I'm not just human!

Chapter 53 Elemental Inflation

"What do you mean by 'God blesses your Augustus family'?"

Tyrene's strange question showed no mercy to his old friend.

It must be said that the three demigods are all cunning old foxes, and Tyrene was the first to realize the deeper meaning hidden in Axor's words.

Something's not right!

That Yaxor, he's got wolfish ambitions!

The vine-entwined head coughed twice, a very vivid depiction of the human head:

"Ahem, it's nothing, I just said it offhand."

His head, which looked like it was intricately woven from vines, turned towards Xiafa in mid-air, and a hint of kindness appeared on his face:

"Xia Fa, your father... was he a handsome, tall man with blond, slicked-back hair and mesmerizing blue eyes? And then, he ran away after you were born, leaving behind a large sum of money, so you've never met him?"

Xia Fa paused slightly, then shook his head:

"No, my father was just a dockworker clerk. He was rather short, a bit overweight, and balding. One night he got drunk and then disappeared."

He was telling the truth; it was from fragments of his memory.

"hiss--"

Axel was clearly taken aback by this answer. He seemed silent for a moment before suddenly, as if struck by a flash of inspiration, he asked excitedly through the vine-headed figure:

"So... is your mother someone who, although she looks like an ordinary woman, is always elegant in her manners, exuding an air of nobility from a well-educated family that has inherited a fine tradition? And is her simple clothing always clean and tidy? Does she speak with great philosophical insight, only occasionally sitting alone by the window sighing?"

Xiafa: ...

What on earth is all this?!

"No, my mother was born in a small town. She was a hardworking and simple woman. Not long after my father disappeared, she also disappeared."

Glenn finally couldn't hold back any longer:

"Uncle, I've told you before, stop reading those clichéd stories in the newspapers..."

Axor's voice came from the vine-headed creature, sounding somewhat disappointed, but still unwilling to give up:

"I was just asking, it won't affect anything. Besides, Glenn, besides your unreliable father, there is another member in our family who ran away from the arranged marriage more than 20 years ago. She is your aunt."

Tyrene finally couldn't hold back any longer and interrupted him:

"Really? How come I didn't know about that?"

The vine-headed figure glared at the eyeball in the air:

"Tyrene, why do I feel like there's something hidden in your words today, old man?"

Lieutenant General Bedivet's barely suppressed laughter rang out from the military telegraph machine:

"Why do you think that is? If I were in your shoes, I'd have to argue with you too."

Chestnut suddenly spoke up:

"Grandpa, and there are two other adults here, so what exactly is Xia Fa's awakened talent?"

Clearly, among everyone, she was the one who cared most about Xia Fa.

From within the tangled vines of the human heads, Axo's voice suddenly became distant:

"I'm afraid only I know about this. These two old men couldn't possibly know, because it's recorded in the family letters of our Augustus family."

No one spoke, letting him continue.

"That was our Augustus family's ancestor. In the first ten thousand years of the universe's birth, he traveled through the stars with the giant beast Baal, exploring various abandoned ruins and barren planets inhabited by life."

"Back then, Baal was not yet insane. The two of them had gone through many battles together, and he had personally witnessed Baal's incredible extraordinary talents."

"The talent that impressed him the most was called [Elemental Inflation]!"

The mere mention of "elemental inflation" immediately brought to mind the enormous fireball, hundreds of meters in diameter and comparable to the sun, that Xia Fa unleashed.

Axel's voice continued to drift on:

"Elemental Surge, as the name suggests, allows the Baal behemoth, or its extraordinary descendants, to violently expand their elemental power when using elemental-related secret abilities, unleashing a strike far exceeding their original strength!"

"Take my nephew Xia Fa, for example. He only signed a secret contract and is a fungus-level superhuman. However, because of the high-level secret contract of the Ether Source, his strength is no less than that of an ordinary insect-level superhuman."

"Then, combined with this extraordinary talent of elemental surge, he can unleash a strike that surpasses the Eagle level and approaches the Wolf level!"

"This is practically equivalent to signing another high-level secret agreement!"

"To be honest, the talent of Elemental Expansion is a perfect match for the Ether Source Pact. It's a good thing that Xia Fa didn't sign a high-level pact like Weapon Emperor or Swarm Master, otherwise he would have been buried."

"Of course, only the Baal behemoth can use Elemental Expansion without limit. Its extraordinary descendants can only use it once a day, and at the cost of draining their spirit, which will be reduced to the point where they can only maintain the minimum level of rationality."

"As for Shafa's attack, why was it able to kill the whale-level Giant Jaw Beast King? I guess... it's because the power of the Baal Blade that remained in his body yesterday hadn't completely dissipated, and he used it up this time. Tyrene, don't you think?"

A cold "hmm" came from the eyeball floating in the air.

There was nothing he could do; when Axo mentioned Shafa earlier, he casually referred to him as his nephew, and Tyrene couldn't very well interrupt him.

Because Tyrene also wanted to know information about the elemental inflation, and he was afraid that if he interrupted, the old man would be unhappy and stop talking.

Everyone nodded slightly, their eyes showing a thoughtful expression.

Xia Fa appeared to be the same on the surface, but inwardly he was stunned.

He had originally fabricated a supernatural talent related to the Baal behemoth, which was also an effect similar to elemental expansion, but it wasn't called that.

But unexpectedly, there really are similar extraordinary talents in this world?

Now that he had a demigod from the Augustan family as a witness, he was even less afraid of his secret being exposed.

"Still too weak... If I were a demigod, I wouldn't even bother explaining."

Xia Fa murmured to himself, his desire to become a demigod—a powerful being who transcends the human level of life—grown even stronger.

I wonder how long it will take—three years, five years? Or even ten years?

Anyway, since he can become stronger by training his body, he'll train for three months first and then see the results.

"Wait, didn't the demigod Axo just mention that my mental energy would be drained?"

Xia Fa suddenly thought of this and began to ponder how to fake having his mental energy completely drained...

Covering his head and then looking like he's in great pain?

As he was pondering this, suddenly, an immense sense of crisis descended upon him, enveloping him.

His spine began to tremble violently, and currents surged out like electricity from high-voltage wires, rushing towards his brain.

That wasn't about helping him regain his senses, but about... risking everything to protect him!

This sudden turn of events surprised Xia Fa, but when he looked around, neither his teammates nor the three treasures representing the demigods floating in the air noticed anything amiss.

It seems that only he can feel this unprecedented sense of crisis.

"What exactly happened—"

He was halfway through his sentence when a chilling scene unfolded!