Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 469 Azure
Zheng Zha thought for a moment, then asked, "What is your relationship with Munoqua?"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, both Mu Xiang and Muroshi were stunned.

"Why don't you ask a question with any substance?" Mu Xiang cursed inwardly.

After a long pause, Muroch shook his head: "You are just ordinary mortals after all. Even now, you don't know what you are facing... You could have skipped the pain, and you might even have had the chance to be reborn as gods of the abyss. Why do you have to resist so bitterly?"

Mu Xiang shook his head and said with a hint of sarcasm, "Since you're going to take action, why bother with all the pretense... Let's see who's the real deal."

"You see clearly... the power of the spirit tablet is nothing to me." Muroshi smiled disdainfully, and an aura of pressure far stronger than that of Nordens descended, causing Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie to tremble slightly.

“In any case, to complete the mission, we must deal with this guy… but we are still unsure what his relationship with Nyarlathotep is.” Mu Xiang thought to himself, “What we are certain of at present is that Nyarlathotep should be the fifth-order being I sensed back then, and this spirit-level power of Muroch is the so-called Nodens’ true form.”

Zheng Zha suddenly laughed: "A spirit tablet, right? We can even pass the Saintly Tablet exam, so you're not going to make us afraid of anything!"

The next moment, the greatsword that had been hovering around him, intended to slay the Old Ones, rose and slashed down at Murroshi. He had used the Samadhi Yin-Yang Sword right from the start; facing the spirit tablet, there was no point in hiding anything.

With a wave of his hand, a ghostly blue light appeared. This ghostly blue light was intimidating and chilling, almost entirely devoid of any light, but rather like a condensed darkness, even more intimidating than the ghostly blue light that had appeared when Muroshi appeared.

How similar or different is this person's ability compared to Nordens'?

The thought flashed through Mu Xiang's mind, and then he dove forward, throwing a punch at the top of Muroch's head. The surging Kryptonian energy whipped up a howling wind from the punch, blasting towards Muroch's head.

The trident was still there. Muroshi gripped it with his other hand and raised it towards Mu Xiang.

The shockwave from the punch struck the trident first, but it didn't shake it in the slightest. Then Mu Xiang's fist arrived, and with another loud bang, the trident was blasted backward. Immediately, a ghostly blue light appeared out of thin air, enveloping Mu Xiang's fist. He snorted, withdrew his fist, and raised his sword. Ji Yue suddenly unleashed a burst of sword light to block it, and also retreated.

The blade light that swept out by the wind was momentarily stunned by the dark blue hue, and then collapsed uncontrollably.

Zheng Zha's Samadhi Yin Yang Sword arrived at this moment. With Mu Xiang's attack, Muroch could no longer do anything to intercept or dodge. The two giant swords intertwined with flames slashed down, shattering the dark blue and hitting Muroch's protective light shield.

As the surging energy subsided, Zhang Jie frowned and said, "It didn't work!" Muroshi's calm smile appeared before the three of them; he seemed completely unaffected. This calm smile carried a hint of arrogance and disdain, and when Mu Xiang and the others saw his expression, his face, whose age was impossible to discern, conjured a sudden and unpredictable abyss.

"It's that ghostly blue light," Zheng Zha said. His perception was the most direct. When the Samadhi Yin-Yang Sword swept through space and landed on that ghostly blue light, it pierced through without any collision. It was as if that energy didn't conflict with the Samadhi True Fire and the Crimson Flame... But how could that be?

The Samadhi Yin-Yang Sword was inspired by Zheng Zha's own clone. The conflict between positive and negative energies is inherently unstable, and Zheng Zha himself could only imbue the weapon with this opposing flame-like energy, harming others without harming himself. These two flames are constantly colliding with each other, and any energy that comes into contact with them will only experience a stronger impact. How could it possibly be like that ghostly blue light, completely unaffected by collision?

After the Samadhi Yin-Yang Sword struck, the dark blue light naturally disappeared. However, the Samadhi True Fire and the red flames were also annihilated, bypassing the conflict and collision process and simply vanishing.

Therefore, although the sword strike was impressive in sound, it was merely a show of force when it actually struck Murroshi.

"That energy is extraordinary, it has some special characteristics... so my energy was eroded and worn away," Zheng Zha thought to himself. "Is this what a spirit tablet is... terrifyingly subtle, capable of annihilating an enemy's attack with even less energy?"

Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses: "The systems are different. If one of us breaks through his inner demons, it's uncertain whether his spirit tablet can win in a one-on-one fight... We don't need to be too wary. We'll act according to the situation and maintain our mental chains."

The next moment, Mu Xiang's figure vanished again, and Muroshi's expression also hardened as he used his trident to block behind him. A dark blue light was drawn by the trident, then blocked the attack from behind, striking Jiyue. Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie were not idle either; they each unleashed their energy, attacking Muroshi from the left and right.

This guy might not be the final opponent. If we can't defeat him... then everything is over.

This time, Mu Xiang didn't retreat immediately. Ji Yue clashed with the trident, both exchanging surging energies. Mu Xiang sensed the depletion of his own energy, then a thought struck him. The golden light surrounding him was compressed again, then surged into the blade. The annihilation of energy occurred between the blade and the trident's edge, and finally, the golden light and the dark blue light vanished simultaneously.

"Interesting... The amount of energy that would have injured Nordens was only enough to offset one of Muroch's attacks?" Mu Xiang thought to himself. "It proves that there is a difference even within the same rank. Nordens' temporary entry into the Spirit Position is far from comparable to this genuine Spirit Position."

While some say that the minor realms above demigod are further divided into three smaller realms: advanced fourth rank, spirit position, and near-saint, Mu Xiang doesn't find it that complicated when comparing it to his own gene lock system. To put it bluntly, the so-called advanced fourth rank and spirit position in some extraordinary systems are merely differences in output efficiency; there's no real difference in essence.

As for Mu Xiang… his assessment of his own strength was that he could normally easily surpass a demigod, and when he activated the Candle-Holding ability, based on his numerical stats, even if his microscopic abilities were slightly inferior, he was still on par with most advanced fourth-tier extraordinary systems. If he activated both the fourth-tier gene lock and the Candle-Holding ability simultaneously… during that time, he wouldn't fear any spiritual position from any system!
So after his encounter with Mrohi, he quickly realized something was amiss. Either he had overestimated himself, or Mrohi was far stronger than he had anticipated.

Okay, I don't think I've ever properly set up a memorial tablet before...

Although Mu Xiang wasn't significantly suppressed by Muroshi, he hadn't achieved the results he expected. Now, the most unexpected thing was that eerie blue light; this energy was indeed extraordinary.

(End of this chapter)