Chapter 251

With Gao Jie Ming's current shield level, trying to withstand damage like "Spatial Slash" was still too difficult.

However, in that previous strike, that mysterious creature had likely concentrated most of its power into the attack to increase its lethality, so its concealment was not as effective as before.

At the instant of its attack, its entire body revealed a faint, blurry outline.

Its aura consequently suffered an inevitable leakage: "Merely a level-two creature, yet it can manipulate the power of 'Space'?! This is truly—excellent!"

At this moment, Gao Jie Ming felt no fear whatsoever; instead, he could not help but excitedly lick his lips with his tongue.

After all, even in this "Aerial Plane" where wind elements were so abundant, during the exploration of the past half-month, among the various creatures Jie Ming had encountered, not a single one had truly mastered even a sliver of "Space" power! This book is first published on Daily Novel Reading for ultra-smooth reading at tttks. tw, offering you chapters without errors or disordered sequences.

Among them, there were even powerful level-three lifeforms.

Even for special races like "Wizards," the vast majority could only begin to touch upon knowledge related to "Space" after advancing to level three.

Yet this creature could actually control the power of "Space" while still at level two!

Whether captured for research or sold directly to those wizards specializing in spatial studies, it possessed immense value!

"I want this thing!"

Looking at his arm, which had already fully recovered, the greed characteristic of a wizard nearly overflowed from Gao Jie Ming's eyes.

Gao Jie Ming began rapidly thinking in his mind about how to capture this precious creature.

Since he now knew the opponent could manipulate spatial power, Gao Jie Ming already had some ideas regarding this fellow's method of concealment.

Under normal circumstances, wizards below level three, due to their insufficient soul tier, indeed lacked the ability to effectively detect "spatial-type" abilities.

Even if they spent a fortune purchasing certain magical artifacts inscribed with corresponding spells, once those spells were released, their brains, which had not yet undergone qualitative transformation, could not truly comprehend the complex information fed back by such magic.

Fortunately, Gao Jie Ming was not a normal wizard in this regard.

"Thanks for that 'loan' from Wizard Roland—"

Gao Jie Ming muttered silently in his heart.

If not for those ten-plus years of bitter effort spent researching "Spatial Gap" knowledge in order to repay Master Roland's loan back then,

he would probably have capsized in this very gutter today!

The next moment, Gao Jie Ming activated his "All-Purpose Eye."

As the "All-Purpose Eye" spell activated, countless complex runes instantly flashed within Gao Jie Ming's pupils.

The dense white mist surrounding him instantly cleared from his vision, and relying on the "All-Purpose Eye," which provided multiple composite visions including "Energy Vision," "Elemental Vision," and "Soul Vision," he clearly perceived the flow of various microscopic energies within a two-meter radius around himself.

Relying on the specialized spatial observation capability he had learned upon his recent advancement and subsequently "loaded" into his "All-Purpose Eye,"

Gao Jie Ming quickly saw the energy trails lingering around his body, spreading out like ripples.

"No—the current range is too small."

The current range of the All-Purpose Eye was too small; he still could not see where that enemy was hiding.

Gritting his teeth, Gao Jie Ming made a crazy decision.

He took out a bottle of potion capable of healing soul damage from his internal space and unhesitatingly downed it.

Then, he fiercely expanded the detection range of his "All-Purpose Eye" from a mere two meters to several hundred meters in all directions!

Buzz—!

Although Gao Jie Ming only pushed it to the limit for an instant before forcibly deactivating the "All-Purpose Eye,"

that vast and chaotic influx of information still rushed into his mind like a breached dam, nearly burning out Gao Jie Ming's brain!

Fortunately, relying on the formidable physical quality granted by his Body Tempering Method, he managed to endure it.

Furthermore, relying on the potency of that potion to rapidly heal his damaged soul, he simultaneously frantically organized all the information he had "seen" in that instant within his mind!

Then, he "saw" it.

He saw the enemy that had been hiding beside him all along.

The external form of that creature looked like a combination of a "spider" and a "snake."

It possessed a flexible and slender body like a snake, yet its head was abruptly swollen, looking as if a spider had grown a snake's tail.

The two forelimbs that had attacked Gao Jie Ming earlier had evolved into sharp points resembling awls.

The reason Gao Jie Ming had been unable to find it before was that this fellow had been using its innate spatial ability to completely hide its body within the surrounding "Spatial Folding."

Essentially, just moments ago, it was not even in the same spatial system as Gao Jie Ming.

Therefore, Gao Jie Ming's conventional detection methods naturally failed to perceive it.

At this moment, that spider-snake-like creature, which had been hiding in the shadows, also keenly noticed that Gao Jie Ming had suddenly fallen into a strange state of weakness during that previous instant.

Although it did not know why this situation had occurred, the immense vitality radiating from Gao Jie Ming, combined with its own hunting instinct derived from its bloodline, made it unable to resist launching another attack!

It "leisurely" "swam" out from the interlayer of the Spatial Folding to appear directly behind Gao Jie Ming, who was completely unguarded.

This creature aimed its two hard forelimbs at the center of the spine on Gao Jie Ming's back.

Then, it stabbed down!

At the instant just before contacting the opponent's body, this creature, relying on its combat instinct, suddenly unfolded the "

Spatial Folding" attached to its jointed limbs!

In that instant, the suddenly unfolded "Spatial Folding" not only allowed its jointed limbs to touch the enemy in the real world from another dimension,

but the space itself, as it suddenly expanded, also formed an extremely terrifying "Spatial Slash" against the material world simultaneously!

Given the performance of this "prey's" sturdy shield earlier, this creature subconsciously allowed a larger portion of its body to temporarily detach from the state of "Spatial Folding," thereby greatly increasing the power of this strike.

As expected, after easily shattering the outermost few layers of energy shields as if cutting through tofu, the two sharp jointed limbs of this creature deeply pierced into the back of the prey before them.

Success!

Next, it only needed to detach as usual, letting itself completely re-enter the "Spatial Folding," and it would vanish without a trace.

Then, it could simply wait quietly for this prey to finally die.

This creature subconsciously tried to pull out its jointed limbs, but suddenly discovered that the pair of limbs inserted into the prey's body seemed to be firmly stuck and locked by some incredibly tough substance.

Just at the moment it felt a trace of confusion and unease.

Gao Jie Ming's head suddenly twisted 180 degrees, forcibly turning to look behind him!

A pair of mocking eyes gazed at the creature now within arm's reach; Gao Jie Ming opened his mouth in a grin, revealing a row of stark white teeth:

"Got you!"

Having seized the creature's true form and understood its abilities, Gao Jie Ming naturally had plenty of methods to deal with such a Tier Two being.

After a fierce yet utterly one-sided "suppression," Gao Jie Ming carefully sealed it layer upon layer using dozens of different methods before casually tossing it into his internal space.

Only after doing all this did he seem to just remember, lowering his head to glance at his chest.

Right over his heart, two transparent holes the size of rice bowls pierced through, offering a direct view of the scenery behind him.

On anyone else, such holes would unmistakably be fatal wounds.

Surprisingly, however, not a single drop of blood flowed from these terrifying openings.

Even inside the holes, no internal organs, tissues, or blood vessels were visible.

Instead, the inner walls of the holes appeared exceptionally smooth, even lined with skin, as if Gao Jie Ming's body had naturally grown this way.

As Gao Jie Ming's will shifted slightly, the two holes in his chest began to slowly heal inward.

It looked as though his entire body was composed of a special, skin-colored liquid!

"Combining the Body Tempering Method with extreme bodily activation is unexpectedly effective."

Gao Jie Ming gently shook his neck, which had just twisted 180 degrees, producing several crisp cracks of bone, and couldn't help but sigh with genuine admiration.

At Gao Jie Ming's current realm, the Body Tempering Method already allowed him to easily accomplish many feats unimaginable to ordinary people.

Just like twisting his head 180 degrees earlier; combined with his Tier Two Wizard-level extreme activation of body and soul, his control over every inch of muscle and every drop of blood in his body had reached a truly bewildering level!

Under normal circumstances, he could at most control simple displacements of his internal organs and bones.

But now, with both aspects working together, Gao Jie Ming could even reshape parts of his body at will, like clay.

The reason Gao Jie Ming appeared unharmed just now was that the instant he detected the opponent's intent to attack, he proactively controlled his body to separate inward at the precise spots about to be struck, creating two holes.

The reason the opponent couldn't pull free was that Gao Jie Ming had firmly gripped its jointed limbs.

That spider-snake-like creature, rather than stabbing two holes into his body,

might as well have voluntarily offered its precious jointed limbs into the "hands" Gao Jie Ming had meticulously prepared for it!

Having claimed this unexpected "grand prize," Gao Jie Ming left the area contentedly, continuing his flight toward the "Ship Plane."