Eternal Night

Chapter 500 The Soul, also known as the True Spirit

What exactly is the soul?
At that moment, Wu Pifu suddenly realized that he had never actually felt his own soul.

It's not that he doesn't have a soul, but rather that what he originally thought was a soul wasn't a real soul!

Wu Pifu was originally an ordinary person. The first extraordinary skill he obtained was Chinese martial arts. At first, he could only sense his physical body and skin. Then, gradually, he sensed his meridians, bones, and internal organs. Step by step, he gained additional perceptions.

The qualitative change was the appearance of a sleepless flash of inspiration, which led to the opening of the sea of ​​consciousness. After that, it continued to delve deeper step by step, introspecting, until finally the sea of ​​consciousness was perceived. At the same time, there, one came to understand oneself and realized that one is the result of countless iterations of personality.

He thought... that was the soul, but clearly he was wrong. It wasn't the soul; it was just the depths of the spirit and consciousness!

The true soul lies deeper, deeper, deeper still… in the deepest part of the sea of ​​consciousness, there lies the essence of being a life…

He has always been Wu Pifu, from his first personality to now. He has never changed. The only change is in his "self," that is, in his mental consciousness.

At this moment, facing this invisible terror, Wu Pifu confirmed this point once again. This terror, like the ghostly beckoning village in the Land of Redemption, was a pollution and erosion of the soul, completely different from the physical body and the level of consciousness. Even he could not perceive or observe the patterns and changes within it.

Moreover, that irresistible supernatural fear did not come from the physical body, nor from the mind, which is why Wu Pifu confirmed that the soul came from a deeper place!
In the past few days, ever since the shadow appeared, Wu Pifu has felt a supernatural fear erupting in the dead of night, and he can't even find the source of this supernatural fear.

With his current strength, especially with his martial arts reaching the supreme realm of indestructibility and his human immortal martial arts reaching the limit of his current training methods, Wu Pifu's insomnia light has transformed into eight particles, and his Tiger Demon Art has surpassed its limit to reach the Devouring Demon Technique state. It can be said that his control over his physical body has reached a certain limit, and at the same time, he has a thorough understanding of the spirit and consciousness, as well as a sufficient understanding and clarity of the backflow of the sea of ​​consciousness.

It can be said that at his level of injury, he is like a Buddha or immortal in a low-level demon world, fearless and clear about everything, and all his actions are the true intentions of his heart!

However, he could not find the source of the supernatural fear that he was experiencing. It was not the physical body, nor the mind, but a fear that erupted from the deepest part of his sea of ​​consciousness, a place even deeper than the infinite negative realm.

And that... is the soul!
Wu Pifu faced something terrifying. At that moment, he suddenly flicked his finger, activating the ring he had obtained from the chairman of the First Company. In an instant, he threw all three pendants and the golden tree bonsai into it.

Immediately afterwards, he closed his eyes, shut down his hearing, turned off his smell, cut off his taste, and blocked his touch. In just a moment, Wu Pifu seemed to be in a state of ignorance, numbness, and insensitivity.

All of this happened in less than a fraction of a second, but in that short time, fleshy growths appeared on his arms and legs, each about the size of a little fingernail. Fortunately, he was quick to shut down his five senses, so there were only about ten growths on his body.

The next second, all these tumors blossomed, transforming into miniature human heads, complete with eyebrows and eyes, each with a different shape, all humanoid in appearance, only their appearances were ferocious, with sharp teeth and claws, and they all roared and howled, beginning to tear at Wu Pifu's flesh.

Just then, Wu Pifu's entire body was quickly enveloped in a layer of black metallic luster. At the same time, his blood and qi circulated, and his muscles solidified. In addition to this metallic luster, his flesh and blood themselves had a subtle metallic sheen.

Iron Refining Record: Copper Skin and Iron Bones!

"The five metals of heaven and earth, tin is the lung."

"...Friends, are you laughing at my lifeless body? Don't worry, I'll be there in a moment..."

"The five elements of heaven and earth, the iron liver."

"Never give up, never kneel down, never admit defeat!"

When these lumpy heads lunged at Wu Pifu's flesh, each bite produced sparks of metal, and then all their sharp teeth were snapped off. The enormous recoil killed each of these lumpy heads, and they all screamed in agony as they turned to ashes.

At the same time, something unseen surged from the depths of the shadows, like an invisible liquid, or like tentacles formed from thousands of pieces of flesh and blood, reaching out from the shadows and grabbing at Wu Pifu.

At this moment, Wu Pifu not only shut down his five senses, but even his sixth sense was forcibly suppressed. He should have been unable to move like a vegetable, but his martial arts intuition, which was beyond the sixth sense and almost sensed things before they happened, came into play.

He planted both feet firmly on the ground, his left foot slightly twisting, his body following the momentum. Almost at the last second, he sidestepped, letting the unknown object glide past him millimeters away. Then, with one hand on his waist and the other thrusting forward, within a mere inch of space, his fist went from still to dynamic. Every muscle, every bone, even his meridians, diaphragm, and internal organs erupted with immense power simultaneously, the strength of every cell in his body concentrated in one place. His fist struck with incredible force, as if he were punching through liquid. With each punch, the air in front of his fist visibly caved in, a thunderous roar echoing as the dented trajectory in front of his fist traveled a hundred meters. Trees collapsed, ripples spread, but all of this seemed to have no effect on the invisible object until the fist struck its surface, at which point the invisible object trembled like jelly.

"ordinary man."

"Within five steps, ignore 50% of the defense of all enemies (this is a limit-breaking attribute, highest priority, root level), and the damage caused by this defense reduction mechanism is true damage. Beyond five steps, ignore 50% of the attack of all enemies (this is a limit-breaking attribute, highest priority, root level), and the defense blocked by this attack reduction mechanism is true defense."

The first time, Wu Pifu's attack was almost unable to break through the defense, only making it tremble like jelly. It wasn't until the entire fist was embedded in something invisible that a fist-sized gap was finally punched into the invisible object. Only then did the true damage of the defense-breaking attack show its power. At the gap, the invisible object began to crumble inch by inch, and the ash-turning caused by the special effect of the true damage appeared. However, it only affected a few inches around the fist, and then it just shattered, rather than turning into ash.

At the same time, where Wu Pifu's fist touched this invisible thing, the surface of his fist writhed slightly, and his flesh was about to undergo some kind of decay and deformation, as if a tumor was about to be born, but at this moment his body surface shimmered with a metallic color.

If someone were watching from the sidelines at that moment, they could actually see that the two Wu Pifu seemed to be overlapping each other.

One Wu Pifu is a real person with solidified flesh and blood, possessing thoughts and ideas, and whose sea of ​​consciousness contains endless darkness. The other Wu Pifu is transparent and formless, pure and flawless, yet thin and fragile. Wherever its fist touches the invisible object, pitch blackness surges in. However, this pure and flawless Wu Pifu has a lung and a liver, both with a metallic luster. The lung is made of tin, and the liver is made of iron. These two internal organs firmly solidify this pure and flawless body, while also preventing the pitch blackness from surging in and keeping it outside the body.

All of this may sound like a long story, but in reality it happened incredibly fast, as swift as lightning.

With a single punch, the invisible entity was severely injured, its voice howling and wailing. Centered on it, everything around it began to distort, even the stones and soil on the ground seemed to turn into flesh and teeth.

Wu Pifu withdrew his fist at this moment. His five senses were still closed and his sixth sense was still suppressed. However, he suddenly spread his arms and expanded his chest. He took a breath that was almost ten times that of an ordinary person. His body expanded a lot at a speed visible to the naked eye. His muscles bulged and his skin became congested with blood. His height increased from two meters to about two and a half meters. His arms were as thick as his thighs and his fists were like casseroles.

He did not retreat. Just as the invisible thing was howling and wailing wildly, and all things in heaven and earth began to transform into terrifying flesh and blood, he stepped forward again and threw another punch at the invisible thing in front of him. This punch was ten times more powerful than the previous one. When he threw the punch, his own skin even began to tear and spurt blood.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

……

Punch after punch, Wu Pifu himself didn't know what he was attacking, what he was hitting, or what his own state was. He just gathered his energy, channeled his strength, and threw punch after punch forward with a clear mind.

Finally, the supernatural fear that erupted from their souls gradually dissipated until it completely disappeared. Wu Pifu then delivered another powerful punch, which exploded with a deafening roar. In the distant camp, all the androids suddenly sat up. At first, they were slightly bewildered, but then they immediately looked at Wu Pifu's location in the center of the camp. Their eyes immediately turned red, and they all struggled to their feet.

The seven members of the Wakaba unit immediately jumped up and began searching while airborne.

Upon seeing it, they were all stunned and horrified.

Less than a hundred meters from the camp, Wu Pifu unleashed a punch into the void. The area within a hundred meters instantly shattered; trees, rocks, and the ground were all blown away. Everything in that area, spanning at least several thousand meters in diameter, was reduced to ashes. Yet, they heard absolutely no sound or noise!

A1 and the others immediately rushed towards Wu Pifu, without considering the possibility of being accidentally injured. At the same time, Wu Pifu slowly withdrew his strength and stopped standing. In the eyes of the androids, he was still a twelve-year-old child in appearance and height. His previous two-and-a-half-meter giant image had completely disappeared.

Only then did Wu Pifu open his eyes. He looked around and immediately flashed to a twisted mass. He reached out and touched it, and the twist immediately disappeared. A ring appeared on his hand. At the same time, three small animals, Chiu Chiu, Daphne, and Beelzebub, appeared, and the Golden Tree Bonsai also rolled out. They were all unharmed.

At that moment, Beelzebub cried out urgently, "I remember now, I remember again, the soul, the soul... Yes!"

"The Heavenly Court also refers to the soul as... the True Spirit!"

(End of this chapter)