#174 - It's like poking a beast's den.
Chaos City, surrounded by chaotic air currents.
In one of the cultivation residences within this ancient city, a figure sat cross-legged on the rooftop, gazing at the vast wilderness outside Chaos City.
In the sky, the crystalline threads of the cracks and the flowing secret patterns created a mesmerizing and profound sensation.
After an unknown period, Yang Wu finally awoke from his state of comprehension.
"Brother Yang! You're done comprehending?" Luo Feng, clad in battle armor, leaped over from the neighboring rooftop. During this past year, Yang Wu and he had been cultivating separately, with Luo Feng occasionally seeking guidance from Yang Wu during his free time.
Both of them were following the path of analyzing the origin and essence of spatial laws. Luo Feng was just starting out, still practicing the first set of the 'Drifting Blood' sword technique.
Meanwhile, Yang Wu had already fully comprehended the first image of the Nine Universe Chaos碑.
His understanding of the Raindrop Diagram even surpassed many Marquis-level Immortals, so guiding Luo Feng's early cultivation was naturally not a problem.
"I was just planning to go outside the city to hunt Chaos Beasts. Brother Yang, would you like to join me?" Luo Feng asked with a smile.
"Chaos Beasts?" Yang Wu's heart stirred.
Chaos City had three treasures: first, the cultivation environment, with its manifest laws of the universe, made it easier to comprehend laws; second, the 52 Chaos碑, each containing the Great Dao of cultivation; and third, the Chaos True Spirits outside Chaos City, which could slightly transform the soul, enhancing its compatibility with the universe's origin.
Yang Wu had been in Chaos City for more than a year, but he had never hunted Chaos Beasts before.
"Let's go!"
After a moment's thought, Yang Wu agreed to Luo Feng's suggestion and went with him.
The continuous city walls stretched out endlessly.
Outside the city, the vast, desolate wilderness extended to the horizon, shrouded in chaotic air currents.
Yang Wu and Luo Feng walked out of the city gate, arriving at a massive stone tablet on the left side of the gate, covered with dense universal characters, introducing the Chaos Beasts of Chaos City and various precautions.
"Brother Yang, remember to be careful when hunting Chaos Beasts later. Many people from our batch have already died!"
After reading the contents of the stone tablet, Luo Feng said to Yang Wu with a solemn expression.
"Okay, you be careful too!"
Yang Wu nodded. Chaos City was completely open about treasures like the Chaos True Spirit, but one had to obtain them through their own efforts.
The Virtual Universe Company invested heavily with the ultimate goal of nurturing generations of strong individuals to protect the human race and ensure its eternal prosperity.
However, the process of nurturing geniuses inevitably involved hardships. Flowers in a greenhouse could not become towering trees.
Even in Chaos City, this sacred place for human cultivation,
danger still existed.
Opportunity and danger coexisted.
To obtain a heaven-defying treasure like the Chaos True Spirit, one had to personally take risks and fight with Chaos Beasts.
This was a form of training, as well as a form of elimination.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The two immediately transformed into two streams of light, flying into the distance.
Chaotic air currents drifted, obscuring people's vision.
On the vast wilderness, weeds grew wildly. This wilderness, which had existed for countless years, had been nurtured by the chaotic air currents over time.
The unknown weeds and ubiquitous rocks already had fundamental differences from the materials in the original universe.
These rocks all had a common characteristic:
No matter how long they existed, they would not decay.
The Chaos Beasts outside Chaos City were divided into three regions: the inner region, close to Chaos City, was entirely populated by Universe-level Chaos Beasts;
the middle region by Domain Lord-level Chaos Beasts, and the outer region by World Lord-level Chaos Beasts.
Universe-level cultivators went to the inner region, Domain Lord-level to the middle region, and World Lord-level to the outer region. Each level went to its corresponding area.
Of course, if you had the ability to challenge beyond your level, you could go to the middle or even the outer region as a Universe-level cultivator. This was perfectly acceptable.
However, reverse bullying was strictly prohibited.
Yang Wu landed from mid-air, separated slightly from Luo Feng, and then began searching for traces of Chaos Beasts.
"Chaos Beasts..."
Walking through the wilderness, Yang Wu cautiously scanned his surroundings.
Swish swish swish~
Hmm?
Yang Wu's ears twitched. He immediately flashed behind a large rock and looked in the direction of the sound.
He saw a black shadow emerge from the weeds in the distance.
It was a creature about four meters tall, a bipedal being similar to an ape. Its body was slightly bent, its arms extending below its knees, and its face was covered with white fur.
Most peculiar was that it only had a single brown vertical eye and a mouth on its face, with no nose or ears. A tail stood high, twitching slightly.
"This is a Chaos Beast?" Yang Wu narrowed his eyes slightly.
At that moment, the Chaos Beast, which had been walking leisurely in the distance, suddenly stopped its tail, which was raised high like a radar, and abruptly turned to look in Yang Wu's direction.
"Oh, so sensitive to perception?!" Yang Wu was somewhat surprised.
"Zi Kong!"
The Chaos Beast roared, its tail whipping fiercely, instantly becoming a blur as it arrived in front of Yang Wu. Its massive palm slammed down directly.
"Hmph!"
Yang Wu snorted lightly, his figure moving swiftly to meet the attack, while wielding the spear in his hand.
Flowing Light Instant Shadow!
Sun Devouring Secret Technique!
Talent Flame Burst!
The most important thing when hunting Chaos Beasts was speed, otherwise it might attract the siege of other Chaos Beasts.
Therefore, Yang Wu used his strongest move right from the start.
Rumble~
With a loud explosion, a ring-shaped shockwave spread violently.
The attacking Chaos Beast exploded directly, golden blood splattering, and fragmented flesh and bones flying everywhere.
After the explosion, the ground was a mess.
The golden blood, fur, bones, and flesh were gradually decaying, turning into countless chaotic air currents. Then, a jade-green light spot appeared—the Chaos True Spirit!
Yang Wu's eyes lit up. A mental force extended out, directly enveloping the light spot.
Buzz!
The moment his mental force touched the Chaos True Spirit, it began to gradually dissolve. Yang Wu's mind moved, and his mental force wrapped the Chaos True Spirit, taking it into his original core within his body.
Rumble rumble rumble~~~
At this moment, the chaotic air currents in the distance violently vibrated.
One by one, Chaos Beasts with different appearances leaped out of the grass, rushing towards Yang Wu's location after hearing the explosion.
At a glance, there were at least hundreds of them, with even the weakest aura being stronger than the Chaos Beast Yang Wu had just killed.
"Holy crap?!"
Yang Wu was also startled, and he immediately summoned the silver-white pyramid spaceship, and drilled into the spaceship hatch.
"Oh no, Luo Feng!"
Yang Wu thought of Luo Feng nearby. Just as he was about to call out to him, he saw a black figure quickly dart into the spaceship hatch.
"Brother Yang!"
Luo Feng patted his chest with lingering fear. He had just killed a Chaos Beast and was preparing to find a second one when hundreds of them suddenly sprang out nearby.
Scared, he immediately flew upwards. Seeing this familiar pyramid spaceship, he flew directly into the hatch.
"Let's go, retreat first!"
Chaos City gate.
Yang Wu retracted the spaceship, and he and Luo Feng swooped down from the sky, landed on the ground, and then entered the city.
Back here, the two secretly breathed a sigh of relief. That scene just now was as if they had poked a Chaos Beast nest.
"It seems we can only hunt Chaos Beasts secretly. After killing one, we have to immediately escape far away, and then come back to absorb the Chaos True Spirit before killing another one."
"Let's go back first!"
