Chapter 2159: Chapter 1549: Caught in the Act (2)

But this didn’t mean Li Zhirui’s attack had lost its effect. On the contrary, the Power of Purification spread out, rapidly covering the beast’s armor.

Zizizizi—

Before long, the sound of corrosion rang out, wisps of black smoke rising as that seemingly solid defensive armor began to melt away bit by bit.

Although the Fierce Beast lacked Spiritual Intelligence, after discovering this, a trace of panic and fear surfaced in its eyes.

Because this was its strongest defensive method! If even this couldn’t block the opponent’s attack, then the rest didn’t even need to be mentioned.

It had to be said, this Fierce Beast was unlucky. The attacks and defenses it specialized in were both quite powerful, especially that dreadful, terrifying poison, which was extremely troublesome for many beings.

But it偏偏 ran into Li Zhirui, who restrained it. If it had been another Profound Immortal, the battle might not have been so easy, and it wouldn’t have fallen into disadvantage so quickly.

So once the Fierce Beast realized it might be in danger, it didn’t stay to continue the fight, but instead looked for a chance to disengage and flee.

Unfortunately, Li Zhirui had long since laid down a net of heaven and earth nearby. One cage after another formed from tenacious vines and thick, towering ancient trees rose from the ground in an instant, leaving it no possibility of escape.

Seeing that there was no hope of fleeing, the Fierce Beast naturally refused to submit and await death. It began attacking frantically, struggling desperately, all for the sake of staying alive.

Yet with itself restrained by Li Zhirui and trapped besides, no matter how it struggled, it was all in vain.

Of course, this also brought him some trouble: if he wanted to keep himself uninjured, he had no way to defeat it with relative ease.

After spending quite some effort to take care of that Fierce Beast, Li Zhirui was planning to find a safe place to sit and recover, when he suddenly sensed some movement from his Personal Space.

Probing in with his Divine Sense, he discovered that it was Qing Si, who had been healing for many years; he had now come out of seclusion, planning to leave the space, return to the Void Chaos, and seek a chance to break through to Earth Immortal.

This bout of seclusion had been to repair the flaws in his Dao Heart and Mental State. It had cost him an enormous amount of time, and he had even missed the Ten Thousand Rivers Realm expedition, which was actually quite a pity.

After all, every Great Thousand World contains extremely high value; even a Great Thousand World about to fall into the Ruinous Void, and such opportunities are extremely rare.

But fortunately these problems had been resolved and would no longer obstruct his future cultivation.

"Jiu, did you just go through a big battle?" The moment Qing Si came out, before he had time to savor the familiar Void, he was startled by Li Zhirui’s withered aura.

"Yes, so I’ll have to trouble you to act as my protector right after coming out of seclusion."

Qing Si hurriedly said, "It’s fine, Jiu, hurry and seize the time to recover."

If at a time like this a Chaotic Fierce Beast suddenly appeared, they could only flee in a sorry state.

"Alright."

Then Li Zhirui picked a relatively calm area. After setting up a defensive warning Great Array, he began absorbing Chaotic Spiritual Energy to restore his Mana.

Qing Si also entered the Formation instead of standing guard outside, because his cultivation was only at Human Immortal, yet the space they were in was the level of Chaos where Profound Immortal Realm beings lived!

So if he really stayed outside to protect, he’d be of no use at all—he was not even worth one exchange of blows, whereas the Formation could at least hold on for a while.

But letting him enter the Formation was different. If they encountered danger, he could still control the Formation and hold out for a longer time.

Luckily, while Li Zhirui was recovering, no Chaotic Beings passed through this area.

"Jiu, where are we going next?" Qing Si asked somewhat confused.

"I don’t know, let’s just wander around and take a look."

Given his current situation, closed-door cultivation would no longer greatly improve his cultivation. He had only just come out of seclusion not long ago and had completely digested his insights into the Purification Principle from the Ten Thousand Rivers Realm, which had already given his Realm a decent boost.

As for the Methods, civilizational essence, and all kinds of Spiritual Objects he’d gained from the Ten Thousand Rivers Realm, he was still in the process of digesting them.

Moreover, their effect on cultivation and Realm improvement did not manifest in such a direct way.

So Li Zhirui could only choose to continue roaming the Void in search of opportunities.

But in this boundless Chaos, how could opportunities be so easily found?

Thus for most of the time that followed, he and Qing Si roamed aimlessly through the gray Void, occasionally encountering a Chaotic Fierce Beast and breaking out into battle with it.

In most cases, Li Zhirui was still able to win.

For although the Fierce Beasts were powerful, they had no Spiritual Intelligence. They fought by instinct alone, and when facing certain traps their reactions weren’t timely, causing them to gradually fall into disadvantage.

However, he could only defeat the Fierce Beast; if he didn’t want to pay a certain price, he had no way to kill it outright.

And Li Zhirui was unwilling to risk his life to fight a Fierce Beast to the death. The Void was riddled with danger; no one knew when peril would descend. Maintaining himself in a good state was absolutely necessary.

That way, even if danger appeared, he would still have enough strength to resist.

This kind of life was actually quite boring, but fortunately, both Li Zhirui and Qing Si adapted well. They didn’t feel bored, nor did it have any negative impact on them.

After staying in the Void for long, one’s sense of time would become distorted, so neither of them knew how long had passed, nor how far they had flown.

Still, during this period, their harvest had been fairly substantial.

Especially for Li Zhirui—this was, after all, a Profound Immortal Rank Chaotic Space. After dozens or even hundreds of battles, his cultivation and strength had both improved considerably.

Qing Si, on the other hand, never had a chance to make a move. In every battle he could only hide far away and observe. Yet even so, he still comprehended quite a bit from them.

Over the years, just by watching battles between Profound Immortals, his Realm had improved a lot, and he was getting closer and closer to Earth Immortal.

By contrast, Li Zhirui no longer had such large room for improvement, but in terms of quality, he completely crushed the other.

Rumble—

"Jiu! There are beings fighting not far away. Should we go take a look? Maybe we can fish in troubled waters!" Qing Si said excitedly, his face full of expectation.

Ever since the last time when they accidentally stumbled upon a duel between two Fierce Beasts and ended up harvesting two enormous Fierce Beast corpses and a very precious Profound Immortal Rank Spiritual Object, he had been looking forward to encountering such situations again.

That Profound Immortal Rank Spiritual Object was called Time Essence Gold, a Spiritual Object that had fallen from the extremely mysterious river of time. It contained the mighty power of time and years, and also possessed the Dao Rhyme of the Time Law.

What’s more, rumor had it that with Time Essence Gold, one could enter the river of time!

As for whether the legend was true, there was no conclusion yet.

Anyway!

So upon encountering such a situation again, Qing Si was extremely excited. Perhaps they could obtain another precious Spiritual Object; at worst, they could still get the corpse of a Chaotic Fierce Beast.

One had to know that their corpses were also extremely valuable Spiritual Objects, because Chaotic Fierce Beasts were innately proficient in a single Law!

During their cultivation and growth, Laws continuously accumulated within their bodies, permeating their flesh, blood, bone marrow, fur, and so on. Over countless years, even a mundane object would be contaminated into a treasure, let alone these things whose "starting point" was already so high.

Last time, from those two Chaotic Fierce Beast corpses, they had carved out a huge quantity of Spiritual Objects, whose value was immeasurable.

If they had encountered the Chaos Commerce, they would definitely have been able to obtain a huge sum of Spirit Crystals.

"Don’t get so excited, we still need to be careful." Li Zhirui was also quite expectant inside, but he could still remain clear-headed and calm.

At once, a streak of Spirit Light flew from his hand, covering both himself and Qing Si. The two of them instantly vanished, leaving no trace whatsoever.