thefictionvixens Chapter 385 The Cicada Awaits
Chapter 385 The Cicada Awaits
Chapter 385 The Cicada Awaits
The Soul Void Thunder Talisman lies deep within the territory of the Void Realm creatures.
To obtain the Thunder Talisman, one must confront the monster head-on, and even venture deep into the void.
Chen Yi wasn't sure if he would be injured by the attacks from those creatures from the void.
There were countless eyes watching this place from all around.
Don't make any definitive statements. You need to leave yourself a way out.
"I'll give it a try," Chen Yi said.
Yin Yan's eyes lit up.
"However, I have a condition." Chen Yi held up one finger.
"you say."
"I don't want anyone to disturb me while I'm operating this," Chen Yi said, staring at the silver flame. "Whether it's an external attack or any other creature approaching, you'll handle it all, fellow Daoist."
Chen Yi needed an absolutely safe rear area.
He couldn't be dealing with the creatures of the void while also having to guard against arrows from behind.
Yin Yan patted his chest.
"Don't worry! With me here, not even a fly can get in! Just go ahead and try!"
"it is good."
Chen Yi turned to look at Ning Bu'er, Yin Yan, Yin Jiao, and the others.
"Step back."
The crowd did as instructed and stepped back, clearing a large open space.
Chen Yi stood alone beneath the silvery vortex.
The suction force from the swirling vortex tugged at the hem of his clothes.
He looked up at the Silver Sky Hammer at the center of the vortex.
On the surface, it appears to be just a magical artifact trapped in a spatial rift.
But in reality, things are not that simple.
Chen Yi closed his eyes slightly.
When he opened his eyes again, they had transformed into the colors of Yin and Yang divine consciousness.
The left eye is pure white, and the right eye is pitch black.
Divine sense pierced through the appearance of the silver vortex, through the folded space, and directly saw the essence of the illusory world.
He looked past the fixed silver hammer and gazed into the deeper depths.
There, there was a rune that shimmered with an eerie light.
Void Soul Thunder Talisman.
Countless gray threads extended from the runes, tightly binding the Void Hammer like blood vessels, anchoring it in the gap between the mortal world and the virtual world.
Each flash of lightning on the giant hammer was a counterattack against these gray threads.
The creature from the void wasn't guarding the Void Silver Hammer at all; it was guarding the Void Thunder Soul Talisman, and this hammer was the anchor point located by the runes.
Chen Yi saw the entire structure clearly.
"The 'Silver Hammer of Fixed Void' is merely a facade."
Chen Yi stared at the rune and murmured to himself.
"The Void Lightning Soul Talisman is the true hidden key to anchoring that illusory realm."
The next moment, Chen Yi moved.
He did not reach out and grab the silver hammer directly.
That's something only a fool would do.
He stood below the center of the vortex, his eyes slightly closed, but his divine sense was like a long, thin, and resilient needle, piercing directly into that chaotic spatial node.
He needs to use the Spatial Purple Lightning Soul Thunder first.
This power swirled in his sea of consciousness, and the lightning took on a nearly transparent purple hue, carrying wisps of spatial fluctuations.
Chen Yi considered in his mind that he needed to establish contact first, without alerting the monster.
His consciousness traveled through layers of folds using spatial supernatural powers as a medium.
This feeling is very strange.
It's like searching for the only exit in a maze made up of countless mirrors.
Chen Yi's divine sense precisely avoided the spatial rifts that were powerful enough to sever the physical bodies of Nascent Soul cultivators.
He sensed it.
Deep within the Void-Stabilizing Silver Hammer, the Void Thunder Soul Talisman was emanating an ancient and violent aura.
That is the origin where thunder and the laws of space intertwine.
Chen Yi took a deep breath.
He carefully controlled that wisp of soul lightning essence and pressed it against it.
hum.
A booming sound resounded in his mind.
Chen Yi felt his soul shake violently.
Successful.
The power of the Soul Thunder resonated with the talisman.
This resonance gave Chen Yi an unprecedented sense of fulfillment, as if a missing piece of the puzzle in his consciousness had been found.
The primordial power of the Soul Thunder contained within the Void Soul Thunder Talisman began to flow slowly but steadily back into Chen Yi's body through the connection of his divine consciousness. "I need to speed it up," Chen Yi thought to himself.
He could sense that this flow of energy was disrupting the delicate balance of the place.
However, the balance collapsed faster than he had anticipated.
Just as the Soul Thunder Origin was being transmitted, a cold and twisted aura erupted from the depths of the void.
The creature from the void was awakened.
Chen Yi felt a sharp pain in his consciousness, as if he were being cut by countless tiny files at the same time.
The creature was formless and intangible; it was composed of distorted spatial turbulence.
It hid in the void and launched a direct attack on Chen Yi's soul.
Chen Yi snorted coldly.
He did not withdraw his divine sense.
Once the connection is revoked, it will be completely severed, making it difficult to gain access again next time.
He sketched a lightning barrier in his mind.
The spatial divine soul lightning erupted in full force at this moment.
The lightning was no longer thin threads, but transformed into a dense net, forcefully blocking the chilling aura outside.
Chen Yi mentally assessed his opponent.
This monster's attacks are simple, but their strength lies in their unpredictability.
It uses spatial rifts as springboards, making its attacks difficult to defend against.
Chen Yi's consciousness collided with the monster in the void.
No sound.
Only space is constantly collapsing and reforming.
Chen Yi controlled the Soul Thunder, attempting to transform it into a heavy hammer to shatter the chaotic spatial turbulence.
But when the lightning struck, it was like striking cotton.
Taking advantage of the characteristics of the void realm, the creature dispersed Chen Yi's attack into countless tiny spatial fragments.
At the same time, the monster's counterattack also arrived.
It manipulated a spatial rift, which appeared directly on the side of Chen Yi's consciousness.
The crack was like a giant mouth, trying to devour Chen Yi's spiritual connection.
Chen Yi's heart tightened.
He quickly changed his incantation.
The soul lightning in his consciousness instantly switched to a defensive stance, and the exorcising properties of lightning came into play at this moment.
The chilling auras that tried to approach were swept away by the lightning, sizzling as they vanished into nothingness.
The two sides reached a stalemate.
Chen Yi was unable to defeat this monster that had the advantage of terrain.
This monster was also unable to sever the resonance between Chen Yi and the Void Thunder Soul Talisman.
Within that narrow spatial node, purple lightning intertwined and collided with gray spatial turbulence, creating chaos in the surrounding space.
Chen Yi could feel his spiritual power being rapidly depleted.
This is not the way to go.
He couldn't spare more energy to completely kill the monster while maintaining the resonance.
Moreover, this monster's form is too bizarre. It has no core at all, and as long as the void exists, it can continuously regenerate.
The two sides exchanged thousands of attacks in just a few breaths.
Each collision made Chen Yi's face paler.
Yin Yan watched from a distance, his expression turning serious.
He could see that the space around Chen Yi was distorting, which was a manifestation of the clash of divine senses reaching its extreme.
"This kid actually withstood that monster's soul attack," Yin Yan muttered to himself. "He possesses soul techniques and supernatural abilities of this level. Could he really be the reincarnation of some powerful being?"
Chen Yi persisted.
He is still drawing upon the essence of the talismans.
But he discovered that no matter how much he absorbed, the talisman remained firmly locked in place by the Sky-Fixing Silver Hammer.
The monster, as if possessed, recklessly rammed into the lightning barrier.
Chen Yi realized that this was more than just territoriality.
This monster is protecting the very foundation of its existence.
After the final collision, Chen Yi suddenly opened his eyes, his consciousness receding like a receding tide.
He swayed slightly, but regained his balance.
The silver vortex continued to spin, and the fixed-air silver hammer continued to bounce.
The fierce exchange just now seemed to have happened nothing to outsiders; only the constantly cracking and closing spatial rifts proved the brutality of the battle.
"How is it?" Silver Horn hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
Chen Yi didn't speak; he was reviewing the details of what had just happened in his mind.
He reached out and pressed his temples to relieve the stinging pain in his soul.
"That monster is unkillable," Chen Yi said, his voice slightly hoarse.
Yin Yan frowned: "I've said it before, that thing is in the Void Realm, and mortal methods are unlikely to be effective against it."
Chen Yi looked at Yin Yan and shook his head.
"That's not the only reason."
Chen Yi sorted out the logic in his mind.
He saw through the layout of the place.
"The Sky-Stabilizing Silver Hammer is the medium," Chen Yi said, pointing to the center of the vortex.
"That Void Thunder Soul Talisman needs an anchor point. It connects the real world and the virtual world, and the Void-Fixing Silver Hammer provides it with coordinates and energy."
Chen Yi paused for a moment, then continued.
"The Void-Stabilizing Silver Hammer provides the talisman with a spatial location in the real world and continuously draws spiritual energy from this ancient battlefield to supply it."
"The beings of the void realm also know this."
Chen Yi's eyes were cold.
"It really can't do anything about that Void Thunder Soul Talisman. It's one of the inherited runes of the Ancient Soul Thunder Sect, and it can't handle it."
But it needs the talisman to remain here, because the spatial distortion and energy overflow caused by the talisman are the soil for its survival.
"So, anyone who tries to touch that hammer is severing its foundation."
Chen Yi was planning his next move.
A direct assault is definitely not an option, unless he advances to the Nascent Soul stage or possesses the means to completely seal off the Void Realm.
But that's not realistic.
"If we want to avoid a final battle with that void creature and still take everything with us, there's only one way."
Chen Yi looked at Yin Yan.
Yin Yan was taken aback: "What method?"
"Find something to replace it," Chen Yi said.
He already had a vague plan in mind.
"We need a spiritual object or treasure of the same level to replace the Void-Stabilizing Silver Hammer."
Chen Yi spread his hands and gestured.
"The instant you take the silver hammer, slip the substitute inside. Make the ethereal creature think the anchor point is still there, so it continues to grab the substitute and anchor itself in this space."
"That way, we can take the stuff and leave, and it will continue to guard that useless substitute."
Chen Yi looked at Yin Yan.
"Fellow Daoist, your Silver Spirit Clan should possess spiritual items of this caliber, right?"
Yin Yan's eyelid twitched.
"I don't have such a thing!"
He spread his hands and pointed to the magical treasure in mid-air.
"Even the treasured possession of my Silver Spirit Clan is here, so I certainly don't have anything better."
He paused, then added.
"Unless I can hunt down a near-fifth-tier demonic beast."
"Or imprison a fifth-order soul-type being, such as the Ghost Emperor."
After saying this, he shook his head first.
That's utter nonsense.
A fifth-order being is someone who can tear through space and is comparable to a god.
Unless he himself comes in person.
Otherwise, how could he have captured a creature of this level so easily?
Chen Yi frowned.
The situation was not as optimistic as he had imagined, and he quickly calculated in his mind.
The fixed-air silver hammer spun in the vortex above their heads, shimmering with silver light, within reach.
This is a ready-made treasure; you can just grab it and go.
However, the Void Thunder Soul Talisman was hidden deep in the void, locked tightly by that creature from the void realm.
Two things, one bright and one dark, separated by a spatial barrier.
If we were to take the silver hammer, it would inevitably cause spatial tremors, and the soul talisman deep in the void might be swept into the spatial turbulence and become lost.
Even if they use all their strength.
Using the system and playing all your cards doesn't necessarily guarantee the best outcome.
His goal was to obtain both the Sky-Fixing Silver Hammer and the Sky-Lightning Soul Talisman.
It now appears that outright robbery is not an option.
The true nature of that creature from the void realm is still unknown, and its strength is unfathomable.
Rushing in rashly might not only fail to get the item, but also alert the others outside.
We need to try a different approach and give it another shot.
Engage with those beings from the void realm a few more times to test their strength.
What if we can find a flaw?
Alternatively, when connecting with the Thunder Soul Talisman, absorb more of the Thunder Soul Sect's heritage.
Perhaps he could use this as an opportunity to break through and find a chance to make up his mind, so Chen Yi immediately took action.
He mobilized the power of soul lightning, and lightning bolts shot out from between his eyebrows.
At first, they were only as thick as a hair, with a faint blue luster. In the blink of an eye, these lightning bolts intertwined into a dense net of lightning.
The lightning network converges at the front end into a sharp spike, piercing straight into the space ahead.
A ripple spread across the surface of space, emitting a soft cracking sound. Divine senses spread along the lightning, forcibly connecting with the Void Lightning Soul Talisman.
The creatures of the void sensed the intrusion and immediately launched a counterattack.
A viscous mass of energy surged from the darkness, like a wall, crashing into the lightning.
Instead of retreating, Chen Yi advanced and charged head-on, beginning a series of probing exchanges.
Divine consciousnesses collided in the void.
Lightning ripped through the darkness.
That viscous energy is extremely corrosive.
The moment they made contact, the tip of Chen Yi's consciousness began to dissolve, making a sizzling sound.
While fending off the attacks from the creatures of the void, Chen Yi also spared some attention to touch the soul talisman.
The power of this illusory being is inexhaustible, and in this void, the opponent has the advantage of terrain.
A direct confrontation that exhausts resources will definitely put you at a disadvantage.
You need to find the right rhythm.
The lightning bolt contracted and expanded, avoiding a direct attack from the creatures of the void.
Taking advantage of the moment when the opponent's old power had just been exhausted and new power had not yet been generated, the lightning bolt bypassed from the side and struck the soul talisman again.
With each advance and retreat, his spiritual consciousness was constantly depleted and then reorganized.
A sharp pain shot through my mind.
Chen Yi gritted his teeth and split his divine sense into dozens of strands.
Like an invisible net, it seeps into the soul talisman little by little from all directions.
Outside, in the distance.
The ascetic monk hid in the shadows.
He stared at Chen Yi's movements and let out a cold laugh.
"Fine, Chen Yi, you were faking it all along!"
Just now outside, this kid was pretending to be seriously injured in spirit.
The screen is too weak to move.
He needs help even to walk.
His face was deathly pale, his steps were unsteady, and even his breathing was intermittent.
They acted so realistically.
What now?
How dare they stand directly beneath this magical treasure to test the forbidden area in the void!
Not only can it stand firmly, but it can also distract itself by controlling the lightning.
There's no sign of injury at all.