Chapter 552 - 258: Qin Hu Trapped, World Fusion, Entering Part 3

Chapter 552: Chapter 258: Qin Hu Trapped, World Fusion, Entering Part 3

Ling Yi looked up at the spatial fissures and ripples for a few moments, calculating a rough estimate:

"It’s about the same as last time. If we can return within ten days, there will be minimal drain on me. After that, I’ll lose 5% of my State for each additional day. Once I drop below fifty percent, the Spiritual Passage will become unsustainable."

"So, the absolute maximum is twenty days."

"The same as the countdown for the invasion."

"When the time comes, even if we can’t deal with the High-tier King Spine Zerg inside this Slaughter Volcano, we must retrieve Qin Hu and get him out of here."

Lin Feng nodded:

"Twenty days is more than enough!"

"Let’s move out!"

Ling Yi then walked to the front, leading the group onto the scarlet abyss before them—an expanse like the entrance to Hell.

After the group had advanced a hundred and fifty meters to the edge of the spatial fissure, Ling Yi began to change. A golden light, the signature of her Mental Realm, not only appeared in her eyes, but a faint golden aura also enveloped her entire body.

As a surging tide of Spiritual Energy from her body flowed into her hands and was unleashed into the spatial fissure, the rifts at the edge erupted with even more violent spatial tremors.

The resulting shockwaves rippled outward from the point where she had injected her Spiritual Energy, spreading like waves on water and pushing back the scarlet Slaughter Energy.

As Ling Yi channeled more and more Spiritual Energy from her hands, the point of light on the spatial fissure visibly expanded from the size of a thumb tip.

Eventually, it formed a perfect equilateral triangle.

Its sides were two and a half meters long, and its height was 2.16 meters.

The apex of the triangle provided just enough clearance for the 1.7-meter-tall Ling Yi to enter.

Lin Feng and the others behind her, however, weren’t nearly as comfortable.

Due to their high degree of evolution, their average height exceeded one point nine meters. They had no choice but to duck their heads, hunch their backs, and shuffle forward with bent knees.

Ling Yi walked at the fore, flicking her fingers to forge a path through the Alternate Space. The Spiritual Energy she released continuously coalesced into an incredibly stable triangular structure, helping the group cross the turbulent, fractured region of space and reach the Land of the End.

Lin Feng followed close behind her, using his Particle Control to disperse the scarlet Slaughter Energy that swirled in from the spatial turbulence, keeping it away from Ling Yi and her immediate vicinity.

This not only reduced the pressure on Ling Yi but also protected the Genetic Warriors following them from the influence of the Slaughter Realm.

After walking for about twenty meters, the group successfully passed through the turbulent space and arrived in another world:

The Land of the End!

Leaving the narrow Spiritual Passage, they were greeted by the sight of a world dyed blood-red...

Volcanoes erupted everywhere, from the ground to what seemed like the sky. Even the air they breathed was thick with the foul stench of blood and sulfur.

And in the distance stood the active volcano, a focal point of pure Slaughter...

It stood a full four to five thousand meters tall. Its massive base stretched for over ten kilometers, and its shadow fell over an area of a hundred square kilometers.

And here, where the group stood on the periphery, the concentration of scarlet Slaughter Energy was less than a tenth of what it was at the foot of the volcano.

Lin Feng held his breath. A golden light flickered in his eyes as he waved a hand, dispersing a gust of scarlet wind.

"Thankfully, the point of invasion between the realms isn’t at the foot of the volcano. Otherwise, the Trial World wouldn’t have lasted even a day..."

While placing Spiritual Isolation Shields on the nine Genetic Warriors behind them to mitigate the effects of the Slaughter, Ling Yi explained:

"Don’t worry. That’s generally not possible."

"When the Land of the End annexes other, smaller Trial Worlds, it’s like phagocytosis. The fusion always begins at the edge, like merging with a cell membrane."

"That being said, the energy density and the sophistication of the Laws here are a hundred times greater than in our own Trial World. Therefore, even the energy leaking out from the periphery is far more than our Trial World could ever withstand."

At this, the entire group looked up, gazing at the hyper-realistic Land of the End before them.

Ling Yi continued:

"The Land of the End is a realm that has always existed on Ceres. It’s also the place where many King Spine Zergs come to ascend."

"A Mental Realm World evolved from the body of a Spine King can reach ten percent of the scale of the Divine Realm. By comparison, there is a gap of over a hundredfold between it and our small Trial World."

"The sophistication of the Laws here not only allows a Tiger Spine Zerg that passes its trial to ascend to a Tier Three King Spine Zerg, but also to instantly grasp nearly thirty percent of the Mental Realm."

"Never mind the difference in evolutionary stage—just their Realm Power alone is three times stronger than that of a Tier Two Peak Genetic Warrior!"

After this reflection, Ling Yi’s expression turned grim as she spoke:

"Let’s go!"

"Qin Hu should be nearby!"