Chapter 65 - 62: Hidden Danger!

Chapter 65: Chapter 62: Hidden Danger!

CRACK!

Following a Three-Star Pattern Split, a Spirit Crystal radiating a faint blue glow shot out from the crack.

Liu Zimo’s mind stirred slightly. He quickly bound the Spirit Crystal and smoothly shifted it into the palm of his hand.

Meanwhile, with a miserable shriek, Yao Shisan dissolved into wisps of extremely pure Spiritual Power, which slowly merged into Liu Zimo’s Sea of Consciousness.

For a time, the Sea of Consciousness surged, its boundaries expanding once more. Liu Zimo’s Spiritual Power and Divine Soul strength both saw a tremendous boost. The most direct sensation was Liu Zimo’s realization that his Divine Sense had actually grown at least twice as strong as before! Now, with just a Thought, he could condense a Divine Soul Illusion identical to his own figure within his Sea of Consciousness.

"What a wonderful treasure!" he marvelled inwardly, not expecting that such a Soul-Devouring insect could actually feed back so much Spiritual Power after its death.

If he had the chance to slay hundreds or thousands of these Soul-Devouring insects and devour their Power of Spiritual Source, his Divine Soul Cultivation might soar directly to the legendary Divine Origin Realm. Even Divine Soul Ascension wouldn’t be impossible!

Meanwhile, having witnessed the tragic death of Yao Shisan with its own eyes, the other Proud Heaven Insect was completely paralyzed. It trembled in fear as its thoughts ran wild.

"I’m doomed! I’m doomed! That idiot Yao Shisan actually died just like that! After absorbing Yao Shisan’s Lifebound Spiritual Source, is this perverted human going to butcher me next?

"Dammit! His Sea of Consciousness Space was already unfathomable enough. Now that it’s been nourished by that fool Yao Shisan’s Spiritual Source, it will definitely become even more monstrous! If he attacks me, I definitely won’t be able to stop him!

"Ahhh! So annoying! Can anyone tell me what to do now?! I’m only a little over a hundred years old! I’m still just a larva Baobao! I don’t want to die so pointlessly here!

"Patriarch, can you hear my calls? If you hear me, hurry and save your precious grandson! Your precious grandson is a Proud Heaven Insect destined to become king! I can’t die here!"

The little bug began mumbling to itself again, shaking incessantly. It seemed genuinely terrified.

Liu Zimo had no Time to pay attention to it. After swiftly suppressing and killing the giant python beneath his feet and tossing its corpse into the city, he flew up and headed straight for the northern defense line.

Using the same method, Liu Zimo successfully lured the third Soul-Devouring insect into his Sea of Consciousness. Then, once again right in front of the Proud Heaven Insect, he slaughtered the bug to extract its crystal and devoured its Spiritual Source. The Proud Heaven Insect was so terrified that it nearly shut down, cowering in a corner of the space and shivering.

Seeing that the timing was right, Liu Zimo condensed a Divine Thought Clone identical to himself within his Sea of Consciousness. He stood tall before the Proud Heaven Insect and stared straight at it.

"Tell me, how many of your Race came to Earth this time? How many Soul-Devouring insects are still in the vicinity?" Liu Zimo asked directly.

He was not afraid that this Soul-Devouring insect would refuse to speak. As long as the little bug’s thoughts didn’t stop, Liu Zimo would always be able to get the answers he wanted from the chaotic fluctuations of its mind.

"Huh? Strange. Why hasn’t this pervert just killed me already? I was clearly prepared... okay, fine, I’m actually not prepared to welcome death at all.

"However, if this pervert thinks he can use this kind of intimidation to make me submit, no way! Our Soul-Devouring Insect Race only has ghosts who die in battle; we never have bugs that surrender! If he wants me to yield to him, I’d rather die! I will never lose face for my Insect Race, even in death!"

Receiving these messy thought fluctuations, Liu Zimo’s mouth twitched slightly. This little thing seemed to have a bit too much inner drama. Could it think of something useful and provide some actual substance?

"Tell me, how many of your Race came to Earth this time? How many Soul-Devouring insects are still in the vicinity?" Liu Zimo repeated his question, trying to guide the distracted Soul-Devouring insect back on track.

"What? This damn pervert actually wants to coax information out of my, Yao Lingling’s, mouth. Dream on! Who in the entire Soul-Devouring Insect Race doesn’t know that I am famous for being tight-lipped? Even if he kills me, I absolutely won’t utter a single word!

"But then again, this pervert is asking me how many Soul-Devouring insects crossed over to execute the mission, but I have to know that myself first! This is a top secret among our Race. How could an un-matured Proud Heaven Insect like me possibly know?

"As for how many of our Race are lurking nearby, that isn’t really a secret. When I first descended into this area, I sensed it. Near this human city, apart from myself and the recently slaughtered Yao Shisan and Yao Shiliu, it seems Yao Shiyi, Yao Shiba, and Yao Ershiyi are also in the vicinity!

"It’s just that Yao Shiyi and the others landed directly inside the city and are hidden far more securely and secretly. It’s absolutely impossible for this pervert to find them! Our Soul-Devouring Insect Race’s concealment abilities are among the best in the entire Illusion Demon Realm. Unless we willingly reveal ourselves, no one can easily discover our presence!"

Liu Zimo raised an eyebrow. There were actually three more Soul-Devouring insects lurking within the city. He had to find a way to root them all out. Having three highly dangerous anomalies like them mixed into the crowd would always remain a massive hidden danger!

By now, the four Regiment Level Demon Beasts besieging Luozhou City had all been killed. Although the low-tier Demon Beasts outside the defense lines had begun to gather again, they no longer posed a significant threat to the walls on all four sides. Now, he only needed to clear out all the Demon Beasts inside the city, and they would safely survive this Demon Calamity.

[Your Good Brother Lou Yuchen had a stroke of continuous good fortune during a fortuitous encounter. While fighting to the death with Demon Beasts, he achieved an epiphany. His aura erupted, breaking through to the beginner stage of the Golden Body Realm in one fell swoop.

Triggering the ’Heaven-Stealing’ Talent Attribute, the fortune is shared equally. You gain half of his cultivation increase: Martial Arts Talent +5, Martial Arts Cultivation +20, Spiritual Power +10, Lifespan +10.]

As the notification sound chimed in his ear once more, Liu Zimo’s mind stirred, and his Thought withdrew from the Sea of Consciousness.

Looking up, he saw a figure radiating golden light floating in mid-air right at the center of the city. Like a sun, the figure illuminated a vast surrounding area as bright as day! His body was like the blazing sun, shining brilliantly in all directions!

"He actually stepped into the Golden Body Realm so quickly! And with every breakthrough, his Martial Arts Talent continuously improves as well. Truly worthy of being the future Yu Chen Martial Saint! In terms of Martial Arts Talent alone, I’m afraid even Feihong cannot compare with him!" Liu Zimo sighed softly in admiration.

He grew increasingly certain that Lou Yuchen must have awakened some sort of Superpower capable of continuously enhancing his Martial Arts Talent. After all, among all the Good Brothers and besties Liu Zimo had bound himself to, Lou Yuchen was the only one whose Martial Arts Talent increased with every realm breakthrough. Thanks to him, Liu Zimo’s own Martial Arts Talent had also received a massive boost.

If the maximum value for Martial Arts Talent was set at a hundred points, then before his rebirth, Liu Zimo would have had around five points at most—a prime example of sheer mediocrity. But now, after piggybacking off Lou Yuchen’s fortune a few times in a row, his Martial Arts Talent had skyrocketed to around thirty points, a full five-to-six-fold increase! In his previous life, this was something Liu Zimo would never have dared to imagine!

Now, even someone with perfectly ordinary Martial Arts Talent like Liu Zimo had been elevated to the level of a normal genius just by leeching half of those fortuitous encounters. Then, for Lou Yuchen, who possessed the entirety of that fortune, wasn’t his Martial Arts Talent already absurdly heaven-defying?

"Sure enough, there’s a reason why the Yu Chen Martial Saint could rise from nothing and become the Federation’s youngest Martial Saint in just over a decade! I just wonder if the Yu Chen Martial Saint of my previous life was also a puppet controlled by a Soul-Devouring insect?"

This thought suddenly popped into Liu Zimo’s mind. The deeper his understanding of the special Soul-Devouring Insect Race grew, the more Liu Zimo could appreciate the bizarre and terrifying nature of their kind.

Under normal circumstances, even a Martial Arts Grandmaster in the Fetal Breath Realm would unknowingly fall prey to these Soul-Devouring larvae upon encountering them. Not to mention that this was only the Early Stage of the Demon Disaster. The number of Grandmaster Realm Martial Artists among humans could be counted on one hand. If they actually faced an attack from these Soul-Devouring insects, nine out of ten would succumb!

If Lou Yuchen had encountered an attack from a Soul-Devouring insect before his rise to power, could he have broken free?

With this thought in mind, Liu Zimo suddenly soared into the air, speeding toward the direction where the golden light bloomed in the city!