Chapter 220
Chapter 220
It was incredibly fast, its tiny figure bounding through the darkness. Before long, it arrived outside Qilin Temple.
But instead of entering the temple, it charged straight toward the south.
It was the Wutong Tree I had always thought of as my lucky tree!
Feng Lishu had ravaged it once before.
To my surprise, it had now made a full recovery and was lush with foliage once more.
Its vitality was almost terrifying.
It was as though no amount of destruction could kill it. As long as a single root remained, it could grow lush and flourishing again.
Boom!
The baby slammed hard into the trunk of the Wutong Tree.
The entire tree shook violently, and the impact actually smashed a hole into its trunk.
Then came a second strike. A third…
As if it had gone mad, the baby rammed itself into the Wutong Tree again and again, each collision more vicious than the last.
Even more terrifying, every time it struck, I felt as though the blow had landed directly on my chest. My entire being shuddered along with the Wutong Tree.
At last, the baby smashed a gaping hole into the trunk, and a transparent liquid began seeping out. It was exactly the same as the liquid that had been in the fish tank.
The next moment, the vengeful spirits clinging to the baby began tearing themselves free, one after another, and burrowed into the hole in the Wutong Tree.
The instant they entered, countless roots shot out from the liquid oozing from the trunk. They wrapped tightly around the vengeful spirits and squeezed until the spirits were torn apart, dissolving into wisps of black energy that vanished without a trace.
But every time one vengeful spirit tore itself from the baby’s back, another would quickly emerge in its place. It was as though there were an endless supply of them.
As the baby continued its relentless assault, the hole in the Wutong Tree grew larger and its trunk became increasingly fragile. More vengeful spirits burrowed inside before the roots could ensnare them, and soon the entire tree began to blacken.
The black energy of the vengeful spirits seeped outward from deep within its trunk.
At that very moment, I realized that my Souls seemed to be turning black as well…
Just what kind of connection existed between me and that Wutong Tree?
Was the so-called Qilin Formation actually meant to target the Wutong Tree?
“Do you see now, Linu?” Feng Lishu’s voice rang out again. “If not for this Wutong Tree, you never would have had a chance to escape our Qilin Formation. Once we destroy it, you’ll have nothing left to rely on. Urgh…”
Before Feng Lishu could finish, she suddenly let out a muffled groan, as though she had coughed up blood.
She roared furiously at me, “Feng Linu, what did you just do?!”
“I told you. A wildcard.”
My voice was trembling too.
Even as a soul, I was overwhelmed by fear and despair at that moment.
The outer Eight Trigrams Formation was rotating more and more slowly, while the Taiji Yin-Yang Fish at the center was also about to grind to a halt.
Everything pointed to one conclusion: the preparations for Body Possession were almost complete.
Feng Lishu would never be kind enough to show me the Qilin Formation for no reason. She was only trying to distract me and buy time until the Body Possession was complete.
How could I let her have her way?
I would rather be utterly annihilated than allow her to succeed!
Without the slightest hesitation, I plunged my fingers into my liquefied ribs.
I was currently in my Soul Body, so under normal circumstances, pushing my fingers inside would not cause much of a change.
But those two ribs were covered in a dense web of roots.
Those roots had stitched together not only my ribs, but even my Souls.
As long as I shattered those roots, my ribs would come apart — and my Souls would disperse with them!
My Souls twisted and convulsed, being dragged ever closer to Body Possession.
By then, Feng Lishu had already sensed what I was doing through the Symbiotic Curse.
The moment I moved, she clutched her chest in pain and coughed up blood.
I laughed. “The backlash hurts, and Body Possession hurts even more, doesn’t it? Feng Lishu, did you really think you could control everything and do whatever you pleased?”
As I spoke, I decided I might as well go all the way and wreak utter havoc.
If I wasn’t going to survive, then I would take my enemy down with me!
But for some reason, my hand suddenly wouldn’t move.
At first, I thought Feng Lishu had cast another binding spell on me, but she looked to be in even greater agony than when she had coughed up blood.
What was going on?
Dizzy.
My head was spinning.
My chest felt swollen, as if something were about to burst out of it.
Boom!
A deafening crash rang out.
Flames suddenly filled my vision.
Amid the fire, I saw that the Qilin Temple had collapsed!
The Qilin Statue inside had shattered into pieces, its fragments strewn across the ground.
The only part of the entire Qilin Statue left intact was the Golden Phoenix that had always been pinned beneath its feet…
To the south, the Wutong Tree had somehow caught fire. The raging flames seemed to be surging up from underground, making the entire tree look like a rocket about to launch into the sky.
Not far in front of the Wutong Tree, Liu Junyan and the others had somehow fought their way over and were now surrounding and hunting down Little Monster.
Would someone please tell me what the hell was happening?
When I looked down at my chest, my entire body went rigid again.
A ball of fire seemed to be burning inside my chest too.
The moment I looked at it, it suddenly swelled and vaguely took the shape of a wrinkled human face!
The face had no discernible eyes or nose, but it did have a blurry mouth.
That mouth kept moving as though it were chanting some sort of spell.
As it chanted, my own mouth seemed to fall under its control, unconsciously moving along with it.
Meanwhile, Feng Lishu, who had been fully prepared to use Body Possession on me, began screaming and coughing up blood. She staggered, looking as if she might collapse at any moment.
As she reeled, the Formation in the underground palace fell into disarray. Yin Wind shrieked within it, black energy swirled through the air, and even the ground began to tremble.
Then something suddenly appeared in my hand.
It was the Cangwu Nether Seal!
Had… that mouth summoned it?
The instant the Cangwu Nether Seal appeared, countless hair-thin roots snaked toward Feng Lishu and wrapped around her. Sparks burst out as soon as they touched her body, and before long, Feng Lishu was engulfed in flames.
“How can this be happening?”
“Grand Witch, is that you?!”
“You’re behind this again, aren’t you? You really haven’t been completely annihilated!”
“You’re helping her? You’re still helping her? Ha! Do you think she’ll be grateful to you? Don’t forget who it was back then who… Pfft…”
Another spray of blood erupted.
This time, however, it did not come from Feng Lishu’s mouth, but from her chest.
Without warning, a hand had punched straight through her torso.
Feng Lishu turned in disbelief to look at the newcomer.
He was no stranger to me. He had appeared in my dreams time and time again, drawing my Souls into Yellow Springs.
He had refined, scholarly features: a broad, full forehead — the physiognomic feature known as the Celestial Court — a high-bridged nose with a slight bump, long brows, crescent-shaped eyes, and prominent under-eye folds…
Who else could he be but my legendary fiancé?
“You…”
Feng Lishu clearly recognized him as well.
The moment she opened her mouth, the man’s hand twisted inside her chest, mangling flesh and muscle.
Feng Lishu’s eyes rolled back from the pain.
Then the man said, “As long as I’m here, no one will ever hurt my Ah Li. Body Possession… is even more out of the question…”