Chapter 393: Blood Essence in the Void

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Chen Yiming and the demon god were inches away from each other.

He could even hear the demon god’s breathing. This was not breathing in the traditional sense, but an energy fluctuation that washed over his body like a wave.

“Is this the power of the world? It’s very heavy and oppressive. However, that’s about it. If it can’t crush me in one go, it’s equivalent to me fighting against the world alone.”

Chen Yiming seemed to have understood the key to opening up the inner world.

On second thought, “The demon god was born in the dark forest world. The devil’s den is a special place, so the inner world should be closely related to the devil’s den. Then why did it become sealed in the past? Was it really dragged on until it naturally weakened and fell in cultivation level?”

“It’s true that the other party can’t kill me now, but I can’t kill it either. It’s like a person who has mastered the technique for an unbreakable body facing a tsunami alone.”

This was one thing that Chen Yiming had to admit.

From the moment he mastered the first type of internal force to the moment he mobilized the power of nature that existed in the world, he had always been the one who had the advantage in quantity over his opponent.

However, today, facing the demon god who had surpassed the fusion realm, no matter how strong his body and blood essence were, the quantity was definitely inferior to the level of the entire world.

Chen Yiming was deliberately fighting at close range to find out more about the demon god’s capabilities.

“Die!”

The abdomen of the dark, many-legged mutant insect lit up with a red light. Immediately after, its eyes emitted a fierce glint.

“Buzz, buzz, buzz.”

The cube in the demon god’s body shook, and the entire devil’s den immediately vibrated at a certain frequency. All kinds of negative energy suddenly became more active.

Then, evil spirits started to crawl out of the void, other evil spirits were born from the shadows, and demons stood up from the pools of blood. There were so many of them that it was impossible to see the end of them.

The negative energy accumulated in the devil’s den seemed to have been transformed into a demon army.

At the same time, Chen Yiming realized that his movements seemed to be greatly restricted. It was as if the entire world was targeting him. Since he couldn’t be killed, it would press down on him from all directions.

He calmed down and did not panic. Since it had been sealed more than once or twice in the history of the demon gods, there must be some kind of weakness.

The reason he was so calm was because he had more than 400,000 Skill Points in the system. The space-manipulation talent was his trump card for the time being.

Furthermore, learning more information about what lay beyond the fusion realm was beneficial for dealing with the trouble caused by the mushroom that covered the sky after leaving the devil’s den.

“Roar!”

The demon god opened its mouth, which was filled with pale, sharp teeth, and released an invisible ripple that enveloped Chen Yiming’s body. A terrifying suction force appeared, and cracks appeared in the air.

“Are you trying to swallow me into your inner world?”

Chen Yiming smiled. After the transformation, his physique was extraordinary.

Every miniature Undying Mark seemed to be engraved in the air, but also connected to each other.

Although the core wrapped in the Undying Mark in his cells was so small that it was inconspicuous, it actually weighed 10,000 kilograms. It could also change at will within a certain range to adapt to the size of the giant after it transformed.

At this moment, although he was less than three meters tall, after a terrifying suction force enveloped his entire body, the core adjusted itself. His weight was no different from when he had truly transformed into a giant.

“Slash!”

Chen Yiming let out a low grunt. The spiritual figure turned into a sword beam and charged out of his body, aiming straight for the demon god’s face.

The sudden change caused the dark, many-legged mutant insect to be unable to react at all. It watched helplessly as the sword stabbed into the center of the demon god’s eyebrows.

“Boom!”

The demon god was essentially a special spiritual creature. Its bones, skin, and appearance were all formed from its spiritual power. At this moment, the spiritual figure that specialized in restraining spiritual creatures had pierced through the space between its eyebrows and destroyed a portion of its spiritual power.

Pain! Pain! Pain!

The spiritual figure turned into a stream of light and returned to his body. Chen Yiming heaved a sigh of relief and sent the demon god flying with a punch. The demon god struggled as it was sent flying. A portion of its spiritual power had been destroyed, causing its instinctive will to try to regain control of its body.

The entire place fell silent.

Whether it was the dark many-legged mutant insect, the dark mud monster, or the leader of the dire wolves, they all watched in shock as the demon god was defeated.

Even the leader of the dire wolves, who had a lot of trust in Chen Yiming, didn’t expect that the demon god, the source of the disaster that happened once every 1000 years in the dark forest world, would be sent flying by a single punch.

That was the demon god who could control the power of the world!

The leader of the dire wolves had thought that Chen Yiming was confident that he could escape together with it, not that he could really fight the demon god. It had even thought that he had a small advantage.

“This is the devil’s den, the only place where the demon god can use the power of the world. It’s not anywhere else in the dark forest world. How can it not be a match for that human?”

The dark, many-legged mutant insect panicked.

Perhaps Chen Yiming couldn’t kill the demon god while in the devil’s den, but with his terrifying combat strength, killing the two dark creatures would be a piece of cake.

“Are you stupid? Why aren’t you using that move to cover our escape?”

The dark mud monster beside it quickly reminded it in secret.

The dark, many-legged mutant insect suddenly came back to its senses. After giving the demon god an order, it burrowed into the soil without looking back. The dark mud monster followed closely behind, and the gap in the soil was instantly filled up.

The two dark creatures had escaped.

The siege this time was even more anticlimactic than the previous time. From the moment the conflict broke out to the end, it had only been about a minute.

“Mr. Chen, I’ll go after them.”

The dire wolves’ leader requested permission before he acted.

When it said this, its legs almost went weak. It felt good to be on the stronger side, but it would be terrible if the two of them counterattacked.

Compared to the dark werewolves that had surrendered, it had only 40% to 60% of their combat strength. Compared to the dark mutant insect and the dark mud monster, there was definitely a larger difference.

“Be careful. If you can follow them, then go ahead. If you can’t, then forget it.”

Chen Yiming nodded.

The dire wolves’ clan leader was overjoyed when it heard this, and its legs no longer felt weak. It only needed to stay far behind. This was what it was good at. This was a talent that its clan was born with.

After receiving the order, it suddenly leaped out. Its metallic fur formed blades, and wherever it passed, it cut through the thick soil like tofu.

In its pursuit, the leader of the dire wolves only planned to use a little of its primitive physical strength. There were no energy fluctuations, and it only relied on its sense of smell and intuition.

…

Chen Yiming turned back to the demon god as he watched the leader of the dire wolves disappear.

At this moment, the demon god was floating above the demon army and looking over at him fiercely. The hole in its forehead had already been filled up again.

“Those who were in the way have already left. We can go all out now,”

Chen Yiming said calmly, not caring if the demon god understood him.

There was another reason why he had sent the dire wolves’ leader after them. It allowed Chen Yiming to enjoy the thrill of fighting with his strong physique.

After all, the other party would still be useful in the future. If it was killed by the aftershock of the battle, it would be a loss for the humans.

As soon as he finished speaking, the blood essence turned into a long dragon that illuminated the air, and the air turned into a furnace that lit up the devil’s den. Waves of heat rose one after another, and all the sinister and ghostly aura seemed to have been melted by the sun and turned into smoke.

Chen Yiming didn’t hold back at all. He went all out, trying to fight the demon god’s overwhelming power with his own strength.

“Boom!”

His extremely terrifying body shattered half of the devil’s den the moment he moved.

Chen Yiming didn’t consider the possibility that anything would happen during his sprint. He was confident that the demon god wouldn’t have the ability to kill him instantly.

This was what he relied on since he had two talents that enhanced his physique.

In fact, if the demon god or the demon army took the initiative to attack, Chen Yiming would be delighted instead of shocked. He wanted to see if it was faster for the negative energy to be converted into demons, or if he could kill them faster.

As he charged forward, a blood-red semicircular barrier appeared, and cracks appeared in the space along the way.

One punch!

“Boom!”

A shocking sound rang out, as if a fist had landed from the sky.

At this moment, Chen Yiming and the demon god collided violently again.

This attack was not held back at all, causing the demon god to fall straight to the ground, creating tremors in the surroundings. The dust that was raised by the fall drowned his figure, and half of his body melted on the spot.

At the same time, the demon army was also affected. As far as the eye could see, they were reduced to dust by the aftershock. Other than the demon god, all the demons in the entire devil’s den had been wiped out.

“Roar!”

The demon god, who had been beaten up again, recovered and charged out of the dust, controlling a transparent awl that was aimed at Chen Yiming.

Just as Chen Yiming was about to dodge, the pressure from the power of the world appeared again. In the blink of an eye, the entire demon army reappeared and charged at him.

“Boom!”

This time, it was Chen Yiming’s turn to suffer. Due to the restraints of the power of the world, his speed was greatly reduced, and he couldn’t dodge the transparent spear.

His head was turned into dust on the spot. In the next moment, although he had returned to his original state through the Undying Mark in his cells, the demon army had already rushed into Chen Yiming’s body.

That’s right. This was the move that the dark mud monster had gotten the dark, many-legged mutant insect to use to stall for time.

Because Chen Yiming’s movements were temporarily restricted, every cell in his body had become a battlefield. Demons had entered to destroy it from the inside.

“Is this a special use of the power of the world?”

Chen Yiming’s understanding of the power of the world deepened.

If it was an ordinary creature at the fusion realm, such as the leader of the dire wolves, it would probably have been crushed on the spot. There was no need for any subsequent spiritual attacks.

At this moment, the demon god floated up again. It didn’t make any moves personally unlike Chen Yiming. The cube in its body was spinning, and more of the power of the world descended from the sky.

Chen Yiming felt like he was carrying the entire world on his back. This time, he really couldn’t move.

“By using the power of the world to control me, and then letting the negative energy in the devil’s den continuously transform into a demon army, you want to kill me by destroying all of my cells?”

Chen Yiming sensed that traces of his blood essence were fighting an all-out battle with the demon army on the battlefield.

Each demon was naturally easily killed, but after one died, more demons continued to surge into his body.

It was equivalent to all the cells in his body being attacked from both inside and outside at the same time. He was facing the negative energy that was gathering from the entire devil’s den, or rather, from the dark forest world to the devil’s den.

He was indirectly fighting against the small forest world.

“If I hadn’t been trying to absorb all the essence energy accumulated in the foundation base for so many years, I might have felt that something was amiss and fled before the birth of the demon god.”

“However, now that it involves competing in terms of recovery ability, with the transformation brought about by the upgrade of both of my talents, what if I’m one level lower?”

“Since the foundation base that represents the core of the world doesn’t have an unlimited amount of essence energy, it naturally means that the negative energy in the devil’s den isn’t unlimited.”

“Besides, I still have a trump card. Let’s compete to see who can last until the end between the power of the world and the recovery ability of my physical body.”

At this thought, Chen Yiming laughed again.

As his laughter rang out, the blood essence turned into flames that burned. A world of lava was reflected in the air behind him. It was clearly not a fire-based ability, but the blood essence from his terrifying body. However, even the air seemed to be ignited.

At this moment, the devil’s den no longer had a ghostly and sinister aura. Instead, it had become like a furnace.

Chen Yiming couldn’t use the power of the world, but if he was strong enough, he could fight against the power of the world controlled by the demon god.

Time quickly passed by.

The demon god and Chen Yiming remained in their original spots without moving, but the intensity of the battle didn’t decrease at all. The ground where the devil’s den was located shook slightly, then visibly, and then the chain reaction spread far and wide.

This was like a volcano that was preparing to erupt. However, the extent of the eruption was so serious that it affected the entire dark forest world.

The five foundation bases represented the core of the dark forest world. They were buried in five special locations, and now, one of them was gradually accumulating enough energy to explode.

…

Thousands of kilometers away from the surface of the devil’s den, the dark, many-legged mutant insect that was crawling quietly suddenly stopped.

“We’re being followed.”

“It should be that guy, the dire wolf.”

At this moment, the dark, many-legged mutant insect, who was good at sensing the situation from slight vibrations, finally discovered the dire wolf that was far behind and was following them by smell.

The dark mud monster also stopped. After a moment, it said, “Let’s wait a little longer. We can’t guarantee our safety at this distance. At the very least, we have to return to the sea first.”

The dark, many-legged mutant insect turned around and looked fiercely in the direction of the Gobi Desert beyond the oasis.

The leader of the dire wolves was hiding somewhere. As long as they released their spiritual power, they could easily discover their opponent’s location.

However… any energy fluctuation would be like a fire at night. When it discovered the other party, it would also completely expose their location.

The dark, many-legged mutant insect understood the shortcomings of the demon god. In essence, the demon god and the devil’s den were one, and it was equivalent to countless evil spirits combining with the devil’s den. It was also of poor quality.

When the negative energy accumulated in the devil’s den was exhausted to a certain extent, the inner world in the demon god’s body would collapse on its own. Therefore, in the history of the dark forest world, there were records that the demon god was finally sealed.

In other words, the natural location of the devil’s den had created a creature beyond the fusion realm that had a natural limitation to its abilities.

Therefore, at the moment, it did not know if the demon god could kill that human or how long it could hold him back.

Just as the two dark creatures stopped for a moment and were about to continue forward,

tremors caused the desert to be filled with yellow sand. Then, they gradually spread to the oasis, as if a sandstorm was about to attack it.

“Not good, escape quickly.”

The two dark creatures’ hair stood on end. The signs in front of them indicated that the move they had used to give them cover to escape had failed to kill the human.

Since it could not kill him, the two dark creatures knew that the demon god would be the first to collapse.

At that time, if they could not escape far enough or escape the pursuit of the dire wolf, they would not be able to survive if that human caught up to them.

The dark mud monster inexplicably recalled that at the start of the siege, it had swallowed the entire devil’s den to prevent that human from escaping. In the end, it was blown up by the aftershock of the punch.

Now, it seemed a little ironic. The body of darkness, which was known for its recovery ability, was not of much use at all. Instead, they were the ones who had escaped in a sorry state.

At the edge of the oasis, the dire wolves’ leader sensed that the two dark creatures had suddenly stopped, so it also found a bush to hide in.

The tremors coming from the depths of the ground continued to increase. However, there was still no limit to the intensity of the tremors. The leader of the dire wolves was shocked again.

“Could it be that Mr. Chen can really kill the demon god alone?”

“Logically speaking, that’s impossible. The fusion realm still involves the power of nature, while the demon god controls the power of the world. There’s a huge difference between the two types of power. It’s already extremely terrifying that they can temporarily fight against each other.”

“If Mr. Chen can really defeat it, I don’t dare to think about it…”

The level of the demon god was much higher than the level of the fusion realm, which involved the use of the power of nature.

One was the power of the world, and the other was the power of nature. The power of nature was only a part of the world, and this part was divided into many different types of power of nature.

Not long after.

Through smell alone, the dire wolves’ leader could tell that the two dark creatures were moving forward again. Their speed was many times faster than before.

It immediately stood up and continued to chase after them.

…

At some point, a loud sound shook the entire forest world. The entire desert and a portion of the oasis were sent flying into the air. A fiery red heat wave lit up the air and caused the sky to change color. The remaining heat started to cause a fire in the oasis.

Looking down from the sky, there was an unbelievably huge pit on the ground. This pit was more than 1,000 kilometers wide and went straight to the core of the planet.

Not only that, but it also indirectly caused the trajectory of the dark forest world to deviate slightly.

“Run! Run! Run! I don’t care anymore.”

The two dark creatures flew into the air, no longer caring about revealing their positions. In a flash, they had covered dozens of kilometers. They were using a teleportation technique that combined with the power of nature.

This also caused the energy fluctuations to be abnormally intense. It was no longer possible to hide their location.

“His blood essence shines in the air like a furnace. This is a phenomenon that can only be triggered by the power of the world!”

As they fled, the two dark creatures were still in shock.

When they invaded other worlds, they had also seen creatures with powerful physiques cause such a phenomenon. However, those creatures were not at the level of the fusion realm.

On the other hand, this proved that there was a high chance that the bloodline of that human came from a high-level cultivation civilization, and it had released its potential as he cultivated.

This way, it could explain how he could cause such a phenomenon at the level of the fusion realm.