Chapter 253: The Abyssal Box

The true image of Slymode took shape in Lu Yao’s mind.

A master who is willing to do dirty work, good at taking the blame and being the villain, and can properly handle the interests of the gods.

A staff officer who has a strong ability to protect his life and is always observing many situations.

It inherited Cancong's position and became the eighth apostle.

The ability of [Billions] allows Slemod to keep an eye on many places at all times, making him a master of vision who places wards everywhere.

There are also limitations on its ability - its main body must be in that world to synchronously receive feedback from the limbs of this world. This is not a problem for Lu Yao.

Slymod recounted the causes and consequences of being eaten by the cursed insect.

Originally, it was on the eighth floor, which was much larger than the previous floors.

There were many powerful gods there, who spent most of their time consolidating their respective territories, and occasionally hunted curse insects that came in from the cracks. Slymod could barely survive relying on his past abilities.

But for some unknown reason, a large number of cursed insects suddenly poured in, causing the eighth floor to fall into an all-out war.

There were numerous spatial cracks in this layer, as if this space could collapse completely at any time, and the cursed insects suddenly shrank after their crazy invasion and became more orderly.

The gods sensed something was wrong.

At this moment, the local area collapsed, and from the gap between nothingness and chaos emerged a cursed insect that had never appeared before.

It is called [Boxworm], level LV117.

Arriving here, the boxworm simply raised its antennae and greeted the gods: "So this is what the eighth floor is like."

The appearance of the boxworm made the gods feel a little suffocated.

Only in the Leap Zone can it break through LV99. The strength of the boxworm is equivalent to the body of a god. It obviously has normal and clear intelligence.

The boxworms left quickly after a fight, and the power of rules quickly repaired a large number of cracks, but this had already caused all the residents on the eighth floor to feel tremendous pressure.

Slymod decided to move.

There are seals between the layers of the abyss, but the cursed insects have drilled out paths, so they can come in from the tenth layer. Slymod's ability of [Billions of Incarnations] can continuously split into limbs and enter the gaps to try.

After constant trial and error, Slymod finally found a relatively stable path that led directly to the third floor, which was far away from the dangerous lower level area where the cursed insects were located.

It arrived at the third floor and found that the prisoners there had disappeared for some unknown reason, leaving only an empty space.

Slymod realized that something was wrong.

The third seal was intact, but no gods or monsters were imprisoned, so it could only be the cursed insect that had been there.

Then Slymod was blocked by the parasites, and under the pressure of the two sides, its body was dismembered, and it became the host and long-term food of the parasites.

The limbs of the grid were constantly being eaten away, but long-term analysis also allowed Slemmod to learn the secrets of the cursed worm.

The parasite first entered the second layer and captured the god of that layer, the Lord of the Star Sea. Being eaten by the parasite, the Lord of the Star Sea chose to self-destruct, leaving the parasite without a food source.

So it swallowed the sealed fire of faith, drilled into the third layer, and attacked the prisoners there. The monsters on this layer were called twisters, a powerful sub-dragon, but they all became food for the parasite.

Then it waited for Slymod to come and seek refuge, like sitting back and waiting for something to happen.

As time passed, Slemmod's consciousness became weaker and weaker, and eventually its core vesicle was controlled by the parasitic worm, causing it to become a dazed piece of regenerated flesh.

With this, Lu Yao understood the specific situation of the second and third floors.

It seems that the insect infestation in the abyss is becoming more and more serious.

However, after being anchored, with the clockwork monkey repairing it in the background, the situation of the cursed worms eating away at the abyss should be alleviated to a certain extent.

Lu Yao turned his gaze to the fourth floor, but it was pitch black.

He checked the backend rules and found relevant descriptions under [Seal].

Before the seal is released, it cannot be observed or touched.

Lu Yao did not choose to open the seal.

I have gained a lot today. The deeper we go, the more complicated the situation becomes. It will take a long time to sort it out. It will only add to my troubles.

I'll come back to clean up the cursed insects next time when I have time.

Before leaving, Lu Yao destroyed the gap on this layer to prevent any more cursed insects from the lower layer from crawling up.

Then he opened a passage and led the team of apostles out of the abyss.

…

In the water of the second layer of the abyss, the Lord of the Star Sea slowly revealed his muddy and blurry body.

It was badly damaged and is still being repaired.

Before this, in order to get rid of the parasites, He had to destroy His divine body directly and use His [Clay Heart] ability to reshape it.

The underwater area of ​​the second layer is littered with the corpses of earth elemental creatures, which are the key to the revival of the Lord of the Star Sea.

Soaking in the water caused His body to sting and ulcerate, but compared to the hatred and unwillingness, this pain was nothing.

Being captured and imprisoned by the God of Darkness is the privilege of a powerful god.

But being inhabited by parasites is the result of a surprise attack.

If I had been prepared, that cursed insect would never have won! The parasitic insect even stole the [Wishing Star] that I had worked so hard to build, and it couldn't use it... Damn insects, it's really disgusting.

The Lord of the Star Sea endured silently.

As long as [Earth Element Assimilation] continues, the parasite's body will become slower and slower, stop moving, and finally turn into a motionless stone sculpture.

Insects are insects after all. No matter how powerful they are, they are just monsters controlled by instinct.

What is needed to deal with cursed insects is patience and constant observation to find flaws.

When facing cursed insects, the most dangerous thing is a skirmish.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The Lord of the Star Sea also paid a heavy price for this and almost died on the spot.

Now that He has returned from the hell of death and pain, He will be the ultimate winner! The Lord of the Star Sea entered the third floor again, only to find that it had become empty.

In the vast and monotonous cave, there were no bubbles of primitive life, nor any trace of parasites.

It's a trap!

The Lord of the Star Sea immediately fled back to the second layer of water and hid.

He analyzed frantically in his mind.

The parasites could not eat all the constantly split limbs so quickly with their eating speed. Although most of the curse insects were not smart, they could vaguely understand that they could get a continuous and long-term supply of delicious food by slowing down their eating speed.

There is only one reason why the third floor is empty.

Other spell bugs emerged from the cracks, so they digested this layer of limbs in a short time.

Regardless of whether they had entered other layers or were lurking somewhere, the Lord of the Sea of ​​Stars knew that his plan for hunting parasites had to be changed.

The cursed insect called for help.

He was in a gloomy mood.

But the Lord of the Star Sea was not discouraged.

Now he has lost everything, no more wishing stars, no more powerful divine body, all his beliefs revolve around revenge - to kill the parasite that brought him humiliation at all costs! I can wait.

The Lord of the Star Sea slowly condensed the earth element under the water.

He needs to be strong enough before taking action again.

The dead on the second floor, give me your remaining bodies and strength.

I promise to hunt down any cursed insects I see.

I will work day and night just for revenge and to restore the glory and pride of the earth element...

…

On the first level of the abyss, a gentle voice came from a suit of brass armor.

"So, you think the gods have abandoned you?"

Several people from the Clay Clan nodded.

"In my opinion, that is not the case."

The man in the helmet laughed and said, "This is a test and opportunity given to you by the gods. In this abyss full of dangers, only those who believe in God Yao can survive."

"This is the reason why I am here. I will help you advance in the midst of sin and chaos. The method of hunting monsters is actually very simple. You just need to turn yourself into a monster."

"First, let's get that group of ghouls. They will be our first force."

Haizhe lowered his voice: "All we have to do is to provoke them to fight among themselves. For example..."

Soon after, a large-scale conflict broke out among the ghouls on the first floor because the tomb was maliciously destroyed.

The Clay Clan appeared and took the initiative to repair their graves and built new, comfortable, spacious and beautiful high-end tombs.

Soon, many nearby zombies became staunch defenders of the Clay Clan.

…

Led by the evil Haizhe, the Clay Clan began to dig deep into the first layer of the abyss, unearthing numerous bone fragments and rotting corpses underground. They used clay to fuse with the ghouls, creating a new race that was both agile and powerful.

(End of this chapter)