Chapter 1001: Chapter 757: Single Stage Life
"Lou Aran! I thought you were dead!" Nielan said nervously.
"Hahaha, how could I be? You don’t know, do you? Actually, you were right; I have always been on Long Yi’s and Ai Lin’s side. I just never imagined that you would be the one passing messages to Long Yi! So I acted out this whole charade, and surprisingly, you fell for it hook, line, and sinker," Lou Aran said.
"Even if you are still alive, what can you do? Your Cosmic Stone is damaged, and without it, can you cast Giant magic?" Nielan yelled fiercely.
"I can’t, my appearance was merely to mock you," Lou Aran said.
"But I can," Long Yi said.
From the moment Long Yi got his hands on the Cosmic Stone, he had recorded all of the Giant magic within, and it happened to contain a spell for spatial disturbance.
Long Yi placed his hand on the Space Barrier, channeled the strength of the Giant, and with a sound like glass shattering, the Space Barrier protecting Nielan was instantly pulverized!
With the Space Barrier destroyed, the teleportation was immediately cut off. Nielan’s face was filled with despair as he unwillingly turned to flee, but Long Yi caught his head in one hand with ease.
"Didn’t you want my life? Didn’t you want to devour my energy? Here I am, not going anywhere."
Nielan could no longer spout such bravado and began to tremble violently: "Please, let me go. I’ve lost my power, I’m no threat to you!"
But Long Yi shook his head: "Your threat is substantial. Weren’t you the one who wanted me to feel the wrath of the Ancient Mage Tower?"
At this moment, Nielan was completely panic-stricken and dared not argue any further: "I’m sorry! I’m sorry! It’s my fault! Please spare me! I beg you!"
"Spare you?" Long Yi laughed, "Even if I agree, would all the spectators in this entire Stellar Realm Arena agree?"
Instantly, the entire Arena erupted with a unanimous roar: "We do not agree!"
"See, you can’t blame me for this – only yourself for being such a fool to target me."
Crack!
With a firm squeeze, Nielan’s head was crushed. Xiaodie immediately drew out his soul at the side, quickly extracted some information, then comprehensively shattered his soul.
Boom!
Felpe spewed out scorching flames at the side, reducing Nielan’s body to ashes.
"I am honored to announce the result of this battle! Long Yi wins!"
The commentator nearly burst his throat shouting, and instantly, the entire Stellar Realm Arena’s spectators were in an uproar.
Seated side by side in the luxury box were Emperor Saint Jialin and Emperor Saint Danze, who only now realized that their legs had gone completely numb.
"Does this mean..." Saint Danze began, glancing at Saint Jialin by his side.
"The era of the Ancient Powerhouses seems to be truly ending." Saint Jialin said.
"However, it seems that what we’re facing now is not our era," Saint Danze frowned even more.
"The Ancient Mage Tower..." Saint Jialin sighed.
"The real trouble has just begun," Saint Danze said resignedly, looking at Long Yi and Ai Lin, who were still celebrating.
After this battle, practically everyone in the Plane began discussing whether the era of the Ancient Powerhouses had indeed passed.
Through their relentless fighting, Long Yi and Ai Lin proved to everyone that those once mysterious, arrogantly supreme, and high and mighty Ancient Powerhouses were equally vulnerable before truly formidable power. And after the fall of the alliance of Ancient Powerhouses, not a single one of the Ancients in the Plane dared utter another word.
Following the battle, Long Yi and Ai Lin issued a statement, directed at no one in particular, that simply read, "Challenge us if you dare."
No one dared to challenge, no one dared to fight.
If thirty Ancient Powerhouses could die under the public gaze, who would dare to challenge?
Afterward, some concluded that Nielan, by giving the order to use the device that destroyed all Giant relics, had actually done a great favor for Long Yi and his allies. Even though the device had also destroyed Ai Lin’s Mana Suppression Field, it left those thirty individuals in a realm without any Giant relics to utilize. These Ancient Powerhouses had only become truly powerful after acquiring the Giant relics. Whereas Long Yi and Ai Lin had been defeating these Ancients without the support of any Giant relics!
In fact, this battle could essentially be considered a classic case of Nielan’s own pitfall leading to his demise. Regardless, the feat of defeating thirty Ancient Powerhouses solidified Long Yi and his allies’ status in the Plane.
However, some astute individuals still cautiously pointed out whether the mysterious Ancient Mage Tower might make a move against Long Yi?
But Long Yi didn’t care about these concerns at all. Whatever the Ancient Mage Tower intended to say, the ultimate decision still lay with the strongest party. In the end, it all came down to strength.
What Long Yi was most concerned about now was the new member in his family.
Xiaodie.
After the energy-devouring insect metamorphosed into a cocoon, it surprisingly transformed into a beautiful girl, which was truly perplexing.
Xiaodie retained all the abilities of the energy-devouring insect, which was to devour energy. Unlike Nielan’s devouring rule that consumed almost anything, Xiaodie only devoured energy. However, her devouring power was stronger, and once it started, it was almost impossible to interrupt. Besides this ability, she didn’t show any additional offensive tactics, but her devouring skill alone was already formidable.
"Here, the contract." Xiaodie approached Long Yi, who was holding a Cosmic Stone in one hand and pondering, raised her palm, revealing a contract.
"Why?" Long Yi, after reading the contents of the contract, looked at Xiaodie with confusion. At this moment, Xiaodie was dressed in black lightweight armor made from her cocoon, incredibly sturdy. A pair of black butterfly wings on her back had folded into the size of a palm and were fluttering unconsciously with her breathing.
"Because you are a Giant, I think it is very safe to follow you, and it will help with my further evolution," Xiaodie said.
"Alright then." Long Yi was not one to put on airs; after all, this was not the first time something like this had happened.
Their hands clapped together, and Xiaodie officially joined Ai Lin’s contract army.
At the moment, Long Yi was troubled by Ai Lin’s situation. Ever since Ai Lin had separated from the Silver Light, she could no longer use the Cosmic Stone, a change that was completely baffling. This was especially true during the battle with Nielan—if Ai Lin could have used the Cosmic Stone, she probably wouldn’t have drained her Mana so quickly.
Long Yi had examined Ai Lin numerous times in regard to this but had found nothing abnormal.
Meanwhile, Ai Lin and Silver Light were on the other side, studying new magic. The content of their research was how to help Silver Light find her own offensive techniques.
Long Yi simply took out the Giant tablet and aimed it at Ai Lin.
"Warning, single-polar life detected."
A line of text appeared on the tablet.
And the so-called single-polar life referred to Xiaodie.
Long Yi tapped on the entry for single-polar life, which was contrasted with dual-polar life.
In this universe, from Giants to the Dragon Clan, Celestial Clan, and Beast Clan, all are dual-polar life forms. These beings are called dual-polar because their existence is always accompanied by a perceivable positive energy and an undetectable negative energy. The limit to a life form’s strength is due to their way of harvesting energy in two directions—once the negative energy reaches its limit, the positive energy will also cease to grow.
But, single-polar life is different. They have only positive energy, with no negative energy to balance it, meaning they can indefinitely continue to grow stronger.
As for single-polar life, notable representatives are Gods and Divine Envoys.
The Giants have done very little research on single-polar life. In the limited records available, single-polar life has been observed by the Giants three times. And the most famous one, Long Yi knew well.
It was Crystal Poison.
Crystal Poison achieved single-polarization through a process of infinite accumulation, but how did Xiaodie achieve it?
Long Yi scrolled through the Giant tablet and eventually found this term:
Purification.
A pure Devourer of energy?
The Giant tablet had no records about Xiaodie; in fact, the Giants had never observed her existence. It could be said that Long Yi himself possessed firsthand information about Xiaodie.
"Do you need to continually devour energy?" Long Yi asked Xiaodie.
"Actually, it doesn’t matter," Xiaodie said. "I can devour any energy. Light, airflow, even the sound of your voices, I can devour all forms of energy."
"Then do you feel hunger?" Long Yi inquired further.
"I’m actually always very hungry, but I suggest you don’t bother looking for food for me, and certainly don’t waste your precious Cosmic Stones on my endless appetite. Based on my understanding of my own species, we can never be fully satiated, and the more energy I devour, the hungrier I become. So, don’t worry about me, just let me absorb energy occasionally during battles," Xiaodie considerately advised Long Yi.
Immediately, Long Yi thought of the terrifying energy contained in the Power Core of the space station back in the Human Realm. If he used it to feed Xiaodie, who knew what the outcome would be.
Long Yi looked at his tablet and suddenly chuckled. He originally intended to find a way for Ai Lin to use the Cosmic Stone, but instead, he ended up thinking about Xiaodie.
"By the way, can I call you Brother Long?" Xiaodie suddenly asked.
"Of course, you can, I love it when people call me ’Brother,’" Long Yi responded with a smile.
"I have a question that I’m very curious about," Xiaodie said.
"What’s the question?"
"What were you doing last night?" Xiaodie began to inquire. "Last night? When exactly?" Long Yi asked, puzzled.
"I noticed that you, Ai Lin, Silver Light, and Little Zi were not wearing—" Before Xiaodie could finish her sentence, Long Yi quickly covered her mouth.
"Ahem, it was a kind of entertainment activity, pleasurable for the body and mind," Long Yi explained vaguely.
"I see. It looked like you all were having a good time. I want to join you tonight," said Xiaodie before she walked away.
"Stirred up trouble, huh?" Ai Lin and Silver Light had approached without him noticing.
"If I say I took advantage, will I get beaten up?" Long Yi muttered, and immediately two small silver fists came flying at him.
Of course, nothing happened that evening. It was said that Ai Lin went out of her way to explain to Xiaodie what had transpired at the time. This revelation greatly surprised Xiaodie, who became even more eager to try it for herself. Ai Lin and Silver Light had no choice but to tell her repeatedly that such activities weren’t to be taken lightly and required mutual affection and so on. In short, they expended much effort to dissuade Xiaodie, while also making her understand that they weren’t excluding her from fun activities. (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
