I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 1524 - 1077: Star-devouring Evil Spirit
"It seems your kind has abandoned you." Zheng Yichen laughed wantonly, as the natives in the distance, who hadn’t had the chance to join the battle, looked at his figure with fury and shock.
The Star Gods are the pinnacle of existence in this world. Though there are strong ones and weak ones, even the weakest Star God possesses power that they cannot compare to.
Their greatest pursuit is to become one of the Star Gods. Many have this desire, but few ultimately ascend to become a Star God.
Some are Star Gods by birth, while they, though descendants of Star Gods, find it exceedingly difficult to become one.
As the pierced Star God soul feebly struggled, Zheng Yichen looked towards the sky. Though it was daytime, he could feel numerous eyes watching him intently.
Taking out some materials, Zheng Yichen began adding new components to the summoning ritual: cursed crystals and illusory crystals obtained from the previous world, among other materials.
These things either have inclinations or serve auxiliary functions. Zheng Yichen intended to concoct a new Evil Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is more inclined towards ’auxiliary’ aspects, though some have formidable combat strength. Still, when it comes to sheer combat prowess, Evil Spirits are superior. Hence, to ensure the creation of a formidable Evil Spirit, Zheng Yichen invested in a considerable amount of inclined materials.
Cursed crystals were of no use in the last world, but now they’re perfect for this.
A large amount of cursed crystals, and the starlight power leaked from that building, all became nourishment for the summoning ritual.
Zheng Yichen thought for a moment, stretched out his palm, and blood seeped from his fingers. Blood imbued with the essence of life also fell into the summoning ritual.
"What else needs to be added?" Looking at the summoning ritual, Zheng Yichen, through the communication channel, asked the people on the Firmament Wheel: "Do any of you have suggestions?"
"I can’t really say about the Evil Spirit." Watching the livestream, Lillian folded her arms, having no opinions. As the Luminous Holy Maiden, if Zheng Yichen were dealing with the Holy Spirit, she would certainly have many meaningful suggestions.
But Zheng Yichen is dealing with an Evil Spirit, what suggestions could she possibly offer on this matter?
If it weren’t Zheng Yichen doing this, she might advise the party involved not to attempt it, as Evil Spirits are prone to backlash.
"Oh, and this." Zheng Yichen took out some God’s Corpse cremains granules. These were limited in quantity, but with White’s presence, it’s possible to source from God’s Corpse.
And there are Evil God’s cremains granules. Although these are out of production, considering how treacherous the world’s Star Gods are, treating Dusk as a fishpond, Zheng Yichen was unreserved in using it!
"...What kind of dangerous thing is he trying to make?" Watching as Zheng Yichen took out more items, Lillian and Nelliwey exchanged glances: "Or is he afraid this summoning ritual might actually succeed?"
Summoning rituals can certainly involve materials, but for a mage, the materials involved need to be carefully selected and considered.
There needs to be an appropriate ratio to ensure the summoned Holy Spirit or Evil Spirit has enough potential, rather than being a worthless spirit.
Yet Zheng Yichen kept extracting materials non-stop. Some material accumulation might only result in waste. With so many efforts, Lillian felt Zheng Yichen was simply bored and wanted to perform a fireworks display for them.
"Since the Fosterer has gone to such lengths, success is certain." Tanshia Firlo placed great trust in Zheng Yichen.
"Really? What’s the secret?" Lillian grew more curious. Much of her understanding of Zheng Yichen’s abilities comes from watching recordings.
"Well~ you should ask the Fosterer." Tanshia Firlo’s eyes shifted, but she said nothing.
Success is inevitable; her Fosterer possesses willpower interference that can affect reality. Even if the summoning ritual was to fail, his will could reverse it.
He can forcibly revive the dead, reduced to mere skeletons. A summoning ritual pales in comparison.
Also present, Ahn Ke pondered what might ultimately manifest from this, and whether it would have flesh and blood. If it did, she could be involved; otherwise, she had no interest.
Just then, the control room door opened, and an artificial Celestial Being, used by Lilith, entered, bringing a briefcase to Ahn Ke.
She opened the briefcase to find inside a few bottles of light golden blood, parts of flesh.
This is material from a Star God.
"I have things to attend to, so I’ll be leaving." Stashing the case, Ahn Ke immediately left the control room.
Watching the livestream could be done from the lab. She was already eager to analyze this world’s Star Gods.
"What exactly is he trying to do?" The natives watched the summoning ritual from afar. To them, blaspheming the Star God was unforgivable. But the temporary retreat of the Star God also made them hesitant to act.
They could only watch from a distance as what had been a seemingly normal summoning ritual turned increasingly ominous with every new material Zheng Yichen added, causing even their eyes to ache just from watching.
The power of the Star God’s descendants became intensely turbulent, with an unsettling sense of imminent loss of control.
Could this be some kind of destructive ritual?
If it explodes, would this city be instantly obliterated? They looked up to the sky, praying for the Star God to take action.
The Star Gods indeed made a move. Although they were unwilling to act near Dusk with Zheng Yichen, they wouldn’t stand by and watch him stir up anything dangerous.
The Star God’s soul that had been inserted into the summoning ritual was no longer visible. After the piercing black spear disappeared, it left behind an unstable substance like a mass of sludge.
Since Zheng Yichen was an ’enemy,’ he surely wouldn’t produce anything good.
The sky manifested projections, some in human form and others in different shapes, their bodies filled with cosmic scenes. Upon their appearance, the sky dimmed and transformed into a star-filled night sky.
"Is this your complete form? Let me see how strong you are!"
Scarlet aura erupted from Zheng Yichen’s body, and under the gaze of those natives, Zheng Yichen transformed on the spot into a ’Colossal God.’
His gigantic fist collided with the descending pillar of light from the sky. The night sky was covered with a layer of blood-red haze, and the temperature began to noticeably rise.
Maintaining the increasingly strong pillar of light, Zheng Yichen bit his teeth slightly. Parallel Differentiation at twofold doubled his strength, immediately forcing the originally intensifying pillar of light back.
The native Star Gods didn’t back down and continued to strengthen their suppression on Zheng Yichen, seeming to be probing.
Zheng Yichen increased his output, and they followed suit.
Very soon, Zheng Yichen employed Parallel Differentiation up to fourfold, with triple the strength overlap, directly shattering the Star Gods’ attack.
The summoning ritual beneath Zheng Yichen’s feet completely finished. Without looking, he retracted the formed Evil God back into the fishing rod, and Zheng Yichen immediately returned to the ’Within Reach’ Dusk Territory.
The subsequent falling pillars of light covered the Dusk Territory, but didn’t affect it in the slightest.
The Star Gods retreated. They gathered information about Dusk and understood Dusk’s ’absoluteness,’ which they couldn’t shake, but they were very aware of many taboo issues.
Therefore, after Zheng Yichen withdrew to the Dusk Territory, they gave up the pursuit.
Regarding Zheng Yichen, they no longer had the notion of underestimating him. The gap between a Proxy Agent and a Dusk mercenary was simply too vast.
Their combined attack could actually be directly countered by a Proxy Agent. That form of the Colossal God gave them a sense of a higher level.
This further solidified their original thoughts; Star Gods themselves are the pinnacle of this world. Their normal is basically the limit, but now there’s a new opportunity before them, something they absolutely cannot miss.
Dusk Cathedral.
The Dusk mercenaries here looked at Zheng Yichen in astonishment. Directly confronting the Star Gods, with Zheng Yichen’s ability, breaking out from the blockade wasn’t difficult.
However, being near Dusk meant it was easy for Zheng Yichen to go out but difficult to return.
The returning Zheng Yichen went straight back to his personal room. He took off the Firmament Wheel, casually tossed it aside, and the miniaturized Firmament Wheel automatically hovered, with Tanshia Firlo and the others swiftly emerging from inside.
"Fosterer, what kind of Evil Spirit did you create this time?" The small white dragon curiously stared at Zheng Yichen’s hands.
Zheng Yichen laughed and released the formed Evil Spirit. The Evil Spirit appeared humanoid, with its surface as deep and dark as the starry sky, somewhat resembling those Star God’s projections but carrying a more terrifying feel.
"Feels a bit uncomfortable..." Tanshia Firlo stared at this Evil Spirit, immediately recognizing its essence. Inside the humanoid body, it was filled densely with tiny entities like insects.
These entities were both a collective and simultaneously maintained individuality.
In tech terms, it’s a swarm of nanobots,
The surface of the Evil Spirit appeared calm, but those ’insects’ on the surface were squirming. After a glance, Tanshia Firlo felt her eyes were hurt.
"Malicious Erosion from the God’s Corpse... Hmm, not towards the environment, somewhat akin to the malicious targeting of a cat spirit. The Great Evil God fragment reversal was also retained, not bad!"
Zheng Yichen wasn’t as dismissive as Tanshia Firlo, instead earnestly inspecting the new Evil Spirit.
He soon understood everything about this Evil Spirit. It was formed under his willpower interference, with a freely developed shape but without deviating much in characteristics.
This Evil Spirit is the ’Star Devourer.’
Uh, not one that devours planets but one that, in this world, devours the Star Gods. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
A Star God’s soul, saturated with cursed crystals of high concentration, subjected this soul to torturous curses, serving as the core material for the summoning ritual.
This Evil Spirit can also be considered a ’Star God,’ but it’s a cursed Evil Spirit that feeds on Star Gods, much like the God’s Corpse, full of hatred and curses towards life.
It’s more special than the light spike sea urchin. The light spike sea urchin coexists with both living and Evil Spirit characteristics, while this one possesses the Great Evil God fragment’s reversal trait.
Not dual-attribute, but can flip like a coin to alter attributes. With good materials, without Zheng Yichen needing to use soul control for correction, among those Spiritual Bodies, the star-devouring Evil Spirit is the strongest.
