Chapter 522: Hanging by a Thread
The moment Chu Zheng stepped into the No. 5 Space-Time Battlefield, the dizziness from the time-space transition had not completely faded, and an extremely familiar aura instantly flooded into his perception.
The Evil Qi of the Vast Universe.
Chu Zheng's eyes slightly narrowed as he instantly recognized the essence of this aura, which was not much different from what it would be in the future.
However, unlike before, this time, his body had lost that seemingly innate immunity to the Evil Qi of the Universe.
Wisps of chilling aura penetrated the Protective Divine Light, seeping into his skin, bringing a subtle yet distinct prickly pain.
The evil qi entered his body, moving like a living creature through his veins and flesh, stalling vitality wherever it passed, and his body was being eroded by a slow yet stubborn force, gradually mutating.
This is one of the reasons why the true core elites of the Ten Great Ancient Clans do not come to the Space-Time Battlefield.
Regarding this, Chu Zheng's face showed no sign of surprise.
The reason he could previously ignore the erosion of Evil Qi and even transform it into a benefit was likely due to the Repair Panel.
The Repair Panel completed a layer of invisible filtering and transformation between him and the Evil Qi of the Universe.
Now, as a pure Qi Cultivator, he naturally could no longer avoid it.
However, Chu Zheng did not feel worried about this.
Not being able to do it now does not mean he won't be able to do it in the future.
After all, the Evil Qi of the Vast Universe is, at its core, merely an extreme variation of Yin Qi in the world.
It's energy, and thus has its operational laws, its structural essence; it's simply that the nature of this Yin Qi is extremely violent, contrary to the vitality and Yang Qi that living creatures require, thus appearing deadly.
As long as time is spent deconstructing it, a method to utilize, even control it, will surely be found.
Chu Zheng no longer dwelled on the Yin Qi, his figure continuing to move, heading deeper into the stars.
Soon, ahead in the twisted starlight background, three figures suddenly lunged forward.
Chu Zheng glanced over, his eyes slightly shifting, three Eighth Order First Layer evil demons, without any Human Race.
A six-legged black spider, an Evil Dragon, and a humanoid creature, but with a long tail trailing behind, covered entirely in scales.
These evil demons, compared to those Chu Zheng encountered in the future, are essentially no different, all transformed from living beings that fell into the Great Universe.
Looking at the current Great Universe structure, the chance of encountering the Human Race is minimal, far less common than in the future.
Faced with the charging evil demons, Chu Zheng's expression remained unchanged, his fingers like a sword, suddenly shooting out dazzling Thunder Light from his fingertips.
Chiiii—
The Thunder, pure Yang and pure firm, like Heaven's punitive whip, instantly tore the stars apart, blazing white electric snakes wildly danced, striking the bodies of the three evil demons in an instant.
The power of the Thunder naturally had extreme restraint against these yin evil demons.
The few evil demons couldn't even scream as they twisted violently and dissolved like snow in boiling soup in the raging Thunder Light, finally bursting into pieces, dispersing into Yin Qi.
The Jade Token emanated a warm feeling, the points changed.
Chu Zheng glanced over, his mind completely serene.
[Name: Zheng Chu]
[Points: Three Hundred]
[Current Ranking: One Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty-One]
The points increased by three hundred; in the No. 2 Battlefield, at least one to two million cultivators, a rank of One Hundred Ninety Thousand is very close to the front, but it's clearly not enough.
The number of spots in the No. 2 Battlefield is only a total of twelve thousand four hundred, in the final stage of the ten-year period, quite a few living creatures may start hunting cultivators from other Taoist Orthodoxy, which will surely cause dramatic changes in the points ranking.
He must at least stabilize his ranking in the top hundred, even the top ten, to ensure he won't be instantly squeezed out of the top ten thousand.
After sorting through his thoughts, Chu Zheng no longer lingered, heading deeper into the stars.
This expanse of stars is truly vast, containing heavens and earth, encompassing no less than thousands of Star Domains, searching for evil demons will also take some time.
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The vast sky, boundless, mighty silent, with only the occasional meteor streaking through, dotting this frigid darkness.
Five powerful blood energies firmly protected the central figure, advancing toward the deeper area where the evil qi was more concentrated.
Xue Qing was guarded by Qin Can Yue and his five companions, traveling along exceptionally smoothly.
Occasionally encountering a few wandering evil demons, there was no need for her to act, Qin Can Yue and the others would swiftly outcharge them with Thunder's momentum, instantly wounding them to near death, then respectfully signaled Xue Qing to move forward, collecting points.
Such thorough care caused Xue Qing to frown slightly, this feeding with all risks removed, pampering her to the palm of their hands, made her feel an inexplicable discomfort.
"No need for this, please handle it yourselves, everyone."
When Qin Can Yue once again delivered an evil demon to her, Xue Qing directly refused his goodwill.
Qin Can Yue's smile remained unchanged, gracefully waving his hand, allowing his companion Martial Saint to completely annihilate the evil demon.
Progressing onward, unwittingly, the surrounding environment grew increasingly silent, the other living creature's aura, which was occasionally felt, had already vanished.
The starry sky seemed to become a cold cage, with only the dense evil qi swirling and rolling all around, oppressively suffocating.
In this hauntingly unnerving silence, from behind a shattered star, a figure slowly emerged, coinciding with the six people on their journey.
It was a young woman appearing in her early twenties, her looks could even be called pretty, her skin pale to the point of colorlessness, wearing a slightly tattered long gown, looking almost no different from ordinary people, her gaze devoid of any emotion, only sheer deadness, surrounded by thick evil qi swirling around.