Chapter 48: Artificial Space

  Smugglers, how could this be? About their arrival, Zi Ma didn't even notice, this is really... Was Zi Ma hibernating at the time and didn't pay attention?

  "Speak your purpose, what did you bring me here for?" Looking at those wheel eyes, Chen Yi had an urge to dig them out immediately, that was something he dreamed of when he was struggling to survive in the past, even if it couldn't be used, collecting it would be fine too.

  The leader of this group of stowaways was also seen by Chen Yi as extremely annoying, especially the two pairs of eyes, which made him feel a kind of regret for exposing his wheel eyes.

  "Hmm..." The leader of the smugglers chuckled, calming down, "The purpose is nothing much, just thinking that you'll be staying here for ten days or half a month, with beautiful women to accompany you."

  As she spoke, she pointed at a petite girl wearing a kimono with an enormous scythe, who also gave Chen Yi a shy smile...

  Damn it! You still want to seduce me? And with a ten-day-old baby? Chen Yi has somewhat understood what these people are up to.

  "Heh heh! You think you can keep me here? Spare me, I've seen plenty of beauties before and none of them are as good-looking as her!" Chen Yi said, his hand already reaching into the void.

  The captain of the stowaways was momentarily speechless. Indeed, in this land of Gensokyo where beauties were everywhere, the girl beside him didn't have much appeal to Tatsuya.

  "I've already guessed your purpose, so... Hmph, waiting for ten days or half a month? If I didn't know the identities of you stowaways, it would be hard to figure out your purpose. 'Sorry, but tonight's moonlight is nice, why don't you just stay here forever?'"

  The captain of the smugglers gritted his teeth, "Hmph! You demon Chen Yi, don't be too arrogant! Don't think we have no way to deal with you."

  "Hmm! I knew this, I've always had a strange feeling in my heart, it seems the longer we drag this out, the worse the situation will be for me." As he spoke, Chen Yi drew his Flowing Star Sword from thin air, its blade slanted at an angle, and a single 'X'-shaped sword energy beam shot towards the leader of the Sneaking Troop.

  "Damn it!" The captain of the smugglers didn't expect Chen Yi to take action so quickly, and he stared at the evil light that was about to slash down, shouting "Take action!! Earth Concealment: Earth Flowing Wall!!"

  A wall of earth rose from the ground, blocking Chen Yi's evil light slash with a loud crash. As he watched the dust flying in front of him, the leader of the Sneak Squad was about to let out a sigh of relief when he heard his teammate shouting "Captain, be careful!" A much weaker evil light slash burst out of the smoke and continued to move forward.

  "What!" The captain of the Stealthy Squad, who had already arrived in front of him and could clearly feel the power of this 'X' sword aura, raised his hands to his chest, and a large amount of chakra ignited, attempting to forcibly resist Chen Yi's attack.

  At this time, Chen Yi was also unbearable, because he found that a black hole suddenly appeared under his feet, the black hole constantly emitted a strong suction force, trying to suck Chen Yi in, unable to escape Chen Yi could only resist this suction force.

  "Eight Gah! Watanabe! What are you still hesitating about." The leader of the smuggler, whose arms were constantly trembling, glared at Chen Yi who was resisting the suction and scolded loudly, "What's the loss of some lifespan? As long as this mission is completed, no matter how much lifespan is lost, it can be made up for!"

  That little mustache Watanabe showed a hint of difficulty, the black hole under Chen Yitian's feet was an artificial space generator. Once Chen Yitian was sucked in, it would form a temporary artificial space, and the time flow rate inside the artificial space was also different from the outside world. The time ratio was 1:1440, which means that one minute inside was equivalent to one day outside.

  The captain of the smugglers intended to use this thing to trap Chen Yi, but the startup time was not short. Now it can only be considered a forced start, otherwise the suction force would not have been so weak.

  So, using such a heaven-defying artifact would not come without a cost. The cost of maintaining this artificial space is to fill it with one's own lifespan. Under normal startup conditions, the cost is to pay one year of lifespan for every passing day, but now that it's being forcibly started, the cost paid will be increased tenfold. Moreover, once it's fully activated, it can't be escaped like in a normal startup.

  No wonder Tobe was hesitant, unwilling to fully start up. After all, he was the one maintaining the artificial space. But thinking of the super-rich reward for completing this mission and the consequences of disobeying the captain, Tobe gritted his teeth and chose to start up.

  The Zhen Yi who was about to break free from the suction force, once again felt an incomparable suction force coming over, and it was impossible to struggle free.

  "Bastard!" Chen Yi cursed loudly as he watched the smuggler's leader being sucked into the black hole, his eyes fixed intently on him. "Just you wait! I'll dig out those eyes of yours sooner or later!"

  After Tatsuya was completely sucked into the black hole, the suction force of the black hole stopped immediately and turned into a semi-transparent grayish white ball floating in mid-air. At the same time, Tatsuya's body also began to become transparent.

  "Hahaha! Dig out my eyes? As long as you can find me later, that's all! It's just a plot task, I don't believe you can chase and kill to the main god space! Haha!" The captain of the smuggler team laughed complacently. "Songdao, you stay here in case, this space has been shielded by artificial space, no one can find it here, I and others will go to implement the plan."

  "Hi!"

  At this time, Watanabe has already begun to feel that his life is constantly flowing into the artificial space. He himself is being locked up and can't even move, let alone speak. Now he can only pray for his team captain to complete the task as soon as possible.

  Chen Yi was trapped in a completely dark space, and even his eyes emitting a faint red glow only made the darkness gray.

  "Damn it! What the hell is this place?! The main god told me!" In a situation where one's eyes are clearly open yet all they see is complete chaos, it's enough to drive someone mad.

  The host is currently in an artificial space.

  "Artificial space? Main God, give me a clear explanation, and how am I supposed to get out of here!"

  Artificial space is a man-made space, specially used to confine the enemy. In order to achieve better confinement of the enemy, the timeline in the artificial space has produced a huge distortion with the outside world. The method of leaving can be broken through from the inside with great power, but the risk is enormous. With the help of the outside world, there is no risk.

  "Distorted timeline? Isn't that just a difference in the flow of time? What's the time ratio between here and the outside world?"

  One minute is more than one day

  Damn it!!

  "How much time has passed outside since I entered this place?"

  Two days!

  Damn it! Zhenyi can't sit still any longer, or the Huanghua vegetables will get cold.

  Rampage! Mountain Splitting Earth Rending!!!!

  A large amount of blood and energy was drawn out from Chen Yi's body, condensing into a weapon made entirely of blood and energy in his hand. With a mighty leap, Chen Yi brought down the thunderous blow with overwhelming force!

  BOOM!!

  A loud explosion, with surging flames constantly erupting, the entire space began to tremble, countless grayish fragments scattered everywhere, seemingly light and airy fragments easily left numerous deep wounds on Chen Yi's body.

  The small bead floating in mid-air also trembled a few times, causing Songdao to watch with bated breath, fearing that the bead would suddenly shatter.

  In the artificial space, after a few tremors, it returned to normal, making Chen Yi want to curse, damn it, change another way!

  Break through the extreme! Draw sword and slash!

  Chen Yi's waist-placed Flowing Star Knife began to tremble, a bright circular sword arc flashed by, tearing through the chaos.

  With a soft "click", Chen Yitian vaguely saw a glimpse of the outside scene, and the outside's Song Island was also startled. Just now, a small crack appeared on that bead, but fortunately it disappeared the next moment. At the same time, Watanabe suddenly looked several years older.

  Ahh! The soul is weak!! Zhen Yi wanted to curse his mother, but unexpectedly not only did he fail to break the space, but also felt that this space had become even more solid. At the same time, Zhen Yi still had to dodge the scattered spatial fragments everywhere.

  Piece by piece, the dark purple flames continued to burn, slowly eroding the entire space. Mueno's Card of Flame was the most useful skill for this space, but at this speed...

  Chen Yi's entire body was covered in blood, and he didn't have the patience to let these flames burn slowly. He tore off the already tattered bandage on his right arm, revealing a dark and twisted limb.

  "Heh heh! Anyway, I'll be abandoning you soon, so go ahead and make the most of your remaining heat!" With that, Chen Yi began to transfer the remaining darkness in his heart to his right arm. What was originally supposed to take several days was completed in less than a minute, but as a result, Chen Yi found it difficult to fully suppress his right arm for the time being.

  The right arm began to twist and deform rapidly, and Chen Yi's eyes also showed a few points of madness. After the right arm stopped twisting and deforming, Chen Yi's right arm had completely changed, becoming a huge claw that was completely out of sync with his body, similar to a devil's claw.

  Chen Yi was panting heavily, his good left hand tightly grasping his head, fending off wave after wave of aura. He knew that the darkness in his right arm was once again unwillingly suppressed by him, but his arm would be hard to return to its original state.

  Chen Yi, who had been suppressing his darkness, was affected by the aftermath, and the madness in his eyes did not recede but instead intensified.

  "Hah!!! Give me a break!!!" Chen Yi let out a loud shout, his uncoordinated right hand slashing fiercely at the empty air.

  Shua la!!

  A deafening sound rang out, and a large hole was immediately torn in the artificial space, without even leaving any spatial fragments behind. The outside world's Matsushima looked at the small bead that was now covered in cracks with a terrified expression.

  Come again!! Chen Yi's right hand slapped heavily once more!

  Bang! The entire space shattered like a mirror, and Tobei, who was maintaining the artificial space, spat out a mouthful of crystalline blood before being swallowed by the distorted timeline, turning into a handful of scattered sand.

  Song Island was also looking at Chen Yi, who had escaped with a terrified face, and the devil-like arm that was completely out of sync with his body.

  "Haha! All of you trash, go die!! Oni- Kiru!!"

  A slash of several hundred meters long, almost affecting the entire sky, was launched from his right hand and struck towards Matsushima with a terrified face.

  BOOM!!

  The loud voice spread throughout the forest, and at the same time, the smuggler captain who received the news of his teammate's death also looked ugly.

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