Eternal Night

Chapter 752 You can escape the monk, but you can't escape the temple.
(PS: I had too much fun today, so I only updated once. I regret it.)
Wu Pifu stood there, satisfied, sheathing his sword.

This attack was lightning fast, not only because of the superposition of the new superposition zone, but also because he caught the opponent off guard. Relying on the super brain world, he directly ignored the opponent's movement speed. In one rapid attack, he actually killed a sublimated body directly.

This proves that his envisioned combat model is feasible!
Discard the fancy abilities or supernatural powers that come with increased strength, more extraordinary paths, and near-sublimation. Don't play around with empty promises. Either incorporate them into your close combat system, use them as support, or simply exist as a supernatural layer.

Facing enemies far weaker than himself is no problem, but when facing enemies of equal or greater strength, his core combat mode is only one: draw his sword and engage in close combat. No matter if the opponent is a giant monster, some strange phenomenon, or an indescribable source, he can cut them to pieces by relying on his reputation as a commoner!
Have you heard of true damage?
During the days he spent summarizing in the Ocean Dream World, he figured out a series of future development issues. It seems that various long-range attacks and dazzling martial arts techniques, such as the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, which can be used to strike hundreds or thousands of miles away, or the Star River Profound Yuan Cannon, which is as dazzling and terrifying as a planet-destroying cannon, all these extraordinary powers have one obvious flaw: they cannot enjoy the true damage bonus within five steps of the title of Commoner.

While the combination of various extraordinary realms might seem terrifying, Wu Pifu knew that he had only been an extraordinary being for a very short time, and his enemies were far too strong. Not to mention anything else, if it weren't for his title of "commoner," he would have to fight a bloody battle to achieve a draw, and it was very likely that he would die and the extraordinary being would be injured.

As for the root of the mortal killing... dream on, you can find everything there.

Now that he has slain the Unseen Mist in one fell swoop, it proves that his idea is correct: in order to transcend ranks and to fight or even kill these enemies across countless years of accumulation, he must maintain and maximize his personal characteristics.

So what are his personal characteristics?

For example, Chu Minghao's personal characteristic is that he is currently invincible and has a special super brain, which can achieve an attack frequency of nearly a billion times in a very short time. In fact, the stronger he becomes, the more terrifying the super bullet time he can achieve becomes. Once he reaches a certain critical point, he can even transcend time. This is his personal characteristic: an extremely high frequency of attacks. Combined with his first innate title, Red Wolf, his extraordinary level, extraordinary power, attack intensity, and physical strength can all match this attack frequency. This is his core combat mode.

Take Liang Min for example. His personal characteristic is his boundless ability to survive and make choices. Combined with his innate title with ten points of mana, he is invincible unless it's a situation like a mortal instantly killing the source, or facing Chu Minghao who has exhausted his millions or tens of millions of possible choices. The more invincible he is, the stronger he becomes, and his enemies are no matter what they are or how far away they are. In the end, he will just blow them all up.

This is actually the core combat mode.

His core combat style is actually far inferior to Chu Minghao and Liang Min. It started as a mortal struggling in the face of despair, only able to fight to the death with his limited combat power. It was only after he survived every desperate situation and became stronger and stronger that it was formed. Its core is still his first title, which exists as his life title... Commoner!
"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."

He deals true damage within five steps and provides true defense beyond five steps. If you want to kill him, you have to risk your life to fight him within five steps. If you can kill him, then he is naturally dead. If you can't, then you have to be prepared to be killed by him. As for any other fancy stuff... you can discard it all!

Wu Pifu carefully savored the series of insights he had just gained. He stood with his sword in hand, not rushing up to kill the thunder giant immediately, but instead looking up at the illusory image of the Heavenly Dao that appeared in the sky.

Is it both rage and ecstasy?
Although it was bizarre and strange, Wu Pifu seemed to have expected it and was not surprised. He simply withdrew his gaze and looked at the Thunder Giant and the small sun with a diameter of 1,000 meters that was about to rise from the other end.

"...Once I kill the two of you inhuman wretch, the truth of this world will be fully revealed to me." Wu Pifu said this, raising his broadsword and charging towards the two men.

But to his surprise, the two seemingly imposing ascended beings fled in the blink of an eye. The thunder giant transformed into a giant bolt of lightning and fled thousands of miles away, while the little sun transformed into a line of light and fire that resembled both light and fire and also fled thousands of miles away. This speed even exceeded Wu Pifu's fastest burst speed, and they disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye. Wu Pifu could not catch up even with his super brain, let alone burst at a speed of 20,000 to 30,000 meters per second.

This left him momentarily stunned, standing on the steaming sea where the thunder was fading. After at least two or three seconds, he roared, cursing, "What the hell?! Come and fight me! I'll show you how to hurt me! Damn it, the Heavenly Dao is watching you, and you just run away like that?!"

Just as Wu Pifu was in a state of impotent rage, the ecstatic aura of the Heavenly Dao gradually disappeared, leaving only the aura of rage. However, due to some peculiar mechanism or paradox, no divine punishment was ultimately brought down.

When the Thunderous Swamp completely disappeared, the steam from the evaporated seawater turned into a violent storm, and the aura of the Heavenly Dao in the sky gradually faded away, the "cloak" behind Wu Pifu suddenly burst into tears. The crying was so miserable and desperate that it could bring tears to the eyes of anyone who heard it.

Unfortunately, Wu Pifu didn't even respond to this. In his view, this was because some kind of mechanism of the cloak had appeared, which was similar to some of the negative effects of fantasy objects.

Since the two ascendants had already escaped, Wu Pifu was at a loss. Killing one was an unexpected bonus. He then took out the Nodos Contract Crystal and carefully sensed it. He could indeed feel that the energy on it was increasing in an extremely slow way.

Unfortunately, he is currently unable to contact the mainframe or use its judgment function, otherwise he would immediately know how long it would take for the Nodos Contract Crystal to recharge.

He is still a mortal, and cannot compare to the power of the sublimated body that carries the might of heaven and earth. As long as the sublimated body is focused on escaping, its speed is at least tens or even hundreds of times faster than his burst speed, making it impossible for him to catch up. Even using the Super Brain World would not be able to stop him. Only by taking advantage of the sublimated body's carelessness and using the Super Brain World at a short distance could he possibly intercept it.

"...My weakness?" Wu Pifu murmured.

He was helpless at the moment. His plan to make a big scene had to be abandoned halfway. Even though he killed one of the ascended beings, he still hadn't discovered the truth of this world, or rather, he hadn't discovered it enough. Now that the two ascended beings had escaped, he couldn't catch up with them or find them. With them spreading the word, he probably wouldn't be able to think about killing the ascended beings anymore.

With this sense of helplessness, Wu Pifu flew across an ocean and returned to the battleship where everyone was trembling with fear.

To be honest, everyone on the entire battleship completely lost their composure.

At first, Mei thought she had met a benefactor, someone whose strength was at least at the school level, who was also blessed by heaven, and who was grateful for kindness. Although he had some quirks, she felt very at ease with him.

But then she sensed something was wrong. This person hadn't even figured out how to set sail yet, and he directly robbed the World Government's naval department, stealing a battleship and abducting a group of crew members who helped him sail the ship. The abducted naval soldiers initially thought they had encountered a supernova pirate—the kind who was incredibly powerful and fearless. While such individuals were rare, they would appear every few years, and were usually quickly wiped out. Very few actually made it to the latter half of the Grand Line, gaining legitimate status through invading other dimensions, and could actually become quite powerful.

This is their most outrageous idea.

But things started to get increasingly strange. This guy, who was either a "school-level expert" or a "pirate supernova," killed an admiral with his bare hands. His strength was either at the marshal level or the sea king level, making him a super strong person who could take on at least three admirals at once.

Then, he directly killed six generals and captured one of them, turning him into a "cloak." At that moment, everyone, including Mei, sensed something was wrong...

This isn't even a question of whether it's strong or not anymore!

But this was still not the end. Instead of stopping, he charged straight at the Marshal of the Nation, the supreme being at the very top of the World Government, an immortal god among men. No one on the ship ever imagined that they would one day encounter someone challenging the Marshal of the Nation...

Alright, now the outcome is before them. Wu Pifu returned to the ship unharmed. Just now, even they sensed the aura of the Heavenly Dao in the sky and saw the thunderous and miniature sun phenomena disappearing into the distance. Without a doubt, Wu Pifu has won. He single-handedly defeated three National Marshals...

No, wait a minute!
As everyone watched Wu Pifu casually recline on the chair, a rebellious thought arose in their minds.

Why did they only see two escape phenomena just now?
Those who thought about this trembled violently from head to toe.

Wu Pifu ignored them and lay on the chair, pondering for a long time. Unable to come up with a solution, he took out the Magical Conch and the Whispering Skull from his personal space. He originally intended to use these two fantastical items to obtain the true secrets of this world. Unbeknownst to him, his Whispering Skull had already filled up with a hundred more questions. It could be charged once for every ten thousand lives killed, and before he knew it, he had killed a million lives...

"Wait a minute, did I kill so many non-humans?" Wu Pifu was a little confused, but since the Whispering Skeleton was fully charged, it could be used in conjunction with the Magic Conch.

But before he could ask any questions, the shell of the magical conch began to tremble incessantly, and the trembling intensified. Even before he could ask anything, fine cracks began to appear on the shell, and faint wisps of blue electricity began to appear around his body.

This is the lightning of divine punishment. The most common color of lightning used in the Heavenly Punishment is cyan!

"...Is this revealing a secret?" Wu Pifu murmured.

He still couldn't bear to part with the magical conch shell, a magical treasure that was truly his lifesaver for someone as clueless as him.

He immediately put the magical conch back into his personal space. As for the whispering skeleton, it was of little use; it was for solving puzzles, and he didn't even know what the puzzle of the truth of this world was.

"Then the key question remains: how can I kill the next, or even the next few, Ascended beings?"

Wu Pifu murmured, and at that moment Mei, who happened to walk over, and the first officer elected by the naval soldiers, were both trembling.

Wu Pifu looked at the two men and asked, "Do you have any good suggestions? What methods do you have to get these fleeing and hiding sublimated beings to come out and fight me to the death?"

Mei and the first mate both shook their heads violently, as if they were about to shake their heads off.

Are these really words they can answer, or even hear?
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the child following behind Mei, Mei's younger brother Leon, suddenly said, "If someone runs away or hides, why not just wait at their house? Unless they don't have a home."

May and the first mate both looked at Leon with tearful, desperate expressions. May even rushed towards Leon while crying and covered his mouth tightly.

Wu Pifu's eyes lit up as he recalled the conversation he had overheard between the three sublimated beings.

They... seem to value bloodlines and offspring, especially direct bloodlines, which seems to be a necessary condition for them to advance to the second-tier sublimation body.
Aren't these sublimated families just Celestial Dragon nobles and Celestial Dragon clans?
He was originally going to the Celestial Dragon family called Aishaxin to obtain the Human-Human Fruit - Pureblood Human Form, so wouldn't this be killing two birds with one stone?
“Good advice!”

Wu Pifu nodded in satisfaction, then shouted to everyone who was silently weeping, "Sailing, let's set sail! We're going to the various Celestial Dragon territories!"

"Let's raid their house!"

(End of this chapter)