvefold accelerated time, it only takes around forty seconds to increase so much life recovery speed!
The power of the Star-burning Heart became increasingly apparent.
Of course, the module could be upgraded along with the Mecha, and its effects would only grow stronger.
Even with the Star-burning Heart, Jiang Chen still needed to equip the regeneration module—it couldn’t be entirely relied upon.
What Jiang Chen was most concerned about, however, was the second effect: limb regeneration!
During battle, if a part of the Mecha sustained excessive damage, it could be destroyed in isolation.
The human body was the same, easily becoming disabled with severed hands and legs due to attacks.
Previously, Jiang Chen avoided such situations by evolving his steam mecha through the Mode Switch module—
When switching to output mode, he could maintain the integrity of the body.
Even if attacked, he wouldn’t easily lose parts.
However, this effect was “not easy to lose parts,” not “absolutely will not lose parts.”
If he encountered some special energy, such as “extremely strong cutting ability,”
Jiang Chen could still get his limbs or even his body slashed off.
“If I equip the Flesh Regeneration module, I could avoid these situations…”
“Even if the enemy breaks through the effects of output mode and shatters my body, I’d be able to quickly recover and regenerate lost limbs!”
“As long as there’s sufficient Life Force and stamina, I’d never have to worry about death or a decline in combat ability!”
“Most importantly…”
“With blood-drip regeneration, I would be undying and indestructible.”
“This is one of the pieces to complete the Life Force Mecha!”
“Combined with the forthcoming second sublimation of Zero, perhaps I could achieve even more!”
Jiang Chen couldn’t help but look toward the phantom of the Flesh Host, whose three faces smiled in unison.
Thank you, Master of Flesh, for the reward of a premium life module!
…
The module was just a part of the battle gains.
As the Flesh Puppet died, a massive amount of abyss atmosphere flooded into Jiang Chen’s body.
Within the Mythical realm.
The six-armed demon god, with the Star Phoenix flames burning in his chest, excitedly grabbed the Shattered Space Dragon, stuffing it into his mouth as though eating spicy strips, rapidly devouring it.
Amidst the screams of the Shattered Space Dragon Conscious Soul, countless stars exploded.
The genetic sequence belonging to Mythical Life was once again consumed by Jiang Chen.
[Successfully devoured the Shattered Space Dragon Primordial Blood, completely absorbing the Mythical Life genetic sequence, genes slightly optimized.]
[Because of devouring Shattered Space Dragon Primordial Blood, you have gained an extra organ specialization.]
[Please select your specialized organ.]
[Eyes, ears, mouth, nose…]
During the process of digesting the Shattered Space Dragon Primordial Blood, Jiang Chen had already decided on his target for organ specialization—
[Stomach]
As the Shattered Space Dragon, a mythical dragon born amongst the Asterism, possessed the power to shatter stars and fed on star cores.
Once it grew to a certain stage, it could directly devour stars and digest their power.
This destructive, devouring, and digestive attribute corresponded perfectly with the stomach.
The compatibility must be very high.
As Jiang Chen made his choice, his perfect body advanced further.
The power of the Shattered Space Dragon to destroy stars, emanating from within the cells, converged in the stomach.
What was once purely a fleshly gastric wall became tougher; turning from red to black as if it was also absorbing and digesting light.
Within this absolute darkness brewed an incredibly terrifying destructive force that seemed capable of crushing and disintegrating anything.
This power extended outward, incidentally strengthening the esophageal tract connected to the stomach, increasing its strength to some extent.
[Your stomach has achieved Mythical Specialization, upgrading to a Stars Devouring Stomach.]
…
[Stars Devouring Stomach (non-stackable)]
[Type: Specialized Organ]
[Effect One: Gain the power to devour and digest stars. (Digestion speed related to personal attributes and strength of the star material.)]
[Effect Two: When digesting stars, the recovery speed of Life Force, stamina, and other energies increase by 100%.]
[Effect Three: While digesting stars, permanently enhance one’s overall attributes. (Enhancement speed related to personal attributes.)]
[Description: After devouring this planet, my strength should be able to recover to 80% of what it was before the injury.]
The Shattered Space Dragon’s power to devour stars!
By devouring the power of stars, permanently increase all attributes!
“Star-burning Heart, Stars Devouring Stomach…”
“Each one brings overwhelmingly strong effects and growth in attributes comparable to those of Mythical Life.”
“If I gain ten specialized organs, I truly would become a Mythical-level cosmic human!”
Jiang Chen looked at the effects of the Stars Devouring Stomach, his heart filled with joy.
Stars, after all, are everywhere in the universe.
Even star material is something he is not short of at all.
When he defeated the Purgatory Asura, he obtained a mythical quality [Shattered Star Core] material.
Now, he directly retrieved the material from the Abyss Rune—
As an abyssal material, the Shattered Star Core just contained vast star power and was not a huge star core in volume.
Its shape was more like a fist-sized piece of high-density metal with lava-like patterns flowing on its surface.
Jiang Chen directly tossed the star core into his mouth, allowing it to pass down his throat and into his stomach.
An infinite amount of energy surged from the pitch-black stomach.
[Digesting star fragment in progress]
[Current attribute strength: 8th Rank]
[Star fragment quality: 7th Rank, Mythical]
[Time required for digestion: two years]
[Every second overall attribute increase: 8]