21: Third sister, don't make a move! My experience points are precious!
Meanwhile, on Su Jue's system panel...
A series of notifications were flooding the screen!
[Ding! Killed 'Decay Worms', 'Decay Law' affinity +0.01%!]
[Ding! Killed 'Decay Worms', 'Intermediate Chaos Dragon Body' experience +0.1%!]
[Ding! ...]
Su Jue felt waves of pure energy continuously feeding back into his body through the aura.
Refreshing!
This is too refreshing!
Was this even fighting monsters?
This was clearly an all-you-can-eat buffet!
He even felt his cultivation realm loosening slightly!
[Name: Su Jue]
[Race: Human (Intermediate Chaos Dragon Body)]
[Realm: First Level True Essence Realm (Perfect Foundation)]
[Technique: Everything Analysis System]
[Divine Abilities: Soul Harvest (Beginner), Life Siphon (Beginner), Decay Aura (Beginner)]
[Law Affinity: Destruction (6.01%), Life (5.01%), Time (1.002%), Creation-Destruction (1%), Death (0.1%), Wood (0.5%), Decay (12.5%)...]
[Equipment: Starry Sky Demon Dragon Emperor's Reverse Scale (Saint King Level), leaf of the ancient tree of life (Saint King Level)...]
[Comprehensive Evaluation: A juvenile monster with a freakish constitution who is keen on finding food in trash heaps.]
Watching the worms melt in swaths within the [Decay Aura] and seeing the experience points soaring on the system panel, Su Jue danced with joy.
This was simply a leveling holy land tailor-made for him!
He even had an impulse to rush into the swarm and take a bath.
“Brother, be careful!”
Ao Ning's cold voice pulled him back from his excitement.
Far off, that massive [Decay Mother Nest] seemed to be enraged by Su Jue's behavior.
Its tumor-like body contracted violently once.
Then, with a 'poof,' it sprayed a stream of gray slime from a large hole at its top!
The slime was like a cannonball, accurately shooting toward Su Jue with an ear-piercing whistle!
[Warning! High concentration of 'Source Decay Venom' detected!]
[This attack contains Law Power at the Dharma Idol Realm level; 'Decay Aura' cannot fully offset it!]
[Immediate evasion is recommended!]
Su Jue also felt a lethal threat.
Even before the slime arrived, the mere aura leaking from it caused a stinging pain on his skin.
He wanted to dodge.
But the slime was too fast, and it had locked onto his aura; there was no way to avoid it!
Just as he was about to be hit—
“Buzz!”
A crystal-clear ice wall instantly rose in front of Su Jue.
Ao Ning had acted.
Although she had promised the Queen Mother not to intervene directly, she couldn't just stand by and watch Su Jue get insta-killed.
“Sizzle—”
The mass of gray slime slammed into the ice wall.
It made a sound like hot oil being poured onto ice.
The ice wall was corroded and melted at a visible rate, with pits appearing on the structure.
But Ao Ning was, after all, in the Saint Realm.
The Frost Law within her body was incredibly pure.
The speed at which the ice wall melted was far slower than the speed at which it regenerated.
Ultimately, having exhausted all its power, the slime failed to break through the ice wall.
“Whew...”
Su Jue breathed a sigh of relief.
Damn, I almost overplayed my hand.
It seems I can't be too reckless; when the realm gap is too large, relying solely on Law affinity is useless.
“Roar—!”
Having failed its strike, the [Decay Mother Nest] let out an angry roar.
That wasn't a sound wave, but a Mental Shock that acted directly on the soul!
Su Jue felt as if his head had been struck hard by a sledgehammer; his vision went dark, and he nearly fainted.
[Warning! Suffered 'Mental Shock'!]
[Divine Soul has sustained slight tremors!]
Ao Ning's face also turned slightly pale, but she recovered quickly.
“Hmph.”
“A mere mindless Law aggregate dares to toy with mental power in front of me?”
Ao Ning's gaze sharpened.
She raised her hand and pointed from a distance at the massive Mother Nest.
An extremely frigid chill instantly crossed the distance of space and descended upon the Mother Nest.
Crack!
Crack, crack!
A thick layer of frost instantly condensed on the surface of the huge, still-writhing tumor.
Its movements became increasingly sluggish.
Along with it, the swarming Decay Wormss also seemed to have been hit by a pause button, stopping in their tracks.
[Absolute Zero]!
This was one of Ao Ning's innate divine abilities!
It could directly freeze the target's Law circulation and soul fluctuations!
“Handled.”
Ao Ning clapped her hands with a relaxed expression.
Although the Queen Mother told her not to act directly, a mental attack of this level was already an active provocation against her, a Saint.
It was only reasonable for her to strike back.
“This Mother Nest is a node of the Decay Law on this planet.”
“Now that it's dead, Decay Wormss won't appear here for at least a hundred years.”
She turned to look at Su Jue to see if he was alright.
As a result, she saw Su Jue looking at the frozen Mother Nest with a look of extreme heartache.
That look was like watching a cooked duck fly right out of his mouth.
Su Jue's heart was bleeding.
My god!
My experience baby!
My buffet!
The sky has fallen!
Third Sister, oh Third Sister, you acted way too fast!
I could have farmed for a while longer!
“You...”
Ao Ning looked at Su Jue's resentful little eyes and for a moment didn't know what to say.
Did she... accidentally make things worse?
She really couldn't keep up with this brother's train of thought.
“Ahem.”
She cleared her throat, trying to change the subject.
“We should hurry and find the seed of immortal life.”
“According to my analysis, that Mother Nest should have been the final barrier protecting the seed.”
“The seed is likely underground behind it.”
Hearing this, Su Jue could only nod helplessly.
Fine, fine, business first.
Once I get the seed and complete the trial, there will be plenty of opportunities to farm monsters later.
The two bypassed the massive frozen Mother Nest and arrived at an open space behind it.
The ground here was different from the gray elsewhere; it was a dark red and emitted a slight heat.
[Ding! High-intensity Life energy reaction detected below!]
[Target 'seed of immortal life' confirmed at 9,700 meters underground!]
[Planning optimal excavation path...]
Su Jue was just about to have the system start working.
But Ao Ning stopped him.
“Wait.”
She knelt down, reaching out her slender fingers to gently touch the dark red ground.
She closed her eyes, sensing something carefully.
A moment later, she opened her eyes, her ice-blue pupils filled with confusion.
“Strange...”
“Besides the Seed of Life, there seems to be something else down there.”
“An... ancient, very familiar aura.”
She stood up and, without any hesitation, stomped directly on the ground!
“Rumble!”
The earth instantly shook violently.
With her foot as the center, a bottomless, massive crack instantly split the ground!