You Think You're the Only One Who Can Evolve?
Just as the all-consuming black fire was about to completely engulf Qi Yun, the anticipated burning and destruction did not immediately occur.
Instead, it felt as if one had been thrown into a high-speed spinning vortex.
The extreme dizziness and spatial distortion felt as if even the Divine Soul was being flung out of the body.
After an unknown amount of time, the tearing sensation suddenly disappeared, and Qi Yun's feet slammed onto the solid ground, the protective layers of light flickering intermittently.
He frowned, suppressing the turbulent Qi and Blood, and his Divine Sense spread out.
The sight before him caused his pupils to shrink slightly.
This place is no longer that boundless ocean of elixirs.
Instead, it was a huge, empty, and dimly lit underground space.
The air was damp and chilly, filled with an indescribable, sweet-smelling odor mixed with decaying threads and some kind of biological secretion.
As far as the eye could see, there were countless silkworm cocoons, layer upon layer.
These silkworm cocoons vary in size, from as small as a fist to as large as a millstone. They are all grayish-white in color, and their surfaces are covered with twisted veins that resemble talismans, pulsating slightly as if they were alive.
"Is this... the true interior of the Divine Silkworm Sect's ruins?"
Looking at this strange environment, Qi Yun narrowed his eyes and swept his Divine Sense out like mercury spilling onto the ground, but he felt as if he were sinking into a quagmire, severely disturbed by some kind of power permeating this space.
With a flick of his eyes, a stack of Thousand Cranes Talisman suddenly appeared in Qi Yun's hand.
But just as he was about to use the Thousand Cranes Talisman to survey his surroundings...
"Click----Click----"
A series of subtle yet rapid cracking sounds rang out from all directions!
Countless cracks appeared on the surface of the grayish-white silkworm cocoons!
The next moment.
One by one, distorted "creatures" struggled to crawl out.
They have a roughly human-like outline, walk upright, and have four limbs.
All eyes were fixed on Qi Yun, the "intruder," filled with the most primal desire to devour him.
"Hiss--!"
It's unclear which one was the first to let out a piercing scream.
The next second, hundreds and thousands of bizarre humanoid creatures, like a black tide bursting its banks, surged out from cocoons in all directions, fearlessly attacking Qi Yun!
They are incredibly fast and powerful; as they run, their strange postures are neither human nor beast.
"Trouble!" Qi Yun's eyes turned cold, but he remained calm despite his surprise.
The Soul Refining Banner unfurled instantly, black energy surged, and vengeful spirits howled as they charged forward, clashing with the humanoid creatures at the forefront.
The Mystic Nether One Qi Bottle spewed out corrosive energy, turning many humanoids directly into thick water.
However, the number of these humanoid creatures was so vast that they seemed endless, constantly hatching from the cocoons.
What's even more troublesome is that they seem to be constantly adapting to the ghostly aura and the Mystic Nether Erosion Qi.
The rate of death and injury is slowing down.
Um?
Is this... a rapid transformation?
Qi Yun was slightly surprised to notice the strangeness of these humanoid creatures.
"Since Law Technique is ineffective, let's fight to sustain ourselves!"
He changed his hand Method Formula, and his body was engulfed in a burst of dark green flames!
[The Nether Spring White Bone Method]
"Gagaga--!"
One hundred and eight skeletal skeletons roared out, cawing and charging towards the group of humanoid creatures. Then, the dozen or so skeletal skeletons at the front exploded with a bang.
The terrifying dark green flames that swept out, accompanied by an extremely frightening shockwave, directly overturned and severely injured a large number of humanoids.
The remaining skeletal skulls surged forward, their jaws agape, no longer biting, but creating a powerful vortex of suction!
Those humanoid creatures that were killed, or even just injured, their mangled bodies and chaotic blood essence...
It has begun to forcibly extract and devour!
"Buzz!"
"Buzz!"
"Buzz!"
As it devoured, the white bone skull's surface became increasingly lustrous, its bones grew thicker and denser, and the soul fire in its eye sockets gradually changed from ghostly green to dark green, emanating an even colder and purer aura of death!
Even on the surface of the skull, faint, natural runes began to appear.
There was a "pop" sound.
Two sharp horns sprouted from the forehead of the white skull.
So you think you can evolve?
With a slight smile, Qi Yun could clearly feel that the power of the [Nether Spring White Bone Method] was increasing at a visible rate.
With a series of hand Method Formula, Qi Yun directly transformed his strategy, unleashing a variety of Law Technique to support the white skeletons and allow them to devour these strange creatures.
The skulls roared up like a swarm of highly efficient killing and devouring machines.
It swept through the monstrous tide with dominance, and wherever it passed, humanoid creatures fell in droves, becoming nourishment for itself.
Amidst the constant killing and devouring, Qi Yun's keen Divine Sense also caught some details.
Although these humanoid creatures vary in appearance, their body structures clearly show signs of being artificially pieced together and modified.
"These monsters—could they have been created by the Divine Silkworm Sect?" A startling thought popped into Qi Yun's mind.
The High Antiquity Divine Silkworm Sect was renowned for its magical arts and elixirs.
Why would so many twisted and violent humanoid creatures be created in this hidden place?
What is their purpose?
Is it to study some forbidden evolution of life?
Or perhaps—for some far more sinister plot?
Something's not right. Nine out of ten things are wrong.
Realizing that there was something strange about the Divine Silkworm Sect ruins, Qi Yun stopped fighting and sought an opportunity to leave.
This awful place is unbearable to stay in.
The longer you stay, the more creepy it gets.
However, after wandering around this sealed and desolate place for a long time, Qi Yun discovered that it seemed to be a completely enclosed space with no way out.
His gaze, sharp as a hawk's, swept across this desolate land once more.
Silkworm cocoon ---- hatching ---- an endless stream of monsters ---- enclosed space ----
An extremely bold, even insane, idea flashed through his mind like lightning!
"Since I can't find a road, then I'll just—blast one out myself!"
His thoughts instantly became clear, and a resolute glint flashed in Qi Yun's eyes!
Without the slightest hesitation, he swiftly formed hand Method Formula "Nether Spring White Bone Method" to its fullest potential.
"Buzz buzz buzz-!"
One hundred and eight white bone skulls, which had undergone countless devourings and evolved to have a jade-like luster and whose soul fire was condensed to the point of being tangible, instantly abandoned their devouring and attacking of the surrounding monsters.
Like 108 white meteors, they converged at an astonishing speed on a seemingly ordinary rock wall covered with cocoons in front of Qi Yun!
As the skull flew, its size began to expand uncontrollably, and countless fine cracks appeared on the surface of the bones.
The Corpse Poison Yin Fire that had been condensed to their extreme became extremely unstable, emanating an aura of destruction!
"Burst!"
Just moments before the 108 skulls were about to strike the rock wall, Qi Yun uttered a cold word.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Without any sequence, all 108 white bone skulls were detonated simultaneously by Qi Yun using Secret Method technique.
In an instant, all 108 dead stars collapsed and exploded simultaneously.
An indescribable surge of terrifying energy, imbued with the essence of death, destruction, and annihilation, converged at a single point and slammed violently against the rock wall!
"Snap--!!!"
The solid rock wall, strong enough to withstand the relentless bombardment of an ordinary Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivator, shattered under the weight of this concentrated power, whose destructive force increased exponentially!
The surface of the rock wall instantly turned to dust.
The countless cocoons attached to it, along with the monster, vaporized.
Smoke, dust, and debris swirled backward like a tsunami.
However, what was revealed behind the rock face was not a path to freedom.
Instead, it was a strange wall that was older, harder, smooth as a mirror, neither gold nor jade, and emitting a faint glow.
On the wall, countless lifelike divine silkworm patterns of various shapes appeared, as if forming a mysterious Formation Art, radiating a powerful sealing force, firmly guarding the rear.
This wall is the real barrier!
The full-force attack of the self-destructing 108 white skeletons barely tore through the outer layer of cover, revealing this final, even more fortified barrier.
But that's enough!
At the very moment that destructive power collided violently with the Divine Silkworm Wall Qi Yun!
He was already poised to act!
The Soul Refining Banner stirred up the remaining black energy to protect itself and resist the aftershocks of the explosion.
With his fingers pointing like swords, his True Essence surged forth unrestrainedly, mixed with the residual force of the previous explosion, and poured entirely into his fingertips!
A touch of extreme darkness and sharpness coalesced at his fingertips.
"Break--!"
With a low shout, his body moved with the sword, man and sword becoming one.
A black and red Sword-Ray, tearing through the void and wreathed in raging demonic fire and destructive Sword Intent, caught the moment when the Divine Silkworm Wall was shaken by the shockwave of its self-destruction and the Formation Art's light showed a barely perceptible pause.
It pierced with unparalleled precision at a seemingly ordinary spot on the wall where two divine silkworm patterns overlapped!
"Laugh!!!!!"
A sharp, piercing, tearing sound rang out.
The demonic fire and Sword Intent frantically eroded the protective magic light on the wall.
"Click----"
A soft yet distinct cracking sound, amidst the deafening roar, reached Qi Yun's ears like heavenly music!
The incredibly hard, ancient wall of divine silkworms was struck by this fatal blow, which combined Qi Yun's full True Essence and used the force of the explosion.
They boldly chiseled out a tiny hole, barely wide enough for a finger to pass through, with cracks all around its edges.
Beyond the hole, a completely different, faint airflow carrying a refreshing scent!
This opportunity will only last for a moment!
"Gather Form and Disperse Qi!"
Qi Yun did not hesitate at all.
At the critical moment when the hole appeared and the spiritual light of the surrounding wall Formation Art was about to close and repair itself, he instantly used a life-saving escape technique.
It transformed into a formless, intangible, and elusive wisp of pure energy, like mist or flowing water.
They darted inside the tiny, rapidly shrinking hole that had just been forcibly created.
The instant the pure air completely disappeared into the hole—
"Buzz!"
The Formation Art on the wall of the Divine Silkworm shone brightly.
The tiny holes healed and disappeared as quickly as if they had a life of their own.
The walls were restored to their original state, smooth as a mirror, as if they had never been damaged.
Only the hatched, wildly running humanoid beings linger here, searching for their target.
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