Reincarnated with a lucky draw system - Chapter 276

Chapter 276: JIANGSHI KING II
“You can’t be serious,” Aaron muttered in genuine surprise, his gaze lifting skyward.

Mere seconds after delivering the jaw-shattering blow, Aaron spotted Desirus high in the air, plummeting downward toward him with renewed ferocity.

The pulverized jaw had fully regenerated, its hue slightly distinct from the rest of his body, indicating an adaptive evolution.

The reformed jaw had hardened even further post-regeneration, rendering it more resistant such that the same punch from Aaron would likely inflict diminished damage if attempted again.

Desirus, suspended mid-air, coiled his body in an uncanny mimicry of Aaron’s earlier posture, his arm extended fully to deliver a retaliatory punch.

Concentrating his augmented strength into that single limb, Desirus unleashed the strike with thunderous power.

Aaron darted aside, evading the blow while simultaneously establishing a considerable buffer of distance between himself and Desirus.

Boom!

Desirus’s punch obliterated the ground upon impact, flinging rocks of assorted sizes in every direction and excavating a massive crater that scarred the earth.

Aaron pressed his advantage once more, capitalizing on the brief vulnerability Desirus exposed after each assault.

This time, forgoing a mere punch, Aaron gripped the black sphere firmly in his hands, transforming it into a weapon suited for the task.

He delivered a slashing strike to Desirus’s abdomen, bisecting him cleanly into two halves with surgical accuracy.

Nether flames immediately engulfed Desirus’s severed form, voraciously consuming the tainted flesh.

Acting on sheer primal instinct, Desirus swung his great sword to amputate his own upper body from the afflicted lower half, halting the spread of the purifying flames before they could devour him entirely.

Though the discarded lower portion succumbed to the nether flames, disintegrating into mere ashes scattered by the breeze.

“Quite an instinct you have,” Aaron remarked appreciatively, striding purposefully toward Desirus, or rather, the surviving upper half of him that lay vulnerable on the ground.

“Go to sleep now,” Aaron said with a casual smile, lifting his leg high as he prepared to stomp down and crush Desirus’s head beneath his foot.

Aaron halted the motion abruptly, retreating backward with lightning speed, just barely dodging an improbable swing from Desirus’s great blade.

Despite possessing only his upper torso, Desirus replicated Aaron’s technique in defiance of logic and physics.

The remnants of his body executed the maneuver flawlessly before lashing out with the sword toward Aaron’s midsection, aiming to cleave him in twain.

Aaron escaped the lethal arc by the slimmest margin, his precognitive intuition from his time talent activating just in time to avert disaster before his foot descended.

Desirus propped himself upright on his truncated form, his viscera spilling messily onto the dirt below.

The absent lower body regenerated swiftly, tissue knitting together until Desirus stood fully restored on his feet once more.

The newly formed sections of Desirus’s body had toughened even more, enhancing their durability against future assaults.

“I believe you must have noticed his special nature already,” Qin Luo addressed Aaron directly, a triumphant smile curling her lips as she observed the exchange.

“Yeah, yeah. He copies any technique used against him. And every time he regenerates, his body hardens further,” Aaron responded nonchalantly, his demeanor unflappable despite the revelation.

“That’s right. There is no winning this for you. You will meet your unfortunate end soon enough at the hand of my prized treasure,” Qin Luo taunted, her smile widening into one of outright mockery.

“Poison elder. I expect you to have wrapped things up,” the composed voice of a young man wearing a mysterious mask resonated from behind Qin Luo, his presence commanding immediate attention.

“Branch master,” Qin Luo greeted with a deep, respectful bow before the enigmatic figure.

Arrayed behind the man were additional followers, organized in precise lines, their postures disciplined and alert.

“I had expected you to wrap things up before my appearance. Or is the task too much a burden for you to bear?” the branch master inquired again, his gaze piercing as it settled on Aaron, who remained poised at a distance.

“I was rounding up with dealing with the last pest, branch master. You need not worry. His end is only a matter of time now,” Qin Luo assured him, her expression brimming with confidence as her eyes lingered on Desirus.

“You made him a jiangshi in the end, huh,” the branch master observed softly, his line of sight tracing Qin Luo’s until it fixed upon the transformed Desirus.

“Yes, branch master. With him turned into a jiangshi king, he will be of more use to us,” she confirmed, her voice steady and affirmative.

“Alright. Can you all stop inflating the effectiveness of that corpse? Even going as far as saying it can kill me. You sure are good at this PR stuff,” Aaron interjected into the dialogue between Qin Luo and the branch master, his tone laced with sarcasm and amusement.

“Talk as much as you want, but your fate has already been decided,” Qin Luo retorted sharply, undeterred by his interruption.

“Perhaps I should show you just how weak your little toy is,” Aaron murmured, his eyes narrowing with intent.

The black sphere shifted seamlessly from its sword configuration to form-fitting gloves encasing Aaron’s hands, enhancing his strikes with adaptive versatility.

Aaron clenched his fists, shadows emanating from his form and expanding outward until they blanketed the entire ground encompassing both him and Desirus in an inky veil.

Then, Aaron erected a spatial seal around the area, enclosing himself and Desirus within its confines.

The intent behind sealing the space wasn’t primarily to bar external interference, as that posed minimal concern to Aaron’s capabilities.

Rather, the true objective was to contain Desirus, preventing him from being propelled vast distances after each punishing blow.

With that strategic consideration, Aaron designed the sealed space to permit entry from outsiders while staunchly prohibiting any escape from within its bounds.

“Let your eyes be wide open while I show you just how weak and pitiful your little toy is,” Aaron declared to Qin Luo, his voice carrying a challenge.

He materialized before Desirus in a blink, unleashing a precise blow to the chest that shattered ribs with a resounding crack.

Desirus hurtled backward like a launched projectile, careening until he slammed against the spatial boundary with violent force, the impact reverberating through the enclosure.

The fractured chest cavity mended itself rapidly, bones realigning and flesh reforming in moments.

Desirus rose to his feet, charging toward Aaron as he attempted to emulate Aaron’s recent movements with uncanny accuracy.

“Not today. All you will be taking is a beating,” Aaron countered, seizing Desirus’s legs firmly as he emerged unexpectedly from the shadows pooling beneath his foe.

With Desirus’s limbs secured in an iron grip, Aaron hurled him downward, smashing him into the earth with tremendous power, dislodging rocks and debris that scattered chaotically around them.