Chapter 459: Beauty and the Beast
Even as a certain maiden, desperate for power, decided to cross her psychological limits and transform into a vengeful praying mantis, the perpetrator whom she resented was facing an unprecedented crisis.
"Break!"
To shatter the shackles of fate, Seres activated his final arrangements. Soon, an incalculable number of fluctuations emerged from the bodies of second-generation Xuanhuang Fruit users worldwide.
These fluctuations, carrying a vast and intricate array of cultivation information and experience, merged one after another into its body, becoming the nourishment for its breakthrough.
Its originally full and colossal divine body gradually collapsed inward amidst its roar, reforming into streams of pure Faith Power.
Torrents of information and energy washed over every corner of its body like a tsunami, attempting to breach all possible limiting forces.
Under such do-or-die pressure, the primal imprint hidden deep within finally revealed its true form.
A network of imprints covering its entire body began to manifest on Seres's surface, tightly sealing its every movement from the inside out.
Amidst the glittering golden patterns, a terrifying will slowly awoke. The surrounding raging storms, at the moment of its appearance, all came to a standstill.
"It's finally here," Bai Mo said indifferently. Everything was still proceeding according to the script he had foreseen.
A mental fluctuation, substantial in form, spread out with Seres at its center.
However, when it attempted to cross the edge of the battlefield to further investigate the state of the entire planet, it was blocked by another fluctuation of comparable intensity.
"Hmm?" Upon encountering a substantial obstruction, that will finally grew serious, no longer as leisurely as before.
Only by being able to block its mental erosion could one be deemed worthy of its attention.
"Hello." A translucent maiden appeared atop the collapsing divine body.
She gracefully held up a corner of her long dress and curtsied lightly to Bai Mo.
Belonging to a level where forms could be infinitely varied, the Zerg Master, after reading Seres's memories, transformed into a beautiful maiden, quite pleasing to human aesthetics.
As an interstellar creature that had once interacted with numerous races, it knew well that most beings preferred to communicate with life forms that conformed to their own aesthetic standards.
Similar or even identical appearances were often the starting point for positive interspecies communication.
Of course, everything was predicated on an equality of power. If there wasn't comparable strength, directly reading thoughts was far less troublesome than communicating.
"Hello." As Bai Mo saw the maiden, he also caused his light form to shift, transforming into something resembling a Zerg creature.
In any case, for them, changes in appearance were merely a matter of a thought.
"O powerful nascent being, would you be willing to accept my invitation, stand on my side, and participate in a great war?" A gentle female voice immediately made this request of him.
The Zerg Master's will, using its immense mental power, made the air vibrate according to its thoughts, and spoke the language of this world.
"War?"
"Yes, war. A war that has lasted for over a thousand years." Compared to its subordinate attempting to break free from its control, this Master seemed more interested in winning Bai Mo over.
A powerful nascent being of comparable rank was worth its effort to engage, especially in the midst of war.
The Zerg Master's words, for the first time, surprised him, because the intelligence retrieved by the Skynet from Seres did not include information in this regard.
He had originally only intended to have a limited exchange with the other party, because from the brain bug's partial memories, Bai Mo roughly understood the Zerg Master's power level, which was roughly that its true body was stronger than himself, but its projection was slightly weaker, making an equal exchange possible.
"His goal was actually just to directly converse with the Master... No wonder he allowed my breakthrough." Seres, trapped within layers of encirclement, finally understood Bai Mo's intention at this moment.
However, merely understanding this couldn't help it resolve its current predicament. All of Seres's current thoughts were focused on finding weak points in the imprint network and continuously assaulting them.
Each impact consumed a vast amount of the foundation it had painstakingly accumulated, but it had no time to feel distressed.
Because it knew very well that it only had one chance; the Master would absolutely not forgive any traitor. Failure meant death.
"Another poor wretch kidnapped by freedom," the maiden in the sky said. "For a full seven hundred years, there have still been fools trying to escape."
That voice nonchalantly called Seres a fool, without a hint of anger in its tone, making it sound to Bai Mo like a mother scolding her own child.
"Mas... Master!" Hearing this voice that originated from its soul, now that attention was finally focused on itself, Seres, which had previously been immersed in its breakthrough, its colossal body instinctively trembled.
Even though it had resolved to resist its controlled destiny, facing the Master it had obeyed for thousands of years, Seres still felt a habitual fear.
"This detestable poison, Dilijiang! Is freedom truly that wonderful, that it makes these fools learn to escape, one after another!" Ignoring Bai Mo beside it, the Master, still possessing Seres's body, continued to speak to itself, with deep resentment seemingly laced in its words.
"......"
Seres no longer had any energy to retort. Simply surviving within the ever-tightening grip of the imprints consumed all of its focus.
To use a low-tier body to assault a restriction set by a high-tier life form was indeed an extremely arduous task.
Seres had prepared for a very long time, and only claimed a fifty percent chance of success in breaking through.
"Dilijiang?" Bai Mo felt the term sounded somewhat familiar, but he wasn't entirely sure where he had heard it, so he instinctively muttered it aloud.
"......"
The sudden shift in topic caused the scene to fall into momentary silence.
Bai Mo didn't know how to respond to a being who, upon their first meeting—or rather, without even meeting face-to-face—invited him to be a battle ally.
As for the Zerg Master on the other side, what kind of existence was it exactly?
"Queen Mother, do not forget my existence!!!"
"You little one, drifting to another corner of the universe, how could I ever forget you?"
"I've dealt with far too many bad children like you." The Master still maintained an aloof demeanor, watching the brain bug struggling below.
"Those fellows from the Xiahe Civilization actually used Dilijiang, which is meant to grant sentience to various demonic creatures, without regard for cost, and scattered it among our main battle forces!" Thinking of this, the maiden couldn't help but frown slightly.
PS: Catching up on updates tonight.
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