Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

157: Chapter 157: The Fierce Battle in the Insect Belly and the Recapture of the Star KeyThe Gold-Devouring King Bug’s spiritual screech, filled with greed and hunger, washed over Nangong Xuan’s Sea of Consciousness like a physical shockwave. Its massive arthropod body, composed of ten thousand weapons, slowly rose within the writhing cavity. Its giant mouth, filled with spiral serrated teeth, opened and closed, emitting a terrifying suction that seemed intent on devouring everything!

This was no simple physical suction, but a bizarre Law power targeting energy, metal, and even one’s Dao Foundation! Nangong Xuan’s Dark-Gold Sword Domain was actually pulled and slightly deformed by this force. The Nirvana Nirvana True Intent Dao patterns on his skin flickered unsteadily, as if they could be stripped away and devoured at any moment!

“Vile beast!” Nangong Xuan snorted coldly. His nirvana golden core spun frantically at an unprecedented speed, and boundless dark-gold mana surged out, forcibly stabilizing the Sword Domain. Within the Sword Domain, the property of ’All Laws are Silent’ was pushed to its limit, tenaciously resisting the erosion of the devouring force field.

But the King Bug’s attack didn’t stop there! Swish, swish, swish—! The weapon-composed appendages on its body suddenly detached, transforming into countless Flying Swords, war blades, and spears wrapped in filthy black Qi, shooting toward Nangong Xuan like a violent storm! These weapons were not only matchlessly sharp, but more terrifyingly, once they drew near, they would spontaneously detonate the Sharp Metal Evil Qi contained within, creating a continuous storm of destructive energy!

Simultaneously, the dozens of pairs of metal antennae on the King Bug’s head vibrated at high frequency, emitting silent spiritual shrieks like countless fine needles specifically targeting the Divine Soul! On its carapace, which was covered in pained faces, the reliefs seemed to come alive, letting out shrill wails and forming a negative Domain that disturbed the mind and weakened one’s Battle Intent!

Energy devouring, ten thousand weapons firing at once, spiritual shocks, and negative curses... The Gold-Devouring King Bug’s methods were endless, bizarre, and ruthless, instantly dragging Nangong Xuan into a grueling, fierce battle!

Nangong Xuan stood at the center of the storm, his expression as calm as water. His figure was like lightning, weaving and dodging through the dense explosions of weaponry. When he truly couldn’t avoid them, he struck them head-on with his finger-sword, detonating or slashing them away! Dark-gold Nirvana Sword Silk wove into an airtight net around him, keeping the vast majority of attacks at bay.

However, the King Bug’s attacks were endless; it seemed able to infinitely regenerate those weapon appendages, and the cavity itself provided it with a continuous supply of energy. In contrast, every confrontation and every activation of Sword Intent consumed Nangong Xuan’s own mana. Although the gui xu base point could devour some of the dissipated energy, the replenishment was far from keeping up with the consumption!

Even more troublesome was that the omnipresent devouring force field continued to pull at his Sword Domain and mana like a shadow following its host, making it difficult for him to exert his full power.

“Father! This can’t go on! Its Core energy Rank is too high, and it recovers too fast! You must find its weakness or break its connection to this environment!” Lin Mo’s anxious thoughts arrived. The chaos star core continuously released Chaos clear light to help Nangong Xuan offset some of the spiritual shocks and negative curses, but it was also under immense pressure.

How could Nangong Xuan not know this? His Divine Sense was like a precision instrument, constantly scanning the King Bug’s massive body for a flaw. But the King Bug’s defense was equally astonishing; its flowing dark-gold carapace not only had incredible physical defense but could also refract and deflect Divine Sense probes. Its Core was heavily protected and difficult to lock onto.

“A weakness...” Nangong Xuan’s gaze was as sharp as a sword, suddenly locking onto the King Bug’s open, spiral-toothed giant mouth! “There!”

The strongest point is often the weakest point! That giant mouth was the source of the devouring power and the place where its energy was most violent and concentrated. However, if an attack could go against the flow and strike its interior, it might yield miraculous results!

But how to break through that terrifying devouring vortex?

“Lin Mo! Help me!” Nangong Xuan’s mind raced, and he made a decision in an instant.

“Understood!” Father and son shared a connection, and Lin Mo immediately grasped his intent.

The chaos star core suddenly flew in front of Nangong Xuan, and the gui xu base point on its surface spun in reverse at an unprecedented speed! A Chaos power of ’repulsion’ and ’exile’—rather than devouring—erupted, briefly creating an extremely minute ’power vacuum’ zone at the center of the King Bug’s devouring vortex!

Now! Nangong Xuan’s eyes flashed with brilliant light as he concentrated all his power into his fingertip! “Nirvana—Gui Xu Finger!”

He held his fingers together like a sword and pointed! This time, what erupted from his fingertip was not a dazzling sword light, but an extremely restrained, purely pitch-black finger force that seemed capable of devouring all light! This finger force not only contained the ultimate Nirvana True Intent but also fused a trace of the Origin power of ’All Things Returning to Silence’ from the gui xu base point!

Swish! The pitch-black finger force was like a meteor tearing through the night sky, accurately shooting into the power vacuum Lin Mo had created. Against the violent devouring flood, it broke through at a single point and instantly vanished into the King Bug’s bottomless giant mouth!

“Awooo—!!!”

The Gold-Devouring King Bug let out its most pained and furious screech since the start of the battle! That Nirvana Gui Xu Finger force exploded violently inside its body! The power of ultimate destruction and termination frantically ravaged its internal structure, and the properties of Gui Xu briefly interfered with its control over its surrounding energy!

Though not fatal, this sudden internal trauma caused the King Bug’s movements to jerk to a halt. The violent attacks around it paused, and the powerful devouring force field experienced a moment of Chaos!

An opportunity! How could Nangong Xuan miss this fleeting chance? His figure moved like a shadow, following the finger force and charging directly toward the King Bug’s giant mouth, which was hanging even wider in pain!

“Father! No!” Lin Mo was shocked.

“It’s fine! The star key is inside its body. Only by entering can I seize it!” Nangong Xuan’s intent was absolutely resolute. In the final instant before charging into the giant mouth, he flicked his sleeve, sweeping the chaos star core inside with him!

Vision went black, followed by the world spinning.

Nangong Xuan felt himself fall into a viscous, cold, and highly corrosive and devouring bizarre space. All around were dark-gold fleshy walls that wriggled constantly, trying to squeeze and crush him. The walls secreted a thick liquid that frantically eroded his protective Sword Domain, making a sizzling sound. More terrifyingly, an irresistible pulling force came from all directions, trying to drag him deeper into this digestive cavity to be completely decomposed and assimilated!

This was the interior of the King Bug, a desperate land ten times more dangerous than the outside!

“Nirvana Domain, open!” Nangong Xuan growled, shrinking his Sword Domain to a range of only three inches from his body, condensing it to the extreme to deathly resist the surrounding erosion and pressure. The Dark-Gold Dao Patterns flickered frantically, continuously annihilating the approaching slime and fleshy walls, but his own consumption also grew exponentially!

“Lin Mo! Sense the star key’s position!”

“It’s below! In a very deep place! Near its energy Core!” Lin Mo responded urgently. The star Core emitted exploration waves, struggling to find a location within this chaotic and distorted space.

Nangong Xuan did not hesitate. He held his fingers like a sword and slashed downward!

Rip! The tough fleshy wall was torn open, but new flesh soon wriggled to cover it. Nangong Xuan continuously struck with his finger-sword, like a determined tunneler, moving with difficulty toward the direction he sensed. With every step forward, he had to endure immense pressure and consumption.

The deeper he went, the more toxic the corrosive liquid became, even beginning to carry a bizarre power that assimilated the Divine Soul. More weapon remnants and the withered bones of Cultivators, half-digested, began to appear on the fleshy walls—a horrifying sight.

He didn’t know how long he had been advancing or resisting, but just as Nangong Xuan felt the rotation of his nirvana golden core begin to lag—

The path ahead suddenly opened up!

A relatively spacious chamber appeared before his eyes. In the center of the chamber floated a massive, constantly pulsating dark-gold fleshy tumor! The tumor was covered in blood vessels and emitted terrifying energy fluctuations; this was the energy Core of the Gold-Devouring King Bug!

Directly above that pulsating tumor, a palm-sized token, platinum in color and shaped like a miniature sword, was being tightly wound and enveloped by countless dark-gold energy tentacles!

Although this small sword token was bound, it still stubbornly emitted an extremely sharp Aura that could cut through anything and destroy all Laws! Its Aura was exactly the same as the star key fluctuations sensed from outside!

Every time the platinum small sword trembled, it would cut several energy tentacles, but more tentacles would immediately wrap around it, continuously draining its power while injecting the filthy Aura of the Demonic Nest into it, attempting to completely pollute and assimilate it!

“That’s it! The sharp metal star key!” Lin Mo shouted.

“Roar—!”

Sensing that the uninvited guest inside its body had approached its most important area, the Gold-Devouring King Bug let out a furious and anxious roar. The entire internal chamber contracted violently, and countless sharp spikes condensed from pure Evil Qi suddenly shot out from the fleshy walls, stabbing at Nangong Xuan from all directions! Simultaneously, the energy tumor pulsed even more frantically, firing beams of dark-gold destructive light!

Attacked from both inside and out—a certain-death situation!

A fierce glint flashed in Nangong Xuan’s eyes; he knew he could no longer hold anything back.

He slapped his Dantian, and the gui xu base point that had been slowly rotating was forcibly summoned out by him!

A pitch-black, tiny vortex that seemed to devour all light floated above his head, rotating slowly.

“Gui Xu... Heaven Devourer!”

With his low shout, the gui xu base point erupted with full power in the outside world for the first time!

An indescribable, terrifying suction was generated from the base point! This time, it was not targeting remnant thoughts or dissipated energy, but everything within this chamber! Whether it was the incoming Evil Qi spikes, the destructive light beams from the tumor, or even the energy tentacles wrapped around the sharp metal star key, as well as the boundless energy emitted by the tumor itself!

Swish, swish, swish—!

Like a whale swallowing water, all attacks, all energy, and even parts of the writhing fleshy walls were forcibly pulled and distorted, turning into streams of energy that frantically plunged into that tiny gui xu base point!

The gui xu base point accepted everything, devouring frantically, and its volume seemed to expand slightly! The pure Nirvana energy it fed back surged into Nangong Xuan’s body like a flood, instantly making up for all his consumption and even causing his cultivation to advance further, infinitely approaching the Peak Golden Core Stage!

The Gold-Devouring King Bug let out a terrified screech! It felt its power being frantically plundered! It tried desperately to stop it, but the suction of the Gui Xu was a crushing force targeting the essence of energy; it was simply powerless to resist!

Taking this chance! “Come here!” Nangong Xuan reached out across the air, and a large dark-gold mana hand grabbed toward that platinum small sword star key!

Freed from the restraint of the energy tentacles, the star key let out a cheerful sword hum and suddenly erupted with brilliant platinum light!

Clang—! A Sword Qi of ultimate purity and sharpness erupted from the star key, instantly shredding the remaining tentacles! It then turned into a streak of light and actively flew into Nangong Xuan’s hand!

As the star key entered his hand, a boundless and vast Profound Truth of the Sharp Metal Law instantly surged into Nangong Xuan’s heart, creating a mysterious resonance with the Nirvana Sword Intent in his body. His understanding of ’sharpness,’ ’destruction,’ and ’fortitude’ instantly rose to a whole new level!

Having lost the star key—an important ’energy source’ and ’assimilation target’—and having its power frantically devoured by the gui xu base point, the Gold-Devouring King Bug’s Aura withered at a visible rate, and the writhing and squeezing of the chamber became weak.

“Let’s go!”

Nangong Xuan did not linger. He put away the gui xu base point and the star key, held the platinum small sword, and slashed upward at the fleshy wall!

Fusing the newly obtained Sharp Metal Law power and Nirvana Sword Intent, the edge of this sword strike far surpassed before!

Rip—! A huge gash was torn open, and the light from the outer cavity could even be seen!

Nangong Xuan merged with his sword, turning into a sharp sword light interwoven with dark-gold and platinum. He soared into the sky, forcibly tearing a large hole in the Gold-Devouring King Bug’s body and rushing out!

Returning to the writhing cavity space, he saw the massive Gold-Devouring King Bug rolling and screeching in pain due to its internal trauma and loss of power. Its Aura had already plummeted to the Nascent Soul Early Stage and was still falling!

Nangong Xuan stood in the air, holding the platinum star key. His Sword Intent surged around him, and his Aura was as magnificent as a rainbow!

Strike while it’s down!