Yama Reborn-Chapter 415 - 412 [You’re So Weak]

Chapter Four Hundred and Twelve: You Are So Weak

I sold you to yourself... Well... That’s how Kamisou Ichiro felt at the moment.

As he stared at Chen Nuo before him, Kamisou Ichiro always had the urge to kill the man.

Many more thoughts flooded Chen Nuo’s mind.

In my past life, this Octopus Monster before me was killed by Seed. It died in Antarctica—the massive octopus there was this very one. But... there are still some details that aren’t clear. For instance, in my past life’s Antarctica mission, Lu Xixi, a bunch of other Ability Users, and I were recruited by the Octopus Monster’s organization to take a ship to the Antarctic... However, the giant octopus in the sea clearly attacked the ship first. Moreover, that ship was actively deploying some kind of sonar device, actively searching for the octopus. Why would the Octopus Monster’s underlings gather a group of experts and then head to sea to look for the Octopus Monster itself? Betrayal? Was there a betrayal from within? Did the Elders’ Council organize a group of experts to hunt down the Octopus Monster’s main body at sea? Is that how it was?

"So, what you said on the phone last time, about a giant octopus... you plan to sell me to myself? In exchange for letting that little girl go?"

The sharpness in Kamisou Ichiro’s voice was unmistakable. "I’ll ask you again, Chen-san! How did you know the location of my main body!"

Chen Nuo took a deep breath, blinked, and then suddenly shook his head. "I never said I knew there was a giant octopus here..."

"But you came here, and the time you agreed to meet me was five days! It’s already the third day."

"I just came to try my luck."

"However, Miss Selina sent me a message yesterday, saying that you need to find a ship and a guide familiar with the sea."

Alright, I can’t bullshit my way out of this one. The guy before me isn’t that foolish little deer back home who lost her memory. This guy is the Octopus Monster. He’s the big boss who rules the most powerful organization in the Underground World.

"...Seed told me."

Chen Nuo blurted out.

"Seed?"

"The Seed that escaped from the South American tropical rainforest. One of your kind."

Chen Nuo said this without even blinking.

Kamisou Ichiro’s expression darkened.

Chen Nuo noticed a deep wariness flash in the man’s eyes.

Just as Chen Nuo’s mind raced, wondering how to deal with this guy’s upcoming questions...

To Chen Nuo’s surprise, Kamisou Ichiro suddenly attacked!

Chen Nuo instantly felt a powerful binding force; his whole body stiffened abruptly! This constraint wasn’t just physical; in that instant, even his spiritual plane, his Consciousness Space, seemed to be instantly frozen.

His flow of consciousness suddenly slowed considerably, like someone who hadn’t slept for three days and nights. His mind was utterly exhausted, and his reactions became incredibly sluggish...

This sudden drop caused Chen Nuo’s mind to stall. Then, instinctively, the subconscious resistance of a spiritual power user facing mental control was triggered.

After a fierce struggle in his Consciousness Space, Chen Nuo saw Kamisou Ichiro place his hand on his shoulder.

He didn’t even manage to make a move to dodge.

Once Kamisou Ichiro’s hand rested on Chen Nuo’s shoulder, Chen Nuo’s body immediately lost self-control. He could only watch helplessly as the other man seemed to completely strip him of his bodily autonomy.

"Come with me, Chen-san," the Octopus Monster said, his eyes narrowed.

Chen Nuo watched as his own body obeyed the other’s command and slowly stood up.

Within his Consciousness Space, his spiritual power struggled wildly, and his eyes filled with a chilling coldness.

In an instant, within his Consciousness Space, Chen Nuo’s spiritual power surged outward, striking dozens of times.

"You’re a little stronger than I thought," Kamisou Ichiro commented, his eyes narrowed. "But at this close distance, and you’re already under my control, you have no chance. So... Hmm? What are you smiling at?"

Just then, a strange smile appeared on Chen Nuo’s face, and he quietly uttered two words,

"Teleport!"

WHOOSH!

Chen Nuo’s figure disappeared on the spot.

Kamisou Ichiro, startled, found his hand grasping at thin air. The living person whose shoulder he had just been holding was suddenly gone.

"..."

Kamisou Ichiro’s expression grew darker, and his eyes narrowed.

The bar was bustling, and no one noticed that a person had suddenly disappeared from the table in the corner.

Kamisou Ichiro took a deep breath. "Spatial power? Has he improved so quickly..."

A strange glint flickered in his narrowed eyes. Kamisou Ichiro then reached out, lightly grasping at something in the air as if catching an invisible trace. Then, his figure also vanished from the spot.

BANG!

Chen Nuo’s figure suddenly appeared in mid-air. In the midst of his rapid descent, he quickly adjusted his posture and landed firmly on the ground.

There were still some negative effects after teleporting. Chen Nuo took a deep breath, swiftly eliminating and suppressing the feeling of weakness and loss of control in his body that followed the teleportation.

Moreover, there was a slight feeling of his consciousness and body being out of sync.

However...

Compared to before when he used the teleportation skill, he was already much, much stronger!

This was the breakthrough Chen Nuo had achieved after visiting the Qingyun Sect. He had sparred countless times with his master’s wife, Song Qiaoyun, who used her Controller-level power to "feed" him moves!

Looking at the world, it was already different from before!

If this world were a scroll painting, then all things in the vast universe would merely be the content painted upon it.

Previously, Chen Nuo, as part of this scroll, could only see the world as content within the painting.

But after comprehending that level of power, he could faintly perceive the essence of this world.

He could see the "scroll" itself!

The space in which this world exists is like the paper of the scroll.

And now, Chen Nuo could see... this paper!

When he could see this paper, Chen Nuo’s first reaction wasn’t amazement at the world’s essence or an understanding of space...

It was...

I think I finally understand why Seed is so powerful!

The first decisive battle with Seed didn’t count; back then, in the South American Relic World, Seed wasn’t that strong yet.

But in the subsequent great battle in Jinling, Seed, by his own strength, had utterly crushed Chen Nuo, Lu Xixi, the Son of the Sun, and the Electric General—four experts—head-on. Moreover, he did so almost without taking any damage himself, easily pinning the four powerhouses to the ground and dominating them. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

It was all because of his godlike control over Spatial Abilities.

With that kind of ability, even if Seed faced a siege by numerous experts, even if ten or eight more Controllers joined the fray, he would still be Invincible.

And now, as Chen Nuo began to "see" a little of "this paper," he suddenly understood the source of Seed’s power and why he could be so formidable.

Of course, Chen Nuo was still far from reaching Seed’s level, the kind of level where he could manipulate Spatial Abilities as easily as waving his hand.

But at least when he activated the "Teleport!" skill now, he no longer needed a long recovery period as if he’d lost half his life, unlike when he first acquired the skill.

"Huh? Has he already learned to use it?"

Seed, who was sitting in front of the TV, suddenly raised an eyebrow and stood up. He walked to the window, then turned to glance at Fox, who was lounging on the sofa eating potato chips.

"If you keep lazing around, you’re going to end up a chubby girl."

"I’m an Ability User; my metabolism is faster than an ordinary person’s. I can burn off these calories with just a little movement," Fox said nonchalantly.

"Hmm, well... I’ll be going out for a bit."

Fox immediately put down her potato chips and frowned at Seed.

"Don’t worry, I’m not leaving for good, just... there’s something I need to check out outside. I should be back soon."

As he spoke, Seed walked over and patted Fox on the head, then...

He casually took a potato chip from the bag in her hand, tossed it into his mouth, chewed twice, and frowned.

"I really don’t get it. What’s so tasty about this stuff? It’s not even sweet."

WHOOSH!

After landing, Chen Nuo quickly sprang away, moving over ten meters to the side!

Exactly where he had originally landed, a cold glint of light appeared in the air and slashed down!

A deep gash was instantly left on the ground!

Chen Nuo steadied himself and quickly released numerous strands of Telekinesis in front of and behind him, squinting as he stared at a certain spot.

Exactly where he had landed, a rift tore open in the air, and Kamisou Ichiro slowly stepped out.

"When I last saw you, you hadn’t mastered Spatial Abilities to such an extent," Kamisou Ichiro said, shaking his head.

"I could already teleport last time."

"No, your use of spatial teleportation back then was as clumsy as an old lady with Parkinson’s trying to perform a ten-meter platform dive with an aerial three-and-a-half-rotation somersault," Kamisou Ichiro sneered. "That clumsy display couldn’t be called ’mastery’ at all. It was as if someone had forcibly crammed the skill into your brain, and you only knew to press the skill button when needed, without understanding any of the principles behind it."

Well, that’s not wrong, and the analogy is quite accurate, Chen Nuo admitted the sarcasm internally.

"I didn’t think you’d improve so much in such a short time."

"I didn’t think that, while we were having a perfectly fine conversation, you’d actually resort to a sneak attack," Chen Nuo frowned. "You’re the Octopus Monster! Don’t you have any pride or dignity as a powerful being?"

"Those are just boring emotions and sentiments created by you humans," Kamisou Ichiro waved his hand dismissively. "To achieve a goal, one must use all available means—that’s the essence. Fussing about a powerful being’s principles, insisting on using seven or eight parts of one’s strength for something that could be done with only three. That’s just the illusory romanticism fabricated by your human writers."

Chen Nuo stared at the creature for a moment and then smiled wryly. "I have to say, the way you talk—you’re sounding more and more like one of those Neon people."

"I’m sorry, but today, I have to kill you," Kamisou Ichiro said, bowing slightly. "Because... my greatest secret is its location! I cannot allow anyone who knows this secret to live."

Having said that, Kamisou Ichiro did not plan to waste any more words and immediately took action!

His style of attack was very straightforward!

Just as he said, he used all the means available!

The Mentality Tentacles Chen Nuo had released immediately felt pressure from all directions.

Kamisou Ichiro’s method of attack was simple: spiritual power against spiritual power.

Chen Nuo felt his Mentality Tentacles being suppressed from all directions by Kamisou Ichiro’s Telekinesis. It pushed his own Telekinesis down layer by layer, then penetrated deeper with each successive layer.

Chen Nuo frantically pushed his consciousness, constantly releasing new Mentality Tentacles to fight back.

Every second, countless Mentality Tentacles were destroyed, and every second, new ones were released.

This direct and untricky approach tied up most of Chen Nuo’s power. Moreover, the constant fluctuation and pulverization of Telekinesis caused aftershocks, making it impossible for Chen Nuo to clearly capture the space around him.

After all, his mastery of this "new way of seeing the world" was still superficial. His ability to perceive and sense space wasn’t strong enough. The Octopus Monster had clearly gambled on this, using intense, high-frequency clashes of spiritual power to disrupt Chen Nuo’s already weak spatial senses.

Chen Nuo desperately released Spiritual Force Tentacles to counter, while Kamisou Ichiro’s expression was grave as he closed in step by step.

The distance between the two quickly reduced from twenty steps to around ten.

Each step Kamisou Ichiro took toward Chen Nuo meant Chen Nuo’s spiritual power was pushed back another fraction in their confrontation.

Kamisou Ichiro obviously had the upper hand, and his overwhelming spiritual power firmly suppressed Chen Nuo.

As Kamisou Ichiro took three more steps forward, Chen Nuo’s Spiritual Force Tentacles were crushed one after another, and his face paled.

Kamisou Ichiro said in a low voice, "Let’s make a deal."

"Hmph."

"Tell me, how did you learn my secret?"

"..."

"If you tell me, I can grant you an easy death. If you don’t, I’ll capture you and find a way to search your Consciousness Space, forcibly scouring your memories... The agony of having your spirit torn apart—I imagine that’s not something you wish to experience," Kamisou Ichiro said nonchalantly. "So, why don’t we make things simpler? What do you say?"

Chen Nuo didn’t speak, just snorted, as another layer of his spiritual defense was shattered, and Kamisou Ichiro took a big step forward.

They were now merely five steps apart. Chen Nuo’s breathing grew rapid. The immense spiritual pressure extended to his physical body, making him instinctively gasp for air—even though his body hadn’t suffered any actual damage.

"Refusing me? Very well, Chen-san. I originally had high hopes for you. Such a pity."

Kamisou Ichiro moved a step closer and suddenly reached out his hand toward Chen Nuo’s head.

At this moment, the two were fiercely contesting in spiritual power. Chen Nuo was so suppressed that he seemed completely unable to dodge the approaching hand.

The air around them seemed to grow viscous, thickening until it felt almost solid. The ground beneath their feet, which should have been hard permafrost, began to soften, turning sticky and pliable.

Chen Nuo’s feet slowly sank...

The collision of their two powerful Telekinesis fields was like a pair of grinding millstones, crushing everything in their vicinity bit by bit under the immense pressure!

Just as Kamisou Ichiro’s fingertips touched the hairs on Chen Nuo’s head...

Kamisou Ichiro’s calm expression suddenly changed!

Chen Nuo’s dim eyes instantly released a sharp gleam!

Kamisou Ichiro cried out in shock, his body swiftly disappearing from that spot, reappearing over twenty meters away in the next instant before quickly teleporting again!

At the same time, Chen Nuo also moved!

His body followed Kamisou Ichiro’s teleportation, pursuing closely!

After the first teleportation, Kamisou Ichiro and Chen Nuo reappeared over twenty meters away. Kamisou Ichiro had just moved when Chen Nuo arrived instantly! Their hair still seemed to be brushing against each other.

Kamisou Ichiro teleported again, vanishing from that spot, and Chen Nuo disappeared right after.

Hundreds of meters away in mid-air.

Down the hillside.

Beside the rocks...

Kamisou Ichiro teleported several times in one go.

By the fifth time, Chen Nuo could no longer keep up.

Kamisou Ichiro’s fifth teleportation finally shook Chen Nuo off. He reappeared more than thirty meters away from Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo moved swiftly once more, but after running a few steps, he suddenly stopped and shook his head, "Alright, I can’t catch you."

Kamisou Ichiro’s face was ashen. His body trembled as torrents of spiritual power were expelled from him.

More precisely, he was "ejecting" it from his own consciousness.

These torrents of spiritual power seemed to be entangled with something, flowing out strand by strand, imbued with a volatile, savage malevolence, writhing back and forth.

"You..."

"I call it the Seed of Misfortune, what do you think? Isn’t it especially effective against the likes of you?" Chen Nuo said with a somewhat weak smile.

Just moments ago, when Kamisou Ichiro’s hand touched Chen Nuo, Chen Nuo had immediately extracted a Seed of Misfortune from the lockdown in his Consciousness Space, wrapped it around Kamisou Ichiro’s spiritual power, and detonated it!

As a fellow Seed, Kamisou Ichiro was indeed very wary of this thing.

After the explosion of the Seed of Misfortune, the negative spiritual energy immediately entwined with Kamisou Ichiro’s spiritual power!

Now, Kamisou Ichiro frantically ejected large amounts of his spiritual power, mercilessly severing their connection, allowing this contaminated spiritual power to dissipate into the air.

Instantly, having expelled so much spiritual power, Kamisou Ichiro’s aura weakened considerably.

Chen Nuo panted and burst into laughter, "You really are afraid of this thing."

"And you!" Kamisou Ichiro narrowed his eyes. "This negative spiritual energy contaminates all spiritual power. Using it against me means you can’t be feeling too good yourself."

Chen Nuo took a deep breath. He slowly severed the connection to a mass of contaminated spiritual power he had gathered in his hand, letting it dissipate. He then sidestepped some distance away, panting as he said with a grin, "Then let’s see who can last longer in this disgusting game. You were stronger than me to begin with. Other than this, I couldn’t think of any other way to hurt you. Well? As a Spiritual Life Force, this feeling must be particularly unbearable for you, right?"

Kamisou Ichiro narrowed his eyes, "Do you realize that using this thing against me is really quite disgusting. It’s like when two people are fighting, and one of them suddenly pulls out a lump of excrement to throw and smear everywhere."

He paused, then shook his head, "However, if you’re hoping to use this to fight me, I’m afraid it’s still not enough. This negative spiritual energy, though it disgusts me, isn’t enough to cause me truly significant harm."

I really hadn’t expected too much, Chen Nuo sighed internally.

Although he had used this to kill a Mother once, that had required an entire Tree of Misfortune!

And that Tree of Misfortune had been very mature, having been nurtured with spiritual power by its previous host for many years.

Unfortunately, he had used it too recklessly back then, nearly destroying it completely.

The current Seed of Misfortune was the one retrieved from the Captain. Chen Nuo had spent the past year nurturing it in his Consciousness Space, feeding it with his spiritual power until it grew into a small sapling.

The Seed of Misfortune detonated just now was a new bud from that sapling, still very young and far from mature.

Looks like its power really is limited.

"Using such a disgusting method for self-preservation?" Kamisou Ichiro steadied his breathing and shook his head. "Chen Nuo, you’re still far too lacking."

The creature slowly extended his hand. A blade-like edge, condensed from Telekinesis, quickly formed at his fingertips.

Chen Nuo exhaled, struggling to suppress the fatigue from his excessive spiritual power consumption. He watched as Kamisou Ichiro approached, Telekinesis blade in hand.

Kamisou Ichiro raised the blade and brought it down!

Silently, the blade of Telekinesis descended towards Chen Nuo’s head...

Suddenly, it stopped!

The blade was a mere hair’s breadth from Chen Nuo’s head, even slicing off a few strands of his hair...

Yet, something invisible blocked the blade!

Chen Nuo slowly raised his head, a deep smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"Just disgusting you isn’t enough, obviously... Since you want to kill me... then I have no choice but to try and kill you too!"

Kamisou Ichiro’s eyes widened. He made a split-second decision, dissipating the blade in his hand and teleporting away again in a flash!

Simultaneously, an intense glint erupted from Chen Nuo’s eyes, seemingly transforming into countless streams of sharp killing intent!

This razor-sharp killing intent crisscrossed, instantly forming innumerable blades that shredded the area around them to pieces!

HUM!

Sharp killing intent filled the air. The ground became covered in a dense network of cracks, as if slashed by invisible blades!

Visible ripples flashed in the air as if a handful of stones had been thrown into a lake!

Kamisou Ichiro’s figure flashed through the air three times consecutively. He finally landed fifty meters away, and as soon as he did, his expression changed.

On his left shoulder, his parka slowly shredded and fell away. A bloody gash appeared on the exposed skin beneath!

The wound rapidly deepened, tearing through skin, then muscle and soft tissue, all the way to the bone!

At last, blood spurted out!

This gash had nearly severed a third of his shoulder!

Kamisou Ichiro frowned. With a slight shrug of his shoulder, the torn flesh began to heal rapidly.

However, his aura weakened once more.

Chen Nuo, panting heavily, looked up at Kamisou Ichiro in the distance.

A baleful aura swirled around him, and his fingers trembled slightly, as if he were struggling to suppress something with his spiritual power.

"At first I only wanted to flee... But after you chased me several times, I suddenly discovered something interesting."

A painful expression on his face, Chen Nuo gritted his teeth, resisting the strain, and said slowly, "I discovered... You seem... not as strong as I imagined. If your attempt to kill me just now, as you claimed, involved using all your strength to achieve your goal... Then, in terms of sheer spiritual power, you’re perhaps only about one and a half times stronger than me. For an ordinary opponent, that would already be an insurmountable difference. However... if a Seed is only this strong... Then it’s really hard for me not to entertain the thought of finding a way to kill you!"

Looking at Kamisou Ichiro, an opponent whose overall strength was clearly superior to his own, Chen Nuo spoke in a peculiar tone, each word enunciated clearly, "You... are truly weak..."