Chapter 1217: Chapter 365: Congratulations, Fellow Daoist!
He stood up and walked over to the corpse of Nangong Xiongba, raising a hand for a loud slap.
"Smack!"
"Weren’t you talkative? Weren’t you trying to possess me? Come on, why are you silent now?"
Zhou Qing mocked, saying this as he delivered another slap, his eyes sparkling with the pleasure of revenge.
"It’s really satisfying!"
After venting, Zhou Qing’s gaze gradually became fervent.
This complete Spirit Severing Realm corpse before him, if refined using the Blood Phoenix Wing’s shadow...
But just as he was about to circulate his Spiritual Power, an emptiness surged from within, forcing him to abandon this tempting idea.
"Forget it..." he shook his head and bent down to remove the Storage Bag from Nangong Xiongba’s waist.
His Divine Sense easily infiltrated, confirming once again that this old monster was indeed completely dead.
Zhou Qing didn’t check much else, instead first taking out the sealed black glow.
The black sphere slowly rotated in his palm, occasionally flashing with some eerie patterns on its surface.
"Congratulations, Taoist friend, congratulations!" The black glow immediately emitted a fawning mental wave, "Successfully possessing this body, you will surely ascend to the pinnacle and achieve the ultimate path!"
Zhou Qing sneered, "Oh? Too bad you won’t have the chance."
"Oh, don’t say that!" The black glow hurriedly responded, with a hint of flattery in its mental wave.
"What am I? No chance is no chance. But actually, we can completely coexist peacefully, mutually beneficially!"
"How do we coexist?" Zhou Qing narrowed his eyes.
The black glow, seeing hope, immediately began to ramble, "Though I am a spirit formed from a corpse, given time, I will surely recall many memories of the original body."
"Even if you perform a Soul Search now, you won’t extract much useful information, and it would damage my memory..."
Zhou Qing nodded thoughtfully.
The black glow saw Zhou Qing seemed interested, and quickly increased its stakes, "Taoist friend, wise insight! Now that Xuanyuan Yichen has been devoured by me, only I know the location of the original body’s treasures."
"As long as you show mercy, I can give you all those things."
It deliberately paused, with a hint of seduction in its mental wave, "Or... now that you’ve possessed a new body, why not lend this shell to me temporarily?"
"I will certainly divert attention from all sides, allowing you to cultivate in peace..."
"Heh." Zhou Qing suddenly let out a meaningful cold laugh.
This sinister creature is quite calculating, attempting to get something for nothing, tricking him into handing over a Spirit Severing Realm body.
The black glow seeing Zhou Qing’s expression was off, hurriedly changed its tone, "Or why not seal me with a life-and-death Curse Seal? Or just find any body for me to inhabit."
"I won’t be able to maintain this state for long, and will surely be of great use to you in the future!"
A hint of hesitation flashed in Zhou Qing’s eyes as he stared at the black glow churning in the cage, suddenly shaking his head slightly, a glimmer of clarity passing through.
"That was close!" he gasped secretly, a cold sweat already seeping on his back.
This mass of black glow comes from a Fifth-level Cultivation Country, mastering Divine Techniques and Secret Techniques that already surpass his understanding.
Now, even with fragmented memories, it can still enchant people; if it recalls the original body’s Divine Techniques later, how could he suppress it?
This is essentially a Poison Pill that could ignite and consume him at any time, a single mistake could lead to eternal damnation.
Collaborating with such an evil creature is akin to negotiating with a tiger, destined to backfire one day.
Moreover, with the fall of Nangong Xiongba, the seal formed by Spirit Severing Realm Spiritual Power is rapidly declining, and the struggle of the black glow in the cage becoming increasingly intense.
With this thought, a murderous intent surged in Zhou Qing’s eyes.
The black glow seemed to sense the killing intent and suddenly churned violently, "Hold on, Taoist friend! I know of an ancient medicinal garden, where there are definitely Transformation Level Divine Medicines, and..."
"Boom——!"
A purple Thunder burst forth from Zhou Qing’s hand, the blinding Thunder Light bearing pure Power of Destruction directly charged at it.
The black glow’s pleading was abruptly cut off, replaced by a shrill scream, "No——!"
The purple Thunder struck the cage accurately where the black glow was, the violent Thunder Light swallowing it like huge waves.
The black glow crazily twisted and struggled, trying to consolidate its dispersed form, only to see Zhou Qing expressionlessly raise his hand again—
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Three consecutive bolts of purple Thunder fell, each one fiercer than the last.
The final strike directly shattered the cage, the residual Thunder Light plowing a few zhang long charred gully into the ground.
The black glow’s scream grew weaker, eventually completely vanishing in the rampant Thunder Light.
Zhou Qing’s complexion turned pale again, nearly stumbling.
After triple-confirming the black glow was completely extinguished, Zhou Qing quickly took out two verdant Wood Attribute Spirit Stones, sitting cross-legged to meditate.
As his Spiritual Power slowly recovered, his pale face finally improved.
"Originally prepared for the worst, I didn’t expect Xuanyuan Yichen’s body to harbor such an evil creature, and was even witnessed by Xuanyuan Hao..."
Thus, the Seventh Prince’s death has nothing further to do with him.
"This place is not safe to stay." Zhou Qing looked around, decisively collecting Nangong Xiongba’s corpse.
Despite not having fully recovered his Spiritual Power, he forced himself to get up, transforming into a stream of light swiftly leaving.
Anyway, when the Emperor asks later, he can claim escape through Array Secret Technique.
As for what happens next?
What could a ’luckily escaped’ little Array Master possibly know?
Wasn’t Nangong Xiongba imprisoned at the border by you? Maybe he knows something.
Where this Spirit Slash Great Power went, you’ll have to slowly search.
About an hour later, Wu Zhenyue, unable to wait any longer, finally approached the battlefield cautiously with eight legion commanders, clutching Imaging Stone.
Looking at the terrifying battlefield, the nine exchanged glances.
