Wizard: Start with Biological Transformation to Grind Experience - Chapter 555 - 14: Shadows and the Big Eating Flower
Chapter 555: Chapter 14: Shadows and the Big Eating Flower
A brief silence enveloped the two of them, broken only by the eerie insect chirping from deep within the Forest.
The Eye Grass was the first to shatter the silence, its massive eye atop swiveling towards Karija, its pupil sparkling with calculating intent: “So, back to the matter at hand… do you think that ’Decay Trial’ orchestrated by that old Rotten Wood can ’refine’ these seeds into the form we need?”
“Or… will they be ’over-refined’ and just crumble? After all, although that old fellow was ’convinced’ by the Tower to return and oversee this ’harvest’, his focus… may not align entirely with the Tower’s plans. His obsession with ’Decay’ might be even stronger than ’Order’.”
The shadow beneath Karija’s hood seemed to deepen, his voice remaining steady but carrying an undeniable iciness: “Rotten Wood’s ’trial’ is part of the plan. This ’Decaying Domain’ fragment inheritance is both bait and Catalyst.”
“We need to observe their reaction under the erosion of the Decay Law, especially the ’sparks’ produced in collision with those Laws… as that’s the most valuable ’data’.”
“As for Rotten Wood’s intentions…” He let out a faintly mocking laugh:
“…He needs the ’materials’ provided by the Tower to complete his own equally forbidden ’Heart of Decay’ experiment, which is a price he can’t refuse. He must ensure the survival of the ’container’, at least until it reaches the ’standard’. We just need to ensure that when the container matures, the reaping scythe is held by the Tower and not claimed by Rotten Wood.”
He tilted his head slightly, as if listening to the faint sounds of Lynch struggling through the distance.
“Be patient, ’Insightful’. Every step of this trial is under the watchful and planned gaze of ’Order’. At the end of the path of decay awaits not inheritance, but… a return journey. A perfect vessel that holds the secrets of decay. After all…”
Karija’s voice dropped to an almost whisper, freezing the soul: “…a vessel capable of holding the ’Heart of Decay’ is hard to come by.”
The giant eye atop the Eye Grass swiveled excitedly, a crack in its stalk spreading in a chilling arc: “Heh heh… Understood. So let’s… wait and see. Let’s see what kind of ’miracle’ these seeds can forge within Rotten Wood’s decay furnace.”
The figure of the gray-robed Karija faded soundlessly into shadow once again, as if he had never appeared.
All that was left was the eerie Eye Grass, still rooted in place, its massive eye fixed on the direction Lynch had departed, greedily absorbing every residual energy fluctuation and law trace in the air, like a cold monitor recording every step the prey took through the intricately woven trap.
The Forest’s silence resumed, this time heavier, filled with intangible scrutiny and an oppressive sense of icy calculation.
…
On the other side, the Spring Garden.
While seemingly tranquil, serene, and filled with birdsong, the Spring Garden was in fact riddled with latent dangers.
After walking a short distance, Lynch once again encountered peril.
As he attempted to cross a region filled with massive glowing mushrooms, the seemingly solid ground, blanketed with soft moss, suddenly collapsed! No, not collapsed, opened!
An Abyss-like giant mouth, coated with viscous digestive juices and exuding an intense sweet yet putrid smell, suddenly split open beneath the “ground”, snapping upwards with shocking force! This was no ground at all, but a trap disguised by an unimaginably massive Big Eating Flower!
This Big Eating Flower’s flower crown had a diameter exceeding a hundred meters, its inner walls filled with sharp, barb-like teeth, colored a nauseating mix of pink and crimson. Its sepals were deeply embedded in the ground, with thick tendrils moving around like giant pythons, sealing off any escape. The aura it emitted was violent and greedy, with massive flows of Life Energy circulating within, tainted with a destructive hunger.
Fortunately, Lynch was already on guard, and his Time Mystical Level activated in an instant! His silhouette blurred just as the massive mouth closed, as if someone had pressed a slow-motion button, narrowly sliding past the edge of the teeth.
But the Big Eating Flower’s assault was far from over. Numerous tentacles, thick and suction-cup-laden, whipped through the air, tearing from all directions, sealing off any escape routes. The mucus secreted on these tendrils carried strong Paralysis and corrosion effects.
Similarly, this wasn’t merely a magical attack; it carried energy from a Decaying Domain.
As this energy spread, it was clear to see Lynch’s Time Mystical Level being corroded and dismantled by the domain energy. The Time Law that had been in effect was disrupted, causing the slowed time to suddenly return to normal.
This is how High-level Law overruns a lower-level law.
No matter how powerful or mysterious Lynch’s Time Magic was, it was ultimately just a Second Tier Mystic Technique using Mystical Level rules.
When confronted with domain rules from a tier higher, the magic was directly undermined from a rule perspective, rendering Lynch’s spell utterly ineffective in that moment.
The massive flower pistil suddenly opened outward, like a gigantic mouth, engulfing Lynch whole.
Is this where it ends?
As Lynch’s form was completely swallowed by the sickly pink and crimson Abyss mouth, the viscous digestive fluids overwhelmed his position, and the Big Eating Flower’s petals closed inward with a muffled “gulp”, as if already tasting its prey. The entire flower crown swelled slightly in satisfaction, emitting an even stronger sweet and acrid scent.
However, this triumph lasted only a moment!
BOOM——!
A deep, resonating sound emerged, not from an explosion, but from space itself being forcibly torn and collapsing inward—a terrifying hum! The Big Eating Flower’s just-closed, over-a-hundred-meter-diameter massive flower crown suddenly concaved!
The tough membrane covering the flower walls and the menacing barbed teeth were snatched by an invisible, massive hand that covered the entire flower crown, frantically pulling towards the core!
This wasn’t a physical squeeze, but a contraction on the spatial level!
At the core of where Lynch was swallowed, a pinpoint-sized singularity, emitting an aura of complete darkness and Destruction, was suddenly born! It greedily devoured everything around it—light, sound, matter, even the massive Life Energy of the Big Eating Flower!
The viscous digestive fluids within the flower crown, the sturdy flesh material, the thick veins, all were seized by the horrific force field, irresistibly pulled, elongated, and shattered towards that dark vortex!
Lynch’s creation using Space Law, the Space Mystical Level black hole, made its dramatic return!
“Swoosh! Crack! Tear——!”
The nerve-wracking sounds of twisting, breaking, and tearing were incessant. The Big Eating Flower’s petals deflated, withered, and deformed at a visible rate, like a balloon having its air sucked out in an instant, maniacally collapsing inward.
The struggles of its massive body and its pained spiritual wails were all silently extinguished by that all-consuming dark singularity. The light throughout the entire area contorted, as if space itself were lamenting.
Just as this terrifying collapse reached its peak, space wavered slightly. Lynch’s figure reappeared, completely unharmed, on the glinting cap of a glowing mushroom, several tens of meters outside the remains of the Big Eating Flower.
He extended his right hand, fingers splayed, toward the devouring dark core, residual energy waves of space, deep as the Void, swirling at his fingertips.
With his fingers suddenly clenching into a fist!
The micro black hole, which had devoured almost the entire massive body of the Big Eating Flower, abruptly contracted to its limit, finally transforming into a small black dot, vanishing silently into the air, as if never existing.
In its place, only a vast, bottomless round pit remained, the edges smooth as a mirror, exuding the odd scent of charred ozone resultant from space tearing.
At the center of the pit, a dreary dark crystal, more profound than before, with countless miniscule stars seemingly rotating and collapsing inside, hovered—it was a domain fragment condensed through the intense conditions of space collapse and the forced ’Decay’ of the Big Eating Flower’s Life Essence.
An icy system prompt sounded:
“Discovered knowledge: [Decaying Domain (Fragment)] loaded.”
[Decaying Domain lv0: 3/10000]
