CHAPTER 699: CHAPTER 627: CAPTURE A MUTANT BEAST TO GUARD THE MOUNTAIN

"Speaking of folding, at first glance, they’re just trees standing twenty to thirty meters tall, seemingly without any oddities.

Only he, often inhabiting the Nightmare Puppet to perceive space, although he hadn’t even scratched the surface of the Space Law, had a sensitivity to space far beyond that of an ordinary Transcendent.

He slowly approached, the intersecting spaces shielding his senses.

It was eerily silent all around, no chirps of birds or insects.

He walked for several minutes, and still, the lush trees surrounded him, their branches and foliage varying, yet giving off the impression they were all cut from the same mold.

Very strange.

Tang Yu furrowed his brow.

With merely his LV0.00001 spatial proficiency, breaking through the folded space was nearly impossible.

Unless inhabiting the Nightmare Puppet, which possessed a higher spatial affinity, he could determine the source of the folded space.

But,

Too troublesome!

Mid-air, a surging momentum swept around, a pale golden light spreading rapidly like golden waves.

Buzz—

Under the pressure of the King’s Domain, the folded space became extremely fragile, fracturing inch by inch within moments.

The scene before his eyes changed abruptly, no longer an endless sea of trees, but now, within that forest, there was a dazzling blue lake.

Above the lake,

A blue, fat-headed fish swam through the air.

In an instant, space shattered like glass, and the rotating, leaping fat-headed fish paused, flipping over, fish and man eyeing each other.

Tang Yu’s eyes were small, in front of this fish that was at least tens of meters long.

He had never imagined that in this forest, rare even for Mutant Beasts, there would exist a Transcendent Tier fat-headed fish.

Under the folded space, he hadn’t noticed anything unusual.

Following the oddly shaped body of the fat-headed fish upwards, Tang Yu saw a gray pearl.

Confirming with a look, it was the Crystal of Law Fragment.

"Found it!"

Taking a step that covered hundreds of meters, he reached out for the gray pearl on the fat-headed fish’s head.

The fat-headed fish reacted quickly, emitting an indescribable weird noise.

"Burrp~"

Its chubby head swelled up, spouting a stream of water that twisted like a vortex, ready to devour him.

Chop!

Tang Yu transformed into a sword, and a robust Sword Qi sliced through the vortex, with raindrops pouring down.

Seizing the opportunity, the fat-headed fish flicked its fin, darting swiftly away, its speed not inferior to avian Mutant Beasts.

Its tail slapped the water, creating a two to three meters thick Water Dragon that roared towards him.

Tang Yu spread his fingers, and an even larger Fire Dragon roared past, evaporating the Water Dragon in the blink of an eye.

At the same time,

The King’s Domain contracted, the domain power like an invisible giant hand, tightly grasping the fat-headed fish.

He took another Instant Step.

"Caught it... huh??"

His hand passed right through the fat-headed fish’s body, as though through a projection.

The fat-headed fish emerged from virtualization, its huge mouth opening wide, a terrifying suction force accompanied by a hurricane-like whirlwind, making his body sway.

Whoosh!

A silver sword light slashed out, once again passing through the body of the fat-headed fish.

Boom—

The ground tore open a trench nearly a hundred meters long.

Seeing this, Tang Yu increased the output of his domain power, an indescribable force enveloping the fat-headed fish. Yet, he never forced it out from its virtual space.

"Its virtualization, the real body is probably located in the Deep Space; unless proficient in spatial abilities, it’s difficult to force it out from there."

The Nightmare Puppet too could enter the Deep Space, but its ability to switch between reality and virtual wasn’t as agile as the fat-headed fish’s.

Tang Yu felt somewhat fortunate that he had come in his true form, for if it were an Avatar, under the oppression of this plane, it would likely be difficult to capture this slippery fat-headed fish.

Once it escaped, there was almost no chance of finding it again.

Even now,

If the plump fish had directly escaped into the Deep Void, it would have been difficult for him to pursue.

However,

observing the plump fish periodically reveal itself from Virtualization and incessantly harass, while showing a humanized mocking expression.

Tang Yu laughed.

A cluster of glazed flames ignited at his fingertips.

In an instant, the flame crossed the space and landed on the plump fish.

The plump fish, maintaining 50% transparency of its body, showed no fear until...

"Ying—"

A piercing scream echoed.

No matter how it deepened its Virtualization, that small cluster of flame still clung to it.

In the blink of an eye,

the plump fish was forced out of Virtualization by the Glazed Flame.

Tang Yu slowly approached, reached out, and took the gray pearl from the forehead of the plump fish.

In that moment,

he seemed to see the lines of space, and with those past experiences of embodying the Nightmare, he gained a new understanding.

As Tang Yu was experiencing the intricacies of space, the plump fish panicked.

It couldn’t extinguish the strange flames no matter what, and the burning pain was unbearable, a severe pain emanating from the soul.

"Ying ying ying—"

Tang Yu regained his senses only to find the plump fish making a pitiful sound, with tears the size of beans falling.

It seemed... to be acting cute?

The problem is, you look a bit too miserable!

However,

Tang Yu thought for a moment, "This plump fish naturally possesses space abilities and ordinary Transcendent Tier can unleash Combat Power matching that of a Senior Transcendent. Its survivability is even stronger, careful enough to escape from a Domain Level expert..."

Sadly, it met him.

Such a highly talented fish with not low intelligence, roasting it directly seemed a bit wasteful?

The plump fish trembled violently, even more terrified.

"So... come on, sign this soul-selling Contract."

A golden parchment appeared out of thin air, floating in front of the plump fish.

The plump fish glared at him.

Life is precious, freedom is more valuable!

As a fish that soared freely through the wind, it would rather die, drown in a lake, but never...

"Ying!"

The plump fish brushed against the Contract, and instantly, golden light burst forth.

Tang Yu withdrew the Glazed Flame with his hand, controlling its power. The injury to the plump fish wasn’t severe, only its soul was scorched, and its aura still somewhat weak.

With its treasure stolen, and forced to sign a soul-selling Contract, it felt as though its fish life had no love left.

Tang Yu glanced at the plump fish, pondered for a moment, "Perfect, from now on, you’ll be the Guardian Mountain Spirit Beast of the Immortal Gate, touched or not?"

The plump fish reluctantly nodded its head.

"As a Guardian Mountain Spirit Beast, you can’t still be called plump fish. Let me think, I’ll give you a more imposing name, let’s call you Kun... and you also have Virtualization ability, so together you’ll be called Void Kun, no objections, right?"

...

Black Seam Valley.

Several minutes had passed since Tang Yu had flown away, and the gloomy old man was very anxious.

This area was all his territory, what exactly did the Immortal Gate Master want to do!

"I think we should quickly leave the valley and explore the surrounding environment," he suggested.

Yuan Hu frowned, "We are not clear about the outside of the valley, it’s better to wait until Sect Master Tang returns."

"The wolves are all dead, what danger could there be—"

The gloomy old man hadn’t finished his sentence,

in the distance,

a golden sun slowly rose, its majesty making everyone present tremble in their souls.

With a splat,

the gloomy old man’s knees buckled, overwhelmed.