149: Chapter 149 A Miniature Society in Another Dimension!

Meanwhile, the surrounding flesh was also continuously surging in from all directions.

Like moths to a flame, they gathered incessantly toward that enormous ball of flesh.

The ball of flesh refused nothing, extending countless fine tentacles to coil around the surging flesh and pull it all into its body.

"Splish! Splish! Splish!"

The sound of devouring was dense and grating.

The air was permeated with a thick, nauseating stench of blood and rot.

Su Lin looked at that enormous ball of flesh, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Is this the existence suspected to be a deity that Ancestor summoned?"

"No, that's not right."

"The aura of this thing is clearly only Calamity Level."

"How could a Calamity Level thing possibly deceive a Dominator Level Ancestor?"

"Unless what Ancestor saw back then and this thing here are not the same thing at all."

"Or perhaps this thing is just a guard watching over that Empty Shell?"

Su Lin's gaze bypassed the ball of flesh and looked behind it.

There seemed to be something truly blocked there; he couldn't see it clearly, only vaguely perceiving a faint fluorescent glow seeping out from the gaps.

However, with this thing blocking the way, there was no way to proceed without clearing it out.

Just as he was thinking this, Shen Qingci suddenly spoke up.

"Since you've left that thing to me, let me handle this place—consider it a small gesture of my goodwill."

Her tone was light, as if she were merely speaking of a trivial matter.

Su Lin glanced at her and did not refuse.

To be honest, he was actually quite curious about the Space Path.

Because this path is extremely difficult to Cultivate and has incredibly harsh requirements for talent, very few people practice it, and one rarely encounters it.

Now that there was an opportunity to see the combat style of the Space Path with his own eyes, he naturally wouldn't miss it.

"Fine."

Su Lin nodded and took a few steps back, yielding the space.

Shen Qingci didn't stand on ceremony either, striding toward the ball of flesh.

Every step she took was light; her skirt fluttered in the air, and her long hair swayed gently behind her, as if she were taking a leisurely stroll.

However, as she approached, the surrounding writhing flesh also noticed her.

They surged crazily from the cave walls, the ground, and the stalactites, rushing toward Shen Qingci like a tide.

Clearly, they also knew they were no match for that ball of flesh.

So, they wanted to parasitize Shen Qingci and manipulate her to deal with the ball of flesh, using a borrowed knife to kill.

However, looking at the flesh rushing toward her, Shen Qingci merely smiled contemptuously.

"What, do you think I'm easy to bully?"

She raised her right hand and lightly snapped her fingers.

"Snap."

The crisp sound of the finger snap echoed in the karst cave.

The next second—

"Splish! Splish! Splish!"

The bodies of the flesh rushing at her suddenly began to misalign.

Their upper and lower bodies separated, and their left and right sides were misaligned.

The incisions were as smooth as a mirror; the flesh didn't even have time to scream before it was sliced into countless fragments and scattered all over the ground.

Lin Weixia watched this scene, completely stunned.

"Th-this, what kind of ability is this? Just by snapping her fingers, how did those monsters..."

Her eyes were filled with disbelief.

Su Lin watched this scene and nodded inwardly.

As expected of the Space Path; this kind of formless and intangible means of attack is truly impossible to guard against.

Those pieces of flesh didn't even know what had happened before they were already sliced into pieces.

Moreover, from beginning to end, Shen Qingci hadn't even moved; she had just snapped her fingers.

This effortless demeanor truly had the style of an expert.

However, Su Lin also noticed that when Shen Qingci activated her ability, the consumption of spiritual energy within her body was immense.

Although the Space Path is powerful, the spiritual energy consumed each time the ability is activated is several times, or even dozens of times, that of other paths.

Therefore, those who Cultivate the Space Path must possess an extremely vast reserve of spiritual energy.

Otherwise, they simply wouldn't be able to sustain such terrifying consumption.

Furthermore, the Space Path has another limitation: spiritual energy itself has the effect of stabilizing space.

Although ordinary Transcendent individuals cannot manipulate space, their very existence can make space become stable.

In other words, as the opponent's Realm increases—

—it becomes increasingly difficult for a Space Path practitioner to manipulate the space around their opponent.

If they encounter an opponent much stronger than themselves, they might even be unable to manipulate space at all.

Therefore, things like blindly using space cutting are not achievable.

But when facing opponents of the same level, or those where the gap is not too large, the Space Path is still quite strong.

Even if they can't win, relying on the ability of spatial movement, escaping and saving one's life is more than enough.

Su Lin's gaze fell upon Shen Qingci.

He suddenly realized with surprise that this person was only Calamity Level.

He had previously thought she was some high-level powerhouse; he hadn't expected her to only be Calamity Level.

However, thinking about it carefully, it was normal.

The Space Path is extremely difficult to Cultivate; to be able to reach Calamity Level at such a young age is already a terrifying talent.

Moreover, to be able to achieve this level while only at Calamity Level, the Space Path truly lives up to its reputation.

He wondered what exactly this formless and intangible conceptual path was structured upon.

Of course, these were digressions; the battle was still continuing at this moment.

After the flesh was cleaned up, Shen Qingci continued walking toward the ball of flesh.

The flesh that had surged in from all directions had all been sliced into fragments by her.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of minced meat remains, and the air was permeated with a thick, bloody stench.

Shen Qingci stood before the ball of flesh, looking up at this behemoth.

"What a big guy."

Her tone was light, as if she were chatting with a friend.

However, the ball of flesh seemed to have been infuriated by her.

Countless fine tentacles erupted from the surface of the ball of flesh, blasting toward Shen Qingci like a rainstorm!

Each of those tentacles was wrapped in dark red energy, emitting a palpitating aura.

However, Shen Qingci merely smiled contemptuously.

She didn't even move.

Less than a meter away from her, those tentacles suddenly began to misalign, break, and shatter.

It was as if an invisible barrier was keeping all attacks isolated outside.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

The sound of the tentacles exploding was continuous, and bits of flesh splattered everywhere, but they couldn't touch Shen Qingci in the slightest.

Su Lin watched this scene and nodded inwardly.

Space Barrier.

This is a signature ability of the Space Path.

By manipulating space to form an invisible barrier around oneself, all attacks are kept isolated outside.

This kind of barrier is formless and intangible, yet indestructible; it is a very powerful defensive means.

Shen Qingci looked at the ball of flesh that was still continuously spraying tentacles, a smile curling at the corners of her mouth.

She raised her right hand and made a gun gesture.

"Bang."

She said softly.

The next second—

"Hum!"

A white beam of energy blasted out from her fingertips.

Wherever the light beam passed, space distorted.

"Boom!"

The light beam accurately struck the ball of flesh, directly shaving off a huge hole from its body.

That hole was flat and smooth, as if a piece had been forcibly dug out by something.

The ball of flesh let out a shrill roar, its body began to tremble violently, and dark red blood surged out like a fountain.

However, the consumption of this move was obviously not small.

After Shen Qingci unleashed this strike, her breathing also became a bit more rapid.

However, she clearly still wanted to continue attacking to completely annihilate this ball of flesh.

But Su Lin wouldn't let her do that.

After all, this thing didn't look simple, and he still needed to Extract Materials from it.

Thus, he flashed directly to the side of the monster, reached out his hand, and moved his mind.

The monster's body instantly began to wither and disintegrate, turning into countless points of light that dissipated into the air.

Shen Qingci looked at this scene and said feignedly with dissatisfaction: "Hey? Are you stealing the kill?"

She didn't know what kind of ability this was.

But this world is full of wonders; she just assumed this was a powerful decomposition-type ability that could instantly decompose enemies into energy to be absorbed.

Su Lin didn't pay her any mind, only looking at the new Materials in his System Space.

[Obtained Materials: Keeper's Mutated Core (3-Star) — A guardian creature brought back from a certain ruin, ordered to guard this space. Because it devoured a large amount of mutated flesh, its core underwent irreversible distortion, its consciousness completely annihilated, leaving only primitive instincts to drive it.]

Su Lin looked at this description, and understanding dawned on him.

So that's how it was.

This thing wasn't the Empty Shell suspected to be a deity, but a guard Ancestor had left here to watch the door.

It was just that because it had long been devouring that flesh, it had mutated and turned into this ghostly appearance.

As for that Empty Shell, it should still be deeper inside.

Su Lin retracted his thoughts and looked at the original position of the ball of flesh.

There, the cave entrance that had originally been blocked by the ball of flesh was now revealed.

Behind the cave entrance was indeed a huge space.

However, when Su Lin saw the scene in that space clearly, he was completely stunned.

Lin Weixia and Shen Qingci were also stunned.

In that space, there appeared a large number of white-glowing, suspected spiritual life forms.

Some of them looked like humans, some like animals, and some had no discernible shape at all.

They drifted leisurely in the space, some in groups of three or two, some wandering alone, as if they were living some kind of life free from worldly strife.

And deep in that space, there were actually houses, streets, trees...

There was even a small castle.

Those buildings also emitted a faint white light, looking dreamy and mysterious.

Without a doubt, this space had already formed an orderly micro-society.