Chapter 2046: Chapter 1587: Mountain Sea Spawns the Rings of Years
Perhaps it was the exceedingly similar traits of Mo Sha and Dao Yan that triggered the defensive mechanism of the transcendental remnant and the Black Box. The eerie metamorphosis quickly unfolded upon both.
On the previously smooth surface of the Black Box, numerous protrusions suddenly appeared, resembling grimacing, tortured faces. As if provoked by some stimuli, they surged wildly, attempting to drill into the head of the remnant.
Yet the transcendental remnant seemed oblivious to the Black Box’s invasion. It only reacted to the onslaught of Mo Sha.
Accompanied by a biting wind from an unknown source, a lone sail was set adrift, riding the wind.
The Mo Sha’s dark clouds were instantly repelled by an unfathomable barrier force. If initially, it was as if gnawing upon a steel plate, then with the emergence of this lone sail, it was as though an insurmountable barrier had formed between it and the remnant. Where it could previously nibble slowly, sacrificing eight thousand of its own to take a hundred of the foe,
now it was utterly powerless!
The Guangwu Star Sea, initially plunged into chaos and imminent destruction due to the sudden fall of the Group of Immortals, was abruptly restored to tranquility with the appearance of this lone sail.
As if it had drawn in all the storms between the mountains and seas. In the Star Sea, only this sail rustled in the wind. All else fell silent.
"This is the Path of Transcendence..." Li Fan murmured, tightly fixating on the lone sail manifested within the remnant.
This was the second time Li Fan had witnessed its existence.
Because he had personally traversed Dao Yan, Li Fan’s comprehension of this lone sail was even deeper this time.
"However, this flag is clearly much newer than what I saw in my previous life."
"Logically, a mere ten thousand years shouldn’t have caused such rapid erosion of the Path of Transcendence." Li Fan’s gaze slightly sharpened as he looked at the Black Box attached to the remnant’s head.
As the Mo Sha’s dark cloud approached, the myriad of writhing faces on the Black Box appeared like pests attempting to invade the lone sail.
A sail that can cross mountains and seas, fend off Dao Yan, naturally has defenses that these pests cannot penetrate.
But this remnant, it is not a transcendental strongman in the true sense. Though it still possesses some transcendental power, it is now just a corpse. Even if it could fend off an attack from billions of pests, it could not entirely block out all their erosion.
Only one pest needs to luckily enter the lone sail...
Li Fan saw numerous grim faces gathering within the small apertures on the sail.
"This Black Box can actually erode another’s Path of Transcendence," Li Fan thought in shock as he observed.
"Maybe the Black Box can’t cross mountains and seas, but by parasitizing on the transcendental remnant, it can also survive within Dao Yan."
For Li Fan, the lone sail before him is incredibly beneficial for the Xuanhuang Immortal Boat’s crossing of mountains and seas. How could he allow these pests to devour it?
"Since Mo Sha doesn’t work..."
"Let’s use the Dao Yi Bug!"
At this thought, the Mo Sha’s dark clouds receded like a tide, replaced by the boundless, invisible Dao First Worm Swarm.
This time, the situation was reversed.
Not sensing the threat of Dao Yan, the lone sail within the transcendental remnant gradually faded. Instead, the Black Box seemed to truly perceive the countless Dao Yi Bugs surrounding it.
The grim faces continuously let out howls and roars, as if in intimidation.
Dao Yi Bugs, of course, could not be frightened, launching a fearless charge at the Black Box. In an instant, they engulfed the Black Box like a tide.
Li Fan clearly saw that at the moment of contact with the faces on the Black Box, a large number of Dao Yi Bugs seemed to evaporate, disappearing into thin air.
But the Black Box’s surface gained a few more faces because of this!
"So even Dao Yi Bugs can be absorbed and converted... this Black Box."
Li Fan squinted his eyes. Under his directive, Dao Yi Bugs continuously swarmed from the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm.
"If you like to devour, I’ll make sure you have your fill!"
Unlike the rejuvenating power of Mo Sha.
After Mo Sha is expended, it needs some time to recover its vitality.
But as long as Li Fan wills it, with sufficient energy supply, Dao Yi Bugs can multiply exponentially. The consumption from eroding a mere wooden box is negligible to the swarm!
Like moths to a flame, Dao Yi Bugs launched continuous suicidal assaults on the Black Box.
The logic is the same as the Black Box’s erosion of the lone sail.
Even if the Black Box could block nearly all of the swarm, as long as one Dao Yi Bug broke through and made contact with the Black Box’s surface, the efficiency of the swarm’s attack would multiply.
And with the support of the Xuanhuang Immortal Realm’s shadow imprinted on Li Fan’s palm, the Dao Yi Bug swarm didn’t have to worry about its own losses.
In this diminishing and increasing scenario, the Black Box gradually struggled to maintain its resilience.
Every surface was occupied by innumerable fearsome faces. The nascent faces had no place left, and the Black Box, as if striking a violent shock, trembled endlessly. It seemed something was trying to break free from the Black Box!
Buzz...
When the Black Box’s high-frequency vibration reached a certain threshold, it suddenly halted. A ghostly light flickered, and all the many faces previously manifested on the Black Box’s surface were purified, disappearing entirely.
The few Dao Yi Bugs that successfully invaded were also completely eradicated in this cleansing sweep.
The Black Box returned to its original state, as if all previous efforts were all in vain.
Not only that, but even the Black Box itself seemed to undergo an inexplicable change in nature.
The smooth offensive of the Dao Yi Bugs was suddenly thwarted. It’s as if they were confronting something completely different, requiring a vast amount of "corpses" to probe anew.