SSS-Rank Awakening: My Talent Multiplies Everything novel Chapter 218

Chapter 218: The Monk’s Transformation.

Kael met the monk’s confused gaze and let a cold smile creep across his face.

"This is the Way of the Buddha, buddy."

The moment the words left his mouth, the monk’s serene mask cracked.

For a long moment, nothing happened. The monk simply stood there, his closed eyes seemingly fixed upon Kael. Then, for the first time since he had arrived on the floor, those eyes opened.

They were golden.

Brilliant golden irises burned beneath his brows, carrying a radiance that could have made them appear almost divine under different circumstances.

But there was nothing calm about them now. They blazed fervent, alight with the zeal of a man whose entire world had just been insulted.

"You dare!"

The monk’s voice dropped into a furious roar, the warmth that had always accompanied his words completely gone.

"You, who wades through blood and butchery, dare speak the Buddha’s name in mockery?"

Kael stared at him.

He was genuinely surprised.

He hadn’t expected the monk to become this angry. Earlier, Kael had literally told him to fuck the Buddha, and the man hadn’t reacted nearly this violently.

Kael couldn’t help shaking his head.

What do you expect from people who shave their heads bald all the time?

Probably cooked away half their brain cells with all that sunlight.

It explained a lot, actually.

The monk seemed to interpret Kael’s silence as another form of provocation.

His lips thinned.

Without another word, his hands reached for the front of his robes.

RRRIP!

He tore them apart.

The charcoal and saffron fabric fell open, revealing what had been hidden beneath.

Kael’s eyes narrowed.

There wasn’t much skin visible.

The monk’s entire body was covered in talismans.

Hundreds of them.

They were attached directly to his flesh, layered across his chest, abdomen, shoulders, arms, and even parts of his neck. Each talisman was covered in swirling, ink-black scripture, the strange characters twisting across the paper like living things.

A faint, malevolent light pulsed from every single one.

The peaceful monk from earlier had disappeared.

What stood before Kael now looked like a walking ritual.

"You dare speak so lowly of the Way of the Buddha?"

The monk’s golden eyes burned.

"Then witness its might."

Kael’s brows immediately furrowed.

The atmosphere had changed.

He could feel it.

The fight was about to become serious.

He wasn’t wrong.

The monk’s hands suddenly moved.

His fingers formed one hand seal after another, moving so quickly that Kael could barely follow them. Each gesture was precise, almost ritualistic, and the talismans covering his body began to glow brighter as energy flowed through the strange scriptures.

The monk’s hands finally stopped.

He slapped his own chest.

"Strength Talisman: Mount Meru."

BOOM!

The monk’s body changed.

His muscles suddenly expanded beneath the talismans, bunching together like cords of steel. His frame grew heavier, denser, and more imposing as an overwhelming physical pressure erupted from his body.

CRACK!

The earth beneath his feet fractured. Kael’s eyes sharpened.

The monk didn’t stop. His fingers moved through another rapid sequence of hand signs before his palms slammed against his legs.

"Speed Talisman: Wind-Treader."

WHOOOM!

The air around the monk’s legs exploded.

Wind spiraled around his ankles, rapidly forming miniature cyclones that howled across the battlefield. His robes whipped violently behind him as the pressure around his body increased once again.

Kael’s expression became increasingly serious.

Then the monk formed another set of hand seals.

Kael’s eyes narrowed.

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