The Power of Creation erupted within the Defilement-Devouring Bug, tearing its physical body apart piece by piece.
However, the energy within the bug did not pour out; it remained restrained within its form.
As the Power of Creation shredded the bug's flesh, it simultaneously replaced each piece with pure energy.
Before long, a new body was constructed—transparent and composed entirely of the unique Dao principle energy of the Power of Creation.
At this point, it could no longer be called a Defilement-Devouring Bug. With its flesh stripped away, the once-hideous insect had been transformed into a spiritual creature.
An Energy-Devouring Bug—Chen Xu decided to use this name.
He chose to transform it from a physical entity into a spirit for two reasons. First, spiritual beings naturally contained more energy; compared to a physical body, the Energy-Devouring Bug's consumption limit would be significantly expanded.
Second, spiritual beings were formless and intangible. Unless one possessed unique eyes, they generally could not be seen with the naked eye. One could only detect them through soul perception, or if the spiritual being actively changed its internal frequency to manifest itself.
Chen Xu's current application scenarios were mostly large-scale battlefields. On a battlefield, there were far too many distractions and interferences that could disrupt soul perception. Thus, a spiritual long-range unit would possess extremely high survivability.
However, turning it into a spirit was only the first step. The next step was the most crucial part of the modification.
He would fuse the Energy-Devouring Bug's spirit with the Nether Armaments, making the bug's spirit the primary host to inherit the characteristics of the armaments.
【Nether Armaments: Battle armor worn by the ancient Nether Archduke. Though the Nether Archduke possessed a skeletal body, he achieved the eternal-tier through his soul. The Nether Armor can be attached to all spirit-type undead creatures within the territory. The armor will block a fatal blow for the creature; after blocking a fatal blow, the undead creature will receive a brief enhancement.】
Originally, the Nether Armaments could be attached to spirit-type creatures to enhance their defense. However, ever since Chen Xu created the Radiant Sun and transformed the Wailing Lake into the Lake of Holy Souls, a problem had arisen.
The Blazing Souls born from the baptism of the Lake of Holy Souls contained the domineering, masculine power of the sun. The moment the Nether Armaments were equipped, they would be incinerated by the solar energy radiating from the Blazing Souls.
Although the destruction of the armaments would immediately trigger the enhancement effect, the duration was too short to cover the needs of a full battle.
Therefore, Chen Xu intended to replace the Nether Armaments with the Energy-Devouring Bug's spirit, creating an Energy-Devouring Phantom.
Under Chen Xu's guidance, the Power of Creation began to pull at the Nether Armaments. This ancient battle armor began to crack and shatter under the strain.
Crack! Crack! Bang!
The armor shattered and scattered, but its core essence was firmly locked in place by the Power of Creation.
【Special territory Nether Armaments has been destroyed by unknown energy. Undead Dao Court territory reduced by one; Undead Dao Court space has shrunk.】
Chen Xu hadn't expected that extracting the essence of a special territory would cause the Undead Dao Court's space to shrink simultaneously.
But it didn't matter; he just had to put the essence back in a different form.
Under Chen Xu's control, the armor's essence merged with the Energy-Devouring Bug's spirit. An ancient aura gradually began to emanate from the bug.
The Energy-Devouring Bug opened its mandibles and let out a hissing sound. The spiral patterns on its back shifted, transforming into a series of skulls with various expressions.
【Special territory essence detected. New territory obtained: Energy-Devouring Phantom.】
【Energy-Devouring Phantom: A terrifying insect that led to the downfall of the Hobarton civilization. Modified by a certain mad Lord of the Undead and fused with the armor of the ancient Nether Archduke, it has become a phantom.
The Energy-Devouring Phantom can respond to the prayers of undead creatures and possess them.
Once possessed, the phantom can absorb energy-based attacks for the host. However, any physical damage sustained by the Energy-Devouring Phantom will be transferred to the host.
The Energy-Devouring Phantom can emit energy radiation. Initially, the radiation type is limited to the Power of Creation, but its variety can increase based on the energy attacks it absorbs.
(Bugs? I thought it was an Undead Scourge? How did it become an insectoid scourge? We're here to knock on bones, not kill bugs!)】
“Hmm, it matches the goal perfectly. As expected of me.”
After so many creations, Chen Xu was no longer the novice Lord of the Undead he once was. Through repeated practice, he was now as natural as a fish in water. The Energy-Devouring Phantom perfectly met his expectations.
“Hiss, hiss~”
The Energy-Devouring Bug's spirit, now shrunk back to the size of a palm, let out a hiss. Using the unique flickering ability of spiritual beings, it crawled onto the back of Chen Xu's hand.
Then, to Chen Xu's astonishment, the little thing actually opened its mandibles and began to suck on the high-quality, unique-tier necrotic power emanating from him.
Startled, Chen Xu quickly used his mental strength to pick it up and gave it a flick with his index finger.
“Hiss, hiss~”
“You really aren't afraid of death, are you? You actually dared to suck on unique-tier Dao power.”
“Hiss, hiss~”
“What? You're saying that in small, frequent amounts it's fine, and you can absorb it?”
“Hiss, hiss~”
Chen Xu was skeptical. He placed the Energy-Devouring Bug in his palm. The bug hugged his middle finger and opened its mandibles, beginning to suck on the necrotic Dao principles within his body.
A wisp of necrotic Dao principles was sucked into its body. The bug's size instantly swelled ten thousand times. Fortunately, it immediately shifted into its spiritual form, preventing it from knocking Chen Xu away.
However, it seemed the Energy-Devouring Bug truly could consume unique-tier Dao power. Although the expansion was exaggerated, it had successfully swallowed it.
Seeing the bug's satisfied yet sweaty expression, Chen Xu shook his head helplessly.
Well, here was another glutton like Kunpeng. At least it was slightly better—Kunpeng ate everything, while the Energy-Devouring Bug only ate energy.
He wondered if the two would become fast friends due to their shared greed or bitter rivals due to their similarities.
Fortunately, Kunpeng was not in the Undead Dao Court at the moment. Otherwise, seeing Chen Xu feeding the bug with his own body, it probably would have crowded in for a bite as well.
Chen Xu turned his gaze toward Bone Guard One on the other side.
Bone Guard One was still in the process of ascending, and the campaign against the demons had been temporarily halted. Consequently, there was no suitable place to test the Energy-Devouring Bug's combat effectiveness.
He would have to wait until Bone Guard One finished his ascension to test the bug's actual performance.
He took one last look at the Energy-Devouring Bug to ensure the little creature had no adverse reactions and was indeed slowly absorbing the necrotic Dao principles. Once satisfied, Chen Xu turned his attention to the final treasure.
With a flick of his right hand, the black-and-white wooden fan opened. The fan's surface depicted a vivid shanshui ink painting, with birds and beasts in the mountains that seemed ready to leap off the paper.
Before he could examine it closely, a series of urgent, repeated calls from the Undead Network interrupted his attention.
Chen Xu connected to the network and found that the messages were from Daxia's Fuxi Intelligence.
His eyes widened as he read the message.
【Lord Chen Xu, your battle pet Kunpeng is currently walking the waters on Blue Star. This is a matter of grave importance! Please respond upon receipt!!! Please respond upon receipt!!! Please respond upon receipt!!!】
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