readease Chapter 601 601: Flesh Pasture
Chapter 601 601: Flesh Pasture
Thousands of meters of black volcanic rock appeared like a hill above the fog-covered sea.
That black volcanic rock maintained the shape of a giant palm, just like the Five Finger Mountain that suppressed the Great Sage in mythology.
"Heh."
Beneath the volcanic rock, a long-haired figure less than two meters tall stood amidst the dilapidated seabed, raising his hands high, steadily lifting this thousand-meter volcanic rock.
Kaito Shirogane was no Great Sage Sun, and Surtur couldn't drop a Five Finger Mountain.
Every muscle in his body stood out clearly. His figure wasn't considered explosively huge, but the power was already contained within.
Kaito Shirogane could finally completely imagine why Saitama's figure didn't change much despite possessing such terrifying power.
After breaking the [Vessel] time and time again, the same body, the same numerical values, could accommodate a completely different order of magnitude of power intensity.
It was as if the same muscle fiber, on Kaito Shirogane's original body, could only accommodate hundreds of catties of force.
Even at that level, it was already beyond what an ordinary human could imagine. The Kaito Shirogane of that level was also a transcendent creature that completely surpassed the shackles of ordinary humans.
Moreover, simply in terms of the power of the [Vessel], he hadn't seen many Reincarnators who could compare with him.
Not to boast, but after seeing the battles of many Reincarnators, Kaito Shirogane even believed that he was the type of Reincarnator who most met the Space's requirements. Not in terms of temperament, but in the degree of adaptation to various powers in the Space.
Whether it was comprehension, usage, or endurance, Kaito Shirogane was second to none.
Yet even such a Kaito Shirogane had felt the limitations of his [Vessel] earlier. Now, with the help of the Furnace of Life, he broke through the limitations, shattered his original [Vessel] for the first time, and obtained a new [Vessel].
The true "mass" of his physical body now was an unimaginable structure for ordinary humans and Reincarnators.
He completely didn't need to change the form of his muscles for a special outburst; he could easily bear this level of weight.
Boom!
He fiercely threw the volcanic rock aside. With a move of his feet, as the surrounding seawater poured back in, his entire person vanished instantly.
The figure he had previously blown away had already flown back from the sky.
Perhaps because Candle Dragon's flames were broken by Kaito Shirogane's brute force, Laurence's return flight this time was much easier.
The force field condensed by an overly high biological level was no longer distorted, but completely adhered to the surface of his body.
Only a pity, the power of the thousand-meter flesh giant and the complete Furnace of Life were consumed by Kaito Shirogane forcefully activating the Kaioken to break the Limiter's first threshold.
The current Laurence, in terms of biological level, was far inferior to the state at the very beginning where just a cast of his gaze could shoot down the Professor who had entered the [Strong] tier.
Kaito Shirogane tilted his head, analyzing this special form of power, or rather, the so-called [Stairway of Life].
This was Kaito Shirogane's first time experiencing this form of power. Most of the time, the strength of vitality merely had a restorative function.
At the same time, even with an increase in biological level, the destructive aspect was still reflected in physical destructive power like physical strength.
But Laurence in his Furnace of Life form displayed an effect where simply possessing an overly high biological level caused fatal harm to other lifeforms.
If he had to draw an analogy, Kaito Shirogane felt this form was similar to the existence in the Bleach world where an overly high Reiatsu would oppress other souls. For example, Aizen merged with the Hogyoku; merely walking into a human city would cause countless people's souls to shatter and die.
The gap in soul mass would oppress other souls in the form of Reiatsu.
So now, Laurence's [Stairway of Life] had climbed to a high point. Similarly, due to an overly high biological level and vitality, he began to cause harm to weak, lower-level lifeforms.
Perhaps, this thing called life also possessed fluidity, passively flowing from low-density, low-mass lifeforms towards high-density, high-mass life.
The brainwaves in Kaito Shirogane's brain were abnormally active, and the speed at which he thought about problems was extremely terrifying. He almost immediately simulated the general operating form of the [Furnace of Life].
Laurence frowned, and more eyes grew beneath his eyelids. Pairs of eyes simultaneously locked onto Kaito Shirogane.
He didn't expect that the powerful Dragon King would be defeated so easily by this beast, and even that flame giant that incinerated the peninsula couldn't suppress this beast.
No, still calling the other party a beast at this time was just him being overly arrogant.
This guy was an incomparably powerful individual. Not a Dragon, not a Beast, and of course, definitely not a human.
Laurence exhaled a breath, and white mist spewed from all over his body. The huge wings formed by the golden ripples on his back also began to transform.
From a shape extending infinitely to both sides, they quickly contracted into a spiral-like shape.
Within the arc of the spiral, pairs of illusory eyes appeared and opened simultaneously, projecting scarlet gazes.
Kaito Shirogane moved, about to turn into the wind, but as the gaze fell upon him, he felt his body stagnate.
He frowned, finding it difficult to think.
Kaito Shirogane's current body control ability allowed him to easily perform so-called inner vision, but it took him some effort to discover that much flesh had unexpectedly appeared within his brain.
[You are affected by Laurence's (Furnace of Life) special ability: Flesh Pasture]
[Immunity failed, this ability has high priority]
[You have been parasitized by Flesh Pasture]
Laurence condescendingly looked down at the enemy whose movements began to stagnate. This enemy called Mercenary Tao was finally successfully parasitized by his flesh.
This was one of the top authorities in the domain of life. It should have been a healing ability to bring the dead back to life and put flesh on bare bones, but because of excessive flesh nourishment, it turned into an even more terrifying power.
No matter how powerful the physical body, once the brain was parasitized, it would lose control over the body.
Laurence flew up. He had no interest in trying to kill an enemy of this level. That task was better left to that Flame Monarch. Right now, he had more important things to seize.
He could feel that, for some reason, the [Sephiroth] seemed to be starting to awaken, even though neither he nor the Dragon King had made contact with Seraphina yet.
Could it be...
Zzzt!
Blue-white lightning suddenly exploded, and Laurence's countless eyes immediately refocused.
In the next moment, he heard a sneering laughter. The laughter started small, but then grew louder and louder, becoming increasingly frantic.
Pfft!
Laurence saw Kaito Shirogane insert two fingers simultaneously into his own brain from his temples, then begin to violently stir.
The black smoke on the other party's head hadn't dispersed yet.
This guy... bombarded his own brain with lightning?!
And right now, he intends to dig that flesh out of his brain with his bare hands?!
The other party's madness made Laurence somewhat suspect if the other party was also a climber of the Stairway of Life.
Sizzle!
Another bolt of lightning struck Kaito Shirogane's head. He swept his long hair from his forehead to the back, his hair completely disheveled.
That proliferating flesh lacked his physical body's special resistance to lightning; perhaps that was the best news at present.
But this ability, without a doubt, had affected him!
Boom!
Violent ki soared from Kaito Shirogane's body into the sky. Kaito Shirogane felt a long-absent stimulation.
Rumble!
The flame giant got up once again, crossing the sea from behind Kaito Shirogane. Kaito Shirogane opened his eyes, colorful lusters shining in his pupils.
With his hands, one above the other, golden ki and scarlet fluctuations burned together.
"Don't die, Laurence."
Surtur leaned forward, only to see pitch-black fluctuations suddenly erupt from below, instantly obscuring the sky and the ocean.
Like a pitch-black barrier, it completely enveloped him.
Following that, boundless killing intent attacked.
As if countless enemies appeared in all directions. In the next moment, violent fist intent obscured everything.
[Shun Goku Satsu · One Thousand Strikes in an Instant]
(End of Chapter)
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