Chapter 67 They Call Me a Monster

Chapter 67: Chapter 67: They Call Me a Monster

Seeing that someone had finally interrupted Xiao Yu’s mostly correct "nonsense," Feng Yin took the opportunity to change the subject. "We were attacked here. I wonder how Master is doing..."

As soon as he said this, he saw that Xiao Yu, Xie Yanran, and Hong Yuan all looked completely unbothered.

Xiao Yu even said with a beaming smile, "It’s not that I’m not worried about Master; it’s just really hard for me to imagine him ever being in danger."

"Oh?" Feng Yin was a little curious.

Xiao Yu enjoyed the feeling of lecturing someone as "clueless" as Feng Yin. "Eldest Junior Brother, you probably don’t know what the Ultimate Level entails..."

Her eyes sparkled. "For someone like Master, leaving and entering the country requires approval from special departments. This applies not just to Celestial Essence, but also to the country he wishes to visit."

Beside her, Xie Yanran sighed. "Especially a small neighboring country to Celestial Essence like Genroku. They almost entirely ban the entry of Celestial Essence’s Absolute Powerhouses. Otherwise, that traitor wouldn’t have survived until now!"

As she spoke, hatred surfaced in her eyes.

The traitor she referred to was Third Senior Brother Shang Yunjie, who had assumed the new identity of "Yoshino Tenju."

Feng Yin nodded silently.

However, judging by the timeline, when that guy betrayed the Sect, it seemed Xie Jingyuan was only at the Peak of the Instant Level and hadn’t yet reached the Humanoid Monster state of the Ultimate Level.

Speaking of which, could that ability known as "Momentum," which only Ultimate Level experts possessed, be the result of Master’s mind being stimulated by this betrayal...?

Feng Yin couldn’t help but think of some melodramatic anime tropes he had seen back on Earth.

On the other side, Xiao Yu had already started her show-off explanation. "An Absolute Powerhouse not only possesses a physique far superior to the Instant Level, but their Combat Skills have also reached the Peak, capable of executing various Fixed Form ultimate techniques effortlessly."

She made a hand gesture. "It’s like using skills as basic attacks, you know?"

Feng Yin didn’t respond—after all, his persona was that of an amnesiac, so he wasn’t supposed to understand the joke of "using skills as basic attacks."

Xiao Yu wasn’t expecting an answer anyway and continued on her own. "Additionally, the See Through ability that the Instant Level possesses is only stronger at the Ultimate Level.

"If the Instant Level’s See Through reads the signs before a movement occurs, then the Ultimate Level’s See Through reads the opponent’s ’thought signs.’

"The Instant Level can read the next move, while the Ultimate Level can read the next several moves."

Feng Yin listened intently, vaguely feeling like he had heard of this ability in some manga or stories before.

Wasn’t this just—Before?

At this moment, Xiao Yu raised a small fist, finally getting to the main point. "All of the above are just the basics. For an Ultimate Level master like Master, the strongest aspect has to be—Momentum!"

Feng Yin’s spirit roused; this was what he wanted to know the most.

"Momentum is..." At this point, the initially enthusiastic Xiao Yu suddenly stuttered. "It’s... uh..."

Feng Yin shot her a speechless glance. "If you don’t know, could you not keep people in suspense?"

Xiao Yu scratched her head and smiled sheepishly. "Oh well, Momentum is just something very strong anyway. Even if an Instant Level master truly faces off against the Ultimate Level, they would only..."

A few meters away, Felt smiled and finished her sentence. "They would only be rendered completely powerless to fight back. Those with weak willpower wouldn’t even have the courage to make a move."

The group looked over at Felt.

Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw someone pick up the explanation. "Handsome expert, you take over."

She thought to herself, "This fish has successfully done her part and will now retire~"

Felt said softly, "A Combat Master... or what you call an Absolute Powerhouse, is a Humanoid Monster who can completely unify their mind and body to manifest what is known as ’Momentum.’

"Those who directly face Momentum often experience hallucinations of seeing some sort of non-human entity. Through comparative experiments, even though the details of the Momentum anomaly seen by each person for the same individual differ, they are generally similar."

Felt paused and gave an example. "For instance, His Excellency Xie Jingyuan’s Momentum causes people to see the illusion of the ’Dragon and Snake Entwined,’ but the shape and appearance of the Dragon and Snake that each person sees are slightly different.

"According to research, the Momentum anomaly is related to the Absolute Powerhouse’s personal character, will, and the Combat Skills they practice."

Feng Yin grew thoughtful. By that logic, he had seen Xie Jingyuan’s activated Momentum twice before.

The first time was when Xie Jingyuan flew into a rage upon seeing Xie Yanran’s disfigured face.

The second time was when Xie Jingyuan demonstrated the second move of the Cyan Dragon Secret Sword, "Soaring Dragon Sky-Piercing," to him—that anomaly of charging forward while seemingly enveloped by a mad dragon.

Facing that kind of Momentum, even knowing full well that Xie Jingyuan wouldn’t hurt him, he still felt the urge to summon his Armor for protection.

It was the instinct to survive.

Xiao Yu was also engrossed in the explanation and hurriedly asked, "Right, right, I’ve also seen Master activate this vision of the coiled Dragon and Snake, but what is its actual effect?"

Felt smiled faintly. "For those lacking firm willpower, losing the will to fight under the impact of Momentum is considered a good outcome. Most people would just completely blank out."

He sighed softly. "In a battle, blanking out for even a split second in front of an Absolute Powerhouse results only in death."

Then, Felt’s expression turned serious. "Of course, Momentum doesn’t just do that. According to research, powerhouses possessing Momentum can use their astonishing willpower to influence their own physique, thereby breaking past their limits once again and unleashing monstrous strength..."

...

...

Sin City, amid the chaotic alleys.

Xie Jingyuan sprinted quickly, his expression calm and icy.

According to the tracking data, the test subject moved extremely fast. In just a few minutes, it had already distanced itself from the Death Madness Tower and arrived here.

It seemed to be planning to hide and lie low in this chaotic Sin City first, then find a chance to leave the island later.

However, this test subject likely didn’t anticipate that the Zero Point Group had also implanted an internal tracker inside his body.

Amid his casual thoughts, Xie Jingyuan slowed his pace and landed on the roof of a dilapidated building.

A heavy stench of blood permeated the air, and faint sounds of tearing and chewing reached his ears.

It seemed that this test subject had already started eating people. In that case, there was no need to keep him alive.

Xie Jingyuan’s face was placid as he raised his foot and stomped down.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Three consecutive deafening crashes rang out as large holes were blasted through three floors.

In a room, the Scale Person, Lisetta, who was burying his head in a corpse and gnawing on it, suddenly looked up. His hideous and terrifying face was covered in blood.

"As expected, he’s no longer human."

Amidst the billowing dust and smoke, Xie Jingyuan’s slender figure slowly walked out. He quietly watched the stunned Lisetta and drew a large-caliber handgun from his waist, aiming it at him.

Seeing the gun, a terrifying smile appeared on Lisetta’s face. His vertical pupils stared at Xie Jingyuan like prey. "In... Interesting. You delusionally think... you can use a gun against Lisetta?"

The next instant, Xie Jingyuan was already pulling the trigger at high speed.

Modified with an Instant Level powerhouse as his base, Lisetta possessed an extremely sharp Pre-read ability. He instantly saw the signs of Xie Jingyuan firing.

He immediately dropped to the ground and rapidly moved sideways. His movements were like a lizard’s, yet his Speed was inconceivably fast.

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!

SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT!

Seven gunshots, six bloody blossoms!

Lisetta was sent flying by the massive Kinetic Energy of the bullets, but he flipped back up the moment he hit the ground.

From the torn wounds on his body, bullet after bullet was squeezed out.

Shock and confusion appeared on Lisetta’s scale-covered face.

"You!? Why, did you hit me?"

Xie Jingyuan simply looked quietly at the bullets that had fallen to the ground and said softly,

"Just as the data stated, it’s not just the scales; the muscle density is also this astonishing..."

Seeing Xie Jingyuan looking at him as if he were a dead object, Lisetta flew into a frenzy. All Four claws dug into the ground as his body arched like a Wild Beast, a cruel smile surfacing on his face.

"It seems you don’t know what a monster is. I’ll tear you apart... bite you to pieces... devour you, and turn you into the most worthless feces..."

Xie Jingyuan, however, merely placed his hand slowly on the hilt of his sword at his waist and smiled. "Actually, I’ve seen a monster before..."

As he spoke, Lisetta had already pushed off the ground with all four limbs, shooting out like a cannonball and pouncing toward Xie Jingyuan.

The next fraction of a second, Xie Jingyuan’s hair and beard flared out, his eyes turned dark red, and his veins and nerves bulged all over his body. He instantly entered the explosive Dragon Transformation State.

HUM!

Lisetta’s vertical pupils trembled violently.

In his eyes, two terrifying entities suddenly surged from the surface of the refined man in front of him.

The Cyan Dragon and Profound Snake!

Amidst this astonishing anomaly of the coiled Dragon and Snake.

Xie Jingyuan drew his sword in a flash, his movements so fast that it was completely impossible to see any preceding signs!

Lisetta only saw a mad dragon surging toward him!

The air pressure transformed into a sweeping Storm, letting out an explosive sound like a dragon’s roar under Xie Jingyuan’s charging posture.

ROAR!

The two sides crossed paths in an instant.

SHING!

Xie Jingyuan sheathed his sword. Without looking back, he said coldly, "Those monsters all call me..."

Behind him, Lisetta, who had landed in his pouncing posture, shattered into several pieces, gushing out large pools of blood.

"A monster!"