Entering the Starry Sky Realm
As the final rune spear pierced the brow of the Starry Sky Behemoth, the colossal creature that had been rampaging for so long collapsed to the ground, its body falling like a crumbling star.
The starlight around Hua Qiang had just dissipated when the star map beneath his feet suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, tearing through the barrier and carrying him into the sealed space.
The moment you step inside, a violent spatial turbulence cuts through you like a razor blade.
Undeterred, Hua Qiang pressed his palms firmly onto the still convulsing body of the giant beast. The patterns of the Blood Demon Scripture appeared on its surface, spreading wildly like countless blood-red vines.
The excruciating pain of his palms being torn apart couldn't hide the wild joy in his eyes.
The behemoth's boundless Blood Qi surged like a boiling galaxy, rushing into the meridians. Wherever it passed, bones emitted a crisp sound as if jade were colliding, and the power of the runes in the field surged violently.
As the body's Blood Qi increase, the power that fills the whole body also becomes stronger.
Hua Qiang even had the illusion that he was about to transcend this world.
Looking at the particles of spacetime energy floating in the air, glowing with a faint blue light, Hua Qiang opened his mouth wide and frantically absorbed them like a whale swallowing seawater.
After these energies, containing the mysteries of the universe, entered his body, they condensed into flowing star maps in his sea of consciousness.
He could clearly see the trajectory of the giant beast as it tore through space while roaming the stars, and he could also feel those moments that spanned millions of light-years.
During the refining process, Hua Qiang's consciousness suddenly sank into a Chaos.
In the darkness, three orbs of light, emanating a mysterious aura, slowly emerged.
The moment his Spiritual Sense touched the ball of light, a vast amount of information flooded into his mind like a tidal wave.
The first cluster of light transformed into a dazzling star, named [Starfall Rift].
This supernatural power can gather the Star Force within a radius of ten thousand miles and transform it into a meteor containing the Time-space Law. Once it hits a target, it can not only produce World-destroying explosion, but also tear apart the spatial dimension in which the target is located, causing it to fall into endless spacetime turbulence.
The second orb of light flickered with eerie blue lightning and was named [Thunderous Starry Sky].
When activated, countless star-shaped lightning orbs will condense around Hua Qiang.
These lightning orbs can not only control the direction of their attacks at will, but what's even more terrifying is that each lightning bolt contains the power to Time Acceleration. The life force of the person struck will rapidly ebb away in an instant, as if they have experienced millions of years of erosion.
The third orb of light is the most mysterious, with black and white interwoven patterns flowing across its surface, and is called [Time-Space Echo].
By using this supernatural power, Hua Qiang can briefly Reversal time to his current state, returning to a state just three breaths ago. Whether it's dodging a fatal attack or altering the trajectory of an attack, he can instantly turn the tide of battle.
Moreover, during the Reversal, he could briefly foresee a fragment of what was to come and grasp the ever-changing battlefield situation.
As the three innate divine abilities of the Starry Sky Behemoth merged into his sea of consciousness, Hua Qiang's aura surged once again.
The behemoth's body withered at a visible rate as it devoured the creature, eventually turning into a pile of shimmering stardust.
Hua Qiang slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with the power of time and space. With a wave of his hand, a meteor containing the power of [Starfall Rift] streaked across the sky, instantly reducing distant mountains to rubble.
He felt the surging power within him, and a confident smile appeared on his lips.
This life-or-death battle with the Starry Sky Behemoth not only allowed him to enter a new realm, but also granted him powerful supernatural abilities that enabled him to roam freely through the stars.
With this gain, Hua Qiang's figure transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into this appalling underground ruin.
Standing in the void, Hua Qiang's Spiritual Sense surged and spread like a tidal wave.
This Exile Ruins filled with broken laws no longer posed a threat to him; his Spiritual Sense could instantly cover and reach any place.
The entire Exile Ruins were laid bare in his perception.
The suspended, fractured mountain ranges are riddled with spatial rifts, and dark purple corrosive liquid flows across the surface. Annihilation light occasionally bursts forth from the distorted space.
When his Spiritual Sense touched a certain location, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he even let out a soft exclamation.
In the northwest direction, a deep valley shrouded in black miasma was devouring the surrounding starlight. The devouring fluctuations emanating from the depths of the valley even caused subtle ripples to appear on his newly condensed Starry Sky Realm power.
Hua Qiang flashed, transforming into a streak of light that pierced through layers of mist.
At the bottom of the valley, thick black gas surged like a living creature, each wisp carrying an aura that corroded all things.
At the center of this deadly vortex, an ancient bronze bell floated in mid-air, its body engraved with ancient patterns, emitting a humming sound that was both triumphant and painful.
The surface of the ancient bell is covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and black mist, like a venomous snake, seeps into the cracks, gradually eroding the bronze color of the bell until it becomes dull and gray.
Through the gap in the bell, Hua Qiang saw the girl trapped inside.
Her purple gauze dress was already torn, revealing skin covered with strange gray-black patterns.
The young girl, Cang Yi, gripped the bell tightly with her fingertips, and large beads of sweat rolled down her forehead, each drop turning into a wisp of green smoke as it hit the ground.
Her Spiritual Power was dissipating at a visible rate, and her once bright eyes were now bloodshot, revealing a despair on the verge of collapse.
"How could this be...? Am I going to die...? Am I here?"
"No... we can't give up..."
Yan Ruyu's voice was hoarse like a broken bellows, and her fingernails scratched the bell wall, making a harsh sound.
She recalled the way her beloved lay on the bed before she set off—her half-transparent soul and body teetering on the verge of collapse, only the Soul-Shaping Pill could stabilize it.
In search of the main medicinal ingredient, "Starfall Lingzhi," she ventured alone into this forbidden land, but accidentally triggered an ancient restriction while gathering the herb, and was trapped by its devouring power for three whole days.
Hua Qiang's gaze swept over the dull and lifeless remnant of the Ganoderma lucidum in the girl's arms, and instantly he understood everything.
At this moment, the cracks on the surface of the Bronze Bell have spread to two-thirds of its length, and each crack is rapidly absorbing the girl's life force.
Her hair began to turn gray, her cheeks became sunken, and her once radiant skin became like withered tree bark.
The black energy seeped into her mouth and nose through the cracks, and tiny black crystals condensed inside her body, gradually severing her meridians.
"Help... help me..."
Yan Ruyu suddenly looked up, her unfocused gaze meeting Hua Qiang's.
Her survival instinct compelled her to unleash her last bit of strength, her weakened hands pounding against the bell's wall, only to cause the ancient bell to tremble even more violently.
Hua Qiang noticed that behind her, amidst the miasma, countless distorted human faces were vaguely emerging. These vengeful Vengeful Spirit, formed from the power of devouring, were greedily eyeing their prey, waiting for the moment the Bronze Bell shattered to completely devour the girl.
"Please save me... just let me out of this predicament, save my dearest life, and I will serve you as your slave for the rest of my life!"
Hua Qiang raised an eyebrow. Why did those words sound so familiar?
It seems someone said something similar not long ago. Oh, right, it was Luo Feixuan.
However, at this moment, that girl had already become one of the members of his harem. Looking at the girl in front of him who Emperor Realm Peak, no, she should be half of the Star Mirror.
The strange look in Hua Qiang's eyes deepened.
Wouldn't it be that every time I save a damsel in distress, I end up losing her to someone else?
However, seeing the girl's pitiful appearance, Hua Qiang was moved with compassion.
He slowly raised his hand, and then a series of Rune Star Map appeared out of thin air, enveloping the bronze Bronze Bell and the Vengeful Spirit in the swallowing mist.