The spider was very aggressive and quickly lunged forward. It raised another one of its legs to stab at Ye Xiao. Its eyes were filled with anger and killing intent. The speed and power behind this strike were awe-inspiring and terrifying, for it appeared in front of Ye Xiao as quickly as Ye Xiao had teleported.
It was almost like teleportation.
But Ye Xiao could tell that the spider had just moved at such a speed that made his eyes feel as if the spider had teleported.
This time, when the spider’s leg came striking down at Ye Xiao, Ye Xiao felt a difference in aura from the first time.
Although it was distinct, Ye Xiao’s senses still caught that aura.
“The aura of Death!”
Shaking his head, Ye Xiao muttered again, “Yes, this is the aura of death, however, this deathly aura is not the spider’s personal aura but borrowed from the Death Crystal.”
“Wait a minute!”
Ye Xiao suddenly realized something and went through the information Queen had poured into his mind.
Very soon, he found the information he was looking for.
“Eh… It is not as I had expected.”
“I thought that this spider might be the guardian of Death Source Crystal, however, it turns out that this spider wants to take the Death Source Crystal for itself, and kill anyone who enters the Holy Domain.”
According to the information given by Queen, this spider was called Deathgaze Spectral Spider, and its most powerful move is called Deathgaze where its gaze burns the soul of its enemies.
It was almost like Ye Xiao’s Soul Destruction where Ye Xiao could shatter the soul of his enemies.
While Ye Xiao was avoiding this spider’s attacks, he clearly felt a deathly gaze looking at his body, as if it wanted to look directly at his soul but was unable to.
“This dang spider actually wanted to burn my soul.”
Anger flashed in Ye Xiao’s heart. He did not expect this spider to be so ruthless.
Fortunately, he was unable to look into his soul for some reason. Otherwise, Ye Xiao would have surely suffered breathtaking pain at the very least.
Deathgaze Spectral Spider used to be a normal Chaos Beast, however, it was affected by the aura of Death Source Crystal and mutated as time slipped slowly. In just a few hundred years, it transformed from a normal spider to the current Deathgaze Spectral Spider.
It then moved near the Death Source Crystal and started living there, protecting the crystal as its own life treasure.
At the same time, it continued to absorb the Deathly Energy constantly released by the Death Source Crystal, becoming stronger and stronger.
In just a few hundred thousand years, it became a Chaos Sovereign Realm beast who has terrifying battle strength. At the same time, it mastered a few abilities that are innately related to the Death Source Crystal.
Ye Xiao could understand this point. After all, the Deathgaze Spectral Spider absorbed the deathly energy released by the Death Source Crystal for a very very long time. It is normal for this spider to develop a few abilities that complement the Death Energy and the Death Source Crystal. 𝓭ℴ𝓋.𝒸ℴ𝓶
Time continued to pass and very soon, more than a million years went by.
The Deathgaze Spectral Spider absorbed the deathly energy for a million years. All its personal attributes went through a striking transformation, however, it was still unable to break past the last barrier.
However, in the meantime, it comprehended the Rule of Death with the help of the Death Source Crystal as well as understood the 10% Profound Truth of Death Rule.
Most importantly, it continued to go through a few transformations every hundred thousand years. Every transformation brought an instant rise in strength.
This was also why Ye Xiao felt like facing an incredible enemy when the Deathgaze Spectral Spider was attacking him.
Although it was just a Chaos Sovereign Realm spider, it was powerful enough to go against a Supreme Expert.
If Ye Xiao wants to obtain the Death Source Crystal, he first has to kill this spider.
Looking at the giant spider, Ye Xiao suddenly smiled. His smile caused the spider to frown like humans which looked very demonic on its spider face.
It might be wondering why Ye Xiao, who was running away just now, suddenly started smiling.
Ye Xiao spoke, “You tried to burn my soul, right? Let me try to attack your soul too. If you can withstand my attack, I’ll leave this Holy Domain without taking the Death Source Crystal, and will never come back!”
Ye Xiao was confident in his ability to destroy enemies’ souls.
Ye Xiao could easily kill anyone whose soul force is weaker than his.
When Ye Xiao was facing the Evil-eyed Golden Lion, his Soul Force suddenly erupted and became multiple times more powerful.
Now, Ye Xiao doubted that he could easily kill a Celestial Awakening Realm warrior with his current Soul Force.
“Soul Destruction!”
Without waiting for the spider to give any reaction, Ye Xiao performed his attack. He locked on the Deathgaze Spectral Spider’s soul and his soul force slammed on the spider’s soul hard, shattering it in an instant.
The Deathgaze Spectral Spider was unable to do anything, it even failed to scream one last time before losing breath.
It died just like that.
“Humph!” Looking at the corpse of the spider, Ye Xiao snorted coldly. “In the end, you were nothing special.”
Then Ye Xiao thought of something and put away the corpse of the spider.
No matter what, this spider was a Chaos Sovereign Realm beast. Countless people including Exalted Ones would fight to own this corpse.
The corpse of a Chaos Sovereign Realm beast was very valuable. Every part of this beast is a valuable treasure that could be sold for a sky-high price.
Now that the Deathgaze Spectral Spider was dead, Ye Xiao could obtain the Death Source Crystal without any trouble. There was no longer any danger in this Holy Domain that could stop Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao released his Divine Sense and covered the entire Holy Domain.
“So, you are hiding there!”
Ye Xiao smiled and teleported, appearing in front of the Death Source Crystal.
The Death Source Crystal was located deep inside a cave. A high-leveled Great Formation laid by a Formation Grandmaster was protecting it.
“That Deathgaze Spectral Spider must have come here when it was still weak. It must have tried to break the formation several times only to fail ultimately. As time passed, this formation became something that could not be broken or passed in the eyes of that spider. Even when it became a Chaos Sovereign Realm spider, in its eyes, this formation was a wall that could not be broken. So it must not have even tried to break the formation.”
“Otherwise, with that spider’s greedy nature, it must have swallowed the Death Source Crystal. It is just that the experience of the distant past filled its eyes with fog.”
Ye Xiao shook his head and looked at the formation.
This was a Great Formation laid by a Formation Grandmaster. If this formation was created by a Formation God, then Ye Xiao would have to put in some effort to shatter the formation.
However, that was not the case for this level of formation.
Ye Xiao stepped forward. As he took his first step inside the formation, “bang”, an explosive sound occurred and shockwaves were released from his leg, attacking the formation in waves.
In an instant, the formation crumbled.
Ye Xiao easily arrived in front of Death Source Crystal and curiously looked at it.
Its shape was exactly like other Source Crystals, the only difference was the aura, energy, and color of the crystal.
The crystal could not be more dark. It was constantly releasing deathly energy filled with a deathly aura that affected not only the cave but the surroundings of a few miles as well.
Ye Xiao took a deep breath and grabbed the Death Source Crystal.
“You are mine now!”
Ye Xiao now has Gravity Source Crystal and Death Source Crystal. He could have given these two source crystals to the Lotus of Chaos for it to absorb in two of its petals.
However, Ye Xiao did not choose to do so.
Why?
It is because his Universe was still undergoing an earth-shattering transformation. It has yet to complete the transformation.
Ye Xiao decided to first let this transformation complete. In the meantime, he would gather as many Source Crystals as he could.
And when the transformation is complete, he will give the Lotus of Chaos all the gathered Source Crystals, and let his universe go through another phase of transformation.
Now that Ye Xiao had obtained the Death Source Crystal as well, he left the Holy Domain and appeared in the Death Valley.
Looking around, Ye Xiao shook his head.
The owner of Death Valley was unable to control the Death Source Crystal after obtaining it, causing him to come to this valley, resulting in the valley’s transformation into Death Valley.
Even then, he was unable to control the Death Source Crystal because of his low strength and had to create the Holy Domain to hide this Rule Source Crystal.
It was truly a pity for the Death Valley Master.
Ye Xiao sighed and disappeared, leaving the Land of Wood Flame.