World-saving Plan: The Only Savior

Chapter 1766 - 49: Plague Relics (5)_2

Of course, Zhang Xiaoman is not completely unable to use energy transformation right now; he can only use half energy transformation, which is the precondition state required to activate Dark Speed.

This state is not as pure as an energy body, much like the larvae of the Blood Butterfly’s Parasitic Spirit, there’s no way to be completely immune to physical attacks, so it will still be affected to some extent.

However, a pure energy body is like a Wandering Spirit, capable of completely avoiding physical damage, which is why the civilization races in the Second Universe can never reach the level of High Order Civilization if they cannot master Dark Spiritual Power, as even a half-energy state can essentially eliminate most of their damage.

If they encounter a Divine entity capable of complete energy transformation, they would have no chance of countering at all.

Imagine when you can’t hit them, but they can hit you, escaping is almost your only option.

Zhang Xiaoman’s greatest hope now is to find a method to achieve complete energy transformation. This ability can probably be considered one of the most popular among Transcendent capabilities, and it ranks as the most advanced Divine Domain he can currently convert; he feels that if he can make discoveries here, the likelihood of obtaining this ability should be the highest.

"Please help me, please help me..."

While exploring inward, Zhang Xiaoman seemed to faintly hear a voice, and this sudden twist caused him to stop.

Holding his breath, he focused intently to perceive, furrowing his brows in confusion as the voice disappeared, making him feel like he heard an illusion.

Illusion?

Zhang Xiaoman firmly shook his head.

Given his current spiritual power attribute, experiencing illusions is nearly impossible, and misheard voices are unlikely as well; someone must have called out to him nearby, but he couldn’t locate their whereabouts.

"I have already penetrated deeply into the Plague Relics; there are very few people capable of surviving this place, given how intense the toxic fog is, even Lan Gu probably couldn’t withstand it. Could the person who made the sound be an existence surpassing the Control Level?"

Zhang Xiaoman began pondering various scenarios, yet each possibility seemed somewhat unreal.

If that person truly surpassed the Control Level, they definitely wouldn’t be here, because he paid close attention to this entry’s personnel, and it’s clear that only he triggered a reaction from the Purple Charm Gate, with no second person causing a fluctuation, meaning no Transcendent existence entered.

"Unless... they’re someone who came in earlier and got trapped here?"

Zhang Xiaoman quickly thought of a possibility, his eyes immediately lighting up.

Perhaps he could search around; acquiring any useful information from them would be ideal.

At this moment, visibility ahead had dropped to an extremely low level, and Zhang Xiaoman moved cautiously on his way, afraid of encountering monster ambushes.

"Swish!"

A cold beam shot out from the fog, Zhang Xiaoman quickly reacted, sidestepping to evade.

"Boom!!"

Behind him, a violent explosion shook the ground.

"Hmm... this kind of power..."

Zhang Xiaoman furrowed his brow; to avoid further ambushes, he couldn’t turn back to look, but judging by the commotion, he could tell the attack’s power was strong.

He sent out Divine Thought, attempting to find the attacker, but the toxic fog blocked him, preventing him from identifying the target.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Three more cold beams cut through the toxic fog, but Zhang Xiaoman was already prepared, easily dodging them.

"Hmph, pretentious!"

His expression darkened, swiftly charging in a determined direction, having deduced the attacker’s exact location from the previous attacks, naturally he wouldn’t sit idly by, instead accelerating to the maximum and rushing towards them.

"There! I see you!"

Within the fog, a Black Shadow flashed briefly; although quick, Zhang Xiaoman managed to catch its outline.

It was a humanoid creature about ten meters tall, its appearance unclear, though Zhang Xiaoman speculated it was also a member of the Plague Army; aside from these fellows, no one else could move uninhibitedly in this area.

"Still trying to hide!?"

Zhang Xiaoman’s eyes flashed sharply, activating Yellow Springs Guide, locking onto the target, his body transformed into lightning and rushed toward it.

Yellow Springs Guide is an upgraded version of Stepping Forward Slash, having advanced to the Third Level, only one step away from the orange level. It allows him to lock onto targets within ten kilometers, temporarily increasing his own speed and defensive power.

Ordinarily, Yellow Springs Guide could be dodged, but Zhang Xiaoman possesses the Lord of Light’s passive ability; once this tracking effect is released, the Yellow Springs Guide skill becomes a powerful automatic tracking ability, allowing him to impossibly escape its charge.

"Crack!"

Drawing the Purple Cloud Divine Sword, Zhang Xiaoman unveiled his ultimate weapon.

A surge of powerful thunderbolt energy surged throughout his body, the instant he grasped the Purple Cloud Divine Sword, he sensed an explosion of strength within him, his constitution and spiritual power doubling under its effect.

"Aoohoo!"

He heard a tragic wail; Zhang Xiaoman with Yellow Springs Guide’s lock-on had instantly struck the target, piercing it with his sword.

Only at this point, he saw the opponent’s appearance clearly.

It was a monster about ten meters tall, clad entirely in black armor, similar to the ones from the Plague Army, but larger, equipped with remarkable gear and more formidable strength, reaching the Upper Control Level; the previous monsters compared to it were merely Mixed Soldiers versus General.

"Roar!"

That Black-armored Monster, though pierced by the sword, did not die immediately, swinging back with a sweep that was so fast Zhang Xiaoman barely reacted.

"Swish!"

The monster’s fifteen-meter Long Spear sliced at Zhang Xiaoman’s arm, but the Star Shining Armor burst with intense light, surprisingly withstood the strike under the monster’s incredulous gaze.

"Hmph! Die!"

Zhang Xiaoman gave no chance for the opponent to react, rotating the Purple Cloud Divine Sword, a surge of Spiritual Power erupted from the Black-armored Monster’s body, the furious lightning force burst out dozens of large holes.

This Spiritual Power was infused during his sword thrust earlier, and now it exploded from within the monster, directly sealing the victory.

"Thump!"

The monster half-kneeled on the ground, quickly standing up again, disregarding its body full of holes, charging at Zhang Xiaoman once more.

"A Demon Clan monster, not dead even like this!"

Zhang Xiaoman was helplessly faced with this scene; though he suppressed the opponent’s recovery ability, its inherently resilient life form still enabled it to continue fighting despite being seriously wounded.

If others were in this situation, they wouldn’t be bouncing around in the same way as this creature despite such damage.