Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 1090: Chapter 536: Exotic Beast (2)

"Watch out!"

In the outer regions of the Great Wilderness, there exist many peculiar exotic beasts, whose means of concealment are exceedingly high, making it hard for even a Celestial Master to sense them before they attack.

In terms of strength, these exotic beasts vary greatly, but even the weakest among them possesses the level of a top Grandmaster and poses a certain threat to those in the Blood Exchange Realm if caught off guard.

As for the stronger ones, it’s needless to say, they rival the Celestial Human!

Moreover,

Due to their strange methods and elusive nature, the threat they pose is far greater than that of the Celestial Human!

This was the reason why during a previous exploration of the Great Wilderness, Muqing Qiu found traces of the former Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, but was ultimately forced to retreat; she knew that if an exotic beast comparable to a Celestial Human set its sights on her, she would have no chance of survival.

However, she was much calmer now, since she had stepped into the Celestial Human Level herself, her methods were different from before, and her assurance of self-preservation in the outer regions of the Great Wilderness was much stronger.

This exotic beast that suddenly launched an attack, its move seemed extraordinary, neither too strong nor too weak, comparable to the Blood Exchange Realm!

Plus, it appeared suddenly, materializing from the void, making the level of danger of this attack even higher than the assassination by the Master of Xue Yin Tower, even a Celestial Master could be injured if not careful.

Yet such power was too weak for Chen Mu today.

Bang!!

Faced with the exotic beast’s incoming spike, Chen Mu merely reached out a hand and pinched it between his fingers, and with a slight exertion of force, he heard a bang as the entire spike was forcibly snapped by him!

"Roar..."

The exotic beast let out a howl, its entire body instantly dematerializing and was about to escape into nihility.

But Chen Mu merely snorted coldly, pulled forward fiercely with his right hand, abruptly interrupting the beast’s dematerialization, pulling its entire body from nihility, and then flipped his hand and pressed down, blasting it into fragments!

This scene also caught Muqing Qiu’s eye with a glimmer.

Impressive!

She thought with admiration.

The exotic beasts in the Source Land are quite uncanny, most possess the ability to transition between reality and illusion, and even the weakest among them are difficult to kill unless using a sufficiently strong strike before they dematerialize.

An exotic beast with strength comparable to a typical Blood Exchange Realm, reaching the ’Divine Under First Rank,’ even if she had achieved the Celestial Human level, she could mostly only withstand its attack but wouldn’t have confidence in killing it.

But Chen Mu had annihilated an exotic beast with a mere flip of his hand.

Swish!

After annihilating the exotic beast, Chen Mu grasped into the air and took hold of a piece of exotic beast meat, intending to study it carefully; however, before the meat was in his hands, it suddenly transformed into a cluster of white mist and disintegrated.

Subsequently, the entire corpse of the exotic beast disintegrated, swallowed by the white mist, not leaving a trace of blood, as if the previous attack had been nothing but an illusion.

"Interesting..."

Having caught nothing, Chen Mu was momentarily dazed, then showed a look of keen interest.

He was well aware of the dangers in the Source Land, among which the greatest danger is these exotic beasts, whose strength varies; according to the information he possessed, the weakest do not even reach the ’Divine Under First Rank.’

These exotic beasts were born from the unique environment of the Source Land, born from the intertwining of three kinds of Origin Dao, thus each at least possesses one kind of Origin Dao’s intricacy, some even bear the combined elegance of Void, Time, and Creation Dao!

Furthermore.

These exotic beasts, though killable, cannot be harvested for any resources because once dead, they instantly vanish into the Source Land, and even if captured alive, they cannot be taken out of the Source Land, for they disperse and vanish the moment they are taken out.

While Chen Mu knew of these details beforehand, he only now truly witnessed them firsthand, and given his exceedingly high realm, the insights he perceived were naturally greater; he immediately understood that essentially, these exotic beasts are part of the Source Land!

The Source Land encompasses the power of three kinds of Origin Dao, this power is constrained by the rules of the Source Land, and with a slight inducement, these exotic beasts are manifested; it could be said that these exotic beasts are an embodiment of the Origin Dao itself.

Just like the one just now.

The transition from illusion to reality wasn’t the power of Void Dao but a representation of the formless intricacies of Creation Dao.

As for Chen Mu blasting it with one strike, those bones and blood were real, part of the tangible and life aspects of Creation Dao; their eventual dissolution into white mist was real as well.

They were simply an evolution of the interwoven intricacies of Creation Dao concerning life, form, myriad phases, and other aspects, disintegrating naturally back into the power of Creation Dao upon disassembly.

"Form and formless, semblance and absence, neither life nor death, neither increase nor decrease."

For a moment.

Chen Mu felt he had gained a deeper comprehension of Creation Dao.

He even considered capturing more exotic beasts for detailed study but quickly dismissed the thought considering the purpose of his current venture into the Source Land.

Should he fail to find any wonders of the Creation Dao or Divine Weapons, he might thoroughly examine these exotic beasts, for they themselves are considered remarkable products of the Origin Dao’s intricacies.

With a brief contemplation, Chen Mu continued forward.