The parasite’s power was ice-cold, to the extent that it could likely freeze everything.
Ou Yangming was taken aback the instant he came into contact with the power. The aura contained the fixed power property that generally belonged to the Insects, but it was clear that it was from another species. There were only slight differences in the aura, so much so that other people might not be able to tell the dissimilarities. Despite that, the contrasts were as clear as a bright lamp in the dark to Ou Yangming as he probed with his mental conception.
Regardless of the type of parasite, its fate was already doomed.
Ou Yangming hid his Military Fire and the Devouring attribute. He began to face the parasite with his mental power.
Without a doubt, life-or-death battles against spirit beasts that cultivated mental power were important to Ou Yangming and were most desired by him.
His power had reached a bottleneck, so he dared not advance further in this world. Even so, through battles like that, the young fellow could develop a greater understanding of mental power and the way to control it. In a way, through learning, he could grasp more reasonable methods to use his mental power.
Before this, Ou Yangming managed to cause huge destruction by using all of his mental power. After tempering his power, he could increase the level of destruction by 10%. It would only be a 10% increment, but the actual effect would be quite frightening. Two mental powers confronted each other in Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness. The young fellow could sense the parasite’s mightiness. It was not because the parasite could crush him with its power, but because it could control its mental power so finely that it was unfathomable.
However, Ou Yangming had his strengths too.
Apart from his mental power, his sea of consciousness stored various runes.
The runes were Skill Runes that he gained after learning from other people, and they were his greatest fortune.
Ou Yangming was under attack when he faced the first parasite, so the runes were beyond his reach even if he wanted to utilize them.
This time, given that Ou Yangming perceived something greater about mental power, he could activate the runes in his sea of consciousness even when he was being attacked.
With that, a rune drifted and transformed into an endless wind as it was being forcefully blown toward the parasite’s consciousness.
The wind was so strong that it could almost overturn Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness.
Having said that, the insect’s mental power quickly shrunk and assembled into a giant hard rock. The rock was incredibly heavy, by which the wind could not move it at all.
That said, Ou Yangming had more than one of this type of rune.
His mental power fluctuated again as another rune lit up and drifted toward the hard rock.
Consequently, about ten stone awls of different lengths emerged from the hard rock. The stone awls rose into mid-air, then another run landed on them. Following that, a “pow” was heard as the stone awls exploded and scattered everywhere like stars.
“Hiss…”
A weird sound was heard coming from the hard rock. It could gather mental power into a rock, which was a rather bold technique. Nonetheless, Ou Yangming’s rune attacks were drastic measures as they slowly crushed the hard rock’s foundation. If the parasite did not resist harder, it would likely have to watch its power decline until nothing was left.
Subsequently, the hard rock began to spin and attacked in the runes’ direction.
As long as the runes were destroyed, even if Ou Yangming would not immediately die, his vitality would be ruined.
In spite of that, just as the hard rock began to move, a chill entirely different from the insect’s surfaced. The chillness was purely cold as though there was no longer heat in the world.
The hard rock was still turning, but its speed changed drastically. It was as fast as an airplane earlier, but it was now dragging along at a snail’s pace.
On the other hand, the drifting runes moved backward. Instead of getting closer to the hard rock, they were pulled further away.
When Ou Yangming sensed the parasite’s anger and slight fear, Ou Yangming finally confirmed that he had advanced by leaps and bounds in terms of controlling his mental power.
Sure enough, life-or-death training was the best catalyst for one’s growth.
The two parasites attached to bodies with different physical qualities, but their mental powers were similar to each other.
Nevertheless, Ou Yangming could only resist when he went against the first parasite’s mental power, such that he could not counterattack at all. No matter how the young fellow used his mental power, he felt like his hands were tied.
On the contrary, he was able to employ the Rune Powers in his sea of consciousness this time.
With help from the Rune Powers, he gained the upper hand at once.
Needless to say, Ou Yangming understood that it did not mean he could overtake his opponent.
The Insects definitely had an arsenal of irresistible runes too, but the fight was happening in Ou Yangming’s home ground. Besides, the parasites were only clones of the spirit insect, thus it was quite remarkable that they could fully unleash their mental powers. In any case, they would not be able to release Rune Skills in his sea of consciousness.
“Pow!” The hard rock exploded, but the explosion was initiated by it. As a result, the disintegrated mental power penetrated the chillness and gathered again in another area.
While some mental power was lost during the process, the parasite had completely broken free from the awkward situation.
That being said, as soon as the power got together again, it was ruthlessly struck by a lightning bolt.
Chapter 447 - Thunderbolt-resistant Ability
Chapter 447 Thunderbolt-resistant Ability
Thunderbolt!
It was the Heavenly Thunderbolt. Ou Yangming had comprehended the Thunderbolt Rune Skill from Multi-armed King Kong.
The moment the lightning bolt struck the parasite’s mental power, an intense fluctuation, which was horrific and fearsome, spread all over Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness and beyond it.
At this point, the goshawk in the sky had stopped crying and was staring below with its sharp eyes.
Yu Jinshuang and the others looked grave as they surrounded Ou Yangming, the parasite, and the two young ladies. While they did not retrieve their weapons, they gathered their energy, essence, and spirit as they were ready to attack at any time.
The other people in the martial arts field finally settled down. They were resentful because they could not understand why they were gathered here and were forced to suffer in pain. Nonetheless, when the people noticed the governor, the commanding general, and the Supreme Great Ancestors being fully focused and were prepared for an attack, they swallowed their questions.
Given that the important figures were being so cautious, they figured something bad must be going on.
If the big bosses ended up making mistakes because of them, they would be doomed. At the very least, they knew they should stay out of this at the moment.
Needless to say, Yu Jinshuang and the other powerhouses were already given instructions before this; they surrounded the parasite but did not act rashly. This was also because they were extremely confident about Ou Yangming. Since Master Ou could kill the first parasite, the second one would be an easy kill for him too. Besides, the giant bird in the sky was also eyeing the parasite.
Being watched closely by many people and the bird, the parasite could not escape at all.
Nevertheless, an incredibly frightening spiritual pressure gushed out from the center at the next instant.
Nobody knew if the power came from the parasite or Ou Yangming, but it was so oppressive that even the Supreme Great Ancestors shuddered with fear.
“Disperse, quickly disperse,” Yu Jinshuang ordered without any hesitation.
In actual fact, many people in the field had already backed away whe
n they saw Yu Jinshuang and the others getting into positions.
Nobody dared to stay near them during the dangerous moment. If it was not because of their dignity as Supreme Great Ancestors, they would have fled long ago.
Even so, they were still not far enough from the center. Therefore, a part of the people at the front grunted when the spiritual storm spread, and they eventually passed out.
Although the spiritual storm was weaker the further it spread, not many people could withstand it.
When the people behind noticed the unfavorable situation, they immediately backed away as fast as they could. Moreover, given that Yu Jinshuang warmed them as well, the field was soon empty.
Once the spiritual storm was over, Yu Jinshuang and the others looked at each other and sensed penetrating chills. If the parasite was so formidable, how terrifying would the spirit insect be?
They looked up at the sky at the same time. The goshawk, which appeared to be monstrous to them all along, seemed to have become an adorable creature.
Without a doubt, it would be great if the formidable spirit beast became the city’s guardian angel.
Inside Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness, the parasite’s newly-gathered mental power was split by the Heavenly Thunderbolt Rune once more.
The thunderbolt was exceptionally powerful, and it seemed to have an extraordinary effect on the parasite. Even though the other runes could cause certain damages to the parasite’s mental power, they were not worth mentioning as compared to the thunderbolt power.
As the thunderbolt powers were released one after another, the parasite’s power slowly declined. It tried its best to counterattack and performed various wonderful tricks with its mental power, which truly amazed Ou Yangming. That said, the parasite’s efforts were all futile as they were always canceled by the Heavenly Thunderbolts.
It was as though an experienced and skilled master was fighting an opponent.
He was far beyond his opponent in terms of martial art skills.
However, his opponent somehow possessed a pistol, which was ahead of their time.
No matter how the martial arts master changed and performed numerous skills, he would simply be shot by his opponent.
Yes. Under absolute speed and power, even the most marvelous skill would vanish into thin air.
The parasite was in despair at the moment and was deeply confused. How mighty must one be to have the guts to release the Thunderbolt Rune Skill in a place like a sea of consciousness?
Having said that, it vaguely sensed that Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness was rather different from that of ordinary living beings. If that was not the case, the young fellow would not have acted so boldly.
“Boom…”
Another thunderbolt struck the parasite’s mental power.
Ou Yangming finally shook his head. He did not want to keep trying anymore. By now, the parasite no longer performed new skills or controlling abilities. Anyone would feel bored after seeing the same few skills.
Of course, Ou Yangming still benefited much more than he did from the mental power fight against the previous parasite.
Next, the parasite gathered its mental power again.
Ou Yangming subconsciously activated the Thunderbolt Rune and at the same time, the hidden Military Fire and Devouring attribute slowly surfaced.
Since he could not learn more things from the parasite, it meant that it completed its mission and did not need to exist anymore.
Despite that, it was then when the parasite’s surface underwent a peculiar change. After being attacked by the Heavenly Thunderbolt a few times, it developed a resistance and figured out something.
“Boom…”
The forceful thunderbolt power ruthlessly struck the hard rock, which was assembled from the parasite’s mental power.
This time, the rock did not shatter at all. Its surface suffered huge damage and was almost penetrated by the thunderbolt, but its overall structure remained and resisted the thunderbolt power. Some bits left the rock, but they were very insignificant.
Ou Yangming was moved. He and the parasite were both surprised and overjoyed.
‘I blocked it-I blocked the power!’
It was reasonable for the parasite to be elated. If it could not find the way to block the thunderbolt power, it would have been killed by it this time.
Nonetheless, Ou Yangming was also ecstatic. In fact, he was more exhilarated than the parasite.
The parasite would surely think Ou Yangming had gone mad if it knew what he was thinking, and this might lead to another change. However, the parasite did not notice at all because the young fellow forced himself to restrain his emotions.
With that, the Military Fire and the Devouring attribute became hidden again, this time hiding deeper within Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness than before.
On the other hand, the Thunderbolt Rune drifted and released another flash of lightning.
“Pow…”
This time, Ou Yangming controlled it quite ingeniously as he released slightly lesser power. He was afraid that the thunderbolt power would be too much for the parasite’s mental power, which might cause it to be completely crushed. If that was the cause, his loss would outweigh his gain.
That being said, the parasite’s recovery rate was beyond Ou Yangming’s imagination. The slightly damaged hard rock returned to its original state after a brief moment and made a subtle adjustment to its surface.
Ou Yangming continued to control the Thunderbolt Rune and released thunderbolt powers of different intensities at the parasite.
The hard rock changed a little too, by which its Thunderbolt-resistant Attribute was approaching perfection.
Owing to the fact that the parasite fully focused its mental power on the change, it did not notice the trifling bits that it lost whenever it resisted the thunderbolts. The falling bits were instantly captured by a mysterious power, then they slowly sank and disappeared.
The parasite did not notice the broken bits at all because the amount lost was very little.
It was akin to how a king could not control all of his people in a colossal kingdom. If an ordinary folk had accidentally died or went missing, the king would not be alarmed at all.
As the hard rock grew more powerful, Ou Yangming became more delighted.
After analyzing the broken bits from the rock, the young fellow had also drafted a rune prototype in his head.
The rune was not the Thunderbolt Rune, but the Thunderbolt-resistant Rune, which could be used in this realm.
Furthermore, the rune was constantly changing as it was being perfected. Ou Yangming was willing to continue his fight against the parasite because he wanted to enhance the rune.
Whenever a living being was forced to a dead-end, one would usually unleash powers 100 times greater than normal.
Under normal circumstances, not to mention making a parasite’s mental power to generate the Thunderbolt-resistant Attribute, even the insect king would be clueless.
After being hit by the Heavenly Thunderbolt many times until the parasite became wounded and was on the verge of death, it finally unchained its trait and came up with a defensive skill.
The miraculous method was triggered by the parasite’s mental power, and it was a defensive method that had never been seen before. If Ou Yangming maintained the Heavenly Thunderbolt’s power or increased its intensity, the parasite would have died before the defensive technique was complete.
The Thunderbolt-resistant ability was only fully refined because Ou Yangming tweaked the thunderbolt powers on purpose.
“Boom…”
Another Heavenly Thunderbolt Rune was struck at the hard rock, but it withstood the power steadily without losing any bits.
Chapter 448 - A Living God
Chapter 448 A Living God
“Foolish human, die!”
When the parasite’s mental conception noticed that Ou Yangming’s Thunderbolt Rune could not hurt it anymore, its exhilaration was inde
scribable.
The parasite’s mental conception had been struck by the Heavenly Thunderbolt multiple times. Any other living being would have gone mad after suffering over 100 hits from the thunderbolts.
All along, the Insects’ spiritual fluctuation was the lowest. In a way, they almost did not experience many changes in emotion.
This was why Ou Yangming was stupefied when he sensed the parasite’s strong emotions because the emotional fluctuation was too exceptional.
At this point, he doubted if he was actually faced with an insect powerhouse because even the most expensive human could not have been so emotional.
Needless to say, this was because he could not understand the Insects.
The Heavenly Thunderbolt was the bane of almost all living beings, but the Insects rarely encountered it because they usually hid in dark undergrounds. Even so, when their powers arrived at a certain level, they would not be able to avoid the power. During a life-or-death battle, the parasite had somehow comprehended the way to go against the thunderbolt power. Even though it was only a way to weaken the power, it would be great news for its entire race.
Therefore, the parasite was thrilled like never before.
The parasite gathered its vigor as it wanted to kill the human that controlled the Heavenly Thunderbolts, and it was about to deliver the good news to its kind. Who knew, a cold voice echoed in Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness.
“Since you completed the thunderbolt resistance test, you no longer serve a purpose. You can die now!”
A purple fire emerged and filled the sea of consciousness.
Before the parasite could react to the situation, it completely disappeared. Following that, the Devouring attribute slowly rose inside the purple fire and swept the remaining powers that did not belong to Ou Yangming. The powers were then converted into the purest mental power.
When Ou Yangming began to shiver and flushed, Wu Hanning and Ni Yinghong entered his sea of consciousness through their mental conceptions.
Earlier on, the young ladies dared not act rashly because the parasite’s conception was still present. They would have been more of a hindrance instead of help.
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