Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 444 Soul Devouring
The path to the Black Lake was quite winding, but after circling around a lunar sea, the remaining twists and turns were merely superficial. Zhang Jie waved his hand, and an invisible force gathered around him, instantly filling the cavern. Then it continued to compress, condense, and compress... After a loud bang, the extremely compressed telekinetic energy shot downwards like a cannonball, directly piercing through the winding underground tunnel.

The sounds of telekinetic bombardment and the chain reaction of rock collapses continued in succession. Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie also went straight down, and in less than half a minute, they had cleared a path to Black Lake.

A layer of telekinetic energy rose in the air, catching the two falling figures, and they looked down at the deep, dark lake. This incredibly large underground lake was the Black Lake of the Dreamland Moon.

“According to Nordens, the formation of the Dream Realm is also related to human fantasies and dreams. Perhaps people in the real world have always believed that there is seawater on the moon, which is why the moon in the Dream Realm appears in this state…” Zheng Zha pushed up his nose bridge, then frowned, “Can you see down there?”

Asking this question, Zheng Zha felt somewhat helpless. Mu Xiang possessed extraordinary eyesight, and Zhang Jie had extremely strong mental power, while he lacked both. In this situation, he could only rely on Zhang Jie to investigate and then share his mental power with him. What, you mean the perception of a fourth-tier expert? Zheng Zha could only say that no matter how sharp he was, he couldn't possibly perceive the appearance of the being below.

Zhang Jie chuckled. As the distance closed, the detection method had to change, and more microscopic detection results were presented in Zheng Zha's mind.

"How do I wake it up..." Zheng Zha thought for a moment, then a dark red to almost black fireball appeared in his hand. "Shoot it?"

Zhang Jie shook his head: "Let me handle it. I feel like this guy and I are somewhat incompatible... It's better to figure it out now than to be caught off guard later."

Zheng Zha pushed up his nose: "Could it be related to mental strength...? I remember Mu Xiang said that Munoqua has a title: Soul Eater?"

“It’s very likely…” Zhang Jie shrugged, then transformed the mental energy that had seeped into Munoqua’s body. The mental energy, which was originally as fluid as water, transformed into an extreme ice blade, which erupted directly within Munoqua’s body.

The next moment, Zhang Jie's expression changed: "Something's not right!"

Zheng Zha was startled and immediately looked at Zhang Jie, only to see a flicker of fear on Zhang Jie's face. At the same time, the mental image in his mind also trembled; the lizard sleeping at the bottom of the vast black lake quivered slightly. This single tremor caused the undercurrents at the bottom of the black lake to surge upwards, transforming into giant, rolling waves.

At that moment, the lizard opened its eyes... Well, saying it opened its eyes might not be entirely accurate, because instead of the cold, evil eyes they had imagined, its eye sockets were empty, filled only with deformed fleshy membranes. And these two bizarre and ugly membranes "looked" at Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie.

Then, the mental image went out.

Zheng Zha was taken aback: "How did it get cut off?"

“It wasn’t me who severed our connection…it was it that devoured my spiritual power!” Zhang Jie said in a deep voice.

"Huh? It can devour your spiritual power?" Zheng Zha's face showed even more surprise. "What level would that be?"

Zhang Jie shook his head, his previous apprehension now explained... Damn it, we really are incompatible!
“I had deliberately transformed my mental energy into a more difficult form to deal with… but it still devoured me,” Zhang Jie said. “Moreover, this devouring was accompanied by a very noticeable pulling sensation. If my mental energy hadn’t been strong enough, my own mental body would have been pulled out and swallowed whole!”

Zheng Zha took a deep breath. He thought of Cthulhu, whom he had fought before... that famous Great Old One, but one of the few Great Old Ones with a specialization in mental power. But even it, it absolutely could not devour Zhang Jie's mental power! Zhang Jie looked at Zheng Zha: "Don't release your mental power. You are a true fourth-order being with both body and spirit. It can't directly pull your spiritual body out."

"Alright...Go!" Zheng Zha shouted, and billowing red flames erupted from his body, merging with the flames. "Red Lotus Transformation!"

Zhang Jie also summoned his Zanpakuto, Kuiki. The surging psychic power transformed into a blade of light hundreds of meters long that climbed up and was then violently flung into the Black Lake by Zhang Jie.

Munoqua slowly rose from the Black Lake. As he did so, the Black Lake churned wildly. The already gloomy and dark lake water became like a churning abyss, twisting and ferocious, ready to devour anyone who dared to touch it!

This terrifying lizard, many times larger than Burklug, had a head that was 800 meters long, and every move it made was like the collapse of the heavens and the earth. On its body were countless hideous tentacles, each one like a giant python growing from this behemoth, which, as they swung, were also in an attack posture towards the two of them.

Zheng Zha looked down at the turbulent black lake water and reached out, dipping a wisp of red flame into it. After a moment, he frowned: "Be careful, there's something strange about this lake water..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a lizard burst out of the water without warning, opened its huge mouth, and was about to swallow Zheng Zha whole!
If Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie had seen this lizard before, they would have exclaimed, "Wow, it's huge!" But compared to Munoqua, this lizard couldn't even be called a small lizard. This lizard was similar to the one Zhang Jie had scanned on the slave ship, only smaller, like a newborn chick.

Zheng Zha snorted coldly and slapped the lizard. Almost the instant he touched it, the lizard was reduced to ashes by the red flames surging from its body.

Zhang Jie's face was rather grim. Even though Zheng Zha had made a basic mistake and hadn't noticed the problem, he immediately discovered something bad... He had already scanned the Black Lake from outside the moon, and there were clearly only Munoquas in the Black Lake, so where did the little lizards come from?

If Munoqua had hidden itself, Zhang Jie could explain it by restraining his mental power, but the little lizard's sudden appearance was very illogical!
While thinking about it, Zhang Jie told Zheng Zha.

Zheng Zha paused for a moment, then thought for a moment: "Is it possible that it was produced by this lake water?"

Zhang Jie was also taken aback, then nodded: "I'll be more careful..."

"Hmm, I'll teach it a lesson first..." Zheng Zha shouted, and flames appeared between his eyebrows. Three beams of light surged from the depths of his consciousness, intertwining with each other and forming a three-flowered shape.

However, he did not summon the Asura Battle Body. Instead, he channeled the energy of the Blood Clan upwards. The next moment, a blood-red flame so intense that it caught Zhang Jie's attention shot out from his mouth, piercing through the Black Lake. All the lake water along the way was burned to nothingness. Then, this terrifying pillar of fire directly struck Munoqua's body.

Some of the newly emerged lizards from the Black Lake were instantly annihilated by the pillar of fire. When Munoqua was struck, it writhed wildly. Its roar didn't penetrate the Black Lake to reach the two, but in their mental images, the lakebed completely obscured by countless bubbles spoke of its agony. Its body and spirit had suffered a devastating blow simultaneously!

The three righteous gods returned to their positions, the primordial fire ignited, and in the interaction, the true fire of samadhi was born!

(End of this chapter)