Yama Reborn-Chapter 500 - 497: [I Seem to Recognize You]

Chapter 497: I Feel Like I Recognize You!

CRACK!

Chen Nuo, who had been resting in the kitchen, stood up, picked up the kitchen knife again, and was about to slice a potato for the pot...

Suddenly, the hand holding the kitchen knife trembled. With a distinct sound, the handle of the kitchen knife shattered!

"..."

Chen Nuo’s eyes widened as he stared at the knife in his hand, an unusual expression crossing his face.

Then, an irrepressible killing intent seeped from his fingertips.

CLATTER! The kitchen knife in his hand broke into pieces, swept up and scattered by the burst of killing intent! If Chen Nuo hadn’t reacted quickly, using his will to instantly gather the dozen or so fragments into a ball, the kitchen would have been destroyed.

Chen Nuo took a deep breath. With a solemn expression, he waved his hand, and the knife fragments were tossed into the trash can. Then, Chen Nuo swiftly exited the kitchen, pulled open the living room window, and darted out like a wisp of smoke.

Landing on the rooftop, Chen Nuo immediately sat down. He calmed his mind and focused his will, guiding his spiritual power to enter his Consciousness Space for an internal examination.

His strength had indeed increased by a small margin—he was very certain it wasn’t an illusion.

At Chen Nuo’s current level, it was almost impossible for a Controller to experience such a rapid surge in power that it led to a loss of control.

The previous time, Chen Nuo had dismissed it as an illusion. After sensing the power fluctuation, he had quickly checked, only to find that the increased spiritual power had rapidly receded to its original level.

But this time was different!

After a moment of contemplation, Chen Nuo immediately began to search his Consciousness Space, lost in thought.

At his realm, even a slight increase in strength was incredibly difficult to achieve.

However...

I have a BUG.

Seventeen fractures!

Theoretically, every individual filling a fracture should provide him with a strength boost.

His sudden, passive increase in strength strongly suggested that one of the people chosen to mend the fractures might have achieved a breakthrough.

The first people Chen Nuo thought of were Old Guo from the ramen shop or the Captain of the Abyss Organization.

Both of them were already Destroyers.

Especially Old Guo. With several fortuitous encounters, plus the passive enhancement from being included in the fracture repair, his strength had already reached the threshold of a Destroyer. He was just one step away from becoming a Controller.

Could Old Guo have broken through? Damn, Old Guo is impressive! Driving tanks every day and still having the energy to cultivate and achieve a breakthrough?

But after searching, he found that among the seventeen fractures, the one representing Old Guo...

No change? It’s not Old Guo?

He checked again; the Captain’s fracture also showed no change.

Then...

After a careful search, a storm of shock suddenly surged through Chen Nuo’s mind!

How is this even possible?! I must be seeing ghosts in broad daylight!

Originally, among all those filling the fractures, the most powerful was undoubtedly the old man, the Son of the Sun.

After all, he was a legendary Controller. Although, within the Controller Realm, Chen Nuo seriously suspected the Son of the Sun was the weakest among them. Regardless, the old man’s realm was genuine.

The ’membrane’ mending the fracture in his Consciousness Space, the portion corresponding to the Son of the Sun, was the most solid and thick! It also provided him with the largest strength increase.

But now...

The Son of the Sun... no... this is...

Chen Nuo "stared" at a particular fracture within his Consciousness Space, his shock growing by the moment!

This fracture... looking at it now, it wasn’t a matter of being "mended"!

Rather, it appeared to be almost completely healed!

If the material originally filling this fracture was merely a weak ’membrane,’ then now, this ’membrane’ had transformed into a massive, sturdy wall!

And one made of alloy steel, no less!

The fracture itself was almost invisible, as a mass of consciousness energy had fused with it. It looked almost perfectly integrated, nearly healed!

Furthermore, due to the feedback effect of this reinforcement...

The healing of this fracture enhanced Chen Nuo’s strength.

And the other individuals mending the dozen or so other fractures would also receive a simultaneous boost!

So... strong?

Chen Nuo silently reviewed who this ’membrane’ belonged to...

His eyes suddenly shot open!

Sun Keke?!

「Almost at the same moment.」

Old Guo, who was meditating in the Guo Family Ancestral Mansion in the northwest, suddenly widened his eyes, his face a mask of shock.

With a wave of his hand, CRACK! The meditation hall of the Guo Family Ancestral Mansion, a structure with over two centuries of history, directly collapsed! The uncontrolled power burst forth in all directions!

Old Guo couldn’t help but let out a long roar and leap into the air!

"I’ve broken through!!"

"Fuck!!"

The Captain was sitting at the top of Gray Fortress in the Abyss Headquarters when the chair beneath him suddenly exploded! Then, with a BOOM, all the water pipes throughout the entire Gray Fortress burst simultaneously!

"Goddamn fucking cookies!!"

The Son of the Sun stood on a tropical beach before a BBQ grill. The old man, wearing colorful shorts, held tongs and was flipping sausages. Beside him, several voluptuous, swimsuit-clad Latin beauties chased each other playfully, beers in hand.

Suddenly, the old man let out a string of angry curses.

WHOOSH! Flames erupted all over the Son of the Sun’s body, engulfing him in a blazing inferno in an instant!

Then, the old man’s eyebrows and hair on his head and face were instantly burned away!

Even the large, floral shorts he wore disintegrated into ash in the inferno!

A few seconds later, the flames vanished.

The Son of the Sun stood there, naked from head to toe on the beach.

"..."

A scream!

Then, the group of hot beauties scattered in terror...

Has this old man... gotten stronger?

「The dark side of the Moon.」

In the carved-out confinement space.

The Wizard was beside a moon rock, a stone in hand, rapidly sketching and writing on its surface.

The rock was almost completely covered with countless strange diagrams and characters.

Just as the Wizard was engrossed in his work, he suddenly felt a jolt! The hairs all over his body stood on end!

The Wizard whirled around to see the Diamond Queen standing behind him. Her form flickered, changing several times in an instant.

From human flesh, she transformed into a carbon-based entity, like a being made entirely of diamond... then instantly reverted... then transformed again... then reverted once more...

In the blink of an eye, Diamond had transformed more than ten times.

What shocked the Wizard was that he could clearly feel Diamond’s power had surged significantly!

"You... what’s wrong?"

The Diamond Queen squinted, her face also etched with bewilderment.

However, her expression suddenly changed. Taking a deep breath, she instantly transformed into her diamond form, then slowly walked to the edge of the barrier Seed had erected.

She gently extended a hand...

Her hand passed through the barrier without any resistance!

"It seems... this barrier can’t hold me anymore," the Diamond Queen frowned, turning to look at the Wizard.

「In various places.」

Every single person Chen Nuo had once drawn into his spiritual power network to serve as a fracture filler...

Each of them received a power boost to varying degrees!

And in the end...

Besides Chen Nuo’s own enhancement, there was another major beneficiary from his power increase...

As the Chosen One, when his strength increased... the ultimate beneficiary was the Seed!

「Buenos Aires.」

Seed leaned against the doorframe, head tilted, watching Fox in the bathroom giving a small piglet a shower with the showerhead.

Poor human Controller, turned into a pig, and still being handled and scrubbed like this...

Seed looked at Fox, a hint of indulgence in his eyes.

Suddenly, Seed’s expression tensed.

He held his left hand out in front of him.

The slender hand, like that of a young boy, gradually turned transparent and vanished...

Seed’s expression remained calm, but his eyes were profound.

He took a deep breath, and his hand slowly reappeared.

Enhanced? ...How did that fellow Chen Nuo improve so quickly?

Seed’s gaze began to change subtly.

It’s almost... uncontrollable!

Looking at Fox’s back by the sink, Seed sighed.

"Seed, look, did I get it really clean?" Fox turned around, smiling, only to find the doorway empty. Seed was nowhere to be seen.

"Seed?"

Fox stared blankly.

BOOM!!!

The middle-aged woman’s body slammed directly into the hillside!

Dust and rock fragments flew everywhere.

Then, with an enraged roar, the middle-aged woman leaped out from the swirling dust!

"What fiend dares trespass upon my Qingyun Sect’s grounds!"

In her hand, her longsword pulsed with sword energy as she pointed it at Sun Keke in the distance! Man and sword as one, she was already striking swiftly from the air!

Sun Keke, however, seemed to stand motionless, her eyelids drooping, completely ignoring the middle-aged woman soaring through the air, her sword already descending towards her head!

A dozen steps to the left, Song Qiaoyun, who had been thrown back several meters by the violent surge of power during the earlier commotion, looked up just in time to see the middle-aged woman’s sword slashing down at Sun Keke’s head!

Song Qiaoyun paled in horror, managing only to cry out, "Don’t!"

But as the sword fell, it was too late for Song Qiaoyun to intervene; she could only watch in dismay.

In her haste, Song Qiaoyun just managed to kick a nearby stone towards the attack!

However, under the middle-aged woman’s seemingly invincible sword qi, the stone disintegrated into dust before it even got close!

Song Qiaoyun’s heart lurched...

It’s over!

She even instinctively squeezed her eyes shut.

One second...

Two seconds...

Several seconds later, Song Qiaoyun opened her eyes. Expecting to see a gory scene, she was instead suddenly stunned!

Sun Keke still seemed to be standing there dazedly, eyelids drooping, apparently unmoved.

The middle-aged woman hovered in the air above her, the tip of her sword inches from Sun Keke’s head!

And a hand had already caught the blade!

Chen Nuo’s face was grim as he gripped the middle-aged woman’s right wrist. His fingers throbbed with pain as if the bones were about to crack.

Enduring the intense pain, Chen Nuo gritted his teeth, glanced at Sun Keke beside him, then looked up at the middle-aged woman. "...What’s going on?"

The middle-aged woman clenched her teeth. "She..."

She had uttered only one word when Sun Keke suddenly raised her head!

Her gaze fell upon Chen Nuo, then his face, and finally, his eyes!

Gradually, Sun Keke’s lips twitched, and a fierce, hostile animosity flared in her eyes!

"I! Seem!! To recognize! You!!"

Chen Nuo was startled.

You seem to recognize me? Does that even make sense?! What do you mean, ’seem’?! You *do* recognize me! Sun CC! Sun Fatso!

But in the next second, Chen Nuo realized something was terribly wrong!

"Water, come!"

Sun Keke raised her hand. Suddenly, a tremendous noise erupted from the distant hillside...

The mountain peak where the natural spring was located collapsed with a roar.

The mountain spring water, over ten tons of it, gathered and transformed into a water dragon. It crashed onto Chen Nuo, who was swept away by the roaring torrent before he could even cry out...

Damn it!

As he was swept into the air by the water, countless curses streamed through Chen Nuo’s mind.

From outside the torrent, a hand shot in, grabbed Chen Nuo by the hair, and yanked him out, only for him to be met with an oncoming kick!

This kick to his solar plexus sent Chen Nuo plunging downward, his body slamming into the hillside.

Sun Keke spun and dove towards him, throwing another punch at his face!

Chen Nuo twisted his head to avoid the blow to his head, and the punch landed on his shoulder.

BOOM! Beneath Chen Nuo, a terrifying fissure instantly appeared in the hillside!

"Damn it!"

Though injured, Chen Nuo’s body healed rapidly within a breath. He twisted to retreat, only to see Sun Keke swiftly closing in.

"Keke! Stop fighting! What on earth is wrong with you!"

Chen Nuo frantically parried Sun Keke’s relentless barrage of attacks...

He was truly only defending.

No matter how much of a scoundrel Chen Nuo could be, he couldn’t bring himself to retaliate against Sun Keke.

After taking seven or eight punches and kicks, Chen Nuo was once again knocked into the valley...

Sun Keke landed swiftly in front of Chen Nuo and stomped her foot down!

Good heavens!

The force of this stomp could crush not just a person, but even an elephant... No, it could even kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Chen Nuo immediately grabbed Sun Keke’s calf, bracing against it as he shouted, "Say something, will you! Keke!! What happened to you! How did you..."

"Who is Keke!"

Sun Keke frowned, staring at Chen Nuo with resentment. "And who are you!"

"...Huh?" Chen Nuo was dumbfounded.

A flicker of confusion crossed Sun Keke’s eyes, then her face contorted with a horrified expression.

"No, that’s not right! I... who am I?!"

Sun Keke’s eyes were filled with terror, madness, and agitation!

She shrieked, "Speak!! Who are you! What kind of person are you! And who am I?!"

Chen Nuo was utterly bewildered!

Uh... Wait a minute! I’ve been through this episode before!! Who are you... Who am I? Last time, a woman went mad asking me these questions. How did I answer? What should I do? Right now, should I reply with... ’I am your husband’? Hmm... better not! Surely not again?!

Just as Chen Xiaoguo was in the throes of this internal conflict, his thoughts a chaotic mess...

Suddenly, the Tyrannosaurus Rex-like Sun Keke before him, her aura and strength abruptly dissipated!

Then, her entire body suddenly went limp. The foot that could have crushed a Tyrannosaurus Rex relaxed, and she stumbled backward.

Chen Nuo quickly rushed forward and caught her, preventing Sun Keke from falling backward to the ground.

Sun Keke’s gaze was vacant, but the awareness in her eyes was noticeably clearer.

She looked at Chen Nuo and weakly called out, "...Chen... Chen Nuo..."

Her eyelids fluttered closed, and she fainted.

Chen Nuo: "..."

What’s this? No need to play the husband this time?

The middle-aged woman leaped over from a distance. Landing before them, she pointed her sword at Chen Nuo. She frowned upon seeing Sun Keke had fainted but still lowered her weapon.

"What on earth happened to her?" Chen Nuo, his face grim, turned to the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman’s expression was complicated. After a moment’s thought, she shook her head. "I haven’t figured out the specifics yet.

However, given her current state and calculating the time, it should be the spell, the ’Still True Technique’; its effects must have worn off."

Still True Technique? Chen Nuo frowned.

He knew a little about the Qingyun Sect’s spells. After all, he had known Wu Daodao for so long, and they occasionally discussed such things.

He roughly understood.

But...what does the Returning Truth Jue have to do with Sun Keke?

"Chen Nuo, I now suspect Sun Keke might be possessed by some evil entity!"

An evil entity, possessing her? Body Seizing?! Chen Nuo’s face turned grim.

"No, it’s not quite Body Seizing. It’s more like a parasitic entity residing within Sun Keke’s body." The middle-aged woman shook her head, speaking slowly. "And... I further suspect this evil entity might be connected to our Qingyun Sect."

A thought stirred in Chen Nuo’s mind, and he was about to contemplate it when...

Suddenly, his grip slackened, as if his strength had vanished in an instant.

This abrupt sensation of powerlessness startled Chen Nuo. Then... he took a deep breath and quickly regained control of his body.

No, that’s not right! The strength enhancement I gained from Sun Keke’s berserk state... it’s gone! I’ve been reverted to my original state!

"Hahaha! I’m a Controller!! I’ve broken through!!!"

Mid-air, Old Guo was laughing wildly and unrestrainedly.

But suddenly, his laughter died in his throat...

What the hell?!!

BANG!

A figure plummeted from the sky, crashing headfirst into the ruins on the ground.

Damn it!! What happened!! How did my realm drop back down?!!!

「Elsewhere.」

On a tropical beach, a certain old man.

Motherfucking what??? I got naked for nothing?!! That feeling of the realm just now? Where did it go?!!!!!

「On the other side of the Earth...」

A meteor streaked across the sky...

Trailing flames, it plunged into the ocean...

A moment later, Diamond Queen’s head emerged from the water.

Her body, large areas of which had been charred, began to rapidly heal bit by bit.

"I’m back... finally back..."

Behind her, the Wizard said coldly, "Stop wasting time. Find a place to hide first!"

Diamond Queen turned her head to glance at the Wizard, then at the person the Wizard was holding. "What about this dead weight?"

"Toss him. A weak Ability User like him is useless to keep."

Having said that, the Wizard was about to carelessly toss him aside...

"Wait a second!"

Vanel, the Bear Warrior, dared not feign unconsciousness any longer and quickly opened his eyes. "I’m awake, I’m awake! Not out!"

The Wizard sneered, "Why stop pretending?"

Vanel forcefully spat out a mouthful of salty seawater. "Before two Controllers like you, someone as weak as me has to play dead to survive."