Chapter 33: Devil Beast Mo Shou

  "You can't kill it!"

  "Get out!" A powerful impact force suddenly repelled Lei Yu's body, and Shangguan Xihong burst out his true energy at an extremely fast speed, striking Mo Shou's body. At this moment, Mo Shou seemed to be no longer in so much pain, staring fiercely at Shangguan Xihong with its blood-red single eye, ending its life. Then, Mo Shou's figure became illusory and transformed into a black gas that churned in the air for an instant before disappearing without a trace. A black light flashed on Lei Yu's forehead, and then he suddenly felt a blank mind, losing consciousness.

  "Sir, you..." Nuo Hu hastily ran to Lei Yu's side and supported him, looking at the front of Shangguan Xihong.

  "What bad luck! I went to so much trouble, only to find out that the legend was false! There's no such thing as a Longevity Spirit Pearl!" With one foot on the ground, Xī Hóng's body rose into the air and disappeared deep in the forest.

  ……

  The sky was dark, and Lei Yu seemed to have returned once again to the space within that jade pendant, but there wasn't a bright moon in the sky. He walked forward cautiously.

  "You killed me once and saved me once, why?"

  "Who!" Lei Yu looked around, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. Suddenly, a faint red glow appeared in the darkness, getting closer and closer to him.

  "Is it you! How can you be here?" Lei Yu was shocked to discover that the person in front of him was actually Mo Shou, who had been killed by Shangguan Xi Hong earlier. The red light was one of Mo Shou's eyes, but why did it appear in his own consciousness?

  "Heaven and earth in one line, the end of the road, this is perhaps fate. On that day, I obtained the Qilin and got the Longevity Spirit Pearl, but as time passed, my Ink Beast was no longer the ruler who reached the sky and the earth, and was actually sealed in a giant stone for 10,000 years!"

  "How can I not understand what you're saying?" Lei Yu asked, looking at the majestic beast in front of him who was deep in thought.

  "On that day, I was just unsealed from the giant stone, my power was only one-tenth of its peak, but I didn't expect to run into you, and it was you! You were the one who killed me and took out the Longevity Spirit Pearl from my mind!"

  "Are you saying I got the Longevity Spirit Pearl? That yellow orb?" Lei Yu was suddenly surprised, could it be that the yellow orb that helped him clear his impurities was actually the Longevity Spirit Pearl that Xianren Pavilion and Wuzong were fighting over?

  "Indeed! You should have died!" Mò Shòu said calmly, sitting on the ground. "After you killed me and took out the Longevity Spirit Pearl, if you had absorbed it a bit later, I could have relied on the remaining connection with the pearl to revive quickly. But you were curious and absorbed it that day. Alas! Fortunately, some of the pearl's spiritual energy remained in my body, allowing me to regain my beastly powers and be reborn. Coincidentally, you appeared again and rescued me from the belly of my original form. You tell me, do you count as killing me once and saving me once? Unfortunately, this time I am truly doomed."

  "It was like this!" Lei Yu hastily asked: "Is there still a way for you to revive again?"

  "It's impossible!" said the Ink Beast, "You killed me and then saved me. We were originally even, but today you spoke up for me and now this Longevity Spirit Pearl is a gift from me to you."

  "This... isn't good, right?" Lei Yu thought of the time when Mo Shou revived from his main body's abdomen and felt a bit nauseous just thinking about it. If he were to revive in the same way after dying, then he'd rather not live at all.

  "What others can't get, you don't want? Why didn't you want it when I dug it out of my mind that day?" Mo Shou said with a hateful tone.

  "Me..." Lei Yu was suddenly speechless, he indeed killed the Ink Beast that day to protect himself and out of curiosity took out the unknown pearl, never expecting it to be a Longevity Spirit Pearl.

  "No need to say more, although I'm defeated, the Ink Beast will never disappear from this world." The Ink Beast said calmly, "I need to borrow your body to nurture a new beast source."

  "No way! You've got to be kidding me!"

  "You must quickly improve your own strength, so that I can soon reawaken and ask the world again. However, don't hold any good hopes for me, I won't be able to help you in any way. My spiritual consciousness is too weak and needs to sleep, perhaps for a year, or perhaps for ten thousand years. Everything will depend on your own luck..." The voice of the Ink Beast gradually disappeared, and Lei Yu's consciousness returned to his control, but after searching within himself, he couldn't find the spiritual consciousness that the Ink Beast had spoken of.

  In a daze, he felt something wiping his face, warm and comfortable, Lei Yu slowly opened his eyes.

  "Mom?"

  "Little Brother Xiao Yu! You're finally awake!"

  Ying Er in front of Lei Yu was overjoyed to see him wake up, "I was so scared, you really are something, fainting for such a long time."

  "Ai'er, where am I?" Lei Yu sat up, feeling a bit of pain in his head, and rubbed it forcefully.

  "Don't get up anymore, take a good rest, I'll go tell them you're awake." With that, he hopped and ran out.

  Shaking his head, the headache seemed to have eased a bit. "How did I get the Longevity Spirit Pearl? How is this possible? Why was I unconscious?" Lei Yu blinked and suddenly thought of something, "Damn it! The Ink Beast is inside me!"

  "Xiao Yu, you're awake!" The door was suddenly pushed open and Nuo Hu, Ai Er, as well as Nuo Yi Long and Nuo Yi Feng walked in.

  "I'm fine." Lei Yu rubbed his head and hastily got out of bed.

  "It's all right, it's all right, you've been unconscious for seven days." Nuoyi Feng said with a smile.

  "Seven days! No way!"

  ……

  Everything is as usual, Lei Yu either trains his body in the Dragon Group every day or cultivates his inner skills at home, or accompanies Ai Er to stroll around and talk about their feelings.

  One and a half years later, Lei Yu calculated the days and found that there were still two months left in the three-year period he had agreed with Cai Zhong. However, his progress over the past year or so was somewhat too slow, only advancing from the mid-term of Qi gathering to the late term, and it seemed that breaking through the bottleneck was still far away.

  At the same time, in an airtight darkroom.

  Black thick smoke filled the entire secret room, the surging smoke was driven by strong winds, and the deafening howls seemed to come from the depths of hell, extremely resentful.

  The thick smoke dispersed, the howling gradually stopped, and a young man in black clothes sat cross-legged in the center of the secret room. His long hair covered his face, making it impossible to see his appearance.

  "The three years are almost up, Lei Yu. I've been working hard for this day for three years and have finally reached the fourth stage of the Demon King realm. Let's see if you can still keep up with me!"

  The door of the room opened and the man in black walked out.

  "Older brother, did you succeed?"

  "Yes, just wait for the showdown two months later." The man in black was none other than Cai Zhong, the master of the Northern Branch of the Ming Cult, who had a three-year agreement with Lei Yu.

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