Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 362 Wind and Thunder
In that instant, the vampire energy gathered in Zheng Zha's chest, and when the clone Zheng Zha's punch landed, the vampire energy surged violently.

The clone Zheng Zha felt as if his punch had hit something strange; his power had not truly penetrated it... He was a fourth-tier expert with the ability to perceive subtle details. He could attribute the previous provocation of the vampire energy to being unexpected and inferior in skill, but this was a power technique he excelled at, yet it had failed to work.

The only explanation is that Zheng Zha's response was not simple either...

In fact, the clone Zheng Zha immediately sensed that his power was being dispersed by the energy within Zheng Zha's body. The next moment, crimson flames erupted at the point of contact between his fist and chest.

The clone of Zheng Zha took a step back, and red flames also ignited on his hands. However, these red flames were not as deep as Zheng Zha's, and they were quickly engulfed by the dark red flames.

"Oh?" Zheng Zha's eyes lit up.

With a flick of his hand, the clone Zheng Zha shook off the red flames that had been tainted by him.

“I don’t think my crimson flames are stronger than yours… This is just to create a momentary barrier, and all I need to do in that instant is exert my power to eliminate your influence.” The clone Zheng Zha smiled.

Zheng Zha pondered for a moment: "Using physical strength like this? Impressive."

"Again!" The clone Zheng Zha laughed and threw another punch.

Zheng Zha's eyes also became blank as he entered the second-tier gene lock. Although he didn't need the second-tier gene lock's enhancement to physical strength, he needed stronger resilience.

Although Zheng Zha blocked the clone's extremely fast attack with Burning Night, he still felt some discomfort in his chest. Burning Night is, after all, a skill that utilizes vampire energy, and it cannot reach the level of subtle manipulation. Concentrating energy on the affected area and using the force to counterattack has its limits, and these limits are related to the user.

This is, after all, a vampire combat technique. It's impossible for a first-tier vampire to use it to block a vampire prince's attack... that would be a cheat code. This technique might be a good surprise tactic at lower levels, but against a fourth-tier being, it's probably suicide. The ability to penetrate subtlety is incredibly powerful; it's quite easy to get past obstacles.

Unless, of course, someone who uses the Burning Night technique, or a similar method, also possesses the ability to perceive subtle details.

If Zheng Zha hadn't also possessed the ability to perceive subtle details, and with the Burning Night technique, he would likely have been pierced through by the clone Zheng Zha. To be fair, the clone Zheng Zha's punch was not simple; although he received a counterattack, Zheng Zha was only evenly matched with him.

Zheng Zha wasn't confident he could suppress the clone Zheng Zha's power with his own energy subtlety... so he decided to use the simplest method: enhance his physical defenses!

The next moment, dark red flames ignited on Zheng Zha's hands, and his figure blurred for a moment as he shifted his feet.

In the eyes of the clone Zheng Zha, Zheng Zha seemed to have disappeared, with only two dark red flames swaying left and right.

With a muffled thud, two streaks of red flame struck the wrists of the clone Zheng Zha from the left and right, respectively. Zheng Zha was also hit by the punch and flew backward.

Just as the clone Zheng Zha was about to use the same trick to shake off the flames on his wrist, the red flames that had invaded from the left and right sides came into contact and exploded.

"Such powerful methods!" the clone Zheng Zha exclaimed in amazement. "Why? Your red flames are clearly all negative energy, so how did you manage to create an energy conflict? Is it because the direction of the burst is opposite to the basic structure?"

Zheng Zha nodded, touching the spot where he had been hit: "Not bad, this is a technique I figured out myself." The clone Zheng Zha rubbed his injured wrist; although it healed quickly, he was still quite amazed.

“I’ve seen your move before. Using vampire energy to enhance the physical body is indeed a good idea… but isn’t it enough?” Zheng Zha stared intently at his clone. “If we’re facing a powerful enemy, this isn’t enough. Show us something even stronger, shall we?”

The clone Zheng Zha gave a wry smile: "You saw through me. That's right, we all understand the advantages and disadvantages of the vampire bloodline... If we are facing a powerful opponent, it seems that we are helpless if we don't make good use of vampire energy. After all, a body with self-healing ability alone cannot support high-intensity melee combat."

"In the Shu Mountain world, we encountered the Celestial Team... Although I have already reached the fourth tier, the others are at most only at the second tier, and Li Xiaoyi has not yet officially broken through to the third tier. The Celestial Team, on the other hand, has two people who have unlocked the third tier, one of whom has exchanged for an S-level attribute..."

"Back then, once I unlocked the fourth-tier gene lock, I couldn't even maintain my own consciousness, which led to us getting a severe beating from the Celestial Team, haha... After that, I realized that my development of my power was far from adequate, but giving up my power and turning to study things like red flames to reach a level sufficient to deal with fourth-tier battles seemed insufficient."

Hearing this, Zheng Zha nodded in deep agreement: "That's right. I also had this problem when I was at the third level. My red flames were not enough to harm Mu Xiang, but my body was as fragile as paper in front of him... Obviously, I had not developed my abilities to a high enough level. My solution was to deepen the level of my red flames, so I created enough moves."

As he spoke, a thought flashed through his mind.

[Back then, even self-awareness couldn't be maintained... Does that mean it's possible now?]

“Right, but I didn’t have time to think about this when I was at the third tier… With this move, I could kill all the breeders, but before I could figure out more, I entered the fourth tier. Although I had a series of improvements, my accumulation was still insufficient.” The clone Zheng Zha showed a “you understand me” expression, “That’s why I suffered a great loss when fighting against strong opponents.”

"So I thought hard and wanted to find more ways to exert my power... I even thought about continuing to upgrade my vampire energy and using stronger vampire energy to support a stronger body, but Chu Xuan calculated that this was not the case. He said what was it called?"

Zheng Zha paused for a moment: "Uh... let me think, Mu Xiang mentioned marginal utility?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The clone Zheng Zha slapped his thigh, his thick arm swinging out in a truly frightening way. "The benefits would be terribly low, which means this move can't provide a matching boost to me at the fourth level."

Zheng Zha pondered for a moment: "Then what will you do? I'm very curious... I'll use some of my self-created skills to see what you'll show me this time?"

The clone Zheng Zha scratched his head: "So after the horror movie ended, we went back to Mount Shu. In a way, I also benefited."

The next moment, an even more glaring blood-red light pierced through his black bodysuit...

"That's a body-refining method, but it's incomplete, barely a tenth or a twelfth of its original form, which is why it's not valued in the Shu Mountain world... But I knew at a glance that it was the perfect tool to solve my problem." The clone Zheng Zha's originally swollen body slowly shrank back, but his aura grew stronger and stronger. "From refining to fighting, isn't it all to complete my power?"

Zheng Zha nodded silently; indeed... Crimson flames were also gathering around him. To show respect, he should also use even more powerful methods.

“Although I don’t have the physique of a cultivator, nor do I possess internal energy or true essence, this cultivation technique doesn’t have many restrictions… And as you know, the fourth-order gene lock has the concept of simulated energy. If we want, simulating blood and qi energy that meets the requirements of the cultivation technique is a piece of cake.” The clone Zheng Zha said earnestly, “This cultivation technique is truly of great use to my combat power.”

"The Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons, the Forms of Wind and Thunder!"

(End of this chapter)