Absolute Destiny Game-Chapter 1176 - 31: Instant Kill_2
Xiao Jie felt his heart tighten suddenly: "Could it be that I’ve been discovered? My Invisibility Technique should be able to shield against perception at this level..."
Just as the thought flashed through his mind, the Fierce Fang Sky Slayer slowly crouched down again, seemingly just performing a routine check.
"Phew... luckily, I thought it..." Xiao Jie just let out a sigh of relief.
However, in the blink of an eye, a sudden change occurred!
In an instant, with a speed and agility that defied logic, the massive body of the Fierce Fang Sky Slayer lunged backward without warning—toward the direction where Xiao Jie was hiding! Even more horrifying, its body’s structure underwent a bizarre "flip" at the moment of the pounce!
What initially appeared as a strong posterior, covered in armor, suddenly tore open, revealing another, even more, ferocious face filled with compound eyes and mouthparts! And what Xiao Jie had thought were hind legs, those two reverse-curved sickle legs, now slashed out like deadly blades, with a chilling sound as they sliced through the air! At the same time, its massive forearm claws slammed into the ground, providing a powerful burst of support!
In less than 0.01 seconds, the entire monster completed a lethal front-to-back flip, initiating an ambush from an angle and approach that Xiao Jie could not anticipate!
"You little—!"
Xiao Jie’s mind was blaring with alarms, and an intense sense of crisis nearly instinctively drove him to activate the Dharma Transformation or the Instant Teleportation Immortal Technique. However, just as the thought arose, before the immortal power was fully mobilized, the two lightning-fast sickle legs already slashed through his invisible position like the scissors of death!
"Schick—!"
A slight sound, like fabric being torn, rang out.
Xiao Jie’s invisibility state was instantly broken, and his form staggered into the open air. He stood there rigidly for a moment, with a trace of bewilderment on his face, then—
Shu Shua Shua!
His body, as if sliced by invisible blades, was neatly severed into five parts, scattering to the ground.
The newly exposed monstrous face of the Fierce Fang Sky Slayer gleamed with a cruel and cunning light, emitting a bizarre shriek from its mouthparts. The sound was unbearably piercing, as if taunting the foolishness of its prey, and also like it was releasing an ecstatic thrill from a successful hunt.
"Foolish—human—you cannot escape—my perception!" It issued vaguely unclear but malicious syllables using the mouthparts on its monstrous face, then began to gnaw and tear apart the "corpse" on the ground.
"Damn, quite vicious!" Xiao Jie’s Spiritual Sense floated in the air, observing the monster below devouring the body he had just used from a peculiar "God’s perspective," momentarily at a loss for words.
"Alas, too careless... I got a bit cocky. I thought that becoming an immortal would mean I could act as I wished, but I forgot the lesson that even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. I must be more cautious in the future." He introspected silently. Although he knew Immortals are undying, the shock of that instant of "death" and the visual impact of being dismembered were not pleasant experiences.
At this moment, he reentered that familiar Spiritual Sense state, light and transcendent, but with less bewilderment and more calm analysis compared to his initial Spiritual Rebirth.
Although it was his first time being ’killed,’ having the prior experience of Spiritual Rebirth kept him calm. Now he only needed to wait... huh? Why is there a system prompt?
A semi-transparent options interface emerged before his eyes:
[System prompt: You have been killed. Please choose your resurrection method.]
[1. Body Reshaping (Consumes Immortal Spirit Origin to reshape the Immortal Body at a designated safe location for revival on the spot. Due to your body being an Immortal Spirit Body, forcibly rapid reshaping will temporarily decrease the spirit-flesh compatibility, resulting in the negative state [Newborn Spirit Body]: all attributes reduced by 15%, Spiritual Energy Value cap reduced by 33%, lasting for 3 days.)]
[2. Gathering Spirit Rebirth (The Immortal Spirit Body will automatically absorb nature’s spiritual energy to slowly reconstitute, requiring 24 hours to naturally resurrect without any negative state).]
[3. Reincarnation (Spiritual Sense occupies a relatively intact corpse with non-conflicting energy attributes to resurrect in the form of that corpse. Under this state, most of your exclusive Immortal abilities will be unusable, but you can inherit and gain most of the skills and traits the corpse possessed in life).]
[4. Possession Rebirth (Spiritual Sense forcibly invades and seizes control of a living, intelligent being’s body; you need to suppress and eliminate the opponent’s soul to gain full control. If the target’s soul is too strong or their will is resolute, failure in possession could cause immense damage to your Primordial Spirit).] 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
[5. Resurrection Item (No available resurrection items found).]
"I see... Immortals actually have so many options for resurrection." Xiao Jie understood in his heart, but he could also vaguely perceive that these options were more like standard "selections" provided by the "system" for convenience in understanding and use. Beyond these, there might exist other non-standard resurrection methods more aligned with the essence of an Immortal, relying more on one’s understanding of the Dao, which he would have to explore and innovate himself.
Upon rough analysis, the simplest and most direct is undoubtedly "Body Reshaping," which allows for immediate combat resumption, but at the cost of acquiring a weak DEBUFF akin to "weakness resurrection" in games. The most normal and side-effect-free is "Gathering Spirit Rebirth," which lets the body naturally recover. "Reincarnation" and "Possession Rebirth" lean towards special situational strategies, balancing risk with opportunity.
