Chapter 502: Shadow Servant's New Body

Chapter 502: The Shadow Servant's New Body

Li Wei took in his surroundings and immediately realized he was surrounded.

These things that looked like trees were not plants at all.

If he hadn't guessed wrong, this place should be inside the Ice Emperor's intestines.

Then these things must be the tiny villi on the Ice Emperor's intestinal walls that absorbed nutrients.

What appeared to Li Wei as enormous trees were merely microscopic tissues to the Ice Emperor.

Just as Li Wei was about to act, he restrained himself.

He quickly rushed toward a gap, escaping from the encirclement of the tree-like structures.

Thinking of the aftermath caused by the Starworm Queen's self-destruction just now, Li Wei didn't dare to recklessly interfere with anything within the Ice Emperor's body.

He feared triggering some unforeseeable catastrophe.

By now, he had figured it out.

That storm earlier was likely nothing more than the Ice Emperor taking a single breath.

As for what caused the Ice Emperor to inhale, it was probably the discomfort felt in its stomach after the Starworm Queen's explosion.

Li Wei felt utterly helpless.

A simple inhalation by the Ice Emperor had posed an enormous threat to him.

It had directly separated him from Saint Xi, leaving him stranded in this strange place.

Breaking through the gap in the surrounding tree-like structures, Li Wei glanced down at the still-growing trees beneath his feet that tried to pull him down, then quickly ascended higher.

After avoiding the dense, animated trees around him, Li Wei followed the direction of his soul connection with Saint Xi, searching for her.

Swish!

A large wave-like motion appeared in the forest not far away. Countless previously motionless trees rapidly came to life, forming a spectacular undulating pattern that spread toward Li Wei like ocean waves.

Li Wei's eyes showed surprise as he turned to look into the distance behind him.

Something over there had triggered this phenomenon.

The wave quickly reached Li Wei's vicinity, and he finally saw the culprit responsible for all the commotion.

A pitch-black sphere.

The sphere floated in mid-air, hurtling toward him at an astonishing speed.

Countless trees behind him successively awakened, extending branches trying to grab the sphere flying overhead.

Li Wei's gaze sharpened, doubt filling his heart. What was this thing?

His mental perception quickly enveloped the black sphere's body.

The surface of the black sphere possessed a mental barrier layer. His mental perception couldn't penetrate its surface, unable to discern what lay within.

But Li Wei could sense that this black sphere was some kind of living creature.

Its aura also seemed somewhat familiar.

Li Wei's heart stirred suddenly—he remembered what that familiar aura was... the Starworm Queen!

Shock filled his heart. Could the Starworm Queen still be alive?

Li Wei's eyes narrowed as power gradually gathered within him, preparing to deliver a fatal blow the moment the black sphere arrived.

He couldn't give it any chance to catch its breath.

Yet when the black sphere drew near, Li Wei didn't attack.

The black sphere flew past twenty meters to Li Wei's left side—it wasn't coming toward him.

This made Li Wei even more curious.

After pondering briefly, Li Wei accelerated to catch up with the rapidly flying black sphere.

Before long, he caught up to it.

Casting the spell "Telekinesis."

A blue hand grasped the swiftly flying black sphere, forcibly stopping it.

The wizard's hand brought the black sphere before Li Wei.

After careful observation, Li Wei discovered this was an organ from the Starworm Queen's body.

Truly shocking—merely a separated independent organ could still possess such remarkable vitality, making one feel as though it were an independent life form.

When the black sphere approached Li Wei, it vibrated slightly.

Then, numerous incredibly fine tentacles extended from its surface toward Li Wei, seemingly wanting to pierce into his body.

Li Wei's eyes narrowed as he moved the black sphere farther away. Unable to approach Li Wei, the black sphere's extended tentacles attempted to burrow into the blue wizard's hand.

Unfortunately, the wizard's hand wasn't a living being—the black sphere was merely wasting its effort.

From the black sphere, Li Wei sensed its longing for a new body.

"What exactly is this thing?"

Doubt filled Li Wei's heart.

He had two choices: destroy it or figure out what it actually was.

Since this thing was related to the Starworm Queen—a legendary-level creature's activated organ—Li Wei couldn't bear to simply discard it.

After brief consideration, Li Wei chose to satisfy the black sphere's longing and give it a new body.

Of course, not his own body.

Li Wei happened to have a living body on hand.

He brought out the white body of Nitro, bringing it close to the black sphere.

The black sphere extended numerous filaments that drilled into Nitro's white body.

In the blink of an eye, the black sphere transformed into countless threads, fusing completely with the white Nitro.

Nitro's white hair was dyed black, and his body gradually emanated a peculiar aura.

"Shadow Servant."

Li Wei sensed it—after Nitro fused with the black sphere from the Starworm Queen, something was still missing.

Nitro's soul had long been destroyed by Li Wei.

This body lacked autonomous consciousness, possessing only instinct.

Given enough time, perhaps it could develop new awareness.

But that wasn't what Li Wei desired.

The Shadow Servant appeared upon Li Wei's call, entering Nitro's body and taking control.

Once the Shadow Servant controlled the body fused with the black sphere, Li Wei quickly understood what the black sphere had been.

The black sphere was the Starworm Queen's magical core.

Using the term "magic core" wasn't entirely accurate, but it was indeed something similar to a magic core. Within it lay the Starworm Empress's core abilities and innate powers.

The Starworm Empress's core ability was "adaptive evolution," which, after she broke through to the legendary level, advanced into "super evolution."

Li Wei had already witnessed the formidable power of super evolution's extraordinary characteristics.

After Netero fused with the Starworm Empress's magic core, he gained the ability of adaptive evolution.

Originally, once the magic core merged with Netero, a new Starworm Empress consciousness would spontaneously emerge.

However, Li Wei had Shadow Servant occupy Netero's body, interrupting this process.

Under the influence of the adaptive evolution ability, Netero's body, which initially didn't mesh well with Shadow Servant, began undergoing changes.

Li Wei watched as white-haired Netero transformed—his entire white fur coat darkening until it became black skin so deep it resembled ink, indistinguishable in its flatness.

Netero's massive raven beak also vanished, replaced by a featureless black human face whose features couldn't be discerned.

After watching for a while, Li Wei finally realized—wasn't this Shadow Servant's appearance?

"Master, I can no longer separate from this body."

Shadow Servant spoke thus.

Li Wei was slightly surprised, then accepted it, nodding as he said, "Mm, I understand."

Shadow Servant continued, "I still retain the shadow transformation ability, though I can no longer possess new bodies."

Li Wei felt somewhat delighted, not expecting Shadow Servant to preserve his original abilities.

Losing the possession capability was, after all, acceptable.

Shadow Servant extended his hand, from whose palm crept a black, elongated worm.

He said, "Though I cannot possess new bodies, this new ability—Parasitism—can also seize control of others' bodies."

Li Wei felt even more pleased.

(End of chapter)