Strong!

Villain Savior EX051, the energy attribute you actually controlled had exceeded 40. You had touched the limit of the Second Tier: Energy Tier.

EX051 had never broken through the Energy Tier and could not obtain Authority Control.

EX051's total attributes had exceeded 500 points. Special talent: Limiter entered manifestation.

Limiter activated...

Limiter activation level: 4%

Bai Cangshu let out a roar, feeling more exhilarated than he had ever felt in his life. He had no mind to look at what the rows of notifications before him were even saying.

He only felt that something inside him had begun to shatter, as though a set of shackles had started to loosen. Vast amounts of things he could not understand began to flow through him.

In this state, he could barely feel the enormous strain brought by activating Kaio-ken.

It was not merely adrenaline dulling his pain. Rather, his body seemed to be drawing on that overwhelming power in reverse, using it to repair itself.

The flesh that had collapsed under excessive power was simultaneously strengthening itself through that same excessive power.

Like a passive adaptation, his body was changing to accommodate the strength he required.

This was not a phenomenon normal physiology could explain, yet Bai Cangshu’s body was indeed undergoing such a transformation.

Thus, even after activating fourfold Kaio-ken, Bai Cangshu still felt himself in peak condition.

With a thunderous shout, violent ki accompanied by rumbling thunder obliterated Fuyuki City in an instant.

The destructive shockwave spread outward from Bai Cangshu, driving all the way into the mountains beyond the city.

Boom!

The white giant toppled toward the sea, and pairs of eyes began appearing across its bizarre body.

Sword of Rupture Ea swelled, then in the next instant fell between the white giant’s palms like a colossal spear, piercing through its own hands.

Golden light erupted from the white giant’s palms, and a powerful AT Field emerged behind its back.

White Face sensed that something was wrong and began accelerating the ritual.

But Bai Cangshu merely raised his head and looked at his hands. The fullness of having pure physical strength beyond two hundred points thrilled him.

Not to mention that, at this very moment, even greater and more abundant ki surged through his body.

"Ha, this is power. This is the future I wanted. This is… me!"

"Ha ha ha ha… ha ha!"

His wild laughter stirred the air. Terrifying sound waves, like invisible distorted Shockwaves, wildly altered the flow of the atmosphere.

All the clouds in the sky scattered. With Bai Cangshu as the center, drifting clouds dispersed outward in a rapidly expanding circle, revealing a vast round expanse.

And as Bai Cangshu laughed maniacally, that circular patch of deep blue sky grew ever larger.

Even when three pairs of golden wings formed from AT Fields emerged behind the giant, it still gained no advantage in presence.

That incomparably terrifying sense of existence grew stronger and stronger. Even as more humans lost their Walls of Heart and White Face’s Human Instrumentality Project neared completion, Bai Cangshu’s presence only intensified.

Whine—pop!

Bai Cangshu did not even need to gather energy. While covering his face with his left hand and laughing wildly, he did not so much as glance at White Face. He raised his right hand, and a dazzling Ki Blast, nearly blinding in its brilliance, shot from before his index finger.

Like a laser, it struck the White Face giant in the sky in an instant, its arms spread wide as though it had transformed into a massive angel.

An AT Field automatically lit up before White Face. This Wall of Heart directly refracted the terrifying Ki Blast into the sea, producing a dull pop.

A moment later.

Boom!

A horrifying explosion erupted from the depths of the sea alongside towering waves.

Fuyuki City began to shake violently, while countless bubbles rose from the seawater, as if the tectonic plates beneath the ocean had suffered devastating damage and an undersea fault had formed.

Bai Cangshu’s laughter gradually faded. He raised his head, and there was no emotion in his eyes. That manic laughter had merely been the ecstasy born from gaining immense power; it had nothing to do with anyone else.

Or rather, in his current state, Bai Cangshu instinctively looked down upon all existence.

To someone who could now shatter mountains with one punch and level a city with one World-Shaking Thunder Roar, humans and all other individuals were like ants.

They were far too weak, unworthy of any emotion or attention.

He looked toward White Face only because she had refracted his attack.

The enormous ruby-red eyes of White Face trembled violently as well.

White Face’s Consciousness Sea churned furiously. She could not wait to complete the Human Instrumentality Project. Even if it was not perfect, she had to hurry and transform herself into an entity beyond the Apostles.

Only life force on that level could barely count as taking a step up the Stairway of Spirit and Flesh.

She began to feel uneasy, and this emotion and change also entered Gilgamesh’s awareness.

"You lowly creature, are you afraid?"

His tone was full of mockery and contempt.

White Face had no desire to argue with this excessively arrogant King of Heroes. No matter what, during her fusion with Gilgamesh, she had indeed become the dominant one.

She had become the primary consciousness of this fusion body that might yet become a god.

The massive body and eyes of White Face began turning elsewhere. The reversal of the Wall of Heart had already spread across all of Japan, and LCL Fluid continuously appeared.

This Soup of Life was humanity’s most primordial form.

The so-called AT Field was precisely the force by which human individuals rejected other individuals and completely enclosed themselves. It was what transformed humanity from Soup of Life into separate, distinct individuals.

Now that the Human Instrumentality ritual had begun, the Wall of Heart—or rather, the AT Field—began to reverse. Humans with weaker senses of self would instantly lose the protection of their Walls of Heart and revert to Soup of Life.

The most perfect Human Instrumentality would naturally be for every human in the world to merge into the Soup of Life, then become one most perfect individual!

But White Face no longer hoped for that. She could see clearly now that Root Shiki and Mercenary Tao were probably the "heroes" the Counter Force had specifically prepared for her.

As her thoughts shifted, a pink robe seemed to flutter at the edge of her vision. Long white hair danced in the wind, and specks of pale luminescence scattered downward. Beneath the figure, it had already stretched into something like a long, narrow ribbon, or perhaps a cloak.

Boom!

White Face’s mind jolted. On the ground, Mercenary Tao still stood there, covering his face and laughing, yet another Mercenary Tao had appeared before her as well.

The Vortex of the Heart behind Bai Cangshu burrowed deep into the void. It was a peculiar sight only he himself could see.

He raised his right hand high, his index finger pointing toward the sky.

Hum—

A massive AT Field began to shine. The gigantic weapon resembling the Spear of Longinus also stopped transforming into the World Tree and was gripped by the white giant.

Scavenger EX051, do you wish to designate the Reincarnator before you as a Purge target?

Yes

Cleaner Authority activated. Beginning assessment of target Reincarnator...

Assessing...

Assessment passed. Target Special Reincarnator EX006 has been designated as a Purge target.

Purge Mission activated. Please kill EX006 within 7 days.

The corner of Bai Cangshu’s mouth lifted. Sure enough, people like him and White Face would probably be designated as Purge targets as long as they were assessed.

After all, both of their actions had long since far exceeded the limits of what ordinary Reincarnators explored.

"Your value has risen, huh~"

Bai Cangshu suddenly held his hands before his body as if embracing an invisible sphere. Violent ki turned into waves, rotating, compressing, and howling.

Whine—

Within the powerful vortex of ki, golden waves began to tremble violently.

A frightening pressure spread outward alongside the waves.

Bai Cangshu was still unsatisfied. In the next moment, crimson and dark violet began to appear within the waves. In an instant, the Hadouken had transformed into a Satsui no Hado Punch.

The Satsui no Hado Punch suddenly thrust forward.

Space began to warp violently, and intense killing intent surged with the waves, invading the giant White Face had become in an instant.

But the AT Field grew increasingly brilliant, as though it would block every attack.

Bai Cangshu spread his arms, and powerful ki and waves exploded outward from around his body.

Burst!