Against The Heavens - 138 Nature of the Void Born.

Tian Zheng took half a minute to make sure that all his senses had properly returned, choosing not to ask Fang Ying why she had robbed him of his senses. Once he made sure that everything was working as it should, he looked at Li Yang with an eyebrow raised in surprise, casting a sideways glance at Zhao Feng.

“You don’t know about them? The Demon Race should have some information about them, so I guessed that the Silver Dra… No, Zhao Feng, would have told you.”

Tian Zheng wanted to ask what their relationship was with Zhao Feng, but he was smart enough to know that there were a time and place for everything, and this certainly wasn’t the time for that question. Li Yang and Fang Ying both turned to Zhao Feng, who looked just as surprised as the two of them. Seeing their gazes locked on him, he let out a cough and shrugged his shoulders.

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“What can I say, I’ve been so busy looking for you lowlives that I haven’t really bothered with much else. So as you can see, it’s clearly your fault.”

Li Yang’s right eyelid twitched for a split second upon hearing Zhao Feng’s reply, his eyes spinning over to Fang Ying. Fang Ying’s left arm was already swiping out by the time she and Li Yang locked eyes, a heavy slap hitting the back of Zhao Feng’s head, a small punishment for his shamelessness. Now it was Tian Zheng’s eyelid that twitched, he never would have thought he’d get to see someone as esteemed as the Silver Dragon Prince get slapped like that. And he most certainly would not have thought that he’d only respond with a grin and a chuckle, it seemed like his earlier words about their friendship weren’t just an empty gesture.

After finishing their routine, the three people all placed their gazes on Tian Zheng, gesturing for him to start talking. Tian Zheng took in a quick breath and immediately regained his usual composure. Li Yang and the two others were all very strong and talented, and were all doomed to reach high positions in the future, telling them more now would only be beneficial.

“That thing that you just killed comes from a race of beings called Void Borns, they come from the lifeless void that separates the various universes, multiverses, and in some very rare cases, the void that separates some planets. Most are born between two Void Borns, but there are several known cases where the void will simply birth new Void Born from nothing. This, coupled with their strong ability to replicate themselves, ensures that their numbers are always increasing.”

It wasn’t unheard of for beings to be born without parents, that was how most elementals were created after all. But for a being to be born from actual nothing, that was a different story altogether. The void didn’t even have any energy that it could use to facilitate the birth, so there should be no way for anything similar to an elemental to be born in the void. Tian Zheng himself didn’t know what caused the birth of Void Born so he simply glossed over the fact and continued to talk.

“Void Born come in all shapes and sizes, but they all share the same ability to devour all energy and adapt to it, making them exceedingly troublesome, they only get worse with age. They are capable of blending in with other people by exerting some effort, but they return to their natural state once their concentration slips. Their natural states are basically living ruin, they destroy everything around them by existing, their sole purpose seemingly being to return everything to the void.”

Tian Zheng took a short break, removing a waterskin from his interspatial ring and taking a swig of water to wet his throat. But just as he put the waterskin away and opened his mouth again, Li Yang raised his own arm and interrupted him.

“Do you know how they adapt to the energy they devour? Is it the law of evolution, or maybe the law of devouring?”

The tactic used to fight them would have to be changed depending on what sort of law the Void Born used. The law of evolution would activate just by coming into contact with a new law, but the law of devouring would have to devour some of the law to let them adapt to it. The first could be dealt with using a single destructive attack while the second could be dealt with using an array. Tian Zheng shook his head, shooting down both of Li Yang’s guesses.

“It’s neither. The Void Born are hollow, they are the void itself. As they are nothing, they have the ability to be everything. They absorb everything around them and turn it into a part of themselves, in most cases rendering that very element useless against them. They have perfected the art of assimilation and unification.”

Evolution and assimilation seemed similar at first glance, but one was simply adapting to something while the other was to become one with something, they were fundamentally different. Tian Zheng moved his gaze slightly, nodding in the direction of Zhao Feng.

“And just as he said, they have so many souls that it almost induces despair, allowing them to be reborn from even the smallest part that remains, no matter how great the distance is between the various parts. Soul, body, energy, all three are practically perfect, we consider the Void Born to be the most perfect race, and the greatest enemy of all creation.”

Tian Zheng’s voice contained a rare mixture of awe and fear as he spoke, but that was to be expected. When one was faced with what could be considered perfection, despair was one of the more common emotions to feel. But even this perfection had been killed by him, so Li Yang wasn’t terribly worried. But just as the arrogant thought crossed his mind, Li Yang’s eyes shot open and he jumped up.

“The dungeon!”

Li Yang didn’t pay any attention to his exhaustion as he kicked off the ground and shot into the distance, tearing through the trees that stood in his path. Fang Ying and the others had also come to the same realization and did their best to quickly follow him, Tian Zheng’s expression exceedingly grim.