Use first and repay later: Advance the future cultivation fruits

Chapter 295: 155, The Truth About Earth Apocalypse

[You have entered Sky Island 01399, one chance used, nine chances remaining]

[While within the Sky Island range, once you exit the Second Cosmic Network, you will be expelled from the Sky Island]

As soon as he entered the Sky Island, two messages immediately surfaced in Lin Qing’s mind.

Then, he passed through the mist enveloping the Sky Island, and his vision opened up.

Inside this Sky Island, there was a lake spanning tens of kilometers, with a small island in the center and a small stone house on the island.

“The Holy Text inheritance should be on Lake Heart Island…” Lin Qing guessed in his heart.

From the information he had gathered in the past few months, anyone fitting the criteria who enters the special area within the Sky Island would naturally obtain the Holy Text inheritance.

Some lucky individuals might even meet the Guardian of the Sky Island, suspected to be an intelligent life form left behind by prehistoric Earth civilizations.

This Lake Heart Island was clearly the most distinctive place within the entire lake.

“Huh?”

Just as Lin Qing appeared above the lake, he felt himself start to fall uncontrollably, as if the flying ability brought by his domain had failed.

A prohibited flying state?

He had heard various situations about treasure trials and immediately understood this should be a prohibited flying state.

Although unaware of the specific circumstances of each Sky Island, he was already prepared.

As light coalesced, a huge circular shield appeared under his feet, landing precisely on the water’s surface, supporting his body.

Immediately, Lin Qing drove the shield swiftly toward Lake Heart Island.

The domain remained constantly unfolded.

Suddenly——

A melodious song came from the depths of the lake, seemingly both instrumental and vocal, beautiful and ethereal.

Lin Qing suddenly felt a drowsy impulse, but with his strong spiritual will and consciousness strength, a slight activation of telekinesis defense completely dispelled the drowsiness.

“A mental method?”

He pondered silently, “Quite powerful. Ordinary original life forms would likely fall asleep after listening for a while, and Inspectors would probably faint instantly.”

Resisting mental methods mainly relies on will, and as one’s life level enhances, consciousness also strengthens, making resistance easier.

Telekinesis can also block external mental intrusion before the adversary’s methods take effect.

After all, his consciousness was already at the original life form level, with an extremely strong will. A slight activation of telekinesis defense caused no significant impact.

“Roar!!!”

At this moment, the lake surface exploded violently, raising monstrous waves, and a gigantic monster, part snake part leech, at least three to four meters thick of unknown length, surged forward with the waves, opening its bloodthirsty mouth to devour Lin Qing.

Lin Qing thought quickly.

The hazy Light Domain instantly unfolded; at that moment, the water droplets, waves, and monster… everything around seemed to freeze, immobilized by invisible force.

Simultaneously, a streaming ray of light sliced through, instantly decapitating the monster.

“Splash!”

Foul-smelling dark green blood sprayed out, yet the monstrous snake-like creature’s aura did not diminish much and even fiercely resisted the domain.

“Hmm?” Lin Qing showed a trace of surprise.

More Divine Weapons transformed into shimmering blades, rotating like frenzied meat grinders, quickly shredding the snake-like monster into numerous pieces.

Feeling the monster’s aura dissipate, Lin Qing relaxed slightly, and the Black Flame ceased burning.

The domain itself incurred no cost, but the Black Flame Burning’s life force expenditure was immense.

Since the Black Flame transformed into an original form, its power grew stronger, and the life force consumed by Black Flame Burning increased significantly, while lifespan growth remained modest.

Now, it could only sustain four to fifty seconds.

This made him realize why this racial talent was so terrifying, evolving rapidly but causing quicker death with each evolution.

If it were reality, it wouldn’t matter much, as continuously reviving the Black Flame was possible with his rapid recovery.

But currently, his consciousness resided within the Second Cosmic Network. Once Black Flame’s life force exhausted, he would need to exit the Second Cosmic Network to revive it, which was troublesome.

And within the Sky Island range, once exiting the Second Cosmic Network, he’d be expelled from the Sky Island.

Without the consciousness amplification from Black Flame Burning, the domain power would drop to a tenth, no longer a significant advantage.

“Use it sparingly, four to fifty seconds is enough…”

Lin Qing glanced at the monster’s fragments sinking into the lake, slightly frowning: “What kind of monster is this? The aura is only at the Awakened Being level, yet so strong?”

He could sense the monster’s aura solely at the Awakened Being level, but its strength surpassed many Inspectors by far.

Even Black Flame, before assuming a divine position, wasn’t this strong, nor without the cost of burning life.

An Awakened Being without a divine position, achieving such strength on its own, was unfathomable.

“Could it be the Celestial Vault Islands adjusted the monster’s strength?”

Lin Qing speculated but found it improbable that the Celestial Vault Islands would make such an adjustment. Otherwise, why not use a familiar monster instead of creating a new one better suited for trials, like an intelligent human?

In a virtual space, even ordinary humans could be adjusted to punch through mountains.

“Perhaps such monsters truly existed in prehistoric Earth civilizations…”

Lin Qing secretly guessed while continuing to ride the shield toward Lake Heart Island.