New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 329 [Ascension!]

Seeing Chicken Bro, who had gone from an ordinary, annoying goblin, suddenly tear off his shabby skin (for real) and unleash his berserk mode in a fit of rage, the atmosphere on the scene instantly reached a new peak.

Even its opponent, the fishman Bem, frowned and stood still, choosing to observe.

Although the Chicken Brother's current aura still posed no threat of death and he was confident of victory, the Fishman was intimidated by the Chicken Brother's mad act of releasing himself from his limitations and embracing pollution, causing the Fishman to hesitate to approach, fearing that he would contaminate himself.

"Well done! You're a real man."

Inside the private room, Ah Miao held a bottle of drink in her left hand and clenched her small fist in her right. She gave the highest recognition and praise to 'Chicken Bro,' who had chosen to sacrifice his life and even fall into demonic possession to drag his opponent down with him.

Then, she turned to Yuan Zhu and said, "Regardless of victory or defeat, you've secured this battle! From now on, as long as the 'goblin fighters' you provide have this kind of awareness, I can't guarantee anything else, but your [Goblin Fighting Theater] will definitely be a hit! There are fighters who dare to risk their lives, but those who directly go berserk and die are few and far between. If you consistently provide high-quality 'bersered goblins,' and occasionally recreate tonight's classic moments, that's the absolute key to wealth! The 'goblin reputation' you desire will also be established in one fell swoop."

Yuan Zhu was somewhat skeptical: "Is 'becoming a demon' really that alluring?"

Ah Miao nodded vigorously and praised, "Of course! Death itself has a unique attraction, and becoming a demon is even more rare. Moreover, under the watchful eyes of everyone, this kind of professional demonization under the [Transcendent System] instantly unleashes potential beyond the limit, which is more dazzling than a celebration's fireworks display. It's truly thrilling and romantic!"

At this moment, the 'Chicken Bro', having completed its super-evolution, used the muscles that had proliferated wildly above its neck to burst its original head. Instead of losing its reason and becoming solely driven by instinct, it unexpectedly dragged the [Brain Eggplant CPU] into the 1-meter-long spiral-shaped elastic muscle tentacle above its neck.

The "Intelligent Combat Program" built into the [Brain Eggplant] has been completely eroded, covered, and assimilated by the 'frog-type pollution' within its flesh and blood. Together with the demonized muscles throughout its body, it constructs a completely new set of [Demonic Muscle Cells. Collective Martial Arts Subconsciousness], which can also be understood as the polluted [Ego].

Inside the private room, A-Tiao, who had been sitting obediently to the side, intently observing the one-sided crushing victory, suddenly sat up straight, staring blankly at 'Chicken Bro,' whose brain had been completely overwhelmed and who had given up thinking altogether, and blurted out: "Martial Will?!"

...

In the City of Cicadas, a cultivator proficient in multiple insect-based martial arts often faces a bottleneck when breaking through from the Earth Rank to the Heaven Rank. Through extensive practice and combat, and deep contemplation of the martial arts' true essence, they gradually comprehend the fist and sword intent contained within the techniques. Ultimately, this triggers a qualitative change in their soul, condensing a Martial Dao Primordial Spirit, allowing them to break through to the Heaven Rank in one fell swoop.

But at this moment, Chicken Bro in the arena is a dull goblin who, under his own cramming training, barely reached the passing standard in just one week by cheating with his [Brain Eggplant CPU], and was then hastily thrown into the arena to die.

The result was that by simply giving up the brain, giving up thinking, giving up life, giving up the soul, abandoning all the frog-like cultivation, choosing to go berserk and embrace pollution, and taking the shortcut of evil cultivation, he suddenly developed something that was very similar to the [Martial Will].

This greatly shocked the younger brother! It shattered his worldview. Could it be that ten years of arduous training is less effective than a single moment of demonic enlightenment? Surely, we can't say that Brother Chicken is a buried martial arts prodigy who instantly opened his meridians and comprehended the 'Will of Martial Arts'?
Yuan Zhu was unaware of what A-Tiao was thinking, otherwise he would have nodded in agreement: That's right! This is the power of 'becoming a demon in a single thought'.

The Spirit Realm is never short of strong individuals; what it lacks are weaklings who can restrain their desire to become stronger and grow slowly and steadily. Any self-destructive trash can, like Chicken Brother, instantly achieve perfect demonic transformation and muscular mastery simply by abandoning the [path to power]!

This is the correct way to understand "pollution." All "supernatural systems" are heretical.

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In the arena battle, Chicken Bro, whose body has undergone profound physical mutation, had his original 'soul' shattered, devoured, and recombined by the 'collective will' composed of his body's demonized muscle cells. After integrating with [Brain Eggplant], he was mutated into a new individual.

At the same time, Yuan Zhu also completely lost control of this [Brain Eggplant CPU], and even 'New Chicken Brother' was no longer under his control, becoming completely independent and free.

Although the entirety of New Chicken Brother's strength, the Shadow Contamination, and even most of his organs and parts theoretically still belong to Yuan Zhu, they are like banknotes stolen by ruthless bandits, left for 'New Chicken Brother' to squander at will, irretrievable.

Unless... he's shameless enough to personally go into the ring, kill Brother Chicken, and reclaim his assets.

Yuan Zhu speculated that the new Chicken Brother's ability to sever ties with him, its master, was likely due to the weak 'bond' between them. If he had signed an [Anti-Law Investment Agreement] with Chicken Brother beforehand, then no matter how much it went berserk and ascended to demonic power, he could still forcibly reclaim it through the [Anti-Law].

...

On the arena, 'Chicken Bro,' whose goblin features were no longer visible and whose entire body had transformed into a blood-red, skinned, muscular monster, stomped his foot, causing large spiderweb-like cracks to appear on the arena.

Not only that, but the leg it used to exert force also suffered excessive force, causing large areas of muscle tissue and blood vessels to be torn and ripped apart, spraying a large patch of dark red blood on the ground.

The next second, Chicken Bro, having broken through the limits of his physical body, instantly appeared in front of Mermaid Bem, unleashing a powerful punch. His opponent had no time to react before being struck in the face, resulting in mutual destruction.

Chicken Bro's right arm, due to excessive force, caused a large number of demonized muscles to work together, unleashing terrifying power. At the moment of impact, the powerful reaction force directly shattered the bones that were trying to strengthen it but couldn't keep up with the speed.

The silly, chubby-headed mermaid had half its head smashed by a single punch. Its right eyeball bulged out of its socket, almost flying off.

A gasp of astonishment erupted from the audience: "Oh!", "Wow!", "Ciao!"

Boom boom boom!
Having completely abandoned thinking and overloaded his brain, Brother Chicken has no ability to think, let alone analyze situations; he relies entirely on instinct.

Driven by the excruciating pain of its severed leg and arm, it used its remaining body to deliver a series of attacks, unleashing three more blows.

These three moves, each strike severely damaged different parts of the fat-headed mermaid, delivering repeated blows to his torso, thighs, and back.

Chicken Bro's arms, elbows, wrists, knees, ankles, and other parts suffered muscle tears, fascia ruptures, fractures, and ruptured blood vessels due to repeated overexertion beyond his body's limits, resulting in a spray of blood and flying bone fragments.

But this series of suicidal attacks also won continuous cheers and shouts.

At this moment, the audience seemed to have forgotten 'Chicken Bro's' original goblin identity, and only had eyes for this blood-red and black muscular monster and that wildly swinging, highly elastic spiral muscle tentacle.

The art style and the characters are so bizarre! They are unforgettable, deeply unsettling, and sure to give you nightmares.

Chicken Bro himself, due to the rapid explosion of [Frog-type Pollution] within his body, experienced unprecedented vitality and pollution power, causing him to rapidly heal himself the moment his injury appeared. However, this healing was completely irrational and disregarded the original biological structure. Therefore, when his severed arms and legs were pieced together and repaired, they did not follow biological mechanisms; the broken bones were simply wrapped and connected by more fascia and muscle tissue, growing and connecting hastily and haphazardly.

As a result, Chicken Brother's regenerated body became increasingly deformed, twisted, and illogical. Joints such as his wrists, ankles, and knees were fixed together, making it impossible for him to even throw a punch.

In addition, due to its rampage, the 'frog-type pollution' in its body surged dramatically and became uncontrollable. It could not be refined or controlled by the body, nor could it be precisely used to strengthen and modify muscle tissue. Instead, it exhibited a mindless proliferation and accumulation.

The "Pollution Index" of "Chicken Bro" rose wildly, while its strength did not increase much, and even decreased; but its appearance was bizarre and exaggerated enough to shock people.

At this moment, Bem, whose arm and leg had been broken, staggered to his feet from the edge of the ring and stared blankly at 'Chicken Bro' in the center of the ring, whose body was bleeding profusely.

Startled by the opponent's furious roar, he stopped moving and stared blankly at 'Chicken Bro,' who had also given up attacking. Chicken Bro knelt on the ring in pain, repeatedly slapping the ground with his spiral muscle tentacles (head), roaring furiously as if he was enduring unspeakable pain.

Upon witnessing this scene, Yuan Zhu sensed something was amiss and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

At the same time, the [Frog-type Pollution] within Chicken Brother's body had exceeded a certain threshold. Simultaneously, the rapid proliferation of [Pollution] obtained by overdrawing 'life, soul, and extraordinary system' (leading to demonic possession) had also reached its limit.

[Demonic Transformation] is not something that can be achieved by simply giving up on oneself and leveling up indefinitely.

This kind of enhancement depends on potential. For example, judging from its current cultivation achievements, 'Chicken Bro', as a 'Ground Spirit Warrior', can probably reach a maximum of 90% muscle demonization. Then, if it abandons everything and chooses to become a demon, the 'contamination amplification' it can instantly overdraw can probably reach 75%-80% of its potential.

The current 'Muscle Monster (Chicken Bro)' has reached the peak of his power. At the same time, the 'pollution intensity' within Chicken Bro's body has also touched the standard of 'ascension impulse' in the present world. The entire world and the entire space belonging to the martial arts school have begun to subtly repel the demonized Chicken Bro.

Then came an even more exciting scene for the audience: Chicken Bro gave up the fight, his whole body convulsed violently, his 'spiral tentacles' above his neck thrashed wildly, and he opened his mouth wide, emitting a wild roar that was hard to understand.

Within his body, a large amount of evil black mist (shadow) burst forth. Alone, the demon knelt in the center of the arena, beginning to sublimate to the extreme, constantly fighting against the [repulsive force] that appeared around his body.

Judging from its restless and agitated appearance, it seemed to be instinctively resisting ascension.

Soon, the monster made of muscle was squeezed by an invisible force, its spine bent violently, and the bones wrapped in muscle made cracking sounds.

Yuan Zhu was puzzled, but deeply shocked. Like the other uninformed spectators, he was captivated by this bizarre and painful scene. He felt that Chicken Brother, no longer fighting, was even more compelling than when he was beating up the fishman. It was a kind of infectious vitality—a powerful force of life, a desperate struggle to live.

Yuan Zhu: "What's going on? It seems to be fighting against something?"

Ah Miao raised an eyebrow in admiration, somewhat surprised and excited, and said, "It's truly unexpected! It's ascending! Tonight's match was absolutely worth the ticket price! You've really struck gold; your goblin has made you famous. It didn't die in vain; it was a true hero!"

"Ascension? That's it?! And its 'purity' isn't even that high right now!"

Yuan Zhu never expected that Brother Chicken would suddenly ascend to immortality halfway through the fight! Its current 'contamination level' is about the same as those senior Earth-rank 'magical insects'.

To be honest, even with all his Holy Light activated, he could easily take down the current Chicken Bro. And you're telling me the Chicken Bro is about to ascend? Does it deserve it?!

Ah Miao explained, "Different beings have their own standards for ascension due to differences in 'physique, potential, strength,' and the 'extraordinary system' they cultivate. Based on the standards for goblins, this demonic goblin's 'contamination concentration' unexpectedly reached the ascension standard it met, thus forcing it to undergo tribulation."

Yuan Zhu's eyes widened: "Tribulation?! How do I undergo it? What kind of tribulation?"

A mere rampaging goblin dares to call itself a 'tribulation transcendent'? I suspect you're insulting that term!
Seeing that Yuan Zhu was somewhat agitated, A Miao quickly changed her tune: "To put it another way, this out-of-control demon has threatened the safety of the ordinary people of Duling Star. Therefore, it is undergoing spatial teleportation pressure from the 'alternate dimension' that is most compatible with its 'polluted power' and is closest to it. As long as it can withstand the test of its physical body shattering the void, it can successfully ascend to the upper realm."

Zhu Zi felt much better then: "What if I can't withstand it?"

Ah Miao clenched her fist, raised it in front of Yuan Zhu, and then suddenly opened it. She uttered, "Boom! It shattered instantly, transforming into a divinely bestowed elixir of flesh and blood, descending and sprinkling upon its respective alternate dimension, nourishing the beings of that other dimension. This is the [Emperor's Elixir]!"

Yuan Zhu was utterly speechless. Just how badly had the native inhabitants of the Duling Kingdom ruined the traditional culture of their ancestral homeland? Was this how the "Emperor's Dew" was explained? All the 'ability users and mutated monsters' who failed to ascend were squeezed and crushed by spacetime repulsion (teleportation), turning into a blood and flesh nectar?!

...

At this moment, on the arena, with a final, unwilling howl, Chicken Brother's spine was completely broken by the 'Ascension Repulsion', and his limbs were also crushed by the invisible force. Finally, he was compressed into a lump of flesh by the [Ascension Repulsion] that erupted from Du Lingxing.

With a loud 'bang!', it didn't explode and scatter into [Emperor's Dew] across the other world. Instead, it was squeezed into a black spatial rift in an extremely distorted form.

In the last second before the fleeting spatial rift closed, half of the 'muscle leg' was unable to break through the void and was directly severed by the newly healed reality, exploding into a pool of bloody, filthy flesh that spread out on the arena.

Okay, Chicken Bro did manage to produce a pool of [Emperor's Dew]. However, the impurities and quality were too poor, making it impossible for a true [Frog-type Extraordinary] to refine it.

A moment of deathly silence followed, then deafening cheers erupted: "Awoooooo...!", "Chicken Fighter!", "Chicken Fighter!", "Chicken Frog!", "Oh~ Mud-scooping Chicken Frog!"

"Rare indeed, truly rare!"

In the private box, A-Miao stood up and clapped, excitedly praising, "It's been a long time since we've seen a contestant ascend live in a tournament! Even though it's just a goblin, and its ascension phenomenon is pitifully weak, this match is sure to generate a lot of buzz and become a hot topic of discussion for a while. Your goblin is now completely famous!"

Hearing A-Miao's enthusiastic praise, Yuan Zhu was not happy. Instead, he sat silently on the sofa with a look of confusion, shock, strangeness, disbelief, and other expressions on his face.

His facial expressions changed rapidly, completely ignoring the noise from the outside world, immersing himself in his own world and falling into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)