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D.I.O - Chapter 265

Published at 18th of March 2023 06:45:16 AM


Chapter 265

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Woong!

In Merlin’s dantian region, his Golden Pill Immortal Technique’s inner core awakened, and his 100 years of internal energy entered his inner world. The 100 years of internal energy passed through Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and was amplified to 200, 400, 800, and 1,600 years respectively.

It was with this amplification mechanism, and its resulting 1,600 years of internal energy, that allowed Merlin to defeat a pseudo-transcendent in the New Continent, the Gold Dragon. This single bundle of internal energy, which was above 26 cycles and just below 27 cycles, was enough energy to shake the heavens and the earth.

However, in truth, even this level of internal energy wasn’t enough to penetrate Mary’s defensive strong qi barrier.

Unlike the Gold Dragon, wherein Merlin was able to place his hand inside the dragon’s body after all its defenses were destroyed, Mary was in a protected, fully defensive state.

[Roar!]

[Grr!]

At that moment, the two beings that were sleeping in Merlin’s body woke up.

After absorbing the Chintamani Marble’s energy, Younghwi and Shining, Merlin’s spirit creatures, had fallen into a deep sleep.

And, once they woke up…

Woong!

Merlin’s new planets, Jupiter and Saturn, opened and operated.

“Merlin, what are you planning to do?”

“Well, in truth, the simplest solution in this situation is for me to reach the transcendent realm. Of course, there are many transcendents within the Noblesse rank and file, and there are many transcendents who are enemies of the Union, but home advantage can’t be ignored. If there’s one transcendent-level power being on Earth… no, if there’s at least two people at that power level, we can block all interference from the outside world. After all, those who were [born] on Earth aren’t bound by any restrictions.”

The 1,600 years of internal energy were further amplified by Jupiter to become 3,200 years.

Then, those 3,200 years of internal energy were amplified to become 6,400 years after passing through Saturn.

The birth of these two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, had much greater meaning for Merlin than completely assimilating the powers within the Chintamani Marble into his character and increasing his spiritual power stats.

His decision to create two additional planets produced results far beyond anyone’s imagination; it was to the extent that it could be said to be the pinnacle of irrationality. 6,400 years of internal energy…

The inexhaustible strength and power of over 100 cycles of internal energy was not something that could be contained in a single blow.

Transcendents, with their lofty realizations, who reached the pinnacle of martial arts sometimes performed miracles beyond anyone’s imagination.

However, it was very rare for even these lofty beings to be able to output 100 cycles of internal energy in one blow.

No, even if the entire universe was turned upside down and shaken, not even a handful of instances had ever occurred in the history of the universe.

Quiet Heaven, who had seen numerous expositions of supernatural powers while traveling throughout the cosmos, once said that Merlin’s power broke the framework of martial arts itself, and Ellie, who had worked as a telekinesis professor for quite a long time before becoming a pet, once commented that Merlin’s single output hand strike transcended the universe’s traditional physical or psychic frameworks.

Rumble!

Of course, normally, Merlin’s body couldn’t withstand the movement of 100 cycles of internal energy coursing through his body.

Even if he had strengthened his HP with an emergency buff, his body would have exploded as soon as he fired off the outrageous single blow attack.

However, right now, he had the non-destructive system setting placed on him.

In other words, he was now invulnerable to any bodily harm, so he could fully implement any technique, no matter how much stress it put on his body.

“I hate the concept of waiting for development; it’s like gambling. Should one continue to train and wait patiently for enlightenment to come one day? That’s just stupid. It’s common for many practitioners to never obtain enlightenment, so a new way has to be forged.”

“Merlin?”

Arc stared blankly at the golden light leaking out of his body, as if it were a halo.

Merlin looked like a holy, god-like character from a sci-fi story.

Of course, this was not the situation Merlin intended, rather, he had tried to hide his energy and power as much as possible, but in the end, he failed.

He tried to control his attacks, thinking that he was better off hiding his true strength as much as possible, but under the current situation, he couldn’t help but release his full powers. Moreover, he had already amplified his internal energy, so there was no turning back.

“Huh? Wait, this is…”

“In forging a new path, I found the answer.”

Then Mary, feeling the tremendous aura of energy, opened her eyes.

This was proof that she hadn’t completely let her guard down, but it was already too late.

Merlin put his hand on the strong qi barrier, and the power of 6,400 years of internal energy exploded outward.

“And this… is the answer.”

Tap.

A sound, like one hitting one’s clothes lightly with one’s palm, rang out. The sound didn’t match with the monstrous power being outputted.

Mary hesitated, then, she pulled up the T-shirt she was wearing.

“This…”

As her shirt was lifted, she revealed her slim waist and white jade-like skin.

However, what was more revealing were a set of dark palm prints under her chest area, an area that looked incongruently voluptuous compared to her slender figure.

Mary looked at Merlin with an exasperated and dumbfounded expression. It was as though she couldn’t believe what she saw and what had just happened.

“What the heck…”

Flash!

A flash of dazzling golden light burst out.

There was no sound, but an intangible wave swept through the surroundings, almost deafening everyone’s ears.

And when the golden light disappeared, everything was already over.

“Oh my god…”

“This is so absurd. Of course, it’s always possible for a kid to defeat an expert every once in a while, but does it make sense for a transcendent being to fall at the hands of a non-transcendent?”

Sungmuk groaned.

This was because Merlin was such a thorough and calculating character; Merlin induced Mary’s carelessness and drove her into an unavoidable corner. Though Merlin’s one-shot blow was undeniably powerful, unless Mary stood in front of it and bore the brunt of the attack, Merlin’s single blow attack wouldn’t have been very effective.

Since Merlin wasn’t a transcendent, if any being put down their guard, they’d succumb to Merlin’s attack.

However, Merlin, who was completely silent and who foresaw the entire situation playing out as it did, calmly approached Mary.

There were no major bodily injuries visible on Mary’s body, but the higher one’s power level was, the more serious the blow would be to one’s aura than one’s physical body.

In other words, Mary had suffered an irreparable blow.

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“How… just how…”

Watching Marie stutter with an expression of disbelief on her face, Merlin took out his Editor Blade. Unfortunately for Mary, Merlin couldn’t allow her to live.

Since she was calibrated by DIO’s system to protect the system control room, she’d soon regenerate to take her post once again.

However, though Merlin had this brief thought, he couldn’t help but stop in place once he heard Mary’s next few words.

“How are you… how are you able to use the Heavenly Sword Clan’s Qi Heaven?”

“What?”

In truth, Merlin’s No Living World wasn’t something that purely came from the Golden Pill Immortal Technique.

Though he created Mercury in the traditional way, the subsequent planets were created utilizing Qi Heaven principles.

The effect of Qi Heaven was the materialization of qi.

If it had not been for the power of Qi Heaven, Merlin might not have been capable of creating Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, not to mention Venus and Earth.

“What are you talking about? If this is Qi Heaven, then the principles are readily available to anyone in DIO’s library…”

“Wrong. What’s available in the DIO library isn’t the Heavenly Sword Clan’s Qi Heaven. What’s available in the library has been adulterated; it has been tampered with… ugh!”

Mary, who was struggling to raise her body, vomited blood.

As her aura was destroyed, her body began to disintegrate accordingly.

“In other words, the Qi Heaven that you taught me was a different skill than what’s available in the DIO library, right?”

“What… When did I ever teach you Qi Heaven?”

“You still don’t remember. You’re the one who inscribed this on me.”

Merlin didn’t know the exact reason why Mary didn’t remember him.

He had a few guesses, but since there was no factual basis to make any concrete judgment, Merlin had only hypothesized.

“Is that… is that Qi Heaven?”

Mary, finally discovering the Heavenly seal on Merlin’s forehead, reached out with her hand.

And at that moment…

Whoosh!

Merlin felt a wave of pain.

In the past, Merlin had felt a burning sensation from the Heavenly seal that Mary had engraved on his forehead.

The power of Qi Heaven in the Heavenly seal started to resonate with Mary’s Qi Heaven.

“Shoot! Data Drain!”

Feeling something ominous brewing, Merlin inserted the Editor Blade into Mary’s chest.

There was no hesitation in his action. Merlin wasn’t sentimental enough to hesitate when something unknown or dangerous was taking place.

Ting!

Along with a strange resonant sound, steam-like qi emanated from Mary’s body and was soon sucked into the Editor Blade.

The process was the same as when the Gold Dragon’s qi was sucked in, but a slight difference was that, this time around, some of the steam-like qi flowed into Merlin’s Heavenly seal.

“What is this?”

Though he didn’t know what was going on, Merlin didn’t take action to block the incoming aura and qi.

Most of the qi and aura was entering the Editor Blade; moreover, Merlin felt that it was a good opportunity to finally find out what was up with the Heavenly seal, as its existence had always been a mystery to him.

Creak!

The Editor Blade grew rapidly.

It was a growth speed incomparably faster than when the Gold Dragon’s qi was being sucked in.

The Editor Blade, which had been longer than a dagger but shorter than a longsword, grew to the size of a longsword in an instant.

Then, almost instantly, it began to emit a transparent and brilliant light.

“I wondered if I’d be able to develop it, but it turned out well.”

Data Drain was not a system feature that could be used on just any target to bring about such a result.

Though one could use Data Drain on any target, most targets wouldn’t help the Editor Blade develop.

The Editor Blade only grew when it sucked in extremely compressed essences within DIO.

This was why transcendent beings, or beings equivalent to transcendental beings or pseudo-transcendents, were needed.

“Merlin. Your forehead.”

“Ah, looks like the Heavenly seal has also reached its developmental end.”

Merlin felt the Heavenly seal, which had been on his forehead nearly the entire time he played DIO, disappear.

All the data that made up Mary had been fully absorbed.

In addition, most of the qi energy was absorbed by the Editor Blade, so there was no further sense of danger.

The Heavenly seal, which had disappeared from Merlin’s body and became its own independent entity outside his body, started to emanate a Qi Heaven aura.

The effect of Qi Heaven was the materialization of qi.

The qi gathered in the external Heavenly seal and soon materialized into a human form.

“Wow… Oh my God…”

A white-haired girl descended down in front of Merlin. It was Mary, who had been annihilated under Merlin’s hands just moments ago.

The only difference was that an expression of joy was clearly present on the young girl’s face.

“To think that things worked out so well… I’m actually rather taken aback that things worked out so well.”

Seeing the happy, but slightly awkward expression on her face, Merlin instantly came up with a hypothesis.

“Wait… no way… you…”




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