Chapter 336 - 333: Infinite Blood Propagation! Fang Celestial Emperor

Chapter 336: Chapter 333: Infinite Blood Propagation! Fang Celestial Emperor

Back when he first attained his Transcendent Body, Fang Can had already refined all his flesh and blood into a humanoid weapon capable of housing his consciousness.

Normally, this flesh and blood seemed no different from that of an ordinary body, serving merely as a vessel for storing information.

It was like a hard drive, a device that stores memories but doesn’t actively output them.

But if his primary consciousness were ever to suffer fatal damage, this flesh and blood would be activated, seamlessly transforming into a new vessel to carry his awareness.

Of course, it had other functions as well.

Now, after stripping away a piece of this flesh and deleting most of its stored memories, Fang Can injected a directive from his own will.

’Self-replicate at any cost!’

It was just like when Fang Can had first forced his flesh to develop the capacity for thought through sheer will.

Now, it was a simple matter to imbue this small piece of flesh with the genetic instinct for limitless expansion, much like a biological virus.

With its vitality equivalent to that of a Half-Step Fifth Turn Martial Artist, and after being stripped of the main consciousness and having its memories wiped, all that remained in the flesh was pure, biological instinct.

SCHLICK—

On Demon Peak, an Imperial Guard’s hard skull was pierced with ease.

As the parasitic flesh entered his body, it began to ravenously devour the Imperial Guard’s vitality, self-replicating at a visible rate.

The Imperial Guard’s cheeks visibly shriveled. His eyes, once filled with terror, quickly turned lifeless, and his once-ruddy skin began to cling tightly to his bones.

In just a few breaths, having devoured enough vitality, the flesh began to migrate, seeking a new host.

"What’s wrong? Are you alright...?" An Imperial Guard reached for his parasitized comrade, only to watch the man’s body collapse.

Dozens of bloody holes erupted from the fallen guard’s body. The newly replicated blood-brood escaped the riddled corpse like flying shuttles, boring into new hosts.

Soon, the divided blood-brood would settle into a new host, devour it, and escape once more.

One became two, two became four, four became eight...

All Fang Can had provided was that first piece of flesh and the act of implanting it in the first Imperial Guard.

All the momentum that followed came from the self-replication of that splitting flesh, and all the energy it consumed was drawn from the soldiers who were drained of their vitality.

It was like a scene from Resident Evil, where a single shattered vial containing a virus triggers a chain reaction that dooms the entire world.

Even for Fang Can to personally wipe out this hundred-thousand-strong army would have been an exhausting task taking several minutes.

But now, with this blood-brood that had been modified into a biological weapon, it could easily achieve an extinction-level event if left unchecked.

After all, in the Middle Ages, the ordinary Black Death was enough to cause the deaths of 25 million Europeans.

To say nothing of this blood-brood, formed from the mutation of Fang Can’s own cells, which possessed such terrifying cellular activity and adaptability that it had no natural predators.

Any concept of immunity was a joke; the blood-brood could thrive perfectly well right up until the moment the host died.

As Xu Xiao watched in utter horror, her Imperial Guards fell like weeds before a scythe, the blood-brood spreading like wildfire through the bodies of the hundred-thousand-strong army.

"AHHHH, HELP! GENERAL, SAVE ME!"

"Monster! Demon! It’s Yama, come to claim our souls!"

"Monster! Get away, don’t come near me!"

...

Terrified screams erupted from the hundred-thousand Imperial Guards.

Watching the blood-brood shuttle through the bodies of the soldiers ahead like crimson threads, the remaining troops lost all courage to resist.

Had they been facing a Grandmaster, even one who could slay a hundred with a single strike, they would have charged forward without fear of death.

But facing this blood-brood, something so far beyond their comprehension, a primal fear and revulsion welled up inside them.

Watching this scene, a chill ran down the spines of Xuanxu, Yang Xiao, and the other Martial Artists.

This was like a demon let loose upon the world. They had expected Fang Can to display his divine might, to annihilate the Imperial Guards with sheer martial prowess.

Instead, Fang Can had shown them that killing people didn’t have to be so troublesome.

One should naturally use different methods for opponents of different Realms and strengths.

Against a Grandmaster, the great Dao favored simplicity; one could only fight with pure combat strength.

But against low-level combatants like the Imperial Guards, he could simply crush them on a fundamental level with his flesh. A high-Realm practitioner was, in essence, a walking natural disaster.

"Well, General... it looks like your hundred-thousand-strong army is about to be wiped out," Fang Can said, crossing his arms with a mocking smile.

"Damn you, you bastard!" Xu Xiao cursed. She drew the long spear from her waist, leaped high into the air, and thrust at Fang Can.

But before she could even get close, Yang Xiao intercepted her. "Insolent wench! You dare show disrespect to the Sect Leader!"

On the other side, the remaining Martial Artists of the Six Great Sects also stepped forward as one.

Wudang’s Song Yuanqiao said coldly, "Xu Xiao, you conspired with the imperial court to destroy the heritage of our Six Great Sects. Even if we were to grind your bones to dust and annihilate your entire clan, it would not be enough to sate our hatred!"

"Heh... The winner is hailed as king, the loser is condemned as a bandit. If you want revenge, then come and get it." Knowing the tide had turned against her, Xu Xiao sneered.

Silently observing the martial artists below as they surrounded Xu Xiao, Fang Can let the blood-brood continue to reproduce unchecked among the Imperial Guards.

He had implanted a self-destruct program into the flesh. Once the number of replications reached a certain threshold, the brood would lose its vitality and disintegrate on its own. There was no need to worry about an extinction-level crisis.

As the last of the Imperial Guards below perished, the blood-brood visibly dissolved into thin air.

Ignoring the lingering terror on the battlefield, Fang Can walked up to Yang Xiao. "Where is the Qiankun Great Shift Cultivation Technique? Have it ready for me tonight."

"Sect Leader, the Qiankun Great Shift Cultivation Technique is on my person." Yang Xiao said, moving to retrieve it, but Fang Can stopped him.

"I said to have it ready tonight," Fang Can stated in a tone that allowed no argument. "Since this is a transaction, I must first fulfill my end of the bargain and help you annihilate the Li Yang nation."

With those words, Fang Can pushed off the ground and effortlessly transformed into a white rainbow, soaring into the heavens.

Staring in stunned silence as Fang Can vanished in a streak of light, Yang Xiao’s mind went completely blank.

’He’s going to destroy the Li Yang nation... before tonight?’

In just a few steps, he ascended beyond the sky. After completely releasing the suppression on his Realm, he rocketed through outer space toward the capital of Li Yang at a hundred times the speed of sound.

In the span of a mere dozen breaths, he arrived in low-earth orbit above the capital of Li Yang.

Floating at an altitude of ten thousand meters above the surface, Fang Can gazed down upon everything below.

’At this distance... The suppression is still immense, but with the portion of my power I’ve managed to unseal, it should be possible...’

With that thought, after a moment’s consideration, Fang Can extended his Heart Image, letting it permeate the entire capital city below.

The next moment, the common people throughout the capital of Li Yang felt a sudden, unsettling change. A cold voice had appeared in all their minds.

"Attention, all who receive this Heart Image. For a time, I am the master of your lives!"

"You may call me—Celestial Emperor Fang!"