Soul of Burning Steel

Like the wriggling darkness, tentacles emitting a strange and rancid smell surged towards the warrior's body.

Staring at this scene, Joshua, who was bound by hundreds of green life energy radiation, did not change his face. He let the other party wrap himself into the package, and then swallowed it back into Herras' belly.

As early as when the high priest of the cult released his physical restraints and returned to the true form of the chaotic giant beast, a premonition flashed in the soldier's heart, and the facts were exactly as he thought. Herras really used his huge body to attempt to Swallow yourself into your stomach.

That being the case, Joshua just decided to use his tricks. He and Herras faced each other several times before, and they were evenly matched, and even fell into a slight disadvantage. Now, taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness to make an internal breakthrough, the odds of winning may be higher, so after running the whole body's energy to protect the whole body , the fighters don't make much resistance, just being swallowed by the opponent.

The black strange substance kept rubbing against the life energy shield on Joshua's body surface. As the two eroded and repelled each other, violent explosions occurred again and again, but the violent shock wave did not break through the layer that seemed to be The fragile and weird flesh and blood only held it up for a moment, bulged a big bubble, and then bounced back to its original position.

"This kind of erosive force will take at least dozens of hours to break through my life energy shield."

Although Joshua believes that completely relying on the skills and power systems created by others will restrict the progress and development of his own power, this does not mean that he will completely abandon them. In fact, fighters often use these skills The essence in it, and then use your own method to fight.

For example, the life energy shock wave that he used to bombard Herras before combined at least 30 core combat skills of the energy-gathering and explosive system, and the life energy shield he uses now to protect the whole body is also [ Sun Flame Protection], [Tidal Surge] and [Steel Energy Shield] and other complexes of more than a dozen powerful defensive skills, it can effectively isolate all non-life energy energy, shield and purify most curses and weakening, and can also Provides attribute protection similar to the power of God.

Even the void outside the world, the stomach of the legendary behemoth, and all the most dangerous Jedi, Joshua thought he could last for a long time. Although Herras's belly was terrifying, it hadn't reached that point yet.

But for some unknown reason, several seconds passed, but the strong squeeze and life energy erosion that the warrior was waiting for did not come. On the contrary, Herras even stopped all actions.

"Wait, something is wrong!"

While thinking suspiciously, Joshua suddenly felt a strange fluctuation coming from his surroundings, and an inexplicable sense of danger came, which immediately made the alarm sound in his heart.

This is the fluctuation of space-time teleportation!

The warrior's judgment was indeed correct. What came out of the endless black flesh and blood around him was indeed a violent space-time fluctuation. And before Joshua broke free from the constraints of time and space, Herras, who had been prepared for a long time, urged him with all his strength. Kinetic energy, directly forcibly teleporting away the warrior and the flesh and blood within a five-meter diameter range around him.

At the same time, the giant dark beast that was entrenched on the banks of the Mai Zhe Unfrozen River and was rapidly devouring and assimilating the surrounding sand, gravel and soil also stopped all actions and stood still in place. Merge one by one to absorb the free energy around the body into the body.

Herras stopped all external actions, completely withdrew all his strength, and focused on his own body.

Or another world.

And another small world.

Time and space are distorted, fluctuations spread, and a dark gap opens, Joshua has been teleported here.

— Mistake!

The warrior originally thought that Herras swallowed him in order to use his stronger vitality to forcibly assimilate or corrode him, or to use various terrifying and powerful plague magic attacks to break him down. After all, Herras He is a high priest of a cult, and Joshua must have considered his use of the evil plague method to be a master, but before that, he had been using the warrior method to fight against himself, which was very abnormal.

But he never imagined that the belly of the giant chaotic beast transformed by Herlas was not a digestive organ that dissolves all things, but a passage leading to subspace!

In the multiverse, there are countless worlds, and on the outer layer of each world, there are many small subsidiary worlds and space-time narrow passages. These are the so-called demiplanes and secret realms, the most famous of which are the places where the gods live. The boundless heaven of the world, the goblin town of the goblins, and the next level is all kinds of subspaces.

The gap between the subspace and the demiplane is not that big. It is a small world created by a powerful existence imitating the demiplane in the void. On the Mycroft Continent, there are often powerful spellcasters who open up the subspace to place the mage tower. space. Although the initial space of the subspace is not large, it can even be said to be small, and may not be comparable to a space equipment, but the subspace will continue to grow as the power of the holder grows, until in the end, it may be transformed into a real half-person surface possibility.

The subspace created by Herras is naturally not small. Joshua discovered this when he was completely teleported here. Thinking of this, the soldier snorted coldly. , the black flesh and blood around him blasted into pieces all over the sky.

But what unfolded in front of his eyes was a strange world.

This is a colorful world. Towering weird fungal canopies cover the sky, and patches of heterochromia mist pour out from it to fill the world. On the ground, countless black, gray, cockroach and ant-like alien insects are spreading in various ways. It digs and shuttles on the mold-like moss, using its own body fluids and fungi to build huge triangular nests one after another.

Incomparably majestic energy surges in this small world, shocking surging vitality flows in every insect, every fungus and moss, looking up, it is almost endless, and even Joshua is suffocated by the frenzy of vitality In the sky, it turns into a pale star ring surrounding all things, providing endless power for everything.

"..." Exhaling a breath, Joshua narrowed his eyes. He looked around everything around him, and the life radiation like sunlight came from his eyes and swept towards the surroundings, exploring everything around him.

But originally in the Mycroft Continent, it was easy to penetrate the snow-capped mountains and the ground, and directly detect the life radiation of the golden monster at a depth of 1,500 meters underground. Ten meters away, in this man-made alien world created by others, the free energy in the air is completely out of Joshua's control. He feels that his body is being hindered, repelled and corroded by this space all the time. The warrior just stands On this land, one needs to mobilize all one's strength, let alone detect intelligence.

But even so, he also noticed an important message.

"these things?!"

Shocked and talking to himself, Joshua frowned and looked at the fungal spores floating in the air. He stretched out his hand and took a piece of purple spore mist. The soldier let go of the life energy shield on his right hand and let it touch to your own skin.

And in the next moment, an obvious tingling sensation came from his hand. Joshua stared at his right hand. The iron fist, which was originally stronger than steel and could be said to be invincible, had been corroded by the strange spores and densely packed with holes. In this large pit that could instantly stun a cryptic patient, countless tiny fungi grew at a breathing speed. They devoured Joshua's flesh and blood, using his vitality as fertilizer, and quickly reached maturity.

And just when the fungi were about to open their umbrellas and spread the spores again, the flames of fighting spirit flashed, and the fungus on the soldier's right fist was wiped out immediately, and Joshua's right hand returned to its original shape , without any scars. He looked up again at the spore mist that covered most of the small world, and his vigilance became stronger than before.

"It's not just fungi, all creatures here are the embodiment of a certain kind of plague!"

Through the analysis of powerful vitality radiation, Joshua has seen through most of the essence of life here.

The mist of spores floating in the sky is the carrier of dozens of terrifying plagues. Among them are fungi that can use flesh and blood as fertilizer to grow rapidly, and there are also plagues that can manipulate the human brain and turn intelligent creatures into zombies. Many molds and mosses on the ground , is also a terrifying fungus primarch that can corrode steel and rocks and turn cities into ruins, and there are various strange insects that shuttle among them, and there are countless virulent viruses boarding them.

The black blood disease that soldiers are familiar with is also among them. The carrier of this terrifying germ is an insect that flies in the air and feeds on fungus spores. It has a steel-like carapace and a tail needle about 20 centimeters long. Overall, it looks like a gray-black giant hornet, buzzing annoyingly in mid-air.

This is not the empty place created by ordinary powerful people. In this small world, there is a mature and complete ecological circle. Producers and consumers at all levels have established a closed and circular food chain, but all of them All Participants - Deadly Plague

But at this time, it is not the time to care about these.

Slowly raising his head, Joshua looked into the sky.

Countless insects flew around, and the spore mist dispersed, while a human figure appeared in front of the warrior with the help of the life energy in the surrounding air.

Maliciousness, killing intent, desire to survive—the terrifying willpower that seems to be materialized is spreading in all directions. Countless insects in this world have stopped because of this will. The giant flies flying in the air are no longer flapping their wings, but are pushing sticky The ants that were filled with fungi also allowed their food to roll into the mold, and even those giant fungi that towered so high that they were about to touch the zenith of this small world stopped the process of spreading spores and paid respectful respect to this figure.

The high priest of the plague cult, Herras the Blighter, once again appeared in front of Joshua.

"Enter my world, you are the first."

Compared with the body in Mycroft Continent, the high priest of the cult who appeared in this small world looked younger, his face seemed to be less than twenty years old, and his tone finally showed emotional fluctuations. , seemed to have a hint of curiosity and emotion: "Joshua, as expected of you, if you were an ordinary person, you would be swallowed up by my child the moment you entered this world."

As Herras spoke, the world seemed to echo his voice, and countless insects and fungi hummed in praise of his harmony. At this time, in this plague world, as the creator, he is undoubtedly Incarnation of the will of the world.

And Joshua also understood why Herras had been rampant in the western mountainous area for decades, killing and exterminating countless groups of life, destroying and destroying countless cities and villages, and why the life force he had accumulated was several times more than he had in just two years. It's just double, looking at this world, you know that the cult high priest put most of the life force he absorbed into it, and cooperated with the plague cult's supreme magic to turn it into a complete evil poison ecosystem!

His wisdom and energy are completely devoted to this plague world, so in the outside world, he is as rigid and indifferent as a machine, and he doesn't care about anything, because he doesn't have the energy to walk in the unexpected world, the mainland of Mycroft, It's just a shell that hosts a huge amount of power.

Only here can one see the true appearance of Herras.

"Life is the most fragile, but also the most tenacious."

Condescending, looking down at the soldiers waiting in full force, the young high priest of the cult raised his hand. He looked at the palm lines on his palm and said in a weak voice: "After my parents died because of my ability, but I became stronger , I understood that."

He shifted his gaze and looked at Joshua, with an invisible aura surging, sweeping away all the spores and insects between the two, black and red flames of life burst out bit by bit from the warrior's body , and circles of gloomy black mist began to emerge around Herlas.

"Do you know the nature of the plague?"

But before the battle, he suddenly asked, with a sincere tone, as if he was just a curious child.

But before Joshua could answer, Herras asked himself and answered, "That's a selfish life."

In his eyes, a light like a new star bloomed, this light was so pure that the warrior even understood what he wanted to say next.

Life eats and kills each other, and it means surviving as long as possible, multiplying as much as possible, expanding as much as possible, and that's true of all things—and you and I are no exception.

At this moment, Joshua finally understood the nature of the human form in front of him. That is not a void that annihilates everything, but a life that is extremely selfish, devouring all life just for its own survival.

And the plague demon, the evil god acting as the representative, Herras the Blight stood in the air, looked down at the warrior, and said with a light smile.

"I am life, Herras."

"The cancer of all things, the enemy of all beings."

"The greatest plague in the world."

"I am the incarnation of life!"

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