I Can Transform Into a World-Destroying Colossal Beast-Chapter 63: Divine Palace Feiyue

In the activity room.

Jiang Hou and the other person sat on the bench, following the procedure to activate the new detector, then used Bluetooth to transfer data, but the final activation required updating their personal information.

After a brief pause, Jiang Hou pressed the scan button, and an invisible wave of light swept across his whole body, causing a row of numbers to appear on the screen.

"Physique 68, Energy value 573, System Divine Weapon Era, Overall Realm Late-tier Three, Combat Power 8969, Reserve Ranking Fifth."

After refreshing again and completing activation, six software icons appeared on the screen.

Combat Power Ranking, Resource Exchange, Heaven’s Punishment Forum, Task Panel, Monster Database, Transcendent Information.

The combat power ranking was still just the Yidu City Branch, but this time, in addition to the reserves, there was a ranking for official members above Tier Four, although you could only see names on the official list.

To Jiang Hou’s surprise, the number of official members in the Yidu City Branch was so small, only thirteen people.

Shentu Ni ranked fourth, and the name Divine Palace Feiyue in third place seemed familiar to Jiang Hou, only one character different from Siyu’s classmate, Divine Palace Feirou.

"I didn’t expect that girl’s sister is also a Transcendent, and even stronger than Shentu Ni." Jiang Hou was a bit surprised.

Jiang Hou glanced at the names in the official member rankings and then clicked on the resource exchange software. This time, the exchange page had many more items, divided into several sections.

However, he currently only had 25 points, so it was useless to look.

Next was the task software. Jiang Hou clicked on it to see several rows of tasks with red text flashing.

[Task: Daily exploration of Ruins of Small Channel No. 02, penetrate fifteen kilometers, set up three independent monitoring points, recover memory from two nearby monitors]

[Task: Cleanup mission, the extra-dimensional channel in the abandoned factory in West City Circle Three is expected to form tomorrow, strength level four]

[Task: Guard the entrance point of a large forming channel, monitor the movements of Demon Gods on the opposite side, task requires Tier Five, rotation time five days]

[Task: Explore Site of Small Channel No. 01 Ruins, ruins located thirty-seven kilometers from the channel, currently no strong ferocious creature traces found near the monitoring point]

[Mutant elimination task in the east of the city, the criminal investigation department has locked in, danger level two, will automatically assign to reserve members in one hour...]

Only five tasks in the task section, surprising Jiang Hou once more.

He thought Yidu City Branch’s Tier Four experts would all be busy incessantly, but there were so few tasks.

Next, Jiang Hou clicked on the Ruin Monster Database, instantly greeted by dense information on monsters, including those killed by Black Armored Giant Apes.

In addition, Jiang Hou also saw the monster that ’killed’ him at the start.

"High-tier ferocious creature Undead, humanoid, mutated from the corpse of an ancient fallen strong individual, strength ranges from Tier Four to Tier Six Peak, extremely dangerous!"

Starting at Tier Four, no wonder I was instantly killed without realizing at the time! Jiang Hou’s eyes turned solemn.

Just as Jiang Hou was about to continue scanning monster information, Zong Zheng Nan Mo exclaimed in shock beside him: "Wow, Jiang Hou, your combat power has already reached nine thousand!"

"And your Divine Weapon side also reached Tier Three!" he said, looking at Jiang Hou with wide eyes.

Even though Jiang Hou had shown Late-tier Three combat power when he killed that sorcerer-marked strong opponent a few days ago.

But now, seeing him ranked fifth on the combat power leaderboard, especially with the Divine Weapon heritage reaching Early-tier Three values, Zong Zheng Nan Mo was still a bit stunned.

"The Divine Weapon side also reached Tier Three!" From the window, Jiang Ruochan, who was quietly reading, also turned her head.

Last week, when Jiang Hou merged with the Demon Blade, he was only Early-tier Two. Yet, in a single week, he suddenly broke through to Tier Three?

In response to their surprise, Jiang Hou explained: "Previously, I exchanged for Energy Crystal and Demon Power Crystal for research, and then I discovered it seems I can absorb the energy inside."

"This energy enhances my physique; besides that, there are some unusual effects, like my hair turning slightly red."

"Additionally, as the Divine Weapon power continuously tempers my body, my physical strength has been growing rapidly lately."

"With my body becoming increasingly strong and my energy flourishing, a portion of the overflowing energy from the Divine Weapon circulating within me transforms into Demonic Energy, forming a complementary cycle."

"... It can work this way." Zong Zheng Nan Mo was somewhat dumbfounded after listening.

A dual-era heritage with stronger combat power was one thing, but for the two systems not only to avoid conflict but also to complement each other was surprising.

Even Jiang Ruochan was a bit startled listening to this.

For decades, many had thought about mastering the powers of two or even three great eras, with some even taking action and achieving rare success stories.

Some successfully merged a second system’s power and stepped into the Saint level, while others, like Jiang Hou, were low-tier Transcendents of two or three tiers.

But without exception, internal conflicts erupted soon, causing severe injuries or mental collapse and loss of control, even for those strong enough to barely suppress the conflicts, resulting in a drastic drop in power.

Moreover, as time passed, the internal conflicts became more intense, forcing individuals to either self-sever or lose control.

However, Jiang Hou’s situation was somewhat unique, likely related to the absence of any power traces within him and not awakening the Giant Beast Era’s talents.

Jiang Ruochan pondered slightly: "It seems among the Eight Great Epoch Systems, aside from the mysterious Immortal Demon Era, the Giant Beast Era might have the greatest potential."

Unfortunately, besides Jiang Hou, nobody else has obtained the Giant Beast heritage, offering no reference or research value.

Though she knew Jiang Hou surely had more secrets, she didn’t mind since every Transcendent has their hidden cards; it’s quite normal.

As long as his mental state remained stable and he held correct views.

As Jiang Ruochan returned to her book, Zong Zheng Nan Mo, after the shock, went back to studying the new watch functions.

Jiang Hou then clicked on Transcendent Information, finding only one line on the first page.

[Transcendence is merely an illusion; we have always been on the edge of losing control, a thought as God, a thought as Demon]

Jiang Hou deeply studied that line of text before continuing to scroll down, soon finding the source of the pollution.

It originated from the resentment during the fall of ancient civilization’s divine demons, combined with the ominous power released from decomposing corpses and remains, merging to form a twisted consciousness and distorted soul in a terrifying curse.

Confronted by the curses of numerous ancient divine demons, ordinary individuals would instantly mutate upon exposure to pollution.

The so-called Extraordinary Awakening occurs when humans or creatures, polluted by the ruins’ power, are lucky enough to fuse with a wisp of ancient strong individual’s energy imprint contained within.

However, even then, there’s only a three percent success rate, so even those stepping into the Saint level couldn’t ensure all their family members become Awakened.

The probability is too low; nobody dares to risk it.

There was once a Tier Eight Legend strong individual who gambled, making thorough preparations to have his congenitally terminally ill twin sons touch the pollution, hoping they would evolve into Transcendents and achieve rebirth.

Yet even though that revered individual prepared various divine objects, his only blood relatives were still instantly polluted and mutated into twisted creatures.

Finally, after smashing those two shapeless grotesque disgusting monsters with a palm, that legendary strong individual went mad too, instantly turning into a Ruins Evil God.

The most unfortunate are those who absorbed pollution energy that lacked any ancient strong individual’s energy imprint, facing certain death and immediate pollution mutation.

Moreover, even becoming a Transcendent remains perilous.

As their strength increases, Transcendents absorb more and more power imprints from the same or even the same strong individual.

And these heritages and power imprints harbor the twisted thoughts of those divine demons, persistently eroding the Transcendent’s consciousness and soul.

This is why the risk of losing control grows for higher-level, stronger Transcendents.

The solution to this problem is singular.

It involves sharpening oneself and using force of will to gradually obliterate the indelible twisted thoughts in the power imprints as one’s strength grows.

But discipline of will involves dealing with the mind and soul; where do you start?

Thus, even among Transcendents from the three major Transcendent Powers, it’s common for strong individuals to lose control and become monsters, let alone ordinary forces and ’wild’ Transcendents.

To ordinary people, Transcendents appear powerful and proud, while the despair is known only to them.

Yet at the moment, Jiang Hou did not feel any despair; instead, after transforming into a giant beast, his appetite grew stronger.