My Mysterious Left Hand

Chapter 139 Observation

Perhaps in the eyes of that star demon, this tiny "insect" daring to leave its shell was simply a complimentary appetizer.

Devouring the flesh and soul of this king-level being might weaken the planet's defenses even faster.

"Hiss—roar!"

A silent roar exploded on the mental level; it was a demonic, polluting mental shock, enough to make even an ordinary king-level being lose their composure.

At the same time, three relatively "slender" but still hundreds of miles long tentacles, like three dark red lightning bolts tearing through space, came from three different directions to strangle Li Chen.

Before the tentacles even arrived, the corrosive demonic energy attached to them had already formed a domain, attempting to restrict space and weaken Li Chen's speed and reaction.

Li Chen's lips curled slightly, and his figure swayed gently in place, as if transforming into three illusory phantoms that were difficult to distinguish from reality, each heading towards one of the three tentacles.

This was not an afterimage left by high-speed movement, but rather an external manifestation of his initial application of the "transformation of reality and illusion" principle in his inner world.

At the moment of impact, he directly "virtualized" part of himself, causing most of the physical tearing and energy erosion of the tentacles to miss, while "realizing" phantoms with some attack power to interfere.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The three tentacles seemed to have struck their target, but they only felt a resistance like water ripples, and the expected sensation of flesh being torn apart did not come.

At the same time, Li Chen's three phantoms lightly tapped their fingertips, each shooting out a subtle yet extremely refined Five Elements Sword Qi.

The sword energy is formed by the convergence of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The five elements rotate endlessly, creating a continuous cycle of life.

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

The sword energy swept across the sky for tens of kilometers, easily tearing through the demonic energy defenses of the tentacle's outer layer and penetrating its tough flesh.

Immediately afterwards, the power of the five elements erupted, clashed, and transformed within it.

One tentacle became metallic inside and then cracked, while another was stretched open from the inside by wildly growing woody fibers.

The other one was first frozen, then scorched from the inside by flames, and finally its movements were distorted by the sudden increase in weight.

"Aww!!!"

A silent roar, a mixture of pain and rage, echoed from the core vortex of the demon.

The three tentacles were clearly badly damaged. Although they were not broken, their attacks were disrupted, the magical light on their surface was dim, and their movements were much slower.

It clearly did not expect that this "King-level insect" would have such bizarre and difficult-to-defend methods.

"The reaction is good. The physical strength and energy resistance are up to standard. It has strong resistance to attacks of the five elements, but it is not immune. It is relatively fragile internally."

Li Chen, like a calm observer, recorded the data in his mind: "The intensity of the mental impact is roughly equivalent to that of an early-stage Royal-level specialist, with strong polluting properties, posing a great threat to those with weak will or flawed souls."

Then a thought suddenly popped into his head: Could this thing be used to collect useful attributes?

But there's no rush. The Star Demon is right there; with him there, the other side can't escape.

The Star Demon was thoroughly enraged, realizing that its prey was not as simple as it seemed.

The core vortex suddenly expanded in the next moment.

A more powerful and malevolent will locked onto Li Chen.

At the same time, more than thirty tentacles rose up, each lit up with different destructive runes.

Some condensed into dark red demonic flames powerful enough to incinerate asteroids, while others rippled out extremely cold waves capable of freezing souls.

Some begin to distort the surrounding spatial structure, forming an invisible forbidden force field.

Some of them even cracked open at the tip, spewing out torrents of highly corrosive acid.

It seemed to be about to completely annihilate Li Chen and the space around him.

"Oh? They're getting serious now. Energy utilization efficiency has increased, attack patterns have diversified, and the tendencies of the laws are manifesting—"

Those seem to be properties like corruption, freezing, tearing, and devouring?

Li Chen's interest grew even stronger.

He no longer merely observes passively or probes in small areas.

Faced with this overwhelming, multi-layered, destructive torrent, Li Chen took a light step forward.

This step felt as if it had landed on a node in the entire void.

"Time and spacetime—slow down."

It wasn't that he accelerated himself, but rather that the flow of time in the void within a thousand miles of him was forcibly distorted and slowed down.

The speed of the incoming demonic flames, cold waves, acid, force fields, and waving tentacles instantly decreased by ten or even a hundred times in Li Chen's perception.

It was as if they were stuck in an invisible, super-dusty quagmire, their movements becoming slow and comical.

Li Chen held back; otherwise, with his current abilities, he could easily influence a space with a radius of tens of thousands of miles, even in the starry sky.

In the "slow" torrent of attacks, his figure moved as if strolling leisurely, easily weaving through the gaps between various destructive energies.

He pointed his fingers together like a sword, with fine, silvery-white electric sparks dancing at his fingertips.

During this process, his figure flashed by.

Each time a teleport is made, the fingertip will gently touch a specific node of a tentacle or the core of an energy rune.

A flash of silvery lightning appeared and then disappeared, vanishing into the darkness.

"Crack! Boom—"

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Intense lightning erupted from the inside of the tentacle that was struck.

This was no ordinary lightning; it was a heavenly tribulation lightning imbued with the meanings of "punishment" and "purification."

The tentacles convulsed violently, and the demonic energy on their surface melted away rapidly as if it had encountered its nemesis. The tough flesh was blasted open from the inside, leaving behind charred holes.

Some of the smaller tentacles even carbonized and broke off at their tips.

The energy runes that were hit instantly became disordered and collapsed, causing their attacks to dissipate halfway through.

The demon's core vortex flickered wildly, conveying shock, pain, and a hint of—fear?

It couldn't understand why this "King-level" being could control such terrifying thunderous power, which seemed to be specifically targeted at beings like itself.

The "rules" contained within the thunder made it tremble instinctively.

It seems that the Thunder Punishment Law is remarkably effective, with a special attack on "evil" and "corruption" types of energy and existence, and outstanding purification and punitive properties.

It can effectively damage the physical body of a royal-level demon, but it seems that more intense or special methods are needed to damage other core parts. Li Chen understood.

At this moment, due to the successive blows, especially the restraint and damage from the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning that originated from the rule level, the Star Demon fell into a state of rage and a trace of panic.

It no longer tried to hold back or toy with its prey. The core vortex suddenly contracted to its limit, and then, like a supernova explosion, it spewed out endless dark red demonic energy.

These demonic energies were no longer scattered attacks, but rapidly condensed and compressed, forming a slowly rotating "dark core" with a diameter of thousands of kilometers in front of him.

The core surface was covered with viscous, almost tangible, malevolent energy, emanating a terrifying suction force and destructive fluctuations that caused space itself to distort and collapse.

Li Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he finally put away his purely playful attitude.

Because he could sense that the power of this move had truly reached the peak of the Emperor level.