I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 1022 - 748 Dig Deeper

Chapter 1022: Chapter 748 Dig Deeper

Zheng Yichen retained a portion of the Sky Pillar’s energy, which after mixing with the thunder and lightning, could counteract the Devouring Sky Pillar’s devouring power, producing a very loud commotion.

The burst of lightning not only drew the attention of others but also pierced through the dark clouds in the sky.

The figure of Zheng Yichen, who had now revealed himself, charged towards the sky with an overwhelmingly strong posture, leaving a trail of dazzling lightning.

"Stop him!!" Some Devourers shouted; they had just boarded the elevator of the Devouring Sky Pillar and had not yet descended when they encountered this scene.

The closer they got to the boundary point of the Devouring Sky Pillar, the stronger the devouring power became, but this man, crackling all over, simply ignored this devouring force.

"...Is there a master??" The Dusk mercenaries fighting in the distance watched the thunderstorm in the sky.

Under the bombardment of the thunderstorm, the gloomy sky briefly cleared, and those who reacted quickly had already started to intercept.

They didn’t know who the opponent was, but since a master had made a move, they needed to grasp the disadvantageous factors for the enemy well, and the Devourers who wanted to retreat were also intercepted.

The interception facing Zheng Yichen was crushed by a crimson saber strike, he didn’t often use Blood Sacrifice Burst, but its power still had a very impressive performance in regular battles.

Moreover, the quality of Zheng Yichen’s Life Force had become very high now, significantly enhancing the power of the Blood Sacrifice Burst he unleashed.

Breaking through the enemy’s interception, Zheng Yichen forcibly entered the world of the Devourers along the Devouring Sky Pillar, a process that was not easy, as the Devouring Sky Pillar was not a normal passageway.

To pass through directly was not that easy; there was a strong spatial barrier in between, to break through one either needed to forcefully smash it or use some skills...

Zheng Yichen chose to use force; he possessed spatial abilities himself, and his equipment also had characteristics related to space, why not forcefully breakthrough if not using techniques?

A waste of time.

After intruding into the world of the Devourers, the first thing Zheng Yichen saw were the small light pillars swirling around the Devouring Sky Pillar.

Some Energy cannon platforms had already targeted Zheng Yichen, and after completing the lock-on, the bombardment came instantly.

Having prepared in advance, Zheng Yichen directly released Du Gang.

Transformed into the Little Golden Man state, Du Gang let out a roar, with golden flames emanating from his body, he punched a light pillar, diverting the energy attack.

Two figures quickly descended from the sky, and facing those dense attacks, Du Gang appeared very calm; he had encountered stronger attacks in the Great World, this was just drizzle here.

"The environment of this world is really not low," Du Gang remarked with some feeling as he landed; the environmental intensity of the Devourers’ world was much higher than his own.

Even though it wasn’t as harsh as the Great World, when using the Vajra Body here, his physical strength reached a very high level; in his world, he would be blasted by such light pillars, but here, he could withstand it firmly.

However, as an experienced old warrior, Du Gang wouldn’t rely solely on the strength of the Vajra Body to absorb damage... Stacking armor is a dead end; Vajra Body only increases the margin of error.

"First, clear out the people here."

"Hahaha, then let’s start!" Du Gang swung the God Shocking Saber in his hand, pointing to his eyes: "With this thing, there’s no problem with communication."

The Illusory Eye allowed for long-distance communication, like a radio; though it wouldn’t work beyond a certain range, that range was not small, ample for the two to fight separately while keeping timely communication.

The two Proxy Agents, like wolves among sheep, brought disaster upon the Devourers around the Devouring Sky Pillar. They mobilized the energy of the Devouring Sky Pillar for protection, but Zheng Yichen’s attacks also carried the power of the Devouring Sky Pillar, rendering their defenses meaningless.

The God Shocking Saber wielded by Du Gang wasn’t an ordinary weapon; it was still effective against such defenses, which couldn’t stop them.

The Devourers killed by Zheng Yichen didn’t even leave corpses behind; after a large amount of blood was drawn out, the bodies directly weathered into powder.

His Essence of Life had not yet fully recovered; now he needed to replenish it.

These Devourers were just right.

"Is this all you have? Use a more powerful fighting method!" Zheng Yichen provocatively taunted the fearful Devourers, stirring their battle intent with the demonized Asura Battle Intent.

Despite the huge gap in strength, some went into a rampage right on the spot. Driven by the demonized battle intent, they disregarded the disparity in combat power and madly charged at Zheng Yichen, using various methods to engage him in an intense ’battle’.

Devourers capable of using Sky Pillar’s energy at high intensity did not appear, but those influenced by the Asura Battle Intent voluntarily absorbed the Sky Pillar’s energy.

Attempting to enhance their attacks with it, their bodies were also affected by the Sky Pillar’s energy, undergoing crystallization, though their crystallization was not rapid, and this method of using Sky Pillar’s energy was broader.

The Devourers Zheng Yichen had encountered before were different; those either could use Sky Pillar’s energy directly at high intensity or just used some technology to coat their bodies with Sky Pillar’s energy, indirectly using it.

Clearly, not all Devourers developed the same way, with different focuses, there were distinctions in how they utilized Sky Pillar’s energy.

Previously encountered Devourers were more focused on quality; the ones now have ways to buffer the effects of the Sky Pillar’s energy, thus the usage of Sky Pillar’s energy became much more casual.

Moreover, they don’t have ways to reclaim souls. The Devourers Zheng Yichen killed didn’t leave their souls behind, even though he was all prepared to intercept them, which ended up being somewhat pointless.

The souls of these Devourers, even if devoured by the black spear, wouldn’t bring him any enhancement. Being that souls do not possess characteristics like the Essence of Life, devouring them would be a waste. It would be better to use them as material in the Soul-Subduing Space of the fishing rod.

"Hehehehe—not bad, this is getting interesting." Zheng Yichen chuckled darkly, the world here used the Sky Pillar’s energy much more wildly, which would be problematic for Proxy Agents like Du Gang.

For Zheng Yichen, this was even better. The difficulty of battles increased, but the bodies of these people inevitably underwent changes due to the impact of the Sky Pillar’s energy, even if this change would quickly lead to their crystallization.

Before crystallizing, they could evolve from minor creatures into elites, from elites into bosses.

But it was of no use, Zheng Yichen stuffed a Sky Pillar crystal into his mouth. With the boost from the Sky Pillar’s energy, it was easy to eliminate these Devourers, he even felt a bit regretful afterward.

He should have left some Devourers alive, waited until they also used the Sky Pillar’s energy, and then killed them.

In terms of enhancements, there were basically none; Zheng Yichen valued his potential enhancement through the Unity of Heaven and Man trait, but the minor boost these people provided was too weak to be felt by him.

Just as expected, if it were so easy to fully progress his enhancements, Dusk would not have set such high prices.

The usage of Sky Pillar’s energy by these Devourers was nowhere near as proficient as the ones he once encountered; Zheng Yichen thought killing a hundred of them might still not equal a single high-quality one.

But accumulation was enough for him.

Damn Devourers were never in short supply.

After he ended the battle here, the battle on Du Gang’s side was almost over. For Du Gang, using the Sky Pillar’s energy against the Devourers was still just a scrape.

No, rather polishing.

After the battle, Du Gang’s top was gone, revealing a body of lean muscle. By the way, even when this Little Golden Man was shirtless, besides hair, eyebrows, and beard, no body hair could be seen.

Zheng Yichen had once joked about this in the Great World, wondering if his body hair had been polished off during a battle, which is why he seemed ’smooth.’

At that time, Du Gang loudly refuted Zheng Yichen, saying that this is a basic situation in Body Refinement; there are many types of Body Refinement, some make one rougher, while the Vajra Body makes one ’finer’ in terms of changes.

Simply put, it makes the body almost free of impurities, like continuously refined and forged high-grade steel. How would the surface of well-forged metal be uneven?

Hence, in this refined, flawless transformation, things like body hair are eliminated since they no longer serve a purpose like providing warmth and are naturally unnecessary to ’keep’.

So, apart from color, this tough man Du Gang even had a skin texture that would make women envious; ordinary people’s delicate skin couldn’t withstand a blade, but his skin could spark when scraping against a blade.

"It’s not over yet."

Using thermal vision, Zheng Yichen glanced at a distance. The backup of Devourers had already arrived here. As for the seemingly insufficient defense, the local Devouring Faction probably didn’t expect to be invaded in return.

And they had been contributing much of their combat strength in another world to break a blockade; you could still see some light spots rapidly falling from the sky, those were Devourers returning.

They were keen on breaking the blockade of the invaded world, but with their main base under attack, who would still have the time to worry about such things?

Sect in trouble, return quickly!

The returning speed of their forces was already fast, but the speed of Zheng Yichen and Du Gang was even faster.

"It has only just begun," Du Gang grimaced, saying as a Proxy Agent without worrying about the return, having stormed through the Great World, just a native world of a Devouring Faction, how could it compare to the Great World?

He slashed at a distant Devouring Sky Pillar, and the golden saber Qi caused the Devouring Sky Pillar to tremble slightly, causing the returning Devourers to panic, even though it didn’t suffer much damage.

"Indeed, it has just begun. Rarely do we get such an opportunity; merely dealing with these Devourers isn’t enough." Zheng Yichen reached into his cloak and pulled out a gun, started to fire bursts at those Devourers in the sky.

The bullets, made by Lilith and fused with Sky Pillar’s energy, wouldn’t matter if they missed, but if they hit, they would be devastating, even fatal.

"Hahaha, now to find the technologies controlled by the Devourers, I’ll leave that to you," Du Gang laughed heartily, realizing what Zheng Yichen meant, it was best for Zheng Yichen to undertake this task.

For him to do it... would be difficult.

Zheng Yichen had a powerful AI, but he did not.

And after obtaining the Devourers’ technology, use it to cause trouble? As a Proxy Agent, that wasn’t a possibility, so he was extremely reassured by Zheng Yichen’s suggestion.