Chapter 904: Scary, Too Scary (2/2)

And just as he had expected, three hours later, the clone that had proceeded vertically up bit through the last stretch of rock in its way, coming face to face with a sea of lava that gushed into it. It seemed that the top of the layer of rock was covered by lava.

Instinctively, the clone used Godly Energy to save itself. Godly Energy gushed out of its body and turned cold, slamming into the lava. The laws of gravity were also used to push the lava away until it was cooled enough to solidify.

Unfortunately, a couple of seconds after it had used Godly Energy, the rocks surrounding it broke into tiny fragments. Surprisingly, they weren't crumbling. Rather, having absorbed the Godly Energy, the rock fragments had gained sentience.

They were tiny organisms that were similar to viruses and would come alive when in contact with Godly Energy.

The clone immediately increased the freezing energy in an effort to freeze them all. But instead, something strange happened. Even after they were frozen, the Godly Energy in the ice was constantly absorbed by the frozen rocks as they grew in size. Eventually, the ice shattered when it lost most of the Godly Energy that formed its foundation, while the rock it had frozen turned big enough to shatter it from inside.

This way, the attacks it used were just fuelling their growth. Eventually, a piece of rock grew a pair of limbs as it hopped through the tunnel and latched onto the clone, greedily absorbing its Godly Energy before it was swatted away.

The clone began to pant, having lost a lot of Godly Energy in the process as the space in the tunnel was reducing at an alarming rate. The rocks were growing in size as they absorbed its Godly Energy and became sentient. They then began to attack it, lunging straight at it to absorb its Godly Energy.

The clone immediately changed elements, switching to poison, corrosion, wind, acoustic, and so on. But no matter what, the Godly Energy in the attacks was absorbed by the rocks to grow stronger.

After all, no matter what element the clone used, the rocks existed in one of the states of matter. As long as it wasn't something that disintegrated matter itself, no attacks harmed them. After all, when the clone used the law of fire to melt them, only their form had changed. They weren't killed.

And, as lava, they absorbed the Godly Energy in the fire to increase in volume. The lava then moved towards the clone and attacked its tail, burning through the flesh. Seeing how the clone was almost a goner, Krune thought of another way to experiment.

The clone instantly increased the volume of flames it spewed forth, melting through the rocks as it entered the sea of lava. It erected a barrier of Godly Energy around itself and moved through it.

His expression paled as Krune noticed how the lava was the same as the rocks. Well, they were indeed the same, only their states of matter were different. The lava absorbed the Godly Energy from the barrier. As it was in a fluid state, Krune couldn't determine if it increased in volume or not.

After all, being unable to use either Divine Sense or Mental Energy, Krune was unable to determine that. The clone burst with all its speed as it moved through the sea of lava, expending Godly Energy at a passive pace.

Every second, the energy expended equaled to the amount of a First Stage Godly Fusion Realm cultivator. The expenditure was massive.

Seeing how its speed wasn't optimal, the clone thought and immediately changed form, turning into a massive whale-type demon beast. Moreover, the barrier of Godly Energy shrunk until it formed a thin layer over its body.

This way, it would maintain its streamlined shape and swim better through the lava. The clone didn't turn into a smaller fish because the density of lava was beyond the likes of water. On top of that, it needed enough muscle strength and flappable area to move through that.

Each flap of the whale-type demon beast clone caused faint ripples as it moved forward at speeds faster than before. Unfortunately, the expenditure was also greater than before. After all, with a bigger body, the surface area in contact with the lava had increased.

This meant that the area where its Godly Energy was being siphoned from was also higher. But overall, the efficiency of travel was greater than before. That was why the clone took this form.

Time passed in such a fashion with the clone already exhausted. Unfortunately, the resistance it faced had increased to the extent it could hardly move forward. To survive, the clone created a platform of godly energy under its tail.

It used a tremendous quantity of Godly Energy to make the platform last a couple of seconds before it was completely absorbed by the lava. Its body then shone with rainbow light as its tail slapped on the Godly Energy platform, resulting in a tremendous repulsive force.

This force sent the clone flying forward as it seemed to have torn through a membrane of sorts, noticing how all resistance had vanished. What it saw now was hollowness, without anything of substance, including air. It was like one was within space, but the gravity here was tremendous as the clone's body instantly accelerated.