I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 1670 - 1177: Got You_2
The moment Zheng Yichen sensed this undying trait of the Vermilion Bird, he understood it was an advanced replacement for the serpent’s exuvia.
The serpent’s exuvia could save lives, but the cost was always quite severe, consuming a lot of life force. Now there’s a better option.
The Vermilion Bird would burn itself, using life force as its combat strength, and Zheng Yichen’s Burst Mode would also consume life force, causing these two powers’ traits to undergo a new transformation.
The aura of the Burst Mode turned into genuine flames, but these flames were not purely elemental fire; they were flames of life.
Even in an environment devoid of any elemental powers, such flames could still ignite.
Although the blazing flames increased Zheng Yichen’s consumption of maintaining Burst Mode, and this consumption multiplied, it wasn’t a loss for Zheng Yichen.
The more life force that was burned, the more active his body became, the faster his recovery, and the stronger his strength.
During the first and second stages of Burst Mode, there’s no need to think too much. The first stage only consumes stamina, the second stage burns blood but doesn’t touch life force, and the third stage is when it becomes truly powerful.
Once the third stage of Burst Mode is initiated, his life force recovery speed cannot keep up with the consumption.
But based on the current feeling, with the influence of the Vermilion Bird’s Undying Flame, when his life force was burned down to four-fifths, the enhancement of recovery by the Undying Flame completely exceeded the rate of consumption.
Moreover, the recovery speed at that time was even higher than the ratio before Zheng Yichen obtained the Vermilion Bird’s blood.
This was just the beginning, the more his life force was burned, the more terrifying the enhancement of recovery by the Undying Flame became.
Zheng Yichen estimated that without sufficiently strong external damage, even if he recklessly consumed life force, it would be difficult to deplete his own life force below three-fifths.
This... this is too strong, isn’t it?
Zheng Yichen deeply regretted that he didn’t obtain the blood of the Black Tortoise Xuanwu when confronting it.
But it couldn’t be helped, as the specialties of the Black Tortoise Xuanwu and the Vermilion Bird are completely different. Seeing it would directly bring the weight of a great domain crushing down, Zheng Yichen couldn’t handle it, let alone obtaining the blood of the Black Tortoise Xuanwu.
He’s not greedy; this is enough.
Undying Life Flame...
Zheng Yichen grinned at the Vermilion Bird, the blood-red flames on his body bloated into the shape of a sphere, and the rampant life force was being consumed massively, but it was just as he felt.
When the body’s life force was consumed down to two-fifths, it couldn’t be consumed any further.
The regenerative ability enhanced by the Undying Life Flame was too high. While maintaining normal breathing, Zheng Yichen could easily recover his life state to nearly four-fifths.
If he stopped breathing, it could be suppressed below three-fifths, but further down, it couldn’t be suppressed.
Moreover, the conversion of life force brought by the Life Furnace was his advantage, and he couldn’t hold back when dealing with enemies.
"Hahahaha—Come! Let’s see who burns to death first!!"
In response to Zheng Yichen was a shrill screech, and the Vermilion Bird, reborn anew in the flames, became darker, just like the Doom Beasts Zheng Yichen had seen on the Dragon City Planet.
The repeatedly reborn Vermilion Bird grew increasingly powerful, and the flames it emitted were no longer simply high temperatures. Even the flames between the two great domains were affected by the Vermilion Bird, becoming more intense.
The repulsive power between the great domains was also incinerated by the rampant flames.
The great domain that couldn’t close up lost the repulsive power, causing the two pieces to fully merge, and the earth-shattering collision sound reverberated through the nearby great domains.
A large and a small fireball radiated light and heat within the colliding and breaking great domain.
Zheng Yichen was sweating profusely, but with his Life Furnace, coupled with the Undying Life Flame, he could entirely ignore the burning of the Vermilion Bird’s flames. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
The burning effect of the Vermilion Bird’s flames on life force was strong, but such burns didn’t bind restoration power, so it couldn’t harm Zheng Yichen over time.
Zheng Yichen’s side was similar. The Vermilion Bird lacked his Life Furnace, but in Zheng Yichen’s perception, when the Vermilion Bird’s life state was burned down to one-third, it was tough to inflict continued harm on the Vermilion Bird.
The Vermilion Bird was like a Berserker, the worse its life state, the brighter the flames it emitted.
Zheng Yichen attempted to use Power of Death and power of Hell to constrain the Vermilion Bird, but the Vermilion Bird’s power of repeated rebirth in flame was too potent; whether Power of Death or power of Hell, once they took effect, they were promptly incinerated without a trace.
They were stuck in a deadlock, and winning would take some unconventional tactics.
"Gah—" The Vermilion Bird’s crazy piercing cry abruptly halted, and the Oblivion force attached to Zheng Yichen’s flames caused the Vermilion Bird’s life state to quickly weaken.
Zheng Yichen’s face paled and looked awful.
Oblivion is a force that can be combined with many types of power, but pairing them only defines the combination, and how much effect it can exert is another matter.
Most of the time, such combinations simply become carriers for the Oblivion force, expressed through the form of the carrier power.
For instance, if paired with wind, it’s still predominantly Oblivion force, just with an added wind trait, manifesting through wind. The same goes for powers like flame.
Wind of Annihilation, Fire of Annihilation... this is the transformation of combinations, but if the carrier gets destroyed by Oblivion first, then Oblivion reverts to its original form, with no reduction in lethality, merely a restoration of the Prime state during activation.
The burst flames that Zheng Yichen was using now had more resilience, but these flames had the Vermilion Bird’s Undying Life Flame trait, so when Oblivion took effect, it also carried this flame’s properties.
Or, rather, Oblivion dyed them with its traits before eradicating these kinds of powers.
The Undying Life Flame itself burns the target’s life force, and Oblivion drives various existences into nothingness.
As it burned, Zheng Yichen clearly sensed that his life cap was being burnt; it’s not much better than taking true damage, at least true damage could be healed, but if the cap is burnt, it’s gone for good.
However, backed by Dusk, he had the leeway for recovery, and his extraordinary abilities could gradually restore the cap.
After all, it was merely burning the life cap, not affecting his strength.
The impact on Zheng Yichen was severe, though more serious for the Vermilion Bird!
Yet the involvement of Oblivion seemed to trigger some mechanism within the Vermilion Bird.
The previously vibrant life force of the Vermilion Bird suddenly dwindled to a flickering candle, with no resistance to Zheng Yichen’s flame imbued with Oblivion.
At this point, Zheng Yichen couldn’t kill the Vermilion Bird, even though its life state was like a candle in the wind.
His body was directly transformed into a fireball in the blazing radiance, maintaining a rebirth-like state similar to that of the Vermilion Bird.
Vermilion Bird, with its life nearing the End, released a power that made Zheng Yichen extremely uncomfortable.
Yet he only suffered momentarily, as the frenzied Vermilion Bird reverted to its original form once again.
The form of the Vermilion Bird became like that of a skeletal bird. Its body filled with raging flames, but that impending vanishing despair remained.
The Vermilion Bird could continuously rebirth at this time, yet if it vanishes, it would truly die. Zheng Yichen adapted to the Vermilion Bird’s released scorching flames, planning to completely dispatch this Vermilion Bird.
It’s a simple step, just a slight touch with a finger imbued with Oblivion, erasing that final thread of vitality, and this Vermilion Bird would be utterly obliterated.
At this moment, a hand grabbed Zheng Yichen’s wrist, and upon contact, it disintegrated into flesh and blood, the bones turned black and brittle, but the force applied from the palm was sufficient to delay Zheng Yichen momentarily.
Zheng Yichen didn’t show an angry expression; he anticipated such a situation, after all, why would the Boundary Breaking Organization send a Vermilion Bird filled with dark Destruction to him for no reason?
And moreover it’s filled with destructive darkness; this was even more unwarranted!
It certainly was a plan by the Boundary Breaking Organization; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been reluctant to fight in the beginning, only choosing to battle after being unable to escape normally.
"Caught you!"
Zheng Yichen backhanded to grip the soon-to-be-gone bones, a ferocious wild laugh on his face.
In that instant, he appeared more villainous than a villain, but Zheng Yichen didn’t care about his current appearance.
Willpower interference forcefully reversed the state of the bones, the surging Undying Vermilion Bird flame restored the blood and flesh, recovering the opponent’s appearance.
Within Zheng Yichen’s wild laughter, the Oblivion force flowed through the channel connecting them.
Even though the channel was swiftly severed, a portion of the force still permeated through...
