Chapter 172: How Dead Do You Want to Be?

"Ah?"

Song Qi stood frozen in place, his hands involuntarily reaching down to pinch the flesh at the top of his thighs hard.

"Hiss!"

"Ouch!"

Due to exerting too much force, he gasped in pain.

Yet, an irrepressible wave of wild joy immediately flooded his face!

"That means... this isn't fake?!"

"This status panel... this skill set..."

"It actually exists in reality?!"

"Genesis?!"

"Genesis comes after Primordial?!"

"This is a Genesis-tier summoned spirit?!"

"Holy mother of—!"

"I'm completely invincible now!!!"

Overwhelmed with excitement to the point of losing control, Song Qi began to babble incoherently!

Level 66, with a base attribute panel of 26,000 points!!!

What concept was this?

It meant that for every level the Great Sage gained, his overall attributes increased by at least 400 points!

Without needing any skills, relying solely on these stats alone, he was already formidable enough!

Yet, unexpectedly...

"Just look at this outrageous skill set..."

Song Qi's lips trembled, though it was a tremor of pure delight.

"Does [Stone Monkey] provide 50% damage reduction and 99% negative status resistance?"

"Combined with these base attributes, his defense is maxed out straight away!"

"Look at [Heaven-Defying] and [Earth-Contending]."

"Well, well. If your stats are higher than his, you boost your attack? Increasing the chance of a comeback. If the enemy's stats are lower than yours, you boost your defense? Directly sealing off all possibilities of a counterattack for the opponent?"

"And it triggers simply as long as any attribute is higher or lower than yours?"

With [Heaven-Defying] and [Earth-Contending] activated simultaneously, it was already equivalent to a 400% boost across all attributes!

That was already powerful enough!

Yet it still wasn't enough!

As long as the enemy met certain conditions, he could double it once more!

His base attributes were already exceptionally high!

His skill bonuses were incredibly high!

And they could actually double on top of that?!

"More importantly, [Fiery Eyes of Truth] can directly elevate the Great Sage's attack damage by several tiers!!!"

"A 10x critical hit!"

"Not a doubling of strength, but a direct doubling of damage?!"

Song Qi felt as though his heart could barely handle it.

To give an example.

When the Great Sage brought his staff down, the opponent raised their shield to block.

If it wasn't a critical hit, they might only feel a slight soreness in their hands.

But once a 10x critical hit triggered!

Then their hands would be shattered instantly!

And once their hands were shattered, it meant that the opponent's combat power would drop by a full tier in an instant!

"As expected of the Great Sage! This attack power is maxed out... no, it's completely broken beyond reason!"

The further he read, the more alarmed and amazed Song Qi became!

"[Cloud-Soaring] allows for traveling and pursuing enemies."

"[Mist-Riding] helps the Great Sage freely switch attack angles and seize opportunities during battle."

"But... what the hell is [Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations] supposed to be?!"

Upon seeing the description of this skill, Song Qi froze for a moment, failing to process it at first glance.

When he read the text description clearly, he finally understood!

This wasn't a skill at all!

It was a mega-sized "skill set" containing dozens of skills inside it instead!!!

This was simply outrageous absurdity opening the door for absurdity—absurdity at its absolute peak!

"Too shameless..."

Song Qi couldn't stop shaking his head.

"Fine, fine, fine..."

"Playing like this, are we?"

"Other skills might be strong, but at least they follow the basic rules and have only one or two effects."

"You... cram dozens of skills together and stubbornly call it a single skill?"

"You've completely thrown shame out the window!"

Though Song Qi kept complaining endlessly, seemingly voicing injustice on behalf of others, in reality, his face was stiff from smiling.

The corners of his lips had been pushed to their highest point and refused to come down.

There was no helping it...

Who else could be cheating if not himself?

"However..."

"There is still one skill I don't quite understand."

Song Qi looked at the final skill.

"Severing Self-Attachment?"

"Severing the ego to enter a special state, sublimating combat power?"

"I can understand the text description, but what is the exact effect?"

"An attribute boost? A source point boost? Or... something similar to the angel's transformation?"

After pondering for a moment, Song Qi intended to give it a try.

He immediately switched to the Great Sage template.

Right at that moment, Sun Wukong, seated upon the lotus platform, slowly opened his eyes and issued a low warning.

"Little brat, your training is still lacking. I do not advise you to attempt entering this state."

Hearing this, Song Qi paused and halted his actions.

"Great Sage, is there anything special about this skill?"

"Don't call me Great Sage. I can't bear to be addressed like that by you."

He scratched his ear.

"You can call me Wukong or Brother Monkey."

"Well, taking a little advantage shouldn't hurt."

Without waiting for Song Qi to ask further, he suddenly stood up, opened his mouth wide, and stretched lazily!

"Ah!~~~~"

While stretching, he let out a loud yawn.

He stretched for a full half-minute.

He didn't pay the angel before him the slightest bit of regard!

"Whew!"

"Now that feels comfortable!"

He rolled his neck and hopped around on the lotus platform.

Gone was the senile, elderly appearance; he had become lively once more.

"Is this another world?"

"Hehe, now nobody is going to keep an eye on old Sun!"

With that, he grabbed the kasaya draped over his shoulders and tossed it away violently.

A flash crossed everyone's vision, and the Great Sage's attire completely transformed.

Clad previously as a Buddhist monk, he was now suddenly outfitted in a set of Golden Chain Mail!

Walking on Lotus-Step Cloud Boots, with a Phoenix-Plumed Purple Gold Crown upon his head.

He had reverted from the Victorious Fighting Buddha back to the Heaven-Equal Great Sage who once wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace!

The lotus platform beneath his feet vanished as well, turning into a modest Somersault Cloud.

"Alright, little brat, since you summoned me out, that bird-man in front of us is the enemy this time, right?"

Faint golden light flickered in his eyes, as though he had already seen right through his opponent.

His demeanor was as relaxed as if he were playing a game.

"Tell me, little brat."

"How dead do you want her to be?"