NCCnovel #156 - Battle for the body
#156 - Battle for the body
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Xie Lingyun couldn't help but be stunned, looking at Zhang Chen with surprise in her eyes: "What you said is a bit interesting, but it's a pity that even if there is someone who is destined to face this tribulation, I won't be able to wait for them."
Xie Lingyun's voice was full of sadness: "This is the will of Heaven, Heaven wants me to die! I was ecstatic when I met you, thinking I had found a way to restrain this demon, but who knew that a trace of the demon's origin would leak out, and it would actually flourish, this is the will of Heaven."
Xie Lingyun felt very innocent. If the previous fighting hadn't led to the leakage of the Heavenly Demon's origin, the female ghost wouldn't have gained such power, allowing the Heavenly Demon to gain strength in the outside world.
With this series of coincidences, even the Heavenly King himself couldn't withstand it.
Undoubtedly, Xie Lingyun was extremely unlucky at this time.
Zhang Chen smiled wryly upon hearing this. Xie Lingyun was extremely unlucky, but what about him? He was implicated in this. He was truly innocent! He possessed the power to restrain the Heavenly Demon, and the Heavenly Demon would never let him go! He had to find a way to protect Xie Lingyun. If Xie Lingyun was taken over by the Heavenly Demon, and the Heavenly Demon obtained all of Xie Lingyun's strength and broke through further, he would definitely not be a match for the Heavenly Demon.
So, how to restrain the Heavenly Demon?
Zhang Chen's gaze swept across the skill panel, and finally landed on the Soul Hooking Technique. He thought to himself: "I wonder if I can use the Soul Hooking Technique to hook the Heavenly Demon out of Xie Lingyun's body. But the Heavenly Demon's main body is stored in Xie Lingyun's heart. Even if I use my soul mark, I can only mark Xie Lingyun's soul, not the Heavenly Demon's main body. So the key is to lure out the Heavenly Demon's main body!"
Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind. At this moment, Xie Lingyun on the opposite side sighed faintly: "Go back, I want to be alone for a while."
Zhang Chen glanced at Xie Lingyun, wanting to say something, but in the end, he closed his mouth and sighed. Then, he exited the small building, his eyes looking at the sky, seemingly not feeling the Heavenly Demon's force field that Xie Lingyun mentioned.
At this time, the disciples and elders gathered in the square, lighting incense in the incense burner in the square. The disciples stood in front of the incense burner and prayed silently, praying for the high-level figures of the Yellow Heaven Dao to descend.
Zhang Chen also joined the team, came behind Cheng Yu, and then lowered his voice and said: "What's the situation now?"
"Earlier, an elder from the Daoist temple wanted to go down the mountain to deliver a message, but who knew that after walking for an hour, he inexplicably returned to the Daoist temple. It is said that our Daoist temple has encountered a ghost wall, and everyone is trapped in the Daoist temple. Now, the only way to send a message is to burn incense and pray, asking the gods to descend and save us from suffering." Cheng Yu's expression was not good.
Zhang Chen was silent upon hearing this, countless thoughts flashing through his mind. His eyes swept across the sky, and he thought to himself: "Illusion? Where is the illusion? Could it be that I have fallen into an illusion without knowing it?"
Finding an opportunity, Zhang Chen came to a hidden place and directly transformed into a mist, soaring into the sky. He actually flew out of the Daoist temple without any resistance.
"Where is the Heavenly Demon's force field?" Zhang Chen stood among the mountains and forests, now ten miles away from the Daoist temple, looking at the Daoist temple from afar, he didn't find anything.
At this time, Zhang Chen looked down and saw more than a dozen elders pacing back and forth in front of the Daoist temple gate, constantly walking back and forth, just like lost ants, mechanically repeating their quick runs. Each one was running breathlessly, sweating profusely, but they just couldn't run out of the Daoist temple gate that was so close.
A hundred feet outside the Daoist temple, two figures appeared, standing quietly outside the Daoist temple gate, both with extremely ugly expressions.
One of them was the old ancestor Wu Changming, and the second was the Daoist temple's master, Liu Feng.
As for Gu Mingyue, she was not seen.
From afar, Zhang Chen 'saw' Wu Changming and Liu Feng standing outside the Daoist temple gate, arguing with red faces and ears. Finally, the Daoist temple master Liu Feng suddenly flicked his sleeves and resolutely rushed into the Daoist temple gate.
Seeing this, Wu Changming smiled bitterly, wandering in front of the Daoist temple gate for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and followed in.
"It seems that even a strong person like Wu Changming, who can fight against Yang God realm cultivators, is afraid of this Heavenly Demon! The Heavenly Demon's power does not lie in its strength, but in its weirdness. Ordinary magical techniques cannot do anything to it."
Zhang Chen took a breath, turned around and returned to the Daoist temple. Although he could leave the Daoist temple, he couldn't leave.
If he didn't kill that damned Heavenly Demon, even if he escaped to the ends of the earth, he would be chased and killed by the Heavenly Demon.
As soon as Zhang Chen returned to the Daoist temple, he saw Wu Changming and Liu Feng pacing back and forth in front of the Daoist temple gate. They had already been caught before they crossed the gate of the Daoist temple.
"It's over, these two can't be counted on. Wu Changming used to be able to compete with a Yang God realm great cultivator like Xie Xuan, but now, facing the Heavenly Demon, he was caught in one move, and even had no resistance at all." Zhang Chen glanced at the people trapped in the illusion, and silently left quietly.
This illusion acts on people's hearts, instead of relying on creating a false external environment to trap people. Facing this power that acts on the heart, the two of them are powerless.
If you want to resist the power of the Heavenly Demon, unless you block the power of the Heavenly Demon outside your body in advance. For example, if the Heavenly Demon wants to invade Zhang Chen, when it approaches Zhang Chen's body, the light of the True God on Zhang Chen's body will directly burst out and block it, and the other party will have no chance to approach his soul.
Zhang Chen came to the square silently. At this time, the prayers of the people in the square had stopped, the incense in the incense burner had burned out, and everyone was sitting in front of the square in fear, the elders looking at each other, a hint of despair in their eyes.
The disciples were all uneasy, either restless and walking back and forth, or talking in groups of three or five, loudly venting the depression in their hearts.
"Strange, I have a doubt in my heart. The Heavenly Demon even trapped someone like Wu Changming in one move, why doesn't it directly attack ordinary disciples?" Zhang Chen looked at the people in the square, a doubt rising in his heart.
Then Zhang Chen went to find Little Bean, but saw Little Bean standing in the square with a look of panic, like a wounded puppy, his eyes full of panic.
Zhang Chen walked forward. When Little Bean saw Zhang Chen, he immediately pounced over and jumped into Zhang Chen's arms: "Zhang Chen, where did you go? Why are you only back now?"
Little Bean's voice was full of unease.
Zhang Chen hugged Little Bean in his arms: "I went to see the situation."
"Zhang Chen, won't we die here?" A look of fear appeared in Little Bean's eyes.
Zhang Chen stroked Little Bean's head. He thought it was normal for Little Bean to behave like this, after all, no one can face death directly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, I will never let that monster harm your life. Even if I die, I will die in front of you."
Little Bean scolded with an embarrassed face upon hearing this: "I don't want to die! I want to live well."
Zhang Chen was silent upon hearing this.
At this time, Little Bean suddenly said: "Zhang Chen?"
"Huh?" Zhang Chen responded.
"Are you saying that I might have a mental illness, and it's getting worse? That there's no such thing as strange creatures harming people? That my senior brother didn't die? That it's all just a figment of my imagination caused by my illness?" Dou Ding looked at Zhang Chen with deep self-doubt in his eyes.
Zhang Chen's face stiffened upon hearing this, and he looked at Dou Ding with countless questions suddenly flooding his mind: Why does Dou Ding think he has a mental illness?
"You don't have a mental illness. Why do you always think you're sick?" Zhang Chen stroked Dou Ding's head, his eyes filled with helplessness.
Dou Ding scratched his head and said uncertainly, "Really?"
"Of course, it's as real as real gold."
Zhang Chen said in annoyance.
Time passed quickly, but with more than three thousand people gathered together, there were always people who needed to eat, drink, relieve themselves, and sleep. Some had to cook, and others had to go to the toilet. By the time they took count in the afternoon, more than fifty people were missing again.
The crowd became increasingly panicked. Seeing this, the elders knew that they had to block the news. The crowd couldn't be allowed to gather together. Each announcement of bad news was a fatal blow to everyone, deepening the restlessness in their hearts and making them more uneasy and fearful. If this happened two or three more times, the disciples would be in chaos before the strange creatures even made another move. Under extreme pressure, who knew what crazy things they might do.
"Everyone, go back and wait. Without orders, no one is to leave their rooms or contact each other," the Enforcement Elder said with a grim expression.
He feared that the disciples' heartstrings would snap under the constant stimulation of bad news.
Moreover, gathering more than three thousand people together didn't seem to be of any use in resisting the strange creatures.
Since that was the case, it would be better to block the news. From now on, everyone could only rely on themselves and pray that they could save their lives before the gods descended.
Zhang Chen carried Cheng Yu back to his small residence, pondering how to exorcise the demon.
"Right now, only my Soul Hooking skill is worth trying," Zhang Chen thought, then began to meditate and practice Qi.
Dou Ding didn't go back upstairs either, but stayed by Zhang Chen's side, unwilling to go anywhere.
At noon, the lunch bell rang, and the disciples could go out to eat. Thousands of people mingled together, and no one knew how many people had disappeared that morning.
That night,
Inside Xie Lingyun's pavilion, Xie Lingyun was surrounded by black energy, and a lotus flower flickered in her eyes. Demonic sounds echoed around her.
"You failed!"
Suddenly, a Heavenly Demon's voice came from within Xie Lingyun's body.
A black lotus flower flickered in Xie Lingyun's eyes, constantly struggling, but she was unable to escape the suppression of the black lotus.
"I'm not convinced! I'm not convinced! It's not that I'm inferior to you, it's just that my fate is bad," Xie Lingyun said in a hoarse voice, filled with unwillingness.
"Hehe, fate is also a kind of strength. To be honest, if it weren't for you seeking help from an expert from the Yellow Sky Dao, who took advantage of my unpreparedness to shatter a wisp of my origin, allowing that wronged soul to obtain my luck and become my incarnation, I really wouldn't have been able to turn the tables and would have been suppressed by that bastard. It's a pity, you're ultimately one step short, and destiny is on my side," the Heavenly Demon's voice was filled with triumph.
"However, there's actually a Yama Seal in your little girl's soul. It will take a little time to obliterate your soul, but it doesn't matter. You've already lost the power to resist. I'll temporarily lock up your soul, suppress it in your orifices, and it won't affect my control of this body."
As the Heavenly Demon spoke, a black lotus flower gathered within Xie Lingyun's body, transforming into a purplish-black lotus flower that enveloped Xie Lingyun's soul, then closed like a bud: "In just forty-nine days, I can refine your soul and take your treasures. It's really too good."
In the next moment, Xie Lingyun's eyes were completely occupied by black light, and she slowly stood up, moving her body stiffly, like a robot, so stiff that it was unbearable to watch.
But as Xie Lingyun moved her joints, an hour later, she was like a machine that had been oiled, her movements becoming more and more fluid, without any more stiffness, and she was no different from the real Xie Lingyun.
Opening the window and taking a deep breath of the outside air, Xie Lingyun sighed softly, "The taste of being alive is really good."
"Now I have to go and deal with that damned bastard. That golden light is really evil, it can even restrain me. I don't know where that golden light came from. I can't rest easy until I get rid of this person. That kid was right about one thing before, he is my tribulation, but I don't believe that an ant like him can cause me to undergo tribulation. Especially now that I have mastered Xie Lingyun's body and completely obtained Xie Lingyun's power, I can now display the strength of possession. The only thing that kid relies on is a golden light, but although that golden light can restrain the power of strange souls, it can't restrain the power of the material world. I have the power to control matter, if I can't kill an ant like him, I'll have lived in vain!" 'Xie Lingyun' stretched her wrists, then walked downstairs, looking at the hundreds of iron-clad guards outside the pavilion, a thought flashed in her mind:
"I have hundreds of iron-clad guards, if I send the iron-clad guards to besiege him, I'll have him chopped into mincemeat. But the commotion I make is too big, and it can't stand scrutiny, Xie Xuan, that old guy, is watching me all the time."
'Xie Lingyun' dismissed this idea and thought to herself, "The most important thing is that the little thief has injured me twice, and if I don't kill him with my own hands, I can't get rid of the hatred in my heart, and my thoughts are not smooth."
Her obsession was not clear.
"Greetings, Lord."
Seeing Xie Lingyun coming downstairs, the guards watching under the pavilion knelt down and saluted.
"You may all rise." 'Xie Lingyun' waved her hand casually, then walked away in a large red robe like a ball of flame.
But as soon as 'Xie Lingyun' walked more than ten meters, a guard blocked her way: "Lord, it is said that there are strange creatures in the Yellow Dawn Temple, and more than a hundred people have died. It's not safe outside, you should stay in the pavilion. It's not too late for you to go out after the Yellow Sky Dao removes the strange creatures."
'Xie Lingyun' stopped, a sneer on her lips: "Don't forget what my Inspection Department specializes in. Is a mere strange creature worth my fear?"
Hearing Xie Lingyun's words, the guard was stunned, and then remembered Xie Lingyun's prestige in the Inspection Department. Many strange creatures had fallen into her hands before, and then quickly retreated.
Xie Lingyun's strength in the Inspection Department was beyond doubt.
Seeing the guard retreat, 'Xie Lingyun' curled her lips and disappeared at the end of the path.
He wanted revenge! He wanted to get rid of the hidden danger with his own hands! He wanted to grind that kid's bones to ashes with his own hands!