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Chen Guan kept his eyes closed, but the corners of his lips involuntarily turned up.

"Echoes, Storm."

As soon as he finished speaking, the gentle breeze instantly transformed into a hurricane that swept across the entire basin.

The wind is invisible, yet it carries a distortion visible to the naked eye.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle.

A series of teeth-grinding, rapid slicing sounds rang out, and the leading wave of worms was instantly pulverized into the finest mincemeat the moment it came into contact with the storm's area.

Without any gushing blood, the purplish-black tissue, the moment it was shredded, was torn apart again by even finer wind blades, turning into purple dust that filled the sky.

This is just the beginning.

An invisible storm, centered on the coffin, spread wildly across the entire basin, like a giant, unseen grinder, crushing everything in its path.

The worms' proud regenerative abilities became the biggest joke at this moment.

Just as their remains were about to wriggle and reassemble, they were cut apart again by hundreds of wind blades, not even lasting a breath.

The speed of killing completely outpaced the speed of regeneration.

Li Yan's mountain-like figure remained motionless, but the slightly tense shoulder line betrayed the tremor in his heart.

He could sense the terrifying power contained within the storm; it transcended the realm of elemental attacks and was closer to the rudiments of a kind of authority.

This is not a skill a child should possess; it's no longer a question of whether someone is a genius or not.

"Awoo?"

Leopard peeked out from inside the coffin, looking at the scene before it with blankness in its golden vertical pupils.

In its perception, the entire basin had become an absolute death zone. Except for the small area where its master stood, all other space was filled with endless sharp blades.

That pile of sausages, which seemed inexhaustible no matter how much electricity it was used to burn, was now disappearing at an unprecedented rate.

The whole process lasted less than three minutes.

When the storm subsided, the world was quiet.

The basin, which was once teeming with life and covered with worms, is now bare. A thick layer of fleshy fungal carpet has been shaved away, revealing the dark tissue underneath that is still twitching slightly.

Those fleshy plants, which were half a person tall, were all cut off at the base, leaving only flat cut surfaces.

Thousands upon thousands of void worms were wiped out, leaving not a trace.

The air was filled with a purified freshness, mixed with a faint fishy sweetness.

"Heh heh, as expected of my skill." Baal boasted narcissistically.

Chen Guan's gaze swept across the empty basin, then landed on several glittering spots in the center of the basin.

Although the Void Worm is a symbiotic organism, it does not have an independent crystal nucleus.

However, such a massive amount of life energy is instantly annihilated, and its essence, guided by its unique properties, will condense into a higher-level product.

Chen Guan stepped down from the basin, onto the still slightly damp and slippery fungal carpet, and headed straight for the few points of light.

Li Yan didn't move, but just looked at his back with a complicated expression.

All the questions that had been lingering were now connected.

Chen Guan walked to the center of the basin and bent down.

Three fist-sized crystals lay quietly on the ground, completely black, with countless purple stars flickering and flowing inside, radiating energy even purer than the previous crystal turtle core.

A condensation of the essence of life in the void.

This thing is much more valuable than those jumbled crystal cores.

Chen Guan nodded in satisfaction and put away all three crystals.

After finishing his work, he habitually kicked around to see if any fish had slipped through the net.

Frugality and diligence in managing a household are virtues ingrained in his bones.

Leopard followed behind him, watching its master's skillful scavenging movements, then looking at the empty basin, and making snorting noises in its throat.

"Let's go, there's more ahead." Chen Guan clapped his hands and straightened up.

Just then, Li Yan's voice came from behind.

"Your ability is very special."

Chen Guan turned around and met Li Yan's probing gaze.

"Teacher, my special ability is mythological."

After a moment's thought, Chen Guan decided to speak out about it.

"Mythology?"

Li Yan repeated it, his brows twitching almost imperceptibly.

The rarity and power of mythological beings are self-evident, which explains Chen Guan's strange and unusual abilities.

"Yes, its name is Echo."

Chen Guan frankly stated without any intention of concealing anything: "That gust of wind just now was not my power."

He paused for a moment, as if organizing his thoughts.

"That is a lingering echo that I have replicated in the long river of history, the power of the great man of the past."

Li Yan remained silent for a long time before finally taking another step.

"Keep up."

He ultimately chose not to ask further questions, and this explanation did indeed account for Chen Guan's diverse attack methods.

That's enough.

As for whether Chen Guan was telling the truth or lying, and how much of it was true or false, that was not his concern.

The two walked one after the other through the desolate basin.

In Chen Guan's arms, the leopard, who had eaten too much, slept soundly, emitting soft snores as its little belly rose and fell.

The signal tower ahead became increasingly clear in the thick purple fog.

It was a hundred-meter-tall spire made of some kind of black crystal, its body covered with twisted and strange patterns, and the huge red crystal at the top of the tower, like an evil eye, stared at this eerie world.

The closer Chen Guan got, the more he could feel a chilling spiritual fluctuation emanating from the top of the tower.

Li Yan stopped. They were already standing in the dark square under the signal tower. The smooth, mirror-like ground reflected the purple light band flowing in the sky.

"It continuously releases a special waveband into the depths of the void, which is like a fire in the night to certain void creatures, and has a deadly attraction."

Li Yan raised his hand and pointed to the huge red crystal at the top of the tower.

"It attracts not only mindless beasts, but also some more troublesome things."

As soon as he finished speaking, the air in the center of the square rippled like an invisible wave spreading across the surface of water after a pebble was thrown in.

Chen Guan's eyelids twitched.

His mental web was completely empty.

But his intuition was screaming for help.

"This thing has no physical form." Li Yan's voice was devoid of emotion: "It attacks the mind directly; it's a pure predator of consciousness. We call it the Void Dream Weaver."

"Your leopard is useless against it; that gust of wind just now didn't even reach it."

After saying that, Li Yan crossed his arms and stepped back several dozen meters, clearly indicating that he would stand by and watch.

Chen Guan said no more.

He gently placed the sleeping leopard in his arms on the ground and then closed his eyes.

The instant Chen Guan closed his eyes, he saw a blurry human figure made up of countless fragmented light and shadow, standing three meters away from him.

It had no facial features, no limbs, and was just a constantly shifting cloud of mist.

At the same time that Chen Guan saw it, it also saw Chen Guan.

A chilling consciousness probed into his mind.

The next second, the darkness in front of them receded.

The classroom was bright and clean, the sunlight was just right, and the air was filled with the smell of chalk dust.

A female teacher wearing glasses is lecturing on functions on the podium, surrounded by young and unfamiliar faces.