Chapter 271
It was charging towards itself.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Ce swung his longsword the instant the dark figure lunged at him.
Pfft--!
Before the divine sword, even the hard Void shell was as vulnerable as paper, and the flesh inside was easily torn apart.
Highly corrosive purple blood gushed out, and Chen Ce deftly dodged to the side.
A monster over two meters long lay at his feet, its body cleaved in two by the Seraph's Blade.
The monster's roars echoed from the cavern once more—louder, more numerous, and more deafening than before.
But Chen Ce simply squatted down unhurriedly and used the flames of the Seraph's Blade to instantly roast the corpse of the Void creature.
Then...
Smack!
The monsters' flesh was as tough as rubber, but it smelled like rotten meat infested with maggots.
It tastes terrible, but the energy it contains is very tempting.
Chen Ce ate the flesh of the Void creature expressionlessly, and gradually he no longer found the taste so disgusting.
You'll get used to it.
After a few more bites, I even found the crunchy texture quite enjoyable.
[Feast] was activated, and every inch of the flesh and blood of the Void creature was transformed into real power in Chen Ce's stomach, making his body stronger and more powerful.
The splattered blood corroded his clothes, but it couldn't harm his body in the slightest.
After swallowing half of the Void creature, the monsters from the darkness finally attacked—this time there was more than one.
The one charging at the front resembled a tiger or leopard, but its back was covered with tentacles and its head was covered with a carapace covered in slime, making it look eerily terrifying.
It slid in.
Chen Ce jumped up to dodge.
Its tentacles instantly transformed into sharp blades, attempting to slice open Chen Ce's exposed stomach.
Unfortunately, the imagination was far from the reality.
Its strength and speed are far inferior to the human before it; its proud tentacle blades are as fragile as a few broken sticks in front of the longsword.
In an instant, the tentacles on its back were all severed.
Its head was also pierced by a divine sword burning with raging flames.
Chen Ce ripped off the head of the Void creature and bit into the hardest part.
Click--!
It has a defensive flavor, and a crunchy texture.
Another twisted power was brought to his own use, and Chen Ce felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.
But the Void creatures didn't seem to want him to level up so easily—they didn't want to be treated like lowly monsters in a beginner's village for grinding experience points by weak humans.
They roared and charged forward.
Chen Ce simply touched his swollen belly.
"Stop sliding tackle, I can't eat anymore..."
As evening approached, a head emerged from a pit in the quicksand.
Kai'Sa, who was counting down, was startled, but she still pretended to be like, "I knew you were coming, that's why I wasn't scared."
"Five hours, forty-seven minutes, and thirty-six seconds... You're pretty punctual."
"I'm thirsty, come up and get some water." Chen Ce chuckled as he filled the wooden bucket with water, then prepared to dive into the quicksand.
Seeing this, Kai'Sa became a little uneasy. "You're going down again? So soon?"
"Then what are you going to do outside? Chat with you?" Chen Ce said with a smile.
"..." Kai'Sa knew the other person was "teasing" her again, so she simply stopped talking.
Only after that figure completely disappeared into the quicksand did she mutter under her breath, slightly dissatisfied:
"It's not like it's impossible..."
For a long time afterward, Chen Ce shuttled back and forth between the Void creature's nest and the surface.
He would go up every five hours or so to let Kai'Sa know he was safe and to replenish his water supply—although drinking the blood of Void creatures could satisfy his needs, the stench was just too much... eating meat was much better.
Once or twice was fine, but by the fifth time, Kai'Sa finally couldn't help but ask him why he only took water and never food. His answer was simple:
"I hid lots and lots of snacks downstairs."
Kai'Sa didn't understand, but seeing that the other person didn't seem hungry, she didn't ask any further questions.
They fight from day to night, then eat from night to day... and the cycle repeats itself endlessly.
Over three days, Chen Ce had completely devoured the Void creature's nest.
Spider-shaped, maggot-shaped, beetle-shaped—they accept them all.
Humans live to eat, sleep, and play. Why be so picky about eating Void creatures? What the hell are you talking about? Poisonous or hard to chew? I'll eat you anyway. Forget about picking your bones. I'll just jump into the nest, do a 360° Thomas spin, sweep around all the little bugs, then pounce on the mother and bite her down. The higher-level ones can't even think about running away. I'll devour them all. I'll eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat!
Yeah, everything's fine, just a little full...
Chen Ce lay on his back in the nest of Void creatures filled with skeletons, patting his belly contentedly.
My belly is so full it's bulging like a watermelon.
The power absorbed is naturally quite considerable.
On average, each Void creature can convert 5% of its energy. Having eaten no less than 30 in the past few days is equivalent to directly accumulating the full power of 1.5 Void creatures.
A semi- Void creature, at first glance its combat power doesn't seem that great, but pure aggregation is a different story.
Combat power is something that's easy to go from 1 to 2, but going from 10,000 to 10,001 is not so easy... This is already considered a pretty good improvement.
Moreover, the Void creatures' strength lies in their physical robustness—a hard shell, sharp claws and teeth, and highly corrosive blood, abilities that would be extremely useful to fragile humans.
Even the most powerful mage has very limited physical strength—this is a mage's fatal weakness. But if one could raise their physical strength to the level of a monster... their combat power would increase by more than one level.
Although Chen Ce possessed many tricks and trump cards, his physical strength was not yet "beyond the human realm," so the combined effect of the physical strength of the Void creatures on him was particularly noticeable.
He can now withstand the blows of ordinary blades with his soft flesh.
"That's really good..."
Chen Ce put down his longsword and casually picked up a skull of Void creature that was harder than steel.
With just a little pressure, the bone crumbled into powder.
This pure brute force, devoid of any magic, was something he had never possessed before—unless he used Rhaast's power to Darkin his body.
Chen Ce was very satisfied with this power.
They were also preparing to leave the nest of Void creatures that had been almost completely slaughtered.
He rekindled the "extinguished" Seraph's Blade and slowly climbed upwards along the path he had come from.
But just then, a faint sound came from the darkness that should have been deathly silent.
Beep...
It's like the sound of fish gently swimming across the water.
Chen Ce felt somewhat surprised and immediately used the power of the demon to try to find the source of the sound.
But he saw nothing.
There was nothing but darkness.
There were no living creatures, and no sign of anything moving.
"Could there still be some that have slipped through the net?" Chen Ce rubbed his eyes and increased the output of his demonic power once again.
Its ability to penetrate all things extends into the depths of darkness.
Then...
A strange aura suddenly swept over us.
In an instant, the demon's spying was cut off, and the holy flames of the Seraph's Blade flickered, like a candle in the wind that could be extinguished at any moment.
A chill ran down Chen Ce's spine; even at this safest moment, he felt the threat of death.
His years of accumulated combat experience allowed him to instinctively mobilize the magic power within him, preparing to fight against that unknown being.
But the next second, another terrifying aura swept over him—the extreme pressure almost choked his heart.
He couldn't see the other person's face—not even a shadow—but a terrifying answer already formed in his mind:
[Impossible to defeat.]
That aura... that power...
That was a magical power far greater than Syndra's... a force far more formidable than Aatrox's...!
In a split second, Chen Ce made a decision—he climbed upwards at all costs, wanting only to get away from that unknown entity as quickly as possible.
He smelled the scent of annihilation... he could feel it...
Just like beneath the Howling Abyss of Freljord... they are of the same origin...
The master of the Void...!
"Damn it...!"
The sudden turn of events almost robbed Chen Ce of his ability to think; his body instinctively and rapidly climbed upwards.
Finally, a ray of bright sunlight pierced through the quicksand and shone on his face.
The terrifying aura behind him still lingered, and he charged out of the sand like a madman.
Bang! Chen Ce leaped out of the sand with great force, the powerful impact kicking up countless grains of yellow sand that fell like golden rain.
Kai'Sa, who was waiting outside, was startled by this sudden "overreaction".
Before she could react, Chen Ce had already gripped her hand tightly.
Then he ran frantically in one direction.
"W-What's wrong...?" Kai'Sa asked, puzzled.
"Don't ask, run!" Chen Ce didn't bother to explain anymore, he just grabbed the girl and ran for his life.
Kai'Sa wanted to ask a few more questions, but when she saw the cold sweat all over the other person, she roughly guessed what was going on, and calmed down.
The two spared no effort to escape.
I don't know how long I ran.
Finally, the terrifying aura that had been locking onto him dissipated, and Chen Ce finally dared to turn around and glance back.
The endless yellow sand was as calm as ever.
It seems like nothing happened.
But he knew that everything that had just happened was real...
That terrifying aura... that extreme pressure...
That kind of...
The threat of death...
Chapter 116 The Shurima
Chen Ce was certain that something had locked onto him just now...
In that dark abyss... a terrifying ancient being noticed him...