Chapter 884: Chapter 884

884: Chapter 870: Different Paths 884: Chapter 870: Different Paths The massive body, the hard shell, and the wild dragon-like brute strength—this intelligent creature with a hammer for a head looked like a unit entirely reliant on physical combat.

But when the fight truly began, Lu Ping’an realized he had misjudged.

An explosion happened right before his eyes.

As soon as they clashed, the Hammer-man opposite Lu Ping’an blew itself up.

The next moment, in the environment filled with smoke and the battlefield, several black hands with flickering electricity were shot out.

Metallic arms and legs, filled with brute force and lightning, came crashing straight towards him—just a single entity’s flying fists, kicks, and shoulders…

Shotgun attacks astonishingly gave Lu Ping’an the feeling of a barrage he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

The rear sections of these metal blocks also pulsed with living sparks of electricity, those limb fragments could even slightly adjust their own direction, seemingly like a swarm of high-speed guided missiles.

Along the way of assault, they would naturally disintegrate, turning into deadly bullets.

“Too slow, and too straightforward…”

In Lu Ping’an’s “Eye of Truth”, the seemingly ever-adjusting arcs were too obvious; he could easily dodge them with his eyes closed, even spinning in place for three minutes wouldn’t result in a scratch.

Lu Ping’an just squinted, without moving a muscle, thinking of having more fun and trying out this species’ combat style, when he inadvertently realized he was being scrutinized even more.

Some were observations from other Hammer-men, others indirect peeping through optical devices, some he couldn’t even sense the specific direction.

That’s when he remembered he was a mercenary and that the ones opposite him were his employers; thus, this battle was not a normal game…

“…then, my apologies.”

Lu Ping’an stomped fiercely on the ground, and countless blood-red vines emerged.

The Life Flower scattered from under Lu Ping’an’s feet, and Bloodvines bloomed all over the hills, rapidly weaving into a sinister Magic Plants Net under Lu Ping’an’s control.

The Life system’s Law Professional activated the characteristic of controlling life, taming living things to become its shield, sword, and tentacles.

The Bloodvines spread out rapidly, weaving a net, which was now far from a normal natural form.

After all, the Profession of a fourth-tier Life Investor provided all-around enhancements to Lu Ping’an.

As the “animal” lives were controlled by him, the controllability of the Magic Plants also significantly strengthened.

Touching, capturing, no fragment could escape the Bloodvine Net, which became faster and more sensitive.

The next moment, the vines burst into flames, instantly becoming a sea of fire.

“Interesting, so this is your Luka Clan’s true form…”

This wasn’t normal fire.

Accompanied by the burst of Holy Flame were shrill screams; the Hammer-men, who had been indifferent until now, were truly scared.

“…don’t worry, it’s fine.”

Lu Ping’an gently clapped his hands, and the Holy Fire that originally surrounded circle after circle naturally extinguished, revealing the black stones they had encompassed…

and the living fluids within them!

The stones came back together, and under Lu Ping’an’s gaze, the “lightning” connecting the two stone limbs barely flickered with the sparks of life resonance.

“Similar to parasitic crabs…

No, something of a higher order.

Those energy beings are the true form of the Luka Clan.”

Through a single encounter, Lu Ping’an won with ease…

Seeing as his employers were watching, Lu Ping’an naturally wanted to win more gracefully, to avoid unnecessary trouble.

If it weren’t for that, he might have been very interested in playing along with this Exotic Race to see what exactly their “energy beings” were.

“…Do you know about my Clan’s information?”

Lu Ping’an shook his head and responded with a smile.

“I don’t, but dealing with those Undying opponents isn’t new to me.

I’ve seen similar life structures before…”

Lu Ping’an was referring to Little Flame, as well as the Flaming Creatures that serve as the “material” for Little Flame.

For the Hammer-man, their body over three meters tall is actually just a “metal prosthetic limb.” The true body is like an energy-like “electric spark” limb.

In such a state of existence, it would probably be very difficult for them to die completely.

He also realized that the two parties are probably not beings of the same level at all.

“I heard that you can transform other life forms into hammers…

“Of course, are you interested?

I could be your sponsor.

For a Walker-level being applying for transformation, no conditions are necessary.”

Lu Ping’an smiled and shook his head.

He had the confidence to decline, but probably many beings from the Foreign Domain would find it hard to refuse…

To leap from a mortal race with a lifespan and ailments to an existence that is at least undying for hundreds of years was indeed quite tempting.

With the help of the Eye of Truth, and Big Cat’s professional support, Lu Ping’an had more or less figured out their structure.

“The entire Ethnic group lies upstream on an Extraordinary Path; they truly are an extraordinary Ethnic group…”

This state of being an energy avatar itself is a form of non-natural life form.

And for other life forms to transform into this state, they simply need to travel further along a certain Path, completing the transformation of their life form.

This was already quite terrifying, but what’s even more outrageous was the ability to use this “Path” steadily and efficiently…

The body is merely a tool; an energy state body harnessing energy state tools.

In the Strengthening potion, Lu Ping’an had seen this kind of “fluid energy form.” Within the shackles meant for Rule-level creatures, he had seen those “lightning fluid shackles,” and even during the flight of the ship, Lu Ping’an saw the spilling “lightning sparks” too.

This meant that their entire civilization’s technological power was based on a “supernatural” system.

Their pathway of individual evolution was also quite refined.

With the access to “origins” they had, they had far outstripped many other Ethnic groups.

What Lu Ping’an himself had seen among them were warriors wielding Thunderbolt Spears…

Looking back now, what he threw out, could it be his true body?

The professional system is not exclusive to Earth, and what the Hammer-man demonstrated was another form of evolution.

A form of evolution that sheds the flesh and blood to become an avatar of energy; what further forms might they take?

Could that shackled Rule-level creature possibly be one of their own kin?

And the constant “heartbeat” vibration of the ship he was on, could it be the result of a giant Hammer-man?

So many unknowns and possibilities caused Lu Ping’an to smile.

Perhaps, in some sense, this ship was genuinely an Unmanned Ghost Ship…

When there was no need, they could completely discard their hammer shells and become ghosts within the Large ship.

As for himself, Lu Ping’an held no prejudice against other life forms.

After all, having become Decree-level, he too had long ceased to be human.

At this moment, he just remembered something that the others had mentioned before.

“An average of one in ten thousand to reach Decree-level…”

If there were four hundred million of these creatures, that would be forty thousand at Decree-level…

A city with a population of a million would have over a hundred.

“Are there many of you Luka people?

It seems that new Ethnic groups are constantly joining.

Is there enough Territory for everyone?”

We often don’t need our shells back at our homes.

There are six hundred million people in my hometown’s medium-sized city, and we have at least six thousand worlds.

We warmly welcome talents from the Exotic Races to join us, as long as they are willing to transform, they can become our new kin…”

This casual remark left Lu Ping’an somewhat dazed.

After doing some quick calculations…

there was no need to calculate anymore; the numbers were simply countless.

The Luka Clan was not one of the Twelve-Pillar Family Clan, and to be precise, those Family Clans looked down on Earth, considering it a “countryside area.” Even so, having just assessed the strength of this Star-zone Species, Lu Ping’an was still a little dazed.

“…The gap is somewhat outrageous.”

“Your strength is quite impressive; you’re probably not just an ordinary Walker-level fighter, are you?

Are you interested in signing a long-term mercenary agreement with us?”

“Getting to this point actually wasn’t easy…

Even if our ethnic group evolves into Walkers, it starts from a hundred years, and three hundred years isn’t considered late…”

Just the increasingly enthusiastic attitude from the opposite side made it clear that the keystones of Earth’s supernatural civilization were not worthless, on the contrary, they were quite valuable.

This was the first advantage that Lu Ping’an had noticed.

And in the upcoming battlefield, he was destined to learn even more.