Chapter 699 - 443: World Serpent [1]
Ultimately, it allows one to reach the Realm of "carrying yin while embracing yang, blending their energies into harmony."
However, when it came to something like a Great Dao...
A single True God could only comprehend one.
To condense a Yin Yang Dao Seed, one had to use the Secret Technique within it to seize another’s Great Dao.
This was the meaning behind the "heaven-stealing" part of the Yin Yang Heaven-Stealing Strategy—it could plunder the very creation of heaven and earth to condense yin and yang.
After Altdina obtained this Dharma Gate, she hunted down and killed the True God who was a Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent, seizing its Great Dao.
After all, in some respects, Light and Destruction also represented yin and yang.
Afterward, to eliminate the threat completely, Altdina slaughtered the rest of the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent clan.
This was why Altdina had instantly targeted Hu Qi the moment he appeared in the Sea of Sumeru.
However, successfully cultivating the Yin Yang Heaven-Stealing Strategy was also extremely difficult.
Even after tens of millions of years, Altdina was still just short of mastering it.
Otherwise, once the Yin Yang Dao Seed was condensed, her power would have surged, and she might even have stepped into the legendary Daoist Lord Realm.
"Interesting!"
Hu Qi’s eyes glinted.
’The Yin Yang Heaven-Stealing Strategy she mastered is profound. The Secret Technique it described for seizing another’s Great Dao and making it one’s own is particularly interesting.’
’My Spirit Devouring Talent can devour and obliterate Great Daos, but frankly, it just converts the Great Dao itself into a form of energy to fuel my body. It doesn’t allow me to retain the Traits of these Great Daos.’
’However, if I analyze this Yin Yang Heaven-Stealing Strategy Dharma Gate, could I further perfect my Divine Limit Heart Technique? To retain the Traits of those Great Daos?’
’Compared to simply devouring them, acquiring the power of the Great Daos themselves would undoubtedly be far more beneficial for me.’
The thought flashed through his mind.
Thinking of this, Hu Qi temporarily stopped digesting and obliterating the two Great Daos he had obtained from Altdina.
Whether he relied on his own analysis or used Crimson to modify it, he first needed to reach the Entry-Level of this Dharma Gate.
But that was not something that could be accomplished in a short time.
For now, he needed to leave this world first.
However, he soon discovered something.
’I can’t leave?’
He assessed the current situation, somewhat surprised.
The rules of this world had him trapped, making it impossible to force his way out.
The Waistcoat Pass Scroll only prevented his power from being suppressed by the world’s rules; it didn’t grant him immunity to its other laws.
One of this world’s rules was that it restricted all living creatures from leaving.
’Looks like I’ll need to find another way to get out of here.’
Hu Qi’s eyes glinted.
The peculiarity of this world had piqued his interest.
He decided to investigate this world’s situation first.
If all else failed, he could try contacting his Clone to redeem an item to get him out.
As he was thinking, suddenly...
WHIMPER...
A faint, whimpering sob echoed without warning, sounding exceptionally jarring in the silent ruins below.
Hu Qi’s eyes shifted, and he turned his head toward the source of the sound.
On the scorched ground below, a small, thin figure had appeared out of nowhere.
It was a little girl, covered in filth.
She was huddled in the corner of a broken wall, her tangled blonde hair splayed out like dead grass. Her faded dress was covered in dark-brown stains.
The tattered hem of her skirt trembled with her sobs, revealing slender calves mottled with bruises.
It seemed his earlier commotion had drawn her out.
But previously, under his Divine Sense, this thirty-kilometer area had clearly been deserted. There was no one there at all.
’So where did this little girl come from?’
As if sensing his gaze, the little girl, who had been sobbing with her head down, suddenly went still.
She slowly raised her head, the movement causing a few matted strands of hair to slide from her cheeks.
It revealed a pale, delicate, and pitiable face.
However, when her eyes met Hu Qi’s...
CRACK.
The corners of her mouth suddenly tore open to her ears, revealing a maw of ghastly, interlocking fangs.
Her eyes sank, the eyeballs gone, and from the empty sockets, a thick black liquid trickled down her face like tears.
"AAAAAHHH!!"
The little girl opened her mouth again.
But this time, it wasn’t a child’s cry, but a high-frequency, terrifying shriek.
The ground where she had been squatting caved in with a BOOM, and spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread for over a hundred meters.
The small figure had already become an afterimage, tearing through the air at a physics-defying speed as it shot toward Hu Qi.
In just a few moments, she was right in front of him.
𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
Just as she was about to reach him...
SPLAT!
Then, in the next instant, Hu Qi’s serpentine mouth opened slightly.
The little girl’s figure flew straight into his mouth.
He didn’t even need to swallow.
She went straight into his belly.
...
Witnessing this, to be honest, even Hu Qi was left a little speechless.
’I never expected there would be an idiot who would dare to dive right into my stomach.’
In a single breath, the little girl’s body had already half-melted, leaving only her upper torso.
However, she seemed to possess an incredibly terrifying Recovery Power.
Even as she was being digested, new tissue was growing to replace what was lost.
Unfortunately, it was still too slow.
Her rate of regeneration couldn’t keep up with his digestion at all.
All the while, she was still letting out a shrill shriek.
She was also attacking her surroundings.
However, to Hu Qi, an attack of her level was no different than being tickled.
It caused no damage whatsoever.
Combined with her constantly melting body, her once-terrifying shriek now sounded utterly wretched.