Translator: CinderTL
As waves of excruciating pain surged through his Sea of Consciousness, Song Wen found an unexpected calm. He abruptly stopped running.
If I can't escape, I might as well fight back.
Void fiends possessed formidable divine sense but relatively weak physical bodies. Since their divine sense attacks couldn't harm him, they weren't as powerful as he'd imagined. He wasn't entirely helpless.
Song Wen didn't aim to kill the seventh-tier void demon; he merely hoped to drive it back or create an opportunity to escape.
Turning to face the direction from which the seventh-tier Void Clan pursuer was approaching, Song Wen rapidly formed hand seals. Spiritual light swirled around his fingertips, tracing glowing Thunderlight seals.
Instantly, a majestic heavenly might descended from the heavens.
Suddenly, the black mist ahead churned violently, as if swept by a ferocious storm.
A hundred-foot-long figure tore through the darkness.
This void fiend bore a striking resemblance to common Eagle Clan Monster Beasts, yet its body lacked a single feather. Instead, it was covered in writhing strips of flesh that moved like living things.
Its sharp, elongated beak, like a razor-edged spear, lunged straight at Song Wen.
Suddenly, a silver Talisman appeared in Song Wen's hand.
The Talisman shattered, releasing a silvery-white light that enveloped Song Wen and the Nether Fox.
The beak pierced the silver light, yet no blood bloomed.
The giant eagle void beast swiveled its head, gazing northward.
It sensed that the human host parasitized by the high-rank void beast had already fled three hundred miles to the north.
As it prepared to spread its wings and give chase, a thunderous roar shook the heavens.
Boom!
A golden bolt of lightning tore through the sky, piercing the thick black mist and striking the giant eagle void beast.
Golden Thunderlight erupted, instantly engulfing the creature.
Over three hundred li away.
Song Wen's expression darkened. His luck had truly failed him; the Minor Teleportation Talisman had transported him directly north, shattering his hopes of escaping south.
"What's the void fiend's condition?" Song Wen asked. "Did the thunder magic injure it?"
"It's unharmed," Shadow Void Daoist replied. "The Source Qi Shield it conjured blocked the thunder magic. It has already extinguished the thunder magic with Primordial Qi and is now flying toward us."
"Damn it!" Song Wen cursed under his breath.
He had waited until the giant eagle void beast was nearly upon him before activating the Minor Teleportation Talisman and Jade Morning Divine Thunder, hoping to catch it off guard. Yet even this surprise attack had failed to harm the creature.
Suddenly, a ten-zhang-tall figure materialized beside Song Wen—the Late Sixth-Tier profound corpse.
The profound corpse transformed into a black escape light, plunging into the pitch-black Primordial Qi.
Boom!
A muffled impact reverberated through the air.
The profound corpse was sent flying backward, its corpse qi in disarray. Two gaping, meter-long wounds now marred its chest, revealing bones as dark as black iron.
Behind the profound corpse, the giant eagle void beast followed closely, its body enveloped in a black protective shield formed from condensed Primordial Qi.
Song Wen showed no sign of panic at the sight.
Just as I expected!
Void fiends possess formidable divine sense but fragile physical bodies.
The giant eagle void beast, a seventh-tier entity, could only repel the Late Sixth-Tier profound corpse in close combat, failing even to inflict a serious injury.
A surge of gray baleful qi erupted from Song Wen's body, catching the retreating profound corpse.
Simultaneously, his eyes glowed crimson, unleashing two beams of blood-red light.
The crimson beams struck the Source Qi Shield, causing ripples to spread across its surface like wind across a lake.
The profound corpse lunged again, its corpse qi-wreathed claws crashing against the undulating shield.
A Blood-colored Tentacle, as thick as a giant python, tore through the air.
Under the relentless assault, the shield trembled violently but remained unbroken.
Instead, the profound corpse was once again hurled back, and the Blood-colored Tentacle shattered into blood mist.
A violent energy surge, like a sudden gale, erupted outward, engulfing Song Wen and sweeping him backward.
The giant eagle void beast, with its frail physical form and limited strength, was severely hampered by the sudden surge of energy. Its speed plummeted, and its body froze, as if mired in quicksand.
"Master, attack its head now! The flow of Primordial Qi is disrupted there, and the protective shield has a weakness!" Shadow Void's urgent voice echoed in Song Wen's Sea of Consciousness.
Song Wen's expression sharpened, and his gaze swept toward the giant eagle void beast's head. Though he couldn't discern any flaws in the shield himself, he chose to trust Shadow Void's judgment.
His hands swiftly formed a magic seal.
Instantly, a blinding golden light erupted from the heavens, piercing the pitch-black Primordial Qi like the dawn sun. The golden light drew closer—a bolt of golden Thunderlight.
Clearly, this Thunderlight had been conjured long ago, but Song Wen had only now unleashed it.
The Thunderlight struck the protective shield on the giant eagle void beast's head with pinpoint accuracy.
The shield shattered like glass, a dense web of cracks instantly spreading across its surface.
Crack!
With a crisp snap, the shield shattered completely.
The golden Thunderlight had expended its power, leaving only a few lingering sparks of Thunderlight.
A figure flashed, and Song Wen appeared on the back of the giant eagle void beast.
As for his original position, only a mangled Corpse Puppet slowly plummeted to the ground.
Wielding a spear over three meters long, Song Wen's muscles bulged as he thrust downward with ferocious force.
The sun-chasing spear pierced through the void fiend's bark-like hide and plunged into its flesh.
The giant eagle void beast roared in pain, thrashing wildly with its wings, creating violent gusts of wind.
Meanwhile, the fleshy tendrils covering its body began to writhe frantically. Those beneath Song Wen's feet coiled around his ankles like venomous snakes, slithering upward to entangle his legs.
"Agh..."
Song Wen let out a low, guttural groan, like the snarl of a wild beast.
His legs felt as if they were being flayed alive, the pain unbearable.
The tendrils were covered in countless barbs that tore into his flesh, leaving his legs a bloody mess.
If not for the body-tempering effects of his Ten Thousand Poisons Body cultivation technique, his legs would have been crushed by the constricting tendrils.
Enduring the agony, Song Wen gripped the spear tightly with both hands, and a Blood-colored Tentacle extended from his palm.
The tentacle slid down the spear, following the hole it had pierced to burrow into the void fiend's body.
"Screech!"
The giant eagle void beast let out a mournful cry.
It seemed to realize that with its divine sense attacks proving ineffective, it was no match for the human before it.
Its body began to rapidly phase into a void form, centered around the spear's point of entry. The fleshy tendrils constricting Song Wen's legs loosened.
With a flap of its wings, the phased body easily broke free from the spear and the Blood-colored Tentacle's control, darting forward.
Seeing the void fiend about to escape, a cold smile curled at the corner of Song Wen's lips.
Though he couldn't devour void fiends like the Nether Fox to enhance his cultivation, a seventh-tier void demon would undoubtedly greatly amplify his divine sense power.
Thunderlight crackled across Song Wen's hands, as thousands of electric serpents writhed wildly.
The Thunderlight coalesced into a silver torrent, surging forth in an endless stream.
Though the void fiend's body had phased into a void form, rendering ordinary mystic treasures ineffective, it couldn't evade the thunderbolts imbued with the overwhelming heavenly might of the Dao.
The electric serpents instantly engulfed the creature, and due to its phased state, they ravaged every corner of its body in an instant.
(End of the Chapter)