Astral Ants

The Sea of ​​Death is an ocean of death force with water as its carrier.

Longbai integrated the essence of the innate water god and changed his physique at the blood level, so he could manipulate, absorb and digest this power more easily.

Over the years, my stagnant abilities, which had been difficult to improve no matter how hard I practiced, have improved by leaps and bounds.

Before coming here, Long Bai had speculated that the power of death could also enhance the "sense of existence" of individual life.

After all, reincarnation requires leaving traces of the 'self' in the world of life. The stronger the presence of the self, the better it is at displaying its abilities.

After practical testing, the guess was correct, but not completely correct.

The energy of all living beings enhances the sense of existence of "positive nature".

The death force enhances a sense of existence of "negative nature".

There will be no positive and negative offset,
The principle behind this...

It is like a bug that does good things on this planet and all the other bugs praise it as a good bug. Then it goes to another planet and does bad things and all the other bugs call it a bad bug.

If you mix the insects from two planets onto one planet, there will not be a situation where the good and the bad cancel each other out. Instead, some insects will say it is good, some will say it is bad, and it will be a chaotic state with mixed reviews and unclear explanations.

...

Over the vast Black Sea,

The giant ants and butterflies formed by the stagnant water confronted and wrestled with each other.

This is a common way to train the 'Sinking Sea' and is also a relatively effective way.

Xia Li was surprised to find that the leader Longbai was not very good and was unable to defeat him.
Time flows day by day,
Xia Li soon discovered to his dismay that Longbai's power was growing rapidly, with a change every day.

In less than ten years,

Longbai's dead water state ability caught up with Xia Li, and quickly transformed into the "Sinking Sea".

With the power cognition and realm in place, the journey will be smooth and unobstructed.
It took less than ten years to successfully build the 'Sinking Sea'.

"..."

Xia Li retracted his ability, spread his wings and hung in the air, looking at the sea below which was violently surging and then gradually returning to calm, feeling uncomfortable and choking.

Soon,
A current bulged on the calm sea surface, the outline of the ant quickly solidified, and the cypress appeared.

"Captain Longbai, do you want to continue to comprehend 'Sea of ​​Reincarnation, Endless Sea'? My ability is no longer enough to compete with you. I can't practice with you. Shall I ask a stronger Saint Butterfly Warrior to come and help?"

"Thanks. But it's not necessary."

Long Bai said: "The energy of living beings and the energy of death rotate. I need to change the environment, based on the 'life state', to deduce an ability similar to the 'sea of ​​perdition' that corresponds to the energy of living beings... Hmm, name it the 'sea of ​​awakening'?"

Xia Li: “…”

Xia Li choked for a long time and praised: "What a good name..."

Xia Li asked: "Captain Longbai, do you plan to skip the 'Sea of ​​Reincarnation, Endless Sea' and directly comprehend the 'Boundless Sea, Infinite Sea'?"

"It's not that great~"

Long Bai explained: "I feel that it is best to maintain a balance between the two forces, and not to widen the gap too much. After I successfully deduced and comprehended the 'Sea of ​​Awakening', I went back to practice the 'Sea of ​​Reincarnation, Endless Sea', and then, with reference, I deduced and upgraded the 'Sea of ​​Awakening'..."

"I see what you mean. It sounds very scientific."

Xia Li pondered and asked, "Change location? Do we need to change to a planet with prosperous and powerful life and abundant energy of all living beings?"

Long Bai: "It would be best if we had a large number of world gems to assist us."

"Easy to say!"

Xia Li raised his paw and pointed, saying, "I have a residential area allocated by the tribe on Baihe Teng Star. Where shall we go?"

Long Bai: "Okay!"

...

...

Baiheteng Star, South 1001 Commercial District, Baijing Chamber of Commerce’s headquarters building in Xiange Star Domain, the hidden fourth-floor palace.

The Lord of Xiange was lying quietly on the lotus-shaped pedestal. The holographic projection in the dark hall flickered slightly, and the picture switched from the Death Star Island to the White Crane Vine Star Square.

Xia Li led the way, taking Long Bai and heading north, entering the territory of the northern 5131 area.

Xia Li's life seeds, as well as the wild God-given seeds harvested from the Level Zero Source Point in cooperation with the Boxuwan Chamber of Commerce, are all rooted here, and two professional Green Bird-Wing Butterfly Warriors have been hired to help take care of them.

After a brief introduction and a tour,

They came to the central lake of the territory together, and the four insects gathered by the lake to eat and chat.

"..."

Xian Ge dominated a thought, the holographic projection was turned off, he buried his head and curled up his tentacles, he had no intention of lying dormant and meditating, he raised his head slightly, another thought came to him, the holographic projection was turned on again, and he watched patiently.

Two days and two nights,

The four stupid bugs finally finished their meal.

The two green bird-winged butterfly warriors left first, inspected the garden, checked the Force plants, and released their abilities to assist the growth of the Force plants.

Long Bai flashed to the center of the lake. The lake water surged, and a "vortex beast" with a body length of more than 3,000 meters and twelve tentacles condensed.

The dragon cypress sank and merged into the body of the vortex beast, sinking to the bottom of the lake. It waved its claws, and a large number of world gems spilled out and hovered around.

Xia Li followed and stood on the lake, watching intently. He observed motionlessly for a while, then flapped his wings and left.

...

A large number of Force plants at the Sujing level have taken root in the Xiange star system, and there are also many Zerg warriors at the Sujing level who are dormant and comprehending the laws.

The abundance of living beings' elemental energy in the Xiange star system is about four times that of the Baiyanshu star system. With the addition of the world gems, it can reach about eight times.

Longbai took the 'life form' vortex beast as the entry point, referred to the 'Sinking Sea', continuously adjusted and optimized, and soon achieved the ideal effect.

The vortex beast's affinity for the energy of all living beings has greatly increased.

Longbai took the initiative to activate his adaptive evolutionary ability, shed his shell twice, and his body's ability to absorb and digest the energy of all living beings also greatly increased.

In turn, the traces of 'life state' are efficiently improved.

Xia Li went back to the Yanxu star system and came back, bringing with him all the world gems worth trillions of original crystals that were inlaid in the office nest.

With the help of these gems, the concentration of the condensed energy of all living beings exceeded the concentration of the death energy in the Death Sea of ​​the Death Star.

It took twenty-two years.

The 'Life State Trace' was successfully promoted to the 'Sea of ​​Awakening'.

...

The dawn of the rising sun,
The breeze blows across the lake, rippling with ripples.

A mass of clear water separated from the lake, hovering in the low sky, changing and wriggling, condensing into an ant shape, and the figure of the dragon cypress appeared.

Xia Li, who was wandering in the woods, noticed it first and rushed over.

"Captain Longbai, did it succeed?"

"It's done."

Long Bai took the initiative to explain: "The Sea of ​​Awakening is highly similar to the Sea of ​​Sinking. I can integrate my body into it. As long as the Sea of ​​Awakening does not dry up, I will not die. At the same time, I can also use the momentum to activate various water-based abilities."

"What else? Aren't there any other attack or auxiliary effects derived from it?"

"Nothing has been found yet."

"This... why, it sounds like... that water-type attack isn't very strong?"

"Some life types have improved their water abilities."

"Forehead--"

Xia Li buried his head in silence, thought, and looked up.

“It’s definitely more useful than that.”

“There must be other uses that haven’t been developed yet!”

Xia Li was very confident and suggested, "Could it be that we need to combine it with the 'Sinking Sea'? Merge the two into one?"

Long Bai tapped his tentacles vigorously and said, "That should be what you called 'Boundless Sea, Infinite Sea'. I have a clearer feeling that the fusion of the two forces will lead to a qualitative leap."

"That's right!"

"That's right! That's it!"

Xia Li was in high spirits and asked, "What should we do next? Should we go to the Sea of ​​Death to continue training and upgrade the 'Sea of ​​Sinking' to the 'Sea of ​​Reincarnation, Endless Sea'?"

"This... is a bit difficult..."

Long Bai hesitated and said, "I feel that we can try to combine the 'Sea of ​​Sinking' and the 'Sea of ​​Awakening' now. It seems that the fusion is easier at the low level."

"is it?"

Xia Li didn't quite understand, so he thought for a moment and asked, "Death Star? Do we need to observe and comprehend how the energy of all living things transforms and converts the energy of death?"

It’s easy to communicate with smart bugs.

The prerequisite for fusion is definitely to understand the mystery of the mutual transformation of the two forces.

Long Bai moved his tentacles.

Xia Li didn't waste any words and led the way. …

...

Inside the palace, Lord Xian Ge sat quietly on a lotus-shaped platform, with a holographic projection in front of him flashing and images changing.

Xia Li and Long Bai appeared on the Death Star and rose straight up through the clouds to an altitude of 100,000 meters.

This is the area where the energy of all living beings enters the Death Star and transforms into death energy.

Xia Li followed along, staring blankly for a while, then finding it boring, he lowered his head and fell into the Sea of ​​Death, to practice his 'dead water state' ability.

"..."

"What a waste~"

Lord Xiange could not help but sigh, and turned his attention to an altitude of 100,000 meters, watching silently.

The dragon cypress was suspended high in the sky, motionless.

Two years passed quickly.

Quercus xia takes off for a closer look.

"Captain Longbai? How is it?"

"It works! I understand a little bit now."

"Oh~ come on!"

Xia Li returned to the Sea of ​​Death and continued to practice hard.

Another two years passed in a flash.
Xia Li flew up into the air again to check, and the cypress seemed to have not moved.

In order not to disturb them, he quietly returned to the Sea of ​​Death and concentrated on practicing his abilities.

Unknowingly, ten years have passed.
Without any warning, the cypress floating high in the sky suddenly moved.
Stretch your legs, spread your wings, raise your antennae,

Six legs, antennae, and membranous wings give rise to twelve hydra tentacles, with the body as the boundary. The six tentacles on the left are lifeless black dead water, while the six on the right are transparent living water that contains vital power.

The two tentacles entangled, the water surged, and turned into a water ball, which continued to expand and turned into a giant water ball with a diameter of ten kilometers suspended in the air.

Inside the water ball, black and transparent water flow slowly, following a certain pattern.

The flowing black dead water gradually became transparent and full of life. At the same time, the transparent water gradually turned black, revealing bursts of gloomy and dead air.

The elemental force of all living beings and the elemental force of death alternate with each other.

——Is it done?

——Successfully comprehended the changes in the elemental power of all living beings and the elemental power of death!
——The next step is integration!

Xia Li's eyes lit up. He knew what Long Bai was going to do and what he was doing, but he had no idea the principle behind it. He rode into the sky on a black cloud, slowly approached, and observed closely.

——This ant has such a terrifying understanding!
Baihe Tengxing lazily lay on the lotus-shaped platform. The Xian Ge Lord who was secretly watching him became serious and slowly stood up.

Staring and observing,

One day, two days, three days...

One year, two years, three years...

The suspended water ball did not change at all...

"This ant clearly understood the principle, so why is the last step so awkward?"

The Lord of Xiange lost some of his patience. His tentacles that were curled up into a disk slowly stretched out, and after thinking for a while, he curled them back again.

After watching it for another two months, I couldn't stand it anymore and the tentacles slowly spread out.

A drop of white liquid condensed at the tip of the left tentacle. With a light flick, the drop ignored the palace dome and flew out of the planet in an instant, across space, flew towards the Death Star, and accurately hit the water ball.

Black and transparent water flowed alternately in the changing water ball. Long Bai, who was deep in meditation, suddenly got a hint of inspiration. Suddenly, he saw the light. The light white water flow derived and spread. Within a few breaths, it turned into a translucent white water ball.

The water ball slowly shrank, and finally turned into twelve white tentacles and retracted into the body.

"Captain Longbai? Is it done?"

Curled up on the black cloud, Xia Li, who was dazed and half asleep, woke up and jumped up excitedly.

"It's done!"

Longbai's forehead lit up, and above the ten-colored circular star spots, there appeared a circle of translucent white ring.

"Infinite Sea, Infinite Sea?"

"It is. And not. It is just a prototype. I need to absorb more 'Elemental Force' to strengthen it."

"Oh--"

Xia Li pointed to the Death Sea below and asked, "Is there anything amazing?"

Long Bai pondered and considered his words, and said, "A force with a strong presence, strong resilience, unrestrained, and extremely difficult to destroy. At least in my understanding, no force can easily erase it. Combined with the characteristics of the 'Sea of ​​Sinking' and the 'Sea of ​​Awakening', it means that I am extremely difficult to be killed or exhausted."

Xia Li thought for a moment and asked, "White hole?"

Longbai waved his antennae and said confidently, "No!"

hiss--

Xia Li took a breath of cold air.

Long Bai: "According to my calculations, this is theoretically true. I still need to improve it and verify it before I can confirm it."

Xia Li: “…”

The cypress tree fell vertically and plunged into the Sea of ​​Death with a loud bang, causing huge waves.

The waves formed a vortex and rotated at high speed.

The death force was extracted at an excessive rate, and the black sea water gradually faded and turned into light black.

The light black color spread rapidly on the sea surface, reaching a radius of 20 to 30 kilometers.

Xia Li hovered in the low sky, watched for a while, then an idea came to his mind, and he waved his tentacles to activate his ability. Low-hanging, lifeless black clouds from all directions gathered together, followed by lightning and thunder, and then a black rainstorm poured down.

Long rainy period
...

After the rain, the sky clears up.

The sea calmed down again.

Xia Li scanned and sensed with his mental power.

Thousands of meters deep in the sea, a black cocoon was suspended, its surface covered with translucent white lines. The white light continued to flash, slowly drawing the death force from the surrounding sea water.

It doesn't last long.

In just half a day, the cocoon was torn apart, and the dragon cypress broke out of the cocoon. The shell hardened quickly and turned back into a black shell.

The whole body was pitch black, and the six blue rings on the abdomen had disappeared.

The aura of the innate water god disappeared, and the pure aura of the ant king remained.

——It is true that he can change the body structure at will at the blood level!
Xia Li was secretly shocked.

The Lord Xiange who was watching secretly was also terrified: the power of the laws that directly penetrate the essence of life!

It’s not over yet.

Long Bai and Xia Li whispered a few words, then rode the Star Spider together and returned to the White Crane Vine Star Territory. They dug a cave and arranged the world gems on the cave dome and stone walls.

Silently absorbing the energy of all living beings,

It lasted for two years.
The force of nature gathered to form a cocoon, and the insect transformed once again.

There was no change in body shape or appearance.

A big change in temperament.

The star spots on the forehead shone, and the translucent white ring that originally corresponded to the ability of "Boundless Sea, Infinite Sea" disappeared...

"Captain Longbai, what is going on?"

Xia Li was totally unable to understand.

"I merged the 'Boundless Sea, Infinite Sea' with the ability of reincarnation and rebirth, and indirectly added the 'Elemental Force' to the star core composed of the ancestral divine power, ancestral divine body, adaptive evolution and other abilities. It has a good affinity with the system and soul power, and the fusion was easily completed."

As Long Bai spoke, his mind turned, and white energy rose up, filling his body and covering his body surface.

It is thick and solid, with a restrained aura, giving the insect an unshakable and irresistible clear perception.

"I learned the combat abilities of the Ghost Locust Tribe and optimized and strengthened them. On top of the 'indestructible and indestructible', I added the 'immortal and indestructible' features."

Seeing that Xia Li was still confused, Long Bai explained, "The combination of the energy of all living things and the energy of death can be called 'energy'. The 'boundless sea, boundless sea' of the Holy Butterfly tribe is just one way to use energy. Mastering this power can lead to various combined applications."

"I roughly understand..."

Xia Li said: "You took 'Boundless Sea, Infinite Sea' as the starting point, and then adjusted and transformed your bloodline to completely master 'Elemental Force'. Now you can jump out of the water system restrictions and apply it to other types of power."

"correct!"

"The system and soul system are simple. The fusion of Yuanli and the seven elemental powers is more troublesome and takes some time."

Long Bai raised his antennae and apologized, "President Xia Li, I'm really sorry for delaying you for so many years. I don't want to trouble you anymore. But I really need a batch of world gems..."

Xia Li: "Borrow 3000 billion? I'll go with you to the Eight Star Systems!" (End of this chapter)