Like a creeping darkness, tentacles exuding a strange putrid smell surged towards the warrior's body overwhelmingly.
Staring at this scene, Joshua, who was bound by hundreds of green life energy radiation, remained expressionless. He allowed the other party to wrap him up in the package and then swallow him back into the belly of Herras.
Long before the high priest of the cult released his physical restraints and returned to his true form as a chaotic beast, a premonition flashed through the warrior's heart, and the fact was exactly what he thought. Herras really used his huge body to try to Swallow yourself into your belly.
In this case, Joshua just took advantage of his plan. In the past, he and Herras were evenly matched in several head-to-head confrontations, and even fell into a slight disadvantage. Now, taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness to make an internal breakthrough, the chance of winning may be a little higher, so after using the energy around the body to protect the whole body, , the warrior did not resist much, and was swallowed up by the opponent.
The strange black substance kept rubbing against the life energy shield on Joshua's body. As the two eroded and repelled each other, violent explosions occurred again and again, but the violent shock waves did not break through this layer of seemingly invisible energy. The fragile and strange flesh and blood only held it up for a moment, made a big bubble, and then bounced back to its original position.
"This corrosive power will take at least dozens of hours to break through my life energy shield."
Although Joshua believes that relying entirely on skills and power systems created by others will constrain the progress and development of his own power, this does not mean that he will completely abandon them. In fact, warriors often use these skills The essence of it, and then fight in your own way.
For example, the life energy shock wave he used against Herlas before was a combination of at least thirty core techniques of concentrated energy burst combat skills, and the life energy shield he is using now to protect his whole body is also [ Sun Flame Protection] [Tidal Surge] and [Steel Energy Shield] are a complex of more than a dozen powerful defensive skills. It can effectively isolate all non-vital energy, shield and purify most curses and weakening, and can also Provides attribute protection similar to the power of God.
Even in the void outside the world, the stomach of the legendary beast, and all the most dangerous Jedi, Joshua believed that he could sustain it for a long time. Although Herras's belly was terrifying, it had not reached that point yet.
But for some reason, a few seconds passed, and the strong squeezing and life energy erosion that the warrior was waiting for did not come. On the contrary, Herras even stopped all actions.
"Wait, something's wrong!"
While he was doubting and thinking, Joshua suddenly felt a strange fluctuation coming from his surroundings, and an inexplicable sense of danger, which immediately made the alarm sound in his heart.
This is the fluctuation of time and space teleportation!
The soldier's judgment was indeed correct. What came from the endless black flesh and blood around him was indeed violent fluctuations in time and space. Moreover, before Joshua could use all his strength to break free from the constraints of time and space, Herras, who had been prepared for a long time, pushed forward with all his strength. The kinetic energy directly forcibly teleports away the warrior and the flesh and blood within a radius of five meters around him.
At the same time, the dark giant beast that was originally entrenched on the banks of the Maghe Bufrog River and was rapidly devouring and assimilating the surrounding sand and gravel also stopped all actions and stood frozen on the spot, with all the dark green giant eyes on its body. Merge one by one and absorb the free energy around the body into the body.
Herras stopped all actions in the outside world. He completely withdrew all his power and focused his attention on his own body.
Or another world.
And another small world.
Time and space were distorted, fluctuations spread, and a dark gap opened, and Joshua had been teleported here.
— Misstep!
The warrior originally thought that when Herras swallowed him, he wanted to use his stronger vitality to forcibly assimilate or corrode him, or to use various terrifying and powerful plague magic attacks to break him down. After all, Herras He is a high priest of a cult. His use of the evil plague method must be at the master level in Joshua's opinion. However, before this, he has been using warrior methods to fight against him. This is very abnormal.
But he never expected that the belly of the chaotic beast transformed by Herras was not a digestive organ that dissolved all things, but a passage leading to subspace!
There are countless worlds in the multiverse, and on the outer layer of each world, there are many small attached worlds and narrow time and space channels. These are the so-called demiplanes and secret realms. The most famous of them is where the gods live. The boundless heaven, the fairy land of fairies, and the next level are various subspaces.
The difference between subspace and demiplane is not big. It is a small world created by a powerful being in the void to imitate demiplane. There are often powerful spellcasters on the Mycroft continent who open up subspace to place mage towers. space. Although the initial space of the subspace is not large, it can even be said to be very small, and may not be comparable to a room of space equipment, but the subspace will continue to grow as the holder's power increases, until finally, it may become a real half-space possible.
The subspace created by Herras is naturally not small. Joshua discovered this when he was completely teleported here. Thinking of this, the warrior snorted coldly. He punched out and teleported here at the same time. , the black flesh and blood wrapped around him exploded into fragments all over the sky.
But what was revealed in front of him was a strange world.
This is a colorful world, with towering weird fungal canopies covering the sky, and pieces of heterochromatic spore mist pouring out from it to fill the world. And above the ground, countless black, gray, cockroach-ant-like alien insects are swarming in all kinds of ways. It digs and shuttles through similar molds and moss, using its own body fluids and fungi to build huge triangular insect nests one after another.
Incomparable majestic energy surges in this small world, and shocking vitality flows in every insect, every fungus and moss. Looking up, there is an almost endless vitality frenzy that even suffocates Joshua. It turns into a pale star ring in the sky and surrounds everything, providing endless power to everything.
"..." After exhaling, Joshua squinted his eyes. He looked around at everything around him. Life radiation like the sun's rays originated from his eyes and swept towards the surroundings, exploring everything around him.
But originally in the Mycroft Continent, it could easily penetrate the snowy mountains and the earth, and directly detect the life radiation of the golden monster 1,500 meters underground. In this small world of Herras, it can only be separated from the body for less than five seconds. Ten meters away, in this artificial alien world created by others, the energy floating in the air is completely out of Joshua's control. He feels that his body is enduring the obstruction, rejection and corrosion of this space all the time. The warrior just stands On this land, we need to mobilize all our strength, let alone detect intelligence.
But even so, he also noticed an important message.
"these things?!"
Shocked to himself, Joshua frowned and looked at the fungus spores floating in the air. He stretched out his hand and took a piece of purple spore mist. The warrior let go of the life energy shield on his right hand and let it touch to your own skin.
And in the next moment, a clear tingling sensation came from his hand. Joshua stared at his right hand. The iron fist, which was originally stronger than steel and could be said to be indestructible, had been corroded by the strange spores and had dense holes. In this large pit that can instantly cause secret fear patients to coma, countless tiny fungi grow at the speed of breathing. They devour Joshua's flesh and blood, using his vitality as fertilizer, and quickly reach maturity.
And just when the pieces of fungi were about to open their umbrellas and spread their spores again, the flames of fighting spirit flashed, and the fungus on the warrior's right fist was instantly wiped away, and Joshua's right hand returned to its original shape. , not a single scar was visible. He raised his head again and looked at the spore mist in mid-air that covered most of the small world, and he suddenly became more vigilant than before.
"Not just fungi, all the creatures here are the incarnation of a certain kind of plague!"
Through powerful life force radiation analysis, Joshua has seen through most of the life essence here.
The spore mist floating all over the sky is the carrier of dozens of horrific plagues. Among them are fungi that can grow rapidly using flesh and blood as fertilizer, and there are also plagues that can control the human brain and turn intelligent creatures into zombies. And there are many molds and mosses on the earth. , is also a terrifying fungus that can corrode steel rocks and turn cities into ruins. The various strange insects that shuttle among them are also home to countless potent viruses.
Black blood disease, which is familiar to soldiers, is also among them. The carrier of this horrible germ is an insect that flies in the air and feeds on fungus spores. It has a steel-like carapace and a tail needle about twenty centimeters long. The whole thing looked like a giant gray-black wasp, making an annoying buzz in the air.
This is not the empty land created by ordinary powerful people. This small world contains a mature and complete ecosystem. Producers and consumers at all levels have established a closed and cyclic food chain, but everything in it All participants - deadly plague
But at this time, it was not the time to care about this.
Slowly raising his head, Joshua looked into the air.
Countless insects were flying, the spore mist was scattered, and a human figure appeared in front of the warrior with the help of the life energy in the surrounding air.
Malice, murderous intent, and desire to survive—the terrifying willpower that is so huge that it seems to be materializing is spreading in all directions. Countless insects in this world have stopped because of this will. The giant flies flying in the air are no longer flapping their wings and are pushing the slime mold. The ants also allowed their food to roll into the mold, and even the giant fungi that were so tall that they almost touched the ceiling of this small world also stopped the process of spreading spores and paid a 'respectful' greeting to this figure.
The high priest of the plague cult, Herras the Blighter, appeared in front of Joshua again.
"You are the first to enter my world."
Compared to the body in Mycroft's continent, the high priest of the cult who appeared in this small world looked younger. His face seemed to be less than twenty years old, and his tone finally showed emotional fluctuations, and his deep voice passed between , seemed to have a hint of curiosity and emotion: "Joshua, as expected of you, if you were an ordinary person, you would be devoured by my children the moment you enter this world."
As Herras spoke, the world seemed to echo his voice, and countless insects and fungi buzzed, praising its harmony. At this time, in this plague world, there is no doubt that he is the creator. The incarnation of the will of the world.
And Joshua also understood why Herras had been running rampant in the western mountains for decades, killing and exterminating countless life groups, destroying countless cities and villages, and his accumulated vitality was only a few more than he had in just two years. Just times. Looking at this world, you can tell that the high priest of this cult has invested most of the vitality he absorbed into it, and combined with the supreme magic of the plague cult, turned it into a complete evil ecosystem!
His wisdom and energy are completely invested in this plague world, so in the outside world, he is as rigid and indifferent as a machine, not caring about anything, because he simply has no energy to go out into the outside world and walk on the Mycroft continent. It's just a body housing huge power.
Only here can you see the true appearance of Herras.
"Life is both the most fragile and the most tenacious."
Condescendingly, looking down at the warriors who were waiting, the young cult high priest raised his hand. He looked at the palm prints on his palm and said in a weak voice: "My parents died because of my ability, but I became stronger. , I understood this.”
He shifted his gaze and looked at Joshua. The invisible aura surged away, sweeping away all the spore mist and insects between the two. Black-red life flames surged up bit by bit on the warrior's body. , and circles of dim black mist began to appear around Herras.
"Do you know the nature of the plague?"
But before the battle, he suddenly asked, with a sincere tone, as if he was just a curious child.
But before Joshua could answer, Herras asked himself again: "That is a selfish life."
His eyes bloomed with light like a new star. This light was so pure that the warrior even understood what he wanted to say next.
Life is about plundering and killing each other. It means surviving as much as possible, reproducing as much as possible, and expanding as much as possible. This is true for everything—and you and I are no exception.
At this moment, Joshua finally understood the nature of the human form in front of him. That is not a void that annihilates everything, but a life that is extremely selfish and devours all life just for its own survival.
And the great plague demon, the evil god, Herras the Blighter stood in mid-air. He looked down at the warrior and chuckled.
"I am life, Herras."
"The cancer of all things, the enemy of all living beings."
"The greatest plague in the world."
"I am the embodiment of life!"
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