Chapter 315: The Godseal Spark (25)
BOOM!!!
Pure-white sword qi!
Confident and liberated sword qi!
Sword qi of the selfless anatta!
Sword qi unconfined to the self!
In this fleeting moment, everything gathered into a sword! Between heaven and earth, only this sword existed! A streak of sword light and twenty-six red rays violently collided together! A resounding boom echoed to stir the heavens!
âFuck!â Xu Yangyi stared intently at the six seemingly cave-like spaces around him⊠however, the scenery was still the same.
âBro, donât worry!â Zhao Ziqiâs somewhat juvenile voice echoed at Xu Yangyiâs ear side. In kind, a little solemness caused his impatient heart to calm down a bit. âThis qi⊠keeps on running. Itâs really hard for me to chase it downâŠâ
Xu Yangyi licked his lips. Moving?
As expected of a living creature. This place⊠was even more of a maze than a maze! Countless exit tunnels and entry passages, yet they still appeared the same under a glance. No wonder squadrons that had entered previously had been trapped to death here. If it werenât for Zhao Ziqi, he would basically be unable to find the correct road from these endless identical rooms!
No⊠even if he found the right path, then what?
This thing⊠could actually move! And this place as well⊠was its nest of many, many years. Any place and anything else couldnât flee from the Spirit Parasiteâs eyes. Hide-and-seek with an unseen enemy in its domain? How could it possibly be found!
âNo⊠this isnât the way!â Xu Yangyi gritted his teeth very tightly. It was unknown how the situation outside had developed. Another second stayed here was an additional fraction of danger beyond the Reincarnation Puppetâs belly. âIs there no other way?â he asked lowly.
Silence. Several seconds passed, and Zhao Ziqi quietly replied, âThere is⊠but its very dangerous.â
âLike?â Xu Yangyi followed up without missing a beat, his gaze flashing.
âLet me⊠take you over.â Zhao Ziqi floated in midair and flew before Xu Yangyi, violating the Earthâs gravitational law. He pursed his lips and said, âI donât want to hide it from you. The Netherpierce Eye is neither human nor ghost. I can stay inside anyoneâs body for thirty minutes. I canât chase this thing down⊠but you probably can, big bro.â
What Zhao Ziqi spoke of was somewhat like containment, but Xu Yangyi understood. This was a kind of spiritual sense-like movement, yet what he had to do was release his own spiritual sense and let the youth enter!
If⊠Zhao Ziqi held one shred of malice, a ruthless battle of spiritual sense versus spiritual sense would follow. Only through one partyâs death could there be conclusion. To be short⊠forced possession!
Quiet. After the passage of a couple seconds, Xu Yangyi lifted up his gaze and nodded. âCome on.â
Zhao Ziqi, on the contrary, was stunned. How many seconds was that? Three seconds? And Xu Yangyi resolved himself just like that?
In a battle of spiritual sense, everyone was placed in the same plane. Be it Core Formation or Qi Condensation, all depended on whoeverâs spiritual sense was more powerful. Xu Yangyi⊠actually wasnât afraid in the slightest.
âYou⊠Arenât you even a little scared?â Zhao Ziqi couldnât help but ask.
âDonât waste words.â Xu Yangyiâs expression was calm. âAnother second waited is another person dead. I canât afford to wait.â
Furthermore⊠the demon slayer had the confidence that he wasnât inferior to any cultivator in the aspect of spiritual sense!
The effect of the Eternal Alchemy Canonâs spiritual sense strengthening was nothing to joke about.
âGood.â Zhao Ziqi didnât spare any words, either. Both his hands formed seals, and his entire figure grew increasingly faint as he went faster and faster. Five seconds later, he lowly cried out, and he became like mist, suddenly rushing over.
Xu Yangyiâs muscles tensed up by a hair, but then relaxed. To say he wasnât uneasy was an impossibility. Nonetheless, any worry was founded on strength. Besides, he was willing to believe in the other.
Three seconds⊠five seconds⊠ten seconds passed, and Xu Yangyi opened his eyes. His pupils had become a pair of Taijis! He took a deep breath and stretched out his muscles. There wasnât a trace of discomfort.
Zhao Ziqi hadnât made any action against his spiritual sense. But now instead, as far as his eyes reached⊠the world was an alternating black-and-white expanse, especiallyâŠ
Right now, he could clearly see! A wisp of green qi was frantically running away to a distant place!
âI see youâŠâ There was no time to link up with Zhao Ziqi. Thirsty for blood, he licked his lips and slightly arched over. Quick to act, he threw himself towards the jade-green qi ahead like a fierce tiger!
âWind Brandishes Traces!!!â He faced back and roared, the qi around him curling away! Whirlwinds, visible to the naked eye, even formed besides him! Without delay, his speed increased!
Yet he still wasnât done! Both his hands weaved seals at a dizzying pace. Very shortlyâŠ
âLife Sacrification! Starfire!â
A triple-layered superposition!
His silhouette transformed into streaking white light in the air, hot on the tail of the qi ahead!
Thrum⊠ThrumâŠ
At his ear side, all that was audible was the sound of wind, and yet there was another kind of sound, the ticking second hand of a clock.
From the start, Xu Yangyi had taken out his wristwatch, having it float at his side. Since he had entered the Reincarnation Puppetâs stomach, ten minutes had already passed!
His speed suddenly picked up. In the next ten seconds, he would have clear visual of the thing in front of him!
Seemingly fog yet not fog, the orb of green qi was containing something within⊠A shadow vaguely akin to a human figure. Xu Yangyi gazed ahead with rapt attention, yet couldnât see it clearly at all!
âWhat are youâŠâ Xu Yangyi gritted his teeth ruthlessly, his body in a perfect running stance. Even an Olympic champion would feel inferior to him. With the descent of each of his steps, the stone brick on the ground levelly sunk in! Following a heavy thump, a one-foot-long footprint made an indent. The rise of each step even held the faint sound of wind and thunder.
âStill want to run?!â He shouted angrily, his tongue lashing out like spring thunder. The mist-like organism ahead seemed to tremble and immediately sped up in kind!
âDrop deadâŠâ The killing intent in Xu Yangyiâs eyes glimmered, and he weaved seals. In the next second, two fire dragons rumbled out from his hand and raged straight to the green fog-shaped organism ahead!
Ten Cardinals Red Lotus! Twin dragons toying with a pearl!
âROAR!â The black fire-dragon bore a thundering snarl. Neither large nor small, it just so happened to tightly seal off the fair-sized tunnel. Although Xu Yangyi had fallen behind, the Ten Cardinals Red Lotusâs impact force far exceeded his present speed! In almost the blink of an eye, it clashed down on the green qiâs light tail!
He was none the wiser that at the same time, there was activity brewing in a place that only the clan master, clan elder, and grand elders of the Nalan Clan could enter. Inside was a vast thousand-meter-sized pond of blood.
Above the blood pond was the skull of some unknown giant beast, no less than several hundred meters in size. It was firmly welded to the roof. In the vicinity, there were ten cultivators wearing black clothes and high caps, as if they were the underworldâs deities of escorting souls. Their hands were gathered in their sleeves, and at every couple dozen meters was one person. They calmly encircled both sides of the pond.
The banks of the blood pond were piled up with all kinds of bones. Yet in the middle, there were dozens of dried one-meter-sized wrist bones sticking out from the pond. Six formed one set and crafted an ash-gray lotus. Bloody marks appeared on the withered bones and slowly bubbled up on the lotus palm as the blood pond seethed.
Dusky lines of light, the seething blood pond, and reaper-like shades transformed the region into a facsimile of a blood-reeking hell.
On each lotus of withered bone a person was seated. Since long ago, they had not made so much as a whisper, but a jade plate, densely scrawled with small characters, was placed before each of them. These were their life slips, yet they hadnât shattered!
At this moment, a skeletal hand suddenly wobbled twice. The cultivator sitting upright on it was a woman. Her facial features were cool and elegant without peer, and she wore the snow-white long skirt of palace dress, appearing to be merely sleeping. Yet now, plumes of black smoke wafted off of her from head to toe!
Moments ago, the smoke was merely wisps, but in the next second it immediately became rocketing black flame!
âChange with No.7!!!â One of the impermanants suddenly cried out. Without any hesitation, the seventh Reincarnation Puppetâs jade slip zoomed into his hand!
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âBlack fire counter-bite⊠Someoneâs barged into the Spirit Parasiteâs dwelling, and⊠they keep on approaching the Spirit Parasiteâs body!â A hand wreathed in black grabbed the jade slip and drew a sharp breath with only a glance. âThe strength of the otherâs total-determined power⊠Late-stage Qi Condensation, estimated S-rank!â
Without a momentâs delay, he gently pricked his finger, and a blood-colored dot appeared on his thumb. On the jade life slip, it drew a long scar of blood!
âSpirit Enlightenment Wood!â
In the wake of this bloody scarâs tracing, the eyes of the originally silent woman on No.7âs skeletal hand now actually shivered. She seemed to show signs of waking up!
âShould I say your luck is good⊠or too rotten?â The soul attendantâs voice heaved out a sigh and finally calmed down somewhat. Orbs of green fire flickered as if they were studying the jade medal in her hand. âNalan Liusu⊠The Nalan Clanâs 42nd generation holy maiden was born in 1631 and died in 1721⊠Great Circle Qi Condensation. And a hare thatâs charged in, eh⊠No matter what methods you use to find the Spirit Parasiteâs body⊠you seem to have drawn the ugliest stick of certain death from the ballotâŠâ
âThe sole holy maiden among the Twenty Reincarnation Puppets, heh heh heh⊠wait for death⊠you piece of trashâŠâ
BOOM!
Xu Yangyiâs footsteps rose and fell. The Spirit Parasite before him was already within spitting distance!
Ten minutes had already passed. From 200 meters, he had reached 180 meters to 120 meters, and nowâŠ
Ten meters! Barely a ten-meter gap! He could overtake this strange thing in front of him!
Nine meters!!!
Xu Yangyi tightly gripped Falling Moon in his hand. Ten meters wasnât needed⊠Anything within three meters was in his attack range!
Eight meters!
On Falling Moon, black flame soared and brightened! The Ten Cardinals Red Lotus was shockingly in his grasp, but he wasnât satisfied at all!
A little bit faster⊠A little bit faster!
Twenty minutes had already passed since he had entered! He feared that the defense outside had long since reached the state of a bloodbath!
His left hand began to form seals.
Seven meters!
Even now, the green soul ahead was whistling in the distance! The demon slayer took a deep breath, and the fingers of his left hand quickly pinched together!
âPill Cauldron Builds Spirit!â
Hum!
A formless white ripple swiftly spread around him! Everything in the surroundings became even clearer! Xu Yangyiâs spiritual sense having strengthened again, Zhao Ziqi, who was possessing him, let out a groan. Nonetheless, the youth tenaciously held onto Xu Yangyiâs spiritual sense, by no means breaking away. It was because of this that Zhao Ziqi could look upon a scene that he hadnât been able to previously!
As if all the surrounding illusions had been dispelled⊠he saw that the entire space above was actually blurry! Twisting! Spinning!
ThatâsâŠ
Xu Yangyiâs gaze shrunk a little. These distortions were building a tunnel! And in this tunnel, an indescribable object was descending at great speed!
At the same time in the Nalan Clanâs blood pool, Nalan Liusu had completely opened her eyes. She had separated from the bone lotus and was floating in the air. Powerful green ripples of qi light slowly radiated out of her body!
The spiritual light resembled a tide, unexpectedly solid-like. In the area, a fierce whirlwind seemed to kick up! The bone lotus somewhat close to her was actually teetering on the verge of collapse!
âThatâs the Nalan Clanâs holy maidenâŠâ Presently all the impermanants were crouching on the ground. âEven though she died so many years ago⊠her power still hadnât weakened since thenâŠâ
The blood pond was wildly swirling with great billows! As if she and Xu Yangyi could read each otherâs minds, a hazy white light bolted out from the crown of her head like lightning in the instant Pill Cauldron Builds Spirit was activated! It followed the linked Reincarnation Puppetâs qi thread and rushed down!
1. âImpermanantsâ You may remember I made a note about this a long time ago. Impermanants is my take on âHebai Wuchangâ the name of a Chinese death deity known otherwise as the âBlack and White Impermanancesâ.
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