Infinite Reincarnation: I am the Monster.

Chapter 685, Part 605: Xu Bai and Tao Bai Bai (3.5K+ words, please subscribe)
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The world seemed to turn black and white in an instant, and the oppressive pressure made it hard to breathe. Even standing still seemed to become a challenge.

"Spiritual pressure...this is spiritual pressure?!"

[In the dead of night] Clutching her heart, the oppressive feeling was so intense that she painted her nails in different colors, almost digging them into her barren chest. She couldn't breathe, and her heart felt like it might stop beating at any moment.

At that moment, she even wanted to cut her heart out and let it keep beating like a bastard.

In the dead of night, she even doubted her own judgment. As a soul-based ability user, a reincarnator who was most skilled at using various soul-based curses and memes, she found it hard to imagine that this dark, evil, and even suffocating thing was spiritual pressure?!
On the beach in front of her, the most powerful figure in the secret gathering of the "Salted Fish"—the "Heavenly Secrets"—whose true identity was almost clearly revealed, was now radiating a divine light of black and white. He suddenly turned around and stared blankly at the blonde woman holding a long sword on the other side.

Sitting on the rocks, the "King of Destiny," who had been laughing heartily as if he had won some incredible battle, now had no expression.

Her appearance and attire began to change naturally. Her long golden hair withered and turned yellow before falling out, and her graceful figure quickly became hunched over. Her white knitted sweater turned into a gray linen robe.

The King of Fate looked at Hua Kai Tu Mi, who had somehow become the one holding a long sword and standing amidst the chilling spiritual pressure that made him feel uncomfortable, his emerald eyes remaining as calm as ever.

The [Heart Light], so intense that it caused the void to ripple, clearly radiated an extraordinary fighting spirit.

"Is this your plan, Ye..."

Even when the flowers are in full bloom, I still shake my head.

"It's not us, it's my plan."

The King of Destiny felt a clear pressure from the top reincarnators of the new generation, and finally felt a strange sense of aging. He didn't know when, but the reincarnators of this generation had begun to be able to make their own choices.

He then shook his head. This kind of thing couldn't be done by Hua Kai Tu Mi alone. Behind all of this, there was that guy's ambition.

The face of Aizen Sousuke appeared in his mind.

What on earth did that madman create in his quest to win...?

He recalled how he had deliberately arranged the fate of that creation in order to exert influence, and couldn't help but wonder if this kind of "behind-the-scenes manipulation" was also part of Aizen's plan.

But he quickly dismissed this conjecture.

No, when it comes to fate, Aizen could never see things in the long term.

In the mind of the King of Destiny, a multitude of images and timelines began to appear. He was rehearsing, trying to figure out Aizen's purpose.

Ultimately, his thoughts stopped at a peculiar place.

Perhaps it was because they had spent enough time together, or perhaps he had become so accustomed to the title of the so-called "Three Kings of the Upper Realm" that he had somewhat forgotten about it.

Aizen is not actually human; at least, he is not a native of this world.

A war of multiple species... perhaps it has already begun...
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[Special Reincarnator EX051, you have been affected by the Light of the Heart - The Descent of All Things]

[Exemption failed; the energy system—Qi—has been lost.]

[Exemption failed; Martial Arts Specialization Lv9 is no longer available]

[Exemption failed; the ability "Divine Finger Technique" is no longer usable.]

[Exemption failed; Energy System - Killing Intent Fluctuation has been lost]

……

Bai Cangshu blinked and realized that he seemed to have fallen into the ocean. The deep ocean was extremely cold and like the void, with no buoyancy. He kept falling and had no ability to resist.

One by one, the power he obtained from the infinite dimensional space drifted out of his body, like fish of different colors, eagerly darting out of his body and then dissipating into the void.

An unprecedented weakness struck him, and he began to lose the ability to feel his own body. Even the power that he had when he first entered the space, which completely dominated his strong physique, was fading away.

Bai Cangshu tried to activate the [Unknown Law] and attempted to imitate Gojo Satoru's [Sole Supremacy], but there was no response.

Was it because of his arrogance that he missed the opportunity to use it?
Or is it that the mad king's mind and power are overwhelmingly stronger than his own?

Click~
A sound like porcelain shattering rang in Bai Cangshu's ears, and he saw several cracks appearing in the boundless, deep sea.

A strong suction force came, but only emptiness and seawater were sucked in, and instead, he fell into an even deeper place.

Bai Cangshu reached out his hand, not to ask for help, nor to grab onto anything; he was simply looking at himself.

He recalled the past few days, when the pervasive noise and emotional turmoil he had experienced, thanks to the transcendental connection he had gained through the Equation of Life, had completely vanished.

He returned to calm, but he also lost those exhilarating experiences.

Should we be afraid or angry in this situation?

Bai Cangshu looked at his hands, which seemed to grow paler and paler in the sea of ​​void, and realized that he was unable to produce the "correct" reaction.

He continued to sink deeper into depravity, yet his mind was still pondering what was right, and under what standards and categories this rightness was based.

Is it because you've always lived in the human world that you subconsciously take human reactions as a "correct" benchmark?
Because humans experience fear at the moment of death, and react to the reality that they can no longer exist, they believe they should also react at this moment.

Following this, Bai Cangshu had a new question.

【who I am】?
Or rather, am I a human being?

A problem that has been almost completely ignored by Bai Cangshu for far too long.

Because I have a human appearance, a human body structure, and live in the human world, am I human?

From childhood to adulthood, Bai Cangshu has lived in a state of intense alienation. He is aware that he is different from others, but for too long, he has always distinguished himself from others by strength and weakness.

But now, in the pursuit of "heart and soul," and in the understanding of human feelings, it has been discovered that even a natural anomaly like Gojo Satoru has a "heart" and is naturally capable of feeling heart and soul.

But I have nothing...

Bai Cangshu withdrew his hand from the sea of ​​void and touched his chest.

There, it was empty. Bai Cangshu finally lowered his head and saw a huge hole in his chest.

A strong sense of emptiness arose, and Bai Cangshu felt hungry, or rather thirsty. When he sensed this huge void, he instinctively felt an urge to fill it.

The more you crave something, the less likely you are to satisfy it; but the less likely you are to satisfy it, the greater your craving will become.

A jet-black color, like ink, began to grow from the hole in Bai Cangshu's chest. Bai Cangshu blinked once and realized that he had been swallowed by darkness.

He felt as if he had fallen into the depths of a chaotic sea unknown to anyone, a place where there was nothing but boundless darkness and chaos.

Darker than darkness, greedier than greed.

But Bai Cangshu felt its most genuine desire: to fill it!
He opened his mouth, and the roar he emitted was like that of a snake ready to devour its prey, or a giant beast about to engulf everything. It was a sound that trembled as if his very soul was being shaken.

Roar!
……

His size exceeded 1,000 meters, and just by standing on the ruins of Tokyo, silvery-white ripples spread directly from behind him to the Pacific Ocean.

He held the greatsword that symbolized the limitation of royal power, and sorrow still lingered on his enormous, illusory face.

Below him, the vast island of Neon, with Tokyo as its center, was completely split apart. The tectonic plates beneath the island were cleaved, and seawater poured in, causing the once bustling Ginza district to sink completely into the sea.

A new trench has appeared.

The terrifying tsunami swept across the Pacific Ocean.

This is the world's growing pain, and it is also the growing pain of those who reincarnate.

Golden aura, ripples, and scarlet killing intent waves appeared on his body one after another. He gradually absorbed the various movements of the Crane School of martial arts, as well as the skills of Guo Haihuang from Baki and the logic of Shen Wulong from the Kengan world.

A luster, like turbid air, emanated from his mouth. Even for him, it would take a great deal of effort to contain the power of a beast like Tao Pai Pai.

This is also a powerful load.

The Mad King is not a physical-skill-based reincarnator, nor does he have any pursuit or preference for martial arts, but he just wants to accommodate this power.

As the multiverse wars of the future rage on, he hopes that this powerful warrior named Tao Pai Pai will become a hero of the world.

This is how the world should be.

Roar!
The pitch-black energy exploded, and the Mad King's silver royal power instantly shone through his body.

With a series of clicks, countless dark ripples instantly covered the surface of the silver royal power.

Even the Sword of Damocles began to show clear black patterns.

Not to mention the dark, cloud-like substance in the air, which in an instant completely filled the ruins of Tokyo.

The Mad King raised his head, and the world had changed color. Above the sea of ​​clouds that had completely dissipated because of his drawing of the sword, the sky was no longer azure, but had turned pitch black.

Hongchen knelt down on one knee with a thud. He was already extremely weak because his internal energy had been drained. At this moment, the terrifying spiritual pressure erupted at close range, and he was powerless to resist and fell to his knees. He was unable to resist and wanted to crawl down.

His face was as pale as paper, and he opened his mouth, trying to gasp for breath, but only exhaled white mist.

The temperature around us has dropped to a frightening level.

Although Mo Shi Mo Wang's spiritual power was not absorbed by Wan Xiang Cong Lin, its performance at this moment was not much better than that of Hong Chen.

His face was filled with terror as he kept looking around.

Further away, the more than twenty titled Reincarnators who had previously taken to the air to avoid the aftermath of the battle had not had their abilities taken away, but they all landed on the ground, their bodies constantly emitting various lights.

Some people are trying to use their abilities to resist, while others are trying to use props.

But the spiritual pressure falling from the sky like rain turned everything into a deathly silence.

Suddenly, Mo Shi Mo Wang felt a blur before his eyes, as if a figure had appeared out of thin air and been embedded in his field of vision.

It was a tall, almost slender figure. The edges of his black trench coat had become like wispy clouds, stretching and floating outwards, giving him a deathly still quality.

His hands hung down at his sides, his skin was deathly pale, and a gelatinous substance resembling nail nails extended from his fingertips, turning a jet black.

That's... Tao Pai Pai?

He was somewhat incredulous. His long, white hair danced like spiritual matter, and a white mask completely covered his face. On top of his head, there were long, demonic horns pointing towards the sky.

Just seeing this thing makes me feel like my heart is about to stop beating and I can hardly breathe.

He could hardly believe that a reincarnator could become something like this.
Is that "blurring" or "masking"?
At this moment, is Tao Pai Pai in a physical body or a soul? Is Tao Pai Pai dead or alive...?

All sorts of questions seemed to freeze in his mind, and he only felt that the surroundings were extremely cold.

puff!
Mo Shi Mo Wang blinked again, and then felt his body lighten. In his vision, there was only the image of that figure standing where he had just been, while Hong Chen, who should have been not far away, was gone.

At this moment, all that remained was the spurting blood and the traces that resembled the explosion of a sound barrier cloud.

boom!
Mo Shi Mo Wang crashed into the wreckage of an unknown building in Tokyo, continuing its relentless march, smashing through dozens of buildings before disappearing completely from sight.

The other twenty or so people then realized that there was another figure in the room.

The one who reacted the fastest opened and closed his eyes, and his three-tomoe Sharingan appeared, with lightning chakra radiating from his body.

[Lightning Release Chakra Mode] was activated in an instant. Before the ear-piercing roar could even begin, a dark flash of light appeared in front of him.

puff!
As lightning and flesh shattered together, he caught a glimpse of mangled corpses being flung into the air alongside him.

(End of this chapter)