System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

228: Rock Outpost, Mother Nest ArmyOn the Ancient Path, the spatial turbulence raged like stormy waves.

Ye Chen carried the weakened Watcher Xi on his back, his Chaos Domain surrounding him like an indestructible skiff, traversing rapidly through the bizarre and fragmented space-time along the spatial beacon guided by that metal fragment.

The deeper they went, the more shocking the surrounding scenery became.

The floating world wreckage became denser; many were not naturally destroyed but showed horrific traces of being gnawed and sucked by some massive mouthparts, with disgusting, viscous liquid containing corrosive energy remaining at the cross-sections.

In the Void Realm, strange, translucent spores resembling jellyfish began to appear; they seemed capable of absorbing the energy of the spatial turbulence, emitting weak yet aggressive life fluctuations.

These were all offspring or reconnaissance units spread by the World-Devouring Mother Nest! Clearly, the erosion range of the World-Devouring Mother Nest was even broader than expected!

Xi lay on Ye Chen’s back, her pale face filled with worry. She forced herself to stay alert, pointing out the direction for Ye Chen while intermittently speaking of the terror of the World-Devouring Mother Nest:

”The Mother Nest... is not a living creature... but a... ’Void’... conceived... rule-level... devouring tool...”

”It can... secrete... ’Assimilation Mucus’... to erode... world barriers... breaking them down into... the most basic... energy and matter...”

”It can also... hatch... endless... ’Predators’... they... have no fear... know no fatigue... living only to... devour... and destroy...”

Ye Chen’s gaze was cold, his Divine Sense like the most precise radar, scanning ahead.

He could already feel a vast, chaotic, and terrifying will filled with pure desire for consumption, like a dark tide, permeating from the depths of space-time ahead.

Accompanying this will were countless teeth-grinding sounds of gnawing, the roar of energy explosions, and desperate cries and roars!

The Seventh Outpost was right ahead! The battle was still raging!

He accelerated again, driving his Chaos Limitless Steps and the Law of space to the extreme, instantly crossing several layers of twisted space-time faults!

The scene before his eyes suddenly opened up, yet it was heart-wrenching!

It was a relatively stable floating continent pieced together from countless massive, mountain-like dark yellow rocks—the Bedrock Outpost!

Standing on the outpost were simple yet sturdy massive rock fortresses, their surfaces engraved with defensive runes emitting thick, earthy yellow light.

However, at this moment, this supposedly indestructible outpost was caught in a desperate defensive battle!

The entire outpost was wrapped in a boundless, wriggling dark red ”flesh blanket” that seemed alive!

This flesh blanket was precisely an extension of the World-Devouring Mother Nest’s main body!

Countless thick, vessel-like tentacles extended from the flesh blanket, adhering to the rock barriers of the outpost, continuously secreting dark green assimilation mucus, corroding the defensive runes, and gnawing at the hard rock!

Under the mucus, the rock rapidly softened and decomposed, turning into pure energy that was absorbed by the flesh blanket!

And upon the flesh blanket, countless ”Predators” surged like a tide!

They took various forms; some were like giant insects with hideous carapaces and sharp mouthparts; others were like twisted mollusks capable of spraying corrosive acid; and some floated in mid-air like giant eyeballs, firing mental rays that disrupted the mind!

They frantically assaulted the crumbling defensive light screen of the outpost fortress, fiercely battling the defenders atop the fortress!

The defenders were a group of giants over five zhang tall, composed entirely of some kind of dark yellow crystal with knotted muscles—the Bedrock Giants!

They roared, swinging rock warhammers or giant axes that were like small mountains; each strike cleared a large area of Predators, their strength terrifyingly immense!

There were also some giants wearing simple priest robes, chanting ancient incantations, drawing upon the power of the earth to reinforce the defensive light screen, or summoning massive stone spikes to burst forth from the flesh blanket!

The battle was tragic to the extreme!

Bedrock Giants kept falling under the siege of the Predators, their massive bodies instantly devoured, even their crystal bones crushed and absorbed!

The Predators suffered countless casualties, their corpses piling up like mountains, only to be quickly recycled and decomposed by the flesh blanket, converted into nutrients to hatch new Predators!

This was a war of attrition! And clearly, the World-Devouring Mother Nest held an absolute advantage!

Its main body was nearly endless, and the Predators were impossible to kill off completely! The fall of the Bedrock Outpost seemed to be only a matter of time!

At the very center and atop the highest fortress of the outpost, a massive war flag made of unknown animal hide was already tattered, yet it was still held firmly in the hands of an exceptionally tall Bedrock Giant, snapping in the wind!

The giant was covered in deep scars, yet his aura remained as steady and heavy as a mountain; every roar he let out inspired the morale of the warriors around him, and every swing of his hammer temporarily held back the offensive in an area!

He was the commander of this outpost!

Ye Chen’s arrival immediately drew the attention of both warring sides!

The unique Origin fluctuations of the Chaos Domain, which were completely out of place in this environment filled with the aura of consumption and destruction, became the focus instantly, like a lighthouse ignited in the darkness!

”Roar?! A new... energy source?! Devour! Evolve!” At the center of the flesh blanket, a more greedy and violent will locked onto Ye Chen. Countless Predators, like sharks smelling blood, immediately split into a torrent and lunged toward Ye Chen!

Intermingled among them were several exceptionally thick, dark red tentacles with chrysanthemum-like mouthparts at their tips, strangling forward like giant pythons!

The Bedrock Giant commander atop the fortress, upon seeing Ye Chen, and especially upon sensing the weak yet familiar aura of Xi on his back, felt a surge of unbelievable surprise and... final hope erupt in his bloodshot rock eyes!

”Watcher... My Lady?! And... this is... the aura of Chaos?! Reinforcements?!!”

He let out a heaven-shaking roar, his voice filled with the excitement of finding life in a desperate situation, ”Warrior! Please help my Bedrock clan! Defend the outpost! Otherwise... the Ancient Path defense line... will collapse at one corner!”

Ye Chen did not respond; his actions were the best answer!

Facing the surging torrent of Predators and the strangling tentacles, he didn’t even stop walking; he simply formed a sword with his fingers and lightly slashed forward.

”Space—Fault!”

”Hum—!”

A silver thread, spanning the Void Realm and seemingly subtle yet incredibly clear, suddenly appeared with the movement of his fingertips!

The torrent of Predators lunging forward collided with this silver thread; the spatial structure in front of it seemed to be ”erased” out of thin air, forming an impassable absolute chasm!

The Predators charging at the very front were instantly swallowed and annihilated by the fractured space, while those behind collided in terror with the corpses in front, falling into Chaos!

As for the few strangling tentacles, the moment they touched the space fault, their incredibly tough bodies, capable of crushing stars, were silently severed from the middle, the cross-sections smooth as mirrors, with dark red fluid gushing out!

The power of a single sword (finger) strike was truly terrifying!

Ye Chen did not stop, carrying Xi on his back, like a sharp sword tearing through the black tide, heading straight toward the besieged core fortress!

Wherever he passed, the Chaos Domain expanded naturally; those Predators attempting to approach, whether through physical attacks or energy blasts, were forcibly decomposed and assimilated the moment they touched the Chaos currents, becoming nutrients for the Domain!

Like a war god descended to the world, he carved a straight path through the endless enemy tide!

The Bedrock Giant commander atop the fortress was stirred with emotion and roared, ”Open the barrier! Welcome the reinforcements!”

The crumbling defensive light screen briefly opened a gap in front of Ye Chen.

Ye Chen flashed, and with Xi on his back, landed steadily on top of the fortress, standing before the giant commander.

”Watcher Xi, and... this Chaos Walker!”

The giant commander’s voice was like muffled thunder, filled with immense excitement and respect. He glanced at the weak but conscious Xi on Ye Chen’s back, then looked at Ye Chen, especially sensing his unfathomable aura and the terrifying strength he had just displayed, and bowed his huge rock body slightly, ”Bedrock tribe, Seventh Outpost commander, Rock Mountain, thanks you for your reinforcements!”

Ye Chen carefully set Xi down, leaving her to be cared for by two approaching giant priests.

He scanned the tragic battlefield below, then looked at Rock Mountain, his tone calm yet carrying an unquestionable power:

”Tell me the location of the Mother Nest’s core.”

His goal was never these endless Predators, but the main body of the World-Devouring Mother Nest hidden behind the endless flesh blanket!

Only by severing its core could this predicament be resolved!

Upon hearing this, Rock Mountain’s massive rock face revealed a hint of solemnity and determination, and he pointed to a direction where the flesh blanket was thickest and the energy fluctuations were most chaotic:

”The Mother Nest core... is right there! But it is protected by... the most powerful... ’Guard Predators’... and... an ’Assimilation Field’... We... have charged several times... all...”

Before he could finish his words, Ye Chen had already moved.

”Protect her well.” Leaving these words behind, Ye Chen’s figure transformed into a streak of Chaos light, soaring into the sky, rushing directly out of the defensive light screen, and actively charging into the boundless dark red flesh blanket and the frenzy of Predators, aiming straight for the Mother Nest core that Rock Mountain had pointed out!

Rock Mountain watched Ye Chen’s resolute back as he charged straight into the heart of the enemy, his rock-like fists clenched tightly, and he let out a heaven-shaking war roar:

”Bedrock warriors! Reinforcements have arrived! Follow me—attack!!!”

The horn for the desperate counterattack was officially sounded at this moment by Ye Chen’s lone charge deep into enemy territory!