Alien Science Cultivation

Just as Zhang Qiang was about to use his spiritual sense to open a passage behind him and escape, Chen Ying's golden finger appeared before him. "Find their king, kill their king, and you'll win big this time... According to records, these gold-eating mosquitoes shouldn't be here; they should be deeper in the forest. It seems something's changed in the forest... No..." The golden finger seemed to be about to finish his words when the screen dimmed. Chen Ying explained helplessly, "The low-level spirit stones aren't powerful enough. They dimmed after just a few words. We need to find a way to get some high-level spirit stones... Otherwise, it's too much trouble..."

"The Gold-Eating Mosquito King..." Zhang Qiang ignored Chen Ying's words, repeating the Gold-Eating Mosquito mentioned by the Golden Finger while controlling his spiritual sense to search for it. As if understanding Zhang Qiang and Chen Ying's intentions, the Gold-Eating Mosquitoes launched a frenzied attack. Chen Ying was about to collapse, and Zhang Qiang still hadn't found the Gold-Eating Mosquito King. Zhang Qiang grew furious, his third dantian revving up once again, confining a space of about ten feet in the center of the Gold-Eating Mosquito swarm. He picked up Chen Ying and rushed into the space at high speed. He then set her down and sat down to cultivate. Chen Ying was bewildered, unable to grasp his intentions for a long time. Zhang Qiang, naturally, had no regard for her feelings, frantically directing his spiritual sense to control the spiritual energy within the space, directing it towards his second dantian. A moment later... Chen Ying stared at the rapidly gathering dark clouds in the sky, dumbfounded. "Are you going through another tribulation? Which one? Wasn't it the Foundation Establishment Tribulation you just underwent the day before yesterday, and now the Golden Core Tribulation..." Chen Ying asked, puzzled. Zhang Qiang naturally sensed the approaching thunderstorm and looked up at the sky. A quarter of an hour later, just as the gold-eating mosquitoes within Zhang Qiang's space began to stir, six purple thunder dragons condensed into a massive sea of thunder, charging towards Zhang Qiang. The surrounding gold-eating mosquitoes, as if their brains had short-circuited, continued to charge towards Zhang Qiang and his companions. Helplessly, Zhang Qiang could only hold Chen Ying in his arms, dodging the attacks of the gold-eating mosquitoes and the thunder pool. Already frightened by the thunder pool or the gold-eating mosquitoes, Chen Ying forgot to resist. With a "bang..." the gold-eating mosquitoes surrounding Zhang Qiang fell, and then two dark figures emerged from the thunderstorm. However, Zhang Qiang paid no attention to the awkward position and situation he and Chen Ying were in. "It seems we're out of the Gold-eating Mosquito King's sight, otherwise these gold-eating mosquitoes wouldn't rush in for their own deaths in vain. It's because of the time lag in information transmission..." Zhang Qiang whispered, reconfirming the area with the highest density of gold-eating mosquitoes. He then controlled a space of about ten feet and flashed into it, carrying Chen Ying. Nine thunder dragons converged and descended in an instant. A moment later, the ground began to rain down like hail, and the bodies of the gold-eating mosquitoes fell one after another. Zhang Qiang shifted his space one by one, welcoming the thunder tribulations. Chen Ying also remained obedient and motionless. It wasn't until the fifth thunder tribulation converged that the surrounding gold-eating mosquitoes seemed to react, their momentum, which had been rushing towards Zhang Qiang and his companions, began to pause. "Hmm... where are you?... It seems you received the message..." Zhang Qiang's consciousness began to show the retreating gold-eating mosquitoes, mostly large. Their retreat was towards a massive mountain. He could vaguely sense countless bowl-sized caves scattered throughout the mountain. Zhang Qiang couldn't help but smile. He lifted Chen Ying up again with all his strength. Their bodies instantly disintegrated. When they reappeared, they were over ten thousand feet away, high above the mountain. The two, once pitch black, were now spotless. Zhang Qiang activated the Yin-Yang fish in his third dantian, rapidly spinning to the state of unity of all things, instantly enveloping a huge fleshy ball within the mountain cave. Sensing this ball of flesh, it was only in the middle stage of the Nirvana Realm, but it seemed to possess a powerful escape ability, a sense of being able to control the laws of space. If it weren't for Zhang Qiang's quick eyes and hands, and its underestimation of the enemy, Zhang Qiang really wouldn't have been able to so easily freeze its body as it was about to merge into the space.

The Nether Dagger instantly appeared in Zhang Qiang's right hand. Just as Zhang Qiang was about to slay the Gold-Eating Mosquito King, all the Gold-Eating Mosquitoes in his consciousness rushed towards it, seemingly seeking its rescue. Seeing this, Zhang Qiang seemed to have a thought and casually retracted the Nether Dagger. Using his consciousness to control the power of nothingness, he firmly restrained the Gold-Eating Mosquito King. A moment later, the sixth thunder tribulation arrived as expected. A sea of thunder, formed by eighteen thunder dragons, rivaled the full force of a full-strength attack from a fusion realm cultivator. Swarms of Gold-Eating Mosquitoes fell from the mountainside, and a large section of the mountain collapsed instantly under the thunder tribulation. A snow-white fleshy ball emerged from the rubble and rocks. Over three meters long, its form resembled a maggot, its eyes, as large as black crystals, filled with resentment and fear. The Gold-Eating Mosquitoes surrounding it were noticeably larger than average, their aura suggesting the cultivation of a Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivator. However, without the Gold-Eating Mosquito King's command, they instinctively moved forward, guarding him. The Gold-Eating Mosquitoes in the surrounding space also rapidly gathered towards him. After the seventh thunderbolt struck, only about a thousand remained near the Gold-Eating Mosquito King. After all, they were Gold-Eating Mosquitoes at the Tribulation Crossing Realm. They seemed to sense the Gold-Eating Mosquito King's restraints, and dozens of them began attacking the confined space around him with their mouths and the needles on their heads. Zhang Qiang had no choice but to continuously increase the force to confine the Gold-Eating Mosquito King, stalling for time while he waited for the thunderbolt to descend. A moment later, the eighth thunderbolt arrived. With a "bang..." The mountain where the Gold-Eating Mosquito King had been located instantly vanished. The original population of over a thousand Gold-Eating Mosquitoes was either dead or injured, leaving only about fifty still able to function. One of the largest Gold-Eating Mosquitoes roared at Zhang Qiang in the sky. Over twenty Gold-Eating Mosquitoes, comparable to those in the mid-to-late Tribulation Crossing Realm, swarmed towards Zhang Qiang and Chen Ying at breakneck speed. Zhang Qiang's mind moved, and the Nether Dagger flew out silently, piercing through the seven oncoming Gold Devouring Mosquitoes. Then, the Nether Dagger charged towards the largest Gold Devouring Mosquito. Zhang Qiang's plan was clear: besides the Gold Devouring Mosquito King, only this one possessed the highest intelligence. Eliminating it and slaying the others was only a matter of time. Just as Zhang Qiang was confident he'd slay the Gold Devouring Mosquito with a single blow, a clang ricocheted off the Nether Dagger. "Damn... so hard...?" Zhang Qiang sighed helplessly. The dozen or so Gold Devouring Mosquitoes charging towards him were closing in on him, leaving him with no escape. To prevent the lightning tribulation from detecting him, the void power Zhang Qiang cast upon his surroundings was limited, completely unable to stop the simultaneous attacks of the dozen or so Gold Devouring Mosquitoes, all in the mid-to-late stage of the Tribulation Crossing Realm. Expecting a successful kill of the largest Gold Devouring Mosquito, he then controlled the Nether Dagger to pursue the Gold Devouring Mosquito that was charging towards him. However, the Gold Devouring Mosquito's toughness exceeded his expectations, or perhaps he had overestimated the power of the Nether Dagger, forged from Zhulong's blood. It was too late to manipulate his spiritual sense to control the Nether Dagger and return to defense, but he was determined to capture the Gold Devouring Mosquito King. He had to understand the ability to travel through space, which was identical to Zhulong's, and Zhulong's ability to travel through space came from the Nether Beast. Seeing that the Gold Devouring Mosquito King could also travel through space, he had a bold hypothesis: the Nether Beast came from the Sky Snake Planet. As for how it got there, the Gold Devouring Mosquito King might have some information. After a moment of deliberation, Zhang Qiang used his spiritual sense to transfer the power of the void in his space to Chen Ying. Zhang Qiang was also helpless. He also tried to summon the Burning Heaven Bamboo Leaf, but the leaf, upon seeing the thunderclouds and lightning tribulation, refused to obey his command, focusing solely on absorbing the lightning. For now, Zhang Qiang could only quickly retrieve the Nether Dagger and return to defense, hoping to kill one or two. In a hurry, he summoned out the Heavenly Silkworm Silk again, but he had no idea how many he could entangle.