Chapter 135: Perfect Susanoo

The world fell utterly silent.

Everyone’s eyes were drawn to Shu Mingyuan once more. The attempt to capture him had been a series of twists and turns; every time victory seemed within reach, some new complication arose.

“Th-That’s a butterfly?”

“No, it’s the Ghost Hunter! My God, he’s still alive!”

Exclamations rang out one after another. Behind Shu Mingyuan fluttered two pairs of multicolored wings, each more than three meters across. They were formed entirely of chakra energy, shimmering with dazzling hues and making him appear almost sacred.

Wave after wave of overwhelmingly powerful energy spread continuously from the roots of the wings, permeating his entire body.

“This kind of power... a hundredfold enhancement. It really is intoxicating.”

Shu Mingyuan let out a satisfied groan. Though he knew this state could last only five minutes, the sensation of such immense strength still filled him with an instinctive conviction that he was invincible.

At the same time, as he looked into Magellan’s eyes, all fear had vanished. He could no longer feel the slightest pressure. The enormous gulf between himself and an admiral seemed, in this instant, to have quietly disappeared.

Magellan gazed at the increasingly mysterious man before him. For some inexplicable reason, a bizarre thought arose in his mind: he felt that Shu Mingyuan’s present state belonged on the same level as his own.

“So this is an admiral’s strength...” Shu Mingyuan murmured with a faint smile. “The difference really is enormous.”

With a beat of his multicolored wings, he shot toward Magellan. His speed now far surpassed even the use of Soru, rendering him completely invisible to ordinary eyes.

“Brat, I don’t care what kind of change has taken place within you. The difference in strength between us isn’t something you can make up so easily.”

Crimson venom surged forth. The ruined hand of the Venom Demon re-formed, and Magellan viciously reached out to seize Shu Mingyuan.

Shu Mingyuan paid him no heed. Tightening his grip on Lightning Cutter, he raised it high above his head and brought it crashing down.

Lightning Cutter pierced through the Venom Demon’s palm as though entering a swamp. Countless streams of venom enveloped the blade, and a harsh, grating sound of corrosion immediately rang out in waves.

Lightning Cutter blazed with radiant electricity. The current it generated was far more powerful than before, and as the venom corroded the blade, a violent electrical charge simultaneously raced through the entire crimson skeleton in an instant.

With one full-powered slash, Shu Mingyuan forcibly dragged Lightning Cutter from the Venom Demon’s shoulder. It truly lived up to its reputation as the legendary Supreme Grade Great Blade that had twice cut down the Thunder God. Even Magellan’s venom failed to leave a trace of corrosion upon it.

He had originally thought he could sever Magellan’s arm with a single strike, but he had clearly expected too much. The awakened venom was not only extraordinarily poisonous; it was also astonishingly adhesive.

Electricity ran wildly through the Venom Demon’s body. Magellan endured one thunderous shock after another without even acknowledging them. The Venom Demon twisted around and drove both fists toward Shu Mingyuan like a pair of hammers.

At that moment, the sheer difficulty of dealing with Magellan was revealed in full. Even after completing his butterfly transformation, Shu Mingyuan could only be considered capable of fighting him on an initial level.

“Five minutes. Let me see just how powerful this strength I had to exchange my life for truly is!”

“Complete Body!”

Shu Mingyuan’s eyes spun, and within his pupils it was as though black suns had appeared, burning fiercely. Beneath the multicolored radiance, boundless blue-gold light began pouring from his body.

The blue-gold radiance soared a hundred meters into the sky, forcibly scattering the two fists Magellan had sent crashing down upon him. Then, under Magellan’s gaze, enormous bones began to take shape within the light. This time, it was no longer limited to the arms and upper body; the entire lower body and both legs emerged as well.

The blue-gold light burned like a blazing flame. Across the skeletal frame, it seemed as though surging currents of water were rushing through it. Countless veins and layers of flesh wound themselves along the bones, and in a brief instant, the Complete Body transformed into a far more substantial figure bearing the likeness of a heavenly hound.

The flames continued to burn, signaling that the transformation was not yet complete. Nearly tangible chakra, powerful enough to resemble armor, clothed the Complete Body. Armor covered its frame, while a pair of enormous wings gradually solidified upon its back, as if mirroring Shu Mingyuan himself. Lightning emerged and gathered at the waist of this war god, forming a sword of thunder.

The instant the transformation ended, an indescribably powerful aura swept outward.

How could this still resemble a half-dead, crippled skeleton? It was a true war god!

Blue-gold light blazed brilliantly, mingling with the solemn majesty of the Complete Body and making it appear even more divine and untouchable.

“This... is this the Complete Body form?”

The hundredfold increase in strength had allowed Shu Mingyuan’s Complete Body to leap directly from its initial form past every intermediate stage, becoming its final form. For him, it was an absolute surprise.

The might of the Complete Body had already seeped into his very soul and body. It was also the goal he would pursue for the rest of his life.

Shu Mingyuan regulated his breathing, and his body appeared at the center of the Complete Body’s brow. He wanted to see who could possibly stop him in this state.

Two giants, each a hundred meters tall, stood facing one another: one blazing with blue-gold radiance like a war god, the other rolling with venom like a demon.