Immortal Martial God

Chapter 2301 Etheric Particle

Xiang Nan used his invincible Dream Dao to charge out of the Etheric Forest.

The tens of thousands of etheric spirits were entangling him and constantly attacking him.

After being destroyed time and time again, Xiang Nan finally rushed out of the edge of the Etheric Forest and entered the vast plains.

At this moment, Xiang Nan suddenly felt that the etheric spirits had suddenly stopped. There was even an etheric spirit that seemed to have rushed out of the forest boundary because it did not come and stop. At the same time, the spirit had actually dissipated into countless particles and disappeared.

This phenomenon attracted Xiang Nan's attention.

Originally, he did not think that he could escape the pursuit of the etheric spirits just by escaping from the forest. He just wanted to flee as far as possible so that these etheric spirits would slowly give up.

"What happened?" Xiang Nan suddenly turned around and frowned as he looked at the etheric spirits that were parked at the edge of the forest.

At this moment, all of these etheric spirits were slowly wandering around the forest boundary, but none of them would take the initiative to come out.

If it was someone else, they would probably be very fortunate at this moment.

However, Xiang Nan, who had been exploring and pondering for many years, had developed a very good habit. He would not let go of any abnormal details and would think about them.

"These things haven't come out." The big snake was also thoughtful.

Xiang Nan said, "Could it be that they can't rush out of the forest? Someone has imprisoned them here?"

The serpent said, "Or is there a powerful formation controlling the etheric spirits? Once they leave the formation, they will lose the support of the formation?"

Xiang Nan's eyes lit up and he immediately began to search for the answer in his heart.

He first tested his own thoughts as to whether the Etheric Forest was a prison.

He opened his Lightning Eye and carefully observed the forest boundary. If this was a cage, once the Etheric Specter touched the cage boundary, he would be punished. That made sense.

However, no matter what, the Etheric Forest Boundary did not have any restrictive power.

Furthermore, both he and the Divine Envoy had been able to enter and exit freely without feeling any control. This meant that Xiang Nan's own thoughts were wrong.

Let's check the big snake's conjecture again.

Xiang Nan looked below the Etheric Forest to see if there were any formations supporting these spirits. However, there was no such thing. This proved that the serpent's conjecture was also wrong.

"This is strange." Xiang Nan frowned and muttered to himself, "It's neither a cage nor a formation. Then why can't these etheric spirits chase after him?"

"From a logical point of view, this doesn't make sense."

"Big Snake, based on your understanding of life, do you have any other possibilities?"

After pondering for a while, the serpent said, "Oh … I understand what's going on. We've both thought in the wrong direction."

Xiang Nan said anxiously, "Quickly tell me."

The serpent said, "Let's start with the formation of these etheric spirits. According to the Master God of the Temple of Nature, the etheric spirits are made up of etheric particles, and the etheric particles do not belong to any of the five elements."

"When the etheric particles are dispersed, they are incomparably thin, even thinner than air, so that nothing can touch them and easily penetrate them."

"But if someone attracts the attention of the etheric ghosts, their consciousness will condense and combine the etheric particles into the etheric ghosts to attack all living things."

"I know that," Xiang Nan said.

The serpent said, "Have you noticed that the Etheric Ghost's target is neither good nor evil?"

"Yes," Xiang Nan said.

The serpent said, "Only high-level intelligent races can distinguish between good and evil. However, the Etheric Specter's target selection is not within this category."

"This is the most typical natural forest law."

Xiang Nan asked, "What do you mean?"

The serpent said, "Why didn't we attract the attention of the etheric spirits when we entered, and why would we attack anyone for any reason after the etheric spirits appeared?"

"Didn't you notice? It was because we were fighting in the forest that the etheric spirits appeared. They were protecting this forest!"

Xiang Nan said thoughtfully, "Oh … that makes sense, but why? Does the etheric spirit need to rely on the forest environment to survive? Why should it protect the forest?"

"This is the crux of the matter! The etheric specter is not an independent living thing! In other words, the concept of'living 'does not exist in the etheric particles."

"It was this forest that activated the self-protection mechanism and manipulated the etheric particles to attack people who might cause harm to the forest. In other words, this forest is alive!"

Xiang Nan's eyes lit up, "So after we leave the forest, this forest will not be able to continue transmitting its consciousness to the etheric particles, causing the etheric spirits to collapse."

"Ha, so it's like this!"

Only then did Xiang Nan realize that the one who was alive was not the Etheric Specter, but the forest itself! It's like a man controlling a lot of marionettes.

"Then this is interesting." The serpent smiled and said, "The forest uses consciousness to control the etheric particles, but you are an expert in the control of consciousness. What if you can take the etheric particles back?"

Xiang Nan smiled and said, "Daydreaming! I can try to invade the forest consciousness and make these etheric spirits work for me."

Since he had thought of this, there was no reason not to give it a try.

Xiang Nan immediately started daydreaming. Indeed, he instantly discovered the location of this forest's consciousness.

The difference was that the consciousness of the forest was different from the consciousness of humans. It was not a complete whole, but a large number of scattered clusters. It was like a forest with countless trees. The consciousness of the entire forest was scattered in dots.

Xiang Nan struggled to contend with the forest consciousness and used daydreaming to expel the forest consciousness.

Sure enough, in the next instant, all the etheric spirits collapsed into etheric particles and disappeared.

"Hahahaha!" Xiang Nan laughed loudly, "Let's try again and see if I can condense the etheric particles into etheric spirits!"

Thinking of this, Xiang Nan tried to control the etheric particles like a forest.

As a result, a large number of condensed etheric particles suddenly appeared in the sky. These etheric particles quickly gathered together and eventually condensed into a ball.

"What?" Xiang Nan was stunned for a moment and said, "Why hasn't the etheric spirit formed?"

"Of course," the serpent said. "The forest not only condensed etheric particles, but also gave them souls. The God Race is the strongest expert the forest has ever seen, so the etheric spirits it condensed are shaped according to this. It looks like the God Race."

"This fully demonstrates that the forest has indeed bestowed souls on the etheric particles, but you can only control your consciousness and not give them souls."

Xiang Nan was inevitably a little disappointed and said, "In that case, I can't create my own army of etheric spirits."

"That's pretty much what the snake said, but that doesn't mean we didn't get anything at all."