Chapter 686 - 442: The Great Nest

Chapter 686: Chapter 442: The Great Nest

BANG!

They passed through the Phase channel, covering hundreds of millions of kilometers in the blink of an eye.

A traversal of Space.

This was... the brand-new Magic that Izparut had developed.

’It’s still not quite enough.’

Iz and Lu Cang used Phase Shifting to arrive at the far side of the Insect Nest. Iz frowned slightly, reflecting on something.

"Lu Cang."

"Besides the Phase Spider and the Phase Mantis you mentioned, are there any other Phase Demons?"

Lu Cang nodded lightly and answered, "Yes."

"But I’m not sure if there are any others in this Insect Nest."

Iz nodded slightly. "Mm, I understand."

"Let’s find that Phase Spider first."

’I feel like... I’m on the verge of a unique inspiration...’

Following the direction guided by the Hidden Origin within the Insect Nest, they continuously initiated Phase Shifting toward the Nest in the sky.

VMMMM—

In just a few breaths, they had already crossed tens of billions of kilometers.

The surroundings were now filled with slimy walls covered in secretions.

The place where Lu Cang and Iz found themselves was already inside the Nest in the sky. Hordes of insectoid Demons clung to the walls, and a constant stream of them suddenly flew off, as if acting on a new command.

They entered the rifts that had already opened.

Lu Cang and Iz simulated their Qi, making it almost identical to the Demons’.

After the simulation was complete,

no Demons came to attack Lu Cang and Izparut.

’This Nest...’

Even having seen such a vast world and witnessed the destruction of the Secret Sea time and time again,

he couldn’t help but marvel at the sheer magnificence of this Nest.

Even using Phase Shifting, they had traveled tens of billions of kilometers without seeing an end.

The main body of the Nest was just that massive...

When he had looked before, there were no clear points of reference, and his view had been heavily obstructed. Even though he knew the main Nest in the sky blotted out the sun and stretched to the horizon, he had no idea just how massive it truly was.

But now, moving along with Iz’s Phase Shifting Magic,

he could truly feel its immensity.

Iz’s hunt of the Insect Swarm before, as grand as it had seemed, now felt insignificant compared to this enormous Nest.

Moreover...

’It’s highly likely that this isn’t the only Insect Nest.’

’There might be many more Nests just like this one.’

VMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM—

However, they were already very close to the Phase Spider.

Not far ahead, they could see Space beginning to fill with crystalline, translucent threads. Plucking any single thread was like drawing silk, pulling a tiny fissure directly out of empty space.

Immediately after, large numbers of insects surged into the fissure.

As the fissure was continuously filled and widened by the insects, it gradually transformed into the rifts they had seen before, the ones leading to other regions.

VMMMM—

They shifted once more.

This time, they only crossed a distance of about five million kilometers.

As his Perception swept over the area, he felt the many crystalline threads around them.

By the time they emerged from Space, Lu Cang and Izparut had already entered a large, transparent, and crystalline web.

THUD—

Lu Cang and Iz’s appearance was very sudden.

Like the shifting of a Phase Mantis, it was an abrupt burst, a sudden manifestation.

"Humans?"

Before them was the Phase Spider.

By the time the Phase Spider sensed the spatial fluctuations, Lu Cang and Iz had already appeared in front of it.

SWISH!

In the next instant,

Lu Cang felt his body tighten as the entire space began to contract!

SLICE!

He instantly felt his body being sliced.

It was as if invisible threads had just cut through his flesh and blood...

But unfortunately for the spider, Lu Cang’s physical body was too strong.

So strong that this sudden Phase Slash didn’t sever his body at all.

Beside him, Izparut seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Good thing I met your compatriot beforehand. Otherwise, I would have been sliced into little pieces by now, wouldn’t I?"

And yet, Izparut’s tone held not a hint of worry.

"It has Spirituality too?"

Iz turned and asked Lu Cang.

"Mm, it seems so."

Another Demon with Spirituality.

The Insect Nest, the Mutated Nest... it seemed they were both researching this aspect. The Demons seemed desperate to acquire Spirituality.

Meanwhile, the Dark Church was researching how to turn humans into Demons.

The two sides.

They were complete opposites.

Upon seeing the Phase Spider, neither Iz nor Lu Cang attacked immediately.

Instead, they both fell into a state of contemplation.

The Phase Spider had no idea what the two before it were thinking. All it knew was that enemies had arrived—that humans had suddenly appeared before it.

SWISH!

In the next instant, the Phase Spider flashed behind Lu Cang.

Its long spider legs were already raised high!

BOOM!

But before it could attack, its two raised legs were pulverized!

It didn’t even realize who had attacked or how it was done.

Lu Cang glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye.

’Oh...’

’Its strength is quite ordinary.’

’Phase Flashes, Phase Magic Net, Magic Net Manipulation Technique, Phase Slash...’

Within stopped Time,

Lu Cang had completely figured out all of the spider’s Forms, and at the same time, learned the Phase Spider’s origin.

It also came from the Phase Grandmother.

Phase Spiders were born to the specifications of Tier Nine Demons, but their combat power was nearly as weak as a Tier Eight Demon’s.

Their primary duty was to weave channels for the Insect Nest.

To construct the channels for the entire Insect Nest, as well as the channels for the Insect Nest’s invasion of the mortal world.

THUD!

Lu Cang was gathering intelligence.

But the Phase Spider was broadcasting emotions of shock and terror.

’I can’t see through these humans before me.’

’We haven’t even made contact, and two of my legs have already been shattered... This is not an enemy I can possibly match! I have to escape immediately!’

VMMMM—

Sensing a fluctuation in Space, the Phase Spider prepared to flee!

However...

CLANG—

The Phase Spider’s shifting body didn’t complete its traversal. Instead, an instant before it could depart, it slammed violently into an invisible barrier.

Izparut raised a single hand.

"I came all this way just to find you. It wouldn’t be very fair if you just left, would it?"

Lu Cang saw that in just a single encounter,

Iz had gained several new types of Magic.

Lu Cang also turned his head.

He faced the Phase Spider.

"Perfect. Your Spirituality seems even higher than the last one we met. I happen to have a few questions for you."

Lu Cang and Iz surrounded the Phase Spider from front and back.

The Space in all directions had been locked down.

Ordinary Mages, indeed, didn’t know any Space Magic.

Space Magic was an incomplete form of Magic; the vast majority of Mages couldn’t learn it, let alone fight battles involving space.

But the ones standing here now were no ordinary Mages.