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Chapter 255 - Escaping
🕑 Added 2025-03-03 07:01:02 +0000 UTC"It really feels like I have infinite Qi now. Even using that much Qi felt like nothing. What's up with my core, actually?" Leyvi wondered aloud.
He was aware that the Qi in his core still had limits, as proven by the miracle event in Bara City. But compared to the amount of Qi he used for his attacks, the contrast made it feel like his reserves were endless.
While Leyvi was lost in thought, the ground trembled again, snapping him back to reality. "Huh? It's still alive! Don't tell me this rock monster works like a Demonic Plant? Does it have a Demonic Heart hidden within one of its rocks?" Leyvi guessed, watching as the shattered boulders and smaller pieces of rock began gathering together to reform the monster's upper body.
However, its appearance was no longer the same. Its top half was now made of smaller rocks, giving it a bumpy, uneven texture.
Groaaaa!! The rock monster roared, sounding even angrier than before.
"Small creature, I won't forgive you! You ruined many of my beautiful large rocks—rocks I painstakingly picked! It's hard to find them, but you ruined them. Look at all these small rocks! They're so ugly!" the rock monster shouted, its voice filled with rage as it examined its hands, now made of smaller, jagged stones.
Leyvi was oddly impressed. The rock monster can choose its preferred rocks to construct its body? That's actually amazing.
"Mother! Father! A small creature bullied me! I want revenge!" the rock monster screamed, its voice echoing across the rocky landscape.
"What?" Leyvi was shocked. "It's calling for its parents? It wasn't alone? How did they...no, I don't want to know how rock monsters breed." Leyvi shook his head, dismissing the thought.
The next moment, a deep rumbling sound echoed through the air, and the ground shook with an intensity far greater than before. Even Leyvi, with his incredible strength, found it difficult to maintain his balance. He stumbled a few times, nearly falling as the earth beneath him quaked violently.
As he struggled to steady himself, he noticed countless pebbles and small rocks dancing erratically on the ground. Dozens of cracks began to spread across the terrain, and from the fissures, an endless stream of boulders, rocks, and stones rolled out. They assembled themselves rapidly, forming more than a hundred rock monsters that surrounded Leyvi.
The sheer number of towering rock monsters blocked most of the sunlight, casting a dark shadow over the area. Half of them were significantly larger than the first rock monster Leyvi had encountered, and they came in a variety of shapes and colors, depending on the rocks they were made of. Humanoid shapes were just the beginning—Leyvi saw rock monsters shaped like animals and even plants.
Shit. These guys are much stronger than the first rock monster. How is this fair? Leyvi thought, roughly sensing their strength. Normally, he and his ladies would join forces to take down a powerful foe, but this time, it was the opposite—he was the one being overwhelmed by a whole family.
GROOAAAAAA!!! The rock monsters let out a deafening chorus of angry growls that echoed endlessly. The once-open landscape now acted like a sound trap, with the growls bouncing off the towering bodies of the rock monsters, amplifying the noise to an unbearable level.
The relentless echoes were so irritating that Leyvi had to form a Qi barrier around his ears to dampen the sound. He never imagined that rock monsters could be such loud creatures.
"Small creature, you dare bully my son? Prepare to be flattened and buried forever!" an elephant-shaped rock monster roared, its rocky trunk raised high, ready to smash Leyvi into the ground.
Leyvi felt a pang of worry. There was no way he could fight all of these rock monsters alone. His only option was to run, but even that seemed impossible. The rock monsters had blocked off the area with their massive bodies, leaving only small gaps to escape through. To make matters worse, they were poised to attack him from above with their rocky limbs.
Suddenly, an idea struck Leyvi. If I can create chaos, I might have a chance to slip away.
With a thought, a combat glove materialized on Leyvi's left hand—his Scary Void. He hadn't tested it since advancing to the Core Formation Realm, so he wasn't entirely sure how powerful the vacuum would be. However, he was confident it would be strong enough to create the distraction he needed.
"Die, small creature!" The rock monsters roared in unison as they launched their attacks. Massive rocky limbs descended upon Leyvi from all directions, their sheer size and speed making the air tremble. Leyvi felt a pang of terror. Even with his tough body, he had no desire to be smacked repeatedly by these towering monsters.
"Scary Void!" Leyvi raised his left hand, aiming it upward where the vacuum would form, and activated the combat glove's effect. Instantly, he felt a massive drain on his Qi as the glove sucked in an enormous amount of energy.
VWOOM!!
The air distorted slightly where the sound originated, followed by a deafening sonic boom as a colossal vacuum formed in midair.
BOOOOOM!
A terrifying suction force erupted, pulling in everything within its range. The force was so immense that it disrupted the connections between the rocks and boulders that formed the rock monsters' bodies. Countless rocks were ripped apart and pulled toward the center of the vacuum at incredible speed. The sound of rocks crashing against each other filled the air as a massive spherical structure of compressed rock formed in the sky. Even the ground began to disintegrate, chunks of earth and stone being torn away and sucked into the vacuum.
Meanwhile, Leyvi struggled with all his might to resist the suction. He unleashed his superpowered spiritual pressure, using it to anchor himself to the ground and counteract the vacuum's pull. If it had been any other cultivator—one who hadn't trained their body to Leyvi's level—they would have been crushed under the overwhelming spiritual pressure.
"Arrghhhh! How long is this vacuum going to last?" Leyvi shouted, his voice completely drowned out by the roaring wind and the cacophony of colliding rocks. He lay flat on the ground, his body pressed against the earth as he fought to stay in place. The sheer power of the vacuum had caught him off guard, and he had nearly been pulled in at the start. Thankfully, he had deployed his spiritual pressure just in time.
A minute later, the vacuum collapsed abruptly, releasing a massive shockwave that blasted the enormous mass of compressed rocks in all directions. Some of the debris struck Leyvi's back, burying him partially in the ground.
Not long after, the area finally fell silent. The rocks settled, and the dust began to clear, leaving behind a scene of utter devastation. Leyvi lay still, buried under a pile of rubble, as peace returned to the landscape.
Seconds later, the sound of shifting rocks broke the silence as Leyvi crawled out of a crater. He was a mess, blood trickling from his mouth. Despite his incredibly tough body, the sheer force of everything that had happened had left him injured.
"I need to run before these rock monsters reassemble themselves," Leyvi muttered, wincing as he pushed himself to his feet. The pain he felt was nothing compared to the agony he had endured during his body training, but it was still a stark reminder of the danger he was in.
Without wasting another moment, Leyvi sprinted away from the devastated area as fast as he could, not daring to look back. After running for hundreds of kilometers, he finally stopped in a savanna, the gentle breeze offering a stark contrast to the chaos he had just escaped. He found a tree to rest under, leaning against its trunk as he caught his breath. Leyvi doubted the rock monsters would chase him this far—their immense strength seemed to come at the cost of mobility.
"Sigh... I didn't expect to get injured on the first day in the Mystic Realm," Leyvi said, wiping the blood from his mouth. Since his injuries weren't severe, he decided against using any healing products, opting to let his body recover naturally. He had no idea how long he would be stuck here, so conserving his resources was crucial.
"That vacuum was absurdly strong. Those rock monsters were around the Nascent Soul Realm in terms of power, but they still couldn't withstand the suction. Just how much Qi do I have? Maybe I should be more careful next time... huh?" Leyvi paused mid-sentence, noticing something wrong with his Scary Void combat glove.
"WHAT? All the void crystals shattered! Are you serious?" Leyvi stared in disbelief at the shattered void crystals embedded in the glove's palm.
Without the void crystals, the Scary Void was nothing more than a regular combat glove. Its ability to create a vacuum by siphoning air and spiritual energy was now gone.
Leyvi slumped against the tree, frustration washing over him. Was my Qi too much for it to handle? Did it exceed the glove's limit? It made sense—the Vortex Gloves were tier-3 spirit weapons designed for Core Formation Realm cultivators. His Qi capacity far surpassed what the glove could handle, ultimately breaking it.
"Is this place really a Mystic Realm? I haven't found any treasure, but my Scary Void is already broken. This is a scam!" Leyvi complained, his voice tinged with exasperation.
