“You… …killed me… …”
A vengeful spirit seeking my life?
Wang Jixuan was about to reach into his pocket for a Soul-Suppressing Talisman.
But as he reached behind him, he realized the problem.
He was trapped in some kind of illusion.
The armor and helmet had disappeared, replaced by a green robe, and his short, energetic hair had transformed into flowing locks.
Direct soul communication?
The surrounding light and shadows became blurred.
Wang Jixuan pondered how to break the illusion, warily staring at the… blasted spirit of the Blade Beast in front of him.
It looked a lot like a human.
Although its appearance was more like a praying mantis that had gained sentience, the terrifying mandibles on its head were covered by a translucent membrane;
But the feeling Wang Jixuan got… it really did resemble a human.
“You killed me… human…”
The Blade Beast's vengeful spirit spoke in a low voice, the voice appearing directly in Wang Jixuan's mind.
“I killed you,” Daoist Wang said calmly, “Is there a problem?”
“Problem…”
It seemed to be thinking, and actually answered Wang Jixuan:
“It doesn't seem to be a problem. Civilizations are hostile, conquering and destroying each other. These are the rules of engagement.
“You killed me, no problem.”
Wang Jixuan was a little dumbfounded.
Then what are you trying to do, lingering like a ghost?
He had already figured out how to break the situation. He only needed to use the Dragon Python's alien soul to break the current illusion, so he felt more confident and slowly stood up.
In the eyes of the surrounding people, Wang Jixuan stood up wearing the X-Armor, turned around and stared at the empty space beside him…
And started talking non-stop.
Wu Man敏敏 keenly sensed a strange mental energy, and immediately raised his hand to signal the surrounding people not to touch Wang Jixuan and to remain silent.
From Wang Jixuan's perspective.
He saw a dark world.
Behind the vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist, sparks of ghost fire flickered, those were the remnant souls of the Blade Beasts destroyed by the nuclear bomb at the same time.
Because the crystal cores were destroyed, these remnant souls had nowhere to hide, and appeared together with this King-level Evangelist.
“Since there is no problem, why did you come looking for me?”
Wang Jixuan asked with a smile.
He put his hands behind his back, and an aura naturally emerged, the confidence from the remnant soul of a Great Ascension cultivator.
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist pondered slightly, and communicated again with his mind: “A… curiosity.”
“Curiosity?”
“Yes,” the vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist responded, “I am curious, the weapon you used, I sensed a completely new knowledge on it, a completely different method of using spiritual energy than the Spirit Cultivators.”
Wang Jixuan chuckled, unwilling to say more.
He couldn't guarantee that the information he revealed wouldn't be passed on by the King-level Evangelist in other ways.
“You won't reveal it?”
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist pondered:
“You are not a true Spirit Cultivator student.
“Spirit Cultivators do not have your kind of technology. They rely on circuits, core circuits, awakening circuits, infusion circuits, inheritance circuits. When they designed us, they also followed their power system.
“But you are different. You directly interact with spiritual energy, and can resonate with spiritual energy without relying on circuits.
“Yes, resonance… Your melee weapon has been destroyed, unfortunately, I cannot obtain more information…
“You represent the third civilization, besides the Spirit Cultivators and us Blade Beasts, that can utilize spiritual energy.”
Wang Jixuan frowned and said, “Are you trying to trick me?”
“This is communication, communication between civilizations.”
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist said slowly:
“You may not understand my form of existence. Although you destroyed my body, my thought circuit has been transferred to other members of my kind before I died. Every Evangelist can be me.
“It's just that I have lost some power and need to replenish it through a very troublesome process.
“According to the mark left on your weapon, I found you and am having a brief exchange with you.
“If it is determined that you are the third spiritual energy civilization, then we can have a dialogue on the civilization level, we can choose war, peace, communication, or even artistic exchange.
“There does not seem to be any conflict of interest between our Blade Beast civilization and your civilization.”
Wang Jixuan shook his head, a slight movement in his heart, and said slowly: “I am a human, this is the premise. You can assume that your wanton slaughter of humans has made the higher-level civilization evolved from humans somewhat dissatisfied, so they sent me here to protect humans.”
“Upper Realm? Higher-level human civilization?”
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist said:
“As far as we know, this planet is the origin of the Spirit Cultivator civilization. The six Spirit Cultivators joined forces to break through our blockade to return and find the valuable things left by their ancestors.
“The Spirit Cultivators are the higher-level civilization of humans on this planet.
“Therefore, we gave it high importance, transferred the twelve pillars, and forcibly destroyed the low-level human civilization on this planet.”
Wang Jixuan raised his eyebrows.
Wandering around, Daoist has gotten new information again.
The Blade Beasts seem to be quite simple-minded.
Wang Jixuan said: “Believe it or not.”
“Can you introduce your civilization?”
“The exchange of information is based on mutual trust and mutual benefit.”
“What information do you want to know? My current state cannot last too long, perhaps we can suspend the war and have a simple exchange.”
“Whether humans stop the war or not is not up to me,” Wang Jixuan said casually, “I am just a… helper, I help humans defeat the Blade Beasts, eliminate the enslavement of the Spirit Cultivators, and guide humans to the path they should have taken.”
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist nodded slowly: “I already understand the demands of your civilization, then, who is the highest ruler of your civilization?”
“Who is the highest ruler of the Blade Beast civilization?”
“Pillars, Emperor and Empress.”
“On our side, it's… the Jade Emperor and the Three Pure Ones, and the extra-establishment forces represented by the Tathagata Buddha.”
Wang Jixuan said slowly:
“In our forces, I am just an insignificant pawn.
“But there is also a saying that above the Jade Emperor and the Three Pure Ones, there is an even more terrifying existence.
“He is called… the Heavenly Dao.”
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist seemed to be struck in an instant: “Heavenly Dao…”
“Yes, that is not a life form, but a rule, the evolution of all rules.”
Wang Jixuan stood proudly:
“Humans are doing, Heaven is watching, the net of Heaven is vast, sparse but not leaking, the Great Dao is fifty, Heavenly evolution is forty-nine, the Heavenly Dao protects every living being!”
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist nodded: “This is somewhat like the gods of the higher-dimensional world…”
“The three powerful beings I just mentioned are not existences of the current dimension either.
“Now it's your turn to answer, Blade Beast.”
Wang Jixuan asked slowly:
“The Spirit Cultivators are your enemies, and also the villains I want to eliminate. What are their weaknesses? Presumably, you who have defeated the Spirit Cultivators should have insight into their weaknesses.”
“Their weaknesses… arrogance, conceitedness, excessive adherence to the will of the core circuit.”
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist answered confidently:
“It is not difficult to defeat them, but it is very difficult to kill the core circuit, that is already a power close to a god.
“The core circuit will protect their souls, and when they completely fall, the core circuit will find a new host among the Spirit Cultivator's spirit slaves, or humans.
“We killed ninety-five percent of the humans in this world to control this range.
“We must completely eliminate these six core circuits here and prevent them from finding the ancient treasures, otherwise, our Blade Beast civilization may face failure.”
Core circuit?
Wang Jixuan had also heard these four words from the Fourth Spirit Cultivator.
According to Peony's venomous tongue system evaluation…
A group of guys who don't even have their own cultivation path are also making a mess.
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist continued to ask: “How many troops from your civilization will arrive here?”
“This is something I don't know, as I said just now, I am just a pawn.”
Wang Jixuan asked:
“Why don't you directly attack the Spirit Energy Capital?”
“Because there is a power there that we are afraid of. Before the twelve pillars awaken, we cannot break through there. Three Spirit Cultivators are hiding there, and they have recovered about ten percent of their strength.”
The vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist asked:
“If we kill you, what is the form of retaliation from your civilization?”
Wang Jixuan shrugged: “My civilization should not retaliate.”
“Why?”
“This is an extra question, because I am just a pawn.”
Wang Jixuan said simply:
“The me you see now is only less than one percent of my peak strength. Coming here to save humans is a trial for me from the Upper Realm civilization.
“If I can pass, then after I ascend to the Upper Realm, I can be ranked among the immortals.
“If I can't pass the trial, that's probably it… but I can't guarantee that my trial failure won't attract the attention of any master, giving this place a sword, obliterating the planet or this star system.”
Bragging, who wouldn't.
However, the immortal realm that Wang Jixuan yearned for was indeed the way he described it.
So what he said, in the judgment of the vengeful spirit of the King-level Evangelist… was true.
The King-level Evangelist was silent.
Wang Jixuan asked: “If I want to deal with a Spirit Cultivator, where should I start? I want to make my trial task a little easier.”
“Find a Spirit Cultivator on the verge of death and force him to hand over the replica circuit of the core circuit, so you can borrow his power, although this is not necessary for you.”
The Wraith of the King-level Evangelist continued, "The core replica circuit is equivalent to a derivative of the core circuit, but when the core circuit suffers a fatal threat and the original host spirit cultivator dies, the replica circuit of the core circuit can be promoted to a true core circuit."
"Promoted to full status?"
"Yes."
"Then how can I get the spirit cultivator to hand over the replica circuit?"
"This is not something I can answer. We have not done this. We are only constantly killing spirit cultivators, forcing the core circuit to choose a new host, and constantly killing them before the host grows up, in order to ensure the suppression of the core circuit."
The Wraith of the King-level Evangelist sighed softly:
"Our war with the spirit cultivators has lasted for 36,000 years, using the human calendar here."
"We have paid a heavy price to completely suppress the spirit cultivator civilization, but so far, we have only destroyed thirty-two core circuits."
"More than half of the core circuits are still wandering throughout the star system, and we are also hunting them down."
"My power is about to dissipate… Should we stop the war? This time, I impulsively opened the pseudo-interstellar gate, and now the order cannot be stopped. If you are willing to cease the war with us, we can offer some conditions."
Wang Jixuan nodded, "I don't have the authority to decide on a ceasefire, but if you can give up teleporting the Blade Beasts over there and the Blade Beasts here retreat immediately, leaving behind the pseudo-interstellar gate, I can consider persuading the Commander-in-Chief to temporarily call off the troops."
"Why?"
The Wraith of the King-level Evangelist was somewhat puzzled:
"The pseudo-interstellar gate is a valuable resource of our civilization and cannot be left to you."
"Why should we give up the Blade Beasts over there… Now that this gate has been opened, now is the perfect opportunity to attack and break through the D5 Integrated War Zone."
"Once the spiritual pillar of humanity falls, the budding of mechanical civilization can also be strangled."
Wang Jixuan retorted, "Weren't you the one who wanted a ceasefire?"
"Your Excellency misunderstands. It is the Blade Beast civilization ceasing the war with Your Excellency, because this may trigger a crisis for the Blade Beast civilization."
The Wraith of the King-level Evangelist said softly:
"Humans are not yet qualified to negotiate and communicate with us."
"Oh, really? Humans are not qualified to negotiate with you? So, after all this, you're just negotiating with me personally?"
Wang Jixuan laughed in anger:
"I suddenly realized that you also have those flaws you mentioned about the spirit cultivators."
"Arrogance, conceit, cruelty, ignorance, and fearlessness."
"Since that's the case, then let's continue fighting. If you have the ability, then take away your pseudo-interstellar gate. If you can't take it away, then I'll blow it up! Do you really think I'm helpless against your gate?"
The Wraith of the King-level Evangelist said indifferently, "You cannot destroy this gate. Although your energy level is increasing, you are not strong enough yet."
Wang Jixuan snorted coldly, "Heh, how would you know without trying?"
Suddenly, a dragon's roar came from the side.
An expression of astonishment appeared on the wraith's conjunctiva. The surrounding illusion shattered like broken glass. A dragon flapped its wings and flew swiftly, biting towards the wraith!
The wraith hurriedly tried to explode, but it was half a step too late!
The dragon bit the wraith's neck in one bite, and in the instant it exploded, it swallowed about one-twentieth of its volume.
The power of the wraith dissipated out of thin air. This was actually the mental power of the Blade Beast, transferred to an unknown location.
The body of the dragon's alien soul instantly expanded, and even a little bit of golden light appeared inside.
Wang Jixuan estimated that as long as he digested this mouthful of [spiritual flesh], his spiritual consciousness would increase sharply, directly approaching the level of an ordinary late-stage Core Formation cultivator.
This…
What good fortune!
They all say that demonic arts lead to rapid advancement. Isn't this progress a bit too fast? What if the alien soul devours its master?
Wang Jixuan secretly warned himself, subdued the alien soul, closed his eyes, and opened them again. All around him were gray-black armored figures.
His spiritual consciousness expanded, and the battles were still chaotic everywhere, but the pressure on these temporary battle lines had been greatly reduced.
The Blade Beasts gave up attacking the ground and instead rushed towards the pseudo-interstellar gate. Several general-level and sub-king-level drill worms had already opened collapsed passages, and groups of Blade Beasts began to rush into the interstellar gate.
The pressure on the Red Serpent's side increased sharply!
Fortunately, reinforcements from the human camp had arrived one after another.
"Sir?" Peony muttered softly beside him, "You said a lot of things just now, Jade Emperor, Buddha, Three Pure Ones Ancestor, and something about Blade Beasts."
Black lines covered Wang Jixuan's forehead.
Wait, could they hear the illusion just now?
These trash Blade Beasts!
What incomplete ability is this!
Isn't this conversation supposed to be telepathic? How could it be overheard?
Elder Wang, who had just been bragging, blushed.
"We will definitely keep it a secret," Zheng Shiduo raised his right hand and held up three fingers, "I swear on my favorite crystal buttplug."
Wu Man said excitedly, "I knew it! Sir is here to save humanity!"
"Teacher Wang, I want to improve so much! Please go back and continue training us!"
"Did the negotiations break down just now?"
"Everyone!"
Wang Jixuan cleared his throat and cut straight to the point:
"We must destroy the gate below now, otherwise, we don't know how many Blade Beasts will directly appear in the D5 hinterland. The Blade Beasts want to use this opportunity to break through D5."
"Peony, contact Instructor Shell and explain the situation."
"No need."
The voice of the black shell rang in his earpiece:
"I have been listening all along."
"Little soldier from the upper realm, may the Dao of Heaven protect you and me… Haha, sorry, I shouldn't laugh. Next, we must take a gamble and find a way to destroy the teleportation gate below."
"Two new groups of King-level Blade Beasts are awakening behind the Blade Beasts and are moving towards here."
"We not only have to break through the teleportation gate, but we also have to break through it within three hours, otherwise, when five King-level Blade Beasts arrive here, one-third of the D5 area will probably be finished."
"We have invested too many resources on the border, and they used teleportation to bypass us."
"Give the order, Instructor. We must act as soon as possible. The situation on Red Serpent's side is very bad."
Wang Jixuan looked not far away. The second echelon of assault teams had already landed.
Tzz.
The voice of Ling Tong rang out, calm without the slightest fluctuation:
"The semi-mechanical armor group has been incorporated into the command system. Commander, please give the order."
