Chapter 328 - The Strange World.
"So, this is the planet where the Shadowless Council base is located." Said Ling Chen as he stood on top of a boulder while gazing into the distance and observing the surroundings.
Looking around, the surroundings were all dense forests, like it was an uninhabited place. He could not see the edge, and there were only giant trees that have been growing for many years in this land, piercing towards the vault of heaven like deep green swords.
The thinner tree trunks require dozens of people to wrap their arms around to fully encircle them, while the thicker trunks would need more than a hundred people. From a distance, it looked as if the trees were a green overhanging mountain, grand and magnificent.
"I can't believe there was such a planet within the 8th Extreme Void Belt." Ling Chen murmured while looking around.
According to the memories of the Great Luo Martial God, the 8th Extreme Void Belt was kinda similar to the 9th Extreme Void Belt.
Aside from being a dark and silent expanse of void filled with all kinda powerful void beasts, it was also filled with all kinda black holes, spatial storms, and other dangerous and deadly spatial anomalies.
There was no mention of people discovering planets or stars within the 8th Extreme Void Belt from the memories of the Great Luo Martial God.
Though Ling Chen was a little surprised by this sudden discovery, he didn't find it that strange. He already knew that the Extreme Void Belts were a vast and mysterious place filled with all kinda secrets.
One of the things that Ling Chen realized when observing this place was the fact that it was very different from any other place in the Omega Galaxy.
The moment he set foot on the soil of this unknown planet, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound as a faint light appeared around him alongside an unknown power that wished to pressure him.
However, the Dark Godly Tree within his consciousness slightly pulsed, and the light dissipated along with the pressure.
Aside from that, Ling Chen could also feel an extremely powerful and distinct energy that did not exist in Omega Galaxy, curling up in the air between the sky and this land.
It was chaos energy. A surge of boundless chaos energy could be felt in the air. Primordial chaos was everywhere as if this was a world that has yet to be open and expanded.
It seemed as if since the beginning of time, this world had never experienced destruction or development before; it has stayed the same all this time. The entire planet was brimming with a primordial sensation.
As Ling Chen was quietly observing the environment of this unknown place, he suddenly heard a loud dull, and heavy sound behind him.
Turning around, he saw Azure that had transformed into her true form, a humongous Nine-headed and scary Hydra while Hu'er had transformed into a pitch-black Nine Tails Fox.
"Why did you guys transform into your true form." Ling Chen asked with a confused expression on his face.
Right now, they're in the enemy's territory. So keeping a low profile was in their best interest. Even though Inevitable had taken a Demonic Shura into their base, Ling Chen still didn't get much information about the Shadowless Council's base.
It was unknown if Inevitable did it on purpose or just dumb luck. However, the moment Inevitable stepped into this unknown planet, he blindfolded the Demonic Shura. As such, Ling Chen had no eyes on the enemy's base.
"I didn't do it on purpose master. It seems like I can't keep my human form in this world." Answered Azure with a confused and apologetic tone.
"It's the same for me well," Hu'er added.
"Interesting, this world is indeed a weird place." Murmured Ling Chen after hearing Azure and Hu'er answer.
"Did you guys feel any other restrictions or anomalies as well?" Ling Chen suddenly asked both the Light and Dark Primordial Shuras.
Seeing this sudden development, Ling Chen didn't want to take any chances as he wanted to know all the effects this world had on them before facing the Shadowless Council.
Unlike the Shadowless Council that had been in this world for a long time and was already used to it, Ling Chen and his group were all newcomers.
Ling Chen didn't want to give to the Shadowless Council the opportunity to use the environment and the weirdness of this strange world against them.
Even though they were going to war, Ling Chen didn't want to lose any of his people. They were all irreplaceable to him.
"It seems like we also lost the ability to fly. We'll have to use our wings if we want to fly." Fang Lan said after realizing that couldn't fly.
"Fang Lan is right. We can't fly without our wings." Azure added.
"Also, the range of my divine sense seems to have reduced to a quarter of its usual range."
While everyone was trying to find the other abnormalities of this world as well as how they were affected by them, Ling Chen's expression suddenly changed.
"What the hell! I can absorb the energy of this world." Ling Chen blurted out.
At the same time, he tried to absorb the surrounding energy again, making sure that his mind was not playing tricks on him.
To his surprise, chaos energy flowed into him like rivers from all directions. They were absorbed into his lower-dantian as if he was an insatiable whale devouring all the energy.
However, the moment he absorbed the chaos energy, it didn't stay within his lower-dantian but instead absorbed by the Dark Godly Tree roots which then converted them into Dark and Holy energy and equally distributed to both his lower-dantian and sea of consciousness.
However, the process was very slow and the amount of dark and holy energy converted was very small. As for the other energies found within the chaos energy, it was served as nutrients for the Dark Godly Tree.
Still, it was a very nice feeling as it was Ling Chen's first time absorbing the energy of the world like a regular warrior. He always wanted to know how it felt like.
"It seems like it's only you. I can't seem to absorb any." Ling Wei said with a dejected look on his face after trying to absorb the chaotic energy in the surrounding area like Ling Chen.
Not only Ling Wei, but Freya and the other Primordial Shuras had the same look on their faces as well, except for Fang Lan, Hu'er, and Azure.
"Well, now that we know about some of the abnormalities of this world, it's time to leave for the Shadowless Council's base. After destroying the Shadowless Council, we'll have plenty of time to explore this strange world." Said Ling Chen.
"Also, we won't be flying there. We'll have to walk there as it isn't too far from here. It's too dangerous to fly in this strange place. We don't know what kinda existences or beasts live in this place." Ling Chen added with a solemn expression on his face.