Volume I: The Arrival of the Apocalypse Chapter 50: The Secret of the Space, Azure Wind Wolf

Xiang Chenguang asked with some puzzlement, "A three-layered space, what kind of state is that?"

He Wan also looked somewhat troubled as she replied, "It's just a feeling. I can't describe this state specifically in words. In short, through this spatial rift, three different worlds have established a connection with our world. It's just that the third spatial layer hasn't completely connected with our world yet, but numerous cracks have already formed on the spatial barrier."

This reminded Xiang Chenguang of the description of the second main quest, which stated that as time went on, increasingly powerful otherworldly creatures would invade the Earth. Previously, he had always assumed that these invading otherworldly creatures came from the same world, and that it was merely due to the system or some other mighty power that the entry of powerful otherworldly creatures into Earth's space had been restricted in the early stages of the apocalypse.

Now, it seemed things might be different from what he had imagined; the monsters invading Earth came from different worlds. In that case, what the system described likely meant that as time progressed, a growing number of distinct otherworldly realms would establish connections with the space where Earth was located and subsequently invade the planet.

According to Xianxia theories, only a world with a higher energy level could accommodate powerful individuals. Naturally, the higher a world's energy level, the stronger its spatial barrier, which was why the time of its connection to Earth's space would be later.

Xiang Chenguang opened the task panel of the Doomsday Survival System and carefully reviewed the description of the second main quest. Only then did he notice that on the display interface of the second main quest, aside from the quest countdown, a golden sphere had also appeared. The sphere was divided into two halves, currently empty inside, with only a wisp of mist slowly flowing in the corner at the bottom. Moreover, the two halves of the sphere were labeled with text: "East" on the left and "West" on the right.

He had no idea when this had appeared; it should be the display of the energy currently accumulated by the Eastern and Western Hemispheres in the global competition mentioned by the system. Right now, that wisp of mist in the spheres on both sides did not even fill the corner at the very bottom, so it was difficult to tell from this simple schematic diagram which hemisphere was currently in the lead.

At that moment, He Wan suddenly said, "Something is coming through. It's coming from the first spatial layer."

Xiang Chenguang hurriedly closed the Doomsday Survival System and looked toward the spatial rift, only to see a giant black scorpion crawling out of it. Clearly, the spatial rift was not just the oval sphere composed of disorderly glass fragments observed by the naked eye; otherwise, given the giant black scorpion's size, it would never have been able to squeeze through.

Seeing this, He Jie and Wei Wei, who had both reached level 9 in the previous battle and had added their mental attributes up to 11 points, were both eager to try.

Xiang Xiaoxiao looked at the black scorpion with a hint of disdain. Yesterday, when her mental attribute was only 7 points, she had dealt with a giant black scorpion using a single lightning ball. Now that her mental attribute had reached 11 points, she clearly felt her ability to control lightning had grown stronger, and she somewhat looked down upon such a defeated foe.

He Jie held his palm upward, his fingers slightly curled, as a ball of fire condensed above his palm and then gradually elongated into a flaming longsword. A wild and seductive smile appeared on his face as he pointed the sword at the giant black scorpion and shouted, "Fiend, I require you to aid my cultivation!" With that, gripping the flaming longsword, he rushed forward.

However, before he had run two steps, the giant black scorpion's whip-like tail lashed toward his neck with a sickle-shaped poisonous stinger flashing with a cold glint. He Jie faced the same problem as Wei Wei: prior to yesterday, they had primarily focused on adding physical constitution, and since yesterday, they had been continuously adding mental attributes without enhancing their agility attribute at all. Facing the lightning-fast stinger, he gripped the empty flaming longsword, utterly incapable of making an effective response.

A flash of silver light cut through the air, and the giant black scorpion's stinger was instantly severed. Following that, a silver flying wheel circled up and down along the scorpion's tail, slicing the tail piece by piece like a radish until it dropped to the ground. Amidst the harsh shrieks of the giant black scorpion, its pair of huge pincers was raised high. However, after the silver light swept past, those black pincers also fell to the ground segment by segment.

He Jie, whose cool demeanor had lasted less than three seconds, awkwardly dismissed the flaming longsword, scratched his head, and said, "Thank you, Boss Xiang, for saving my life once again."

Xiang Chenguang shook his head and said, "If you want to be a melee mage, you need to boost your agility attribute first."

The giant black scorpion, which had just arrived in the new world only to be blocked at the door by a group of evil forces, suffered consecutive heavy blows, and all its weapons were stripped away. Overcome with unbearable pain, it hurriedly turned to run, but before it had taken two steps, a sharp spike suddenly protruded from the ground, piercing a deep wound into its abdomen and nearly flipping it onto its back.

At this moment, He Jie condensed another ball of fire in his hand, which gradually flattened into a flaming flying wheel. Under his control, it rapidly slashed toward the giant black scorpion's head.

Just as it was about to hit, a grayish-black iron rod swept across and shattered the flaming flying wheel. He Jie looked at Xiang Chenguang in confusion and asked, "Boss Xiang, what are you..."

Xiang Chenguang said, "Conducting an experiment."

With that, he swung the iron rod, smashing all the limbs on the left side of the giant black scorpion, and then pushed the crippled giant black scorpion toward the spatial rift with the rod. The giant black scorpion, having completely lost its ability to struggle, left a long drag mark on the forest floor as it was pushed toward the oval sphere resembling glass fragments.

Just like the stone from earlier, the moment the giant black scorpion's body came into contact with the oval sphere, it began to disintegrate, sliced by an invisible force into microscopic particles invisible to the naked eye. Until nearly half of the giant black scorpion's body had been decomposed by the spatial rift, he swung his rod, sending its remaining half-section toward He Jie.

He Jie once again condensed a flaming flying wheel, chopping it onto the poor scorpion's head to end its misery. Looking at the battered corpse of the giant black scorpion, which was nearly cleaved in two by the flaming flying wheel, He Jie said in pleasant surprise, "Indeed, after my mental attribute exceeded 10 points, not only is my control over fire stronger, but the attack power of the flames I release is also higher."

Xiang Chenguang stroked his chin and muttered, "A one-way passage? What is the principle behind this? Why can things come out but not go in?"

After that, the five of them squatted outside the spatial rift. Every monster that invaded became a test subject for Xiang Xiaoxiao and the others to verify the power of their skills, as well as a source of psychic energy points for leveling up.

Until He Wan issued another warning: "More monsters are coming through. This time from the second spatial layer, everyone pay attention!"

As her voice trailed off, a pale cyan giant wolf leaped out of the spatial rift. Seeing the sea of bug corpses and the three figures led by Xiang Xiaoxiao holding iron shields in a semi-circular formation, the pale cyan giant wolf immediately lowered its body, baring its teeth and emitting a low growl.

Looking at the strange pale cyan fur and the giant wolf with a shoulder height of nearly one and a half meters, Xiang Chenguang said, "Pay attention, this is a Tier 1 creature, the Cyan Wind Wolf. It can manipulate wind elements to attack enemies and also use wind elements to accelerate itself. Both its attack and movement speeds are extremely fast."