#532Chapter 532: My favorite thing to do, Cheng Tian, is to say NO to the will of the planet!AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 532: The thing I, Cheng Tian, love to do most is say NO to the Planet's Will!
Fate Lightning Arrow + Armageddon + Butterfly Dance of Emergence, three consecutive residual health ultimate skills, completely exhausted Cheng Tian's 3300 MP.
However, these ultimate skills, which in every sense transcended their era, also produced unimaginably terrifying results.
Orochi's body, like a snowball thrown into a raging fire, visibly melted and vanished until nothing remained.
Traces of her existence were thoroughly annihilated, leaving only soul remnants invisible to ordinary people.
Cheng Tian, who had unleashed Butterfly Dance of Emergence, was also forced out of his Orochi form due to the backlash of the ultimate skill. Yet, even though he had lost consciousness, the Oni's Gauntlet automatically appeared on his right hand, and the rapidly spinning Oni's Heavenly Eye began to automatically capture the scattered, both complete and fragmented, soul units around him.
At the same time, the World also moved, clearly cooperating with the soul-absorbing instinct of the Oni's Gauntlet, punching at seemingly empty space.
As souls were injected, Cheng Tian's body occasionally trembled, as if something was drilling into him.
The power of Orochi, which should have subsided, surged from Cheng Tian's body once more.
"Could it be..."
An ominous premonition arose in Kyo Kusanagi and Chizuru Kagura's minds.
And as if responding to their ominous feelings, Cheng Tian's body once again transformed into the likeness of Orochi and slowly floated into the air.
However, his originally emotional eyes had turned into a pair of vertical pupils, like those of a snake, containing almost no human emotion.
Their premonition had come true; Cheng Tian was in trouble.
By sacrificing the souls of the Eight Hakkeshu and utilizing future techniques, Cheng Tian annihilated Orochi, but in a sense, this was also part of the sacrifice ritual.
Regardless of whether Cheng Tian or Orochi ultimately won, they would merge into one, becoming a complete existence.
And this complete existence would encompass all the powers of both, including but not limited to Orochi's blood, Gaia's recognition, and the evil of humanity.
At this moment, Cheng Tian truly transcended mortal shackles and entered the ranks of the gods within the 'King of Fighters '97' dungeon.
Of course, just as any identity or position has its hierarchy, the disparity within the divine ranks is even greater, comparable to that between humans and ants.
A series of notifications from the Space popped up.
[You have completely annihilated and absorbed all of Orochi, completing the final sacrifice ritual.]
[You have gained the special identity "Orochi / Yamata no Orochi" and received the recognition of the Planet's Will, "Gaia."]
[You have broken through the extreme limit, entered the transcendent ranks, and your attribute bonuses are fully unlocked.]
[If you choose to accept the identity of "Orochi / Yamata no Orochi," you will permanently remain in the 'King of Fighters '97 MUGEN' dungeon and its derivative dungeons as a "half-NPC, half-player," and you will be responsible for fulfilling Orochi's original obligations.]
Facing these pop-up Space prompts, Cheng Tian showed no reaction; he neither confirmed nor canceled, but continued to gaze at everything below with cold, serpentine eyes.
How could the authority of a god be so easily seized? Even if it was just a local deity, it was a local deity formed by the core power of the evil of this world... and you didn't even know whether to describe Cheng Tian's current state as good or bad!
Cheng Tian annihilated Orochi and seized Orochi's authority and position. In response, the true Planet's Will, Gaia, reacted in a very unexpected way.
Not only did she not get angry or do anything to Cheng Tian because of this, but she magnanimously allowed Cheng Tian to seize and utilize it, without any interference whatsoever.
However, the Planet's Will's thinking is different from that of humans. Whether Orochi lives or dies is actually irrelevant, but someone has to occupy the management position of this island nation's branch, right?
Since you, Cheng Tian, like Orochi's power so much, then you might as well take that position.
Yes, it was that simple and direct.
Everything that was currently happening was a result guided by Cheng Tian's actions thus far.
If Orochi, who embodied the evil of humanity, held the attitude that humanity must be destroyed, then Gaia's attitude towards humanity was one of indifference.
Gaia knew of Orochi's desire to destroy humanity, but she simply didn't care. In Gaia's eyes, humans were no different from cattle, horses, algae, or microorganisms.
The life or death of the human collective would have almost no impact on a vast planet.
As for Cheng Tian's own will... wasn't this whole process completely aligned with him?
Gaia truly thought this way, and she acted accordingly.
And at this moment, Kyo Kusanagi and Chizuru Kagura knew that they would face a terrifying existence even more formidable and terrifying than Female Orochi!
The Three Sacred Treasures families still could not escape the fate of having to find a way to seal Orochi once again.
Crimson flames surged from Kyo Kusanagi, countless mirror phantoms swirled around Chizuru Kagura, and Iori Yagami, who had been absent from the previous battle, also arrived on the scene, dragging his scarred body and holding his Magatama.
When Gaonike attacked and sacrificed other members of the Eight Hakkeshu, Iori Yagami, who was wandering alone outside due to his disappointment in the tournament, also became a target of the attack. However, he escaped by virtue of his solid strength and sustained some injuries that would be fatal to ordinary fighters, but which he could endure.
From the moment Female Orochi appeared, he had been on his way to the scene, and he arrived just in time at the crucial moment when Cheng Tian completely transformed into Orochi.
The Kusanagi Sword, the Yata Mirror, and the Yasakani Magatama—the gathering and activation of the three divine artifacts had already produced a strong resonance.
The Three Sacred Arts were poised and ready.
But at this very moment, Cheng Tian Orochi in mid-air suddenly made a peculiar movement.
He spread his hands, revealing his chest with the sun mark, his serpentine vertical pupils trembled rapidly, and finally, the Taiji Heavenly Eye on his forehead once again emitted a ruby-like glow.
"Pull!"
A single word came from Cheng Tian Orochi's mouth.
The next second, the World's figure flashed out, and to the astonished gazes of the onlookers, its fist deeply plunged into its own body's chest!
Along with the flying flesh and blood from Cheng Tian's chest, the black divine artifact pearl was actually forcibly pulled out by the World!
As the divine artifact, containing all the evil of humanity, left his body, Cheng Tian's physical form once again retracted to his original human appearance, and the serpentine vertical pupils in his eyes also returned to their proper human form.
"The authority of Orochi, the physique of a god, it's truly tempting..."
Cheng Tian, supported by the World, coughed up blood, and his previously somewhat muddled and confused expression gradually became firm.
Then, with a myriad of dungeon and game screens flashing through his mind like a kaleidoscope, Cheng Tian looked up at the sky, or rather, at the so-called Planet's Will, Gaia, and said with a solemn expression.
"But! I refuse!"