Chapter 899: The Terrifying Shadow Demon Beast (1/2)

The two clones sensed the herbs growing in the area, communicating using their shared thoughts.

'Thankfully, we didn't kill it.'

'Indeed, that would have collapsed this entire place. There is some kind of synergy between it and the environment.'

The two clones broke out in cold sweat, thanking their developed intelligence since they acted cautiously and didn't just do whatever they pleased because they were the stronger party. In the end, it proved that they were right.

The Godly Energy vein in the area was something that was newly forming. It spanned thousands of years in its growth already. Then again, talking based on the sheer scale of the God Realm's duration of existence, it was quite new.

This Godly Energy vein had been growing through the mountain range, enriching it while also bringing forth vitality into the surroundings. Even the tinge of Godly Energy in the area was thanks to this vein.

Unfortunately, it was unstable, lacking any means to release the Godly Energy into the air. After all, in most places on the God Realm, there existed natural habitats that made use of the Godly Energy veins to circulate Godly Energy into the surroundings like the Windless Lake.

Such habitats absorbed the Godly Energy in the veins, converted it into suitable forms in the habitat, and caused a cycle of supply and demand. This way, more and more Godly Energy was drawn from the Godly Energy veins in a systematic form, creating a holistic cycle.

On top of that, this cycle further boosted the Godly Energy vein to grow and mature. It was just how they operated. After all, they were brittle but powerful nodes of Godly Energy that acted as the land's life force.

Currently, there didn't exist any habitat for the Godly Energy to be consumed or circulated, causing the Godly Energy in the Godly Energy veins to be accumulated without any sign of growth.

This was where the herbs and the earthworm-type demon beast came into the picture. By rooting themselves on the Godly Energy veins, the herbs grew into precious herbs that consuming them would elevate one's cultivation to a certain extent.

These herbs were then consumed by the earthworm-type demon beast. After consuming the herbs, it roamed around in the mountain range, drilling new paths from the dome with the herbs. And in this way, it expended Godly Energy.

Moreover, this expended Godly Energy settled on the tunnels, causing the rocks to drink the Godly Energy and become materials allowing its flow. In this way, new channels were created to circulate Godly Energy throughout the mountain range.

As the Godly Energy circulated through the range in this manner, it drew upon more and more Godly Energy from the Godly Energy vein, causing it to progress and branch out in new directions, elevating the condition of the place as a whole.

They had formed a delicate balance. If the two clones had killed the earthworm-type demon beast, then it would have simply collapsed the structure in the place, even causing the Godly Energy vein to explode once it accumulated too much energy.

Since just eating the herbs or drawing forth the energy from the Godly Energy vein wasn't a solution, the two clones didn't lay down their Land Incarnation in the place, unwilling to disturb nature's delicate work at play.

One of them played with the demon beast, distracting it, while the other used the chance to sneak out and traverse through the tunnel spanning on the other side of the dome with the herbs.

It was a narrow tunnel, only wide enough for the earthworm-type demon beast to move through had it been younger. It seemed it had dug this many years ago when its body was a lot smaller. At present, its massive body wouldn't fit into it.

Thankfully for the clone, its body was a lot smaller and could easily fit through the gap, proceeding to slither through the tunnel. The tunnel was indeed pretty long, spanning tens of kilometers. After traveling for an entire day, the clone could finally sense some mellow light in the dark tunnel.

Surprisingly, it didn't hurry. Rather, it slowed down as it cautiously slithered forth, soon reaching the end of the tunnel as it peeked out. Within an instant, it retracted itself in fear, trembling within the tunnel.

'What the hell is that?'

The clone trembled without stop as if it had gone into fits. As what he saw swimming beyond on the other side was a massive demon beast or something that was probably a demon beast. Though, unlike normal demon beasts, its entire body was composed of shadows.

On top of that, the shadows seemed to be like a fluid, dripping past its wings as it moved up and down. Upon a closer look, there were hundreds of individual shadows in the wings of the massive shadow. Moreover, they seemed to be sentient, at least based on their reactions as they struggled and squirmed.