Chapter 471 Staring into the Abyss
There are numerous swamps in the Dead Land, and most of these swamps exist on the outskirts of the Dead Land.
All creatures in the Land of Death, including the will-o'-the-wisp, depend on the dead air to survive. Once they leave the Land of Death, they will instantly turn to ashes and be annihilated.
Life and death, spiritual energy and dead energy, two opposite substances, mutually reinforcing and counteracting each other.
Resources are scarce in the swamp, with only a few low-level will-o'-the-wisp existing. If a newly born will-o'-the-wisp wants to become stronger, it can only advance by devouring its own kind.
It left the new land and flew into the darker swamp.
It was dark all the way, and there was no concept of time here. However, the further it flew, the higher the concentration of death energy became. It felt that its will-o'-the-wisp power was becoming more condensed in the death energy.
The death energy entered the vortex within its body, and as it spun inside the vortex, it was actually refined into a part of the fire energy.
This vortex is like a bottomless pit. Any form of energy is sucked in and will come out as fire energy after a circle.
Its fist-sized body is like a bright lamp in such a dark swamp, destructive and flickering.
Finally, there were a few flickering energy lights not far ahead. When it got closer, it found that they were dozens of will-o'-the-wisp fires operating independently.
Its arrival made the originally vigilant will-o'-the-wisp groups feel uneasy. Those low-level red will-o'-the-wisp ones all went back into their own tiny homes and dared not come out.
There were more than a dozen orange-yellow will-o'-the-wisp clusters in the swamp area, and the largest cluster was actually twice as big as this one.
Not only that, there were too many will-o'-the-wisp groups here, and there were five yellow will-o'-the-wisp clusters. What was even more terrifying was that the five yellow will-o'-the-wisp clusters were larger in size and had purer energy than the two yellow will-o'-the-wisp clusters in the swamp area before.
There is no emotion or intelligence between will-o'-the-wisp, only mutual attraction.
The low-level will-o'-the-wisp is like bait that attracts the higher-level ones to devour its body. Even it is the same. If you want to become stronger, you must devour. Even if there are more powerful yellow will-o'-the-wisp here, it is not invincible.
Its arrival caused a blast in the originally calm swamp, and the frightened red will-o'-the-wisp fled. The fire energy in its body was so tempting that it also caused the orange and yellow will-o'-the-wisp to stir.
It wanted to find a shelter in the swamp first, and just as it was about to fly down, it found that a ball of yellow will-o'-the-wisp that was twice as big as its body had leaped up and rushed towards it.
Becoming stronger by devouring the weak is an instinct here.
The yellow will-o'-the-wisp excitedly used its will-o'-the-wisp power to cover the new cluster of orange-yellow will-o'-the-wisp, and at the same time probed its own will-o'-the-wisp power into its body.
If it didn't move quickly, its prey would be snatched away by several yellow will-o'-the-wisp fires of the same kind. By then, I'm afraid I could only get a small share.
At the same time, four other yellow will-o'-the-wisp flames had discovered and rushed up.
However, they suddenly started to flee in all directions when they were halfway up. The yellow will-o'-the-wisp group that had caught the new orange will-o'-the-wisp suddenly exploded from the inside out. Not only that, a rich fire energy radiated outward.
If they hadn't run fast, they would have been burned into pieces.
After the yellow ghost fire shattered, the newly arrived orange ghost fire grabbed the largest one and began to absorb it.
Although yellow is one level higher than orange, the fire energy within its body can directly attract the energy within the yellow ghost fire and suck it into the vortex, automatically converting it into fire energy.
Just like that, a large piece of yellow will-o'-the-wisp, almost as big as a fist, was absorbed by it.
After the pure yellow ghost fire power was absorbed by it, part of it was transformed into fire energy and stayed in the vortex, and the other part was absorbed by its body.
Finally, the original orange color began to change.
During this transformation, the fire energy in the vortex began to condense and compress itself, and finally a small flame that looked beautiful and rich was ignited within the ghost fire's body.
The orange outer layer gradually faded, and its body turned into a pure and flawless light yellow. If you look closely, you can see that there is an almost invisible flame burning in the core area of the yellow body.
It turned into a yellow-level will-o'-the-wisp.
Although it was only the size of a fist, its energy was not inferior to the remaining four escaping yellow ghost fire groups.
All the will-o'-the-wisp fires hid after sensing the fire energy in its body, and it had no idea where to start.
In addition to the cracks in the mud that could provide shelter for the will-o'-the-wisp, there were also a number of unidentified animal bones in this swamp.
It approached a bone that looked like a leg bone. As the yellow will-o'-the-wisp approached, the old and rotten bones of the leg bone, which had been soaked in the swamp for a long time, disappeared as it approached.
Finally, it turned into a flawless, slender leg bone. This leg bone was slender and uniform in texture, but it had many cracks and defects caused by decay.
Not long after, it was reduced to ashes under the burning of its body.
But from the ashes, an extremely weak trace of life force slipped out and rushed directly into its body.
They all rely on death energy to survive. Vitality and death energy are diametrically opposed. Touching them will reduce the death energy, which is equivalent to weakening their strength.
However, after that strand of vitality entered the body, it was directly absorbed into the vortex. After circling around, it actually melted into the exploding small flame.
The small flame that originally only exploded and burned suddenly had a hint of imperceptible vitality.
Not only that, the flame in it seemed to grow stronger with a hint of life. Not only was it burning, but the fire energy was also flowing through its body, washing away its pale yellow ghost fire smoke.
Under such a wash, the yellowish will-o'-the-wisp's original fist-sized body shrunk by half. But the power of the will-o'-the-wisp's body became purer.
It jumped up and turned around on the spot, faster than before, as if it could better control the small flame in its body.
The ghost fires here were afraid of the fire energy in its body, so it began to look for animal bones.
The huge swamp area, although only a corner of the vast swamp, is already as big as the river beach with a village.
In this stagnant swamp, a cluster of pale yellow will-o'-the-wisp was jumping and dancing up and down.
There was a pile of dead branches and leaves corroded by death. It searched for a long time and finally found another piece of animal bone under a huge rotten wooden stump.
This piece of animal bone was not just any animal bone, it only had one joint, but it was ridiculously large. It directed the fire energy in the small flame in its body to the huge animal bone, and it took a long time to burn one tenth of the joint of the animal bone into ashes.
From this one-tenth of the ashes, a breath of life, more than that from the broken leg bones before, rushed out and drilled into the body of the ghost fire.
However, this time the breath of life not only did not bring any benefits to it, but instead caused a trace of flaw in its originally pure yellow body.
Life devours death.
A corner of its will-o'-the-wisp body was eroded by the vitality. It frantically tried to force the little vitality out of its body, but found that it was powerless.
At this moment, the little flame exerted its strength.
It stimulated a piece of fire energy and followed the vitality. The two chased each other for a long time, and after half of its ghost fire body was eaten away, the vitality was finally caught up by the fire energy.
The fire energy surrounded the wisp of life force and continuously dragged it into the vortex. Finally, after more than half of the energy of the small flame was consumed, the wisp of life force was sucked into the vortex, and after a circle, it turned into a member of the fire energy again and returned to the small flame.
The small flame returned to its original size, but after half of its body was destroyed, it could only choose to shrink into a swamp suitable for hiding, carrying the remaining bones and joints.
This failure was only because its body was too weak to absorb too much life energy. If only its body were stronger...
After its body was damaged, the four yellow will-o'-the-wisp flames flew out of their hiding place and began to stir.
Just now, when its main body was intact, it could kill a group of will-o'-the-wisp in seconds and win. But when its main body was half damaged, it was not sure.
Caution is the key to survival.
If he wants to restore his body, it seems he can only wait for the right opportunity and then devour and absorb other ghost fires.
In an area deep in the Land of Death, where the body of a giant beast serves as a palace, a man sits on a high bone-burning throne hidden in a thick black aura of death.
Below was an alluring woman with a seductive look, a curvy figure, fair skin, but a skull mask on her face.
"Agu, have you found Wuqi's real body?"
The woman called A Gu lowered her head and said, "No. A year ago, after he brought the corpse of the human woman in, his men saw him jump into the abyss with the corpse and turned into ashes.
King, could it be that Wu Qi is actually dead?"
The man on the Bone Liao throne snorted, "Impossible! As long as his original body is not destroyed, his body can be reshaped and regenerated even if it turns to ashes!
Abyss... Have you found out why he brought the corpse of a human woman into the abyss?"
Agut shook his head, "King, the power of the abyss is enough to destroy any of our undead lives. None of our men can get close... so..."
"Thousand Eyes is dead, Wu Qi is missing..."
"Oh, by the way, King! I heard that Rulin woke up near the abyss before he advanced. I wonder if it's true..."
"Rulin...let him come see me."
"King, have you forgotten? Rulin was seriously injured after he went there to get the seeds of the Tree of Life. He has been in seclusion to recover from his injuries. I'm afraid..."
"Forget it... I'll go explore the abyss myself."
The bright Gu Liao Palace fell into darkness after the man left. A Gu watched the man on the throne from the dark, and the meaning behind the skull mask was strange and unpredictable.
"The abyss... If I can use the power of the king to open up the abyss, maybe I can find him!"
Deep in the land of death, it seems that you have reached the edge, but as long as you move forward, it seems as if you are standing still and moving forward.
All around were the same flowers, plants and trees grown with dead air. There were mountains, water and rivers here, but all of these things were transformed from dead air.
They have no color, no vitality, and no living things. Everything is born from death and ends with death.
The man on the throne, wrapped in death, approached a mountain range that was steep and vast. He walked alone for a long time, crossing a whole mountain range, and finally came to a valley.
This valley is low-lying, with mountains towering into the sky behind it, but the road ahead seems to have been cut flat by a huge sharp object, cutting off a section in front of the Jinggu Valley, forming a deep gap between the two places.
This crack went straight down from the valley, and there was no end in sight. All he could feel was an endless amount of immortal energy coming out from underneath.
"Such a rich immortal energy! If I had practiced here for a long time before I transformed into my true form, I would have achieved twice the result with half the effort!" The man sighed, "Unfortunately, the immortal energy here cannot be absorbed by me, otherwise..."
He looked at the entrance to the abyss for a moment and then jumped in without hesitation.
All around him were black rocks formed by deathly energy. He landed very quickly, but there was no wind in his ears. Instead, there was black energy that quickly passed over his body.
"Hiss!" He was shocked by the dense death energy here. It was more than dense! Here, he could absorb a lot of death energy with just one breath, so why worry about not being able to practice fast?
He also discovered that the deeper he went, the thicker the death energy became. And the death energy that began to emerge from below could be absorbed by him!
The man's face was full of excitement, and he felt fortunate for taking the risk to go down into the abyss.
"No wonder Wu Qi was able to cultivate his true body at such a short age. It turns out there is such a treasure place!"
The deathly aura below became thicker and thicker, and the man's expression became more and more excited.
Suddenly, a huge ball of blue will-o'-the-wisp appeared, its body flashing with faint will-o'-the-wisp light, like a giant beast from the abyss crawling below, half staring at him.
Its size was almost the same as his Bone Burning Palace, and it was filled with the power of ghost fire as it swam freely in the abyss filled with death.
It was watching the man on the throne who was descending rapidly, and the dancing ghost fire smoke indicated its excitement at the moment.
It could sense that the man who suddenly broke in had the most primitive energy of death. This was different from the death in the abyss. They were born in the abyss, born in the death.
But the dead air in the abyss is like the oxygen that humans need, which they cannot live without and cannot absorb.
But the death energy in this man is a kind of energy that can be absorbed and strengthened.
If he were to devour him, he might be able to break through the final level and become the king of the abyss.
The man on the throne felt something was wrong when he saw the blue ghost fire rushing towards him.
Here, his death energy was dissipating very quickly, but not as fast as when he was outside the abyss.
The blue will-o'-the-wisp instantly moved in front of him and enveloped his head.
As soon as he touched the blue will-o'-the-wisp's body, he felt the death energy in his body constantly dissipating and being sucked into the other party's blue body.
At the same time, the blue entity became purer and stronger.
No! If this continues, once his death energy is sucked dry, his true form will be exposed.
There were many villains in the Undead Land, and the slightest movement by a king like him would bring disaster. For the sake of the Undead family, he had to immediately break free from the control of the blue ghost fire and leave the abyss.
There was a ruthlessness in his eyes, and he split his body into two halves.
Half of it was swallowed by the blue ghost fire, and the other half took the opportunity to rush to the top of the abyss and finally escaped.
He looked at the abyss behind him with lingering fear. At this moment, he stared at the abyss, and the abyss was also staring at him. At this moment, not only blue will-o'-the-wisp, but also cyan, green, yellow, red, etc., all wanted to rush up in groups.
But when he was halfway up, he was blocked by an invisible force and had no choice but to return to the bottom of the abyss again.
At this moment, a pair of deep purple eyes suddenly appeared from the abyss, like a giant beast that had just awakened, which startled him.
What on earth is that?
(End of this chapter)
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