Chapter 418: Energy Transformation—Beware of Headless Xing Tian

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The black hair at the back of the Soft Boned Law's head unfurled like a writhing giant serpent, whipping through the air and slamming against the Celestial Giant's neck with a resounding crack. The hair then coiled tightly around its neck.

Next, the Soft Boned Law delivered a powerful kick to the Celestial Giant's abdomen. Twisting its waist, the force traveled up to its neck, causing the entire Celestial Giant to be flung into the air.

Whoosh! As the scorpion-like tail braid loosened, the Celestial Giant was thrown nearly five thousand meters into the sky.

"Now's the time!"

Fire danced in Huo Wu's eyes as she activated her second soul skill: Rising Sun, and her fourth soul skill: Sun Armor. Both skills were combined to enhance all attributes. She raised her arms, forming a blossom-like shape, and a ring of twisted flames and light enveloped her hands, with a diameter reaching nearly seventy meters.

Between her hands, a golden-red energy sphere, over fifty meters in diameter, quickly formed.

Then—

Boom!

A golden beam shot out, targeting the Celestial Giant spinning in the sky.

This was Huo Wu's third soul skill: Sun Burst.

Within the searing, dazzling beam, the Celestial Giant ceased its rotation, but its energy-transformed "skin" seemed on the verge of melting.

"This power... the sun?" Xu Fu felt as if his body was being reduced to ashes. His gaze shifted to Huo Wu, clad in a shimmering red armor, and he clenched his teeth in the dark. "I didn't expect there to be a soul on this continent similar to the Sun Soul, and... so incredibly fiery, just like the real sun!"

Crack!

Suddenly, a point of light appeared in the Celestial Giant's forehead, and the back of its head shattered. An arrow glowing with eight colors shot through.

Guang Ling slowly lowered the Sun Bow and exhaled, "Combining gold, light, lightning, ice, fire, wind, earth, and darkness into one arrow really drains soul power."

Although Guang Ling primarily focused on researching soul tools, she did not neglect her own training. Her understanding of soul power attributes and the combination of soul tool patterns allowed her to grasp soul power attribute fusion. Even Gu Yuena had to learn from her in some aspects—while Gu Yuena controlled elements, she was somewhat rough in details. Guang Ling's precise control of elements and the formulas she developed allowed her to master them rapidly.

This eight-element fusion arrow was the most powerful attack Guang Ling could currently wield. Using gold, earth, and ice as the base, the arrow was propelled by lightning, fire, wind, light, and darkness.

Its speed rivaled one-twentieth of the speed of light!

As a result, no one could see the attack clearly; even Tang San could only catch a vague shadow.

To evade, one would have to predict Guang Ling's shooting direction in advance; otherwise, they would be struck by the eight-element fusion arrow.

When the Celestial Giant's forehead was pierced, the elemental forces within the arrow erupted, causing an instantaneous explosion.

In that moment, the Celestial Giant's entire head was covered in cracks, with flames erupting, mingled with blue lightning and invisible wind blades.

Boom!

In less than three seconds, the head shattered completely.

However, the headless Celestial Giant did not die. Its chest turned into eyes, and its navel became a mouth.

This was because Xu Fu, now in an energy-transformed state, did not have a real brain in his head. His consciousness was dispersed throughout his body.

With the head gone, the eyes became the target, and the navel became the mouth. Yet, with the head destroyed, Xu Fu's memories were partially lost. He now seemed to forget who he was, why he was floating in the air, and what he was supposed to do.

"What the heck is this?" Yufeng's eyes widened. "Without a head, it's still alive, and now it has eyes and a mouth on its chest. Is this even human?"

Guang Ling observed the headless Celestial Giant, which was now shrinking in mid-air. She spoke slowly, "He's no longer human, at least from the perspective of genetic factors. Instead, he's an energy-based life form... It seems that because I shattered his head, he's lost some of his memory."

"But there's no need to worry too much. His head is destroyed, and with the energy leakage, he's already beyond saving."

As the Celestial Giant's body continued to shrink, it fell rapidly towards the ground.

Bang! When it landed, it had reduced to a height of three or four meters—taller than the original Xu Fu but with a shriveled body. Its chest had grown two large eyeballs, the navel had turned into a gaping mouth, and the head had disappeared entirely. It was now a bizarre creature.

More importantly, this thing was still alive!

At this point, Xiao Wu had already dismissed the Soft Bone Law and, with her energy rapidly recovering thanks to the Blue Silver Emperor's assistance, reached the headless Xu Fu.

Yu tianheng and the others also gathered around, noticing that the soul power fluctuations from the creature were rapidly diminishing—from a vast ocean to a mere drop of rain, like a deflated ball, now no longer a threat.

"Huh? It's not dead?" Xiao Wu observed that the creature's neck had healed, though unevenly, and its bodily functions had resumed, keeping it alive, albeit at a reduced efficiency.

Using her spiritual power, Xiao Wu was astonished—

The creature's brain had actually merged with its digestive system! In its energy-transformed state, with its head shattered, the brain had no place to go and fused with the digestive organs, which had many folds similar to a brain, forming a new brain structure.

So what should this thing be called now? Brain-gut?

Or Gut-brain?

Despite her curiosity about this new form of life, Xiao Wu realized the importance of considering all aspects when using energy-based techniques.

Otherwise, like Xu Fu, losing the head resulted in a fusion of brain and intestines.

There was also the case of the Chrysanthemum Fairy/Ghost Master, who, by transforming their physical form along with their soul, had fused so completely that they could not be separated.

"What should we do with this creature?" Huo Wu asked Xiao Wu.

"It's a good research specimen, let's keep it for now," Xiao Wu decided. She instructed Gu Yue Na to store it in the Golden Rope Treasure Bag, as she was the only one with a storage soul tool capable of holding living creatures.

Gu Yuena reluctantly agreed and stored the headless Celestial Giant in the bag.

Xiao Wu then turned her attention to the distant battlefield where Tang San and You Hongchen were fighting. She told Yufeng and Bai Chenxiang, "That peerless individual has arrived, indicating that the new batch of the Sun Moon Empire's army is close to the Haixiao City. Go and order Marshal Gelong to act quickly, taking the captives and spoils back to the Soul Sea Pass."

(End of Chapter)