Chapter 1646
Fortune and Misfortune
Any creature that can survive in the void for so long must be very vigilant!
So the moment Li Zhirui mobilized his magic power, the ferocious beast reacted and realized the danger.
Its solution is simple: run away!
They wanted to leave this place before their supernatural powers could fully develop.
Unfortunately, the supernatural power Li Zhirui used had a very wide range. Even though its reaction speed was already very fast, it still couldn't escape and was trapped in the cage.
Only then did he have time to carefully observe the condition of the ferocious beast. Its injuries were very serious, no wonder its first reaction was to run away.
However, judging from the wounds on its body, they don't seem to have been caused by a single creature; they seem more like it participated in a chaotic battle.
"Could it be related to the sudden disappearance of all the chaotic beasts in the nearby void?" Li Zhirui speculated with some curiosity.
Unfortunately, this ferocious beast lacked intelligence and couldn't speak to tell him whether his guess was true or false.
Although he was somewhat curious, he had no intention of investigating further.
The most important task now is to deal with this badly injured beast!
Even though the beast looked very weak, he did not let his guard down. It is said that a cornered beast will fight back, and these wounded beasts are often the most dangerous.
Therefore, Li Zhirui remained vigilant, like slowly boiling a frog in water, continuously aggravating its injuries and weakening its strength until it died completely!
Roar--
Although the ferocious beast lacked intelligence, it was aware of its increasingly dangerous situation and wanted to fight desperately. However, its opponent was extremely vigilant and refused to confront it head-on, leaving it with no opportunity and only able to let out a roar of impotent rage.
Li Zhirui only spent a little more time, but he dealt with the ferocious beast at the mid-stage of the Xuanxian realm without sustaining any injuries!
This was also the first time since he entered the Xuanxian level void that he had emerged completely unharmed after a major battle.
"I guess I've profited from this," he said with a smile, before starting to cut all the spiritual items out of the beast's corpse.
If it hadn't been severely injured, Li Zhirui wouldn't have been able to defeat it so easily. In fact, after a fierce battle, he might have been the one who had to run away!
How many chaotic spirit objects can be cut from a single chaotic beast?
First, there's their incredibly defensive fur or scales, which are top-grade materials for crafting defensive magical treasures and are extremely valuable.
Secondly, look at whether they have core organs. For example, the four-horned black sheep beast that Li Zhirui encountered before had those four horns, which were precious chaotic spiritual objects.
In addition, there are the bones of ferocious beasts.
In fact, even the flesh and blood of ferocious beasts can be considered chaotic spiritual objects. However, because they contain too much chaotic spiritual energy and law power, it would be quite troublesome to utilize them.
Blood is relatively easy to obtain; some talisman makers will buy it to make special high-level spirit ink. However, beast meat is difficult to utilize, and its enormous size means it cannot be stored in ordinary storage magic treasures.
Therefore, it is generally not regarded as a chaotic spirit.
It can be said that the Chaos Beast is composed entirely of chaotic spiritual beings, inside and out!
This harvest was much faster than Li Zhirui's aimless wandering in the void, searching for chaotic spiritual objects.
He even considered changing his goal, instead of searching for the spiritual creatures left in the beast's lair, he decided to go directly to the injured beast.
After all, compared to nests that quietly remain in certain corners, emitting almost no disturbance and can only be found little by little, the sounds of injured beasts absorbing chaotic spiritual energy to heal are much more obvious.
However, after careful consideration, he did not take any action.
The reason is simple: not all ferocious beasts are so seriously injured. Some may only have minor injuries and their strength has not been greatly affected. In that case, he may not be able to come out on top.
Moreover, the fluctuations emanating from the void, besides being caused by the absorption of chaotic spiritual energy, are more often signs of various terrifying disasters.
If you're unlucky enough to stumble right into the eye of a chaotic storm, you'll be in big trouble!
Another point is that Li Zhirui has been working hard to cultivate over the years, with almost no free time or rest. This is a good opportunity to relax and avoid being too tense.
So he didn't change his mind and continued to fly through the void as if he were just playing around.
However, his luck didn't improve after that.
Time flew by, and no one knew how much time had passed—perhaps hundreds of years, or perhaps thousands of years. Li Zhirui was like a rootless duckweed, wandering aimlessly in the void.
Most importantly, he didn't encounter another chaotic spirit object!
At first he didn't believe it, but as time went on, he had to accept the fact.
"I never expected my luck to become so low."
Li Zhirui couldn't help but sigh, and then he became more cautious in his actions, calming his mind and no longer acting as casually as before.
Because when one's luck is low, it is very easy to encounter danger!
If he remains in the same state as before, he won't be able to respond effectively in a timely manner if danger arises.
Not long after, Li Zhirui actually encountered an extremely dangerous situation!
For some reason, he ended up near the lair of a chaotic beast at the late stage of the Xuanxian realm.
When he realized the danger, the beast's huge eyes were already turning crimson, and saliva was dripping from its mouth.
The beast was so large that it stretched as far as the eye could see, exceeding his field of vision.
Roar!
With a roar, the sound waves seemed to materialize, creating waves in the void.
Li Zhirui was terrified. The terrifying aura emanating from it had transformed into a tangible crimson color, surrounding it. No one knew how many lives it had taken.
'escape!'
That was his first reaction.
The moment the thought crossed his mind, his body immediately sprang into action, instinctively flying wildly into the distance.
To save his own life and fortune, he immediately used his fastest speed.
With a loud bang, Li Zhirui didn't know what the ferocious beast had done, but he felt a very dangerous attack coming towards him from behind, its speed constantly increasing.
Moreover, he could clearly sense that the distance was constantly closing in, from over a hundred miles away to less than ten miles behind him in the blink of an eye.
At this distance, he could almost feel the power emanating from the attack—a terrifying blaze like the sun.
Li Zhirui had no doubt that in a short while, if he had no other choice, this attack would hit him!
At that time, who knows whether it will be a bloody mess or shattered to pieces.
"Ugh!"
Realizing he couldn't escape, he stopped struggling. Of course, he wasn't trying to see if he could withstand the attack; instead, he simply hid in the space.
"Huh!?" The ferocious beast, which had been quite lazy and thought it was easy to catch, suddenly looked up the moment Li Zhirui hid in the space.
"What's going on? What kind of method was used? Could it be that the laws of space were invoked?"
The ferocious beast immediately got up and quickly moved to the spot where he had disappeared. It carefully searched the surrounding void, but ultimately found nothing and no trace of the spatial laws. It was as if he had vanished into thin air.
This made the ferocious beast very curious. How could a mid-stage Xuanxian who was no match for it at all have mastered such a profound and mysterious method!
"Pity……"
The ferocious beast sighed with some regret. If it had known earlier that this person possessed such abilities, it shouldn't have acted so hastily and brutally. If it had captured him and carefully studied his methods, wouldn't it have been able to roam freely in the void in the future?
But by then it was too late for regrets; the person had vanished without a trace.
So it quickly abandoned these thoughts, returned to its painstakingly built nest, and resumed its cultivation.
……
At the critical moment, Li Zhirui, who had successfully hidden in the space, was extremely pale and sweating profusely, purely from being frightened.
"If only it had been a moment later..."
A look of lingering fear welled up in his eyes; he could no longer stand here now!
"That ferocious beast is definitely not a simple late-stage Xuanxian; it might even be on the verge of breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm."
Otherwise, it wouldn't have such terrifying power. He had encountered ferocious beasts at the late stage of the Xuanxian realm before. Even if he was no match for them, he wouldn't be like this time, not daring to even think of resisting and only trying his best to escape.
But after hiding in the space, Li Zhirui faced another problem.
That is, how to leave!
You see, he enters the space from a certain place and leaves from there, so he always enters the space in a secluded place to avoid being noticed.
This time, he really had no way to enter the space out of the other party's sight. Wouldn't he be exposed when he came out?
"We need to find a way to confirm whether the ferocious beast has left its lair," Li Zhirui said, frowning in thought.
Otherwise, you can only rely on luck.
And this method only offers one chance!
Because when he leaves the space, but the ferocious beast is still in the lair, the biggest drawback of his personal space will be exposed. So if he fails, he will be caught in a dilemma!
If they hide in the space again, they might have to stay inside for the rest of their lives; if they don't hide in the space, they will fall into the hands of the ferocious beast and become its food.
After much thought, Li Zhirui decided to deduce a secret technique that would allow him to detect external dangers even while in his personal space, enabling him to better assess the situation and decide whether or not to leave the space.
First of all, his idea was very simple and direct: when opening the space, he would control it to be a tiny hole the size of a pinhole, and then release a wisp of divine sense to observe the surrounding situation.
Because the route appears very clear, we know to start the deduction in this direction.
At first, the deduction of the Dharma was not smooth, but Li Zhirui was not discouraged. Instead, he persisted. As long as there was no insurmountable obstacle, he could continue to deduce!
With his persistent efforts, he actually succeeded in his deduction.
He couldn't remember how long it took from start to finish, but no matter the cost or the time spent, as long as he succeeded, it was all worth it!
"call--"
As he began to unleash the secret technique, Li Zhirui felt strangely nervous.
The secret technique went smoothly, successfully opening an almost invisible hole. Then, a wisp of divine sense was released to carefully explore the surrounding area.
"Ok?"
The ferocious beast was very alert. It suddenly raised its head and looked around at the void, which remained unchanged.
"Is it just my imagination?"
The ferocious beast muttered to itself, repeatedly probing the surrounding void. After confirming there were no problems, it calmed its mind and began to cultivate.
Even though Li Zhirui was extremely careful and didn't even glance at it, it still seemed to have discovered something.
"It looks like it won't be leaving its nest anytime soon..."
Li Zhirui sighed helplessly. Since the ferocious beast was cultivating, he no longer needed to keep thinking about leaving the space.
However, within this space, there is no way to absorb spiritual energy and improve one's cultivation level.
After pondering for a moment, he took out the alchemy furnace and the alchemy formula, along with the various spiritual objects he had planted in his space, and began to deduce new elixirs.
Since we have nothing else to do right now, deduce the elixir formula, which is indeed very suitable for this situation.
As time passed, every fifty years, Li Zhirui would investigate to see if there was any chance to leave.
But after so many years, he was almost able to deduce a Xuanxian-level pill formula, while that ferocious beast was still in seclusion!
"Could it be trying to break through to the Golden Immortal realm?"
This conjecture both surprised and delighted him. He was surprised that it could actually break through to the Golden Immortal realm; he was delighted that once it broke through, it would no longer remain in this void, and he would be able to leave the space.
There's no need to wait for it to break through successfully. As long as the timing is right, Li Zhirui can leave the space before the ferocious beast breaks through.
Because the tribulation is about to erupt, no one, regardless of who they are, will allow any other living beings to exist within the tribulation's range.
Perhaps then I can even observe the breakthrough process of a Golden Immortal from afar and accumulate some experience for myself.
And Li Zhirui's guess was indeed true.
This ferocious beast is truly attempting to break through to the Golden Immortal realm!
……
Rumbling--
Suddenly, a large number of tribulation clouds gathered in the previously empty void.
"The tribulation lightning has finally arrived!"
In the eyes of those ferocious beasts, there was no fear or apprehension of the lightning tribulation; on the contrary, they were full of anticipation, as if they were very much welcoming of it.
Realizing that this ferocious beast was attempting to reach the Golden Immortal realm, Li Zhirui frequently used secret techniques to spy on its situation, fearing he might miss the opportunity to leave the space ahead of time.
This time, he was very lucky and happened to discover the appearance of the tribulation clouds, which grew and expanded at an extremely rapid pace.
In just a few breaths, the calamity cloud had grown to over a hundred acres in size.
Looking at the thick, purplish-black tribulation clouds, even though they weren't in the same world, Li Zhirui could feel the terror emanating from them. (End of Chapter)