Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 3375: Encountering A Void Beast

They gathered at the edge of the courtyard, staring out through the translucent spatial membrane that separated them from the infinite void. The teleportation channel usually stayed uniform only glowing occasionally with white and blue energy of the Formation Array holding it together.

Now it shuddered.

The outline blurred.

Large cracks of distorted space pulsed outside the barrier.

Daoist Chu tried using his immortal sense, but the moment his awareness touched the channel’s boundary the feedback hit like a slap. He flinched and pulled back.

”Cannot sense anything. The barrier is blocking it.”

Little Shrubby’s ears twitched. ”There is something big out there. Really big.” He could sense it with his very bloodline.

Lin Mu translated for everyone

Meng Bai gulped. ”How big is really big?”

Little Shrubby hesitated. Lin Mu was already narrowing his eyes. He closed them and activated his Spatial Perception.

His consciousness spread outward in a thin thread that seeped through the gaps in the barrier like water through cracks. Unlike immortal sense, Spatial Perception did not rely on direct sensing but rather on understanding the distortions and shifts in space.

Slowly, an image formed in Lin Mu’s mind.

At first, all he saw was darkness. A vast expanse of void. But then movement. A shadow. A ripple.

Something enormous drifted against the channel.

Lin Mu frowned and expanded his perception further. The image sharpened. Details emerged.

A long, sleek body. A shape almost serpentine, but smoother, like a monstrous eel. The body stretched endlessly across his perception, nearly four hundred meters long and at least twenty meters thick.

Bigger than the Elder Ice Drake.

Far bigger.

Its skin was dark and seemed to merge with the void itself, making it difficult to differentiate where the beast ended and the empty space began. Spatial energy swirled around it, bending light and twisting perception.

Lin Mu slowly opened his eyes.

Cattaleya was watching him. ”Well? What is it?”

Lin Mu replied, ”Something massive. Long and slick. About four hundred meters long. Twenty meters thick. Its form blends with the void. It is difficult to see clearly because it is saturated with Spatial Qi.”

Meng Bai nearly choked. ”Something that big is outside the channel? How is it keeping up with us?”

Lin Mu answered, ”It is not keeping up. It is latched onto the teleportation channel. I see its body pressing against the barrier and using Spatial Qi to anchor itself to us.”

Daoist Chu frowned. ”Anchor? How can it attach itself to a moving channel? Even if it sticks physically, the channel moves far too fast.”

”It is not only physical,” Lin Mu said. ”It uses spatial affinity to synchronize with our travel frequency. That is how it keeps pace. Part of its body is anchored like a fishing hook caught on a passing boat.”

They all felt the ground shake again as another violent tremor rocked the channel.

Lin Mu steadied himself. ”It is slamming into the channel repeatedly.”

Meng Bai felt cold sweat forming. ”Trying to break it?”

”Yes.”

”That is insane! If the channel breaks, we fall into the void. And then we cannot teleport again. And then that thing eats us.” Meng Bai hugged his arms, shivering. ”I vote we do not get eaten.”

Cattaleya was frowning while tapping her chin. ”Four hundred meters. Slick body. Dark like the void.” She paused. ”Two heads or one?”

Lin Mu blinked. ”I think... two. Give me a moment.”

He activated his perception again and looked more carefully. This time he focused on the front part of the creature. He saw jagged lines. Teeth that gleamed faintly with spatial distortion. Two mouths. Two pairs of jaws gripping the channel.

He finally said, ”Yes. It has two heads. One on each side of its elongated body.”

The moment those words came out, Cattaleya’s expression shifted.

She exhaled deeply. ”I know what it is.”

Meng Bai stared. ”What? What could be this big?”

Cattaleya replied, ”A Two Headed Void Loach.”

Silence.

Meng Bai stared blankly. ”A what?”

Cattaleya crossed her arms. ”I fought some before. They show up during teleportation. Not always, but often enough in long distance travel. They have extremely sharp spatial senses. Their two mouths can latch onto teleportation channels like suction cups. They feed on the spatial energy flowing inside.”

Daoist Chu nodded slowly. ”That explains the anchoring.”

Cattaleya continued, ”But that also makes them dangerous. Really dangerous. If they suck too much spatial energy or if they bite too hard, they can crack the channel. If the channel breaks, teleportation fails. And then we fall into open void.”

Meng Bai’s face paled a few shades. ”And if we fall out, that thing will eat us?”

Cattaleya gave a humorless smile. ”If we are lucky, yes.”

Meng Bai trembled. ”Lucky? How is that lucky?”

”Because if we are unlucky,” Cattaleya said calmly, ”we will fall into a random section of the void and drift for eternity until we starve, lose sanity, or are shredded by spatial storms.”

Meng Bai shut his mouth immediately and swallowed.

Lin Mu narrowed his brows. ”I can feel the channel weakening in certain patches. It is using its two mouths to create spatial suction. If it keeps this up, the channel will rupture within a few hours.”

Daoist Chu exhaled with tension. ”We may have to act.”

Lin Mu nodded. ”Yes. If we do not do something, the channel will fail.”

Little Shrubby growled softly, the flames on his back flickering with agitation. ”We should fight it.”

Meng Bai stared at the trembling walls of the channel and whispered, ”Just once... I wish for a normal, boring trip.”

Cattaleya cracked her knuckles.

”Let us prepare. Fighting inside a teleportation channel will not be simple. We need a plan.”

Lin Mu’s eyes glowed faintly with spatial light.

”Yes,” he agreed. ”Let us prepare. A Two Headed Void Loach is no minor threat.”

Outside, the massive creature slammed again into the channel wall.

This time the tremor nearly knocked everyone off their feet.

Far from the end of trouble, they were standing at the beginning of something catastrophic.