Eye System

Chapter 175: Mysterious Trinket

Everything that had occurred was a shocking and humbling experience for Lex, but he knew it wasn't yet the time for him to relax.

Retracting the Third Eye, Lex had an abundance of evil energy within his body and felt soar all over as the backlash of using the Third Eye began to sink in.

However, before he could rest and recover he had to kill the giant ant beast to complete his mission and also had to retrieve her beast core and the treasure in her possession.

He knew it would increase the severity of the backlash after his energy ran out, but Lex had no other choice but to push his body past its limits as he circulated the powerful and profound evil energy around his body and dashed in the direction he saw the giant ant queen head towards.

The Portable Sub-Dimension, the treasure and the giant ant queen's beast cores were crucial for Lex to increase his strength and he wasn't willing to let them slip through his hands after coming so far.

Scouting Eye

Activating the Scouting Eye was extremely painful as his massively strained and overused eyes leaked small amounts of blood as Lex continued to forcefully use them despite the strain.

Forcefully spreading his vision outwards, Lex scoured the area for the giant ant queen within the building.

The building was enourmas and there were many different routes and passages, but Lex with his Soucting Eye saw past them all and found a weird opening into a tunnel in the centre of the building, which led even deeper underground.

He weirdly couldn't spread his vision or energy sense down the tunnel and it was the first time that Lex felt his senses being blocked, but despite that, Lex decided to go down, knowing that it was the only possible place that the giant ant queen could have went.

Dashing down the tunnel, Lex was cautious and knew that it might be a trap, but what he was sure of was that the giant ant queen and the treasure she possessed was down the tunnel and he had no choice but to go down without scouting it out first.

Lex couldn't gauge exactly what the treasure was but it seemed to be increasing the abundance and density of energy in the aura by drawing it to the centre of the Underground Coves, while it also created a bubble around itself that didn't allow any energy that was controlled by somebody inside.

However, Lex could tell that the treasure would be valuable to him and would massively increase his cultivation speed if he was able to acquire it and understand how to use it.

As soon as Lex felt that he had entered the bubble-like shield that the treasure had around itself, he instantly felt the density and abundance of the energy around him more than double as everything felt full of life.

Reaching the end of the tunnel he found many flowers and plants growing despite there being no sunlight and also recognised some valuable herbs that were used for alchemy, which he had memorised from the Voltac Library that was full of information and knowledge.

Every braeth he took rejuvenated his body as the sheer abundance of energy was enough to increase the strength of an ordainry person taht didn't have the aptitude for cultivation if they stayed within the area for a long enough period of time.

The area didn't only seem to be abundant in only energy, but also vialtiy and life force and it seemed to have slight healig effects that would work over long periods of time.

"What an incredible place" uttered Lex in awe of what he was seeing around him which seemed to be a hidden paradise.

However, his admiration for the area he was in, was soon interrupted as from around the corner charged a large giant ant beast towards him.

Lex recognised the giant ant beast as the giant ant queen, as it had a slender body and a blue-tinted shell, while also had a different aura around her.

[No wonder the giant ant beast queen was able to produce so many subordinates and strengthen them to such an extent with the abundant amount of energy that the treasure provided] thought Lex to himself as he dodged her attack and dashed to the side.

The treasure was a large trinket, that was similar in size to a barrel and one would never realise that it was valuable from its appearance. It was golden with weird runes and imprints all over it, that Lex couldn't recognise or understand but reminded him of the markings on the portal from his past reality that was used to enter the Mortal Beast Dimension.

[I never expected an Ascendant Treasure to be found in such a remote continent and it seems that this boy's luck has been quite high lately. But is still not worth much and isn't anything special] thought the Eye Demon to himself as he lay on a comfortable sofa that he had formed within the mindscape, which he resided in and was part of the Third Eye, as he watched the show.

Lex could clearly see that the giant ant queen was massively weakened and was struggling to even display the strength of an early Heaven Mortal Rank, despite her strength being much higher than that, but so was Lex as they both fought with all the might they had left.

Lex was unwilling to lose and still had so much to accomplish and explore, while the giant ant queen was also unwilling to give in to Lex and could clearly see that Lex was no longer as powerful or capable as when the Eye Demon was in control of his body.

Both of them continued struggling against each other to the bitter end, with the abundant energy around them that allowed them to recover quickly and increased their endurance.

But in the end, Lex had managed to slash a few of the giant ant queen's legs using a weapon that he had suddenly withdrawn from the inventory, and he was able to come out on top as he collapsed onto the ground soon after defeating the giant ant queen.