128: Wind of the Void

During this time, the divine statue purified the Soul fragments of the "Magic Fire Puppet" and the "Void Serpent."

He obtained a total of six skills: "Earth Fire Flowing Slurry," "Raise Fire to Burn the Heavens," "Repelling Fire Ring," "Adding Fuel to the Fire," "Void Armor," and "Void Blade."

【Earth Fire Flowing Slurry】

Consumes 800 Mana. Detonates Earth Fire elements at a designated location, dealing Spirit × 8 damage. (Can erupt in up to three waves of damage in a short time). Cooldown: 180 seconds.

【Raise Fire to Burn the Heavens】

Consumes 1200 Mana. Summons Heavenly Fire to deal Spirit × 10 damage to enemies in a large area. Damage is calculated once per second, lasting 10 seconds. Cooldown: 600 seconds.

【Repelling Fire Ring】

Consumes 300 Mana. Converts into powerful knockback magic, repelling all enemies, items, and skills within a 1-meter radius and dealing Spirit × 1 damage.

【Adding Fuel to the Fire】

Passive skill. Absorbs 10% of fire energy and converts it into Health. (Note: Does not affect skill damage).

【Void Armor】

Consumes 800 Mana. Envelops the body in a shield transformed from Void air currents, absorbing 50% of physical and magical damage. Duration: 180 seconds. Cooldown: 180 seconds.

The first four were fire-element skills, so naturally only Nine Phoenix was compatible; Xu Le gave them all to her.

"Thank you, Master Big Brother."

Receiving the skills, Nine Phoenix's eyes crinkled with laughter. She hopped around happily, completely forgetting her usual pride.

The "Void Armor" skill had almost no cooldown, so Xu Le gave it directly to the Little Black Snake. As for the extra "Void Blade," he couldn't give it to any contracted beast for the time being.

Because none of them possessed the Void Bloodline, it was impossible for them to learn it.

The spatial fluctuations grew closer and closer.

Xu Le finally saw its true form.

It was wind!

A majestic gale blew from an unknown origin, swirling with the omnipresent dust and celestial fragments of the Void Realm, roaring as it swept toward him.

Run!

Xu Le immediately withdrew all his contracted beasts into the Contract Space. Before he could dodge, the wind had already overtaken him.

Countless particles of dust and celestial fragments bombarded his body. Although the damage from each hit wasn't high, the dense notifications of ten or twenty points caused his health bar to drop rapidly.

In the violent wind, he couldn't control his direction at all and could only let the wind dominate his path.

Thwack, thwack, thwack... Several fist-sized celestial fragments slammed into his chest, making Xu Le feel suffocated and breathless.

He simply summoned the Little Peach Tree and clung to it, which made things a bit better.

As for the damage hitting the Little Peach Tree, its health would return to full as soon as the damage numbers appeared.

Unless something could one-shot the Little Peach Tree, it was impossible to bring it down.

Seeing this, Xu Le hid to the side with peace of mind, occasionally using the star radiance profound spear to parry the larger fragments blowing his way.

The gale was vast and showed no signs of stopping.

Xu Le rode the wind for half a month, and it still didn't seem like it would cease, making him doubt if this wind would ever stop.

He had once wondered if this Void Realm was like outer space. If it was, then the Void was infinite, and the wind might almost never stop.

Like the solar winds in space that could span over 100 astronomical units—with one unit being hundreds of millions of kilometers—by that calculation... he'd probably die of old age before the wind stopped.

This assumed the Void really was like space and part of a solar system; otherwise, without the influence of gravity, it was even less likely for the wind to stop.

"How can I leave this wind?"

Just as Xu Le was thinking, he noticed a new unlucky fellow joining the wind.

It was a Void creature resembling a Cockroach, a full eighty meters long with six thick, powerful legs. Its two hind legs were particularly long and well-proportioned, with tips that shimmered with a cold, sharp light.

Thwack, thwack, thwack... In the wind, all living things were equal.

Even as a Void creature, it received no special treatment. The dust and celestial fragments in the wind bombarded it like raindrops.

The creature spread its wings and used its six legs to strike away the incoming attacks.

But it was useless.

The attacks were too dense. It could block ten times, but not a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand times.

In less than three minutes, the Cockroach's health bar had dropped by a tenth.

It had to be said, seeing someone else suffer felt great.

Especially when the other party was a different species.

The Void Cockroach also sensed Xu Le's presence. It suddenly twisted its body, kicked its hind legs hard against a millstone-sized celestial fragment, and flew toward Xu Le.

Hurricane Howl!

Xu Le didn't forget to take out his staff and release a tornado within the gale, swirling it toward the opponent.

The Cockroach was startled and abruptly spread its wings. Caught by the void wind, its speed immediately slowed down.

It soon came to a halt mid-way, and then Xu Le saw his summoned Hurricane Howl get torn apart by the void wind.

How could a mere ordinary wind compare to the void wind?

The Void Cockroach waved its antennae, faintly projecting a sense of goodwill.

Xu Le didn't know if it was real and didn't care.

In his dictionary, those of a different race must have different hearts, unless they were his contracted beast or as weak and harmless as an ordinary cat or dog.

It didn't matter if the other party had malice; he did!

The Void Cockroach's health bar continued to drop. It found another large rock to use as a springboard and kicked off hard, trying to jump over again.

Without hesitation, Xu Le released a bolt of lightning.

Chain Lightning.

The Cockroach was struck by lightning in mid-air. Its strength vanished, and it was sent flying back to the edge of the void wind, where it was continuously battered by dust and celestial fragments.

Soon, its health bar plummeted again, with less than a third remaining.

The Void Cockroach kept moving its antennae, emphasizing that it only wanted to use the peach tree to take shelter from the wind and had no ill intentions.

Xu Le naturally wouldn't believe it.

Trying to bully him because they thought he hadn't read about the Dark Forest Law? Impossible.

The Void Cockroach was constantly injured in the wind. Seeing its health about to hit rock bottom, Xu Le threw a Mental Shock to finish it off, but unexpectedly, the opponent's health bar instantly refilled.

It gave Xu Le a resentful look and then split into countless tiny cockroaches, hiding on a newly arrived rock.

Since he had already offended it, he might as well keep going!

Xu Le continuously threw skills to blast the cockroaches, even using Destiny Link to share Nine Phoenix's skills to attack. Unfortunately, the opponent's life-saving skills were terrifyingly powerful.

He had strangled no fewer than a thousand tiny cockroaches, yet even in the void wind, their numbers seemed to increase rather than decrease.

Days passed one by one.

Three more Void Creatures arrived in the void wind.

They were an Orangutan, a Spider, and an Octopus.

Of course, they only roughly resembled those animals and were vastly different from real creatures.

Initially, they fought among themselves, but whether due to the Cockroach's provocation or jealousy of Xu Le's peach tree umbrella, the four Void Creatures began to subtly target Xu Le.

Just as Xu Le was pondering how to escape the void wind, the other four Void Creatures became quiet, as if they were about to do something special.

Xu Le's heart stirred: Could it be... the chance to escape has come?