Chapter 28: Medusa VS Purifier (Part 2)

Volume 1 “Year of Calamity”

“Flame Burst!”

A piercing roar erupted from the horde of Mutated Creatures, followed instantly by a burst of pale yellow flames that incinerated over twenty nearby creatures who couldn’t evade in time.

Andre, engulfed in yellow-white flames, roared furiously: “How dare a lowly Infected Body injure me! I’ll reduce you to ashes!”

The 4,000-degree temperatures left the surrounding Mutated Creatures temporarily helpless. Through the flames, Andre could be seen in an utterly wretched state – his clothes torn to shreds, crimson blood continuously seeping from wounds large and small.

This was the first time Andre had been injured since his Sublimation into a Purifier. What made it worse was that the wounds came from lowly beings he looked down upon, severely damaging his twisted pride.

“Energy boost!” Andre bellowed. The flames radiating from his body surged violently, his golden hair transforming into raging Fire Snakes.

“Andre, have you gone mad!?”

Yalan panicked as the enraged Andre activated a higher-level ability: Energy Transformation. This power exceeded what their current human bodies could withstand.

Having only recently gained abilities through Sublimation, the Deification Factor within them hadn’t been fully activated. Essentially, their bodies hadn’t transcended human limitations. Overusing their powers would place tremendous strain on their physical forms, potentially causing them to break down under the overwhelming energy.

Truthfully, Yalan didn’t care about Andre’s survival. But in their current situation, if Andre died, the fate awaiting her – merely a combat support personnel – wasn’t hard to imagine.

The furious Andre completely ignored Yalan’s warning. His mind held only one thought: slaughter all the Mutated Creatures here, especially this Lord! He would torture it to death using the cruelest means possible!

The semi-energyized Andre slowly levitated from the ground. Hovering mid-air with solemn dignity, he resembled a deity, the inferno around him serving as his divine miracle to purge the world’s sins.

While others remained unaware of what was coming, Yalan – also a Purifier – understood perfectly. Andre was about to launch an indiscriminate area attack that would affect even her.

“Madman!” Yalan cursed Andre bitterly. Not daring to hesitate another second, she quickly retreated into the distance.

At full strength, Yalan could have used “Bulwark” to block Andre’s attack. But maintaining the protective shield and the earlier battle had already drained much of her energy. The previous sonic attack had also injured her to some degree, leaving her completely unable to defend against the terrifying assault to come.

“You should feel honored, filthy vermin. This is a power even I haven’t fully mastered – I call it World-Purifying Karmic Fire!”

From his vantage point high in the building, through An Sheng’s binoculars, the yellow-white ultra-high-temperature flames raged like a Demonic Beast devouring everything. It recklessly brandished its lethal claws and fangs, opening its bloody maw to consume all surroundings!In an instant, within the central area of Lake Heart Island, a swirling mass of Demonic Qi could be seen raging from a distance. Its gray-black hue carried a menacing aura, while suffocating heat waves swept through the air around the central park, making it seem as though even the heavens and earth had changed color! Such a shocking scene was something An Sheng had never witnessed, not even on television.

The aftermath of the World-Purifying Karmic Fire continued to unfold. Centered around Andre, everything within a hundred-meter radius had turned to ashes. The terrifying power resembled divine punishment, living up to its name as the flames incinerated all existence into dust, thoroughly purifying the world’s sins.

Several minutes later, as the flames gradually died down, Andre’s body slowly descended from mid-air. The moment his toes touched the ground, he half-kneeled on the charred soil.

The World-Purifying Karmic Fire was a Move that could only be used by those who had reached the Advanced Purifier level, having shed the constraints of carbon-based life through Sublimation into an energy form. The consequence of Andre’s forced usage was evident: his once youthful, firm, and smooth skin rapidly aged and wrinkled before one’s eyes.

The human body couldn’t withstand such overwhelming energy—his original physical form was deteriorating from the cellular level.

Yalan rushed over swiftly from afar. Seeing Andre’s aging body, her face showed reproach, but she said nothing. Instead, she quickly placed her right hand on Andre’s head, and a soft white light emanated from her, flowing through her palm into Andre’s body. She was transferring her own Deification Factor into him.

The strength of a Purifier entirely depended on the amount of Deification Factor within them. Andre’s earlier forced activation of the World-Purifying Karmic Fire had relied on consuming a massive amount of Deification Factor to surpass his level, but the result was a tremendous depletion. The human body couldn’t endure the energy granted by the Emissary, causing internal cells to rapidly age and fail.

“Thank you, Yalan,” Andre said with a bitter smile, looking somewhat embarrassed.

“You’re a damn lunatic, you know that? A madman!” Yalan was furious. If she hadn’t reacted quickly earlier, she would have either been reduced to ashes by the World-Purifying Karmic Fire or ended up in the same state as Andre due to excessive energy depletion.

“Don’t be angry, beautiful Lady Yalan. I just took down a Lord, you know. I think the Emissary will reward us with more Energy Quota. I’ll give you a larger share to make up for my mistake—forgive me, my beauty!”

“Pah! Can’t be bothered with you, hmph!” Though she wouldn’t admit it verbally, Yalan was inwardly overjoyed. For Purifiers like them, Energy Quota was the source of life, more precious than anything else.

Andre immediately saw through Yalan’s expression and knew he had gained the beauty’s forgiveness. Relieved, he enjoyed the nourishing energy from his companion while teasing, “We still have unfinished business, Yalan.”

“What is it?” Yalan asked, somewhat puzzled.”You get it, hahaha…” Andre laughed lewdly and unrestrainedly, but before his laughter could last two seconds, two red rays shot out from the charred soil, instantly blasting the unprepared Yalan’s head into fragments! Blood, brain matter, and shattered bone fragments splattered across Andre’s face, abruptly cutting short his obscene laughter.

“Getting horny at a time like this seems a bit premature, you fool!”

As a cold woman’s voice rang out, a snake head emerged from the soil, followed by a second, then a third… Soon after, Medusa’s seductive body broke through the earth.

The power of the World-Purifying Karmic Fire was immense. The scales on Medusa’s body had lost their original luster under the intense heat, becoming dull and charred, while the skin exposed beyond the scales suffered some degree of burns. However, for Mutated Creatures, such injuries were trivial and would fully heal given a little time.

Andre’s attack was undeniably powerful. Had Medusa not reacted with incredible speed, promptly digging into the ground to escape, she would likely have been reduced to charcoal by now.

“Let me tell you a secret—I haven’t eaten a human since being infected. But now, I’m very curious to taste what you’re like.”

In Medusa’s sinister Blood Eyes, a soul-shaking, bloodthirsty glow radiated. She slowly advanced toward Andre, who had collapsed to the ground, while the dozens of terrifying black snakes on her head bared their sharp fangs.

“Stay back, you lowly…” Before Andre could finish his sentence, dozens of snakes had already coiled around his body, enveloping him completely. He became Medusa’s first feast after her evolution into a Mutated Lord.