Chapter 319

Fear appeared in the eyes of the Void Worms; their clan's abilities were all focused on defense, and their attack capabilities were virtually nonexistent—the only thing they could do was ram with their bodies.

So once a creature could pierce their carapace, they basically had no ability to resist.

The Void Worm let out a hiss, terrifying ripples spreading out, and once again a wormhole appeared before its skull; the Void Worm had no intention of lingering, it directly dove into the wormhole—it wanted to escape.

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes, his figure activating again, consecutively piercing through several segments of the Void Worm's body, yet the Void Worm still had no intention of stopping; instead, its speed increased somewhat, even discarding the evil entities hidden beneath it—some could still fall into Solara City, while a larger portion directly fell into the Void.

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes; merely piercing through the Void Worm's form seemed insufficient, fundamentally unable to stop the Void Worm.

Shen Qing's eye sockets flickered with divine patterns as he activated the Golden Eyes of Falsehood Destruction, beginning to rapidly scan the Void Worm, segment by segment.

If no weak point could be found.

Then Shen Qing would activate his backup hidden energy source.

A divine talisman had already appeared in Shen Qing's left palm—this was given to Shen Qing for self-defense by the Old Ancestor of the Shen Clan and the Martial Emperor; Shen Qing estimated it possessed at least the attack power of an Earth Immortal, sufficient to directly pierce through this Void Worm.

Just as the talisman was about to activate, Shen Qing noticed something different.

In the middle segment of the Void Worm, the Golden Eyes of Falsehood Destruction detected something unlike the rest.

There was a lifeform characteristic there, appearing like a miniature Void Worm.

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes, putting the talisman away: "Void Worm hatchling?"

The next moment, Shen Qing directly lunged toward that segment of the body.

With a boom.

This segment was directly pierced through by Shen Qing; when Shen Qing reappeared, he already held a Void Worm hatchling in his hand.

It kept struggling in Shen Qing's grasp—needless to say, this species was truly blessed by heaven, even the unweaned young possessed innate cultivation.

Shen Qing's eyes turned icy, his palm exerting force—this Void Worm hatchling was directly crushed into powder by Shen Qing.

【Congratulations on slaying an Innate Realm lifeform, successfully looting the trait: Void Body (Gold)】

And just then, the final segment of the Void Worm's body also vanished into the wormhole, leaving only a mournful, tragic wail echoing continuously—this was its lament for the hatchling.

Consuming one trait upgrade opportunity.

Void Body (Gold) upgraded to: Void Walker (Red)

Void Walker (Red): A unique innate talent of the Void Worm clan, enabling one to walk within the Void, granting a distinctive understanding of it.

And down below, a thunderous cheer had already erupted.

Martial Saint John leapt up, arms raised, shouting: "Shen Qing! Awesome!! Damn!!"

Yorick also burst into unrestrained laughter: "Good good good!"

But just then, their cheers came to an abrupt halt.

Because in the sky, Shen Qing punched through the Void, then dove in smoothly.

A seamless sequence of movements, fluid beyond compare.

It left John and Eric dumbfounded.

The two rubbed their eyes, John's mouth dry: "Just now, did Shen Qing shatter the Void?"

Eric swallowed: "You saw that too? Did he just dive straight into the Void afterward?"

Both turned their gazes toward the Martial Saint of Sagra: "Is the Sagran you brought back? Don't you plan to explain?"

The Martial Saint of Sagra wore a blank expression: "I don't know either—I've never seen this before."

John took a deep breath: "Sagra, oh Sagra!"

"What in the world did you bring back from the Great Martial?! What kind of monster is this?!!"

Elsewhere.

Shen Qing had already plunged into the Void.

All around were faintly visible purple glows, though most areas remained chaos.

Shen Qing lowered his gaze, still able to vaguely make out the appearance of Solara, and even see John and Eric.

Shen Qing raised his hand, his palm sweeping through the Void—a special sensation arose.

It seemed he had gained a special insight.

Shen Qing needed only to think; now, as long as he sat cross-legged, it wouldn't take long before he could comprehend the Void Domain.

But now was not the time.

Shen Qing lifted his head, gazing toward the direction the Void Worm had departed, raised his hand and lightly tapped; coordinating with the Golden Eyes of Falsehood Destruction, a purple filament appeared in the Void—this was the trace left by the Void Worm as it walked through the Void.

Shen Qing took a step forward, swiftly pursuing.

Ahead, the Void Worm had already halted its steps; it was overly confident, believing Shen Qing could never break through the Void, so it directly began treating its wounds on the spot.

At the same time, it kept roaring: "Just where did this freak come from?!"

"How could you pierce my carapace?!"

Immediately afterward, it thought of its own child: "My poor child! Why did you die before even being born?!"

"It's my inadequacy, but you also saw—he was too terrifying! Able to pierce my carapace! For your revenge, there's no hope, yet if I don't avenge you, what right do I have to be your mother?!"

Saying this, the Void Worm let out a hiss.

"If so! Then don't blame me—today we sever mother-child ties! I am no longer fit to be your mother!"

Shen Qing's teasing voice came from above: "What a shallow mother-son bond."

"But you should still go tell this to your son yourself!"

The Void Worm was startled by Shen Qing's words into a violent shudder, violently turning its head upward, eyes nearly bursting from their sockets.

"How did you get in here?!"

Shen Qing chuckled: "I can't be bothered to waste too many words on something about to die."

Shen Qing took a step forward, arriving before it, and threw a punch directly at its face.

The sound of the carapace shattering rang out; the Void Worm was struck and sent flying backward.

The head carapace of the void worm was harder than any other part, so it wasn't shattered by Shen Qing's punch, but it was a gruesome sight.

The mouthparts capable of tearing through the void were knocked askew, the faceplate shattered more than half, and countless streams of purple blood flowed out, dissipating into the void.

The void worm's eyes showed a hint of fear.

Now it couldn't outrun, nor could it fight back.

Seeing Shen Qing draw ever closer, the void worm made the most instinctive response, directly crawling on the ground.

"Stop! I choose to submit!"

Shen Qing laughed: "You really are a cowardly race."

The void worm had no objection, immediately agreeing: "You're right."

Shen Qing looked at the void worm: "I heard you're not a fiend? Then why are you working for fiends?"

The void worm's eyes lit up, and it immediately replied: "In your terms, we and the fiends have an employment relationship—the fiends hired us!"

"But now I have nothing to do with them—I'll work for you."

Shen Qing snorted coldly: "Work for me? What use would you be to me?"

"If you could betray them today, couldn't you betray me tomorrow?"

Having said that, Shen Qing kicked hard directly at the void worm's face, the already sunken cheek shattering further, and it panicked.

"I can tell you the location of the fiends' teleportation gate!"

Shen Qing sneered: "I can already enter the void—what do I need you for?"

Seeing Shen Qing's final kick about to land, the void worm had no means of resistance left, no bargaining chips in hand, its eyes full of despair.

"No!"