92: Robbery Cloud Beast

Underground Mo City, desolation and a burnt smell permeated the deadly silence.

Mo Yuan collapsed onto the formation core, his chest heaving violently, each breath pulling at a tearing pain.

His deep purple Thunder God Arm hung limply at his side, cracks spreading, its light dim, like a piece of porcelain on the verge of shattering.

In his embrace, the magic bottle's wailing had become extremely faint, like a dying whisper. The largest crack on the bottle's body almost traversed it entirely, the turbulent Chaos Qi at its edges becoming thin and chaotic, and the entire bottle trembled slightly, as if it would completely disintegrate into fragments at any moment.

The cost... was too great.

The Thunder God Arm's Origin was damaged, and over thirty percent of the magic bottle's internal Small World had collapsed, its structure on the verge of complete annihilation.

What he gained was merely the second Lightning Tribulation being temporarily interrupted, and... that wisp of Heavenly Dao's enraged lightning, swallowed like a hot potato.

That wisp of enraged lightning was rampaging wildly within the magic bottle's shattered world, like a trapped Vicious Beast from the primordial era. Each impact caused the magic bottle to spasm in pain, and the cracks seemed to widen slightly.

It was both the source of destruction, and yet it might also be... the only remaining 'nourishment' containing the Heavenly Dao Law's Origin.

Just as Mo Yuan struggled to muster his last shred of strength, contemplating how to deal with this wisp of enraged lightning—whether to forcefully expel it or risk attempting to absorb it—

An anomaly occurred, without any warning!

That wisp of violent Heavenly Dao's enraged lightning, after another fierce impact against a collapsing, space-rift-filled Void Realm within the magic bottle, at its core, an extremely subtle yet utterly pure fragment of Heavenly Dao's judgment Law unexpectedly came into contact with the magic bottle's most fundamental Chaos Qi seeping in through the cracks!

Zzz—!!! Like cold water dripping into hot oil, or Yin and Yang colliding!

Two diametrically opposed, fundamentally conflicting supreme powers, at this instant, against the backdrop of that collapsing Void Realm, underwent an inconceivable reaction!

There was no explosion, no annihilation.

That tiny fragment of Heavenly Dao Law, as if finding some bizarre 'carrier,' began to greedily absorb the surrounding chaotic, unaligned Chaos Qi!

And the Chaos Qi was no longer passively receiving; instead, as if possessing 'consciousness,' it actively entwined with it, fusing, twisting, and reshaping!

An extremely tiny, yet heart-palpitating energy vortex quietly formed within the magic bottle amidst the storm of destruction!

As soon as this vortex appeared, it exhibited terrifying devouring power!

It frantically extracted everything around it: the residual energy of that wisp of Heavenly Dao's enraged lightning, the magic bottle's collapsing and dissipating Origin, the power of nothingness seeping from the spatial cracks, and even the faint soul energy remaining from countless sequential beings that died from the lightning punishment... Mo Yuan's eyes snapped open, 'introspecting' the dramatic changes within the magic bottle in disbelief!

He could clearly feel that within that tiny vortex, something... utterly beyond his expectation and comprehension was being nurtured!

That was not any sequence he had created!

It was more like... a bizarre living creature, spontaneously derived by the Laws of Heaven and Earth under certain extreme conditions!

"The Heavenly Dao Laws... combined with Chaos...?" A cold, shocked thought flashed through his Sea of Consciousness.

The vortex grew larger and larger, its devouring speed increasing!

The remaining energy within the magic bottle was frantically extracted by it, temporarily delaying its complete disintegration, but the feeling of being 'parasitized,' being 'plundered,' made the magic bottle emit an even more painful wail!

Finally, when the energy accumulated to a certain critical point—Om!

The vortex suddenly paused, then rapidly collapsed inward!

The light dissipated.

A creature, only the size of a fist and extremely grotesque in appearance, hovered within that shattered Void Realm.

Its entire body displayed a constantly shifting grey-black, as if composed of the most primordial Calamity Clouds, and subtle, space-distorting electrical arcs emanated from its body's edges at all times.

It had no fixed form, sometimes resembling a rolling dark cloud, sometimes stretching its body to reveal a vague outline similar to a lizard or a Dragon, but the next moment it might transform into an irregular ball of lightning.

Its 'eyes' were two constantly flickering and jumping pure white electrical arcs, cold, indifferent, without any emotion, only the purest craving for 'lightning' and 'destruction.'

The aura it emitted was not powerful, even somewhat faint, but its essence was extremely bizarre and noble!

It was a... peculiar pressure that transcended ordinary beings, as if it itself were a part of the Heavenly Dao's Laws!

The Calamity Cloud Beast! Born! A product of the accidental combination of Heavenly Dao Laws and Chaos Origin! A strange life form that feeds on Calamity Clouds and destruction!

Its pure white electrical arc eyes suddenly 'looked' at the remaining, still rampant Heavenly Dao's enraged lightning energy within the magic bottle, and at the boundless Calamity Clouds of the Nine Heavens, vaguely perceived through the cracks in the bottle's body!

An instinctive, uncontrollable, extreme hunger and craving erupted from its tiny body!

"Hiss—" It let out an extremely faint, yet sharp and piercing hiss, its body transforming into a grey-black bolt of lightning, and it fiercely pounced on the nearest wisp of residual Heavenly Dao's enraged lightning!

Puff! That wisp of enraged lightning energy, enough to kill a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, was swallowed by it in one gulp!

Its body expanded slightly, and a satisfied pure white electric glow flashed within its grey-black cloud-like body.

After swallowing, it seemed even more excited, even hungrier!

Its pure white electrical arc eyes stared intently at the largest crack on the magic bottle's body, staring beyond the crack... at the endless source of 'delicacies'—the Nine Heavens' Calamity Clouds!

It began to frantically ram the crack, emitting urgent hisses, conveying a strong desire to 'go out' and 'feed'!

Mo Yuan felt the pure and terrifying appetite emanating from this small creature, as well as its bizarre and unique essence. On his pale face, for the first time, an expression of almost stunned bewilderment appeared.

Immediately, this bewilderment transformed into an extremely insane... sharp gleam!

Heaven helps me?! No! Heaven wants to destroy me, yet within my belly... it birthed a 'rebellious child' capable of devouring its master!

"You want to eat?" "Good!" "This Lord... shall let you out!" "Go and eat your fill!"

He forcefully mustered his last shred of strength, communicated with the crumbling magic bottle, and relaxed his restraint on that largest crack!

Whoosh! The Calamity Cloud Beast transformed into a grey-black bolt of lightning, instantly shot out from the crack, appearing directly above the Underground Mo City!

As soon as it appeared, it completely ignored the Mo City and Mo Yuan below. Its pure white electrical arc eyes instantly locked onto the vast and boundless Calamity Clouds in the Nine Heavens, emitting endless temptation!

"Hiss—!!!" It let out an even more excited, even sharper hiss, its body suddenly expanding to about a zhang in size, transforming into a rolling grey-black mini Calamity Cloud. With a speed almost like spatial teleportation, it defiantly rushed towards that source of destruction, against the Heavenly might!

Under Mo Yuan's cold, slightly expectant gaze, the tiny Calamity Cloud Beast plunged into the vast Calamity Clouds!

The next moment, a marvel occurred! The grey cloud formed by the Calamity Cloud Beast, like a drop of ink in water, began to frantically devour and assimilate the surrounding Calamity Cloud energy!

It was like a tiny black hole; wherever it passed, the Calamity Clouds actually thinned at a visible speed!

Although its devouring speed was still very slow and its range very small compared to the entire Calamity Cloud, it was indeed... weakening the Heavenly Tribulation!

Devouring Calamity Clouds to grow! It could actually feed on Heavenly punishment!

Mo Yuan looked at the small dot happily rolling and constantly growing within the Calamity Clouds, feeling the imperceptible yet real weakening of the Heavenly Tribulation's pressure. A cold and crazed arc slowly curved at the corner of his mouth.

A narrow escape from death? No.

This was... a venomous fangs, born from the Laws of Destruction... to bite back at itself!

Calamity Cloud Beast... devour! Devour to your heart's content! When you are strong enough... you will be this Lord's... sharpest... Heaven-Slaying Blade!