Chapter 253

"Boom!"

Heavenly thunder rolled, and Mu Yi, who was earnestly excavating his divine abilities, was startled awake at the summit of Kunlun Mountain.

Above his head, a massive swath of ink‑black clouds floated.

Mu Yi, who had thrown himself wholly into the excavation of his divine abilities, failed to notice.

"Plane consciousness warning?" Mu Yi's expression was startled and uncertain.

He could feel subtle emotions rippling in the unseen currents—regional feelings transmitted remotely by the Plane consciousness: fear, helplessness, dread… countless living beings were enduring pain.

Mu Yi's pupils contracted slightly, and he quickly communicated with the Plane consciousness.

What entered his sight was a swath of vivid red—indeed, the hue of flame…

In a land of turmoil where no system trains Supernormal Beings, after the ignorant summoned void creatures, chaos erupted instantly: countless buildings turned to ruins, and pain and wailing became the dominant refrain among the wreckage.

Mu Yi's gaze turned ice‑cold; he saw the void life, and everything became crystal clear.

"How could these things appear in the material realm!"

Mu Yi was perplexed. Logically, even if void monsters were merely peering into this burgeoning new world, they couldn't pierce into it; moreover, the Jiuzhou consciousness shielded this place, so how could void monsters have been let in?

More importantly, unlike the half‑spiritual, half‑material state seen in the hospital, these void monsters have already completed their material descent; the beings they slay cannot even retain their souls.

For a mortal to communicate with void life is virtually impossible.

However, nothing in the world is impossible.

A powerful void life passing by, a Supernormal seed of extraordinary talent… all these coincidences converged, forming an exception.

Mu Yi's face grew grim; to claim that all these coincidences were genuine, even a three‑year‑old wouldn't believe it.

Someone has set their sights on this newly‑born Jiuzhou world!

Jiuzhou is not without foes in the Multiverse; indeed, for a realm with Jiuzhou's domineering, conquering style, having no enemies would be the real surprise.

Among them, void creatures are one of the most frequent enemies Jiuzhou encounters.

Void creatures also have another name in Jiuzhou—Outworld Demon.

But with the Jiuzhou consciousness present, these void creatures cannot directly tempt mortals from outside; the only explanation is that someone is meddling from within.

It's just that we don't know whether these foes originate from within or from without.

The karmic ties surrounding him involve many great deities, and he might have been swept in unintentionally.

But now is not the time to worry about those matters; regardless of who the enemy is, he would never dare to make a bold appearance. No matter how Mu Yi speaks, he is still a proper Heavenly Gods and Earth Deities; filing a lawsuit would naturally bring someone to resolve it later.

The opponent only dares to use such underhanded, low‑grade tactics, which reveals their apprehension; therefore, the immediate priority is to eliminate these void creatures.

Mu Yi directly linked to the Plane consciousness, instantly gaining an unparalleled, spectacular plane‑wide view.

Mu Yi, with practiced ease, switched from a grand planetary view to the void invasion site, then continuously narrowed the plane view.

As the continental scene was drawn closer, the chaotic tableau also appeared within Mu Yi's plane view.

From a bird's‑eye perspective, this appears to be a modern city; Mu Yi's geographical knowledge isn't great, so he doesn't know which country this region belongs to, but he can be certain it's in the Americas.

Mu Yi's plane view narrowed again… narrowing…

Finally, through the plane view, Mu Yi saw the void creatures on the battlefield.

One of the void creatures immediately captured Mu Yi's full attention; through the Plane consciousness he could clearly sense that it was the strongest among this batch.

It was a massive being with eight hooves, a pair of huge flesh‑wings on its back, its body covered in bone‑shaped hide, resembling a grotesquely mutated wild boar.

It likely lacks a Legend, yet Mu Yi would not doubt its strength; in the creature chain Below Legend, it should be a top‑ranked existence.

Unlike those mindless void creatures, this one clearly possesses both chaotic nature and intelligence.

It does occasionally spew energy pillars or attack other void creatures, but it remains constantly near the void conduit.

Where the void creatures passed through, a massive crystal pulsed with a faint glow.

Void monsters are chaotic, even more so than demons, yet they also possess intelligence—wisdom built upon chaos.

They are even more cunning and seductive than most beings, which is why powerful void creatures always manage to find opportunities to invade the main world's plane.

For void creatures that have not reached Legend level, invading the material plane is merely a trial—to see if they can devour fresh flesh, souls, or even intense emotions; any of these suffices to make the venture worthwhile.

Opening a conduit that links void and world requires a void crystal to sustain it, so even the relatively clever void creatures never stray far from the void conduit.

They need not hunt themselves; simply devouring those brainless void creatures and extracting them is enough, for the void spawns countless lives.

This is why, no matter how chaotic they are, they never truly vanish—their base numbers are so vast that no one can compute them.

Many who encounter the void for the first time find it hard to imagine how such a twisted existence survives rather than simply disappearing in endless internal strife.

Most people won't study it, and it's difficult to comprehend.

After all, chaotic beings run counter to order, yet they possess a unique civilizational structure that ordinary people cannot grasp.

But once you understand everything, you yourself become influenced by these chaotic rules; knowledge harbors power—when you peer into the abyss, the abyss peers back at you.

When you grasp the rules of chaos, there is no doubt that you have already infused chaos into your own will.

Even if you are a monk or a Holy Warrior, the moment chaos enters your mind, you will change, becoming a void creature cloaked in human skin.

Nevertheless, even a great scholar's painstaking research still requires centuries; ordinary people need not worry about that at all.

When encountering an Outworld Demon, simply eliminate it.

The number of descending void creatures is considerable, and they continue to surge out from the conduit linking the void.

However, most are merely small fry—opponents that even a Supernormal Academy student armed with a weapon can dispatch; some, after assimilating with matter, can be shattered outright by conventional weapons.

But the eight‑hooved, double‑winged boar monster that Mu Yi noticed was different.

Its movements were sluggish, its reactions somewhat dull, generally insensitive to external stimuli.

Yet this sluggishness was merely superficial; Mu Yi clearly observed that when a void monster passed by, it too became sluggish, and the next second the void monster was swallowed whole.

Time‑based ability—Mu Yi's expression grew solemn.

Although he didn't know why the manifestation was time deceleration, Mu Yi harbored extreme vigilance toward this ability.

Karma, time, space… such abilities are perpetually hard to guard against; once they click, it's no joke.

Moreover, not knowing why, Mu Yi felt a strange, twisted sensation from it—a chaotic power mingled with divinity.

A void monster that somehow gained divine power?

No, it should be a void monster that devoured a divine being—or even more extreme, devoured a god.

At the very least, it must be a god possessing weak divine power and weak divinity.

Mu Yi pondered, activating his Thousand-mile Eye and combining it with Plane consciousness, and through the void monster's exterior he saw its deeper core.

It is a mass of twisted void power, infused with divinity and divine power!

Mu Yi is not unfamiliar with divinity and divine power; after all he himself possesses weak divinity, and the construction of the Reincarnation Barrier is inseparable from divine power.

Other beings that have not walked the path of godhood, even if they are Legend, may be unable to perceive the essence of its divinity.

It's like a person living inland who cannot distinguish rivers, lakes, and seas.

Mu Yi perceived the essence of its divinity.

A lingering, prolonged aura of time, and even some vague, shadowy semblance of some giant beast…

After careful discernment, he found that the aura emanating from this giant beast was that of a dragon kind.

A dragon possessing the time attribute…

「What the heck did it eat… a spacetime dragon's egg? Or the essence blood of a candle dragon? 」

Mu Yi rubbed his brow in helpless exasperation, now able to be absolutely certain this thing is an artificial construct.

Without exceeding the Legend threshold, the fabricated combat power could even surpass that of some Legend beings.

「Godspawn? 」

The first thing that appeared in Mu Yi's mind was this word full of ominous and terrifying connotations.

In the information circulating on the multiverse forum, it is generally believed that godspawn were living weapons created during the cosmic wars between deities in the primordial era, encompassing countless varieties.

As for the void monster before Mu Yi, if one insists on labeling it, calling it a godspawn poses no problem, after all both are weapons created for some purpose.

However, even the lowest tier of godspawn should be at least Legend, and moreover a defective one.

But the void monster before Mu Yi now is definitely not a Legend creature.

There is an essential difference between Legend and non-Legend; even if Mu Yi defeats a Legend being, his nature remains Transcendent rather than Legend.

This is also easy to understand: many god-slayers cannot achieve longevity, while even the weakest god possesses a lifespan so long it is nearly immortal.

A godspawn that isn't even a Legend creature?

Mu Yi's headache worsens; when things go awry there must be a monster—someone of unknown identity willing to go to such lengths to deal with him is certainly not a pleasant matter.

Just thinking that somewhere unknown, a pair of invisible eyes is watching him makes Mu Yi feel his scalp tingle.

He also now somewhat understands why Bai Ze in antiquity was shouted at by everyone—a creature that spies on others' privacy truly deserves to be killed outright.

But having said that, Bai Ze, who possesses the ability to know everything, still likes to spout nonsense and can still wander about everywhere, showing it is no ordinary divine beast.

As the saying goes, even those who listen attentively must cling to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's thigh to possess a peaceful place.

Mu Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing this is a scheme.

For now he cannot know who the hidden hand behind it is, or what this scheme truly signifies.

But Mu Yi knows he ought to act.

If left unchecked, it will attract Legendary void creatures, and then things will truly turn out badly.

The advantages of monopolizing a world are obvious; just Kunlun Mountain alone would give Mu Yi an unknown lead over other Zongwang Players.

He could never easily let it go.

「Come fight! 」 Mu Yi felt his blood begin to boil and surge, and he suddenly realized his study of the Soldier Lord divine ability had a problem.

Such combat-type divine abilities naturally need to be experienced in battle to be truly appreciated!

Mu Yi selected the air above the void crystal, then initiated a Plane shift.

Instantly, Mu Yi's figure vanished from atop Kunlun Mountain…

「Mountain Water Seal! 」

In the high skies of the void passage, even if few void monsters could notice, a huge seal descended from heaven.

With the force of thunder that leaves no time to cover one's ears, it slammed into the void crystal.

「Boom!!! 」

When that terrifying roar sounded, the horrifying sound waves spread outward from the crystal, and only when the aftershocks struck them did the void monsters realize what had happened.

Then in the next instant, the entire void crystal exploded, suddenly collapsing into a pile of fragments!

And as the void core shattered, the whole void passage began to feel unstable; the already exceedingly twisted passage now started to completely collapse.

The entire void passage was like being erased by an eraser, instantly losing its color and entering a cold chaos.

And some areas rolled and twisted, as if void creatures were struggling within.

But after a moment, the void passage collapsed with a roar, and the void creatures still swarming within were annihilated in the collapsing passage.

After a brief stupor, the void monsters boiled over.

「Roar!!! 」

The void monsters emitted angry roars, their retreat cut off.

Then, amidst a chorus of void-themed civilized greetings, they began launching various vicious spell strikes at Mu Yi in the air.

Mu Yi gave a faint smile in midair; as a combatant of the main world, he is terrifyingly strong.

An Asura incarnation's shield appeared in his hand; Mu Yi activated Soldier Lord power, and the shield instantly became immensely sturdy.

The shield, augmented with divine ability, was indestructible; despite being bombarded by countless vicious spells, it suffered not the slightest damage.

「Die! 」

With shield in one hand and fist in the other, he slammed the ground, and netherworld fire instantly spread outward from Mu Yi as its center.

The weak void creatures ignited by the netherworld fire immediately wailed and turned to ash.