Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 350 - 257: The Forbidden Art of True Qi: Condensing a Nebula in the Palm

HSSSSSS!!

As his blood dripped onto the ground, it let out a sizzling sound. White smoke rose, and it seemed to radiate a holy brilliance.

It was as if anything his blood touched was instantly purified.

From the Judicial Court, codenamed Blood Angels.

"I have no objection."

The final figure, an androgynous individual whose gender was difficult to discern, spoke up. His voice was bizarre. The pitch rose and fell erratically, the timbre seemed to shift constantly, and each word sounded as if it originated from a different place.

One word might come from his vocal cords, another from his abdomen, and some even seemed to resonate from all over his body.

To an ordinary person, the sound would be utterly bone-chilling, like a chorus of Fierce Ghosts singing in unison.

From the Pioneer Group, codenamed Nether Song.

The auras of the four surged as they each unleashed their Secret Techniques, preparing to overwhelm Devi once more.

Although these four were also avatars of the Ancient Ones, they were vastly different from the three Yi Beidou had encountered back in Modu.

Those three avatars could only be described as crudely assembled. Their bodies couldn’t withstand certain Secret Techniques and would quickly disintegrate under the strain.

These four avatars, however, were crafted from materials specially cultivated by the Pioneer Group. Their Saintly bodies were enhanced in ways that aligned with their respective Ancient One, allowing them to wield far greater power and survive for much longer.

Lotus had said these new avatars were ten to twenty percent stronger than the previous ones, but that was just a conservative estimate. In actual combat, the improvement was far more terrifying.

And now, there were four of them surrounding Devi!

"Have you all lived so long that your minds have gone soft? How pathetic."

Watching the four talk amongst themselves, as if he were already a fish on the chopping block, Devi replied calmly.

The next moment.

VMMMM!!

The crown on his head erupted with brilliance, and a divine light flashed at the center of his brow, suddenly opening a Divine Eye formed of pure light.

Simultaneously, his skin began to glow, revealing the pattern of a vast, starry expanse that seemed to radiate from within, filled with endless mystery.

In that instant, Devi’s body seemed to transform into the endless starry sky itself.

Mysterious Starry Sky: Stargazer.

These were the fruits of Devi’s Cultivation in space.

He had faced all manner of cosmic rays head-on, opening his Life Magnetic Field to them. He allowed the radiation to temper his field, infusing it with the essence of the starry sky and making it vastly more stable and powerful.

If even the most violent cosmic rays couldn’t destroy Devi’s Life Magnetic Field, then the damage from even powerful Secret Techniques could naturally be minimized.

BOOM!!

In his lower abdomen, a nebula suddenly detonated, releasing a blinding light. But just as the light was about to expand, a terrifying binding force took effect, forcefully containing the radiance within Devi’s body and compressing it into a fantastical sphere of light.

One of the body’s seven Chakras.

The Root Chakra.

Burst!!

As the sphere of light formed, Devi’s aura surged, growing even more terrifying.

This was the powerful Secret Technique Devi had now mastered. He had named it "Seven-Star Cloud," as he intended to contend with Yi Beidou’s Seven Stars.

It was a Martial Arts Dao born from his "Supernova" technique.

Supernova was an explosive attack Technique that involved detonating an internal nebula. This caused the user’s Life Magnetic Field to vibrate violently, unleashing a burst of brilliant light and terrifying power.

However, the technique had to be a one-time burst because Devi’s Life Magnetic Field couldn’t withstand the terrifying shockwaves from the Supernova’s detonation. He had to release the power instantly to minimize damage to his own body.

After developing his Stargazer state, however, Devi’s Life Magnetic Field and his control over it had grown strong enough to forcefully contain this explosive power. He could now maintain it as a "state," continuously generating a terrifying amount of Magnetic Force.

And this was far from his limit.

’Is it still not enough? Then...’

Devi muttered to himself.

The next moment.

BOOM!!

Another dazzling sphere of light ignited in Devi’s abdomen, containing terrifying energy.

The second Chakra.

The Abdominal Wheel.

Burst!!

’This... should be just about enough.’

An unrestrained smile touched the corners of Devi’s lips.

He turned his palm upward, and a terrifying magnetic field condensed into a swirling vortex in its center.

But what shocked the onlookers even more was another sight entirely.

WHOOSH!!

Though there was no wind, sand and dust began to swirl. Pebbles, some as large as a thumb, were pulled as if by the nebula in Devi’s palm, gathering together to float above his hand.

The largest pebble formed a central star, while the others, large and small, orbited it, creating planets and rings. This was no mere illusion; it was like a true, miniature nebula.

"Qi Prohibition... Object Control?!"

The woman was at least two kilometers away, but she could seemingly see every detail of the scene as if she were right there. A gasp of shock escaped her lips.

A Saint Expert could influence smoke with their powerful magnetic field, but affecting solid, non-magnetic objects was extremely difficult, to say nothing of heavy pebbles.

That was practically the legendary Object Control Technique, a method that bordered on the forbidden realm only True Immortals could master—the so-called Immortal Forbidden Technique.

"The strength of his lifebound magnetic field shouldn’t have reached the Immortal Forbidden Realm yet," the man said, raising an eyebrow. He sensed that something was off.

He could clearly sense that the burst from Devi’s magnetic field hadn’t reached the intensity of the Immortal Forbidden Realm, yet it was producing a similar effect.

There was only one possibility.

"It seems to be an amplification from that ’Spirit Treasure’," the woman said in a low voice.

Their judgment was correct.

Devi’s power was indeed being amplified by a Spirit Treasure.

Devi called the ability granted by this Spirit Treasure "Coronation."

By resonating with the Spirit Treasure, he could "coronate" his single strongest ability, allowing its power to break through his current limits.

And his strongest ability was currently his Lifebound True Qi, also known as the Power of Life Magnetic Field.

Devi had stumbled upon this Spirit Treasure in his youth after awakening his Supersensitive Intuition. Very few people knew of its existence. When he traveled to Donghua to duel Yi Beidou, the Spirit Treasure had been inside him the entire time.

Kathy, the director of the Starry Sky Country’s Special Intelligence Bureau, had even hinted that he should use the item to ensure a foolproof victory against Yi Beidou.

But he had refused.

His duel with Yi Beidou was meant to be a fair fight.

If two men were to fight bare-fisted, but one brought a hidden weapon, how could that be the fair fight he sought?

It would have been a dishonor to his Martial Arts Dao.

Therefore, he chose to fight Yi Beidou fair and square. Even though he ultimately lost, and even though the Spirit Treasure was inside him, ready to be called upon at any moment, he never drew on a single shred of its power.

Had he used the treasure back then, it is hard to say what the final outcome might have been.

Devi Punk was a Warrior as proud as the starry sky itself.

But this situation was different.

These were a group of undying old cowards, hiding in the shadows, not even daring to show their true forms and relying on multiple avatars to gang up on him. For them, he felt not a shred of mutual respect.

Since this was a simple matter of slaughter, he had no qualms about using any means necessary.

"Attack!"

Black Earl barked, a fierce light erupting in his eyes.

’So what if he’s touched the threshold of the Immortal Forbidden Realm?’

’There are four of us, and we’re all just avatars. We can throw our lives away at any moment. We still have a chance to kill him.’

SKREEEEE!!

The black bats circling him shrieked and shot toward Devi. The moment they touched an opponent’s body, their terrifying corrosive power would cling like a festering poison, continuously eating away at their victim’s condition.

However.

VMMMM!!

The next instant, a light as dazzling as a Supernova erupted from within Devi. The moment the swarm of black bats touched the radiance, they disintegrated and scattered like mist.

The brilliant light illuminated everything!

"Last time, killing you was as easy as slaughtering a chicken. This time will be no different."

Devi’s cold voice rang out, and in the next instant, his figure shot toward Black Earl.