60: Undercurrents
"These Yao Mosquitoes actually managed to form a climate!"
The attacks of the Yao Mosquito swarm were not chaotic and disorderly, but rather formed into individual mosquito groups.
"They even know how to defeat them one by one." A group of Yao Mosquitoes actually focused their attacks on a warrior with healing Talent.
Zhang Sheng quickly placed a Spirit Shield over the person and simultaneously activated a Fireball Technique to block the Yao Mosquitoes' attack.
These Yao Mosquitoes felt completely different to Zhang Sheng compared to the Yao Beasts in the Secret Realm; they actually possessed a certain level of organization.
Where there's organization, there's a leader!
Several kilometers away, a Yao Mosquito whose spiritual power had reached the Late Stage Qi Sea Realm shone like a bright moon among the stars.
"Found you!"
"Go!"
As his Spirit Eye discovered this Late Stage Qi Sea Realm Yao Mosquito, he brought his two fingers together, and the spirit tool flying daggers flew out simultaneously.
A cold, sharp gleam flashed in the night.
However, just as Zhang Sheng thought this Yao Mosquito was doomed, its body transformed into a cloud of blood mist and vanished without a trace.
The flying daggers hit nothing, and Zhang Sheng quickly flapped his wings, flying towards the Yao Mosquito's original position, while using his Spirit Eye to observe his surroundings.
He found the Yao Mosquito again, this time more than ten kilometers away! Its aura had greatly diminished.
"Spatial Spell?"
Yao Beasts awaken their innate Spell upon entering the Qi Sea Realm. Could this Yao Mosquito have awakened a spatial Spell?
At the same time, the entire Yao Mosquito swarm seemed to go mad, rushing towards Zhang Sheng like a crimson flood, abandoning their attacks on others, trying to stop Zhang Sheng's advance.
"Fireball Technique!"
Eight Fireball Techniques rotated rapidly around Zhang Sheng, and the Yao Mosquito swarm rushed towards them like moths to a flame.
Zhang Sheng, however, was burning with anxiety!
This Qi Sea Realm Yao Beast had actually developed sentience; it had to be killed, otherwise, the consequences would be endless.
"Object Manipulation Art! Full power!"
All sixteen flying daggers, ranging from Low Grade Tier 1 to High Grade Tier 1, flew out, forming a rotating road cone.
He should have learned a wind-attribute Spell earlier!
"Yao Mosquito, you can't escape!"
"Flight Technique! Extreme Speed!"
Zhang Sheng activated three layers of Spirit Shields, even directly smashing through the blocking Yao Mosquitoes, their blood staining his Spirit Shield crimson.
Under Zhang Sheng's extreme speed and Spirit Eye, even with its spatial Spell, this Yao Mosquito had nowhere to escape.
After three consecutive Blood Shields, its aura grew weaker and weaker, and the distance it could cover became shorter and shorter, but it still couldn't escape Zhang Sheng's Spirit Eye.
A bolt of lightning struck the Yao Mosquito, causing it to freeze, and then it turned to ash in the burning flames.
As the Late Stage Qi Sea Realm Yao Mosquito was annihilated, the other Foundation Establishment Realm Yao Mosquitoes instantly fell into chaos, scattering and fleeing.
Zhang Sheng, however, couldn't feel happy at all.
Boarding a Huaxia military transport plane, Zhang Sheng quickly reported his discovery to the expeditionary force commander and Dean Hou.
Yao Beasts in Secret Realms have no sentience; Foundation Establishment Realm, Qi Sea Realm, and even Divine Breath Realm Yao Beasts do not. This is an absolutely confirmed fact.
But this Qi Sea Realm Yao Mosquito actually possessed sentience, even knowing how to use simple tactics.
In fact, this was not an isolated incident; the nation had already known about this.
When Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts descend into the current world, they gradually develop sentience.
Foundation Establishment Realm Yao Beasts show no obvious changes, but they will still grow, and once they Break through to the Qi Sea Realm, they will also develop sentience.
Although Huaxia is strong, it cannot reach everywhere. Some Yellow-rank Secret Realms in smaller countries were not cleared in time, and the Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts within them descended into the current world.
In some areas, those Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts have even become powerful, posing a huge threat to local residents, causing heavy casualties.
Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts have already caused such a huge disaster, and the Myanmar soldiers who were sucked dry are an example.
Once the Divine Breath Realm Yao Beasts from the Secret Realm escape, the consequences would be unimaginable. Their sentience would probably be no less than that of humans. How would humanity position itself then?
Zhang Sheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"Is all of this a test for humanity? Or a game played by the gods?"
Zhang Sheng dared not think about it, nor was he able to change it. Now, he could only continuously grow stronger and remain true to his heart.
Back at school, Zhang Sheng refined a few more batches of supreme-grade spirit gathering pills and gave them to the three, along with Qing He's spirit food pills.
Soon after, Song Xian also led his team back safely.
Ultimately, the secret of the Divine Breath Realm Yao Beasts was still publicly revealed by the United States, which accused Huaxia at the United Nations General Assembly of using information asymmetry to harvest Divine Breath Realm resources from other countries.
Huaxia naturally ignored this, but from then on, various countries regarded Blue-level Secret Realms as treasures and would not easily allow outsiders to interfere.
Some countries even adopted human wave tactics, sacrificing large numbers of people to wear down Divine Breath Realm Yao Beasts, just to obtain a Divine Breath Realm Jade Slip.
Qi Sea Realm Cultivators are already so powerful; a Divine Breath Realm expert is no less important than a nuclear weapon to some small countries.
Funnily enough, after India learned this news, they actually started dismantling the stone monument. This was the monument that had been poured with thousands of cubic meters of concrete to enclose the blue light portal.
It instantly became an international laughingstock. India had previously thought that this method could prevent Yao Beasts from the Secret Realm from descending into the current world, which was simply burying one's head in the sand and utterly foolish.
On that day, Huaxia saw the descent of its second Blue-level Secret Realm, but Zhang Sheng had no intention of participating; instead, he planned to Cultivate in peace.
After consuming a spirit food pill, Zhang Sheng began the second cycle of Body Refining Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivation.
Despite having experienced it once before, the piercing pain still went straight to his Soul.
The character 'Jie' (Calamity) in the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex fully described the difficulty of Cultivating this Body Refining Cultivation Technique.
Every cell in his body was destroyed in raging flames, Breaking through genetic shackles to achieve Rebirth.
This time, Zhang Sheng did not fall into a coma. Although he was mentally prepared for the changes in his body, he could not hide his excitement.
A comprehensive strengthening from the inside out.
The circulation speed of Heavenly Circulation Method was shortened to once every 3 minutes, and Primordial Chaos Qi Refining's circulation was shortened to once every 2 minutes.
"In this way, wouldn't I be able to advance one Realm every day and a half?"
This was only the second cycle of life and death. If he completed all nine cycles of life and death in the Foundation Establishment Realm... Zhang Sheng absorbed the three Jade Slips from killing the Desert Worm one by one.
"Primordial Chaos Heavenly Art: An advanced Cultivation Technique for Primordial Chaos Qi Refining."
"Barlin Artifact Refining Technique: A top-tier Artifact Refining technique created by an unknown entity named Barlin, centered around inscriptions."
"Sand Blast Funeral: A Tier 2 Spell centered around yellow sand."
These three were all rare treasures; any one of them, if placed outside, would definitely cause various forces to fight over it.
With the Primordial Chaos Heavenly Art, Zhang Sheng wouldn't have to worry about subsequent Cultivation Techniques after entering the Divine Breath Realm, and it was in the same lineage as Primordial Chaos Qi Refining... "Has Song Xian already entered the Divine Breath Realm?" Zhang Sheng looked at the information from his Smart Terminal, but wasn't surprised.
Before going to Pakistan, Song Xian had already reached Qi Sea Realm Perfection. To Cultivate this strongest person who had awakened dual SSS-level Talent, both Zhao Xue's qi gathering pills and Zhang Sheng's qi gathering pills were supplied to him first.
Unexpectedly, Huaxia's second descending Blue-level Secret Realm was not led by Song Xian's team, and even the First Cultivation University did not participate in the entire expedition process.
"Huaxia activated another secretly trained team, uniting elites from other universities to complete this expedition!" This was the answer given by Hou Wu.