Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears - Chapter 395: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell? The Outer Realm Fierce Beast Actually Escaped
’No one here is allowed to move?’
Chu Sheng flapped his wings, a hint of humanlike mockery flashing in his compound eyes.
’Sorry, but this Lord Mosquito isn’t a person.’
He completely ignored the pretentious old man in mid-air, his gaze falling back to the Fierce Beast’s corpse.
’This is an Outer Realm Fierce Beast!’
’It might be a little ugly, but it’s still a badass that could fight on par with Emperor Realm powerhouses ten thousand years ago.’
’This body must be packed with tons of Energy, right?’
’I didn’t get a good look earlier. I need to give it a proper inspection now.’
With a flicker, Chu Sheng shot directly between the two severed halves of the corpse and began scanning them up and down.
However, the more he looked, the more his two antennae seemed to furrow.
’Something’s off!’
’Something’s very wrong!’
’Logically, a Fierce Beast of this level should have an Inner Core, or a Crystal Core—some kind of energy core.’
’At the very least, it should have some Essence Blood, right?’
’Essence Blood that contains the Power of Law… one sip would be pure bliss.’
But now…
…aside from a pile of foul, stinking rotten flesh and black blood that was sizzling and corroding the ground, there was nothing else in this corpse! Absolutely nothing!
Even the Qi Blood—or energy signature, you could say—within its flesh was pitifully weak.
’That’s it?’
Well, the facts were the facts.
Chu Sheng could only initiate the final reclamation process… turning it into Life Essence for his Nether Flame Insect Nest!
’The Insect Race army inside is crying out for sustenance. It’s been a while since they’ve gotten an upgrade!’
“System, get to work!”
“Reclaim this Fierce Beast’s corpse!”
As the thought crossed Chu Sheng’s mind.
BOOM!
The Divine Dao True Flame (once the Soul-devouring Nether Flame) materialized out of thin air, instantly enveloping the two massive sections of the corpse on the ground.
SSSSSSS—
Under the divine flame’s refinement, the iron-hard scales and highly corrosive flesh rapidly dissolved, transforming into motes of pure energy.
In the blink of an eye, the enormous corpse vanished, leaving only a puddle of foul-smelling black liquid on the ground.
[Ding! Successfully reclaimed one Outer Realm Fierce Beast (Shed Husk)!]
[Obtained Life Essence: 20,000 points!]
[Current Total Life Essence: 51,000 points.]
’Twenty thousand?!’
’Even the Life Essence is so low? That clone of Orochi gave me 30,000 points!’
’Wait a minute! A Shed Husk?!’
Chu Sheng’s gaze swept across the area and suddenly froze.
Where the Fierce Beast’s corpse had just been… there was a hole.
A small, pitch-black, bottomless hole, only about half a meter in diameter, with perfectly smooth edges!
The hole had been completely concealed by the massive corpse, and with the surrounding area in disarray, no one had noticed it.
Now that the corpse was gone, the hole seemed like a mocking eye, staring right at Chu Sheng.
“What the hell?!”
It suddenly dawned on Chu Sheng.
’It was the classic “golden cicada sheds its shell” escape ploy!’
’That cunning Outer Realm Fierce Beast wasn’t dead at all!’
’After being suppressed for ten thousand years, that thing wasn’t as reckless as it used to be. It actually learned to feign defeat and escape!’
It had used this body as both bait and a shield, leaving it behind for Gu Yuexi.
Meanwhile, its true self—its core essence—had long since escaped through this hole, burrowing deep underground!
’No wonder this corpse had no Inner Core or Essence Blood!’
’No wonder reclaiming it only yielded a measly twenty thousand points of Life Essence!’
“Impressive…”
Chu Sheng hovered over the pitch-black hole and peered inside.
It was bottomless. A cold, sinister aura seemed to rise from the very core of the earth, and there was no telling how far the creature had dug.
’With digging skills like that, it must have a doctorate in excavation. To be able to tunnel so silently through the dense rock at the bottom of this pit…’
’Fine, you win this round.’
…
「Meanwhile.」
In mid-air, the atmosphere had grown dangerously tense.
Gu Yuexi was facing off against Hawkeye.
Her stunningly beautiful face was currently devoid of all color.
Gu Yuexi had already expended too much of her strength. Now, under a crushing gravitational force and the pressure of an Emperor Realm expert, she grew even paler.
Opposite her,
the Emperor Realm Powerhouse from the White Eagle Empire known as “Hawkeye” stood with his hands clasped behind his back, a mocking look in his eyes.
His eyes, as sharp as a falcon’s, swept across Gu Yuexi’s face before a look of sudden realization dawned on him.
“Oh? I remember now.”
“You’re the seeded contestant Great Xia sent for the global Martial Dao tournament.”
“Junior, seeing as you’re here in the White Eagle Empire on an exchange, I won’t harm you.”
He pointed to the two long, black spikes in Gu Yuexi’s hand:
“But don’t take what isn’t yours.”
“Hand over what you’re holding. Then leave this place at once and return to Great Xia.”
“I can pretend this never happened.”
Hawkeye’s tone was utterly self-righteous.
It was as if his not killing Gu Yuexi was an act of immense grace.
At the bottom of the pit, a flicker of impatience crossed Gu Yuexi’s eyes.
In her previous life, she had also come to the Celestial Trace Abyss and taken these three spikes.
Back then, the people from the White Eagle Empire hadn’t dared to utter a peep, forced to watch helplessly as she swaggered away with them.
In this life, although it would be difficult,
…no matter what, she was determined to leave with these three [Soul-Corroding Spikes].
Just as Gu Yuexi was wondering what to do,
Suddenly,
…up in the air, Hawkeye’s pupils violently contracted.
He had just seen the two mountain-like halves of the Fierce Beast corpse lying there…
…and now they were gone?!
In the blink of an eye, that massive corpse had just vanished into thin air?!
That was the corpse of a Peak King-level, possibly even an Emperor Realm, Fierce Beast!
Even in death, its flesh and bones were a priceless treasure!
His gaze narrowed, and he finally noticed Chu Sheng…
’It’s that mosquito! He must have secretly made off with the Fierce Beast’s corpse!’
So furious he began to laugh, Hawkeye fully unleashed his Emperor Realm aura:
“Heh… very good. Playing such petty tricks right under my nose?”
“You Great Xia People are all a bunch of thieves, just as I thought!”
“Since you insist, don’t blame me for being merciless and using my strength to crush a junior!”
BOOM!
Before the words had even left his mouth, Hawkeye attacked without hesitation.
He formed his right hand into a claw and swiped at Gu Yuexi from a distance.
“Come here!”
A giant eagle claw formed of pure Energy, powerful enough to seemingly tear space itself, shot down toward Gu Yuexi!
If that claw were to connect,
…never mind that Gu Yuexi was already at her limit; even at her peak, she would have had every bone in her body crushed!
“Hmph!”
Gu Yuexi may have been weak, but her combat instincts remained.
The instant the claw descended, her body twisted in an uncanny way as she executed a short-distance dodge.
RUMBLE!
The eagle claw missed, gouging several bottomless ravines into the ground.
At the same time, Gu Yuexi used the force of the impact to snatch the final spike from the ground.
“Damn mosquito! Go!” she yelled.
’An Emperor Realm expert is definitely a pain to deal with.’
’Besides, there’s no point in fighting him to the death here.’
’I have what I came for. If not now, when?’
“BZZZ!”
Chu Sheng, having just finished with the Fierce Beast’s corpse, heard Gu Yuexi’s call and instantly appeared on her shoulder.
’Here we go!’
He activated his Boundless Wings!
SWISH!
The figures of the woman and the mosquito vanished without a trace.
In mid-air, Hawkeye stared at his claw that had grabbed only air, then at the empty ground below. He was momentarily stunned.
Then, an overwhelming rage shot through him.
“Spatial Teleportation?!”
“Trying to run?!”
“Trying to use space tricks in front of me, Hawkeye? You’re far too naive!”
With a cold snort, Hawkeye flicked his wrist. A small, quaint-looking Compass radiating a faint silver glow appeared in his palm.
This was one of the White Eagle Empire’s top-tier Holy Artifacts—the [Celestial Shuttle Instrument].
A peak Celestial Tier Spiritual Artifact!
It could not only break through Space but also track spatial fluctuations—a powerful tool designed specifically to counter Space-type Martial Artists!
“Lock!”
Hawkeye injected a stream of Spiritual Qi into the Compass.
The compass needle spun wildly before instantly locking onto a single direction.
“Found you!”
Hawkeye’s figure flickered, and he, too, vanished on the spot.
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