My carefree life in space

Chapter 259 The Reason for the Disorder in Spiritual Energy

At this moment, the Star Mirror warmed slightly in Lin Shushu's hand, and a stream of information flowed into her consciousness like a trickle.

Lin Shushu instantly understood. The root cause of the chaotic spiritual energy here was a powerful magical artifact hidden in the lake. And the monster that had just attacked was so arrogant because of this artifact.

"Mo Ze, Senior Brother Xiao, this monster is so troublesome because there's a magical artifact in the lake causing trouble. We need to find a way to retrieve that artifact so that the surrounding spiritual energy can return to normal and we can successfully find the fragments of the Brahma Bowl." Lin Shushu quickly relayed the information to Mo Ze and Xiao Jingping.

Mo Ze's eyes sharpened, and he gripped his longsword tightly: "It seems that we can hardly move forward without dealing with this problem. But the monster is in the water, and if we rashly go into the water, we may be put at a disadvantage."

Xiao Jingping nodded, his gaze sweeping across the lake: "That's right, we need to come up with a clever plan to lure it ashore and then seize the magic artifact."

Lin Shushu pondered for a moment and said, "I will use the power of the Brahma Bowl fragment to attract its attention. Senior Brother Xiao, you lie in ambush and wait for it to come ashore. Then, seize the opportunity to attack its weakness. Mo Ze, keep an eye on the lake. If the magical artifact shows any unusual activity, immediately seize it."

Xiao Jingping and Mo Ze responded in unison, "Okay!"

Lin Shushu concentrated her energy, channeling her spiritual power into the fragment of the Brahma Bowl. The fragment immediately shone brightly, releasing a powerful and pure force that contrasted sharply with the chaotic spiritual energy around it. This force, like a magnet, quickly attracted the attention of the monster at the bottom of the lake.

The lake surface churned violently once more, and the enormous tentacle burst from the water first. Then, a gigantic monster slowly rose from the lake. It resembled an octopus, with six thick tentacles, its body covered in a layer of hard black scales, and two huge eyes that gleamed with an eerie red light.

The monster roared at Lin Shushu, and then several tentacles, like giant black pillars, slammed towards her.

Lin Shushu swiftly used her movement techniques to nimbly dodge the tentacles while continuously unleashing spiritual energy attacks to restrain the monster's movements.

Seizing the opportunity, Xiao Jingping burst forth from behind a nearby boulder like a black lightning bolt. He channeled all his spiritual power into his longsword and thrust it towards the monster's eye.

Sensing danger, the monster swiftly deployed one of its tentacles to defend itself, blocking Xiao Jingping's attack. With a clang, the longsword struck the tentacle, sending sparks flying.

While the monster was entangled with Lin Shushu and Xiao Jingping, Mo Ze kept a close eye on the lake. Suddenly, a strange light appeared in the center of the lake. Mo Ze's eyes lit up, and he rushed towards the center of the lake without hesitation.

Seeing this, the monster lashed out with a tentacle towards Mo Ze. Mo Ze dodged to the side, avoiding the attack, and simultaneously unleashed a sword aura at the tentacle. The tentacle was struck by the sword aura, but only paused briefly before continuing its attack on Mo Ze.

Seeing Mo Ze in danger, Lin Shushu immediately intensified her attacks on the monster. She unleashed the full power of the Brahma Bowl fragment, shooting a powerful beam of light towards the monster. The monster was struck by the light, its body momentarily stiffening.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xiao Jingping launched another attack. This time, he seized the moment when the monster's tentacles retracted and thrust his sword into the monster's neck. The monster let out a painful roar as the sword pierced its neck scales, and black blood gushed out.

Taking advantage of the monster's momentary pain, Mo Ze moved with lightning speed, leaping into the center of the lake without hesitation and swiftly diving towards the source of the strange light. The lake water was icy cold, but he had no time to care.

As they continued to descend, the surrounding light grew dimmer, but the light emitted by the magical artifact became clearer and brighter, as if guiding Mo Ze in the darkness.

Soon, he discovered a strangely shaped magical artifact lying quietly at the bottom of the lake. The artifact was disc-shaped, covered with mysterious runes that shimmered with a ghostly blue light, reflecting off the surrounding lake water and emitting a powerful yet chaotic spiritual energy fluctuation.

Clearly, the disorder in the surrounding spiritual energy was caused by it.

Mo Ze reached out to pick up the magical artifact, but as soon as his hand touched it, a powerful electric current surged through his arm, causing him to feel numb. All the strength in his body seemed to be drained away instantly, and he almost let go of the artifact.

Mo Ze gritted his teeth, enduring the discomfort in his body, and exerted his strength again, gripping the magical artifact tightly, trying to pull it out of the lake. But the magical artifact seemed to be sentient, sensing Mo Ze's resistance, and released even stronger power, causing Mo Ze's spiritual energy defenses to teeter on the brink of collapse.

At this moment, Lin Shushu and Xiao Jingping on the lake surface were engaged in a fierce battle with the monster. The monster seemed to sense the anomaly at the bottom of the lake and became even more frenzied. Its tentacles thrashed wildly, each attack carrying the force of an overwhelming tidal wave.

Lin Shushu gathered her spiritual power, forming a shield in front of her, but under the monster's fierce attack, the shield was on the verge of collapse. Xiao Jingping seized the opportunity and thrust his sword at the monster's tentacle, but was easily thrown away by the monster.

"Senior Brother Xiao!" Lin Shushu cried out anxiously. She knew that if the monster wasn't dealt with quickly, Mo Ze would also be in danger at the bottom of the lake.

She poured all her spiritual power into the fragment of the Brahma Bowl, causing it to shine brightly. A powerful and mysterious force surged from the fragment, sweeping towards the monster. The monster's body stiffened slightly under the impact of this force.

Just then, after repeated attempts, Mo Ze at the bottom of the lake finally discovered that whenever the magical artifact released powerful energy, a faint light would flicker around the bottom of the lake, and the connection between the artifact and the bottom of the lake would seem to loosen briefly at the moment the light flickered.

Mo Ze seized the opportunity. When the circle of light flashed again, he gathered the last of his spiritual power into his arm and exerted his strength. At the same time, he circulated all his internal energy techniques to resist the power that was trying to devour him.

Finally, the magical artifact was successfully extracted. As soon as it was removed, the chaotic spiritual energy around it underwent a dramatic change. The previously rampant spiritual energy began to rapidly converge towards the artifact, like rivers flowing into the sea.

Above the lake, the monster sensed the change in spiritual energy and let out a desperate roar. Without the support of the magical artifact, its power rapidly diminished.

Lin Shushu and Xiao Jingping seized the opportunity and launched their attacks simultaneously. Lin Shushu's spiritual energy intertwined with Xiao Jingping's sharp sword energy, striking the monster fiercely.

The monster's massive body swayed a few times before finally collapsing to the ground with a thud, motionless.

Mo Ze emerged from the water with the magical artifact and returned to the shore, handing the artifact to Lin Shushu.

Lin Shushu took the magical artifact and carefully examined the runes on it. "This should be an ancient magical artifact, but I don't know why it's disturbing the spiritual energy here. However, the most urgent task now is to find the fragments of the Brahma Bowl."

Fortunately, the light from the Star Mirror became clear and stable again, its soft glow pointing towards the northwest of the island, as if illuminating a path to hope for them. Seeing this, the three couldn't help but show joy on their faces.

At the same time, the fragment of the Brahma Bowl in Lin Shushu's hand vibrated more and more frequently, and the strong resonance made her certain that another fragment of the Brahma Bowl was not far away.