With a "whoosh," just as the disintegration ray of the Soul Bead disappeared, Zhou Ziwei immediately crashed into the effective range of the original disintegration ray.
A piece of clothing that had been fluttering was reduced to dust by the residual force of the disintegrating ray and fell to the ground. Fortunately, it was just a piece of clothing. If he had been just a little bit faster, he probably would have been disintegrated by the soul bead he had thrown out.
But at this moment, Zhou Ziwei seemed to have forgotten the terrifying nature of the Soul Pearl. He plunged headfirst into the huge hole that the Soul Pearl had just created in the wall, and then stretched his hands forward in a cone shape, piercing them without any hindrance into the fresh soil at the end of the giant hole...
With a muffled explosion, the solidified soul body, which resembled white mist, suddenly swelled several times its original size before bursting open with a loud "boom." With that sound, countless streams of soul energy surged wildly in all directions.
As those scattered soul energies shattered, countless tiny black dots erupted from the center of the explosion, spewing out in all directions like a geyser.
The scattered energy fragments didn't fly very far before being caught up by a dense, dark mass of tiny black dots that came from behind, and were devoured in an instant.
However, this process of devouring seemed to have no effect on the speed of the small black dots. With the help of the huge centrifugal force generated when the soul body exploded, they instantly increased their speed to an astonishing level.
Just before Zhou Ziwei's entire body was buried in the soil, a large patch of tiny black dots stubbornly clung to his body.
The remaining large patch of small black dots, like sharks smelling fish, rushed towards the direction where Zhou Ziwei disappeared, but were immediately blocked by the soil that Zhou Ziwei had used to backfill the hole.
Two or three minutes after Zhou Ziwei completely disappeared, the densely packed Soul-Eating Insects remained there, unwilling to leave. Later, another swarm of Soul-Eating Insects flew over, and the two swarms mingled together, lingering for a long time before slowly dispersing...
Oh no, we're still a little too slow.
The moment Zhou Ziwei burrowed into the soil, he felt at least hundreds of small flying insects stick to his body.
As soon as those tiny insects, much smaller than millet grains, touched Zhou Ziwei's body, they began to desperately burrow into his body.
Although Zhou Ziwei's physical defenses were extremely strong, to the point that even ordinary bullets couldn't hurt him, he was almost completely defenseless against these terrifying little insects.
Because they are extremely small, there is no need to forcibly damage Zhou Ziwei's skin. Even the tiny pores on his skin are enough for them to burrow in.
The target of these soul-devouring flying insects was very clear: the nerve lines in Zhou Ziwei's body. Once these soul-devouring flying insects burrowed into Zhou Ziwei's body, they immediately swam to the nerve lines and began to desperately bite and devour the soul power flowing in the nerve lines.
Zhou Ziwei was extremely horrified. He knew that if he didn't find a way quickly, once these soul-devouring flying insects followed his nerves and tore him down, his body would soon be paralyzed due to the extensive damage to his nervous system.
Even after those soul-devouring flying insects burrow into his sea of souls, they might just turn his entire sea of souls into their nest.
Although there aren't many Soul-Devouring Flying Insects that have burrowed into Zhou Ziwei's body yet, the reproductive capacity of these insects is terrifying. As long as they consume enough soul power, they will rapidly multiply in a very short time.
One becomes three, three become nine... As long as there is sufficient soul power as their food, these terrifying creatures will likely soon become a global catastrophe.
We must eliminate them; we absolutely cannot leave this terrible scourge alive.
Zhou Ziwei muttered to himself, but his body continued to use his burrowing technique without pause, quickly moving through the soil and burrowing towards the surface.
After all, even if he wanted to find a way to deal with these soul-devouring flying insects, he would have to return to the surface first. Now, deep underground, Zhou Ziwei had no good ideas.
However, Zhou Ziwei soon realized that he would not be able to hold on until he emerged from the ground. As the Soul-Eating Flying Insects that had burrowed into his body continued to damage his nerve cells, Zhou Ziwei gradually felt numbness in his hands and feet, and his movements became increasingly sluggish.
If this continues, it won't be long before Zhou Ziwei's body becomes stiff from these soul-devouring flying insects. If he hasn't emerged from the ground by then, he'll likely suffocate to death underground.
Well... if he really died like that, it would save us the trouble of having to ask someone else to bury him.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwei was not the type of person who would lose his composure in the face of danger. In this life-or-death moment, his mind was actually clearer than usual.
After a moment's thought, he had an idea. Since these Soul-Devouring Flying Insects liked to devour soul power so much, he would provide them with more soul power first.
These soul-devouring flying insects probably don't have much intelligence; they mostly act on their innate instincts, which is to constantly devour soul power.
As soon as they smell the scent of soul power, they will swarm towards it.
The soul power contained within Zhou Ziwei's nerve filaments was far stronger than that of ordinary people. However, even with so much soul power within his nerve filaments, it was still only a drop in the ocean compared to the total soul power of Zhou Ziwei.
As long as Zhou Ziwei throws a lure at those soul-devouring flying insects that is even more powerful than the soul power flowing through his own nerves, then naturally all these little insects that rely solely on instinct will be attracted to it.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ziwei immediately released a large amount of soul power from his sea of souls without regard to cost, causing it to quickly condense on the surface of his body.
The dense soul power did indeed have some attraction for the Soul-Devouring Flying Insects that had already burrowed into Zhou Ziwei's body. Zhou Ziwei could feel that the soul power of those little insects outside the body condensed and they all paused slightly at almost the same moment.
However, these tiny insects then began to desperately crawl along the nerve lines into the depths of Zhou Ziwei's body again, completely ignoring the soul power condensed outside Zhou Ziwei's body.
Cold sweat instantly broke out on Zhou Ziwei's forehead. He hadn't expected these Soul-Devouring Flying Insects to be so persistent. Even though they had sensed the soul power outside, it hadn't tempted them at all.
Or perhaps they had already clearly sensed the massive amount of soul power within Zhou Ziwei's sea of souls. They knew that as long as they followed these nerve threads, they would gain even more soul power, which is why they ignored the seemingly abundant soul power condensed around Zhou Ziwei's body.
Countless thoughts raced through Zhou Ziwei's mind in an instant, but he couldn't come up with a way to eliminate the tiny worms inside his body no matter what.
Left with no other choice, he could only continue to desperately output his soul power to his body until the soul power outside his body became so dense that it condensed into a mist-like form, just like the souls in the tomb. Only then did the soul-devouring flying insects hesitate for a moment.
After a brief hesitation, the Soul-Devouring Flying Insects once again broke free from the allure of the external soul power, instead speeding up and desperately burrowing into the nerve fibers.
Because of the bites from the Soul-Eating Flying Insects, a large number of nerve endings were destroyed. Zhou Ziwei was in so much pain that his whole body convulsed uncontrollably, and his limbs gradually became unresponsive. Eventually, he could no longer move freely through the mud and could only remain temporarily in the thick mud...
These wretched little bugs are truly the nemesis of my life...
Zhou Ziwei sighed inwardly. Almost all of his abilities, which were based on his soul power, were based on his soul power. However, this soul power, which had always made him invincible, was precisely the most delicious food for these soul-devouring flying insects. So, once Zhou Ziwei encountered such a terrifying life form, he would inevitably meet such a tragic end.
However, Zhou Ziwei was not the type to give up easily. Although his body was temporarily immobile, his soul power could still move freely within the nerve filaments that had not been invaded by those little insects.
There was no other way to do it now. Since increasing the concentration of external soul power would still be somewhat tempting to these soul-devouring flying insects, let's continue to increase it! I believe that as long as Zhou Ziwei is willing to release most of the nearly 90,000 units of soul power that he has painstakingly absorbed from his sea of souls outside his body and let these little insects devour it, then he will definitely be able to attract these hateful little insects out.
With this in mind, Zhou Ziwei finally made up his mind. With a thought, he immediately mobilized a large portion of the liquid soul power gathered at the core of his soul sea and sent it all out of his body, instantly forming a rain-like cloak around his body.
All the Soul-Devouring Insects crawling within Zhou Ziwei's nerve filaments stopped once again. This time, they did not disappoint Zhou Ziwei. After a brief pause, they immediately turned around and began to quickly crawl out of the broken nerve filaments, finally managing to withdraw from Zhou Ziwei's body. Then, they desperately flew into the rain-like layer of soul power covering Zhou Ziwei's body and began to devour it frantically.
Zhou Ziwei breathed a slight sigh of relief, and then quickly poured a large amount of liquid soul power back into the damaged nerve lines around his body.
Although using liquid soul power to control his nerves would increase his sensitivity to pain many times over, Zhou Ziwei was racing against time and could only forcefully endure the excruciating pain in order to repair the damaged nerves as quickly as possible.
It goes without saying that the ability of misty soul power to repair the body is definitely not as good as that of liquid soul power.
Sure enough, after Zhou Ziwei infused his body with the liquid soul power, his numb limbs regained their mobility in just a few seconds. This speed of recovery was more than twice as fast as that of the misty soul power...
Zhou Ziwei dared not linger for even a moment. As soon as he could move his limbs, he began to swim again, quickly burrowing towards the ground...
Half a minute later, Zhou Ziwei finally burst out from underground with a loud "boom," tearing through some vegetation on the ground.
However, during this period of time, the hundreds of Soul-Devouring Flying Insects had already split once a few seconds ago due to the large amount of soul power replenished, and now the number of Soul-Devouring Flying Insects has reached more than a thousand.
With the increase in the number of Soul-Devouring Flying Insects, the speed at which the soul power released by Zhou Ziwei was devoured suddenly accelerated.
Damn it, I'll fight you to the death!
Having escaped from underground, Zhou Ziwei breathed in the fresh air outside while secretly vowing revenge.
Since soul power isn't working against these insects, let's just try using physical power.
They're just a few small bugs, I'll swat them all to death.
Zhou Ziwei gritted his teeth, reached into the rain-like soul power, scooped up a handful of soul-devouring flying insects, then slapped them down hard with both hands.
A crisp "snap" sound rang out, and Zhou Ziwei's expression immediately twisted.
It hurts...it really hurts like hell...
Zhou Ziwei felt as if the slap he had given was not a handful of small insects, but rather a handful of iron filings as hard as diamonds.
Moreover, Zhou Ziwei was still controlling his body with liquid soul power at this time, so the pain was magnified countless times, and he almost fainted from the pain.
Unexpectedly, the seemingly thin hard shells of these little insects were many times harder than the shells of ladybugs, which had been nurtured by the power of the soul for a long time. Even Zhou Ziwei's powerful strength could not damage them in the slightest... This is a big problem.
Volume 2 The Killer's Nightmare Chapter 337 Disaster
After Zhou Ziwei slapped down hard, he didn't turn the little insects into a puddle of mud as he had imagined. Instead, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in the nerves in his palm.
He hurriedly scanned his body with his soul power and was immediately horrified to find that because of his pat, several more soul-devouring flying insects had crawled into his body through the pores of his palm.
Damn, that's disgusting...
Zhou Ziwei was horrified and released his hand, shaking it violently twice to get rid of all the small insects still clinging to his palm.
As for the few soul-devouring flying insects that had already burrowed into his body, they didn't seem to have much interest in the faint soul power in his nerve filaments. After casually taking a few bites, they turned around and retreated, once again frantically throwing themselves into the dense, rain-like layer of soul power on Zhou Ziwei's body.
What should I do...?
Zhou Ziwei stared at the dense swarm of Soul-Devouring Flying Insects surrounding him, a chill running down his spine. If he didn't quickly get rid of these annoying little bugs and let them devour him so recklessly, it wouldn't be long before the swarm split again. And if the swarm split two or three more times, even if he released all the soul power in his Sea of Souls to feed them, it probably wouldn't be enough. At that point, it seemed he would only have one path left: death.
Zhou Ziwei's eyes flickered slightly, then he gritted his teeth fiercely. With a slight movement of his soul consciousness, he controlled the layer of rain that clung to his body to slowly drift and fall gently towards a rock in the distance.
After doing all this, and seeing that the little insects gathered in the rain-like soul power seemed to have no reaction, Zhou Ziwei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If we can move these things to a more distant place, this... should be easier to handle.
Then Zhou Ziwei reached into his pocket and took out a low-quality soul bead. He gritted his teeth, and with a thought, a wisp of soul power completely enveloped the soul bead. Then, with a thought from his soul consciousness, the soul bead immediately floated up and crashed into a large rock not far away that was teeming with soul-devouring flying insects.
Damn it... I'll fight you to the death.
The decomposition rays of this Soul Bead are quite terrifying. Even Zhou Ziwei's own soul power would be instantly decomposed into nothingness if it were within the attack range of these decomposition rays.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Zhou Ziwei would never be willing to use this method to eliminate these Soul-Eating Flying Insects.
Because the rain-like soul power gathered by the swarm of soul-devouring flying insects was equivalent to six or seven tenths of Zhou Ziwei's own soul power, amounting to as much as fifty or sixty thousand. If this soul bead were to explode there, then in the blink of an eye, all the soul power that Zhou Ziwei had worked so hard to absorb over the past few days would vanish in an instant.
However, at this moment, Zhou Ziwei could not afford to hesitate. He could quickly replenish his soul power through those Hearts of Flame, but if he hesitated any longer, he might lose his life.
However, to Zhou Ziwei's surprise, the group of Soul-Devouring Flying Insects, which he thought were devoid of intelligence, suddenly seemed to have become sentient. As soon as Zhou Ziwei flicked the Soul Pearl, all the little insects in the rain-like Soul Power suddenly became agitated. Then, in an instant, all the Soul-Devouring Flying Insects flew out of the rain-like Soul Power and pounced on the Soul Pearl that was wrapped in Soul Power.
With such a large swarm of Soul-Devouring Flying Insects flying in, it was impossible for the Soul Pearl to dodge them. Even though Zhou Ziwei tried his best to control them with his soul intent, he still couldn't prevent the Soul Pearl from being pounced on by the Soul-Devouring Flying Insects in mid-air.
The Soul Pearl can only explode if two conditions are met: first, it must be completely enveloped by Zhou Ziwei's soul power without any gaps; second, it must undergo a strong impact.
At that moment, the soul bead that was still flying in the air was pounced on by the swarm of soul-devouring flying insects, and the layer of soul power that was originally wrapped around the soul bead was instantly devoured by the insects.
As a result, the Soul Bead lost the pull of Zhou Ziwei's soul power and could no longer shoot far. It fell straight to the ground, and although it made an impact, it would no longer explode.
Then dozens of Soul-Devouring Flying Insects suddenly swooped down on the Soul Pearl, and in the blink of an eye, the Soul Pearl was completely devoured, leaving not even a trace.
After all, although the Soul Bead may have undergone some kind of mutation during the compression of Zhou Ziwei's soul power, in essence, it is still something completely composed of soul energy. And as long as it is soul energy, it is the food that these Soul-Devouring Flying Insects love the most.
Seeing the soul bead being completely devoured in an instant, Zhou Ziwei was momentarily stunned.
If this doesn't work, what other methods can be used to kill these insects?
Zhou Ziwei paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered something. A look of joy immediately appeared on his face. He quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out a flat, small porcelain bottle made of white steel, shaped like a small wine pot.
As soon as he took out the item, Zhou Ziwei's expression immediately became serious, and his actions became cautious. He then gently twisted the cap off the small porcelain bottle, revealing a bottle full of milky white liquid.
Damn it... you wretched bugs, I really don't believe you guys are indestructible cockroaches. If I can't swat you or beat you to death, I'll burn you to death, okay?
Just as Zhou Ziwei made his move, intending to scatter the Reincarnation Water from the small porcelain bottle onto the swarm of Soul-Devouring Flying Insects, the insects seemed to sense some danger. Suddenly, they became agitated again, no longer caring about absorbing the rich liquid soul power released by Zhou Ziwei. They all flapped their wings and flew high into the sky, adopting a desperate escape posture like stray dogs.
Zhou Ziwei was stunned. He couldn't understand how these tiny insects could have such keen senses. How did they know that the liquid in the bottle in his arms could bring them devastating damage? Could it be... could it be that these tiny flying insects, no bigger than a grain of millet, really possessed considerable intelligence?
Impossible… It's hard to say whether such tiny insects even have cerebrospinal fluid or anything like that in their brains, so where would they get intelligence? It's probably just an innate animal instinct! Just like ants can predict the weather, does seeing ants moving house before it rains mean they're smarter than meteorologists? Uh… while their weather forecasts might be much more accurate than weather stations… that doesn't mean their intelligence surpasses that of humans; it's just an animal instinct!
As Zhou Ziwei watched as this swarm of tiny flying insects, which had been like maggots clinging to his bones, flew away from him, higher and higher, farther and farther, he felt no sense of relief whatsoever.