Child of Destiny

Chapter 1985: Shin and Uno (Part 1)

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Shin and Uno stood side by side while preparing themselves. Shin did not wait that long either, as he suddenly raised his right foot and forcefully stamped it into the massive sealing formation beneath their feet.

”Here goes nothing!”

Bang!

Right after his stomp, a series of cracks suddenly appeared from the point of contact before spreading in every direction.

Crack! Crackle! Crackle!

They formed a massive spiderweb crack that covered the entire sea before the final collapse.

Snap!

BOOM!

The entire seal exploded like shattered pieces of broken glass!

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Right at the same time, the two suddenly fell and swiftly descended toward the abyssal depths of darkness.

They were heading to the deepest depths of Shin’s Sea of Consciousness, where the manifested form of the Seed of Hatred was located.

From what he could barely remember, that demonic form was being dragged by the golden chains that he had summoned with the help of the seal and the Buddhist mantras earlier.

Uno had mentioned that the ’seed’ was currently in a weakened state due to the combined forces of the two, so he could guess that it must be because of those golden chains.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

During their descent, Shin suddenly turned to Uno and asked. ”Any other suggestions or anything that you want me to take note of?”

”Just focus on the battle and thoroughly guard your mind,” said Uno before adding. ”Don’t let it influence you in any form, or else our situation is going to be very dangerous.”

”This is your Sea of Consciousness, so the power that we can summon is almost inexhaustible, but you can’t be too complacent or careless because the same can apply to the big guy.”

Hearing these, Shin could not help but feel a bit troubled, feeling that Uno had become somewhat unreliable.

Uno gave the other party a sidelong glance, seemingly able to read what was running through the latter’s mind. ”There is nothing too complex in this. Just beat that guy with all we have, then use our combined powers to put a seal on it later.”

”Tsk!” Shin clicked his tongue, still feeling the same.

”If you suddenly felt that you are becoming useless, then just go behind me and give your assistance,” added Uno with a provoking tone.

The corner of Shin’s mouth suddenly twitched when he heard that, before complaining. ”Why do I feel like you’ve suddenly become talkative? Where is that cool bro that I used to have?”

It was Uno’s turn to suppress the twitching of his mouth when he heard those words. But this time, he refused to give any comments, ignoring Shin.

”Tsk! Tsk!” Shin wanted to say more, but they had already reached their destination immediately after.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Bang! Bang!

Right after their feet touched the seemed to be ground with these abyssal depths, Shin swiftly raised his head while also putting all his guard up.

This would be his first time seeing the current manifested form of his inherited Seed of Hatred.

He then saw a demonic form that he could barely outline due to the darkness. What he was was a blurry silhouette of a huge monster that seemed to be made solely in black miasma.

Due to the darkness surrounding them, he was barely able to see through its form through his True Sight.

It was a huge monstrosity that seemed to be as big as a five-story building.

Its head looked like a hybrid between an eagle and some other beasts. Its beak was filled with sharp teeth, while crown-like horns were sticking out from its forehead and surrounding its head.

Its entire body was filled with obsidian scales, which were constantly emitting a black miasma from the gaps of each scale.

Its shoulders were as broad as a bear’s, while its arms took a great resemblance to a gorilla’s. The legs, on the other hand, looked like a pair of thick gazelle’s legs.

These were things that Shin could barely see after adjusting to the darkness.

But what truly attracted him to this beast was the golden chains wrapped around its limbs and torso, along with the metal chokers around its neck, which were also connected with multiple chains.

”Idiot!”

Snapping out from his somewhat dazed state was Uno’s voice coming from his side.

Snap!

He then saw that the latter made a snap with his fingers, which swiftly illuminated the entire place.

Illuminated was not even the right word since the light that was produced was not even that bright.

Instead, a dim crimson light spread out and covered the entire direction, revealing a dark and gloomy world around them.

”This world is the reflection of that guy’s intent and powers,” said Uno, explaining.

Shin looked around and could not help but furrow his brows quite deeply. ”Tsk! Tsk!”

What greeted him was a world filled with an evil aura. There was even a pool of blood right underneath their feet, which seemed to have also covered the entire place.

Shin could also see piles of bones that seemed to have come from the skeletal remains of different creatures. They were forming multiple hills everywhere, while some even stood like giant mountains in the distance.

Woo!!!

Shin could also hear a series of eerie and terrifying wails coming from every direction. They were filling the entire world with their pained and horrifying cries that seemed to be trying to influence his mind.

Shin quickly put his guard up after realizing that his already cleansed mind was starting to get affected once again.

Fortunately, he was already used to chanting out the Buddhist mantras inside his head after reciting and repeating them earlier.

Twitch!

Clank! Clank! Clank!

Seemingly sensing the presence of the two, the giant manifestation of the Seed of Hatred slowly opened its eyes and directly gazed at them.

Shudder!

Shin instantly felt the horrifying presence and the scary aura coming from the opposing side right after its gaze locked on him.

He could even sense that the eerie cries coming from every direction were getting louder, seemingly trying to invade his mind.

In response, Shin swiftly raised his guard even higher and started chanting the Buddhist mantras inside his head louder.

A holy and might aura started emitting from his body, warding off the dark ghosts that seemed to be trying to get near him.

Sensing such a sacred aura, the demonic beast became even more enraged.

Roar!

It released a powerful and deafening roar that shook the entire place, assaulting everything around it.

Boom!

Even some of the surrounding piles of bones crumbled in front of its might, while the pool of blood rose and formed tidal waves that pushed outwards.

”Argh!”

Shin felt like he was being assaulted by multiple evil spirits right after that roar erupted in his eyes. He almost lost his concentration as well, which also almost broke his chanting.

Realizing that this was already getting a bit dangerous, Shin swiftly recollected himself and joined his palms together.

Clearing all the distractions inside his head and calming his mind, Shin swiftly entered his strongest state.

’Natural State (Activate): Pinnacle Zenith’

’Spiritual Force (Activate): (Divinity Grade) Five Elemental Lightning’

’Four Symbol Scripture: Divine Beasts Unification – Divine Advent’

Boom!

An overwhelming aura was immediately released from his body right after activating all these special abilities.

Along with the Buddhist mantras that he was constantly chanting inside his head, his aura became more holy and majestic, fighting against the demonic aura that the opposing side was passively emitting.

After barely warding off the demonic forces coming from the manifested Seed of Hatred, Shin could not help but turn toward his side, curious how Uno was doing.

That was when he saw that this guy was doing fine himself. The latter even seemed to be taking this situation a bit leisurely due to the nonchalant expression that he was making.

But when he got a closer look at Uno, he immediately saw that the latter was also in a similar battle state as him.

’Natural State (Activate): True Equinox’

Uno did not have a Natural Force, which was the higher form of the Internal Qi and the counterpart of the Spiritual Force for Martial Artists.

It was not because Uno could not form them, but because he felt like he did not need them. Instead, he wielded the slightly advanced version of the Sacred Qi and Demonic Qi that he controlled, which would not lose to any highly advanced forces.

’Yin-Yang Cultivation Arts: (Advanced Forces) Golden Sacred Qi and Primal Demonic Powers’

At the same time, he had also brought the unified version of the ’Sacred God Physique’ and ’Chaotic Demon Body’, which were the permanent Qi Reinforcement Skill under Professor Plum’s original Yin-Yang Arts.

’Permanent Qi Reinforcement Skill: Heavenly Demon Physique’

Boom!

Right after these states were activated, a huge formation suddenly manifested underneath his feet, which swiftly took the form of the eight trigrams.

It seemed to be his counterpart of the diagram of the five divine guardian beasts right behind Shin.

At the same time, the massive demonic figure immediately sensed the intention of the two to challenge it, making it even more enraged.

Roar!

Boom!

With a much stronger roar, it started pulling its limbs from the chains tightly wrapped around its body, making most of them snap one after another.

Roar!

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