Chapter 2373: Second Domain Expansion! Life-and-Death Realm! (Bonus Chapter)
The weight of the domain immediately pressed down on Jiangnan, an oppressive force that left him gasping for air as if suffocating.
The life essence within his body was ruthlessly drained and absorbed by the domain, as if no matter what he did, he couldn't stop it.
Jiangnan's skin began to lose its luster, turning dry and shriveled. His health bar plummeted wildly, and his entire body started to thin out.
The grassland beneath his feet, once lush and vibrant, had all its plants wither in an instant the moment the domain enveloped it.
Even the withered blades of grass crumbled into fragments. For a thousand miles, the ground was barren and desolate.
What shocked Jiangnan even more was that not only his life essence, but also the spatial attribute spiritual energy within his body was being forcibly extracted uncontrollably.
The domain of the Tiancong Qingteng was like a barren desert, a dry sponge, greedily stripping away all of Jiangnan's energy with the ferocity of wolves and tigers.
And the rate of extraction was extremely fast. All the absorbed energy became nourishment for the Tiancong Qingteng.
After barely enduring the domain for a short while, Jiangnan couldn't take it anymore. His vision went dark, and the strength in his body seemed to be completely drained.
His legs gave out, and he knelt down directly on the ground.
The Tiancong Qingteng was startled and hurriedly tried to stop the domain from expanding. But Jiangnan waved his hand weakly, wobbling as he did.
٩(›´ω`‹) "Don't worry about me. Keep applying the pressure."
As he spoke, he pulled out a Small Ginseng and stuffed it into his mouth, frantically replenishing the life essence drained by the domain, forcing himself to stay upright.
The Tiancong Qingteng had no choice but to listen to Jiangnan.
Kneeling on the ground, Jiangnan carefully felt the changes in the Tiancong Qingteng's domain, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Indeed, as Qiu Niao had said, the Mother Vine's domain could strip away life essence.
It was similar in nature to Chong Feiyu's domain, but not exactly the same.
Although the Tiancong Qingteng was a mutated Mother Vine, its essence remained largely unchanged. After being bathed in the light of the Origin Spark for so long, it had achieved a level of evolution.
Its domain not only stripped life essence, but also absorbed and extracted the internal energy within the body.
Jiangnan's eyes were filled with excitement. This domain was definitely a powerful one.
Anyone enveloped by this domain would have their life essence and energy forcibly stripped away, right?
But what Jiangnan valued wasn't the stripping of life essence—it was the domain's ability to absorb energy.
That was the key point.
Aside from its inherent force field, the Mother Vine had three major talent abilities: Blood Drain, Parasitic Spores, and Thorn Whip.
This domain seemed more like a product born from combining the Blood Drain ability with the force field, right?
Just then, Jiangnan took a big bite of the Small Ginseng.
(›´〰`‹) "What other tricks do you have? Use them all—don't hold back on me!"
Tiancong Qingteng: !!!
This is what Daddy said, oh!
The next moment, the domain's power increased again. Countless mushrooms and thick, rampant vines burst forth from Jiangnan's body, spreading wildly.
They used the life essence stripped from Jiangnan's body as nourishment.
In the blink of an eye, Jiangnan turned into a plant man, wrapped and crushed by countless emerald-green vines and mushrooms.
And even these vines themselves had their life essence absorbed by the domain, causing Jiangnan to weaken even faster.
His body collapsed powerlessly to the ground, turning into a dried-up corpse resembling a mummy.
_(›´⌓`‹ゝ∠)_
Holy crap! The domain's ability also incorporated Parasitic Spores?
It didn't require spores to land on the target to count—just being enveloped by the domain was enough to be parasitized?
Awesome~
Jiangnan's consciousness grew hazy. Drifting between life and death, he seemed to grasp that rare flash of insight.
He felt the Blood-Drinking Vine hidden in his spine, completely fused with his body, becoming an extension of his own limbs.
In a trance, Jiangnan felt that he had become the Blood-Drinking Vine, that he was it, and it was also him.
Seeing that Jiangnan was about to die, the Tiancong Qingteng quickly tried to stop the domain from expanding. But Jiangnan's faint voice came through the dense vines.
"Continue..."
The Tiancong Qingteng was speechless. Was Daddy a masochist? He was about to die and still wanted to go on?
If I end up killing Daddy, when Mommy comes back, she'll chop me to death!
But since it was Jiangnan's order, it had no choice but to obey.
As Jiangnan's life essence was nearly depleted, the growth rate of the parasitic vines on his body slowed down.
His life was like dying embers after a fire, seeming like it could go out at any moment.
But just as he was on the verge of death, it felt like a rebirth was about to occur.
The things around Jiangnan gradually lost their color, then erupted like a mountain flood or a tsunami.
An extremely powerful force field spread outward from Jiangnan, enveloping the entire Dike Uninhabited Zone.
Within the range of this field, the world lost all color, becoming pure black and white.
Green grass withered, forests perished. All plants in the Dike Uninhabited Zone died instantly.
The area turned into a completely lifeless world, as if even sound had disappeared.
The large clumps of parasitic vines on Jiangnan all withered and crumbled into fragments.
Jiangnan, lying motionless on the ground, had blood-red vines extending from his back, supporting his shriveled body as it floated upward.
And Jiangnan was the only presence with color in this dead world, standing out strikingly.
Infinite life essence converged, and Jiangnan's body became full and vibrant again, his complexion unusually rosy.
(˶‾᷄‾᷅˵) "So this is it? Second Domain Expansion: Life-and-Death Realm."
The next instant, Jiangnan's unique second domain bloomed.
A colossal phantom of a blood vine appeared behind Jiangnan, spreading wildly through the air like blood vessels extending from the void, a clawed, blood-red demonic hand.
"Boom!"
Infinite baleful flames erupted, instantly igniting the blood vine phantom, radiating a dense blood light.
The flickering blood light adorned the black-and-white world of the Life-and-Death Realm, making it as eerie and terrifying as a hellish underworld. Just one glance sent chills down the spine.
Tiancong Qingteng: ༼๑ŏ﹏ŏ༽!!!
Holy mother!
Vast amounts of life essence were stripped from the massive vine body of the Tiancong Qingteng, and even more terrifying than the rate of life essence stripping was the extraction of its internal spiritual energy.
The entire Life-and-Death Realm, in the blink of an eye, swept all energy—including spiritual energy—within its range clean.
It even triggered a spiritual energy backflow effect. The Life-and-Death Realm was like an energy black hole that could never be filled.
All the spiritual energy on Blue Star was being sucked toward the Dike Uninhabited Zone.
And this energy all flowed along the blood vine phantom that spread through the domain like blood vessels, transporting and flowing toward Jiangnan.
At this moment, countless gazes turned toward the Western Frontier. The rising blood light even dyed the clouds in the night sky red.
Chong Feiyu, who had been lying on the rooftop basking in the moonlight, suddenly sat up and looked toward the Western Frontier.
Σ(°△°|||) "Goodness~ What kind of freak is Jiangnan? This domain? Hiss—another big-sucking type? He really loves hoarding stuff, huh?"
"Since he can't use Black Hole Devouring Star casually, he went ahead and developed a second domain instead? Is he even human?"
...
In the Dike Uninhabited Zone, the Tiancong Qingteng urgently signed to Jiangnan.
੧੧༼☍﹏⁰。༽ "Daddy! Turn it off! Turn it off quick! Or else something bad will happen!"
Only then did Jiangnan, immersed in his domain, snap out of it. He shuddered violently and looked at the lifeless scene inside the Life-and-Death Realm, hurriedly stopping the ability.
If he kept absorbing for a bit longer, he might suck his big son dry.
"Life-and-Death Realm: Life Empowerment!"
The next moment, with Jiangnan as the center, color rapidly returned to the domain.
Infinite life essence poured onto the land. For a thousand miles of barren earth, tender grass grew wildly. The withered forest turned lush and green in an instant.
The Dike Uninhabited Zone, which had been completely dead, was restored to life under Jiangnan's life empowerment, becoming verdant and green again.
Jiangnan's Life-and-Death Realm domain wasn't just about absorbing any type of energy—it could also mobilize that energy for his own use.
Compared to absorbing life essence, Jiangnan valued the energy stripping more.
Because combining this ability with his Transcendent Skill, Dimensional Reduction Strike, would definitely yield unexpected effects.
That said, the Life-and-Death Realm's ability to absorb life essence was still formidable.
It could even empower any life form within the domain.
So now, he counted as a qualified healer?
Jiangnan was ecstatic and punched the air heavily.
Unlike Black Hole Devouring Star, this second domain, Life-and-Death Realm, was something Jiangnan could fully control, with many wonderful uses.
From now on, even if he encountered someone with a domain, he wouldn't have to borrow theirs when not using Black Hole Devouring Star.
(˵ಡ﹃ಡ) "Ehehe~ I wonder if the Life-and-Death Realm domain can achieve the effect I envisioned."
"Big son, Dad is heading out. I'll come back to see you later, okay! Thanks!"
With that, he teleported away and vanished.
Tiancong Qingteng: ༼٥´-﹏-`༽
What the hell was Daddy's domain? It had similar characteristics to mine, but completely different. It was clearly defense-oriented, yet full of offensive and aggressive nature.
That feeling of being enveloped by the Life-and-Death Realm just now—it never wanted to experience again!
With a single teleport, Jiangnan returned to Maple Forest Villa. He grabbed the snoring Wu Liang, then ran to Zhong Yingxue's room, wrapping his arms around her as she looked puzzled toward the Western Frontier.
(๑•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Xiao Nan? Was that commotion in the west caused by you? What is it?"
Jiangnan cackled: "You'll know in a second. Help me with something!"
With a few extra-long teleports, he dragged the two out of Blue Star and into a void in the Dimensional Gap.
Wu Liang rubbed his neck, startled awake. The moment he opened his eyes, he found himself in the Dimensional Gap.
What the hell? Was I sleepwalking?
Zhong Yingxue tilted her head, confused: "Help with what?"
Jiangnan said excitedly: (งᵒ̌ꇴᵒ̌)ง "Hit me! Hit me hard!"
Zhong Yingxue: (•́◡•̀٥) ?
pS: Fourth day of bonus chapters, today's bonus chapter is ready~ Worked another all-nighter. No more bonus chapters tomorrow, back to normal three chapters. Please bear with me, dear readers.