69novels Chapter 229 Speed-Growing Species, Cloak of Divine Speed
Chapter 229 Speed-Growing Species, Cloak of Divine Speed
Chapter 229 Speed-Growing Species, Cloak of Divine Speed
After observing for a long time, Ye Yang finally waited for other creatures to appear and approach the lake.
It was a worm as thick as an arm.
The worm moved forward with an agility that defied its physical form, approaching the black area near the lake, the edge of an area where countless worm corpses had accumulated.
The worms seemed to be feeding on the corpses. However, this disturbed the swarm of Silverwing worms, which immediately flew in large numbers, forming a cloud that kept changing shape above the worms.
Even from a distance, Ye Yang's expression changed slightly. He could see that the cloud of countless silver wings, as it changed shape, was actually disrupting the flow of time, affecting the area where the worm was located.
The constantly changing flow of time clearly caused the worm great pain, and it quickly fled.
This strange sight prompted Ye Yang to continue observing for several more days until no new discoveries were made, at which point he considered whether to approach it.
"After all, they are mission targets, so we have to make contact with them eventually. And judging from the way these Silverwings attack, they are just changing the flow of time. Although it is incredible, they do not seem to have any lethal capabilities."
Ye Yang made a decision to investigate further, and quietly approached.
"The flow of time seems to be accelerating again. How can such a tiny insect do that?" Ye Yang wondered.
He was getting closer and closer to the lake, where steam was already swirling around him. Fortunately, although the steam was toxic, it was not enough to affect a cosmic-level body.
"Maintaining resonance with spacetime, concealing one's own fluctuations with spacetime fluctuations, and continuing to approach—"
Ye Yang's feet were covered with Silverwing corpses, but these corpses were extremely hard and dense, making a crunching sound when he stepped on them.
Crouching down for a closer look, they saw that the corpse's silver wings had vanished, leaving only its insect body. This insect body wasn't an empty shell; instead, it contained a considerable amount of energy.
Compared to the strange creatures Ye Yang had encountered in other parts of the Purgatory Abyss, the Silverwing's body seemed to contain an excessive amount of nutrients.
Yu Yu~
At this moment, a small insect with silver wings flew near Ye Yang. Ye Yang immediately stopped what he was doing, becoming extremely vigilant and preparing to face their attack.
However, after waiting for a long time, the silver-winged oyster flew away on its own, seemingly unaware of Ye Yang's presence.
"Did the concealment of the resonant spacetime work?" Ye Yang realized that perhaps Silverwing relied on "time" to perceive things. "Changing the flow of time, the consumption varies depending on the area being changed."
"Changing an area with little matter requires far less effort than changing an area with abundant matter. However, if life exists in that area, especially strong life, then the effort will increase exponentially!"
This is probably Silverwing's unique method of exploration.
Ye Yang used his innate secret technique, "Resonance of Space and Time," to conceal his aura and energy reactions by utilizing the surrounding space-time environment. In a sense, he was "actively rising and falling with the undulating water surface."
He replaced the energy consumption of the Silverwing Oysters in this way, thus shielding them from their special sensory abilities.
"If that's the case, then things will be much easier."
Ye Yang continued to slowly approach, and the density of silver wings in the sky increased, with more and more falling to the ground.
Ye Yang also discovered that the groups in the sky were actually engaged in breeding activities, and the males were exhausted after a portion of them finished.
It will fall directly down.
He quickly caught a dying male and, upon closer inspection, found that its body was about 5 centimeters long, but its silver wings were as long as a palm.
"Silver Wings—" Ye Yang stared intently. These thin silver wings were covered with some kind of incredibly complex secret patterns, faintly radiating the fluctuations of time.
The secret runes constantly drain Silverwing's internal energy, and once it dies, the energy supply stops, and Silverwing will begin to break and rot rapidly.
This is why there are so many dead insects on the ground, but very few with wings.
"Actively inputting primal energy should keep Silverwing 'fresh'." Ye Yang naturally thought of this method, and after trying it,
It worked!
Looking at the two thin wings that had been torn off but still shimmered with silver light in his hands, and recalling the mysterious creature that could accelerate its own time by tens of thousands of times, he had an idea:
"Perhaps we could craft a large number of Silverwings into some kind of item, achieving an acceleration effect of tens of thousands of times?"
However, the key question is what level of life form this item can be effective against.
After all, even the Destroyer Beast, which possesses the heaven-defying secret technique "Time Freeze," has a limit to the number of objects it can stop time on.
It is impossible for a cosmic-level behemoth to freeze the flow of time for a realm lord.
"What level of life form is Silverwing?" Out of curiosity, Ye Yang caught another dying one and actively probed into it with his telekinetic power.
Then—he looked surprised.
"A Realm Lord?!"
Ye Yangran, in his palm, there was such a tiny thing, but it was actually a World Lord-level insect?
The short-lived insect that lives only a day is actually the Lord of the Realm?
"An isolated case? Or a widespread phenomenon?" He immediately caught more male Silverwings that had fallen, only to discover that each one was a Realm Lord.
But strangely, they were excessively weak. They were far too weak, not even compared to ordinary human realm lords, let alone ordinary human domain lords.
The difference between humans and these silver-winged creatures is even greater than the difference between humans and the Golden Horned Beast!
"Fast-growing species!"
Ye Yang realized that this species' survival strategy was completely different from that of humans, golden-horned behemoths, and other life forms.
He also understood how this place could support such a large Silverwing population.
"Silverwing has allocated all his talent points to 'Evolution and Upgrade,' neglecting or even abandoning other talents such as lifespan and strength."
"The talent tree has gone to extremes, following a single, uncompromising path. The result is that they can break through to the realm lord level at the fastest speed and with the least energy consumption!"
"Of course, as a price, their lifespan is extremely short and their strength is incredibly weak."
"However, during this process, the advancement to World Lord will grant an opportunity to connect with the origin of the universe! This allows for the introduction of a large amount of primordial energy from the universe to expand the world!"
"And Silverwing's inner world is even more unique; it basically doesn't expand, and the primordial energy of the universe it attracts is transformed into its own reserve energy!"
"They die after they have completed their reproductive task. The female's body and eggs fall into the lake together, becoming nourishment for her offspring."
"This is simply exploiting the very source of the universe!"
The universe is so vast and full of wonders. Ye Yang has learned a lot; there are even species that utilize the rules governing the universe.
"That's right. Only in this way can they possibly survive in such a barren environment. Silverwing, in a sense, plays the role of a 'producer,' equivalent to plants on ordinary life-bearing planets."
Ye Yang sighed with admiration and delight.
This means that items made using Silverwing can be effective against the Realm Lord.
Even if he had almost fully comprehended the laws of time during his time as a realm lord, could he possibly accelerate himself by ten thousand times?
"Perhaps the greatest gain from this trip will be obtaining this species."
Ye Yang plans to collect Silverwing eggs for breeding. This kind of life is a producer in itself and should be easy to raise.
He stealthily approached the lakeside, and suddenly his psychic power spread out!
Silverwing has little intelligence, and its consciousness is very weak and simple. Therefore, Ye Yang suppressed a large area of Silverwing Oysters almost instantly.
Countless silver wings simply plummeted downwards.
At that instant, Ye Yang also withdrew his consciousness and used the extraction ability of the Gate of All Heavens.
"receive!"
Although the energy reaction was large and consumed a lot of Fate Points, Qian Yeyang didn't care about that.
The large number of silverwings that were breeding within the area, along with a portion of the scalding lake water and a large number of larvae, were directly captured.
The body and the egg were both contained within a sealing bead.
We'll just wait for the right time and the right environment to release them.
However, as soon as Ye Yang regained consciousness, countless Silverwing Oysters instantly went berserk.
"It doesn't matter anymore. The mission is complete, the spoils have been obtained, and it doesn't matter if this clone perishes here."
Ye Yang was not afraid at all, but he still maintained the resonance space-time state to conceal his aura.
Suddenly, as countless silver wings in the sky exerted their power simultaneously, Ye Yang's expression changed drastically.
He experienced dizziness and blurred vision.
The body begins to consume energy at a rate a thousand times faster, cells are generated and die at a rate a thousand times faster, and organs age at a rate a thousand times faster.
"What the hell?"
Ye Yang felt that the lifespan of his clone was being consumed at an alarming rate.
Perhaps a typical cosmic being can live for 10 years, but under these circumstances, he might die of old age in 100 years!
Through his connection with his clones, Ye Yang was able to calculate that the relative time flow between his consciousness and his clones was about 7.5 times, but the time flow of his body cells was 1000 times, which was quite strange.
"It seems to be due to the existence of a time gradient, thus being affected by some kind of time law effect."
Ye Yang dared not unleash his speed, so he could only conceal his aura and walk out step by step.
After the initial riot, the Silverwing Insect swarm, having found no target, had to give up and quickly returned to normal.
After getting away from the lake, Ye Yang looked at the small stack of silver wings he had collected and smiled.
"Although I don't know much about weapon crafting, I can use these silver wings as telekinetic weapons."
Ye Yang attempted to activate the innate runes on the Silver Wings.
After repeated failures, but continued attempts, half a month quickly passed. Because the time flow in the Abyss of Purgatory was relatively fast, it was equivalent to a few days in normal time.
120 silver wings clung tightly to Ye Yang's battle suit, their surface patterns emitting a bright silver luster, making it exquisitely beautiful.
"Time speeds up 120 times!"
As Ye Yang activated the innate runes within these silver wings, a certain power was generated, acting on every cell in his body—
brush!
His movements instantly turned into a blurry afterimage, reaching a level that was impossible for someone of the same level to see clearly.
In a flash, Ye Yang had already arrived a kilometer away.
"Fast! Too fast! It even exceeds my conscious reaction time."
Ye Yang quickly realized the problem: Silverwing's time acceleration talent seemed to only accelerate the body, with little effect on consciousness.
While his body accelerated 120 times in time, his consciousness was only accelerated a little over 5 times.
"Moreover, if I comprehend or wield a law, as long as I activate the power of that law, the time acceleration effect will plummet, depending on the power of the law."
Although there are still many drawbacks, Ye Yang was able to achieve a 120-fold acceleration effect by simply piecing together 120 silver wings, which is very powerful!
"Let's tentatively name this time-acceleration item, made using Silverwing, 'The Garment of Divine Speed.'"
"My next goal is to find those guys who attacked me before and get the equipment crafting method that can speed things up by tens of thousands of times."