Free Web NovelChapter 311: Chapter 231: Sparkling Starlight
HSSSSSS~
Amidst the shimmering azure light, the struggling Gorging Worms all turned to dust and vanished without a trace.
With the destruction of the last Gorging Worm, the sky-full of azure chains shot back into the air. A cyan light flashed in Qingyao’s Dragon Eyes as it retracted all several hundred chains.
"CLANG~"
Qingyao let out a long draconic cry, the glowing flames coiling around its body dimming slightly before it turned to look at Han Ning.
"Impressive, Elder Qingyao."
Han Ning couldn’t help but give it a thumbs-up, then turned to Ah Yu behind him and asked,
"The Gorging Worms guarding the gate probably aren’t completely dead yet. They’re heavily injured and hiding beneath Night Nether City. What should we do next?"
He judged that the Gorging Worms weren’t dead because there were no corresponding Soul Beast Crystal Stones on the ground. Plus, with so many worms, he couldn’t rule out the possibility that some offshoots had burrowed underground ahead of time.
Ah Yu’s eyes were wide, clearly not having recovered from the shock of seeing Qingyao so cleanly defeat the Gorging Worms.
"Th-That’s it? The guardians were defeated just like that?"
Only when Han Ning waved a hand in front of her face several times did the look of shock in her eyes finally fade. Her gaze toward Han Ning was now filled with even greater awe. She couldn’t help but half-bow as she spoke.
"To enter the Nether Fire Wall, you need the bloodline of the Alatake Clan. Otherwise, the moment you step inside, your spirit will be completely incinerated by the endless Nether Fire."
"So we just walk right in?" Han Ning pressed.
"Lord Han Ning... I-I don’t know. The Alataku People are the most powerful Race in the Abyss, after all. The specific method for entering Night Nether City isn’t something a mere Beast Master from the Hexagon Race like me would know," Ah Yu said cautiously.
It was understandable that Ah Yu didn’t know the method to enter the city. ’It’s perfectly normal that she doesn’t know.’
’It would be stranger if some random person off the street knew the real way in.’
Han Ning thought for a moment and didn’t press her further. Instead, he had the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm take out the purified blood of the Shadow Reaper it had been storing. Then, he said to the Little Fatty Silkworm, "Use this blood to simulate an Alataku person."
The appearance of the Alataku People wasn’t top secret. Akatos and its Beast Master alone had seen real Alataku People, and their likenesses were also on the murals in the ruins of Mist Deep Valley.
Therefore... creating a Puppet with the physical characteristics of an Alataku person wouldn’t be difficult.
Receiving Han Ning’s command, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm immediately shot out purple, fleshy tendrils. Beside them, it quickly wove together a humanoid Puppet about 1.8 meters tall. Its skin was snow-white, and its cheeks were tattooed with six black markings shaped like sharp blades. It had long, slender arms and sharp fingernails.
Seeing this bizarre scene, Ah Yu, who was off to the side, was so frightened she prostrated herself on the ground, muttering incessantly in a language of the Abyss that Han Ning couldn’t understand.
"First, try walking into the Nether Fire."
Han Ning pointed at the Wall of Nether Fire raging before them.
"Jiji!"
The Alatak Puppet immediately let out a cry, then quickly shook its head and whispered, "Migu~"
Under the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s control, the Puppet plunged headfirst into the Nether Fire Wall.
WHOOSH~
Where the Puppet charged in, tongues of purple flame rolled outward, and a ceaseless tide of fire enveloped its body.
Han Ning, who had been watching intently, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his mind and subconsciously reached up to touch his forehead.
A wisp of illusory purple flame had bizarrely appeared on his fingertip, burning silently.
His pupils contracted as he felt his Spiritual Power being rapidly consumed at the same time.
"Quick, sever the Spiritual Linkage! Stop controlling that Puppet!" he transmitted to the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm without any hesitation.
"Jiji!"
As the one in control, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had also been attacked by the Nether Fire. It writhed in pain inside Han Ning’s body as it hurriedly severed its connection with the Puppet.
Fortunately, the Nether Fire that had drilled into his mind through the Spiritual Linkage wasn’t very Vigorous. Han Ning used his pure Spiritual Power to extinguish it directly.
Although Nether Fire used Spiritual Power as fuel, hitting the flames with a massive amount of Spiritual Power all at once could still extinguish them.
This was also why Ah Yu had dared to touch the scattered Nether Fire motes earlier.
’Looks like our Spiritual Power is more like firewood to the Nether Fire, not gasoline.’
After dealing with the Nether Fire problem, Han Ning frowned, staring at the Puppet that had long since fallen out of his control and collapsed inside the Nether Fire Wall.
Evidently, the bloodline concentration in the purified blood of the Shadow Reaper was not high enough.
"Eee-eee~"
Just then, Fei Lin, who had been staying quietly with Yin Yi, suddenly came forward, tugged on Han Ning’s sleeve, and pointed at the wall of fire.
"...You want to try?" Seeing this, Han Ning hesitated.
The Nether Fire’s ability was too bizarre; he was worried something unexpected would happen to Fei Lin if she entered the wall of fire.
"Eee-eee!" Fei Lin nodded, continuously making a pulling motion with her hands.
"Mm-hmm... Are you saying... some mysterious power inside is calling to you?" Han Ning’s expression was strange.
’If my theory is correct, Fei Lin isn’t actually an Alataku person, but most likely an "experiment" created by them.’
’The fierce and cruel pot-bellied man from the Spiritual Mark seemed more like an Alataku person.’
"No rush. Let’s run an experiment first." As he thought about it, Han Ning’s eyes suddenly lit up.
’If Fei Lin has a higher-grade bloodline, I can just have the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm extract some of it, create a Puppet, and toss it in to see what happens.’
’There’s a risk of being tainted by the Nether Fire, but it’s better than Fei Lin going into the Nether Fire Wall and dying instantly.’
