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--- Chapter 352 ---
BOOM!
Kaina breathed heavily because her avatar used too much Pseudo-Immortal Qi, depleting it faster than usual. Even though she could utilize spirit skills fine, Gun Devil is more convenient for killing mass-numbered creatures like Abyssal Ants.
"Millions in 10 minutes."
"Not bad." She glanced at Sieg, watching the black dragon create a storm on the beach. The massive dragon engulfed its body with a dark-colored aura and called upon rain flame.
BOOM!
Sieg stopped and focused his eyes on the main Abyssal Ants, which had reached the level of Wild God in strength. He frowned and decided to return to his human form, causing a shockwave to appear.
A young man with short brown air and glossy red eyes stood on the cleared beach. He doesn't wear anything, but almost every inch of his body "completely." was covered by fine black dragon scales.
He immediately summoned a greatsword with a dark sheath, pulling the handle with the intent to destroy. A brilliant white blade with a gleaming sharp edge entered everyone's view, giving off a sensation of dragon fangs on their necks.
Sieg's spirit rings appeared in the air, covering the area with a crimson glows because he possessed six red spirit rings. He breathed in and held the greatsword high, gathering the energy that could exceed the mortal standard.
Kaina squinted her eyes because the homunculus had become stronger again. Even though Cultivation Realm still means a lot for Spirit Masters, they mean nothing before God's Strength. And she who reached False God's state somehow felt threatened by Sieg's energy charge.
"Armor..." And unlike others, Sieg's strength wasn't increased by God Relic because his second martial soul fit that role already.
When a small unit was assigned to free Northern Mines three years ago, Yunlong transplanted an armor martial soul to Sieg. And Kyudai Garaki discovered that the Given Martial Soul was influenced indirectly by Yunlong's Draconic Nature. It keeps evolving under any environment, allowing the homunculus to evolve into True Dragon. And his previous dragon transformation was part of Dragon-Scaled Armor's ability, but that was merely a Spirit Skill.
"Fafnir." A helmet resembling a dragon's skull covers Sieg's head, causing his glossy red eyes to shine dimly.
BOOM!
"Speed Mode."
A black flash crashed onto the beach, and one million Abyssal Ants "instantly." were wiped out by it. Kaina had to use her enhanced vision to look at Sieg and found out he was blowing the Abyssal Creature left and right with his greatsword.
"Heh, I won't lose..." Kaina decided to use Gun Devil again, charging the ammunition with compressed fire and wind elements. With this, she will be able to prevent Abyssal Ants from gaining their numbers again.
And back to the monitor room, David dropped onto his chair and casually commented, "Well, this is pretty much over. As long as they discovered the main Abyssal Ants' Main body, this predicted attack could get concluded, and the Sun and Moon Empire should receive quite a backlash."
"What's that brat's name again?"
"Kang." Someone in the back answered.
David chuckled and added, "It's easy to bait a hot-headed kid when he loses something. Fortunately, he launched the attack on the seashore with a low population because most villagers have moved to the Bright Spirit Empire to gain more access to education and resources."
"Oh well, it's not like he could gain access to our information."
Hearing that last line, Kyudai laughed hard because the Sun and Moon Empire had been trying to probe Bright Spirit Empire's defense, but none of them were successful because Gu Yuena sealed the space, preventing an outsider's breach. The Silver Dragon King has learned one or two things after facing Dimensional Breaks by Dark Lich in the past.
"KUHAHAHAHA!" His mad scientist laughter echoed in the monitor room.
Everyone looked at Kyudai weirdly, but David coughed a few times to wake him up. "Professor."
"Don't mind me." The bald scientist realized his action seconds later and whistled casually, telling his homunculus secretary to remind him later about Douluo Continent's spatial barrier because he might be able to enhance it even further.
Meanwhile, in the seashore, Kaina and Sieg have wiped out 99% of the Abyssal Ants into nothingness, leaving nothing but a deformed beach with big holes and cracks everywhere.
"STINGER!" Sieg roared while falling from the cliff, thrusting his greatsword down to the abyssal ants' main body.
BAM!
Sands are flying everywhere, and Kaina has to fly in the sky because it would cover her vision on the target. She glanced down and saw the Abyssal Ants' main body had become a giant-like creature with 68,9 meters in height and 142 meters long, and its entire body was darker now.
Sieg's greatsword penetrated through the exoskeleton, but that wasn't enough because his technique was "literally." used to sting the enemy with fast movement. Not enough force is applied to reach the flesh inside the thick outer skeleton.
The homunculus frowned and yelled at Kaina, "Attack this area with Gun Devil's bullet, focus everything, and don't let the ant move!"
Kaina's mouth twitched and responded with a shout too, "Don't Order Me Around, KID!!"
Even though the famous Lady Nagant is speechless and annoyed, she still does what the homunculus wants to defeat the Abyssal Ants. With the remaining Pseudo-Immortal Qi, she ordered Gun Devil to launch a barrage of bullets.
Kain heavily pressured the Abyssal Ants in the spot, locking any possible movement with her eyesight. Yes, Gun Devil still needed her eyes to focus on the target, and the Ocular Cultivation Technique was helpful to her.
"Red Demon Eyes."
Red Demon Eyes is a further development of Purple Demon Eyes from Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. It thoroughly was developed with several inspections from researchers in the Bright Spirit Labs, especially Saiko Intelli, with her god-like IQ and knowledge of people like Bibi Dong, Gu Yuena, Jin Eyu, and other elders within the Empire.
And you might think, How did they obtain the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record? It was Flander to save the remaining students and staff from Shrek Academy. He handed them Yun Xiaogang's journal and Tang San's dairy, which contained vague descriptions and codes.
Of course, that's not their only source of information because Yunlong also left an incomplete Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record from Tang San's soul that he had devoured. He gives it to Bibi Dong before going to the Sea God Island with Kaguya.
Since the technique wasn't hard to decipher and fix, It was not hard for Saiko Intelli to recreate the full art with everyone's help. In just one year, they fused Yunlong's Spirit Gathering Technique with it and named it Red Cloud Heaven Arts.
Red Cloud Heaven Arts is a Cultivation Technique that allows one to open their hidden potential. It even awakened the quirk naturally because the scientist added stimulation in a breathing technique to trigger one's Quirk Factor.
Well, of course, this only works with someone from My Hero Academia's world because people from Douluo Dalu Universe don't have a quirk factor, but they would still awaken something.
It stacked Spirit Energy in one's body and purified them simultaneously, allowing the Spirit Master to become stronger and a few levels higher than their cultivation realm. Not only that, but Red Cloud Heaven Arts also comes with several techniques like Red Demon Eyes, Mysterious Jade Body, Broken Shadow Steps, and knowledge about worldly materials.
Kaina activated Red Demon Eyes and focused her attention on the Abyssal Ants, peeking at Sieg's location. "Hurry up! I don't have much energy left!" She commented with an irritated shout.
"GOD FUCKING DAMN IT!"
Sieg's face darkened as he muttered, "So noisy..."
"I'm concentrating here."
The homunculus's body is no different than humans, but everyone from Bright Spirit Labs knows that Sieg is more compatible with anything because of his martial soul. And the only person who could defeat him was a commander-level figure and secret guardian of the Bright Spirit Empire. Also, Yunlong, but let's not mention that because it would be too unfair for Sieg.
Compatible means higher affinity, and Sieg's harmony with Spirit Energy is close to 690% because his body was made with Tang Xiao's flesh, allowing him to wield Title Douluo power despite being Spirit King only three years ago. However, even Tang Xiao cannot be compared to him because his strength has exceeded what mortals could achieve.
Sieg's goal is only one, to serve and gain appreciation from Yunlong because he was the person who permitted Father(Kyudai Garaki) to let him live in this world.
"Three years... Am I strong enough to be useful?"
"No..."
"This isn't enough."
Sieg opened his eyes and stared at the first martial soul Yunlong granted to him, a greatsword with a blue jewel embedded on its guard. He drew Spirit Energy into his body and smiled because Yunlong had at least returned to this world.
"Fafnir... Power mode."
The dragon-scaled armor becomes thicker and bulkier, making Sieg lose some speed. However, he could exert more power in this mode, and Abyssal Ants' exoskeleton won't be a problem.
Kyudai Garaki recorded Yunlong's sword plays, and Sieg practiced them every day, pursuing the life of the sword. He tried his best to mimic Yunlong but couldn't reach his level for some reason.
'Master is cooler and gentler when swinging his sword. It's slow but not too slow, giving a sense of power within every slash.' He thought while clenching his grip on the greatsword's handle.
'I just need one more step.'
'I just need one more step...'
"Wrong." A familiar voice echoed in Sieg's earpiece.
"Your posture is wrong because you're mimicking me, Sieg."
"Me, in the past, was a child who played with sticks called swords."
"To be honest, It's not good..." Yunlong laughed because of his past swordsmanship.
After achieving the number one spot in the Omniversal Sword Record, he awakened Infinite Sword Ways, which allowed him to see any path for his sword. And Sieg's path is blocked because of him.
"Make your path, Sieg."
"Sword means to be free, and It's your identity as your sword master."
With a click inside his mind, Sieg was stunned and looked at the greatsword with realization. Yes, he was too focused on reaching Yunlong's level and mimicking his swordsmanship to become stronger.
People called him Dragon Knight, but that's it.
He smiled and said, "Thank you, Master."
"HURRY THE FUCK UP, SIEG! I CAN'T CONTROL THIS MONSTER ANY LONGER." Kaina roared while veins were popping on her forehead.
The homunculus walked to the abyssal and lowered the greatsword, charging forward with a wide smile. Sieg stepped on the sand and rotated his whole body to add more momentum.
"Cloud Dragon's Slash..."
BAM!
BOOM!
Everyone watched the homunculus slash the Abyssal Ant and noticed the dark beast vanish to nothingness, leaving several sand particles with parted clouds in the sky.
And From now on, people started to call Sieg the strongest homunculus.