Chapter 55 | Infinite Reincarnation, Starting From a Slime

Vera gripped Zoe tightly, trying to shake off the claw extending from Jaden's body behind them.

However, a High Demon possessing a true name did not need a medium to descend into the material plane to manifest its presence.

Demons were evil existences that lived in the subspace, coveting the souls of the material plane. They could not exist in the material plane on their own; only when a living being willingly surrendered their body could they use that physical vessel to act in the material plane.

At this moment, Jaden had cast a summoning spell. Using his dying body, he allowed the High Demon, Kupiyana, to extend a portion of its power into the material plane. As the cost, he had surrendered his own soul.

Yet, even with only a fraction of its summoned power, a High Demon possessing a true name was not something a mere hatchling white dragon could hope to contend with.

The transparent claw was about to seize both Zoe and Vera together.

Vera flapped her dragon wings with all her might.

C-grade.

Dragon Magic: Frost Leap!

Vera exhaled a frost breath, charging directly into it. Like a teleportation, her body suddenly pulled forward over a short distance.

With her body enveloped in a layer of frost, her speed surged.

In this moment of extreme crisis, driven by her desperate urge to save Zoe, Vera unleashed the very first spell of her dragon life—a magic that was high as C-grade.

Yet, even so, she only managed to pull slightly ahead, barely keeping the transparent demonic claw trailing behind her.

Furthermore, C-grade dragon magic consumed immense energy. Even though Vera possessed the innate, vast mana and strength of a dragon, she was still far too young to sustain this for long.

“Puji.”

Hearing the familiar sound, Vera shifted her eyes, searching for the dialog box that usually appeared before her.

However, there was nothing this time.

It was just a regular, ordinary cry.

In this life, Zoe had no hope of survival. He had, at most, ten or so seconds left.

All he could do now was maximize his gains.

The skills he wanted could be carried over into his next life, but his friends could not.

They would meet again in the next life. Even if his friends would not remember him then, it would be enough that he remembered them.

Zoe wanted to leave behind everything he couldn't take with him to them.

Dragon Body Fusion!

Zoe's slime core had already merged entirely into his body. The remaining gelatinous form held the concentrated sum of all his power.

He merged one-third of his body directly into Vera.

“Zoe!”

Feeling the influx of power merging into her, Vera cried out frantically, trying to make him stop.

“Puji.”

[Vera, cast that spell from just now one more time. Take me to Evelyn and Flora.]

Vera wanted to carry Zoe away and flee immediately, but she couldn't ignore his wishes.

She could only exhale another frost breath, triggering Dragon Magic: Frost Leap once more to shake off the closing demonic claw and diving toward Flora and Evelyn on the ground.

Evelyn dragged herself to her feet with great difficulty, her right eye completely swollen shut and unable to open.

“Sacred Circle!”

Squeezing out her remaining strength, she summoned her contracted Sacred Circle to fly into the sky, intercepting the demonic claw.

Zoe launched himself toward Evelyn and landed on her body. Activating Dragon Body Fusion, he merged one-third of his form into the severed stump of her shoulder, stimulating the growth of a brand-new arm.

By utilizing High-speed Regeneration, this new arm was reconstructed directly from Evelyn’s own flesh and bone, perfectly identical to her original one.

At the same time, it carried Zoe's power, granting the benefits of Precision trajectory correction and the ability to absorb and dissipate physical attacks.

“Zoe…”

Evelyn stared at Zoe with a look of immense complexity. Thanks to Vera’s frantic cries earlier, she now knew his name.

[Remember our promise, Evelyn. We will meet again one day.]

Zoe's dialog box popped up before he dropped toward the last person, Flora.

“Zoe!”

Vera nudged Zoe gently with her head.

However, Zoe simply extended a tentacle, stroking the white scales on top of Vera's head.

By now, the Sacred Circle summoned by Evelyn was on the verge of collapsing under the assault of Kupiyana's demonic claw.

Truly worthy of being a Sacred Circle Knight. Her Sacred Circle attacks even possessed an anti-demon attribute.

Sighing inwardly in admiration, Zoe merged the final third of his body into the pierced chest of Flora.

The slime mass rapidly repaired her heart, weaving the remnant of his power into its core.

This final surge of energy gifted Flora the passive capability of High-speed Regeneration.

He had split his body into three portions. The part granted to Vera was the soul power he had seized from Jaden's body.

Because this soul power had already been refined and integrated into his own body first, it would not corrode Vera’s soul.

Furthermore, once Vera reached the peak of the Mid-tier, this soul power would directly serve as the ritual offering required for her to break through and promote to the High-tier.

Until then, it would also accelerate her growth to a certain extent.

The arm given to Evelyn was imbued with the strength of his Precision and Devour abilities.

And the portion given to Flora was the very core of his life force.

“Zoe, why are you named Zoe?! Why do you share a name with my brother?!”

The weakened Flora struggled to speak, but Zoe had already completely dissolved.

The only thing she could feel was the steady, rhythmic beating of her restored heart.

Vera lay collapsed on the ground, her head pressed against the dirt. She remained completely motionless, her dragon wings draped over her head.

She had respected Zoe's wishes until the very end, but Zoe was gone now. He had died just like that.

She obviously didn't want Zoe to die. She finally had Zoe as a family member, so why did he have to abandon her like this?

She felt as though she had returned to being entirely alone. However, this time, having experienced the warmth of family and the care of others, becoming a solitary dragon again brought a profound sense of loneliness she had never felt before.

“Just what…”

Evelyn stared at her newly reconstructed arm, which pulsed with hidden power, and slowly clenched her fist.

Up in the air, the demonic claw blocked by the Sacred Circle clawed at empty space in confusion, seemingly completely bewildered.

Where was the soul?

Where did such a massive soul go?

How could any being not have a soul?

Ultimately, having lost its target, the demonic claw gradually dissipated. Right before vanishing, it seemed still trapped in utter disbelief that it could actually miss its prey.

...

This time, Zoe actively embraced death.

He was able to perceive the process of reincarnation much more clearly.

After his physical death, his soul did not dissipate, nor did it drift out of his body.

Instead, it was directly drawn in by the Reincarnation Space, instantly crossing over.

This was why his soul could not be snatched by the demon. He didn't have to worry about his soul being intercepted, sealed, or restricted from reincarnating.

He could feel the unique nature of his own soul.

Even without the Reincarnation Space, his soul likely wouldn't cease to exist; rather, it would probably undergo random reincarnation directly.

The Reincarnation Space functioned more like an auxiliary tool that allowed him to perfectly utilize his Infinite Reincarnation.

It took charge of receiving his soul and dispatching it into the next reincarnation cycle.

Zoe did not dwell on it further. Having set clear goals for this reincarnation, his harvest this time was far greater than in his first life—an incredibly successful extraction.