Chapter 305: Slash!
Up to today, although Xue Jing hadn't devoted his main efforts to the cultivation of Impeccable in recent times.
But as his overall martial arts strength continuously soared, the Impeccable technique improved significantly along with it, making no small progress.
One hundred and ninety-seven spears.
That was the number of spears he had just thrust out.
This was not his limit. Xue Jing still had some calculation margin left, without brain overload, and if necessary, he could even double his calculation power with the [Twin Lifes] buff, adding at least another thirty spears.
But he noticed something was not quite right... The spherical creature appeared to be seriously injured, but it was merely howling without any other reactions.
"Not showing the slightest sign of weakness..."
Xue Jing floated in the air, looking down at the creature that seemed to be rolling around in pain, its excessive weight causing an effect similar to an earthquake.
He slightly frowned.
In the past, facing such colossal creatures, even those Life System Dragon Breeds he encountered in the Intersecting Boundaries, as long as they were injured, he could sense the decrease in the opponent's life force, more or less.
However, this creature in front of him... Although it seemed badly wounded, to Xue Jing, it felt as though he had only injured something as inconsequential as the creature's 'hair' or 'nails,' which couldn't really be considered an injury.
"Did I strike the wrong spot... Or does this thing lack the concept of life?"
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"No, it should be that I haven't found the right spot."
Xue Jing pondered.
Having joined The Sixth Agency as an external personnel, he had seen many secret documents unseen by ordinary people, and with the information gained from his chats with Wu Youqing, he also understood some knowledge related to Otherworldly Creatures.
According to Wu Youqing, from the moment 'Order' emerged, 'meaningless and illogical chaos' was banished. Anything that enters the 'meaningful world of Order' must comply with 'Order'.
Within the rules of Order, if something is a creature, it must have the concept of life.
And within the concept of life, the most important aspect is 'death.'
Even 'Gods' will die; it's just that death, for them, is not an irreversible end.
"It possesses the concept of life, and it isn't unkillable, so there must be a vital spot... Where is it?"
Xue Jing's gaze sifted, surveying the monster's massive body.
Above the sky, the Shadow Flame army and the steel army were still colliding ceaselessly, with Dark Flame and metal fragments falling like torrential rain.
Xue Jing suddenly scratched his head, the golden fury in his silver-white pupils slowly extinguishing.
"I'm being a bit silly. Why think so much when it isn't a situation where I'm a beast trapped unable to contact the outside world? Just asking someone who knows should do the trick."
He took out his phone from his pocket, opened the chat app, and made a video call to Wu Youqing.
He then performed the Feather Transformation on his phone, allowing it to float in the air, the camera pointed at the spherical creature rolling on the ground.
Wu Youqing didn't keep Xue Jing waiting for long, and the video call was quickly connected.
On the screen appeared Wu Youqing—she was sitting elegantly in a wooden chair in the loft resting area, her hands holding a tea cup and gently sipping, her smooth ponytail swaying slightly in the air, her pretty and endearing face serene as always.
"What's up?"
Placing the steaming teacup on the wooden table, Wu Youqing spoke softly.
She didn't show any shock at the sight of the horrific creature rolling around on the ground captured by Xue Jing's camera; it seemed like just another ordinary scene to her.
"Omniscient Saint Youqing, please respond to your lamb and tell me what this damn thing is and how to deal with it," Xue Jing sincerely prayed to Wu Youqing on the video.
"..." Wu Youqing was momentarily speechless.
"I'm not some Saint Youqing, and I don't know everything," she said, glancing once more at the creature in the video and offhandedly stated:
"Candle on the head, the flame yet to extinguish; this is a follower of the Black Candle God, the main body is on that black candle above, and by its shape, it appears to be a 'Parasitic Candle,' the gigantic body down there is merely its host."
Hearing her immediately identify the creature's origin, Xue Jing retorted:
"So you do know everything, don't you?"
Wu Youqing neither confirmed nor denied: "Not everything, just happen to know this one."
Xue Jing stroked his chin: "Then how do we deal with it? Preferably, tell me a way to capture it alive..."
Wu Youqing pondered for a moment before saying, "As a follower of the Black Candle God, the Parasitic Candle possesses some of the Black Candle God's authority and has the power to mutate materials and vitalize them."
Xue Jing cocked his head: "What do you mean?"
"Simply put, it can make a table grow teeth and chase people to bite, it can make bombs grow wings like insects, it can make its own limbs sprout a hard shell... achieving this strange ability to bring life-like changes to inanimate objects," Wu Youqing explained.
Xue Jing suddenly realized: "I see."
No wonder the Parasitic Candle could, with a glare, cause those changes in the unfinished building area's rebar, growing tentacles and mouths.
"Such an ability, if possessed by someone who knows how to use it, is very troublesome. Fortunately, these 'Olden Days' creatures lack the Wisdom to utilize their abilities properly and just act blindly."
"You should aim for its main body on the head, as for capturing it alive... it's very difficult. Once the Parasitic Candle leaves its host, it's hard for it to survive."
"Even if captured alive, it probably won't be of any use... Creatures of the Olden Days are basically impossible to communicate with."