I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 896 - 643: Never Really Met

Chapter 896: Chapter 643: Never Really Met

Thunder rained down upon Zheng Yichen like a barrage, but the main target of those thunder strikes was the black light which forcefully crushed the descending bolts, growing ever more intense in its assault on the dark clouds. Meanwhile, in the heat of battle, Zheng Yichen tried to reduce the protection of the black light.

Having lost part of his protection, Zheng Yichen successfully sensed the enemy’s curse strength increasing.

He was certain that as long as he suffered damage that affected his own life, the enemy would fall under the influence of a Catastrophe Curse similar to that of Great World’s God Taisui.

This was not an active ability, but a passive one.

Had he not been subject to such an intense Catastrophe Curse himself, he would have taken significantly more damage. After using Earth Devouring to defeat God Taisui, his Essence of Life had greatly increased. Though his total Life Force could not surpass that of the colossal God Taisui, not all creatures were as robust as that behemoth.

Besides, it wasn’t necessary to reach the level of God Taisui. As long as the Catastrophe Curse was effective, even if the enemy’s curse was only one-tenth as intense as what he was currently enduring, it would still be easy for him to kill more formidable foes.

A few minutes later, Zheng Yichen had replaced his blood, flesh, and organs several times over, a restoration piled up by sheer Life Force. This made him somewhat fixated on Ahn Ke’s research on "Blood Drip Rebirth."

Replacing blood required taking on damage, but with that method, he could exchange blood with the enemy without any care for unguarded attacks, like on the brain, for example...

After the enemy was afflicted by the intensified Catastrophe Curse, Zheng Yichen felt that his attacks had distinctly changed.

Before, it was like hitting air, but now, when he attacked, there was a greater sense of substance.

Amidst the black torrent of Demonic Abyss Seven Kills, Zheng Yichen cleaved through the gathering clouds with a single slash, dispersing them without regathering, and a pained roar echoed as the clouds vanished.

The sky cleared, and nearby dust particles disappeared, completely pressed down by the downpour.

"Is he dead?" asked Du Gang, who had not emerged, in surprise.

"No," Zheng Yichen shook his head. The clouds, which were perhaps a relative of God Taisui, must have been remotely attacking him. Although the real person hadn’t come here, because he had suffered damage, a portion of his attack had transmitted through the curse.

It had to be said that the ability characteristic of God Taisui was indeed special. It was not rebound damage, but as long as an enemy inflicted harm, it would subject them to an effect similar to increasing the damage they took. It was not much use in low-end fights, but in high-end battles... with his own thick skin as an advantage, it was very helpful.

"Let’s leave this place quickly, then; no need to waste more time."

Zheng Yichen nodded, placed his hand on the ground, and continued using Earth Devouring, ravenously plundering the vitality contained within this land.

Having already employed this move against God Taisui, he felt no need to hold back. The Great World was so vast, what would it matter if he dug up a chunk of it? The Great World surely wouldn’t mind.

Zheng Yichen resumed his journey, leaving behind a desolate wasteland that stretched for hundreds of miles.

"..." The staff of Eye of the Heavenly Law watched the desolate land left by Zheng Yichen in silence. After Zheng Yichen killed God Taisui, they received relevant information from the Eye of the Heavenly Law along with data from the development department. It was an ability displayed by a Boundary Breaking core developed by them, an ability to infinitely devour the vitality of the land and then breed endless troops to invade the target space. During this process, most of the consumed vitality would be reserved for cultivating the true Boundary Breaking core.

In comparison to other moving phenomena and Boundary Breaking cores, this one was akin to forceful plundering.

Disregarding the more convoluted aspects, as long as it took root, it could swiftly form a force. Mass-produced soldiers and natives would then begin direct confrontation; although this type of Boundary Breaking core was simple, crude, and hard to conceal, its advantage lay in its efficiency.

Once established without being crushed, it could quickly take shape and become difficult to eradicate. Sometimes, after seizing more than half of a planet, that world could basically be considered ruined.

However, such Boundary Breaking cores had their drawbacks, as it was easy for someone to locate the true core, which became difficult to move once rooted. But once of significant scale, even Dusk mercenary assassins would struggle to decapitate it.

But how could the capability of such a Boundary Breaking core manifest in a Proxy Agent?

The staff member reviewing this information felt conflicted. The more unique characteristics Zheng Yichen displayed, the greater the pressure on them. The development department was becoming increasingly interested in this Proxy Agent.

Especially after Zheng Yichen eliminated God Taisui, they had even contacted Eye of the Heavenly Law specifically, ready to have the experts waiting here to take action. The development department did not want to delay and allow Dusk to eliminate the Proxy Agent.

They wanted to either capture Zheng Yichen alive or obtain his body. Du Gang was just an insignificant addition; Zheng Yichen was now the most important research material. The unique factors he possessed were too numerous, and according to other God Descenders’ reports, this Proxy Agent also had Oath Power.

That was what the Boundary Breaking Faction really wanted from that world a while back, but unfortunately, their plans were thwarted, and for the time being, the Great World had lost the opportunity to annex that special world.

However, researching Zheng Yichen, the Proxy Agent with Oath Power, was also not bad.

The development department had a lot of clout in the Great World; they had exerted pressure, so the staff of Eye of the Heavenly Law could not slack off. They had to be ready to strike at any moment, often coordinating with the development department.

Not only were they responsible for the research of the Boundary Breaking core, but also a series of other things, including the improvement and enhancement of cultivation resources, among others.

"Your ’journey’ ends here," the development department spoke up. These employees couldn’t decide anything; they were just there to work a job.

"Hm??" Zheng Yichen, who had just resumed his journey, showed an astonished expression. He looked around suspiciously because he had just felt an inexplicable pressure coming from all directions, as if he was being targeted by the world itself.

The pressure from the sky was the greatest.

Under this pressure, Zheng Yichen stopped and, without any hesitation, performed a new Earth Devouring technique, turning the land into an Overgrown Wilderness of death.

After the land became an Overgrown Wilderness, the pressure coming from underground disappeared.

"What’s going on... Could this be a loophole of the Eye of the Heavenly Law?" the personnel of the Eye of the Heavenly Law scratched their heads as they looked at the alarm information.

After deciding not to drag the Proxy Agent to death, they activated the Eye of the Heavenly Law’s lock-on function. This lock-on exposure would reveal the Eye’s existence, but the enemy lacked this intelligence; at most, they’d learn about an omnipresent entity observing them.

The situation was different after Zheng Yichen used Earth Devouring to destroy the land.

The Eye of the Heavenly Law connected to all things; its connection to the land was also deeply interwoven. The land becoming an Overgrown Wilderness disrupted the Eye’s stability—it didn’t affect monitoring, but the degree of the lock-on was reduced.

"Whether it’s a loophole or not isn’t for us to say, hurry up and commence the deployment."

"Starting the deployment..."

Zheng Yichen’s surroundings were torn apart, and upon seeing that moment of tearing, Zheng Yichen swiftly cast his fishing rod. Ripples of spatial distortion spread out, shattering all the tears.

He didn’t know what the enemy was planning. Anyway, upon encountering anything out of the ordinary, he would just destroy it. Besides, the omnipresent sense of danger made Zheng Yichen feel extremely uncomfortable.

It somewhat felt like he was against the whole world, so to be on the safe side, Zheng Yichen released Du Gang in advance.

Landing on the desolate, sand-turned land, Du Gang displayed a discomforted expression, "What’s going on here? This land is even worse than Hell?"

After all, Hell was merely filled with the Power of Death, eroding individuals; that was just stuffing things into individuals. In contrast, this land directly snatched things from individuals—stealing their spirit, Life Force, everything. Anything normal wouldn’t be spared by this land.

Everything snatched would be used to fill the Overgrown Wilderness.

"I killed this land," Zheng Yichen stated. With the Great World’s higher environmental levels, by using Earth Devouring to seize all the vitality of this land, the qualities of the land post-devastation were much more intense than in other worlds.

Even here, he could feel the slow leak of his own vitality.

A regular person?

A regular person coming here would walk on four legs in the morning, two at noon, three in the afternoon, and sleep in the earth at night.

"So this is how you killed Da Shan? No wonder I thought the land in that area felt odd before," Du Gang nodded, not asking too much. The soil where Da Shan was killed previously wasn’t as desolate as here.

He turned his attention to other things, feeling a great pressure from the surrounding hostility of heaven and earth.

Looking up at the sky, Du Gang said, "I’ve heard that some worlds have entities like ’Heavenly Dao’ or ’Gaia,’ and worlds with such entities are often ones the Boundary Breaking Faction doesn’t want to touch. Generally, Dusk mercenaries also don’t like to venture into such worlds."

Zheng Yichen glanced around, ensuring the spatial state was still stable, and asked, "So in such a world, what would happen to Dusk?"

With some sort of Heavenly Dao or Gaia consciousness, surely Dusk wouldn’t be casually acknowledged, right?

"How would I know? I’ve only heard about it, never actually seen it," Du Gang immediately shook his head. He had never directly encountered entities like Heavenly Dao or Gaia; his home world had none of that, and as for other worlds? Regardless of whether they were as described in rumors, he truly did not wish to encounter them.

Think about it, the worlds that Proxy Agents go to are usually on the brink of ruin. In such a world with a Gaia consciousness or something similar, wouldn’t Proxy Agents going there be practically kidnapped to death?

While the assignments Dusk set for Proxy Agents were somewhat coercive, it doesn’t mean that upon reaching certain worlds, they would be further coerced by something within those worlds.

Plus, having such an entity might not be out of the question for dragging their feet.