Eternal Night

Chapter 751 Combat Mode and Bizarre Reactions

Wu Pifu looked at his palm with satisfaction, ignoring the surprised and uncertain expressions of the two sublimated beings beside him. He drew his sword and charged straight at the three-legged crow.

The three-legged crow, with the lower body of a bird and the upper body of a human, was immediately enraged upon seeing this: "You have some nerve! You've gone too far! I was only letting you complete your Heavenly Task because you're favored by Heaven, but I never expected you to..."

But before he could finish speaking, Wu Pifu, who was rushing towards him, suddenly vanished. In an instant, without even his senses being able to detect it, Wu Pifu appeared beside him and slashed down. First, it struck his proud high-temperature protective layer, which was far hotter than burning mountains and boiling seas, with an average temperature of about 100,000 degrees Celsius. Although it was only a thin layer that included his sublimated body, no mortal thing could penetrate its absolute protection. Once touched, it would be instantly vaporized.

But at this moment, a large chunk of this invisible and intangible protective layer, which was continuously subjected to extremely high temperatures, disappeared under Wu Pifu's single slash.

The three-legged crow's face was still contorted with rage, its mouth still uttering words, and its eyes had already revealed a look of astonishment. Before it could react, Wu Pifu's suicidal broadsword had already struck its left eye. The horizontal slash cut from its left eye to its nose, then across its right eye. In a flash, the three-legged crow's human head was severed from its upper body, and the severed part vanished instantly. Its lower body, as if out of control, plummeted into the sea.

Just as Wu Pifu was about to continue his pursuit, an attack suddenly came from behind. A stream of mist spewed out from the four amorphous heads of the mist. The four heads appeared simultaneously, all assuming a spewing posture. The mist swept towards Wu Pifu. Initially, it was just mist, but then it transformed into steel, into flames, into lightning, into explosions, into flesh and entrails... This mist spewing was just like the original form of the four amorphous heads of the mist, but it wasn't just amorphous in shape; even its form was amorphous.

Faced with the ever-changing attacks, Wu Pifu didn't even try to dodge. He simply stood still, letting the mist spray hit him. Then, with a teeth-grinding hissing sound, the mist spray shattered inch by inch, and Wu Pifu stood there unharmed, not a single hair was lost, and even his clothes were intact... well, apart from his cloak being covered in tiny scratches and him yelling in pain, he was truly unscathed.

Wu Pifu patted his cloak in confusion and said, "How strange, why isn't this piece of equipment considered part of me?"

It's important to know that Wu Pifu's title of "commoner" has a five-step effect, meaning that even his clothes are considered part of him. Under normal circumstances, most attacks cannot even damage his clothes in the slightest.

"Cloak" roared and cursed, "You son of a bitch! Why do you think that is!?"

At this moment, the four amorphous mists stopped spewing air, and He immediately said, "Crab Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Crab Mode... You are Admiral Had!? Why did you betray the World Government? Why did you betray the Heavenly Way of this world!?"

"Cloak" continued to roar, "You son of a bitch! Which eye of yours saw me betray you?! Look closely, I'm now 'Cloak'... no, ptooey, I've been kidnapped!!"

The four shapeless mists paused for a moment, then exclaimed in admiration, "What a brilliant strategy! What a decisive move! Because they are mortals, their strength is far inferior to ours, so they simply kidnapped General Had and used the power of the Heavenly Dao rules of the River Crab Devil Fruit to weaken both our strength and yours simultaneously... Is that why my attacks couldn't break through your defenses? But why do you think that if the number billions is shrunk by a hundred times, and your number one is also shrunk by a hundred times, the numbers will be very close?"

Wu Pifu didn't even bother to answer. He patted the "cloak" behind him again in dissatisfaction. Instantly, a painful, numb, and itchy sensation made the "cloak" groan in agony, and it dared not curse or swear anymore.

"Shut up! You can't and shouldn't talk so much. It's just your imagination, a result of your anthropomorphism. Now just be quiet and be your cloak!"

After Wu Pifu finished cursing, he looked at the four shapeless mists and pointed his suicidal broadsword at them.

The four shapeless mists were completely bewildered and confused. The Chosen One in front of them was just too bizarre.

"Cloak" dared not utter foul language, and could only mutter words like monster, big monster, and perverted monster.

After dealing with the cloak issue, Wu Pifu raised his sword and charged towards the four-headed, amorphous mist. In the blink of an eye, he was beside the four-headed, amorphous mist, and slashed at its dense misty body. However, after the slash, the mist in front of him completely dissipated. The slash actually struck the air, and the four-headed, amorphous mist appeared a thousand meters away.

"...It's not some kind of supernatural power, but a sudden surge in speed? It's strange, how can you maintain your strength under the power of the Heavenly Dao rules of the River Crab Devil Fruit, and even suddenly increase your strength?" The four-headed, shapeless mist asked in confusion.

Just before Wu Pifu launched its attack, it had already used its illusion ability to create a false physical body, while its own body was already a thousand meters away. As long as this ability is not used for direct attack, even those of the same sublimated body would find it difficult to see through with their senses. At the same time, the mist on its body spread across the battlefield, and all of Wu Pifu's attack movements were under its perception. Therefore, it knew the truth behind Wu Pifu's sudden "disappearance." In fact, it was quite simple: when approaching within a thousand meters of it, the speed suddenly increased dramatically.

This was not some kind of supernatural power or anything else, but rather caused by Wu Pifu's sudden surge in strength when he approached within a thousand meters of Him.

This makes absolutely no sense!
It's important to know that the River Crab Fruit is actually incredibly powerful. Although it can only be used within the Mountain and Sea Realm, many people believe that this fruit is a faint projection of the Heavenly Dao after studying it. Calling it the Heavenly Punishment Fruit is not an exaggeration. As long as you abide by the Heavenly Dao rules of the Mountain and Sea Realm, the more you abide by them, the more your strength will be weakened in front of them. However, if you do not abide by them, you will break the rules. Although your strength can be increased in the opposite direction, the Heavenly Punishment will immediately follow.

Wu Pifu has completely defied this logic. He is a chosen one, and regardless of how he acquired this favor, it at least indicates that he adheres to the rules of Heaven, and must adhere to them very strictly. However, this should mean he would be weakened by the Crab-Crab Fruit. Yet, the fact is that he seems not only unaffected, but his strength surges when he approaches within a kilometer of the Ascended Body… The Four-Headed Amorphous Mist speculates that this might be due to the Crab-Crab Fruit's dual amplification mechanism: the Ascended Body adheres to the rules of Heaven, thus weakening itself, while Wu Pifu does not, thus strengthening himself. When both types of individuals exist simultaneously within the Crab-Crab Fruit's influence, a dual assessment occurs—the weakened one is doubly weakened, and the strengthened one is doubly strengthened…

But how could this be? A chosen one of Heaven who deserves divine punishment?
The four undefined mists felt like their CPUs were about to burn out.

Regardless, the four-headed amorphous mist was no novice, but a battle-hardened warrior. Although it was puzzled as to why Wu Pifu could use the River Crab Fruit in reverse without incurring divine punishment, it did not delay the battle. Because of the River Crab Fruit, it did not intend to get close to Wu Pifu at all, but kept at least a thousand meters away from it, and then continuously spewed out mist to attack it from a distance... Although the mist attack would be proportionally weakened as long as it got close to Had of the River Crab Fruit, coupled with the enhancement of Wu Pifu by the River Crab Fruit, the double effect made it impossible to even break through its defense, but the attack could still hurt Had.

Even killing Hadd wouldn't be bad!

This strange, favored one was nothing more than exploiting some kind of bug using the River Crab Fruit; nothing to fear. While Wu Pifu was completely unfazed by attacks from five steps away, as soon as he began to pursue, the four-headed, amorphous mist immediately began to rapidly recede. Furthermore, it possessed an illusion technique that could even deceive his martial arts intuition. The two exchanged blows for several minutes, traversing tens of thousands of kilometers. Only when the auras of the thunderous behemoth and the three-legged crow below, which Wu Pifu had wounded, began to recover, did Wu Pifu finally stop.

"Sure enough, my guess was correct."

Wu Pifu sensed the surging thunderous and high-temperature energy in the sea below and spoke.

The four amorphous mists also ceased their attack.

Time was on His side. Until He understood why Wu Pifu could use the River Crab Fruit for a double-judgment enhancement, He only needed to stay away from the River Crab Fruit's influence range. Wu Pifu's attack just now couldn't have instantly killed two Ascended Beings. You have to know that those were Ascended Beings, higher-level individuals who had risen from mortals. Their vitality was beyond the limits of mortal imagination. Once those two Ascended Beings recovered, killing Wu Pifu would be as easy as lifting a finger.

Wu Pifu continued, "Since I had some free time this time and started to organize my power system, I discovered a problem: I'm not actually good at ranged attacks or large-scale attacks. That's Chu Minghao's domain. Although I can also strike from a distance with one palm and cleave through the air and sea with one slash, such attacks are only useful against beings weaker than me. Against beings stronger than me, they're not even enough to tickle them. For example, when facing the Root, such attacks not only waste my power but may even waste the opportunity to attack."

The four amorphous mists were so disdainful that they didn't even want to speak.

Are mortals presumptuously claiming to know the root cause?

What are you bragging about?

Don't tell me you fought the Roots when you were in the Outer Dimensions?

Why don't you boast about killing the Root, and say you killed four Roots in one battle?
Wu Pifu simply gripped the sword with both hands and said, "So this time, while organizing my extraordinary abilities and power, I confirmed the foundation of my future combat style and the path I will take to sublimate... Actually, it hasn't changed at all from beginning to end. Playing with ranged attacks or dazzling lights and colors, that's definitely not suitable for me. It was like that before, it's like that now, and it will definitely be like that in the future. I'm only suited for this..."

"A common man's anger can cause blood to splatter five steps away!"

"So close, yet everyone is an enemy!"

Wu Pifu's eyes widened, and in an instant, the world turned black and white.

While the four shapeless mists were stunned, they suddenly saw Wu Pifu disappear in the distance. Then, they were dumbfounded to find that their four visions began to sway and tilt from side to side. The ram's vision flipped to its own body, and it saw Wu Pifu holding that big knife, decapitating all four of its heads. At the same time, its own misty body was shattering into pieces, turning into flames, soil, steel, flesh and blood...

"You brat, how dare you launch a sneak attack!"

A vast ocean of cyan-yellow lightning plasma rose from the sea, evaporating the entire ocean and turning the area within 100,000 meters into a lightning swamp. Within this lightning, a hundred-meter-tall giant, with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a lightning tornado, roared to the sky. With a single gesture, lightning condensed into two large, pure cyan cleavers, which he grasped. Then, he immediately began to scan for the enemy, and then…

He watched in astonishment as Wu Pifu, wielding his death-defying blade, wildly hacked at the fragmented mist. Each time the mist attempted to reform and reassemble, Wu Pifu would vanish abruptly, followed by a terrifying, chilling aura from his blade that even made the Thunder Giant tremble. The reforming mist would be shattered into pieces once more. In mere seconds, the mist reformed and reassembled, only to be hacked to pieces at least a hundred times, and then…

The fog has dissipated!
The Thunder Giant felt a chill run through his body and stood motionless in the sea of ​​lightning, gripping his two cleavers.

Wu Pifu wiped the pieces of flesh and blood off his body. When he finally killed the amorphous mist sublimation body, its true nature was revealed: a deformed monster that was a combination of multiple animal heads and human heads. The flesh and blood were the last traces left after the monster was killed.

Just then, an aura suddenly appeared at the top of the sky, vast, boundless, and icy cold.

"Divine punishment! Kill him!"

The "cloak" behind Wu Pifu roared in a voice so desperate it was almost numb.

Then, this emerging aura of the Heavenly Dao, in its fury…

It looks just like joy!

(End of this chapter)