I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

'To be completely safe, I must swallow myself whole; in doing so, I become unable to sense the outside world, unless, like now, I leave a small slit for my eyes to appear...but then, it also creates a 'vulnerability' at the eyes that can be interrupted and attacked.'

'Furthermore... when I am in a swallowed state, I cannot move, which greatly reduces my flexibility and leaves me unable to perform tricks such as passing through walls.'

'Most importantly...'

Xue Jing's mouth twitched slightly.

'To summon this thing, I must use Word Spirit... which can't be instantaneously cast.'

'Word Spirit has strict requirements on grammar and tone; there's no room for fudging, which means that no matter how much I practice the vocal technique and how adept I become, summoning the Nonexistent Beast will always take at least a fraction of a second.'

With a thought, Xue Jing controlled the Nonexistent Beast to spit himself out, and he reappeared in the outside room.

He opened the panel and glanced at it; the color of Shadow Flame was slightly dimmer than before.

'After the Nonexistent Beast is summoned, it continuously drains the blue bar of Shadow Flame. Judging by this situation, if it stays out permanently, it could last at most a few hours.'

'In this way, it's also impractical to keep it in the outside world indefinitely... There are quite a few limitations.'

Xue Jing exhaled softly and chuckled:

'Still, it's pretty invincible, and, very convenient.'

He took out everything on him except for his mobile phone and bracelet.

Proof of Love, ordinary-looking glasses, Green Cube, Dragon Cherry Seed.

Then, he twisted the Green Cube, retrieving the Forgotten Greatsword that was stored inside.

'Next...'

Xue Jing snapped his fingers.

All the items in front of him were swallowed by the Nonexistent Beast.

'Hehe, storage space!'

Xue Jing raised his hand to the empty space beside him and grasped, instantly holding the hilt of the sword spat out by the Nonexistent Beast.

Like using the void as a scabbard, he slowly drew the Forgotten Greatsword, looking incredibly cool.

After swinging the giant sword a couple of times, Xue Jing tossed it to the side, throwing it back into the mouth of the Nonexistent Beast.

Feeling like he had bought a very handy storage pack, Xue Jing was filled with a sense of novelty, wanting to stuff everything he saw into it.

The pen on the desk, the books on the bookshelf, the suitcase he had brought along, the Secret Medicine required for practicing Yellow Grannie Skill... Everything that he hadn't been able to carry around conveniently and had therefore left in his room, he stuffed into the Nonexistent Beast's mouth one by one.

This thing had no concept of shape or size; theoretically, its storage space is limitless.

But that's just in theory because it is still limited by one constraint—it cannot stray from the range Xue Jing occupies.

So far, Xue Jing had experimented and found that the Nonexistent Beast could only remain within six meters of his physical body.

The swallowing and spitting out of objects must occur within this range.

Meaning, there is a limit to the size of objects the Nonexistent Beast can swallow; anything longer than six meters is beyond its capacity.

Also, due to this distance limitation, the actual storage space of the Nonexistent Beast is a spherical area with a six-meter radius.

By calculation, it's about 904 cubic meters.

'That's quite remarkable, too.'

Xue Jing nodded in satisfaction.

'As Shadow Flame continues to level up, the Nonexistent Beast should also get strengthened. For now, it's adequate.'

'Moreover... there seems to be a magical way to use this ability.'

Xue Jing let the Nonexistent Beast slightly open its mouth just beyond the six-meter range around him.

Then.

From within the void, more than a dozen thick black tendrils suddenly sprang out like the tentacles of an ancient god, ceaselessly dancing in the air.

'The Dragon Cherry Seed can now extend and attack from the void without needing to be taken out... The flexibility and stealthiness of the offensive have gone up several notches.'

Xue Jing blinked.

'It's just that this scene... is a bit SAN-dropping.'

Controlling the tendrils of the Dragon Cherry Seed to retract back into the 'void,' Xue Jing stretched lazily, feeling quite pleased.

'Next, it's time to find an opportunity to visit Xu's Biology again. With the 'Nonexistent Beast,' is there anything I can't steal?'

Opening the door, Xue Jing walked down the stairs to the living room on the first floor, where he saw Miao Miao, lying lazily in the lap of the little maid, watching an animation.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke with a smile:

'Teacher Wan, help me test out a new ability.'

Miao Miao's fluffy tail swayed leisurely back and forth. Hearing Xue Jing's words, it glanced at him and lazily retorted: 'How do you have a new ability again?'

She had become accustomed to Xue Jing coming up with new tricks every so often.

"How do we test it?"

Xue Jing smiled, didn't reply, but instead stepped closer to Miao Miao, entering the range where the Nonexistent Beast could swallow her, his mind making a move.

Without a sound, as if devoured by an invisible void creature, Miao Miao disappeared.

"Eh? Sect Leader?"

The little maid Yun Qin was filled with confusion and a bit of panic.

Xue Jing didn't explain, but looked skyward instead.

One second later.

With a strange "cha" sound, Miao Miao appeared about five meters in the air in the direction of Xue Jing's gaze, her fur on end, front claws popping out Serpent Slayer Spearhead, frantically clawing at the air.

Realizing she was free from the trap and plummeting from the sky, she glared at Xue Jing, made a skillful turn in the air, and then was laughingly caught by Xue Jing's outstretched hand.

"Don't do such sudden attacks; what the hell is this ability?"

Miao Miao's face, anthropomorphized with dissatisfaction, complained angrily.

Xue Jing quickly soothed her by stroking the fur on her back that had bristled up, consoling, "Sorry, sorry, I just wanted to test how long it would take for you to break free when you're instinctively struggling in an emergency..."

He had pretty much tested it out, the effect of the Nonexistent Beast's swallowing ability.

It couldn't trap someone who struggled fiercely for long... but it was already quite useful.

Just the momentary daze of the opponent after being swallowed, creating a vulnerable opening, was enough for him to accomplish a great deal.

Not to mention that he could decide where the opponent would end up after they managed to struggle and be spat out.

Forced displacement... outrageous.

Isn't this invincible.

Xue Jing, wielding his superb fur-smoothing technique he had perfected long ago, quickly pacified Miao Miao until all her grievances were smoothed away.

"This is my new ability, the Nonexistent Beast..."

Xue Jing whispered as he described the features of the Nonexistent Beast.

In the future, there would likely be situations where he would have to fight alongside Miao Miao, or face a formidable enemy and couldn't spare a hand to protect Miao Miao; it was necessary to make clear to her the abilities of the Nonexistent Beast in advance.

Otherwise, if he used the Nonexistent Beast to swallow her for her protection, it could lead to a big misunderstanding.

"...Your abilities are getting more and more exaggerated."

After listening, Miao Miao covered her forehead with a paw, speaking in resignation.

Xue Jing shifted his gaze, casually laughed off:

"Divine Chosen, that's what they're supposed to be like."

...

Around noon, Xue Jing sat on the sofa, watching the live broadcast in front of him.

This was another U19 lottery draw, this time for the semi-final opponents.

Watching the middle-aged man on stage, who was suspected to be a Limit-Breaking Grandmaster, open the lottery ball to reveal the slip of paper with 'Xue Jing' written on it, Xue Jing nodded his head.

"As expected."

The first match of the semi-finals:

Song Nanxing VS Otogirusu.

The second match of the semi-finals:

Xue Jing VS Zhou Yinglin.

"This fool really hasn't given up... probably rigged the lottery again."
Your next chapter is on empire

Xue Jing murmured softly.

"Well, if you dare face me again, then this time, I'll crush you completely."

"Both physically and mentally."

He pressed his wristband, turning off the holographic live broadcast image, and Xue Jing's gaze turned toward the direction of the villa's gate, his ears twitching slightly.

His increasingly sharp hearing had already picked up the footsteps coming from a distance.

Moreover, he could already tell from the rhythm and habitual spacing of the footsteps that the visitor was Ning Yuantai.

"He seems a bit anxious..."

Xue Jing thought to himself.

...