Vile Evil Hides Under The Veil - Chapter 1935

Bzzt. Swoosh. Boom.

Before the sea monster could take action against the twin dragonesses, a red tattoo of a blazing sun appeared between Eren’s eyebrows, triggering a unique transformation that immediately drew the attention of everyone present at the scene.

Golden lightning crackled around him as his body began to shapeshift. A blinding golden thunderbolt struck from the sky, piercing through the sea and slamming down onto him in the blink of an eye, enveloping his form.

[ Unique Bloodline Skill: Titan Transformation

Usage left: 5]

In just a fraction of a second, Eren had grown into a towering giant, standing at nearly 100 meters tall—just slightly above the sea monster. With this transformation, he finally had the beast’s full attention.

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Eren had rarely used the Titan Transformation, no matter how powerful his opponents were. There were several reasons for this.

Firstly, he didn’t have a sufficient amount of Titan’s blood to create Blood Seeds. The only drop he currently possessed was the one he had recovered from Anfang, and he had been using it ever since the Lazarus Project had begun.

Secondly, the Titan Transformation was only useful in specific situations. Most of the time, it just made him a much bigger target—especially against powerful individuals from Labh Salem, who had devastating area-wide attacks.

Thirdly, Eren never found the Titan Transformation comfortable. It always felt like he was fighting with borrowed strength. While he didn’t mind using outside power to crush his enemies, that didn’t mean he enjoyed the experience.

And lastly, the Titan Transformation wasn’t fully supported by Menaka’s Mesh for some unknown reason. It was an anomaly, something only he could do. Because of that, the Mesh considered it an inefficient use of its mana-processing resources.

The Mesh didn’t block Eren from using the Titan Transformation, but it also didn’t assist in its execution. Thankfully, Eren had refined the transformation into a bloodline ability, allowing him to shift into his Titan Form almost instantly. If the transformation was spell-based, it would have been useless to use in Labh Salem.

While it lacked the refinement that Menaka’s Mesh could have provided, it was still just as powerful and efficient. However, it could only be used a few more times.

This was after Eren had spent the last decade refining his ability to utilize Blood Seeds more effectively, allowing him to extract more power from a single seed. Otherwise, his usage of the Titan Transformation would have been even more restricted.

After all, the butcher had triggered the Titan Transformation against Eliza and then against a group of Sages from Anfang Alliance using the same Blood Seed.

Usually, Eren could tap into many forms of monster transformation for as many times he wanted using their distinct Blood Seed. However, the Titan Blood Seed was different. It not only required Eren to have the genetic makeup of the titan race but also a trace of corresponding divine might.

This was why the titan transformation was a limited ability.

Of course, Eren didn’t intend to fight the sea monster using Titan Transformation. While the transformation granted him a larger Skillzone, no matter how many times he attacked, it wouldn’t make a difference.

Even if the primordial, shark-like creature stood still and allowed Eren to strike him for hours, the damage would be negligible. Of course, using divine might or the highest order of intent-based magic might injure the beast slightly, but it would still fall far short of delivering a fatal blow.

This was the physical form of a beast on the verge of achieving SS-Rank status, while Eren was only a Grandmaster Ranker. The gap of nearly two ranks wasn’t something he could bridge with mere trump cards.

Thankfully, he didn’t need to fight the sea monster at all. The only reason he activated Titan Transformation was to ensure that the beast saw him not as an ant but as someone who could stand against him. This was a psychological tactic that needed to be used on a kid.

Indeed, the sea monster had been turned into a kid. At least his mind was that of a kid.

The Young Demon Emperor shared a special connection with all the existing Elder Seed Artifact Spirits, something no other Elder Seed Inheritor could replicate. Just being in their presence was enough for him to sense their presence and even emotions to some extent.

Furthermore, Eren possessed Shallot’s Mirror, an artifact specifically designed for soul seizures, soul copies, and soul-based communication.

Thus, Eren decided to have a quick chat with the sea monster’s Elder Seed Artifact Spirit before he decided to do anything. He took the initiative to break the barrier on his own so that he could take everyone by surprise, including the sea monster. This brief period of stagnation would be enough for him to learn many things about the sea monster.

As soon as Eren thought of this idea, he did not hesitate and directly took action.

Using Shallot’s Mirror, Eren quickly linked with the Immortal Conch’s Artifact Spirit, which accepted his soul-based communication without hesitation. After all, the Artifact Spirit of the Immortal Conch immediately recognized Eren as the True Elder Ichor Inheritor.

In essence, all Elder Seed Artifacts belonged to Eren. There was no reason for the Immortal Conch’s Spirit not to listen to what he had to say.

Furthermore, the sea monster had tried to forcefully establish a connection with the Elder Seed Artifact in the first place. Unlike Eren, who had gained the Artifact Spirit’s approval with Shallot, the sea monster had not been recognized as its master.

Technically speaking, the Artifact Spirit was not betraying its master because it had never accepted the sea monster as one. It had simply gone with the flow, allowing the beast to use it.

However, as punishment for its arrogance, the Artifact Spirit had slowly drained its consciousness and intelligence.

The Artifact Spirit of the Immortalwood Conch had conveyed to Eren that the sea monster had tried to forcefully merge with it using his innate primordial fusion ability, acquiring the Elder Ichor Bloodline in the process.

But by doing so, the beast was essentially trying to push out the resident Artifact Spirit. In short, the impudent sea monster was trying to kick the Artifact Spirit from its own home.

So the Artifact Spirit retaliated.

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AN: Blood Seed was first explained in chapter 429. Eren first taps into Titan Transformation in chapter 1626. The second time Eren makes use of the Titan Transformation was in chapter 1649.