Chirp! Chirp!
The sound of an insect vibrating its wings suddenly echoed in the Void. It was not noisy, seeming like an unconscious movent upon waking from a deep sleep.
The sound was crisp and clear, transforming into an invisible Sound Ring that spread outward.
The entire world seed to have been put on pause.
All sound was replaced, leaving only this desolate cicada's chirp to echo!
Hiss! Hiss!
The mont Lu Yu heard the cicada's chirp, he felt the flesh and blood beneath his skin begin to writhe irregularly, as if sothing was squirming. The spiritual energy in his body started to lose control, evolving toward an Insect Form.
"Be still!"
However, Lu Yu was prepared for this. He easily suppressed it with The Herder Spiritual Puzzle.
Possessing a Taboo Rank, it was impossible for the spiritual energy in his body to lose its balance.
The flesh and blood contamination, on the other hand, was extrely lethal to him!
He imdiately activated his Etherealization state, rapidly burning the large amount of azure-gold spiritual energy in his Beast Taming Space to evade the subsequent damage.
"Ying!"
Little Spider also stretched out its hand. A large number of black Spirit King Curse Threads spread out and converged, forming a smooth, reflective, diamond-shaped mirror that subrged into the massive Void Cloud Cluster beneath their feet, blocking the way in front of them.
Little Mouse spread out its shadow energy to enchant it, concealing their auras.
The combination skill of Little Mouse and Little Spider—
Mirror of Concealnt!
It possessed both soul defense and concealnt capabilities, allowing them to evade the effects of the unconscious chirp by making the opponent lose its target and isolating all sound!
Lu Yu and the others hid within the Mirror of Concealnt, dodging the effects of the chirp.
But the Void Fish Overlord was not so lucky!
Hum!
The Void Fish Overlord's all-out combination skill, 【Dinsional Void-rending Slash】, froze in mid-air the mont it made contact!
Without the slightest chance to resist, it was instantly corroded by so power, forcibly transford from nurous space blades into countless purple Cicada's Shadows. They floated in the Void, each with a single eye, densely packed and sealing off all directions!
The slight vibrations, together with the cicada's chirp, converged into a symphony that shook all creation!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The nurous rocks floating in the Void disintegrated and shattered, turning into fine powder!
However, they were not slave beasts or servants, but had been forcibly corroded by the power of a powerful lifeform, becoming diums for the manifestation of its spiritual essence!
In other words, its ecological niche was extrely high.
Although it couldn't alter the environnt with a single thought like an Ecosystem Lord, its own power could already affect spiritual energy and impose its own influence.
"Roar!"
At this mont, the Void Fish Overlord's calm gaze vanished, finally replaced by terror.
It could feel a powerful creature far beyond its imagination awakening, and its soul trembled.
So, the fins on its body spread open, and Void Spiritual Energy gathered.
Its first reaction was to flee, but it was a step too late!
The mont it heard the cicada's chirp, its body froze!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The spiritual energy within its body instantly went out of control and began to rampage, causing the carapace and scales on its body to shatter continuously. Several pustules swelled up, bulging constantly, and one of them expanded to its limit…
It burst with a bang!
As fragnts of its scales splattered along with flesh and blood, the intense pain made it curl up its body, looking extrely twisted, like a cicada falling into a long slumber.
Crack! Crack!
The flesh and blood in its body were still actively churning under the influence of the spiritual energy, as if eager to break out of the body and undergo a moulting.
However, it was madly suppressed by the Void Fish Overlord's strong survival instinct, causing it imnse pain and making it let out a pained wail!
"Roar!"
Even an Overlord Creature was like an ant before the mysterious creature in the cloud cluster!
The cicada's chirp lasted for a minute before dissipating.
The Mirror of Concealnt vanished, revealing Lu Yu and the others!
Guji! Guji!
The massive Void Cloud Cluster also began to contract, like a rhythmic breath, gradually retracting to reveal the true appearance of the creature within, a creature as enormous as a mountain…
A cicada!
It was a full thousand ters long, with four pairs of silver cicada wings that looked as if they were crafted by a master artisan. They slowly spread open, and upon the wing mbranes, thinner than paper, were hundreds of eyes.
The eyes were covered by a thin silver film, smooth as a mirror, reflecting the scene of the Void. Highly compressed Void Spiritual Energy emanated from them, glowing with a silver radiance!
A single random ray would be enough to crush the Hot Spring Town Lu Yu had vacationed in before, instantly leveling it!
The giant cicada's forelegs were curled, and its body rested upon a mass of Void Turbulence.
It absorbed a massive amount of Void Power with each breath. The eyes on its head were closed, yet they trembled slightly.
Crack! Crack!
It slowly opened a slit, its expression still in the hazy and confused state of just waking up, not yet fully roused from its long slumber. But the spreading overwhelming pressure made Lu Yu feel like he was suffocating.
It was like a lone boat sailing on The Great Sea as a storm approached.
A single wave would be enough to smash him to pieces!
This was sothing beyond an Overlord Monster, capable of establishing a small kingdom and destroying everything…
A Monarch-rank Demonic Beast!
"A Rhythm-type and Space-type Monarch Creature—the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada.
Its racial potential is high-tier Monarch, and its current strength is at least low-tier Monarch. However, the eyes on its wings are all false eyes, a special kind of mitic camouflage.
Their real function is to assist in performing its racial skill, 【Void-Chirping Symphony】, which uses its chirp to trigger a Void Calamity and annihilate everything!
But it retains the characteristics of a cicada, liking to sleep in places with extrely high nutrients, aning abundant Void Energy. It uses its special structure to absorb the vast Void Energy within, waking up every two years to undergo a moulting.
Its shed shell can be used to craft special defensive Secret Treasures. And with each successful moulting, its body grows larger, and an additional eye appears on its wings.
There are at least two hundred eyes here, so this thing must have lived for at least four or five hundred years. A true long-lived species.
I heard that a Void-Chirping Thousand-Eyed Cicada once appeared on the Border Battlefield, with six wings and a thousand eyes that opened at once, causing massive casualties to the Human Race's battle corps. Luckily, a top-tier powerhouse managed to repel it…"
As Lu Yu looked at the terrifying giant silver cicada, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes amidst his amazent.
Because…
He had long known this thing was here!
After all, the buff this ti was 【Fortune and Misfortune are Intertwined】. The detailed description stated that whatever amount of bad luck was encountered would be converted into an equal amount of good luck, and vice versa.
But one thing had to be clear: just seeing a treasure didn't an it was a disaster. Because as long as you didn't go over and walked in the opposite direction, you could avoid the crisis.
Therefore, the concept of this fortune-and-misfortune buff was that you had to obtain the treasure to be considered as having received good fortune, but correspondingly, you would face disaster!
For example, if you obtained so Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, you would be hunted by the guardian monster!
It presented a causal link!
Causality is closely related to Fate!
So, before you get your hands on the treasure, you are just a viewer!
Therefore, the mont Lu Yu saw the video, he noticed the problem!
Being called one of the Ten Great Legends of the Void, the 【Blessing Coral】, witnessed only once in human history, was clearly precious. The good fortune required would definitely not be low, but the corresponding disaster…
How could it just be the Void Fish Overlord?
Although it was a bit arrogant, for him, even if he couldn't defeat it, he had the Star Leaf as a trump card.
Combined with Little Mouse's Myriad Transformations and Conceal Aura ability, escaping wouldn't be difficult!
The reward and risk were not proportional!
So after watching the video, Lu Yu decided to get closer to confirm the situation, and then…
His Eye of Truth saw a huge tag beneath the school of Void Fish!
【Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada】
【???】
【???】
Other than this one na, the rest were all question marks. Just like the Soul-Snatching Demonic Cloud he had seen before, its strength was definitely beyond a Morning Star Overlord.
It had most likely beco a Monarch!
As for Magnate-level, that was unlikely!
However, this minimal information instantly made Lu Yu understand everything.
The characteristic of Coral Polyps is that they like to find safe areas with strong Void Energy and create large amounts of coral to protect themselves.
But they never expected… that the place they found happened to be a sleeping Monarch Creature, one that was constantly devouring Void Turbulence and transforming it into vast Void Spiritual Energy!
But fortunately, the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada, like an ordinary cicada, would retract all of its aura during its long slumber and fall into a deep sleep, allowing it to perfectly absorb the Void Energy, refine its body, and wait for the next moulting.
Therefore, as long as it wasn't subjected to a violent attack or disturbed, it basically wouldn't wake up.
But the Void Coral Colony had taken root on its body, indirectly absorbing its nutrients, which was equivalent to linking the spirituality of the two together.
Wanting to take the 【Blessing Coral】 was equivalent to walking up and giving soone a big slap across the face while they were sleeping!
It would be strange if it didn't wake up!
This was the real monster guarding the treasure!
Even if it didn't know this thing existed…
Facing the Void Fish Overlord, it wasn't hard for Lu Yu to obtain the 【Boon Coral】, which would directly activate his Good Fortune.
But the result would be not only being hunted by the Void Fish Overlord, but also attracting a Monarch-rank disaster!
An Overlord Rank's Overlord Aura could be ignored thanks to the powerful bloodline power of Little Spider and Little Mouse!
But the Monarch Rank was different. During his few days at the hot spring, he had asked Lilith for a lot of knowledge.
Starting from this rank, the pet beast's own spiritual power would be highly compressed and undergo a tamorphosis into a power called 【True Word】.
Lilith didn't specify the exact effects, only saying that it was the foundation for becoming an Ecosystem Lord and a mysterious power produced after spiritual power had been compressed multiple tis!
It can corrode spiritual energy and use it for itself!
It forcibly imposes the spiritual power it represents onto weaker lifeforms, similar to how an emperor in an ancient dynasty would issue a Royal Decree!
However, the number of its targets is limited, and it also displays its own power attributes.
It wouldn't be like a King, who could alter the world with a single thought through Law!
But the further one advanced in the Transcendent System, the gap beca unimaginably large!
If he were facing any other Monarch Demonic Beast right now, Lu Yu would turn and leave without a second word.
No matter how good the treasure, one had to be alive to enjoy it!
Especially for him, who possessed the 【Key of Truth】 and the Power of Taboo Secret Food, growth was only a matter of ti.
There was no need to rush.
He could even be ruthless and directly raise Little Spider's Void Matriarch's Nest's Life Provisions Art to its peak to derive a supernatural item that increases lifespan.
He could just find a place to hole up, live for a few thousand or even ten thousand years, and outlive his enemies until they dropped dead. That would be no problem!
But facing a Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada in deep slumber, Lu Yu felt he could do it again!
It wasn't arrogance, but that he had thought of an excellent thod!
He could take the treasure while ensuring absolute safety!
Even if he failed, there would be no problems whatsoever!
A true One Hundred Percent Certainty!
So, the 【Boon Coral】 represented "Good Fortune."
In that case, Lu Yu wouldn't take it. He would first wake up the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada, creating a disaster to activate the special buff, 【Fortune and Misfortune are Intertwined】.
The concepts of "fortune first, misfortune later" and "misfortune first, fortune later" are completely different!
The forr ans even a hero is helpless when their luck runs out,
The latter ans when the ti is right, heaven and earth will lend their aid!
Therefore, Lu Yu decisively made his move:
"Put it back to sleep!"
The 【Herder】 Spiritual Puzzle unfolded, and the scenery in the Pasture changed, turning into a phantom silver pasture that buffed Little Spider.
Dream Pasture!
"Ying!"
Little Spider's strength was amplified, and its dream-type control increased by more than thirty percent.
Without hesitation, it went all out, and behind it, a Dream Kingdom burning with silvery-white flas was reflected!
It had forcibly summoned a corner of the Nightmare Dream Prison!
"Go, Lord Father! Go, Lord Mother!"
As the Warden of the Nightmare Dream Prison, Xiao Yu flapped her wings, assisting Little Spider in easily mobilizing Dreamscape Power, continuously converting it into Dream Curses that attached to the Spirit King Curse Threads and wrapped around the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The silver body of the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada was instantly covered in a large number of black curse threads, which continuously injected a Sleep Curse in an attempt to make it fall into a long slumber once again!
A thick wave of weariness washed over it, causing a drowsy look to appear in its eyes as they slowly closed.
At the sa ti, an illusory dreamscape, carrying a large amount of information, was injected into the depths of its consciousness…
"Did it work!?"
Lu Yu's expression was excited.
But in the next mont, an accident happened!
"Chirp! Chirp!"
The cicada's chirp rang out again.
It was the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada's subconscious counterattack, which spread out wrapped in a massive Spiritual Energy Storm.
Accompanied by a series of explosive sounds like New Year's firecrackers, it directly tore apart the large number of Spirit King Curse Threads attached to its soul.
These curse threads, which were enough to restrain a Morning Star Rank, were incredibly weak against it!
As for the other curses besides the Sleep Curse, such as Woodification, Burning, Drowning, and so on, they couldn't even leave a mark on its carapace. Bleeding, Decay, and the like were even more useless, being directly annihilated!
In the face of an absolute gap in strength, all the sches and tricks of the weak were utterly laughable!
"Chirp! Chirp!"
The Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada seed to have been startled by the attack, and the speed at which it opened its eyes quickened slightly!
This scene made Lu Yu's expression turn grave!
'The gap is indeed too great.
But it's fine, I still have a trump card!'
He had long anticipated this situation. After all, the rank difference was too large.
So he took the Star Leaf handed over by Little Spider and abruptly threw it out!
Hum!
The Star Leaf shot out like a dart, hitting the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada's carapace. The mont a crisp sound rang out, a point of starlight blood!
Boom!
Pale starlight power swept out.
Endless starlight instantly enveloped the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada and the Void Fish Overlord, shining like a brilliant sea of stars and illuminating this dim Void World!
It brought the brilliance of the Myriad Stars!
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The Pale Star River rotated counter-clockwise. The most mysterious Power of Ti descended and began to cause ti to flow backward for everything within its range!
The originally shattered void crystals were restored at a visible speed, turning from fine powder back into rocks.
Chirp!
The Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada also felt the Power of Ti and subconsciously wanted to resist, but its body's state began to reverse, returning it to its initial dazed, half-awake state, and even heading back toward its long slumber.
Crack! Crack!
And the shattered carapace on the Void Fish Overlord also began to rapidly reverse, its body returning to its initial Peak State.
An expression of disbelief appeared in its eyes!
Because it sensed an even more terrifying aura from it!
Even the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada before it was far from comparable, like the difference between a Firefly and Bright Sun!
'Big Boss White Fox is really sothing else!'
Seeing this, a hint of joy flashed in Lu Yu's eyes!
It wasn't a waste to have been freeloaded off of for so many days. It really worked!
One must know that although the Soul-Snatching Demonic Cloud and the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada were powerful, he could at least see their nas with his Eye of Truth.
But for Big Boss White Fox, he couldn't even see a na. The difference in level was clear in an instant!
Although it was just a Star Leaf it had casually made, and its description said it could only resist a Morning Star Strike, a top-tier Morning Star was still a Morning Star.
Besides, it contained the Power of Ti, one of the Supre Laws.
Even a Monarch Rank would be affected!
So Lu Yu's goal was to use Ti Reversal to return it to its unawakened state!
"Ying!"
At the sa ti, Little Spider once again spread out its Spirit King Curse Threads, injecting more Sleep Curse, and personally wove a beautiful dream cage for it!
Seeing this, the Void Fish Overlord decisively turned and fled.
However, before it could get far, a giant foreleg descended like a Heavenly Pillar!
It was… the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada!
The Star Leaf around its body disintegrated, the power of ti reversal ended, the Pale Star River dissipated, and the Void returned to darkness!
Inside the body of the supposedly sleeping Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada, a majestic spiritual energy enveloped a mysterious rune, which vibrated slightly, and forcibly shattered the dreamscape woven by Little Spider.
Its compound eyes opened, and it was completely awake!
It glanced indifferently at Lu Yu, not angry, and then looked away!
Silence was the greatest contempt!
"Did it fail…"
Seeing this, Lu Yu couldn't help but sigh, feeling the power of a Monarch Demonic Beast!
One must know, this was a Monarch Creature that had been in a state of slumber, and yet even with so many thods, none of them had worked!
However, the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada was not in a hurry to attack Lu Yu.
It already saw him as fish on the chopping block and prepared to deal with the escaping prey first.
The long slumber had made it very hungry!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The Void Fish Overlord roared, its six appendages swinging, using all its strength to unleash a dozen 【Void Gap Slashes】, which intertwined and slashed towards the sky.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The fins on its sides vibrated at a high frequency, and a large amount of black fish oil flowed out from the gaps in its scales, continuously reducing its own weight. Its desire to survive had expanded to its limit, and it prepared to perform a Void Jump!
Boom!
The mont the two attacks collided, a terrifying Spiritual Energy Fluctuation erupted, filling the air with a large amount of smoke.
But just as it thought it had a chance to escape and jump into the void.
Just as it thought it had escaped, with a crack, its newly repaired body was abruptly pierced!
Its all-out attack hadn't even managed to block it for a mont!
The Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada's leg hooked slightly, bringing the Void Fish Overlord's deathbed struggle to its mouth.
It raised its head and used its long, slender piercing-sucking mouthparts to easily pierce the other's pridefully hard carapace, like poking a bubble.
A slight suck!
Slurp!
Accompanied by the sucking sound, the Void Fish Overlord's body shriveled at a visible rate, turning into a dried corpse.
For an ordinary cicada, these mouthparts could only suck on plants, but for this one, they were the nightmare of all life!
Bang!
The Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada's leg flicked lightly, and it shattered, turning into fine powder that scattered into the Void.
In an instant, a powerful Overlord Monster had fallen!
After doing all this, it set its sights on Lu Yu, or rather, on the 【Boon Coral】 in his hand.
It had been plucked by Lu Yu when he took the opportunity during the ti reversal with the Star Leaf!
Chirp! Chirp!
Although the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada didn't know its specific effects, it had previously felt an intense desire welling up from within its body. Although it was much smaller now, only one thought remained in its mind:
Devour it!
'As expected, a super-tier skill is a huge improvent even for a Monarch Rank creature!'
Lu Yu showed a troubled expression, then said to the two little ones beside him:
"Run!"
"Ying!"
Little Spider acted decisively, directly tearing open a void gateway and jumping a distance of a hundred ters.
However, just as it was about to jump again, it…
Failed!
Because the surrounding space was covered in silver light, within which cicada shadows flickered, forming a cube-like prison a hundred ters in length, width, and height, trapping them inside!
Void-type—Void Prison!
Used by a Monarch Rank Space-type demonic beast, it directly displayed absolute suppressive power!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
No matter how Little Spider and Little Mouse attacked, it was useless. The cube also began to shrink continuously!
Watching this scene, Lu Yu grew more and more silent.
He lowered his head without speaking, as if he had already despaired!
Chirp! Chirp!
The Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada's wings vibrated, and its figure flashed, arriving in front of the cube. It looked at the tiny creatures inside, which seed sowhat familiar, as if they were…
Humans?
It had seen them when it was young and had also eaten so of those called "Beast Tars"!
They were rich in spirituality and quite tasty!
However, these seemingly weak fellows possessed terrifying power.
Even its mother had died at their hands!
The more powerful a lifeform, the weaker its procreation ability, and the rarer its numbers!
The Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada race was the sa. Their numbers were few.
The one that had attacked the Border Battlefield back then was its mother!
Thinking of this, a trace of disgust filled the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada's compound eyes. It then extended its huge piercing-sucking mouthparts, preparing to eat them, and then continue searching for Void Turbulence to sleep and grow!
After all, the top-tier powerhouses among the humans were far stronger than it!
It still needed to get stronger to have a chance at revenge!
In the eyes of the Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada, it suddenly saw this tiny fellow raise his head, smile at it, and say:
"When the false is taken for true, the true becos false.
I was born from your dream, and now I must bid farewell!"
What was it saying?
The Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada paid it no mind and prepared to swallow Lu Yu and the others whole. However, the mont its mouthparts pierced their bodies, a sudden pop sound was heard!
Lu Yu, along with Little Mouse and Little Spider, popped like a bubble, instantly exploding into countless foam particles.
This is… an illusion!?
"Chirp!"
The Void-Chirping Hundred-Eyed Cicada's four pairs of wings vibrated, and its ntal power swept out, but it couldn't sense the other party's aura at all!
The Boon Coral was stolen too!
It understood in an instant!
It had been played and deceived from beginning to end by a group of weaklings!
Boom!
The eye patterns on its wings lit up one by one, intertwining with the 【Void-Chirping True Word】 in its body, transforming into a vast Void-Chirping Symphony that swept out, pulverizing all matter within a radius of dozens of miles, and it was still expanding…
…………………………
On the other side, Lu Yu sat on the high-speeding Void Matriarch's Nest, watching a drama with great interest. As if rembering sothing, he said casually:
"By my calculations, the Illusory Bubble should have been popped by now, right?"
"Ying!"
Beside him, Little Spider, who had already used the Imagination Object to enter its Spirit Corrosion Form—Phantom World-Invader, nodded, indicating that it had sensed the illusion condensed from a lie shattering!
Hearing this, Lu Yu stretched, looked at the coordinates of the Main World's gateway that was close at hand, took out the 【Boon Coral】 to admire it for a mont, and said with satisfaction:
"How nice.
Another bountiful day, and I even got a new Secret Food Recipe…"
A 6,500-word long chapter. There will be a review tomorrow, and then the new story arc will begin!
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