Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 557 - 552 Ancestral Spirit Beast of Void? Void Storm_1
Void Insects are the most common Magical Beasts in the Void, and they do not act alone but in swarms.
Just like cockroaches, when you find one, the rest are never far behind.
"Capture!"
Void Insects are rare Demonic Insects, with the weakest possessing Third Rank strength; when a Void Bug King coordinates with its swarm, even Nascent Soul period cultivators have to detour.
If this had happened before, encountering such Demonic Insects would have been an opportunity not to be missed. One would definitely have to subdue them and use the Insect Control Technique to harness them for oneself.
But times have changed; without Jin Sheng’s assistance, encountering a swarm of Void Insects would very likely lead to perishing within the Void.
"Leave immediately!"
A large hand formed of condensed Spiritual Power reached out, directly grabbing the Void Insect and disappearing into the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl, then moved away at an astonishing speed.
As it turned out, Jia Ren’s decision was not wrong.
When the Void Insects appeared, they were a dense mass, so numerous they seemed to have no end. Within the swarm, a massive Void Bug King was protected by numerous Void Insects, each emitting at least a Sixth Rank aura. Who could stand against such a vast tide of insects?
Jia Ren could not leave the Void. Facing endless waves of Void Insects, how long could the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl last?
Thinking of escape now, he was still one step too late.
The Void Insects somehow locked onto Jia Ren’s position and pursued him with terrifying speed in the Void. Endowed with the Void’s blessing, their movement speed was not much inferior to Lianxu Stage cultivators and Nascent Soul period cultivators.
Even with the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl moving ahead, he could not gain distance from the Void Insects, as the swarm drew closer and closer.
This is troublesome! What should I do?
Jin Sheng has not awakened. Mo Lin is ascending to the Sixth Rank and cannot leave the Void.
Control the Void Insects, have the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl enter inside the body of a Void Insect, hide its own aura, and infiltrate the enemy from within? That seems to be a good idea!
While the Insect External Incarnation controlled the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl to flee, Jia Ren used the Insect Taming Technique to erase the consciousness of the Void Insect.
Inside the Void Insect was a strong consciousness from the Void Bug King, constantly clashing with him. After spending considerable effort, Jia Ren finally erased the strong consciousness and replaced it. The Void Insect moved as easily as his own limb, a smile appearing on his face.
"Five Metals Divine Escape!"
Jia Ren left the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl, using Five Metals Divine Escape to widen the distance from the Void Insect swarm. Then he summoned a Void Insect, and both he and the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl suddenly entered its body. With the ’protection’ of a Void Insect, the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl suffered less corrosion from the Void Force, and its depletion of Spiritual Power was greatly reduced.
A solitary Void Insect, having strayed from the pack, was wandering alone, trying to slip through unnoticed.
In an instant, the immeasurable swarm of Void Insects surged forward, reaching the stray insect. The next moment, the numerous Void Insects swarmed over it and suddenly tore the lone Void Insect apart.
What? Jia Ren was stunned. Void Insects have no honor, killing even their own kind! Or did the Void Bug King see through my tactics?
As the body of the Void Insect was torn apart, the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl was exposed, projecting large silhouettes of mountains and seas, continuously knocking the oncoming Void Insects away. Jia Ren’s figure emerged, one hand holding onto the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl, his complexion ugly.
"This is too much!"
"Ji Kong Palm!"
Jia Ren’s palm turned shadowy, a powerful secret force appearing within it, as he struck out through the air with his palm. The Void shook, a thousand-foot area collapsed into a black hole, and all the Void Insects within were crushed to dust.
Nevertheless, the swarm of Void Insects showed no fear and charged over undauntedly. Some of the Void Insects used their mouthparts to spray out a massive amount of an unknown black liquid. Jia Ren dared not come into contact with this substance and transformed into a whiff of a breeze to dodge it.
A pair of black wings, filled with one hundred and eight Bewildering Charms, emerged on his back.
Since entering the Mysterious Realm, Jia Ren had fewer chances to use the Talisman Wings; the Fu Wan he refined in the past were certainly not destroyed. Old stock that had been accumulated over years was finally coming into use.
In the Mysterious Realm, he dared not casually use items associated with Bizarre Demons for fear of attracting trouble, but there weren’t as many concerns when facing the creatures of the Void. The reason he used the Bewildering Charm was simply because he did not want to tangle too much with the Void Insects; as long as he could shake them off, that would be enough. He might have to enter the Void in the future to collect them for his own use, so he could not kill them all.
In that moment, one thousand two hundred ninety-six Bewildering Charms detonated at once, radiating the power of the Misleading Bizarre across a hundred-mile radius. The area of effect was even greater than... a real Misleading Bizarre.
The Void Insects, which had not undergone the ordeal of Bizarre Demons, lacked the ability to resist Bizarre forces. Many Void Insects were touched by the power of the Misleading Bizarre, turning like headless flies in all directions, losing their sense of Jia Ren.
The Void Bug King kept emitting sharp urging cries, but to no avail; the real target had already captured over a hundred Void Insects and disappeared without a trace.
Jia Ren still planned to rely on them to come to the Void in the future to find their kin. The entire clan has to come and gather under his command.
"Finally safe..."
"The problem is... where have I drifted?"
Having shaken off the swarm of Void Insects, Jia Ren looked perplexed; he had no idea where he had drifted. He followed the same process, controlling a Void Insect, hiding the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl within it, ensuring he could endure longer within the Void.
The control of the Void Insect was handed over to the Insect External Incarnation while he himself continued to improve the Proficiency Level of the Soul-Extinction Demon Needle, striving to awaken Jin Sheng as soon as possible.
Time flew by swiftly, and the Void Insect aimlessly wandered in the Void for a month, encountering other Void creatures besides Void Insects.
Spirit Beasts of Void!
Jia Ren was not unfamiliar with Spirit Beasts of Void; their flesh could assist cultivators and increase the chances of advancing to the Lianxu Stage. The Second Spirit Treasure Sect had exchanged the flesh of a Spirit Beast of Void, aiding his own advancement to the Lianxu Stage.
A living Spirit Beast of Void was considered a true treasure, and Jia Ren decisively captured this Sixth Rank Spirit Beast of Void, attempting to tame it. The difficulty of taming adult Magical Beasts was extremely high, unlike the loyalty developed from nurturing them from their youth. Nevertheless, Jia Ren proceeded to control it as usual and fed it an Ancestor Beast Holy Pill, hoping to assist in its ancestral return.
The result ended in failure. Spirit Beasts of Void were not considered pure Magical Beasts; the Ancestor Beast Holy Pill was useless on them.
The first option was to spend time improving the elixir, though success could not be guaranteed. The second option was... to directly slaughter it.
In the end, Jia Ren still chose the former. That decision was owed to the power of the Holy Infant Carp; even the broth made from the Holy Infant Carp had allowed Ma Zhongyuan to give birth to a supreme genius like Ma Tianbao. The Holy Infant Breath Pill that was refined brought forth offspring to the Aquamarine Gold-Eyed Beast, its value inestimable.
The flesh of the Spirit Beast of Void was not inferior. Once it returned to its ancestral form, the effects would become even more potent; raising it for its flesh would provide a continuous stream of wealth. After the return to its ancestral form, the effect of the Spirit Beast of Void’s flesh would be better, possibly assisting in breaking through to the Body Integration Realm. Any treasure related to advancing to the Body Integration Realm was worth Jia Ren’s attention, and he didn’t mind spending a bit more time on it. Even if the plan failed, the loss would be within an acceptable range.
The pace of improvement for the Soul-Extinction Demon Needle was not slow; after reaching Grandmaster Level, he still couldn’t remove the Soul-Extinction Demon Needle planted inside Jin Sheng’s body. The only thing to do was to wait for a breakthrough before attempting again.
Jia Ren cultivated in the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl. With Spiritual Energy from the Tianling Secret Realm and numerous high-rank Spirit Veins, there was no need to worry about a deficiency of Spiritual Energy, so much so that he almost forgot he was within the Void.
"A Void Storm is coming!" the Insect External Incarnation sent a warning.
Lingbao Sect had records regarding Void Storms; these were terrifying natural disasters that existed only within the Void. Void Storms had corresponding levels; even Mahayana Stage Cultivators were not spared by powerful Void Storms. The lowest level Void Storm was already a monumental problem for him.
"Such bad luck!"
"Force Mo Lin out of seclusion!"
Jin Sheng had not awakened and could not be forcibly roused. The only way to break the situation was through Mo Lin.
Mo Lin was close to advancing to the Sixth Rank. Forcing it out of seclusion prematurely might impact it, but compared to perishing in a Void Storm, this was the best result.
The Insect External Incarnation took charge of awakening Mo Lin, while Jia Ren put away the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl and fled from where the Void Storm was approaching.
The Void Storm was already upon him, an endless tide of black waves devastating everything in their path, with nowhere to hide or escape. Within the storm roamed void behemoths as powerful as those in the Body Integration Realm, swept up by the Void Storm, unable to break free. Their massive bodies gradually ripped apart and dissolved within the storm, soon becoming part of the Void Storm itself.
If he were in the same situation, the outcome would not be any different. Faced with the might of heaven and earth, individual power seemed incredibly insignificant. No wonder there were so few creatures in the Void; how many could survive the dreadful Void Storm?
"Run!"
Exerting all his strength, Jia Ren used the Five Metals Divine Escape to distance himself, but even so, he was not faster than the spread of the Void Storm.
Mo Lin awoke and appeared outside the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl. Because of awakening prematurely, its Sixth Rank aura was weak and unstable, as though it could fall from its Realm at any moment.
In this critical moment, Jia Ren had no time to consider much.
"Demon Fusion Technique!"
Mo Lin and Jia Ren vanished on the spot, and in their place, a being with a dragon’s head, a human face, and four limbs—a Kylin person—manifested.
"Void Wandering!"
A black light fluttered upon their body, protecting the two from the erosion of the Void’s spirits. Upon entering the state of Void Wandering, the ’restrictions’ of Void Flight Escape were lifted, the speed of flight becoming multiple times faster than before.
Mo Lin, ultimately not being Jin Sheng, could not enhance the Five Metals Divine Escape. Galloping furiously and running at full power, it could barely keep pace with the Void Storm.
The Void Storm chased them relentlessly. A step too slow, and they would be devoured.
This chase persisted for three months, with the Void Storm showing no sign of abating, but rather intensifying. Jia Ren witnessed many void creatures that were slower being dismembered within the storm, vanishing into nothingness.
After three months, both Mo Lin and its Void Wandering state were at their limits, nearly unable to continue.
"Finally, there is a spatial node!"
At that moment, Mo Lin finally sensed something.
The Void tore open, and two figures vanished without a trace just as the Void Storm was about to engulf them.
