Chapter 2: Successful Ritual (Part 2)

Guo Shier felt a bit disheartened and said, “Sigh, we’ve invested so much effort and collected so many Void Sealing Worms. It would be a shame if they’re of little use. We can’t wait until we find a spatially unstable area to start fighting—that’s impossible.”
The old man pondered for a moment before suddenly cursing, “You fool! You’ve misled me!”
Guo Shier asked in confusion, “What do you mean?”
The old man replied, “You have talismans. When the Void Sealing Worms are enhanced with these talismans, they gain the ability to tear through space. They already possess this ability, but it’s suppressed due to their weak strength. As long as you enhance them with certain special talismans… well, we need to conduct another ritual. Since they’re one-time consumables, there’s no need to worry about whether they can withstand the pressure from the talismans. If they can fully unleash their innate abilities, even dying immediately would be worth it!”
Guo Shier exclaimed, “That’s right! There are several talismans that can be used.” Once his thinking started flowing, he immediately came up with many good ways to enhance them with talismans. Their souls interacted back and forth, and soon they came up with several methods.
The old man said, “I’ll test a few. Throw them out and see how it goes.”
Guo Shier agreed, “You go and refine a few worms first. I’ll give them a try.” He didn’t dare let the old man do it—whether in the Soul Calming Cauldron, the small secret realm, or even on the altar. Given the nature of the Void Sealing Worms, once their true abilities were unleashed, their power would be terrifying.
Cerislin whispered something beside Guo Shier, but he was entirely focused on communicating with the old man and paid no attention to what she said, merely responding with murmurs. Yet Cerislin wasn’t upset at all; she was enjoying this rare moment of peace.
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On the third day, Guo Shier stepped out of the Hidden Talisman House. After this rest, everyone seemed refreshed.
The old man had also successfully refined several Void Sealing Worms, enhancing them with various talismans, waiting for Guo Shier to test them. As soon as Guo Shier closed the Hidden Talisman House, the old man eagerly said, “Kid, kid! I’ve successfully refined seven types of Void Sealing Worms. Go and test them. Hehe, this is my first attempt. I hope one or two of them will work!”
Li Ran and the others stood in the open area. As soon as Guo Shier and Cerislin came out, Li Ran said, “We’re ready to go deeper. If there are no Void Sealing Worms blocking the way, I should be able to detect a suitable cross-dimensional point. Let’s hope we succeed.”

Guo Shieru almost laughed out loud. As soon as the handsome old man said, “I hope it will succeed,” Li Ran added, “I hope we succeed.” His soul trembled slightly: “Give me the refined Void Worms. Also pass on the methods used for refinement and the desired effects.” This was the fastest way to learn. He had often thought that if he had had such a learning method in his past life, he would surely have reached an astonishing level.

Qi Wuzhen asked, “Have we confirmed the direction and destination?”

Li Ran replied, “Mm, I’ve been preparing for this these past few days. It’s all set.”

Guo Shieru asked, “Have we refined them after breaking through the boundary?”

Li Ran nodded. “No problem. We refined them again. Fortunately, the damaged part wasn’t in the core. It cost us some essence, but unfortunately, we don’t have much left.”

Guo Shieru said, “I still have some. I’ll give you some.” He knew well that once they entered the void and crossed boundaries, the amount of essence was crucial. It could rapidly enhance the power of breaking through boundaries and repair the damage caused—its effects were unparalleled, and nothing could replace it. The most serious problem now was the lack of a way to replenish essence; every use reduced their supply, and so far, none of them had found an effective substitute.

Li Ran was delighted. “I knew you still had some essence. I was worried about not having enough to use when crossing boundaries.”

Guo Shieru gave Li Ran 50,000 essences, leaving some for himself. He had already used most of the essences he obtained in the World of Talismans. Fortunately, he had been a collector who gathered countless essences. Otherwise, even Li Ran would be at a loss now.

Wang Dayang, Kumu, and Monier also contributed a little essence. They already had very little essence with them, so their contribution was only symbolic. As for Li Ran and Qi Wuzhen, they had only a tiny amount left—just enough to keep the altar functioning, and it couldn’t be used casually.

Guo Shieru said, “I need to conduct a few experiments. Everyone, keep an eye on them. The stability of this space makes it suitable for experiments.”

Li Ran asked, “Are they experiments on sealing the Void Worms?”

Guo Shieru nodded. “The Void Worms aren’t as powerful in a stable space. Their weapon is spatial rifts. In an unstable space, those rifts can be easily controlled by the Void Worms. After refining them and enhancing them with talismans, I want to see to what extent the Void Worms can utilize a stable space.”

Li Ran and the others were stunned; they hadn’t thought of this at all, but they quickly recovered. Li Ran exclaimed, “Wow, I really didn’t consider that. I only thought about how powerful the Void Worms are. Haha, amazing! If we encounter enemies in a stable space, we’re in trouble. I guess these Void Worms would be defeated even before they could fully unleash their power. Great! Great! Great!”
Monier smiled and said, “You’ve thought of everything. My darling is really smart.” Everyone was used to her calling Guo Shier “darling,” and they understood it as an act of indulgence from an elder toward a younger one. The only thing that seemed a bit strange was that Guo Shier was a top-tier professional and not a child, so every time they heard Monier call him “darling,” they felt an urge to laugh.
Kumu nodded and asked, “You’ve already refined them. How many types are there?”
Guo Shier replied, “There are seven. I’ll test them now. Everyone, stay back and see how powerful they are. As long as we can break through space, disrupt its stability—even just a small area—we can unleash the power of the Void Worms.”
Wang Dayang praised, “That’s exactly it. As long as we can create a space rift, no matter how tiny, it can deal heavy damage to the enemy.”
Everyone scattered. Guo Shier tapped Seraphine on the back. She still hadn’t moved away and remained close to him.
Seraphine’s face turned slightly red. She was about to speak when she suddenly realized that Guo Shier wanted her to stay back, not to flirt with her. Blushing, she ran to the side. Monier gave her a meaningful look, smiling like a fox wagging its tail. Seraphine caught it accidentally and her face burned even more, so she quickly ran away to watch Guo Shier from afar.
Guo Shier took out a refined worm talisman. The sealed Void Worm had transformed into a crystal-clear plaque, about the size of a cigarette pack from his past life, but thinner and much lighter, feeling almost weightless in his hand.
It was a light blue color, like frosted glass, with thousands of extremely tiny blue runes forming spiral patterns that rotated inside the talisman, resembling an ancient talisman.
Guo Shier had inherited the incantation to use this talisman from the old man. He gently tapped it, imprinting a rune, and instantly, it turned into a ball of blue light floating in his palm. With Guo Shier’s vision, he could see tiny space rifts extending from the blue light ball and rising into the air little by little.
“It works!”

As he spoke, Guo Shier flicked his fingers, firing a rune that struck the glowing sphere. The blue sphere immediately flew out and rapidly expanded. Following Guo Shier’s commands, the sphere darted around chaotically before suddenly falling to the ground, silently creating a hole in it. Guo Shier’s soul trembled slightly as he issued a spiritual command: “Explose!”
A huge crater suddenly appeared on the ground, at least dozens of meters in diameter and bottomless. Guo Shier laughed heartily and said, “This… works! Haha!”
The old man in the altar was also overjoyed. He waved his fist vigorously—this rune had taken him a great deal of effort to create.
He then tried several more insect-sealing runes, but this time he wasn’t as lucky; all of them failed. Guo Shier sighed and said, “At first, I thought it would be easy. Hehe, at least one worked. Well, this is the last one. Let’s see… what will happen?”
This insect-sealing rune was uniquely crafted. From Guo Shier’s knowledge from his past life, it resembled a melon-shaped grenade—elliptical in shape with segmented surfaces, like pre-made shrapnel. Its usage was simple: after activation, it was thrown and could fly quickly in a straight line, exploding upon contact.
The old man said it was called a “Raging Insect,” and its explosive power was terrifying—creating a collapse zone of ten meters in radius that pierced through space and connected to other voids. Though the duration was extremely short, it could instantly annihilate all matter within that area, making it extremely powerful. After just one test, Guo Shier took a liking to this type of rune.
Out of the seven newly crafted runes, two succeeded and five failed. Guo Shier was already very satisfied; in fact, even one success would have made him happy.
Li Ran and the others gathered around, observed the damaged ground, and couldn’t help but exclaim in delight. The space here was quite stable—though not as stable as that on the continent, it was already very close. If one could break through this space, they could break through spaces elsewhere, making it perfect as a weapon. The weapons developed by Guo Shier inspired each of them with their own ideas.
Qi Wu Zhen suggested, “Let’s not rush to leave. Everyone should try designing their own rune and then exchange ideas to find the best way to use them. How about that?”

Apart from Serichelle, the others were all top-tier spellcasters with their own ideas. If they could find the best way to refine Void Worms, and with so many sealed Void Worms at their disposal, once they scaled up, they would be confident in suppressing any enemy, even ones stronger than them.
Li Ran nodded and said, “Good! I’m curious to see who can create the most powerful Worm Spell!”