Atlas of Heaven and Earth

The footsteps of Chen Chuan were very clear in the empty underground passage, each step echoing back. His pace was steady and rhythmic.

However, as he approached Meng Huang , strong signs of fading also appeared on his Second Self , increasing gradually as he got closer.

Yu Auntie also followed behind. Her hands were now fitted with sharp artificial nails, but after a few steps, she seemed to sense something. She raised her wrist, and the edges of the bracelet she wore were gradually turning black. She also touched her earring, feeling it was slightly hot.

She made a judgment in her mind, thinking, "At most five minutes..."

She glanced at the jade bracelet on Chen Chuan's hand and the accessory hanging from his waist. These items should have been issued by the Processing Bureau, slightly better than hers, but only marginally. They wouldn't last more than seven minutes.

She solemnly reminded, "Executive Officer Chen, be careful of "contamination'."

Chen Chuan glanced at the bracelet and nodded slightly.

The Data from the Processing Bureau mentioned that the longer one is in contact with such entities, the more likely one is to be influenced by them. Besides spiritual intrusion, uncontrolled changes in Mutated Tissue may also occur, which is what Yu Auntie referred to as "contamination."

The jade ring and pendant prevent Mutated Tissue from causing problems for a certain period. If these items lose their effect, one must rely on one's own Essence Blood to maintain and suppress it. As for the spiritual pressure, it can only be resisted by consuming the indwelling god.

At this moment, he tapped the Boundary Token, trying to contact the outside. Even the specially enhanced signal seemed very weak here, and information was slowly being transmitted, likely taking several minutes to complete.

However, he couldn't wait any longer. He didn't know what Meng Huang's purpose was in coming here, but it was highly likely related to his own existence and Strength, so he absolutely couldn't let him succeed.

He stared at the massive body writhing on the door. After a few more steps, he slightly lowered his center of gravity and leaped forward. The Long Sword, which had been placed aside, was raised, and as he quickly approached, he slashed down fiercely!

With such a large body, there was no possibility of missing, but after the blade passed, it felt as if the struck area dissipated like a wisp of smoke. The feeling on the blade was also empty, as if it had not caused any harm.

He lightly tapped his toes and landed on the ground. At this moment, a shadow flickered on the ground beneath Meng Huang , and a limb that had been clinging to the ceiling slammed down towards him.

He leaped aside to avoid it, but the limb chased after him. He intended to use the sword to cut it open, but encountered the same scene as before, as if he had only cut open a wisp of intangible smoke.

Even so, he didn't want to be struck by it, and continued to retreat. Once he was beyond a certain range, the limb retracted.

Chen Chuan looked up. The reason for the inability to touch the substance might be that Meng Huang was previously bound by a secret ritual, unable to exert his Strength, but now he was free, so he could make such changes, just like he could directly penetrate the ground.

According to the Data from the Processing Bureau, these entities on the other side are all different. Most of these things that fall into this world can be attacked and touched as long as there are enough Mutated Tissue Martial Artists .

Only some special ones can only be contacted through spiritual connections. Although their Strength may not necessarily be higher than the former, they are the most troublesome and difficult to deal with.

It seems that this one is likely to be one of those.

If that's the case, then...

He closed his eyes, and his brow twitched slightly. At this moment, a reddish mark appeared on his brow.

After eliminating ordinary Senses and sensing purely through Spirit, he felt as if a massive, indescribable creature appeared before him. Its body seemed to cover the entire field with shadows on the ground and walls. It wasn't far away, but rather moving and sliding around him.

The scattered parts were countless tentacles floating in space, densely surrounding him. Several brushed past his cheeks.

Every time these things approached or touched his body, the color of the jade ring dimmed.

With his eyes closed, he slowly raised the sword with both hands, then suddenly exerted force, and with a spinning slash in place, this time, it felt like cutting through many tough objects.

Within a radius of nearly three meters around him, all the tentacles in this circle fell to the ground like cut grass, then turned into wisps of smoke and dissipated.

At the same time, he seemed to sense something and looked at the Snow Emperor Blade in his hand.

At the moment of the slash, it seemed to have taken something from that entity and been absorbed by the blade.

He could feel that the thing originally immersed in the Snow Emperor Blade seemed particularly excited at this moment and conveyed an urgent desire to him.

He didn't care what it was for now. As long as it could help to eliminate this thing, he immediately swung the blade and cut off a large number of tentacles surrounding him. With firm steps, he gradually approached Meng Huang's location, cutting through thorns and brambles all the way.

Yu Auntie also rushed up to help at this moment. At first, she also found that she couldn't attack Meng Huang's entity, but although she didn't have Chen Chuan's special Spirit Senses, she could do the same by consuming Steady Spirit to sublimate Spirit.

However, this approach was difficult to sustain for long, so she was very cautious. She avoided those vague things that surrounded her as much as possible, and if she couldn't avoid them, she directly slapped them away or cut them off with artificial nails. Purely in terms of attack efficiency, it wasn't high, but it did relieve some of the burden on Chen Chuan from the side.

The two of them, one in front and one behind, quickly approached Meng Huang's body. At this moment, the latter seemed to sense a threat, and a thick limb retracted in front of him quickly swept over.

Yu Auntie leaped forward at this time, with her hands like rings, pushing outward with a bang, firmly holding it back, creating space for Chen Chuan to move forward.

Chen Chuan didn't miss this opportunity. In a flash, he had already rushed out. Another limb attacked from above at this time, but only struck behind him.

A Blade flash swept across more than ten meters of space in an instant, and fiercely slashed on Meng Huang's massive body, which was turned away from the two!

This slash left a deep, long gash on his body, from which countless black mist and fragmented things scattered.

Meng Huang , or rather that thing, twitched violently at this moment.

It seemed that it initially only wanted to break through the obstacle in front of it with all its heart, or it thought it could withstand greater harm, so it only casually drove the two of them away.

However, Chen Chuan's slash seemed to have caused it serious harm, and it finally couldn't bear it anymore.

On the surface of its body, one bulge after another suddenly swelled up. After they burst, more limbs burst out from inside, waving wildly and lashing towards the two of them.

Upon discovering this, Yu Auntie immediately used agile steps to retreat. While retreating, she quickly slapped away two limbs attacking from the left and right.

However, upon contact, her arms were shaken with bursts of numbness, feeling that the Strength was far greater than before, and a large circle on the bracelet turned black, startling her.

She took the time to glance at Chen Chuan , but couldn't see anything because the line of sight was blocked by those shaking limbs.

Chen Chuan stared at the top, those limbs falling towards him. When one of them was about to touch him, he quickly sidestepped to let it pass, then leaped back to the side, dodging a limb sweeping horizontally. After landing, he tapped his toes and charged forward with a lunge, quickly passing through the gaps between several limbs.

At the same time, the Long Sword continuously swung several times, leaving deep cuts on those limbs. A wisp of black smoke emerged from those openings, and a pile of severed slender tentacles was left on the ground.

At this moment, another limb silently wrapped around him, but the next moment, a Blade flash flashed and was cut off on the ground. He didn't stop and quickly left the spot. The next moment, the place he had just left was smashed into a large pit by several limbs slamming down.

He moved and dodged in the gaps between these limbs, occasionally using the sword to clear the way, constantly moving, but he wasn't just blindly dodging, but observing calmly.

He found that although the number of these limbs had increased and were much thicker than before, and the Strength had also greatly increased, the Speed of waving had decreased instead.

According to the Data, Meng Huang's body, which is symbiotic with an entity from the other side, may possess some incredible Strength due to the intrusion of the entity, but as long as it is still in the material world, there is some insurmountable boundary, some of which is determined by the upper limit of the attached body.

If it was just an ordinary person, without the help of anything special, then its performance would at most reach the level that a Third-Limit Martial Artist could reach, which is the limit that mortals can touch.

Unless the entity on the other side doesn't care about the attached body at all, but if that's the case, once the material body collapses, it will no longer be able to continue to exist.

Of course, even if it is the same Third Limit, the difference in body size will lead to a huge gap. Meng Huang is now six or seven meters tall, and the Strength he can exert will be very considerable.

However, he has Second Self , which can withstand a certain amount of harm, and has a certain advantage in Speed. As long as the attack method does not exceed his understanding, there is a chance to eliminate and drive away the entity.

Just then, a soft sound came from the Boundary Token. The message he had sent earlier had been completely sent. If all goes well, he believed that people from the Processing Bureau would arrive soon.

However, since Meng Huang dared to come today, he might have made some preparations, so he didn't completely rely on this.

As for the current situation...

He glanced at the bracelet on his wrist, which was mostly black, and the limbs and tentacles that almost filled the entire space, slightly tightened the knife, and his Skin suddenly became hot, with wisps of white smoke rising from his body.

It's not like he doesn't have a way to solve it alone.