Chapter 259

Translator: 549690339

The brain worm infiltrated without making a sound, and no one noticed it.

Lin Zhen was still asleep. The brain worm fluttered its wings in the room for a while before landing quietly on Lin Zhen’s forehead.

With a flash of blue light, the brain worm disappeared and entered Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea.

The brain worm begins by breaking the spiritual power, and once it breaks that defense, it can control a person’s soul, manipulate their thoughts, turning them into a puppet for the person behind the scenes.

When the brain worm invaded Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea, he suddenly woke up.

He sat up abruptly, his body convulsing from pain, while experiencing severe pain inside his Spiritual Consciousness Sea!

“Damn it! What is this thing?”

Lin Zhen could clearly see the little blue beetle inside his Spiritual Consciousness Sea, and he felt like he had seen it before.

“Ah! It’s a brain worm! How can such a thing exist on Earth?”

In the Star Realm, brain worms were not rare and generally used to control people’s souls.

Although it was not a high-grade product, it belonged to a type of alien beast. Its ultimate effect was similar to the Soul Lock Lin Zhen had used.

Once a brain worm invaded a person’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea, it would specifically break down their spiritual power. When their spiritual power was destroyed, their soul would be controlled, and they would become someone else’s puppet.

“Not good, the appearance of brain worms proves there are still people from Extraterrestrial Civilizations on Earth, I didn’t expect these people to be hiding here, no wonder they will attack Earth in the future, it turns out that they made contact early.”

“Why would they choose to control me? If used well, brain worms can even control ordinary people in the Star Realm, why me?”

At this moment, Lin Zhen could no longer think about that problem since the brain worm had already attempted to invade through Lin Zhen’s spiritual power barrier, entering the core depths of his Spiritual Consciousness Sea, the location of his soul.

All Lin Zhen could do now was gather his spiritual power to resist the brain worm’s invasion!

If we were to describe the existence of spiritual power, then Lin Zhen’s current spiritual power was a dark gold light sphere suspended in his Spiritual Consciousness Sea. Inside, there was a trace of Golden Strength, which indicated that he had not yet reached the Peak of Dark Gold.

The core of the light sphere was a person’s soul, their very essence. It governed their body and their thoughts.

And now, this blue brain worm began to dig into the dark gold light sphere from its edge.

The pure dark gold light was difficult to be disturbed, but Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea still contained impurities. The gold parts were the weak points.

The brain worm waved its two front claws, following the golden breath and started digging. A trace of spiritual power seeped out, creating a loophole!

The pain felt as if someone was stirring his brain with a needle, even causing Lin Zhen to bite his teeth so hard they bled.

But he didn’t make a sound because no one could help him with this. Even calling his parents or An Ning, or even Xiao Nuan, would be useless. They couldn’t just split his head open.

All he could do was bear this intense pain and use his spiritual power to resist the invasion of the brain worm.

Once he couldn’t bear it anymore and gave up, the brain worm would quickly invade his soul following the gold breath.

Lin Zhen gripped the quilt tightly with both hands, his whole body soaked in sweat!

“It hurts so much! I’m dying!’

In less than five minutes, the brain worm had penetrated about one-third of the way into Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea. No matter how Lin Zhen tried to dodge and block, the golden breath was a weakness that could not hold back the brain worm’s advance.

“This won’t do! Get out!”

Dark Gold spiritual power began to intercept the brain worm, but whenever it encountered the dark gold Spiritual Consciousness Sea, it would automatically turn and chase after the Golden Strength.

“Tearing! ”

The quilt was torn by Lin Zhen’s grip, and he was in so much pain that he almost fainted.

“I can’t faint! I mustn’t faint! If I lose consciousness, when I wake up, I won’t be myself anymore. I have to persist. I can’t collapse!”

Lin Zhen raised his hand, and the golden Seven Stars Knife appeared in his grasp.

As the pain was becoming unbearable and he felt as if he couldn’t hold on any longer, Lin Zhen used the knife’s blade to graze his arm.

Blood flowed out, and the pain from another part of his body provided a momentary boost. With his attention shifted, the headache was temporarily alleviated.

However, this was only temporary. The brain worm’s excavation continued, and a few minutes later, Lin Zhen sliced himself a second time.

White light flashed around Lin Zhen’s body, representing the healing power of radiance, treating and healing his injuries.

Seeing that the brain worm was about to reach the halfway point in his Spiritual Consciousness Sea, Lin Zhen realized that he couldn’t continue like this.

“Is there no way? If this continues, I am destined to become a puppet. That trace of golden breath is the weak point in my Spiritual Consciousness Sea. My

only option is to remove it completely.”

“The only way to get rid of this golden breath is to try my best to enhance my spiritual power, allowing me to advance once again. Right now, the intense pain caused by the brain worm makes my spiritual power run at unprecedented speed. I have reached the Peak of Dark Gold. If I could advance, the brain worm would not be able to find my weakness and would naturally be resolved.”

This soul-wrenching pain didn’t defeat Lin Zhen. Relying on his extraordinary soul strength, he resisted it tenaciously.

While his spiritual power was running at a super-fast speed, Lin Zhen came up with a desperate, final solution in this critical moment: cultivating!

Golden breaths were being peeled away from Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea, and under the excruciating pain, his dark gold spiritual power grew rapidly. Although it couldn’t fully resist the brain worm’s attack, his flaws were becoming fewer and fewer.

Perhaps a miracle would really happen….

Inside the ancient god’s ruins, Shu Mingxuan was getting very anxious and sweating.

“How can it take so long? How can it not be under control for so long? The brain worm has clearly invaded Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea, I can sense it.”

“Does this guy have some sort of mental defense Star Artifact?”

“No! Even a mental defense Star Artifact can’t stop the brain worm. It directly attacks the Spiritual Consciousness Sea from within.”

“There must be no problem; as long as I control Lin Zhen, the championship of this War God Challenge will basically be mine.”

He paced back and forth anxiously in his cockpit, constantly checking the time and sensing the status of the brain worm.

Through his secret method, he could sense the resistance the brain worm was facing from Lin Zhen was growing stronger and stronger; he didn’t know how Lin Zhen did it.

“Could it be that this kid has advanced to Diamond Level spiritual power? No, it’s impossible. Diamond Level only appears within the Star Realm, and even ordinary Star Realm practitioners don’t have Diamond Level spiritual power. How could Lin Zhen, a mere Seventh-level War God, cultivate to that level?”

“I will wait another hour. If the brain worm cannot defeat Lin Zhen within an hour, I must choose another target. After all, the brain worm’s power is limited.”

Shu Mingxuan nervously watched the time as half an hour quickly passed.

Lin Zhen could hear An Ning’s soft voice outside, chatting with Yue’er. In the past, Lin Zhen might have eavesdropped, but now he couldn’t.

He could feel that the brain worm’s power was also weakening. Although it had excavated more than four-fifths of the depth, its power was nearing exhaustion.

At this moment, the spiritual power at the Golden Stage within Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea was less than one in a thousand!

Once he completely refines this little Golden Stage power, Lin Zhen would truly reach the Peak of Dark Gold and take steps towards the Diamond Period.

“Gather all my strength! Drive it out!”

Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea began to spin rapidly, followed by soul-tearing pain, intensified mental activity, and the rapid disappearance of the tiny golden breath.

The brain worm’s claws were met with the powerful interception of the dark gold breath, with the golden breath getting scarcer, accounting for less than one ten-thousandth!

“Disappear completely!”

Lin Zhen rotated his spiritual power once more, and finally, the last trace of golden breath disappeared!

Zhen’s soul with just a thin layer left.

The brain worm felt the power of the soul and was making its last effort!

Just then, the pain magnified a hundred times!

Lin Zhen’s whole body broke into a sweat that soaked through his clothes and even the quilt.

“This is the final strike. I can’t give up. I must counterattack, you disgusting worm, get lost!”

His soul saved him once again, enabling him to resist such pain and mobilize his spiritual power one more time!

After this crucial round, a dazzling brilliance emerged within Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness sea!

The power of Diamond!

Lin Zhen had reached the Diamond Period spiritual mind master at this moment!

“Leave!”

This trace of diamond power was like an invincible blade, fiercely attacking the brain worm.

Lin Zhen finally struck back.

The brain worm, as if stabbed by a knife, trembled and suddenly retreated from Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea.

Leaving Lin Zhen’s mind, a small hole appeared in the space, and the brain worm crawled in.

According to Shu Mingxuan’s instructions, since it failed to conquer Lin Zhen, it must find another target to control someone and strive for the War God Challenge championship.

As the brain worm left, Lin Zhen’s whole body went limp, and he fell heavily onto the bed.

An Ning was still lingering outside the room; she and Su Mingyue had just finished their conversation. In their eyes, Lin Zhen must be extremely upset about not being able to participate in the War God Challenge, and the two girls talked for a while but couldn’t figure out how to comfort him.

Just when An Ning was worried, she heard a noise from Lin Zhen’s room and hurriedly ran in. Seeing Lin Zhen’s state, her face went pale: “Lin Zhen, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare me. Is it just because you can’t participate in the War God Challenge? It’s no big deal, Yue’er and I will be with you.”

Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment, then slowly raised his hand, gently touched An Ning’s beautiful face, and smiled happily: “Ah Ning, I’m fine. I’m delighted to hear what you said just now, but I think it’s better not to miss the War God Challenge tomorrow..”