Another World Trip: Journey with My Cat and an Otaku Loli Goddess Chapter 125 - Earth Esse

Long Di’s body became crystal-like in an instant as faint dots of light appeared on his body. They appeared uncountable in quantity, his entire body became like the very Heavens!

It was beyond profound, as it embodied a prestige that none would dare to defy or defile.

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Not just Diqiu Jian, even Yaomu Shou, Shen Ling, Feng Yu, and others were in awe of Long Di’s current state. The disciples weren’t present when Long Di’s physique awoke, so this came as a complete surprise.

“Special grade physique,” Yaomu Shou muttered to herself in shock. Though she knew Long Di was special, this was too much, wasn’t it!?

Was he supposed to get all the good things in this world?

Shu! Shu! Shu!

Long Di took the time when everybody was shocked to attack the Nitu demon with a flurry of slashes, catching him off guard!

Diqiu Jian raised his arms in a hurried block, but being an experienced fighter himself, he was still able to pull off a much more powerful defence using a technique that hardened his clay-like hands to the extreme.

With this move, he was effectively safe against attacks from secular weapons at the high-grade black rank level!

The sabre Long Di held was a black-ranked weapon. This could easily be discerned by someone as knowledgeable as Diqiu Jian, so he didn’t worry about any possible injuries.

Long Di saw that the Nitu demon didn’t care much for his attacks, but he counted on it.

Bam!

“Ugh!”

The sabre landed several times in a flash, cleaving off several layers of clay-like flesh each time!

Diqiu Jian grunted in pain before exclaiming, “Sabre intent!?”

The Nitu demon paled in fright when he observed this and hurriedly tried his best to create some distance between himself and Long Di. But how could the latter possibly give his opponent this chance?

His physique was what saved his life this time around. His Profound Myriad Heavenseize Physique, something that he never got the name right for, was a physique that emulated the very Heavens!

Of the many uses it had, one of them was being able to draw in many types of energy and encompass them in their entirety.

This was why he didn’t explode, even though his body possesses both somatic essence and spiritual essence. After all, do the Heavens break down even though there are so many taboo existences below?

No!

The Heavens exist and contain all things, for that is one of its very reasons for being. To contain all, to be that which all things look up to but can never touch.

For there to be a physique that paralleled this empyrean nature, how could a mere earth essence bring Long Di to his knees?

Long Di was on him like maggots in bones as he kept close to Diqiu Jian!

“What kind of physique is this!?” Diqiu Jian was flustered as he could see that the effects of his poison were no longer affecting Long Di. It was either that or the effects were halted entirely.

Whatever, this wasn’t good news for him. The Nitu demon that Long Di fought before was a combat-type Nitu demon. The divine abilities that he possessed were specifically geared towards brute-force combat.

Diqiu Jian was a different type of Nitu demon. His speciality didn’t lie in brute force or head-on combat. He was from a lineage of Nitu demons that studied the profundity of the earth and what it offered.

For example, if the earth could grow, they would be able to do so. So even though they were not solely meant for combat, they were more dangerous than the latter.

However, despite having a myriad of abilities at his disposal, Long Di’s insistence to stick to him gave him trouble in executing any of these abilities.

‘I’ll have to suffer a hit to get some breathing room,’ Diqiu Jian decided in his head.

After making up his mind, he readied himself to retreat fully, putting minimal effort into his defence!

Long Di saw this and tried to drive the somatic essence in his body to land a blow far stronger than any he levied before.

Dum!

“Ack!”

A mouthful of blood erupted from Long Di’s mouth at the same time Diqiu Jian landed on the ground in a sorry fashion.

“Long Di!” Shen Ling and the others yelled in fear when they saw what happened last time happen again.

“I’m good!” Long Di yelled back at them. “Talk about déjà vu. The same thing happened again. Why!?”

Diqiu Jian stared at Long Di, who had a trail of blood dripping from his mouth in fear!

‘T-That felt like somatic essence! Something’s wrong with this child! I need to let the sect know! We can’t allow him to grow!’

Blood continued to trail from Long Di’s lips, but that didn’t stop him from rushing to Diqiu Jian’s side like the world’s clingiest girlfriend, intending to do no less damage than the latter! (Which I’m sure, is devastating.)

However, it was too late. He slammed both palms on the ground and the lines on his hands brightened their glow as they danced rhythmically before they entered the earth. He then executed a set of hand signs too fast for the eyes to see.

“Terra Seize!”

The four cauldrons with the star cores released their bright glow as if they intended to compete with the sun!

Before long, a small area around Long Di released a light that matched the intensity of the Nitu demon’s cauldrons’ glow.

Long Di didn’t know what was happening, and even worse, he suffered some sort of injury to his meridians as soon as he started to drive his somatic essence to land a blow before.

Because of the injury he suffered, he lost his best chance to kill Diqiu Jian.

Even worse, he had no idea what sparked this injury to begin with. If he tried to use his somatic essence again, would the same thing happen?

He had no idea, so he had to refrain from using his somatic essence for now, at least until he could figure out what was happening.

Long Di could soon feel his body slowing down within this field of light. He felt as if the earth itself was rejecting him, and even more so, was robbing him of something vital!

Bam!

He dug his sabre into the ground as he leaned against it. His strength was leaving him rapidly!

“What is… Puah!” A blood-stained cough cut him off as he looked up at the Nitu demon through dizzied eyes.

The latter looked back at him with a strained expression. Numerous veins pulsated and snaked their way across his head and arms.

Shen Ling and the others were in an absolute panic about what to do. They were just about to rush out to help when Yaomu Shou barked at them to stay put.

“But brother Long Di will die!” Tie Lang yelled.

“Just shut up for a minute!” Yaomu Shou chided him. “The only thing you’ll be doing is rushing off to die!”

Yaomu Shou was trying to figure out what was happening for a moment before she stared off into space. When she came back to herself, her face went through several transformations before it finally rested on panic.

“Long Di, he is draining your earth esse!”