Chapter 104

"Not bad, Master Leipu."

Her voice seemed to come from the bottom of the sea, carrying an echo like flowing water.

"This is not my true name, but I did indeed once walk the human world by this name."

"At this point, it is clearly impossible to drag you along to capture the Shrine Maiden of the Black God."

Her feather-fins slowly unfurled, causing those structures resembling placentas to billow in the air, making the air tremble violently.

"Then let's choose something else—"

"I will simply kill you, take your silver coin, and ascend directly to the realm of the Sage."

The killing intent was finally revealed.

She, who had previously been crushed to death by Qi Xing, stripped of her clothes, and forced to reveal her true form, was now full of confidence, her tone even becoming calm and composed.

It was as if all the humiliation were merely stoking the fire for alchemy, and all the stripping away was just a prelude to nirvana.

That said, Qi Xing did come to understand—because this inhuman body before him was already the true form of Yaobikuni.

The surging, tide-like divine power that the opponent no longer concealed was not something that a mortal mage or esper could possess.

It was power accumulated over eight hundred years of time. Although its power and soul did not reach that of the gods, it could transcend humans, and even transcend demigods and divine beasts.

An immortal and ageless transcender. A mimicry of a god.

"Interesting."

Qi Xing slowly exhaled, not smiling.

No command, no preparation.

No one shouted start.

But the next second, his figure had already vanished from the spot.

A heavy punch, launched without warning and relying purely on speed and overwhelming willpower, had already slammed down towards Yaobikuni's head!

The opening strike was merciless, carrying immense strength and speed far beyond the scope of humanity! Although he did not use the silver coin, such a strike without holding back in this state fully demonstrated Qi Xing's seriousness!

In other words, how one survives this move is a watershed moment. If it were ordinary trash, they would absolutely be unable to parry it, ending up dead in one hit.

Therefore, if she was still alive a moment later, then she was indeed on the same level as an Earth Immortal—perhaps even a notch higher!

At the critical moment, Qi Xing's Thunder Fist slammed down but suddenly stopped in mid-air.

His punching force—was actually blocked by dozens of "white-haired shrine maidens"!

Before the Thunder Fist arrived, Yaobikuni smiled slightly, her abdomen suddenly writhing violently.

The next moment, mass after mass of flesh-fetuses burst out from within her body, and dozens of white-haired, golden-eyed "hers" broke out of their sacs like hatched eggs, pouncing toward Qi Xing's fist!

"What the hell is this."

The punch force slammed into them, but it was like a clay ox entering the sea. Although it shattered a portion of the freaks into blood mist, it failed to penetrate the layers upon layers of "meat wall."

This punch could originally have blasted through a cruise ship, but now it could only explode a string of blood-red spray among her dense offspring, dissipating silently, no longer enough to harm Yaobikuni's true body.

"Are you getting anxious, Master Leipu?"

Yaobikuni laughed, "I am looking forward to it—what will you be able to strip away from me with your next punch?"

Qi Xing did not speak, but the lightning light around his body surged violently, his killing intent undisguised.

"— — Thunder-Fire Sword."

With a flick of his fingertip, the electric light slashed out, the sword qi striking down like heavenly lightning, cutting Yaobikuni from top to bottom with a single sword strike!

Thunder and fire intertwined, bursting out with blinding, incandescent white flames. The sword mark was like a rift in the sky, slicing her upper body open from chest to abdomen, nearly splitting her in two!

This time she had no chance to use the fetal spirits to block.

However, just as this terrifying sword wound was ripped open, before Qi Xing could continue his attack—that rift suddenly bulged.

Thump.

A weak yet eerie heartbeat came from within her body, and then the wound slowly stretched open like a "birth canal."

A blood-stained hand, accompanied by an umbilical cord, reached out from the wound.

Immediately after, a second, a third… swarms of fetuses were being born and crawling out from that split wound, each one a white-haired, golden-eyed "her."

Some were exposed with fresh fetal skin, others were still connected to red umbilical cords; some had not yet opened their eyes, while others were already grinning.

"Fuck."

Qi Xing was truly disgusted this time.

"Fuck? Me?"

Yaobikuni teased, her voice carrying a chilling gentleness.

"Don't rush, Master Leipu, your sword strike just made me give birth to so many, many daughters."

Those "thems" that had just been born from her body seemed to instinctively hate the Qi Xing before them, screaming and pouncing toward him in a manner completely unlike humans!

Blood and flesh turned into rain, the mother was laughing, the offspring were wailing.

The entire deep layer of the Inner Realm had become a mad delivery room.

102: I Give Birth to Myself

Why does Yaobikuni, who is not a Silver Coin Messenger, possess such terrifying power?

Her divine power is even endless, as if no matter how Qi Xing hits her, she can regenerate rapidly!

First, of course, it is because she did indeed share a portion of the authority of the silver coin.

As for the remaining reasons, they probably have to be blamed on Sasa's poorly written code for the universe's architecture, and the loophole-ridden rules.

Although Yaobikuni herself clearly does not think this is an "error"—in her view, this is merely the natural law of heaven, the wisdom hidden by the gods, and the arrangement of fate.

Everything stemmed from that day in 1181 AD.

At that time, Yaobikuni still had the name of a mortal girl, "Sakon."

At that time, she was just a young girl of the Yayi clan in Sugisawa Village.

That year, there was a famine throughout the land, with many people starving to death, crying day and night, and the common people eating each other.

Little Sakon was seven years old that year, having not eaten a grain of rice in ten days; she was skin and bones, and her life was hanging by a thread.

So when Duo Chenzi descended from the sky and the other villagers fled in terror, she stood up shakily and stumbled toward that "monster" in strange clothes.

—Because if she didn't eat something, it would be her turn to be eaten by others.

Seeing little Sakon walking toward him, Duo Chenzi instead smiled.

He cut off his own flesh and fed it to her, but then asked her: "Today I cut my own flesh for you, it is a pity that there will be no one like me in the future. Now that the great catastrophe has descended, where will the human world go?"

"How will you conduct yourself hereafter?"

A seven-year-old peasant child from the 12th century could, of course, not have considered such a question.

But Sakon was indeed very smart.

After eating Duo Chenzi's flesh, she felt that her eyes were suddenly opened wide, feeling a sense of clarity in her mind, as if her crown chakra had cracked open. It was as if some invisible shell had fallen away from her consciousness.

In an instant, she felt as if the cloth covering her eyes had suddenly been removed from the inside.

She saw the truth behind Maya.

She saw the threads that needed to be pulled to change the world—although she only saw a little bit.

She found a truth that was like Zen… Of course, that was not the absolute truth. Only the Buddha knows the absolute truth.

What to do in the future? What about the famine? Where will the meat come from?

Isn't that very simple?

"I will give birth to children—as long as I give birth to more children, there will be meat!" she said happily.

This was by no means the ramblings of a madman. It was a rational conclusion that only "those who have seen the truth" could reach.

Children are meat. Women are sources of meat. Gestation is production.

To fill one's stomach, one needs meat; to survive, one needs meat; to have flesh and blood, one needs a womb; to have a womb, one needs women; if there are not enough women, then give birth to them.

Life itself has such great power! Life itself can transcend death!

So I can raise myself, feed myself, and give birth to myself!

Therefore, Sakon became "Yaobikuni" from then on.

Now, Yaobikuni can even fight against the "strongest man on earth" by relying on the "principles" she has realized!

Returning to the present moment, Qi Xing once again blasted out his Thunder Fist, electric light rampaging, and strong winds roaring.

Where the fist pointed, it almost wanted to tear apart the blood-red sky and sea!

But Yaobikuni's expression did not change. Because dozens of unformed "white-haired, golden-eyed" fetuses had already wriggled out from within her body.

Their limbs had not yet fully grown; some only had half a body, some still had their umbilical cords unbroken, their skin was like wax, and their facial features were blurred.

Only that pair of golden eyes was born as if copied from the mother, staring fixedly at Qi Xing! Like young beasts, they pounced toward the direction of the Thunder Fist!

Boom, boom, boom!

The Thunder Fist smashed into the first "fetus," and that incomplete body instantly expanded, turning into a ball of flesh bomb and detonating immediately!

Boom!!!

Blood plasma splattered everywhere, the lightning light was obstructed, and the force was forcefully blocked.

Immediately after, the second and third also collided with the area around Qi Xing like self-destruction, and the "chain detonation" composed of flesh and blood was like a blooming red lotus, dyeing the battlefield crimson.

Every detonation was shaking Qi Xing's protective true qi, consuming his Thunder-Fire Heavenly Garment.

"Master Leipu, you are indeed very strong, and you are also a person blessed by the White God."

"But I am also one of the sect leaders who has received the guidance of the Sages. My arts are not something you can break with brute force."

Yaobikuni swam freely in the air like a mermaid, her expression calm.

"Life itself is the transcendence of death. I have already realized the truth behind the world."

"Therefore, I am no longer afraid of famine, war, or death, and will no longer fall into any fear."

"Because life itself indeed has such great power!"

Flesh wriggled, and from within her body, strands of crimson umbilical cords were slowly produced.

Those blood bands, like snakes and ropes, tumbled and danced in the air, weaving together like spider silk, and spreading out like neural pathways, quickly weaving a three-dimensional "net."

This "net" woven from umbilical cords wrapped around from all directions, about to seal off Qi Xing's combat space!

Qi Xing slightly sidestepped to dodge, but found that his habitually relied-upon Thunder Speed Punch could no longer be blasted out as straight as usual.

Because every time he moved in the air, those crimson umbilical cords would sway slightly, seemingly predicting his next landing point.

A moment of hesitation, an inch of deviation, and he might collide with those intricately interwoven binding obstacles.

Although Qi Xing did not know the specific names—but this was actually Yaobikuni's secret art.

"Red Fetal Mandala: Thousand-Faced Productive Spirit" and "Red Fetal Mandala: Thousand-Umbilical Spirit Rope."

Besides this, of course, there were many, many others.

She was not fighting by herself. She was "giving birth to the battle."

What the fuck, that's scary.

Qi Xing had been acting as a hero for ten years, and he himself was from a cultivation background. He had seen traditional evil villains who tried to sacrifice ten thousand human lives to refine a Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Qi Xing, of course, killed such villains whenever he met them, and most were unoriginal.

But this method of Yaobikuni's, using herself as a seedbed, personally giving birth to thousands of fetuses, using them as materials in daily life and as weapons in battle, and an evil art that could also defeat the enemy—Qi Xing had truly never encountered this before.

It was too wicked!

"Crazy bitch."