Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 152 Movement Techniques and Soul Attacks

"The Lord of the Thick Earth Realm is best at trapping enemies and defending."

Even the immortal beings of the alien races couldn't kill him on the battlefield beyond the realm, yet he died after returning to human territory.

After carefully reading through all the information about the Lord of the Thick Earth Realm, 'Lan', Qin Mu sighed deeply.

This Lord of the Thick Earth Realm once joined an elite team in the outer battlefield, led by an immortal powerhouse, and even killed an immortal god.

He himself has a record of confronting an alien immortal in a short period of time and then successfully escaping.

After his death, his friends from the battlefields beyond the borders couldn't believe it. They came back to check, but found no clues.

This made Qin Mu curious; how could such a powerful figure have fallen so quietly?

"This also reminded me that I can't rush things; I need to be more cautious."

Qin Mu thought to himself.

The Void Python only sensed that the giant bear was at the Domain Lord level, but its specific strength was unclear.

Breaking through from the star level to the cosmic level, the absorbed cosmic energy forms a vortex, and the nine miniature stars in the sea of ​​consciousness expand tenfold in size. The nine fireballs tremble as they expand to their limit before exploding violently.

The explosion would produce a large number of nebulae, star clusters, dust, and numerous tiny stars, forming a spiral galaxy with millions of tiny stars at its core.

The galaxy's core is the first "black hole" in a spiral galaxy.

This is cosmic level.

When breaking through from the cosmic level to the domain lord level, the central black hole at the cosmic level swallowed everything around it and collapsed to form a gray spherical singularity core.

The hallmark of a Domain Lord-level powerhouse is this singularity life core.

When a domain lord-level expert conceals their aura within the singularity, their strength cannot be detected by the outside world unless they actively release their aura.

If it's a first-level Domain Lord, that's fine, but if it's a ninth-level Domain Lord, then it's troublesome.

Therefore, Qin Mu needs to make ample preparations, ideally gathering a hundred extraterrestrial-level Zerg and using the Heart of the Swarm technique for a single soul-combined attack to eliminate them directly.

Otherwise, if the swarm realizes what's happening, even if they manage to defeat it, they will pay a heavy price.

After making his decision, Qin Mu devoted himself to cultivation, letting the insectoid units comprehend the laws while he honed his combat skills, movement abilities, and so on.

When the swarm was expanding wildly and taking over the world of the world master.

Qin Mu went into the horde of ferocious beasts and continuously challenged increasingly powerful beasts, greatly improving his combat abilities.

Especially in terms of movement techniques, there has been a qualitative breakthrough compared to the past.

In a relatively low-intensity battlefield, Qin Mu rode the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel and charged towards a third-tier cosmic-level Cloud Piercing Falcon.

The Cloud-Piercing Falcon is a small ferocious beast with a wingspan of only a dozen meters, but it is extremely fast, far exceeding other ferocious beasts of the same level.

Moreover, the Cloud-Piercing Falcon is a ferocious beast that lives in groups, often with hundreds of them living together, making them a relatively powerful force in this area.

Previously, Qin Mu was not too bold to provoke this ferocious beast, but now it was different.

The Cloud-Piercing Falcon swooped down like a bolt of lightning, seemingly unaffected by the powerful gravity of the Realm Lord World.

"Whoosh—"

Qin Mu stepped onto the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel, drawing an arc in space. The surrounding void distorted, and two Qin Mus appeared.

The two Qin Mu flew in alternating directions, covering each other, making it impossible for the Cloud Piercing Falcon to distinguish which one was the real Qin Mu.

Without hesitation, the enraged Cloud-Piercing Falcon chose to pounce, its sharp talons gleaming coldly.

But as if it were a phantom, the entire body of the Cloud-Piercing Falcon passed through Qin Mu's body.

This is an illusion!

Having made his judgment, the Cloud-Piercing Falcon immediately pounced on the other figure.

It didn't notice that within the illusion it had just passed through, streaks of golden sword energy were gathering, aiming to pierce its vital points.

The Cloud-Piercing Falcon was incredibly fast, arriving in front of the other Qin Mu almost instantly and crushing his body with its claws.

Another illusion!

How is that possible?

Just as it was filled with horror, golden swords pierced its neck from behind, drawing out gushing blood.

"Chirp—"

Despite suffering fatal injuries, the Cloud Piercing Falcon did not die immediately. Its powerful vitality allowed it to see clearly that the attack actually came from an illusion behind it.

It angrily tried to attack, but found that no matter which body it attacked, it was just an illusion, while Qin Mu's attacks could actually hurt it.

It didn't understand what had happened until it died.

Standing high in the sky, Qin Mu looked at the dead Cloud Piercing Falcon and smiled.

"After a month, the first level of Void Illusion is finally ready for actual combat."

Qin Mu selected three secret techniques from the Zerg heritage: the spatial secret technique "Spatial Control," the swarm secret technique "Heart of the Swarm," and "Primitive Zerg Codex."

Among them, the "Primitive Insect Codex" is the most in-depth study. However, unlike ordinary secret methods, the "Primitive Insect Codex" does not have a strict distinction of levels. It studies the structure of life and gene regulation.

If we really want to categorize them, we can do so based on strength, just like with "Bloodline Evolution".

With the help of the Hive, Qin Muru could create cosmic-level Zerg units. Even without assistance, human equipment alone could be used to breed even more stellar-level beasts!

Secondly, there's the Heart of the Swarm technique, but this technique mainly relies on the unique characteristics of the Zerg race itself. When the Zerg swarm breaks through to the cosmic level, it has already reached the second level, which is the level of a perfect attack by a million Zerg swarm.

When fighting in the world of the realm master, the souls of cosmic-level ferocious beasts are not strong to begin with, and a single soul attack from the swarm of insects can easily defeat the opponent.

Aside from the fact that when facing soulless rock creatures like rock giants, where only energy combos are effective, there is practically no solution.

This also exposes a weakness of the Zerg swarm: the lack of units that excel at energy combos.

The weaknesses of the Fire Eye Zerg are still too obvious. They are inefficient and slow in attack. It was precisely because of this discovery that Qin Mu has devoted more energy to Zerg units with ranged attacks.

Finally, there is the spatial secret technique, "Spatial Control".

This is the secret technique that Qin Mu has progressed through the slowest. It's not that "Space Control" is weak; on the contrary, it's too powerful, which is why Qin Mu has been unable to master it for so long.

The first level, "Lock the Sky," once mastered, can reduce the enemy's speed by half and increase your own speed by double, whether it's flight speed or burst speed.

Many spatial secret techniques, even after being practiced to the end, cannot reach this level.

After receiving the Void Python as a gift from his senior brother, Qin Mu finally gained some insight into spatial perception thanks to the Void Python's enhancement.

But I still haven't truly mastered it.

It wasn't until Qin Mu comprehended the Earth Domain that he was surprised to find that, combined with his understanding of the Earth Domain, his cultivation of Spatial Control had significantly improved.

The combination of earth and space is what we are best at controlling.

However, he is only at the first level of the Earth Realm now. Qin Mu estimates that he will only be able to truly master the first level of "Space Control" – Locking the Void – after touching the origin of Earth.

However, Qin Mu only discovered this after entering the World Lord's World and comprehending the Earth Domain.

Before this, Qin Mu planned to cultivate a simpler movement technique, originally intending to choose the "Myriad Flow" technique from the Meteorite Star inheritance as a transition.

However, after becoming a disciple of Master Yu Chen, the master opened up the cultivation secrets he had mastered, and Qin Mu could choose any two of them.

After comparing them, Qin Mu still chose a method called "Void Illusion Body" from his teacher's cultivation secrets.

In terms of strength, Teacher Yu Chen might not be a match for Hu Yanbo.

But in terms of foundation, how can Hu Yanbo, who cultivates alone, compare to Teacher Yu Chen, who is a high-level executive in the Virtual Universe Company?

The Void Illusion is divided into four layers.

First level: Dual Body Technique

Second Layer: Ten Illusory Bodies

Third Layer: Hundred Illusions

Fourth level: Myriad Illusions

Once the first level is mastered, the movement of the body will distort space, creating the effect of having two bodies, and the main body can switch between the two illusory bodies.

This movement technique incorporates illusion techniques and spatial teleportation.

Compared to the widely circulated and universally applicable techniques like "Wanxian Liu," "Xu Kong Huan Shen" is more suitable for me.

As the overlord of the swarm, he possesses immense mental power, making him perfectly suited for the illusionary arts path.

All Zerg Queens are natural-born soul masters, most skilled in charm and illusion.

Qin Mu also possesses such talent, but he has focused his time and energy on comprehending the laws and researching genes, and his research on illusion techniques is not profound.

While illusions are powerful, they also have significant limitations. For example, they are almost ineffective against creatures that lack souls, such as rock life or mechanical life.

Although he has not studied it, it does not mean that Qin Mu lacks talent in this area. On the contrary, he has an extremely strong talent for illusion.

The Void Serpent's talent is called Spatial Travel, which greatly helps in cultivating the "Void Illusion Body" technique, allowing it to travel between illusory bodies.

After two years of practice, Qin Mu had barely grasped the basics of the "Illusory Body" technique and could now create two illusory bodies.

However, he was not yet proficient and needed more practice, so when he first entered the territory of the ferocious beasts, he could only choose to fight the Thunder Giant Ape head-on and defeat his opponent.

After continuous practice, I gradually gained more understanding of movement techniques. This was the first time I used "Void Illusion" in a real battle.

The effect was unexpectedly good. A Cloud Piercing Falcon, whose strength was comparable to that of the Thunder Giant Ape, was easily killed by Qin Mu, who toyed with it completely.

If Qin Mu had mastered the "Void Illusion" technique during the battle with the Thunder Giant Ape, he wouldn't have needed to worry about the Thunder Giant Ape breaking through the blockade of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel and launching a surprise attack.

"Um?"

On the battlefield, another second-tier cosmic-level Cloud Piercing Falcon, seeing its leader killed, did not flee but instead pounced on Qin Mu.

Qin Mu didn't take the mere second-tier cosmic-level Cloud Piercing Falcon seriously.

Just as the Cloud-Piercing Falcon launched its attack, a ferocious, multicolored snake-like beast suddenly charged towards Qin Mu in the sky from the ground.

In an instant, Qin Mu's two illusory bodies were attacked simultaneously!

However, Qin Mu only glanced at the colorful snake-like beast, and the beast, whose strength had reached the first level of the universe, froze and fell from the sky, dying on the spot.

Soul attack!

Qin Mu generally doesn't use soul attacks, not because he's not good at them, but because soul attacks are too powerful.

Especially since the battlefield is full of Zerg, if a Soul Combo is used, even a ninth-tier cosmic-level ferocious beast will be killed on the spot!

This is simply overwhelming the opponent with talent, without any opportunity for self-improvement.

"Tsk, this soul attack is really useful. If you can't block it, it's an instant kill."

After casually killing another Cloud-Piercing Falcon, Qin Mu sighed in amazement.

This is not the swarm's combined soul attack method, but rather a soul attack and defense method that Qin Mu selected from his teacher's secret techniques.

This secret technique is called "Illusory Soul Lock". After successful cultivation, soul chains will appear in the sea of ​​consciousness. They can be used not only to protect one's own soul, but also to attack.

"Illusion and Soul Lock" is also divided into four parts.

First Layer: Soul-Locking Chains

Second Layer: Intertwined Disillusionment

Third Layer: Soul Lock Realm

Fourth Layer: Eternal Disillusionment

Unlike other cultivation techniques that are extremely difficult to master, Qin Mu, with his talent as the Overlord of the Swarm, easily learned "Illusionary Soul Lock" and successfully entered the second level.

Compared to the attack and defense of the soul in Heart of the Swarm, Soul Shatter is too simple.

The first level of "Illusory Soul Lock" can condense eight soul chains in the sea of ​​consciousness. Although the attack is not strong, it has an excellent effect on soul defense.

The second level allows the soul chains to be transformed into sharp attacks, piercing directly into the depths of the enemy's soul.

At the same time, the defensive capabilities of the Soul Chains have also been greatly enhanced, enabling them to form a solid barrier at critical moments to resist enemy soul attacks.

Qin Mu is at the second level.

Heart of the Swarm is more suited to the swarm and requires the swarm's cooperation, while Soul Lock is not so troublesome and can be cast on its own.

Qin Mu didn't actually need the defensive capabilities of "Illusionary Soul Lock," as it was a soul attack capable of destroying the entire swarm of insects and thus posing no threat to him.

The main reason for learning this secret technique is to conceal the fact that one's soul is too powerful, so that one's soul attacks and defenses are traceable, rather than relying solely on talent.

However, in a special battlefield like the virtual universe, without the aid of a swarm of insects, "Illusion Lock Soul" is still very useful.

In real-world battles, Heart of the Swarm is much more effective.

After taking down some of the stronger members of the beast horde, Qin Mu ceased his pointless slaughter and handed the battlefield over to the insect swarm.

"It's been over a month, and the insect swarm has already occupied most of the Realm Lord's Realm. Of the four more powerful races, only two remain."

Qin Mu sensed the progress of the occupation of the entire realm within a realm.

Besides the Rock Giants, another race is struggling to survive under the attack of the Zerg swarm.

"The intense battles have led to multiple evolutions of the insect swarm, and progress has been made in the fusion of the Fire Origin and the Space Origin."

"The analysis of the Rock Giant is almost complete."

"After collecting enough resources, the number of cosmic-level units in the swarm has exceeded one million."

Qin turned his head to look at that core area, his eyes flashing with cold light.

"It's almost time to prepare for an attack on the core area of ​​the World Lord's World."

(End of this chapter)