The Brawl

Besides the ability to create Spatial Rifts, Su Luo also discovered many other Mutated Calamity and varied abilities of the mutated monsters: some were surrounded by a thick distortion, like a source of energy as heavy as a mountain; some Mutated Calamity could directly stop time in their surroundings, emitting a transparent glow; and some monsters possessed the ability to become ethereal and directly traverse ordinary matter, moving freely on the field.

Su Luo was confused by what she saw, so she went to a Mutated Calamity that could open Spatial Rifts and, taking advantage of its immobility and low intelligence, dissected it along with its body and soul.

About half an hour later, Su Luo looked at the sparser Calamity Tide around her and became even more confused.

There was nothing extraordinary about them; they were just a group of species with relatively high strength and a similar level of development to the Zerg, but even less functional and comprehensive than the Zerg.

But they are capable of unleashing all sorts of unreasonable abilities, with spatial and temporal abilities being very common, much like... Superpowers!

It is the kind of Superpower that does not adhere to rationality and appears in fantasy works. It has no foundation in the body and soul of the calamity and is an externally bestowed ability.

"It's just that our observation technology is inadequate. The entity behind them is extremely terrifying; it feels somewhat related to [Holy Light]."

Su Luo searched for a long time and found a special Mutated Calamity, no more than half a meter tall, which she stuffed into the System Space to keep for experiments.

The System Space is usable, but this world is rejecting items from the System Space from appearing in this world, making them impossible to retrieve. However, you can still put things into it.

After tidying up the scene, Su Luo began moving towards the direction from which the loud noise had originated.

Something moved at high speed in the darkness, making a sharp, piercing sound, along with a dense, nauseating swarm.

Su Luo's Divine Power probed in the direction of the sound, and the first thing she sensed was something she couldn't analyze: lines!

The overwhelming silk threads, moving at several times the speed of sound, rapidly contracted and expanded in this predominantly scarlet space, cutting the calamities along the way into fine, separate pieces of meat.

The movement of the silk threads covered an area with a radius of several kilometers, within which almost no living thing could survive. The threads were so tough that they also possessed a series of Attribute such as mental Illusion Arts, high-temperature resistance, and energy absorption.

In this world of extraordinary scarcity, it's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, or talking nonsense to a deaf person.

At this moment, Su Luo's eyes lit up. Even though her emotions had been suppressed by the Cycle Method, she couldn't help but sway slightly!

Simply because, in the environment, there is a trace of—

Mana!!

It looked as if it had spilled out from a battle, and it was also mixed with some Variant Fire Elements.

The Survivors here actually possess Transcendent Seeds!

Su Luo carefully began to collect the meager Mana. Her highly flexible body structure changed accordingly, rapidly transforming into a simple structure of Cycle and transformation, and began to convert Mana into elements.

Unfortunately, without sufficient high-energy conditions, rapid reversal was not possible. Su Luo quickly constructed a series of Spell models, while simultaneously using Spell Permanence Technique Constant Spells to strengthen her body.

"Based on the gravity analysis here, this should be near the planet's pole. According to the Empire's territory, this is outside the front line... Could it be that Survivors born outside the Empire are born with Transcendent Seed?"

None of the Survivors within the empire possess Mana or other extraordinary energies. Their retraining relies solely on skill, involving pure physical training and Divine Power cultivation. Those with sufficient Talent can utilize their Talent, but the progress is absurdly slow.

Su Luo estimated the number of Survivors discovered within the empire to be less than five hundred; most of the remaining survivors were hidden, and some had actually ended up outside the empire.

As Su Luo greedily absorbed the Mana from the aftermath of the battle, the all-encompassing white threads continued to spin rapidly like a windmill, cutting through everything in their path.

But right at the heart of this frenzied vortex, a discordant note emerged.

Just like flushing a toilet, the water droplets surging from all directions are like the rapidly spinning threads on the field. But right in the eye of the storm, there stands a giant golden python, even hindering the high-speed flow of the water itself.

Su Luo detected a familiar aura.

A Martial Will, and a bloody scent that transcended the stench of calamity—so pure that Su Luo had only ever seen it in one person.

Song Shige!

In that instant, a figure whose clothes were almost completely torn apart burst out from the densely spinning high-speed threads, heading straight towards Su Luo!

His clothes were torn to shreds by the silk threads, and his exposed skin was covered with numerous fine wounds. The wounds were not deep, but there were many of them, densely packed, like those from a broken cat scratching post.

Su Luo: O_o?

Song Shige: o_O?

Two gazes met in the air. The crimson figure paused for less than half a second upon seeing Su Luo, then continued to ignore the countless threads behind it and charged forward.

He opened his arm and grabbed Su Luo's shoulder. Su Luo's body was thrown to the side by him, his palm leaving five deep finger marks on Su Luo's shoulder blade. He continued running forward, running towards the outside of the Calamity Nest, without the slightest hesitation.

"What's going on?" Su Luo asked calmly, while observing the situation of the silk thread field.

The silk thread field showed no intention of chasing after them; it merely watched as Song Shige broke through and then slowly retracted.

"A chaotic battle among Survivors; dozens of Survivors died in less than four hours."

Song Shige, carrying Su Luo, ran straight ahead. The layer of blood-red armor covering his body collided with the surrounding monsters as he ran, knocking the Mature Calamity to both sides.

"How come you only got 20 Attribute after retraining? These days, every Survivor retrains has at least 20 Attribute! I got to 23, and the owner of that 'Silk Thread' area seems to be a retrained 'Rainbow Badge' survivor; he wiped out a whole bunch of survivors as soon as he appeared!"

Survivors born within the Empire do not possess Transcendent Seeds.

Su Luo replied, while marveling at the vast difference in strength between Survivors inside and outside the empire.

The lower limit of Survivors outside the Empire is almost the upper limit of Survivors inside the Empire.

Song Shige didn't ask any further questions, but instead stuffed a bundle of objects imbued with strong Mana into Su Luo's arms.

"Recover quickly! This is more than enough for you to get back to level 21! I'll find you some more Mana items then!"

Su Luo looked at it and saw a crystal-clear right hand, clearly the corpse of Survivor with Mana- related Transcendent Seed.

Thank you for your kindness.

Su Luo thanked her politely, then her voice turned cold:

"But it's not necessary."