Against The Heavens 134 The Strange Race.

But each time the slime shook, the dried up skin that it was resting on would have a small portion of it dry up further and turn to dust, the drop growing a tiny bit larger. Looking at the scene, it seemed like the slime was sucking up the minuscule remaining lifeforce in the skin and using it to grow. Li Yang's mouth twitched slightly as he looked at the scene, his eyes sweeping the surrounding lifeless area.

"Really makes you wonder what is capable of killing such a large portion of this forest, if a small drop of slime is capable of doing that. Think it can grow without limit as long as it has enough lifeforce to feed on?"

This single drop of slime was likely just a small piece dropped by a larger beast, Li Yang wouldn't be surprised if someone told him that this drop was negligible to the beast that dropped it. Asking the questions about this drop also made another question pop up in his mind, did the monster that dropped it have the same properties? It surely must have, he guessed, otherwise, how could such a large portion of this forest have ended up dead? Zhao Feng also crouched down by the slime, his expression somewhat uncertain.

"I hope not, otherwise I dread to imagine how much lifeforce it would need to grow or live once it reached a certain size. Imagine if it were to reach a state where it would need all the lifeforce from a universe to survive, who would be able to kill a beast containing that much energy? Try killing it."

The bigger something was, the more sustenance it would need to support itself, this was a universal fact for all living beings. Li Yang thought of himself as pretty darn strong when he was at his peak, but strong enough to defeat a beast that could eat an entire universe? Not even he was so arrogant as to believe he had been that strong.

Li Yang stretched out his right arm and pointed his index finger at the drop of slime, a crimson flame sparking into existence at the tip of his finger. He slowly pushed the finger closer to the slime, a strange scene taking place and causing their brows to furrow even further. The flame started to flicker as it got closer to the slime, Li Yang noticing that the Qi he used to sustain it was growing unstable and trying to avoid the slime.

He concentrated a bit more on controlling his Qi and had the flame fly a bit ahead of his finger, making contact with the slime. The slime started to bubble and evaporate when the fire touched it, but Li Yang could sense that the slime actually devoured some of the Qi inside the flame, weakening the flame while simultaneously somewhat increasing the slime's resistance to his fire. His lips twisted slightly as he increased the strength of his flames, the slime fully evaporating after a few seconds.

"Geh, it seems to use a principle similar to a fusion between the law of devouring and the law of evolution, it even managed to devour some of my Qi and use it to increase its resistance against my flame, it's like the creepiest little parasite I've ever encountered. If left unchecked, it might just have the chance to become a real f.u.c.king headache."

Devouring and evolution, two laws which started out weak but could reach the pinnacle of creation, just how strong would a fusion between the two be? Li Yang could only hope that whichever creature dropped this slime was a Divine Beast, at least then there wouldn't be a lot of them in existence. Li Yang stood up from his crouched position, his eyes landing on the steps that descended down into the earth.

"You guys wanna check what's left down there? We might learn a bit abo...!"

Fang Ying cut off Li Yang with a wave of her hand before he got to finish his sentence, her head turning to the left as she looked deeper into the forest with furrowed brows. She spoke up after a few seconds of silence, turning her head towards Li Yang.

"Tian Zheng just entered the range of my senses, he seems to have been flung over here after suffering an attack, he is slightly wounded."

Li Yang moved his gaze away from the dungeon and turned his head in the direction that Fang Ying had been looking earlier, doing his best to peer through the dried up and bone-like trees. But as he hadn't touched upon the law of s.p.a.ce like Fang Ying had, he was unable to detect the distant Tian Zheng. He cast one more glance at the descending stairs before casting a quick glance at Zhao Feng, shrugging his shoulders after another second.

"I get it, I get it, we'll go save him. He should be dealing with whatever escaped from here so it'll also be a good chance to learn more about it."

Fang Ying didn't have to state her desire, Li Yang knew her well enough to understand what she wanted just from the way she looked at him. Tian Zheng had been a bit overly close to her in the past, but that didn't mean that they had a bad relations.h.i.+p, especially now that he had taken a step back after realizing that he stood no chance. Li Yang himself had no personal reason to save Tian Zheng if he was in trouble, but since it was a request from Fang Ying, that didn't go against his bottom line, he had no way of refusing.

Zhao Feng cracked his knuckles with a wide grin, it was finally time for all three of them to let loose once more, no more skulking and sneaking around. Fang Ying flashed a smile and then took the lead, the three of them das.h.i.+ng deeper into the forest, the bone-like gra.s.s shattering beneath their feet.

With their speed, it only took them about three minutes to reach Tian Zheng's position, Li Yang stopping them when they were a short distance away from Tian Zheng. The forest here hadn't completely died yet, the trees and land had clear signs of drying up, but it had yet to reach the stage where everything became bone-like. Li Yang pointed at one of the taller and healthier trees in the area, speaking in a hushed voice.

"First we observe and learn, then we jump in and save him at the appropriate time."

Neither Fang Ying nor Zhao Feng spoke up against his plan, they knew that running in blind against an enemy they knew nothing about was dumb. The three of them quickly ascended the tree and hid in its crown, observing the small clearing that Tian Zheng was currently standing in, gazing into the distance with grave eyes. His right arm was spasming slightly as he clenched his fist, he clearly hadn't fully recovered from the battle against the hydra.

Half a minute after Li Yang and the others reached the area, Tian Zheng's enemy stepped into the clearing. The enemy looked like a human male with black hair and orange eyes, his skin somewhat pale as his body seemed to be starved for energy. But his right arm was far from human, it looked like a ma.s.s of black tentacles and worms coiled around each other, writhing incessantly as small drops of white slime occasionally dripped off of it. The man looked at Tian Zheng and spoke up, his voice grating on the ears.

"I just want to go home, why must you keep stopping me!?"

Li Yang's expression was a bit dark as he looked at the man and his writhing right arm. Now they knew where the slime had come from, but the problem was that Li Yang couldn't sense the slightest Divine Beast aura from this man, he didn't feel like a Demonic beast at all. He also wasn't a cultivator, Li Yang couldn't sense a shred of Qi from his body, his body was just like the earlier slime, the laws and Qi in the area seemed to avoid him while also trying to repel him.

Not human, nor Demonic beast, he was likely from a completely different race. But that was what made Li Yang's expression turn dark, an entire race of people like him, who could eat away at the lifeforce and Qi of everything around them? Just how dangerous would a race like that be? Tian Zheng seemed to have similar thoughts, he forcefully clenched both hands and raised his fists, his eyes solemn as he looked at the man.
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"If you for one second think that I'll let one of your kind leave this place alive then the years of imprisonment must have ruined your intelligence."