Chapter 1088, Transformation!

Translator: Silavin

 

A rain of fire scattered across Heaven, magnificent beyond measure.

 

Yet this fire-rain surged upward once more and swept back towards the Tie Family Ancestor.

 

Several clusters of flame converged at a single point, taking the form of Ye Wuxian’s upper body, grasping Refined Ashless as it drove toward his back.

 

The Tie Family Ancestor, seeing the flames sweeping towards him, already felt a deepening headache.

 

Because he knew that these flames, for reasons he could not fathom, simply refused to be extinguished. Once they made contact, it was possible they would cling to him for the rest of his life, burning him without respite, subjecting him to the torment of unending fire.

 

And so, the Tie Family Ancestor harboured an extreme wariness of these flames. Seeing them coalesce towards him, his instinctive response was to think of how to escape from them.

 

As for Ye Wuxian, who had suddenly launched her attack from within his blind spot, he had not noticed her at all.

 

The Tie Family Ancestor was the Tie Family Ancestor, after all. Although Ye Wuxian’s sudden strike had not been captured by him in the first instant, the moment Ye Wuxian’s spear thrust forward, aimed directly at his back, he nonetheless keenly sensed the killing intent that arrived without warning.

 

The Tie Family Ancestor let out a low cry, instinctively turning his head back, and saw the tip of a spear wreathed in scorching fire already descending upon him.

 

He immediately extended a hand and seized the shaft of that spear, preventing it from driving into his body.

 

*Boom…*

 

The flames erupted once more. Ye Wuxian, bearing the full force of the Tie Family Ancestor’s resistance, came crashing down from mid-air, slamming hard into the earth and sending a great wash of flame and dust billowing outward.

 

As the dust rose and was swiftly scattered by the fire, it revealed the Tie Family Ancestor and Ye Wuxian’s form within.

 

Ye Wuxian, who had only coalesced her upper body, held the pose of her spear-thrust, pressing to deal a critical wound to the Tie Family Ancestor.

 

But the Tie Family Ancestor was no ordinary opponent. He had seized Refined Ashless with a single hand, his white hair dishevelled, looking for all the world like a furious lion.

 

Upon the shaft of Refined Ashless, the flames raged and burned, and the Tie Family Ancestor’s hand was being scorched without stop. By now, it had already blackened.

 

The Tie Family Ancestor seemed utterly oblivious to the pain. His hand gripped the spear shaft with unyielding firmness, giving Ye Wuxian no opportunity to wound him.

 

“Little girl. How could you ever hope to be my match!?” The Tie Family Ancestor was close to a frenzied rage. With his other hand, he shoved the spear shaft forward, seeking to drive the blow into Ye Wuxian.

 

This thrust carried tremendous force. Even if Ye Wuxian wished to evade, there was nowhere to go.

 

For the shaft of Refined Ashless was held tightly in the Tie Family Ancestor’s grip. If she wished to dodge, her only option was to abandon her weapon.

 

And the Tie Family Ancestor’s move was blindingly fast, giving Ye Wuxian absolutely no time to react.

 

If Ye Wuxian did not in that very instant think to release the spear and retreat, this blow would land on her without question.

 

And it did.

 

The Tie Family Ancestor drove his thrust home, and in an instant Ye Wuxian’s body was run through.

 

Ye Wuxian let out a muffled grunt as her body disintegrated into flame.

 

Seeing this, the Tie Family members instinctively assumed the Tie Family Ancestor had once again gained the upper hand. Perhaps, that last thrust had finally dealt with the troublesome Ye Wuxian for good.

 

But reality told everyone present that things were not so simple.

 

After disintegrating, Ye Wuxian reassembled herself once more beside him.

 

And at the very moment of her reconstitution, she thrust her spear forward. This time, the Tie Family Ancestor finally had no time to react, and took the spear full in the chest.

 

*Pfft!*

 

A sharp, wet sound rang out as Refined Ashless pierced clean through the Tie Family Ancestor’s body.

 

With a powerful upward flick of the spear tip, Ye Wuxian sent the Tie Family Ancestor hurtling into the air.

 

In an instant, the Tie Family Ancestor’s blood sprayed forth in a shower that mingled with the firelight, and he crashed violently into a building, bringing the entire structure collapsing down upon him.

 

This move by Ye Wuxian prompted Jian Ying and the others to inwardly cry out in admiration.

 

Although Ye Wuxian was basically Invulnerable, and could not lose this fight, the way she had turned the situation so decisively against the Tie Family Ancestor was still nothing short of breathtaking.

 

Ye Wuxian reconstituted her form, but there was not a trace of triumph on her face.

 

She was composed and unhurried. She did not stop and pointed Refined Ashless directly at the position where the Tie Family Ancestor had fallen.

 

In the next instant, a whirlwind of fire surged. It was vast and tremendous, engulfing the entire ruin of the building within it in an instant.

 

“Ancestor!” Numerous Tie Family members cried out in alarm, their voices laced with grief.

 

The Tie Family Ancestor had already taken a huge fall. Now, after being gravely wounded by Ye Wuxian, he had been struck by a Skill as terrifying as this.

 

This time, the Tie Family Ancestor’s life truly hung by a thread…

 

Yet what no one had anticipated was that the towering fiery whirlwind persisted for barely three seconds before, without warning, a burst of savage aura tore it apart from within.

 

Ye Wuxian looked upon this scene, and still her expression did not change.

 

She already knew that the Tie Family Ancestor was the most powerful adversary she had ever faced in combat, without exception.

 

Had she not possessed Ancient God Power, had she not been invulnerable in her Elemental Form, she would not have known how many times she would have died by now.

 

An opponent this formidable would, of course, not be felled by two of her Skills.

 

Even though she had just pierced through his chest with a single thrust and followed it up with a Skill, the Tie Family Ancestor should still have the power to fight on.

 

Reality proved Ye Wuxian’s assessment was right. The Tie Family Ancestor tore through the fiery whirlwind and emerged to strike once more.

 

But this time, compared to a moment ago, the Tie Family Ancestor had undergone a tremendous transformation.

 

His entire body had swelled to several times its original size, and he had become a giant standing well over ten metres tall.

 

His build was overwhelmingly powerful and imposing. Where was any trace of the aged appearance he had borne before?

 

Beneath his pitch-black skin, muscles coiled and knotted, as though housing an inexhaustible reservoir of strength.

 

Though the Tie Family Ancestor’s features still retained a few traces of his original appearance, they had now taken on a distinctly demonic like. His eyes had been reduced to whites alone, and from his mouth, fangs protruded outward.

 

The Tie Family Ancestor at this moment, compared to a Human, more closely resembled a Monster.

 

His presence was terrifying beyond measure compared to before. The aura billowing endlessly off his frame alone was enough to set the entire Dungeon Instance trembling.

 

Faced with such an existence, even Ye Wuxian felt the pressure. Despite the fact that her flames still burned without stopping on her opponent’s body, inflicting continuous, uninterrupted Damage upon him, she still could not help but be wary.

 

After all, the Damage dealt by her flames, measured against the Attributes her opponent now possessed, was likely negligible.

 

If the opponent could sustain this state indefinitely, he could ignore her flame Damage.

 

Ye Wuxian could sense it clearly, that the Tie Family Ancestor in his current form was fearsome beyond question. However, beneath the terrifying presence he projected, he could not conceal the fact that his Life Force was in constant, irreversible decline.

 

Clearly, he had used some special Skill, directly burning through his own Life Force to draw upon power of a far higher order.

 

Had the Tie Family Ancestor been young enough, he might have been able to maintain this Skill for a lot longer.

 

But as things stood, given his current limited Life Force, sustaining this state for three minutes would already be extraordinarily difficult.