Chapter 577 – Secrets of Miaomiao's Combo
"DIE!!"
The Mu Elder punched Miaomiao's chest, but the latter didn't flinch.
There was no essence, Dao, or power in that attack. It was a normal punch of a mortal without a cultivation base.
Miaomiao smiled as he watched the elder's lifespan drop to zero.
As soon as the countdown reached zero, the elder stopped moving. He collapsed while his eyes were wide open.
Not only did the elder fall, but the others also dropped dead. Then, a horrifying scene traumatized the crowd.
Millions of tiny centipedes burst out from their bodies. They ate the victims from the inside and grew bigger. Then, they ran toward the centipede pit as if they had been pre-programmed
'Hehe. Thanks for your hard work. Bye-bye.'
Sometimes, Miaomiao just loved Diaochan. Her Dao of Death Curse could be applied with other Daos, making her power flexible and deadly.
Just now, Miaomiao used a combination of Death Curse, Chrono Element, Karma Centipedes, and Dark Domain.
Under the domain of Darkness, the power of curses, poisons, and hexes was amplified. Karma centipedes also grew faster under this environment. The Death Curse rapidly depleted the Mu Elder's lifespan and luck while the centipedes ate away his Qi and luck.
Then came the Chrono Element. Miaomiao accelerated the time flow of his victims, hastening the power of the death curse and the growth rate of the centipedes.
It only took Miaomiao a few seconds to turn a dozen men into new hosts of the centipedes. As Miaomiao had no intention to reveal his power to either Xie Fan or Xie Lian, he used this inefficient combination to his true abilities and trump cards.
Had he directly stolen their lifespan, Xie Lian would have noticed it and branded him as an evil cultivator. Then, Miaomiao might have been killed on the spot.
Fortunately, most initiates and candidates of Eden Garden Sect had learned about Miaomiao's deed last month, and they already guessed how the centipedes were born. Upon seeing the real thing, they had goosebumps.
Clan lords, elders, and mighty figures from various organizations here were terrified. None of them feared stronger cultivators as they often fought across realms. However, they were afraid of unexplainable powers.
Miaomiao's power ignored logic and cultivation realms. Not only he could also utilize lifespan, but he could also use somebody else's body as a centipede nest.
"S-Such a profound technique!"
"G-Go tell Lord Yi. We must not offend the stable master!"
The survivors of the Mu Clan also shivered in fear. A few of them peed their pants.
Miaomiao ignored the reactions of the spectators. He waited for the tiny centipedes to enter the pit.
While he was waiting, a massive centipede burst out from the corpse of Mu Elder. It rose 100 meters high to the sky, revealing its black lustrous scales, thousand spike legs, and bulky body segments.
A centipede queen was born. Its aura of a pseudo-deity monster intimidated every mortal in the city.
Xie Fan, Xie Lian, and many immortals widened their eyes. The birth of another centipede queen ignited their greed. With such a pet, they might be able to create a centipede farm or learn Miaomiao's secrets through its abilities.
But suddenly, the centipede queen started talking in a human language.
"Strange. I'm positive that I should have been born as a centipede to serve my master, but I have that old man's memory."
"!!!"
The centipede clearly hinted that she had inherited Mu Elder's memory!
This changed everything. The value of this centipede skyrocketed as the owner of this queen might have known the secrets of the Mu Clan!
Xie Lian turned to Miaomiao. Without hesitation, he abused his authority as a deity.
"Mao Miaomiao. I want this centipede. Give her to me!"
Miaomiao snickered, "It's not up to me to decide."
"What do you mean? You created her. Won't she listen to your instructions?"
"She's a bit unique. I didn't create her the normal way."
"…"
Normal way?
This implied many things. Xie Lian immediately figured that Miaomiao had multiple ways to create these centipedes.
The centipede queen looked at Miaomiao. She bowed to him, but her expression was unhappy.
"Master, I don't like you."
Miaomiao laughed while he looked at Xie Lian, "See?"
Xie Lian was astonished at first. But then, he also laughed. This was his golden opportunity, "Centipede, how about you serve me from now on?"
"I refuse," The centipede snorted.
"Don't you realize that I'm a deity? I can nurture you into a divine beast! Serve me!"
"Again. I refuse. You can't possibly raise me. Only my master knows what I need."
"What is it that you need? Maybe I can get it for you?"
"I need," The centipede paused. Then, she looked at Miaomiao. "I need my master's luck energy and lifespan. I can't exist without his lifespan."
Xie Lian nodded in understanding. But he didn't give up, "If we talk about luck, I'm confident that I'm blessed by Heaven, and I should have more luck than him. Won't you join me?"
"No. I can tell that you're out of lifespan, and you're using a secret technique to prolong your life. I can't serve a dying deity."
"…"
Xie Lian's face darkened. He was aware of his limits, and he couldn't do anything about it.
But he didn't give up. The elf elder tried again, "How about this person? This is my relative, Xie Fan. Xie Fan is only a 12-year-old 20-Star Stellar Constellation Immortal!"
The crowd murmured in astonishment. Stellar Constellation Immortal was a difficult immortal path that require high insight, exceptional spirit roots, and abundant cultivation resources. No poor cultivator could pursue this path unless they wanted to be stuck at 1-Star forever as they couldn't procure enough cultivation resources to grow stronger.
A 12 years old immortal with 20 Stellar Stars was the genius among geniuses. Xie Fan was the Heaven Chosen, and she might be the protagonist of the new generation.
Everybody gazed at her in awe, respect, and admiration. Yet, none of them had realized that the boy in front of them was a SHE.
"I must say, as expected of the Xie Clan! Elder Xie Qingtian is a die-hard supporter of Lord Adam, and everyone in his clan is talented."
"Indeed. With such a talented child, the next generation shall belong to the Xie Clan. The clan's future looks bright!"
Miaomiao scoffed at the usual bootlicking comments. He turned to the centipede queen before Xie Lian took over the conversation.
"What's your name, queen?"
The queen stopped interacting with Xie Lian. She turned to her master, "The person in my memory is Mu Gu. As for me, I don't actually have a name."
"Mu Gu? Gu as poison? Well, that's befitting you. Your name shall be Queen Gu."
As soon as Miaomiao named the centipede queen, the body segments brightened. The massive body of Queen Gu shrunk and transformed into a woman.
Centipede antennae were still there. The two back legs extended from her lower back, above the buttock. Her shins, legs, and sides were covered by the lustrous black scales. However, her chest, back, thighs, and genital were the same as ordinary women.
Two crimson eyes of Queen Gu stared at Miaomiao's face, but she was expressionless.
Ding
'That easy?'
Miaomiao had a wry smile on his face. He fetched out a treasure robe and covered Queen Gu's front. Then, he pulled her into his dantian space and told Xu Chu to be her babysitter.
The transformation of Queen Gu attracted the crowd's attention. Xie Lian was also speechless.
"Has the centipede queen evolved?!"
"Yes," Miaomiao ignored Xie Lian and adjusted his shop menu.
"Bring her out! I'll buy her!"
"She isn't for sale. She's my familiar now."
"I'll pay whatever price you want. Just name it!"
Miaomiao was bored of this greedy deity, so he made an offer that he couldn't accept, "Fine. I want Xie Fan as my concubine. Secondly, I want to meet Xie Qingtian, and he has to visit me here in person. Third, I want someone to rescue a certain woman from Olympus. I'll tell you the detail if you accept all conditions. And lastly, I need someone to fetch my subordinates and family from Nirvana Heaven."
Xie Lian frowned. He couldn't accept any of the conditions as it was too exaggerating. Although he could sell his sister, he couldn't afford to release Xie Qingtian, who had rebelled against his father.
On the other hand, Xie Fan narrowed her eyes. She finally realized that Miaomiao was aware of her gender all along.
Xie Lian refused to yield, "Those are too much! Name a normal price!"
Miaomiao shrugged, "I won't trade my queen centipede with soul stones or lifespan. The last time, I was threatened. But this time, I won't concede. You may kill me, but you won't get the queen."
"You…" Xie Lian swallowed his anger and sighed. He gave up, "Whatever. I change my mind. I don't need it."
"Hoh."
Miaomiao was impressed with Xie Lian's self-control. He was worthy to be a secret character that even Xie Tian couldn't kill.
"Alright. Moving on," Miaomiao stopped bickering with Xie Lian and turned to the other customers, who had been waiting for a while now.
All tiny centipedes had entered the pit safely. From the system's counter, he had three million extra creatures in stock. However, Miaomiao chose not to sell them.
Raising them was not too hard. Instead of selling them all for three million years of lifespan, he could wait a month, and their value would be 30 million years.
Therefore, Miaomiao decided to sell only the second batch of adult centipedes.
"I'll be selling only adult version from now on. As a reminder, one person may buy 10 centipedes. Oh, don't forget to queue in order, or I'll curse you into centipedes! First person, please!"
"…"
The survivors from Mu Clan looked at each other. Then, they glanced at Miaomiao and Xie Lian.
Miaomiao waved his hand, "You guys go the back of the line. Let the others buy the pets first."
The survivors awkwardly cupped their fists and saluted to Miaomiao even though some of their colleagues had been killed.
"Thank you for your generosity, sir!"
Just like that, they dispersed.
After all the troublemakers learned their lessons, the business resumed. Local cultivators formed a long queue and patiently waited for their turns.
…
Day 120
Miaomiao was exhausted. He regretted putting the restriction of 10 centipedes per person.
Because of such an idiotic condition, Miaomiao attended the shop without sleeping or eating for a month before he finished selling the last adult centipede.
However, a new problem arose. Half of the new centipedes reached adulthood, and they could be sold.
Miaomiao broke a sweat. He stared at his loyal employees, who had been perfectly feeding the babies with random beast corpses and 1st-grade soul stones.
Xie Fan, Tugu, Ta Dun, and Shamoke gave Miaomiao a thumbs up as they had already received their wage for the previous month, and they were eager to fulfill their duty in the future.
Xie Lian had also been staying around. He watched the never-ending queue of the pet shop and inwardly mocked Miaomiao.
After selling the last centipede from the second batch, Miaomiao took a break. He closed the shop for a day, so he could review what his secondary consciousness in the dantian space had done during these 30 days in the real world, aka 3,000 years in dantian space.
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Isolated Training Space
Miaomiao gazed at the Chrono Element Continent, which he had been meticulously building.
The two rings around the Chrono Element Crystal were completed after Miaomiao had obtained enough lifespan. He already finished the third ring, which was the ring of stillness.
The third power of time was the time-stopping ability. The third spiritual ring stayed still while the two rings never stopped rotating.
The fourth ring was also completed, but it gave Miaomiao an eerie sense and discomfort.
The last part of the continent was the fourth ring, the final one. However, instead of moving forward, backward, or not moving at all, the fourth ring rotated and spun vertically and horizontally in chaos, causing the core of the other three rings to tilt and rotated along with the fourth ring.
The fourth ring referred to the power of the fourth dimension, which enabled the Chrono Element users to transcend time and space and cheat the Law of Karma and Heavenly Dao.
Even so, the fourth ring's power couldn't be activated manually. It only gave Miaomiao a passive ability, allowing Miaomiao's soul to be transmigrated to another timeline after he died.
This very ring was the source of Devil and Kishin Douji's abilities to cross timelines!
After the rings were completed, Xie Tian's soul merged with the Chrono Element Crystal, and the four rings chaotically spun and rotated.
Four black holes and four white holes emerged around the crystal, serving as the replacements of totems. Then, suddenly, a vertical black disk emerged and split the crystal in half!
Yet, the Chrono Element Crystal, aka the massive black hole, was still active. It ignored the disk and continued to compress and stretch everything to merge with its absolute darkness.
The disk slowly rotated. Then, it turned into the fifth ring, which put a stop to the chaotic spinning.
The four other rings merged with the disk. Then, the black hole and the eight pseudo totems also became one with a large mass of the unknown dark plate.
The black crystal flattened and became one with the disk. Then, the disk rapidly expanded and covered Miaomiao's space, acting as its ceiling.
The flat disk bent into a massive dome. Within a breath after the completion of the flattened black disk, it enveloped the entire Isolated Training Space.
in the space, Miaomiao closed his eyes. He could feel the presence of Xie Tian in the depth of his soul dantian.
It seemed that Xie Tian had completed his transformation while Miaomiao was admiring the scenery.
Ding
Miaomiao clenched his fists. His hard work paid off.
Now, he only needed Xie Tian to possess the 1,000% clone of his counterpart to finish their project.
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[Quest Management Status]
NPC Name: Mao Miaomiao
Role: Antagonist
Lifespan: 2,400,888 Years
…
Miaomiao in the real world inspected his remaining lifespan and smiled. Indeed, all successful persons were hard workers! Miaomiao was proud of himself as he was one of the successful hard workers. Looking at the lifespan number encouraged him to work even harder.
But for now, Miaomiao needed to reward himself. He also wanted to taste the centipede queen.
'Should I transform into a centipede for a proper sex?' Miaomiao thought.
But Xie Tian reminded him again, 'Master. Sex is healthy and all, but please refrain from following in Zeus' footsteps. I'm sure you don't want to have his nickname.'
"…"
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