NOVEL NEXT Chapter 381: Slaying, The Temptation of Completing Rules
10,000 meters above the ground.
An illusory figure, looking down at the sea, wearing an indifferent expression.
This person was none other than 'Leptitia Yager' who had lost a strand of Rule Origin Power.
Leptitia was not concerned about the loss of a strand of origin power.
Most of her origin power actually existed in a scattered state, and a significant portion of it clung parasitically to Long's consciousness, gnawing at his brain day and night, devouring his memories and strength.
This was why she was confident she would not die.
Long could not kill her.
Others could not kill Long.
Thus, on this planet, no creature could kill her!
Leptitia hastened here, following her own origin power, not to reclaim it, but to silence and investigate.
Attached to that strand of power were her memories.
This was her hidden secret.
Leptitia had to silence it.
But...
Why did her strand of origin power appear in a sow?
The consciousness attached to that strand had disintegrated and had not returned, causing Leptitia to be unclear about what exactly had happened a few days ago.
The last piece of information she received was that her incarnation's Parasite plan had failed, and during her chess game with Brian, she encountered Long. To protect Brian, who had yet to Awaken, her incarnation chose to abandon most of the carried origin power to stall Long, leaving only the conscious strand of origin power to escape.
Unfortunately, that strand of power ultimately vanished.
It was now within the consciousness of a small sow below.
As for her own consciousness, it had completely dissipated.
Leptitia observed for a day and a night and, detecting no traps around her, guessed that her strand of origin carrying the incarnation's consciousness had still not escaped Long's pursuit. Eventually, to prevent Long from obtaining her memories and the consciousness of her incarnation, the remaining strand of origin power was fortuitously acquired by the sow below.
Leptitia held no suspicions towards Brian.
The reason was simple.
Rules and rules have an innate instinct to complete each other.
The origin power in both Leptitia and Brian originated from the Mother God.
It was like a dismembered individual, where every body tissue has the instinct to complete itself.
It was only after her Awakening that Leptitia learned this.
The dispatch of her incarnation this time, approaching Brian's dog, was this instinct guiding her, quite like a whim, and ultimately she discovered the always lurking Brian...
Unfortunately, before the Parasite process could be completed, the antagonist discovered her first.
It was also because of this innate instinct to complete that Leptitia did not believe Brian had acquired her strand of origin power.
Otherwise, she would feel that strand of origin on Brian, not on the sow below.
"Too bad, if that Brian had dared to devour my strand of origin power, it would have been like installing a beacon within him, allowing me to sense his movements at all times..."
Leptitia thought somewhat regretfully.
Pondering.
In the sea below, a large amount of dark red blood emerged.
The originally tranquil surface of the sea also displayed marks similar to whirlpools, as if a colossal creature was churning the water below.
In just a few hours while Leptitia contemplated, that sow below, having received plentiful food, underwent an earth-shaking transformation!
In just a few hours.
The creature had swelled several times in size, now seven to eight meters large, saber-like tusks grew from its mouth, the hair on its body fell out, and even the eight feeding orifices at its chest had transformed into snake-like heads, encircling its body, looking both eerie and disgusting.
...
Leptitia watched curiously.
She halted her pondering, baffled: "Strange, even if my origin power is miraculous, capable of evolving ordinary life into strong physical beings, but it was just an ordinary flesh pig, how could it have mastered my origin power so quickly?"
It's like an ant obtaining a piece of meat that could promote evolution, it would still be hard to eat it all at once.
After all, an ant's stomach is only so big.
The same principle.
A pig, even a clever pig, might have the intelligence of a young child, but it is still a pig.
The sow acquiring a strand of Rule Origin Power would normally involve consuming a substantial amount of food, its body growing continuously stronger, then nourishing its consciousness, the stronger the consciousness, the more it could digest the origin power, hence its abilities and appetite would increase, promoting further body growth.
This was the expected direction of development for that sow.
"Could it be that this pig is an unusual one among pigs..."
Leptitia felt the increasingly strong aura of the small sow in the sea below and was somewhat conflicted about whether to reclaim her strand of origin power.
That strand of power was but a minor fraction among thousands for her.
Yet, for an ordinary being, it was akin to a metamorphic creation.
If it weren't to investigate what exactly had happened a few days ago, Leptitia actually didn't mind letting this young sow develop freely.
It was ultimately just a spare body for possession.
Having one more or one less didn't matter to her.
On the contrary, the stronger the opponent, the happier she actually was.
Unfortunately, Brian was involved with the completion of her origin power, and Long was the only existence on this planet that could threaten her.
Not knowing the causes and consequences, Leptitia felt uneasy.
"I wasn't in a hurry to kill you, perhaps I might have had a soft spot, and you would have had the chance to become the sovereign among pigs, but unfortunately, you've made too much noise, it's just your bad luck."