I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 814 - 598 Quite Pleasing to the Eye

Chapter 814: Chapter 598 Quite Pleasing to the Eye

The shattering of the ground did not affect the magic array formation maintaining the summoning ritual, as Zheng Yichen tightly grasped the fishing rod; the magic array formation sprawled out in the air above, yet the fishing rod in his hand was exceptionally heavy, pressing down on him as he slowly sank.

The ground continued to crumble under the sustained pressure.

The red light shooting up to the sky flickered uncertainly as if interfered with, but the beam of light ultimately did not dissipate.

"What, what is happening here?" Nelliwey’s sister, Luminous Holy Maiden Nala, watched the scene with curiosity. She hadn’t seen many summoning rituals, and someone as troublesome as Zheng Yichen was a first for her.

The ritual had clearly succeeded, but Zheng Yichen had to do something extra, leading to the current mishap. The whole summoning ritual seemed about to fail, but it stubbornly persisted.

"The presence of Evil Spirit’s power... a change in opposing properties, what’s going on?" Alphis also felt puzzled. It seemed that Zheng Yichen had somehow reversed the entire ritual at the last step of the Evil Spirit summoning ritual, where it was about to take shape.

Such a change was like White Light reversing into Black Light; Zheng Yichen seemed adept at this kind of operation, now applying it to the Evil Spirit summoning ritual.

The red beam of light that had seemed to falter finally shattered and disappeared, and an odd aura emerged from the deep pit where the magic had collapsed.

Not long after, Zheng Yichen leaped out of the pit, his face wearing an undisguised disappointment, holding something in his hand that resembled a sea urchin.

The core of this object was sixty centimeters in diameter, but its outer spines stretched to two meters in length, emitting a faint glow from the sea urchin surface, half black and half white. As the sea urchin undulated minutely, the black and white colors also shifted.

Regardless of the change, the proportions of black and white remained unchanged, perfectly balanced.

But the problem was that it was a glowing sea urchin!

Zheng Yichen had hoped for a cute maiden, or at the very least an older sister figure, or even just skin would do; the Heroic Spirits and Evil Spirits he held had far too many non-human traits, and now he had one more.

In the final step of the Evil Spirit summoning ritual, the moment when the Evil Spirit was about to materialize, Zheng Yichen activated attribute reversal with the fishing rod linked to the ritual.

Even though the attributes had been reversed, the summoning ritual still functioned, still manifesting as an Evil Spirit summoning ritual. However, the power that pertained to the Evil Spirit, produced by the ritual, was forcefully reversed, and this power shared the same origin as the forming Evil Spirit.

As a result, the forming Evil Spirit did not explode on the spot but completed its final step and materialized fully after Zheng Yichen forcefully stabilized the summoning magic array formation.

Seeing the ’Yin-Yang Spirit’ formed from half Heroic Spirit and half Evil Spirit, Zheng Yichen knew that his still faint hope had once again come to nothing.

It was a massive sea urchin.

It would be quite imposing if the variable colors of the sea urchin could shift into a Tai Chi sphere’s hues, but despite its ability to glow, it was still a sea urchin.

His special summoning had succeeded, yet this unique Evil Spirit seemed somewhat droopy, as if it was struggling to adapt to its current state. The movement and transformation of the black and white colors were very chaotic, and the creature appeared listless when Zheng Yichen tested for orderly changes while down in the pit.

This Evil Spirit possessed both Black Light and White Light, but the Black Light did not carry the same effects as Zheng Yichen’s own Black Light. Instead, it carried malice akin to that of God’s Corpse, yet not quite as potent. The White Light, however, was imbued with what Zheng Yichen dubbed ’Life Force Benevolence.’

One could consider it akin to a blessing, simply put, a wisp of White Light could keep a dying person alive. Such Life Force Benevolence suggested to Zheng Yichen that this being might enable others to temporarily accept external, foreign Life Forces for self-recovery without conditions.

Life Force, well, it’s similar to blood types – different people, different creatures all have their own, and forceful absorption won’t cause serious hemolytic symptoms but could still impact the self, unless there’s some special method.

Moreover, when assimilating Life Force from a higher lifeform level, it’s even more likely to induce distortions and abnormalities.

This thing essentially acted as an immunization shot, temporarily preventing the adverse effects that alien Life Forces inflowing into one could cause, or the direct abnormal effects on life.

The malice carried by the reversed Black Light naturally became ’Life Force Malice.’

The White Light of the sea urchin held Life Force Benevolence, tantamount to an immunization shot, shielding from the negative impacts of foreign Life Forces flowing into oneself, as well as immunizing against direct abnormal influences on life.

The Black Light bore Life Force Malice, equivalent to a lethal injection — no point in talking about accepting foreign Life Forces, as the innate Life Forces themselves would rebel due to this malice.

This ability was beyond Zheng Yichen’s expectations; he actually wanted to use a special Evil Spirit to seek out God’s Corpse, but could such an ability accomplish that?

Guess he’d try later. He had just sensed the normal powers of the Evil Spirit sea urchin and then leaped out of the pit, lest the Luminous Holy Maiden outside come looking for him.

"What is this?"

"A sea urchin," Zheng Yichen placed the sea urchin he held on the ground and snapped off a spine with a crack. Where the spine had broken off the sea urchin, tiny new spines quickly sprouted, restoring it to its original state within the blink of an eye.

This creature’s energy density was incredibly high, likely caused by the liquid from the energy crystals of the God Simulation Engine that Zheng Yichen had invested.

This high energy density granted it a powerful regeneration ability.

The spike in his hand was still in a state of half-black, half-white transition; after being snapped off, the change continued. If the broken spike had been either white or black, this alteration would not have occurred. If the color was unbalanced, it would rapidly shift to a balanced state once broken.

There were three types of spikes: undoubtedly, the white ones signified life and goodwill, the black ones malice, and the black-and-white ones? Well, they could be likened to the coin of fate; getting pricked by one could send you either to Heaven or Hell.

"Does this still count as an Evil Spirit?" Lillian looked at the over one-meter-long spike in Zheng Yichen’s hand but didn’t touch it directly since she didn’t possess Zheng Yichen’s resistance. What was harmless for Zheng Yichen to hold didn’t mean it was safe for her to touch.

Moreover, she felt a very contradictory sensation emanating from this sea urchin: benevolence coexisting with malice that was similar to a God’s Corpse.

However, that maliciousness was nowhere near as intense as that of a God’s Corpse.

But it still posed a significant threat to lifeforms, making it something of a life nemesis. From this perspective, the creature was indeed an Evil Spirit.

Yet, the part of it that represented life’s goodwill made it appear even more holy than a Heroic Spirit, astonishingly. How could a sea urchin with such conflicting characteristics not explode where it was? What on earth had Zheng Yichen rubbed up?

"It should be considered an Evil Spirit, look at this black part, it’s so dangerous," he said.

"...And the white part?"

Zheng Yichen thought of an explanation, "The antidote near something highly poisonous."

Little Holy Maiden Lillian seemed quite convinced and nodded, "Makes sense."

With a slight twitch of his lips, Zheng Yichen felt a bit guilty about deceiving a child, "Actually, I was just bluffing."

Lillian glared at him, "That’s obvious. Many highly poisonous plants do just that—they poison nearby plants with their toxin to monopolize nutrients. If a plant or creature that can limit the spread of such poisonous plants isn’t nearby, it can easily become rampant.

There are also some toxic creatures that contaminate their surroundings. Plants that can grow in such environments generally have corresponding resistances... Hmm, that would require an expert to discern. Those without relevant knowledge seeking them out are more or less taking their chances in a lottery."

Indeed, plants growing near toxic creatures often have appropriate poison resistance. But there are more plants adapted to the environment’s toxicity; since such toxicity is a result of environmental influence, these plants usually don’t spread rampantly.

Watching Lillian earnestly share her ecological insight, Zheng Yichen sighed, "I suddenly feel a bit guilty."

"Right?" Lillian glanced at Zheng Yichen, "At least you have a conscience that can feel shame."

Her gaze shifted to the Evil Spirit sea urchin next to Zheng Yichen, "Have you achieved your goal? Can this thing help you find the God’s Corpse?"

"...I don’t know, the power it’s exhibiting is different from what I expected, but the summoning ritual itself is very random. Let’s find a suitable place and try it out first."

No matter whether the goal was achieved or not, acquiring a new summoned creature was a gain. He had let go of the expectation that this Evil Spirit summoning ritual would produce a cute girl.

When you think about it, the Evil Spirit sea urchin is quite remarkable.

This is the thing!

He had just learned the Sword Control Technique, and the Evil Spirit sea urchin, as his summoned creature, naturally shared a Necromancy trait with him. Coupled with the sea urchin’s powerful regeneration ability, allowing the snapped-off spikes to recover in an incredibly short time, well, that meant he now had a new arsenal at his disposal.

The noise pistol, due to its connection with the built-in space, could be reused, but the recycling speed wasn’t fast. The black substance created by his extraordinary abilities could shape weapons at no slow rate, but as it needed to solidify, there was a delay.

And in that brief delay, he could snap off dozens of spikes from the Evil Spirit sea urchin, firing a volley before the urchin’s regeneration ability allowed him to go another round.

If he could one day create a Countless Swords Technique through the Sword Control Technique... well, dreams have everything.

The movement speed of the Evil Spirit sea urchin wasn’t fast, making it quite suitable as a backup magazine.

With these thoughts, the Evil Spirit sea urchin seemed much more appealing to Zheng Yichen. His fingers gently caressed the spike in his hand before he stabbed it into the ground. The earth at his feet began to darken at a visible rate, emanating a malicious intent towards life.

Lillian turned pale being in the midst of it.

"Cough, that was unexpected!" Zheng Yichen quickly snapped off a white spike and thrust it into the ground to neutralize the malicious intent spreading from the soil.

The two spikes inserted into the ground melted at a visible rate, like a sped-up burning incense stick.

Once the two ’incense sticks’ had burned down completely, Zheng Yichen said, "Anyway, let’s find a suitable uninhabited area first."

He planned to accumulate life’s goodwill and malice to see if he could attract a God’s Corpse.

That thing bore a pure malice towards all things in the world. The complete opposite—life’s goodwill—might provoke an extra hatred from the God’s Corpse, making it come running. Conversely, life’s malice could also serve as bait to lure that thing in.