MTLNOVEL Chapter 1014: Spatial Devouring
Chen Yu speculated in his heart that the fluctuation he perceived came from a complete Space Profound Meaning Crystal Stone.
A treasure like this, is definitely not to be missed.
Chen Yu followed the sensing and sped forward.
Now, he was five thousand meters below Soul Burial Lake, where space cracks appeared more frequently, and other explorers needed to be constantly vigilant.
However, Chen Yu had no such concerns and went straight for the target, killing all the wandering souls and evil spirits along the way.
Soon, he saw a silver crystal orb, deep and boundless within, gazing at it as if trapped in overlapping spaces, difficult to extricate.
From this alone, it could be seen that the quality of this Space Profound Meaning Crystal Stone was extraordinary.
Swish!
Chen Yu waved his palm, mobilizing the Space Profound Meaning, and the silver crystal orb transformed into a beam of light, falling into Chen Yu's hand.
"It really is a complete Space Profound Meaning Crystal Stone."
Chen Yu showed a happy expression.
A complete Profound Meaning Crystal Stone is worth far more than fragments.
Just as Chen Yu placed the Profound Meaning Crystal Stone into the mysterious crystal space, he suddenly sensed a fierce fluctuation of mystical energy from ahead.
Boom boom boom!
A violent dark red stream appeared, inside which a huge fish tail flashed, stirring an astounding whirlpool tornado in the dark lake water.
Bang!
Chen Yu punched out, causing the furious whirlpool tornado to instantly collapse, the surrounding water flows pulsing.
"Hand over the Profound Meaning Crystal Stone, otherwise you will perish in Soul Burial Lake."
In the next moment, a haughty cold voice sounded.
Swish! Swish!
Water gleamed, and a merfolk figure descended.
This was a female merfolk, with a proud body, wearing only a thin veil, perfectly displaying her curves, her gaze icy towards Chen Yu.
"All alone?"
Chen Yu was quite surprised.
The human race's teams always acted in pairs.
On the other hand, the arrogant merfolk clan had one person per team, or perhaps this female merfolk was strong enough to be a team by herself.
"Treasure hunting in Soul Burial Lake is each relying on their own strength."
Chen Yu chuckled lightly, not taking the veiled merfolk's words seriously.
"Hahaha, in the water, you dare say such words to the merfolk clan?"
The veiled merfolk seemed to have heard the world's biggest joke, her proud figure swaying in the water.
She had always been arrogant, and now a human with lower cultivation spoke such words to her, she felt amused and also somewhat humiliated.
The veiled merfolk was not blindly arrogant, she heard that Chen Yu repelled two mid-stage Condensed Star Realm kings of the merfolk clan.
But in the veiled merfolk's eyes, Blue Water King was just that, if not for currying favor and some accomplishments, he wouldn't even have gotten a slot this time.
"Die!"
The veiled merfolk coldly shouted, her fish tail swept over, stirring a red-blue dark water storm.
This was the target the merfolk clan focused on this time, killing Chen Yu would earn them an extra ten percent of the profits.
Moreover, even if she couldn't kill Chen Yu underwater, the opponent couldn't do anything to her either.
Chen Yu had no fondness for the merfolk clan. Since they wanted to kill him, he certainly wouldn't hold back.
His star acupoint lit up, releasing the Space Profound Meaning, and the dark currents surging around immediately calmed down.
Roaring sounds!
When the red-blue dark water storm swept over, Chen Yu punched, and the storm immediately collapsed, creating a vacuum area in the water.
Boom!
The flashing punch radiance traversed the water, attacking the veiled merfolk.
"Sure enough, some skill."
The veiled merfolk twisted her body, dodging Chen Yu's attack.
In the water, the Water Profound Meaning she mastered offered similar auxiliary abilities as the Space Profound Meaning, such as perception, speed, etc.
The veiled merfolk flashed a red light in her hand, revealing a unique four-foot-long sharp sword, resembling an ancient beast's tooth, emitting a gripping bloody red light.
Swoosh!
The sword traversed the water, seemingly ignoring resistance, attacking Chen Yu.
Chen Yu's gaze sharpened, his hand forming a blade, facing the incoming attack, slashing fiercely.
Clang boom!
Chen Yu retreated several steps, a shallow blood mark left on his palm, quickly healing.
"Clashing head-on with a top-grade lower mystical weapon, how is this possible?"
The veiled merfolk looked surprised, her lips parted wide.
Not only that, but what was with that astonishing regenerative ability?
Chen Yu was merely testing the defense of his body just now.
He had just broken through to the early-stage Condensed Star Realm peak, with considerable room for improvement in his star-like physique.
Given some time, when his star acupoints reached around six hundred, nearing perfection, the veiled merfolk's attacks might not even cut his skin.
Swish!
Mobilizing the Space Profound Meaning, Chen Yu sped through the water like an arrow shot towards the veiled merfolk.
The veiled merfolk retreated, injecting mystical energy into her weapon, maximizing the activation of the Water Profound Meaning, causing the entire water region to seem as if frozen and heavy.
Chen Yu's speed was affected, clashing with the opponent's mystical weapon again.
Clang clang boom!
Exchanging several moves consecutively, the veiled merfolk was already giving it her all, only managing to slightly cut Chen Yu's skin in this aquatic environment.
The veiled merfolk realized Chen Yu's sturdiness and had thoughts of retreat.
"Indeed, dealing with the merfolk clan in the water is a bit problematic."
Chen Yu murmured softly.
His strength was not greatly affected, but the merfolk clan's strength was significantly amplified.
Moreover, this veiled merfolk was a notch stronger than Blue Water King.
Hearing this, the proud veiled merfolk almost cursed aloud.
"Let's regroup with my clan soon, then together slay this guy."
The veil mermaid had made up her mind.
After speaking, she turned and fled, her speed astonishingly fast, successfully dodging the space rifts along the way.
"Trying to leave?"
Chen Yu wouldn't let the enemy escape easily.
Swish!
He sped out, creating a startling muffled sound in the water.
"Heh, human, trying to compete with my clan's speed in the water? You must be crazy."
The veil mermaid sneered, thinking Chen Yu foolish.
Chen Yu took a deep breath, his heart strengthened, the Space Profound Meaning fully activated, and his speed increased tremendously.
"How is it possible?"
The veil mermaid couldn't believe it. A human whose cultivation was lower than hers was able to surpass her speed in the water.
Her expression turned flustered, she used a secret technique, red ripples surging on her body surface, amplifying her speed.
Seeing the veil mermaid's speed increase further, Chen Yu felt it was tricky. No wonder the Human Race, Earth Spirit Clan, and Flame Human Clan had to unite to suppress the Merfolk Clan's positions.
In water battles at the same rank, the Merfolk Clan holds a great advantage. If they can't win, they can escape, and no one can stop them.
Buzz!
The Space Profound Meaning extended with Spiritual Sense, forming a hundred-yard large silver giant palm in front of the veil mermaid.
The veil mermaid immediately sensed it and prepared to dodge.
Bang!
The silver giant palm struck down, missing the veil mermaid, but the intense space fluctuations created ten-space rifts in the surrounding area.
Where the space rifts formed, a turbulent space current blew, with black-gray storms swirling like giant snakes.
"Ah..."
The veil mermaid hadn't anticipated this situation, her body instantly marked with deep bone-revealing wounds, and blood scattered.
Too close to the space rift, the veil mermaid couldn't escape the crisis, being pulled by the suction force from the rift.
"No..."
The veil mermaid screamed in agony, her figure uncontrollably flying towards the rift, disappearing into Soul Burial Lake.
When Chen Yu approached, the space turbulence dissipated, and the rift slowly closed.
"Swallowed?"
Chen Yu frowned slightly, unsure what place the other side of that space rift led to, if the veil mermaid was dead.
No spoils of war gained.
But Chen Yu realized that the unstable space situation here could serve as his weapon.
Space was already unstable, if he added fuel to the fire, he could create space rifts, threatening the enemy.
"Continue to go deeper."
Chen Yu began to dive.
As he went further down, the Mystical Crystal Stone Fragment became more abundant.
It was speculated that heavy treasures were hidden at the bottom of Soul Burial Lake, and reaching there might uncover the reason behind Soul Burial Lake's abnormality.
Five thousand meters!
Seven thousand meters!
Chen Yu reached eight thousand meters at the bottom of Soul Burial Lake, he had harvested richly along the way, accumulating over thirty Mystical Crystal Stone Fragments.
He also acquired five complete Mystical Crystal Stones.
Additionally, he found some rare enhancing materials for cultivation, as well as some broken treasure tools, mysterious instruments.
"Why are there these ancient broken treasure tools, mysterious instruments? Could it be true as outsiders rumored, that Soul Burial Lake was once an ancient battlefield with countless deaths, which is why there are so many resentful spirits and fierce ghosts, broken weapons..."
Chen Yu's mind was puzzled.
Booming!
A fierce battle sound suddenly came from below.
Chen Yu released Spiritual Sense, mobilizing Space Profound Meaning, slowly approached.
Soon, a colossal black ghostly shadow appeared before him, resembling a giant octopus, extending black tentacles below.
Booming sizzling!
Explosions occurred, lightning flickered, and fire blazed.
Several figures flew out from the battle circle.
Among them were two humans, Chen Yu found them familiar, it was the Great Commander and Liu Family Commander.
"Chen Yu?"
The two discovered someone approaching, scanning with Spiritual Sense, they saw Chen Yu.
Immediately, their gazes sharpened, revealing surprise, thoroughly examining Chen Yu from head to toe.
Chen Yu felt slightly uncomfortable being stared at, but he understood their reason for doing so.
This was beneath ten thousand meters of Soul Burial Lake, where space rifts frequently appeared, the two of them came here at a significant cost.
On Liu Family Commander's face, chest, and legs were injuries caused by space turbulence, even the Great Commander had two shallow wounds.
In contrast, Chen Yu was unscathed.
"Since Commander Chen is here too, join the battle."
The Great Commander spoke, he didn't particularly like Chen Yu but needed his strength.
On the other side, there were three Flame Human Clan members, two Earth Spirit Clan members, including Tower Stone King and Erosion Sun King.
The Flame Human Clan and Earth Spirit Clan also moved in groups, heading straight for the lake bottom.
Among them, Tower Stone King and Erosion Sun King were surprised to see Chen Yu, knowing that he possessed Space Profound Meaning, his power wasn't reduced in this place, perhaps even holding some advantage.
Chen Yu glanced at the octopus ghost shadow.
The opponent was covered in pitch-black, only its two eyes were ghostly red, exuding an overwhelming Ghost Evil aura, dyeing the surroundings dark.
"So strong."
Chen Yu's heart stirred slightly, this octopus ghost shadow was a Ghost King, and an extremely powerful one, its strength reaching the Late Stage Star Condensation.
However, there was no need for everyone to battle the Octopus Ghost King to the death.
Chen Yu continued to perceive below, discovering an octopus's corpse among a pile of massive reefs.
Though already dead, the exposed part of the corpse's surface was covered in metallic scales, glowing faint purple light, on which some rare water treasures grew, including Mystical Crystal Stones.
This was the reason everyone wanted to kill the Octopus Ghost King.