Within ten days, twenty million Six-Pointed Star Stones were completely devoured by the Space-Time Larva, successfully evolving into a Space-Time Worm.
Judging from its form, it resembled Baron Nashor from a game Jun Changxiao had once played—the creature players called the “Elder Dragon.”
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
The Space-Time Worm stood upright, and an extremely unique aura surged around its body, causing the spatial barriers within the formation to seemingly tremble.
“Can you break through space-time tunnels now?” Jun Changxiao asked.
The Space-Time Worm said proudly, “Piece of cake!”
“Crack crack crack!”
As soon as the words fell, its massive mouth filled with teeth inside and out suddenly opened, directly biting off a chunk of spatial barrier and chewing it with relish.
“Impressive!”
Jun Changxiao gave a thumbs up.
With his current cultivation level, he could forcibly break through space, but only the surface kind—calm on all sides and capable of self-healing.
The Space-Time Worm’s ability to open its mouth and eat away at space, creating a small pit, was simply amazing.
“Master.”
“Where do you want to go? I can take you there!”
“Soul Clan Continent!”
“Can you determine the specific location?”
The Space-Time Worm could devour deep-level space, but the universe was so vast—without GPS positioning, it could eat until the end of time and still not necessarily reach the destination.
“Yes!”
Jun Changxiao said, “Follow me.”
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Eternal City.
The four great legions were conducting daily training on the drill grounds. Hundreds of thousands of Beast Clan troops were scattered throughout the city’s surroundings. Though they appeared carefree, they would rapidly enter combat readiness upon receiving Xue Rengui’s orders.
Without exaggeration.
The top legions from various states and counties had no fighting chance before the War Cavalry Hall—they’d even be pinned to the ground and thoroughly thrashed.
“Third Brother, I’m a bit nervous.”
The disciples from Cangsha Sect responsible for transporting ore walked through the city streets. Seeing that everywhere around them were either Wolf Cavalry soldiers or fierce spirit beasts, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.
Accustomed to cities populated entirely by humans, suddenly entering a place where Beast Clan members were visible everywhere felt like entering another world.
“I was quite scared the first time I came too.”
The disciple called Third Brother shared his experience, “But there’s no need to worry. They’re very friendly and won’t attack maliciously.”
“Whoosh—”
Just then, a stream of light flew out from the City Lord’s Mansion, followed by an oddly-shaped giant worm!
“What is that!”
“Never seen it before!”
The various fierce beasts present in the city were mostly ones the Cangsha Sect disciples had heard of or seen, but they knew nothing about the Space-Time Worm that suddenly flew out.
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao, emerging from the Super Transmission Array, didn’t greet Xue Rengui who was guarding the city. He flew directly out and landed at the sealed formation area.
“Master!”
The Space-Time Worm, following close behind, had just landed when it said in surprise, “There’s the aura of my kin here!”
Jun Changxiao said, “Ten thousand years ago, the Soul Clan used a Space-Time Worm to break through spatial barriers and invade the Xingyun Continent.”
“I understand!” The Space-Time Worm said, “Master wants me to use this space-time tunnel left behind ten thousand years ago as a reference to break through another entrance to the Soul Clan Continent?”
“Correct.”
Jun Changxiao nodded.
The Space-Time Worm asked, “Since there’s already a space-time tunnel, why doesn’t Master use it to enter? Why open another one?”
“Rashly entering through the tunnel they opened would be easily discovered, and worse, might let them sneak in through it,” Jun Changxiao said.
The formation left by the Array Emperor could still serve its sealing function for now. If he used this tunnel to enter, wouldn’t that be helping them break it open prematurely?
Dog Sheng wouldn’t do such a foolish thing.
“Understood.”
The Space-Time Worm said, “Master wants to open another tunnel to sneak in secretly.”
“Correct.”
Jun Changxiao was a bit surprised—after evolving, this fellow’s intelligence seemed to have improved considerably. Sure enough, twenty million wasn’t wasted… No, my heart aches so much!
The Space-Time Worm said, “If the space-time tunnel I open is discovered by the Soul Clan, wouldn’t that be just as troublesome?”
“Well…”
Jun Changxiao had considered this before. His solution was to hide it with various concealment formations after entering the Soul Clan Continent.
This method definitely carried the risk of discovery, but to enter faster and cause havoc inside, he could only take this risky approach.
“Actually, Master needn’t worry,” the Space-Time Worm said. “I can dig holes and also patch holes.”
“You can patch them too?”
“Of course!”
The Space-Time Worm said, “If Master is worried that Soul Clan members might come through this tunnel opened ten thousand years ago, I can patch it up right now—even make it sturdier than the original spatial barrier!”
Jun Changxiao exclaimed with delight, “Immediately, at once—patch it!”
During this time, he’d been constantly worried that the formation seal would be broken and the Soul Clan would invade en masse. If it could be patched up, naturally he could sleep soundly!
“Alright!”
The Space-Time Worm dragged its large head toward the formation and said, “Master, this formation here is somewhat obstructive. I need to eat it first.”
“No, no!”
Jun Changxiao hurriedly stopped it, “Eating the formation would break the seal!”
“It’s fine.”
The Space-Time Worm said, “The two planes are separated by vast distances. Even if the seal is broken, it will take time for the Soul Clan to rush over—by then, I’ll have already repaired the space-time tunnel.”
“Are you sure?”
“Certain!”
Jun Changxiao was still uneasy and said, “Patch one for me to see first.”
“Crack crack crack!”
The Space-Time Worm retreated to an area within the formation, opened its massive mouth, and bit off a chunk of spatial barrier. Then several of its eyes flashed with light, gathering special radiance in its mouth before spitting it out like saliva.
“Splat!”
The viscous energy stuck to the bitten indentation, then gradually spread out and solidified into a brand new spatial barrier in just a few seconds—you couldn’t even tell it had been damaged.
In ancient times, Nüwa patched the heavens; now, the Space-Time Worm patches holes!
“Damn!”
Jun Changxiao exclaimed, “That fast?”
The Space-Time Worm said, “Master, do you believe me now?”
“Good.”
Jun Changxiao said decisively, “You can go eat the formation now. However, you must patch it up as quickly as possible. If you let the Soul Clan take advantage and enter, the next second you’ll be roasted over a fire.”
The Space-Time Worm once again dragged its head to the front of the formation, then opened its teeth—sharp light glinting from the tips.
“Crack crack crack!”
“Crack crack crack!”
Under its powerful bite force, the ancient formation that could have lasted much longer was immediately bitten away piece by piece, its function vanishing instantly.
…
Soul Clan Continent.
Over ten thousand Soul Clan experts sat cross-legged beneath a giant pattern. Energy surged around their bodies, then gathered together, seemingly transforming into a massive battering ram that fiercely struck the invisible seal.
“Boom—”
Suddenly, the seal that had prevented them from entering Xingyun Continent for ten thousand years shattered like a mirror.
At that moment.
The ten thousand Soul Clan experts were completely bewildered.
Based on their method of combining everyone’s power, it should have taken at least several more months to break through. Why did the seal suddenly shatter now?
“Swish!”
The leading Soul Clan expert stood up and said excitedly, “The seal is broken! We can enter the tunnel to Xingyun Continent! Quick! Quick! Immediately notify Her Majesty the Queen!”
“Yes!”
A subordinate immediately flew toward the palace.
“Move!” The leading expert shouted loudly, “Follow me into the tunnel and rendezvous with the Nine Great Hall Masters at Xingyun Continent!”
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
Tens of thousands of Soul Clan warriors entered the space-time tunnel in succession.
However, they would never imagine that although the seal had suddenly broken, the entrance and exit on the other end connecting to Xingyun Continent had already been completely repaired.
“This… is it done?”
Jun Changxiao stood in the area where wild winds howled, his face showing a rather wonderful expression.
Just moments ago, there had been the formation left by the Array Emperor and the tunnel entrance to Soul Clan Continent, but after the Space-Time Worm spat out some phlegm, it was completely and perfectly repaired.
“Treasure.”
Jun Changxiao turned around, his eyes sparkling like stars, and said, “The various plane strongholds on the battlefield all have formation barriers protecting them. Can you break through tunnels into them?”
What gave him this idea was that the ancient formation left by the Array Emperor had been broken in just a few bites!
The Space-Time Worm said proudly, “As the insect species with the most noble bloodline, I can even eat through the deepest layers of space—not to mention formation barriers!”
Hearing this, even more little stars appeared in Jun Changxiao’s eyes, twinkling brightly.
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