Chapter 2577: Knowing Fate! Strength Evolves Again
"Boom!"
Another explosion rang out, and the energy accumulation of Transcendent 8th Stage was completed in a short time!
The energy within underwent another qualitative change, washing through the body, pushing physical strength to yet another new peak!
Jiangnan's rank had been driven up to Transcendent 9th Stage!
One had to know that the energy accumulation for each stage was a hundred times that of the previous one's total!
Stacked stage by stage, the degree of energy quality transformation was absolutely terrifying!
Yet Jiangnan was forced up by three stages in one go. It was easy to imagine just how immense the energy Qing Er had transmitted was!
It saved Jiangnan a massive amount of time that would have been spent accumulating energy!
After entering Transcendent 9th Stage, the pace of ascension finally began to slow, and Jiangnan's body gradually became able to withstand the energy infusion!
At this moment, Jiangnan had no mind for anything else. He carefully sensed the genetic information being transmitted from Qing Er!
It was like an inexhaustible treasure mountain, as if no matter how much he dug, he could never reach the end!
Finally, the Qing Er Life Inheritance Seed was completely infused into Jiangnan's body, not a single bit missing!
His rank also reached the peak of Transcendent 9th Stage!
Jiangnan quickly waved his hand:
(︶﹏︶#)ﾂ "Enough, enough. I'm about—"
But Qing Er's face was full of unwillingness. So close. She wanted a nice, round number. Round numbers were good!
After the Life Inheritance Seed was completely consumed, an extremely rich surge of Life Essence was transmitted over once more!
The bottleneck was broken directly!
The energy within underwent further qualitative change, and Jiangnan was pushed straight to the level of Transcendent 10th Stage!
However, this qualitative change in energy was different from before. It seemed to reach some kind of extreme point, becoming even more frenzied, attaining an entirely new energy level!
The surging energy washed through his body, and every single cell within him grew wildly under its nourishment!
This was a massive leap unlike anything before!
It got to the point where just standing there, Jiangnan's body emitted a faint treasure-like luster. Every line of his physique was perfect to the extreme!
His aura was hidden but not released, like a calm sea surface, yet capable of stirring up monstrous waves that could crush everything!
Zhong Yingxue and the others stared at Jiangnan in astonishment. They felt that Xiao Nan's aura was different from before, but they couldn't pinpoint exactly how. He seemed... ethereal and immortal?
Black God's prediction was way too accurate, wasn't it? He really did get pushed to Transcendent 10th Stage?
Wang Youzhi smacked his lips with a click:
(๑͡°ก͡°) "Finally got a major qualitative change, huh? Not bad, not bad. From now on, leveling up is going to be a pain in the ass~"
He was already at freaking Transcendent 10th Stage, and after a major qualitative change, the nature of his energy was on a completely different level from before!
From now on, every stage he rose would require thousands or even tens of thousands of times the effort as before. The same went for energy!
Qing Er looked exhausted and weak, as if she could barely lift her arms. Even the main body of the Mother Vine had many yellowed leaves!
Jiangnan stepped forward and helped her up:
(￢﹏￢٥) "Look at you—Transcendent 9th Stage was fine, wasn't it? Why did you have to force another round?"
Qing Er squeezed out a faint smile, her white teeth dazzling:
(ོ❛ั◡❛ัོ) "You... strong... good. Round number, ehehe~ Protect Qing Er from death... awesome!"
Jiangnan's mouth twitched. "Round number," my ass!
Taking all these benefits for free—she even gave him the Life Inheritance Seed and boosted him that many levels—Jiangnan felt a bit embarrassed...
"Don't worry. No matter what that big crisis you mentioned is, I'll do my utmost to keep you alive. You can take that as my promise."
Qing Er bit her lip and nodded heavily:
(ོᵒ̴̶̷◠ᵒ̴̶̷) "Mm-hmm~"
But Black God got excited:
(งᵒ̌ꇴᵒ̌)ง "Quick! Quick! See what new tricks you got?"
At this, Jiangnan perked up too!
After sensing carefully for a moment, even Jiangnan was shocked:
Σ(°△°|||) "I'm... freaking strong now!"
As he spoke, the small whip behind him extended!
"Ultra-Transformation Mode • Armor Vine!"
The original blood vine form instantly changed, transforming into a pitch-black vine armor that wrapped around his entire body. It even emitted metallic luster, like a black warrior!
"Ultra-Hardening, Ultra-Parasitism, Ghost Thorn, Parasitic Puppet, Ultra-Absorption, Energy Conduction, Life Essence Transmission, Immortal Vine, Life Form Maintenance, Vine Seed Reincarnation, Ten Thousand Flower Burial, Drop of Blood Rebirth, Senluo Blood Sacrifice, Steel Flower, Poison King Vine, Binding Immortal Lock, Blood-Tooth Prison Cage, Wind-Flower Blade, Demon King Roar, Forest Spirit King..."
As Jiangnan kept calling out skill names, the vine armament behind him frantically changed forms!
It wasn't just a few dozen types—it was tens of thousands!
Jiangnan checked for a long time and still couldn't count exactly how many forms his vine armament had inherited from Qing Er!
In Ultra-Transformation Mode, the vine armament could change its form at will and use the corresponding skills of that form!
Previously, the vine armament only had three innate skills: Blood Drink, Parasitic Spore, and Thorn Whip!
But now, in Ultra-Transformation Mode, the number of skills it could use was over thirty thousand!
The genetic information Qing Er had accumulated over time was just too much!
Jiangnan could now even perform a reincarnation like Qing Ke's. As long as his own grass seed was left somewhere in the starry sky, it would be very hard to kill him!
Abilities like Ultra-Absorption and Energy Conduction were even cultivation-assist artifacts!
It could be said that Jiangnan's weaknesses were almost gone now. Even if they blew his head off or crushed his body, as long as he had prepared countermeasures in advance using his vine armament's abilities, Jiangnan would be very hard to kill!
Standing there for a long time, Jiangnan still hadn't used all the forms. Qing Er's inheritance seed was like an inexhaustible treasure mountain!
Qian Benying and the others watched Jiangnan's vine armament constantly shifting forms, their eyes full of shock!
Σ(っ°口°;)っ Holy crap! It can change into that many forms? That's so perverted!
Wang Youzhi urged: "None of that matters! Knowing Fate—did you inherit that Knowing Fate thing or not?"
Qing Er said seriously: (ོ･ˇ◠ˇ･) "Qing Er... gave it all~ Every bit!"
Jiangnan looked confused: "Knowing Fate, huh? Let me try..."
At this moment, Jiangnan slowly closed his eyes, maximizing his perception!
All the noise seemed to fade away from him. Gradually, in the darkness, the surrounding scenery began to clear up!
Jiangnan could sense the blurry figures around him and knew who they were. As he delved deeper...
Jiangnan actually "saw" countless crystal-clear threads radiating from his own body!
They connected to everyone nearby. The whole world seemed to be woven into a massive net by these invisible threads!
Some of these threads spreading out from him were thick, some thin.
For example, the threads connecting him to Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, and the others were extremely thick!
But the one connecting him to Qing Tian was so thin it was barely perceptible!
In this mysterious world, Qing Er's silhouette was very, very faint—so faint it was almost disappearing!
Yet, there were also threads connecting her to him. The threads slowly grew thicker, and Qing Er's faint silhouette also gradually solidified!
Jiangnan looked puzzled, reaching out with his eyes closed and groping around randomly!
(۶︶△︶)۶ "There are... threads and stuff. So many threads! But I can't feel anything!"
Wang Youzhi's eyes lit up: "Hahahaha! Causality Threads? Awesome, awesome! Big bro D, you're awesome!"
"And you want to touch them? Being able to see them is already awesome enough!"
But as he fumbled around, Jiangnan suddenly pressed down on Qing Er's chest, making a squishy sound!
(۶︶ﾛ︶)۶ "Ooh hoh? Found something! It just seems..."
However, a huge burst of complaint value startled Jiangnan into a shudder. He quickly opened his eyes and pulled out of his Knowing Fate state!
He saw his hand resting on Qing Er's chest, even sinking in a bit!
And Qing Er tilted her head, looking at Jiangnan with a confused expression, not moving away either!
(ོ•̌～•ོ̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣
Jiangnan: !!!
Σ(ଵ口ଵ۶)۶ "YAAH~"
Startled, Jiangnan jumped back a long distance. With a flick of his hand, he conjured a spatial blade and cut off his own hand. Within a few milliseconds, a brand-new hand grew back!
(๑︶益︶) "Hmph—disobedient hand. I don't need it anyway!"
Zhong Yingxue covered her face. She wasn't even blaming you. Did you really have to chop off your hand?
Wang Youzhi sighed with emotion: "Tsk tsk tsk—you actually got it, huh? You're set now!"
But Jiangnan felt waves of fatigue hitting him. Clearly, this Knowing Fate thing consumed a lot of mental energy.
"Da Zhi? That Causality Thread you mentioned just now..."
Wang Youzhi chuckled darkly: "Where there's a cause, there's an effect. It's precisely these countless causal relationships that maintain the integrity of the world and influence all developmental processes!"
"Don't worry about what it is. If you activate Black Hole Devouring Star again and enter that sea of energy, you'll never have to worry about returning to the wrong reality again!"
"You have countless causal ties with the people of this reality, because you belong here. Now you won't lose your way, and you won't doubt reality again!"
"That solves one of the difficulties of Black Hole Devouring Star. What kind of luck do you have? You can pick up such a big bargain just by wandering around?"
Jiangnan swallowed: (°△°〃) "Holy crap! So that's how it is? But are you sure Causality Threads can't be broken? Could Severing the Void... cut them?"
Wang Youzhi looked at Jiangnan like he was an idiot:
(≖～≖) "You want to cut Causality Threads? Who do you think you are, a god? If you could just casually cut them off, the world would be in chaos!"
"You should be grateful just to be able to see them!"
Jiangnan stroked his chin in deep thought. So that's it?
(͡°ก͡°) "But isn't Knowing Fate supposed to predict danger and stuff? I didn't feel anything?"
Wang Youzhi rolled his eyes:
(꒪ั～꒪ั๑) "You're not in any danger right now, are you? How could you sense anything? But... you can try..."
With that, Wang Youzhi looked at Jiangnan with a sly smile.
(≖ᴗ≖๑)
Jiangnan's hackles instantly shot up. He activated a Curved Speed Drive and shot far away. His survival instinct made him flee the area as fast as possible!
But that feeling only lasted an instant before disappearing. Yet his heart still felt creeped out!
∑(°口°๑) "Damn! Da Zhi! You were serious? Just how strong is this alt of yours?"
Wang Youzhi cackled sinisterly: (΄◞ิ⥎◟ิ‵) "Who knows? Now do you understand what Knowing Fate is?"