Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 242 The story of the dragon slayer becoming the dragon himself, the moment of yearning for eternal power.
"Breath of the Sun, Form of the Gathering, Radiant Grace!"

"Sixth Soul Skill: Void".

Fang Yuan's figure suddenly became illusory, and all the flames passed through his body. At the same time, the Trident of the Sea God shone with golden light: "Thirteen Tridents of the Sea God - First Form - Unpredictable Storms".

Li Shuyang's body froze for a moment, and no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't move. Fang Yuan was not surprised by this.

"Fifth Soul Skill: Blue Silver Overlord Spear"

With a flick of his left hand, the spear pierced through Li Shuyang's shoulder, pinning him to the wall of the training ground.

The entire battle, which appeared to involve multiple clashes, lasted less than ten seconds.

"Accepted."

Fang Yuan walked up to Li Shuyang and reached out to draw his spear.

"I never expected that Tang San's template would have such powerful strength when it appeared in reality."

Li Shuyang covered his shoulder wound and said with a wry smile.

Strictly speaking, most of Fang Yuan's soul skills, including the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, posed a limited threat to him.

Those binding soul skills, upon contact with the flames of Sun Breathing, are either completely burned away by the visible flames or cannot withstand them for long. Although "fire immunity" is somewhat evident, it is not very pronounced.

However, the divine skill "Unpredictable Storm" truly demonstrated the terrifying nature of Tang San's character template.

"It is the world that is weak, not the world system."

"In the world of Demon Slayer, the combat strength isn't that great, is it?"

Fang Yuan chuckled softly.

Upon hearing this, Li Shuyang couldn't help but chuckle.

Indeed, if we only consider the combat power of the world-building, while the Douluo Continent isn't that great, Demon Slayer isn't that great either.

What truly determines strength and weakness is always the world and the users themselves; a system is merely a derivative of the world.

"But in the end, the most useful thing for me right now is the 100,000-year soul skill - Void."

While Tang San was powerful in combat during his Soul Emperor era, his strength was not particularly impressive when it came to his "Blue Silver Grass" martial soul. Even after awakening it, its power was not considered strong.

The true power of the Blue Silver Emperor, its near-immortal vitality, will likely only be fully revealed after its template compatibility further improves, it breaks through to the Soul Saint realm, and it masters the true form of its Martial Soul.

At that time, under the Blue Silver True Body, not only will all Blue Silver Emperor skills be amplified by 100%, but any Blue Silver Emperor can also become its host.

In other words, unless all the Blue Silver Emperors are wiped out, he can always move his body to any location within the Blue Silver Emperors' range to avoid attacks.

Before becoming a Soul Saint, the only one of the six Soul Skills that he found useful was [Illusion].

The original effect of "immune to physical attacks and 50% immunity to soul power attacks" has been transformed into "immune to physical attacks and 50% immunity to spiritual power attacks" in reality, with spiritual power attacks reducing his damage by half.

Later on, his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul acquired a spirit ring, thus eliminating any weakness in terms of strength.

Prior to this, the main weapons were the "Blue Silver Emperor" and the "Thirteen Tridents of Poseidon".

In particular, "Unpredictable Storms" is arguably the strongest binding skill. Once it hits an opponent, no matter how strong the opponent is, they will be unable to move an inch for eight seconds.

However, this is a setting in the Douluo Continent world. In the real world, the word "no matter" is too absolute. In any case, Fang Yuan does not think that it is possible to restrain strong people like Elder Zhong and Ye Xuan for so long, or even for a second.

But for the fourth order, there shouldn't be any problem.

"You two are bragging about yourselves here."

"Moreover, Li Shuyang, your strength is getting weaker and weaker."

Zhou Ming stood not far from the two, arms crossed, his brows slightly furrowed as he looked at Li Shuyang.

This doesn't mean that Li Shuyang's strength has actually weakened, but rather that the rate at which his strength is improving has slowed down.

At first, he was able to suppress him, and even had the possibility of killing him, but now he couldn't even last ten seconds in the battle with Fang Yuan.

"What I received was the inheritance of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, not a template. Limited by my own talent, I reached a bottleneck."

"It's just a perfectly normal thing."

Li Shuyang did not refute this point. As he said, he only received Yoriichi Tsugikuni's inheritance, not a template. It was already remarkable that he could reach his current strength in such a short time by relying on his talent and the experience in the inheritance.

After all, he is not Yoriichi Tsugikuni. It is normal for him to encounter bottlenecks and for his strength to improve more slowly or even stagnate. How could he possibly maintain the initial speed of strength improvement?
"But what about you? Why are you so concerned?"

"My strength has hit a bottleneck, which should be good news for you, right?"

Li Shuyang glanced at Zhou Ming.

One of them is Yoriichi Tsugikuni's successor, and the other has obtained Muzan Kibutsuji's physique, a perfect version optimized by the Blue Spider Lily.

The Tian Shu Bureau believed that Zhou Ming could remain rational under control and would not harm anyone, but Li Shuyang did not believe it.

Even though the spiritual energy contained within the mutated creatures is far more abundant than that of ordinary humans, making them better "nutrients" for Zhou Ming, and even though he has never actually attacked a human so far, Li Shuyang still doesn't believe that this balance will last forever.

If it weren't for the intervention of the Tian Shu Bureau, one of them would have died by the other's blade long ago.

Even now, forced to form a team to carry out missions, their animosity has never dissipated. Li Shuyang doesn't believe Zhou Ming would be kind enough to care about his progress in strength.

And that is indeed the case. "It is indeed good news."

Zhou Ming laughed, his scarlet eyes gleaming with pleasure.

"I really hope to see you one day in the future, limited by your own talent, unable to break through the bottleneck in your strength, watching those around you catch up with and even surpass you one by one, feeling resentful."

"Ultimately, in the pursuit of power, it turned into a scene of demons."

"Just like Yoriichi's older brother in Demon Slayer."

Zhou Ming tilted his head slightly, as if he could already see that scene, and squinted his eyes in ecstasy.

"Ah."

"Idiot's dream."

Li Shuyang sneered, and the marks that had disappeared reappeared on his forehead, with blazing flames flowing across the blade.

Even if his strength reaches a bottleneck, even if he might be surpassed by others in the future, he will not become a ghost even if he dies!

"Want to fight? I'd be more than happy to."

Zhou Ming looked at the flames dancing on Li Shuyang's blade, a playful smile curving his lips.

Unlike Li Shuyang, whose strength improvement is increasingly slow due to limitations in human talent, he, as a ghost, does not experience any bottlenecks.

For him, all he needed to do was keep devouring and absorbing the blood of more powerful mutated creatures, and his power would grow indefinitely.

His current strength far surpasses Li Shuyang's; if they were to actually fight, Li Shuyang would likely be on the defensive.

"And don't think it's impossible."

"The original Kokushibo was also a member of the Demon Slayer Corps."

"The story of the dragon slayer becoming the dragon himself is quite common in human history."

Zhou Ming had no doubt about Li Shuyang's hatred of ghosts.

After all, on the very night he obtained the power of the Demon King Muzan, this successor of Yoriichi Tsugikuni came to his door with a mysterious feeling, determined to kill him at all costs. This will even made him activate his Demon Slayer Mark.

He still vividly remembers that relentless, all-consuming killing intent.

But that's precisely why he longs to see what happened to Jiguo Yansheng happen to Li Shuyang.

"Out of jealousy of his younger brother's talent, a desire to surpass Yoriichi Tsugikuni's power, and fear of death, this Demon Slayer Corps swordsman ultimately chose to become a demon."

"Li Shuyang, in terms of willpower, are you necessarily stronger than Ji Guoyansheng?"

He longed to see that moment: the swordsman who saw ghosts as his mortal enemies bowing to him in resentment, yearning for eternal power.

"Even if that day ever comes, I will choose Stone Mask over you."

In response to Zhou Ming's words, Li Shuyang said calmly.

Zhou Ming's expression froze instantly.

Stone Mask, indeed, he still has Stone Mask to choose from.

This treasure from the "JOJO" world caused a huge sensation in all the Tian Shu Bureaus of the Great Xia Dynasty.

How to allocate the slots for Stone Mask transformation, and who should undergo the Stone Mask transformation to become vampires, has not yet been determined.

However, information about the Stone Mask, as well as its abilities and weaknesses after being transformed into a vampire, has been transmitted to the Tian Shu Bureau's database, and everyone can see it.

With powerful physical attributes and an immortal body, it can become stronger by absorbing the blood of mutated creatures. It can be said that the abilities of the ghost transformed by Zhou Ming are the same as those of the vampire transformed by the Stone Ghost Mask, and it is not affected by the will of the "ghost" or mental derangement.

More importantly, the vampires transformed from Stone Mask are not controlled by anyone, and the ghosts he transforms into must always obey his will.

For this reason alone, no one would choose to be converted by him, and the Tian Shu Bureau would not allow it.

"Humph."

Zhou Ming snorted coldly, turned around and left, his back view filled with suppressed anger.

Li Shuyang also reinserted the Nichirin Blade into its sheath, and the markings gradually faded.

His words were just meant to provoke Zhou Ming; he had no interest in ghosts or vampires.

Having spiritual power, he doesn't need to consume his lifespan to activate his Demon Slayer Mark, unlike those in the Demon Slayer world who don't live past 25. Moreover, his lifespan will be extended as his strength increases.

The current bottleneck is only temporary; it will just take a little more time to overcome.

He has a long future ahead of him.

Besides, it's just death. If he were truly afraid of death, he wouldn't have sought out Zhou Ming on that day simply because he had a premonition, and wouldn't have hesitated to kill him.

Keep in mind that he had never experienced combat before, and Zhou Ming tried everything to kill him, yet he still managed to activate his markings at the last moment and turn the tide of battle.

What's the point of living a long life if you don't have family and loved ones by your side?
He never intended to live forever.

(End of this chapter)