Chapter 85: Snatching the Body (Part 1)

  Xia Chen's spirit lifted, and he stood up, just thinking of sorting out the spoils of war.

  This trip to ancient Tibet was a huge harvest for him, gaining countless treasures, although the vast majority were temporarily unusable, but even if only one could be used, it would be enough to defy the heavens.

  Suddenly, Xia Chen's mind was startled, and a thread of dizziness rose in his heart, as if he had forgotten something important.

  He was stunned for half a day before he finally remembered that he should have been holding the jade slip obtained from the ancient Tibetan all along, and at that time, he didn't put the jade slip into the treasure basin.

  But now he has nothing in his hands!

  Xia Chen was shocked and hastily raised his palm, his eyes immediately revealing an unbelievable look of astonishment!

  Only the jade slip was still in his palm, but it had sunk deep into the center of his palm, its surface flush with the skin, and was slowly sinking further, about to completely enter his palm.

  The whole process was silent and eerie, and strangely, Xia Chen didn't feel anything at all.

  Xia Chen's face changed drastically, his palm shook, and his true energy surged forth, as if to force the jade slip out. Although he didn't know whether there was anything unusual about it, whatever had entered his body couldn't be a good thing.

  A strange scene unfolded, as he was pressed by his true energy, the jade slip suddenly turned into a burst of fragmented light and dissipated without a trace.

  A red light ball the size of a pigeon egg emerged from the jade slip, following along his arm and accelerating towards his body. Along the way, it was unimpeded, and all the true energy that came into contact with the light ball instantly dispersed.

  Xia Chen felt his arm go numb and was unable to move, this shock was no small matter!

  What the hell is this! He thought in a panic, and the sixfold strong true energy concentrated on his arm in an instant, wanting to stop the invasion of that red light ball.

  However, the red light sphere ignored the surging true energy and instead accelerated its speed. The red light suddenly intensified, like a knife edge flowing upstream, scattering all the true energy!

  Xia Chen's face turned pale, and his true energy suddenly condensed into various powerful attack forms in his meridians.

  Knives, guns, swords, spears... even transformed into thousands of fine needles, fiercely stabbing towards the crimson light ball. After breaking through the six layers of acquired heaven, Xia Chen's true energy control also rose to a more terrifying level.

  Such powerful true energy control is something that even a tenth-grade cultivator can't achieve.

  "Mantis arm blocks the car, can't withstand a single blow!" Suddenly, the red light ball emitted a disdainful tone, stirring in Xia Chen's mind.

  As the sound faded away, the countless true energy transformed into a weapon that instantly disappeared. Xia Chen's chest was like being heavily struck by a large iron hammer, his heart and soul violently shaking. With a loud crash, he leaned heavily against the big tree.

  That red light ball did not stop at all, extending along his arm upwards, in the blink of an eye, it entered his body from his arm and rushed straight to his brain.

  "Who are you?" Xia Chen's face changed greatly. He used all his strength, but couldn't stop the red light ball at all, and was shocked in his heart.

  "So soon you've forgotten me? You little ant, it seems your memory isn't very good, have you forgotten the old man's guidance?" The red light ball said slowly and clearly. Its speed suddenly slowed down, and its voice became much clearer.

  Xia Chen suddenly felt a chill all over his body, this voice was so familiar... He trembled and asked: "Are you Lie Yunzi?"

  "Not bad, I am Lie Yunzi. I should thank you, if it wasn't for you holding me in your hand to cultivate and heal my injuries, the true energy would not have been activated so quickly, and perhaps my divine sense would not have awakened so soon." The red light sphere said faintly.

  Xia Chen's heart suddenly stopped, he had always thought that Lie Yunzi had died many years ago, and never expected that this terrifying Shentong cultivator still had a divine sense remaining.

  "Aren't you already petrified? How can you still..." Xia Chen's mind was in an uproar, his brain a jumbled mess.

  Xia Chen leaned against the big tree, more than half of his body had lost control, and he couldn't move at all. Lie Yunzi's divine sense seemed to emit a strange power, firmly binding him.

  "My old self has indeed perished, but my divine consciousness has been preserved through the use of a heaven-defying secret method. Otherwise, why would I have scattered the treasure keys and let people come to my cave to collect the treasures? Do you think I would be so kind as to give away the precious objects and techniques that I've collected with great difficulty throughout my life to you ants? Who are you to me? What qualifications do you have to receive such benefits?" Leng Yunzi said coldly.

  Xia Chen's face stiffened, and he suddenly understood: "You deliberately released the treasure key to attract cultivators, so you could use your divine sense to seize their bodies!"

  "Brilliant!" Lie Yunzi chuckled, "You also heard it in the Jade Tablet. I have been cultivating for over 300 years and still can't break through the shackles of the Divine Ability realm, unable to achieve immortality. Fortunately, I unintentionally cultivated the Reverse Heaven Secret Method, which can temporarily preserve all my divine thoughts, just so that I can seize a new body and continue cultivating!"

  He said this, his tone suddenly turned gloomy and harsh. The red light ball accelerated its speed, like a sharp red needle, suddenly inserted into Xia Chen's mind.

  "Ah!" Xia Chen let out a loud cry, fresh blood spewing from his mouth. For a moment, he felt like his head was going to be split in two, as if it would cease to exist. The unbearable pain was indescribable.

  Lie Yunzi's injury was his heart and spirit, and the damage to his heart and spirit was far more severe than the wound to his physical body.

  "I originally thought there would be a divine cultivator coming." Lie Yunzi said coldly, "Who would have thought that it was just a group of insignificant shrimp, forget it, I don't have time to wait either, so I'll just make do with your physical body!"

  A red glow suddenly intensified, and a powerful mental force squeezed into Xia Chen's mind, wanting to crush his consciousness into pieces.

  Xia Chen was completely immobile, but his face had turned a sickly greenish-yellow color, and his lips were a deep purple as if he was oxygen-deprived. His vision had gone completely black, and he couldn't see anything anymore. From the seven orifices on his head, thin lines of blood flowed out.

  Deep in his mind, a towering figure of an old man with a cold smile on his face seemed to be slowly pressing down like a heavy mountain peak, and just looking at the figure would evoke feelings of powerlessness and despair.

  "How does it feel to be possessed? Haha." Lie Yunzi sneered, "I really want to know what you're feeling right now. Don't worry, I won't end the possession so quickly, I'll drag out this process and savor the pain of the person being tortured by me, it's one of the most delightful things in my life!"

  Xia Chen's body suddenly shook violently, his eyes, which had been closed and were streaming with blood, suddenly opened again. In the depths of his pupils, a fierce flame was burning.

  Lingyunzi revealed a cruel smile: "I didn't expect your will to resist was still so strong, but it's all in vain. In front of a divine cultivator like me, you have no chance at all. And the more you resist, the more excited I'll be when I torture you to death. You'll watch with your own eyes as my divine consciousness erases your soul and spirit. Your physical body will still exist, but it won't be you anymore, it'll be me. Of course, being possessed by me is an honor for a lowly insect like you!"

  Xia Chen's trembling became even more intense, desperately trying to make a move, but unable to break through Lie Yunzi's seal.

  In his conscious world, he could only see the increasingly large and ferocious face of Lie Yunzi, then it became darker and darker, and his consciousness became more and more numb, as if his soul was about to leave his body and permanently disperse in the world.

  Is it going to disappear silently? No! Absolutely impossible!

  "Lie Yunzi, I would rather die than be taken away by you!" Xia Chen suddenly roared, his eyes streaming with blood that fell like countless tears.

  A powerful conviction burst forth like a mountain flood, and Xia Chen didn't know where the strength came from, suddenly breaking free from his restraints, his fingertips suddenly emitting a sharp edge that split the sky, and he slashed it towards his own throat.

  Rather die than let the enemy live! Xia Chen's willpower had almost solidified into a substance, with an unprecedented intensity.

  "What? You insignificant ant can still move under my seal?" In his mind, Lie Yunzi's expression changed, and then returned to normal. "I really underestimated you, but it's useless, under my control, you can't even die if you want to, and with your strong will, it will be extremely interesting to torture you."

  Suddenly, a fierce red light burst out again in his mind, and in the blink of an eye, the power of restraint had increased several times.

  Xia Chen's hands froze instantly, and even his trembling stopped. The hatred in his eyes was so intense that he couldn't utter a single sound.

  Lie Yunzi not only imprisoned his physical body, but also imprisoned his mind and spirit. Xia Chen even stopped thinking, and everything could only be at the mercy of Lie Yunzi's manipulation.

  "Ant, you truly excite me, such a strong will, I've never seen anything like it in all my years of cultivation. Unfortunately, if you weren't the target of my soul-snatching technique, I might have even been interested in taking you on as a disciple. But now, you're going to disappear into nothingness!" Leng Yunzi said coldly, his heavy shadow descending once again.

  He could have killed Xia Chen instantly, but instead he deliberately increased his strength bit by bit, watching as Xia Chen's consciousness was slowly crushed under the pressure.

  Xia Chen was motionless, his mind controlled, and his eyes became incredibly empty. However, deep within his pupils, a fire spark that couldn't be described was slowly jumping.

  No one knows what Xia Chen is thinking, or maybe he isn't thinking anything at all.

  Suddenly, a violent explosion sounded from Xia Chen's body, as if something had shattered.

  In his body, deep inside, the tendons, muscle fibers, skeleton and even blood vessels and nerves suddenly produced fine cracks, followed by collapse and damage!

  Lie Yunzi's excited expression stiffened on his face, and he bellowed: "Damn you, ant! You actually dare to self-destruct your physical body!"

  Self-destruction of the physical body is the ultimate means of suicide for cultivators, mainly to avoid the suffering of living a life worse than death. However, self-destruction requires that one's thoughts be pushed to the extreme in order to be possible, and the vast majority of cultivators are unable to do so.

  Self-destruction quickly extended from the inside out, and on Xia Chen's skin surface, fine cracks began to appear and continued to expand, just like a realistic porcelain sculpture that shattered from the inside out before presenting itself on the outside.

  As the cracks spread, Xia Chen's skin also gradually lost its luster, becoming dull yellow, loose, and then slowly disintegrating.

  The five internal organs and six hollow organs all emit a withered and exhausted sound, life force is rapidly draining away.