Chapter 1096: A Sudden Fatal Attack!
Chapter 1096: A Sudden Fatal Attack!
Translator: Sigma_ Editor: SSins
"I can't thank you enough. Why do you have to say sorry?"
Shi Yan smiled meaningfully. He begged earnestly, "I'm serious. Those insects and toxic animals are beneficial to me. If you agree to give them up, I will be grateful."
Sha Zhao discolored. He was cursing under his breath and sending his regards to eighteen generations of Shi Yan's family.
Until this moment, he wasn't so sure what the black bead that had emerged all of a sudden in Shi Yan's Sea of Consciousness was. That bead was the nemesis to his toxic little buddies. He was aghast when the bead swallowed all of them.
Among his hundreds of thousands demonic insects and toxic animals, there were only several hundred that had evolved to a phase they could intrude people's soul. Each of them was precious and rare. He loved them as if they were his roots of life.
The demonic insects and toxic animals with cognition that could intrude the others' soul were the real "Gu": the legendary venomous worms. They were also the mediators for many witchcraft practices of the Gu God Sect's witchcraft. It required a lot of efforts and materials to nurture a Gu until it could transform. Gu was the secret of the power of Gu God Sect's disciples.
Dozens of his top Gu worms were devoured all by the bead inside Shi Yan's head, which made Sha Zhao almost vomit blood. At the same time, he had to act as if he didn't mean it. He smiled and gave an apology to Shi Yan. It was a big hurt to his pride, which was as painful as someone pricking a piece of meat from his heart.
"Just a mistake, really a mistake..."
Sha Zhao's face twitched, trying to press down the anger in his heart. His eyes were restless as if he was a volcano that was prevented from erupting.
"Then forget it."
Shi Yan chuckled, squinted and relaxed. He deliberately urged, "Oh, continue to deal with the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan please."
After the Poison-dipped Cold Bead had swallowed around a dozen demonic insects, it didn't hurry to return to Shi Yan's Ethereal Extent. It sank into the center of his Sea of Consciousness. Wisps of Shi Yan's Soul Consciousness tied the Poison-dipped Cold Bead like tentacles. His Sea of Consciousness became cold and peaceful with this cold, tranquilizing bead.
After his Sea of Consciousness had the Poison-dipped Cold Bead, Shi Yan was more sensitive to the energy fluctuation of those demonic insects and venomous animals. He could recognize them and capture their life energy fluctuation precisely. He could even know how toxic they were and how much venom they had in their bodies.
This cheered up Shi Yan immediately.
He suddenly understood that something had been activated after the Poison-dipped Cold Bead had devoured Sha Zhao's venomous little friends.
The Poison-dipped Cold Bead came from the Departed Spirit Jellyfish, which was the most toxic and mysterious creature in this world. It lived by swallowing poisonous substances or venoms, which made it a source of poisonous substances.
Most of the demonic insects and toxic animals that Sha Zhao had been feeding had extreme toxins and venoms. People who touched them couldn't have a decent death. Some toxins could enter the Sea of Consciousness directly and even the God experts couldn't do anything to prevent it.
However, to the Poison-dipped Cold Bead, they weren't troublesome. They were tonics.
Thus, something changed in the Poison-dipped Cold Bead as it decided to stay in Shi Yan's Sea of Consciousness. It seemed like the bead was waiting for more insects to feast on it.
Squinting and feeling the change in his Sea of Consciousness, Shi Yan smiled brightly and calmly urged Sha Zhao.
Sha Zhao gritted his teeth and gave an unnatural smile. "I'm on it. I'm on it!"
Sha Zhao continued to play his Demonic Sound Flute. The low and forlorn melody had driven the toxic insects and animals crazy. They dashed like fierce sand flowing into a deep place in the muddy pond where the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan was hiding. In several breaths, insects had filled that murky pond.
Those venomous insects wiggled, which could tingle people's scalps and drill deep into the pond. At the same time, they chewed off the plants nearby.
Their small eyes flared with harsh, green light. All of them were so excited like beasts smelling blood. All bared their tiny sharp fangs, dancing and stirring the entire swamp.
Some strange rumbling noises arose from the swamp. They were the sounds that the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan caused when it wiggled the vines. Apparently, the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan was dealing with those dangerous toxic insects.
Sha Zhao's face was cold. Deep in his eyes was dark green light. The Demonic Sound Flute he was playing shrilled ear-piercingly like ghosts crying and whining.
Suddenly, he opened his mouth, gushing out poisonous smokes in many colors. The toxic vapors hovered like cotton clouds above the wetland. Strange fluids dropped from the vapors and seeped into the venomous insects and animals inside the pond.
Those insects and animals became wilder and tried to gnaw the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan. Slowly, vines emerged from the water and twisted like slithering snakes. The rattan was trying hard to get rid of something.
Shang Ying Yue was hiding in the dark, her beautiful eyes bright. She seized the chance when all the insects were gathering inside the swamp to attack the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan to approach this area once again. With the protection of her secret treasure, she could avoid Shi Yan's and Sha Zhao's sight.
Shang Ying Yue was dumbstruck when she saw the swamp where the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan was emerging from, little by little. She saw hundreds of thousands of insects creeping on each vine of the rattan. She frowned in disgust. She felt her scalp become numb and that crowd of toxic bugs and animals made her nauseate.
She forced herself to calm down and used her cold energy to wake up her mind. She was preparing something discreetly.
The ring on her porcelain wrist slowly glowed, transforming to a rod and coiling around her arm. She was ready to attack in any minute.
Looking at the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan being tied, she was secretly excited. Her round, milky breasts thrust out and bounced magnificently. However, no one could see her glamor at this moment.
The Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan was tied and was leaving its bog. Those tiny insects and toxic animals were like its archenemies. Several thousand vines of the rattan had survived several hundred kalpas, but now, they were powerless. The insects had chewed off all the thorns on its vines.
Its consciousness was vanishing.
Sha Zhao exhaled. He stopped playing the Demonic Sound Flute and laughed contentedly. He was about to tell Shi Yan to refine the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan.
However, at this moment, he suddenly got alerted. His face grimaced in just a flash.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The three while bones were gloomy and quiet. They were crystal clear and slowly emerging from three different narrow slits. Just like three lightning strikes, they thrust towards Sha Zhao in just a blink of an eye.
Sha Zhao discolored, raising his hands to counter.
He could never have imagined that Shi Yan would choose this moment to attack!
When he played the Demonic Sound Flute, he was wholly concentrated. Sha Zhao had put up his guard all the time because in his mind if Shi Yan wanted to attack him, he would seize the chance when he was playing the flute. At that point, he had to use his mind to control the insects to entangle the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan.
He thought it was the best chance for Shi Yan to attack him. He even pretended to reveal his weakness as he had a perfect plan and just needed Shi Yan to attack him all of a sudden.
Unfortunately, Shi Yan didn't do anything but stay calm while Sha Zhao was playing his Demonic Sound Flute. Sha Zhao had waited for a long time with his intense nerves, but nothing had happened in the end.
When the melody from the Demonic Sound Flute ceased, Shi Yan was watching the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan. Sha Zhao thought that Shi Yan had actually wanted the rattan. Seeing everything settle down, Sha Zhao calmed down his tense nerves and waited for Shi Yan to refine the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan. And while Shi Yan was doing that, he was going to attack him discreetly.
However, right at this split of time, Shi Yan had taken action! Sha Zhao didn't put up his guard.
The three bone thorns slashed the void like lightning strikes and stabbed him directly in his chest. They were so fast that he couldn't even think of how to resist.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Three sounds echoed when the sharp weapons thrust into his flesh. The beautiful chest plate of Sha Zhao's armor was broken. Three strange blood flowers bloomed in Sha Zhao's chest and they could see the vessels and muscles wiggling inside. Some demonic insects in his body were trying to use their tiny sharp claws to hook and pull the tip of the Bone Thorns. They were trying to stop the Bone Thorns and not let them stab his heart.
Those were the Life Devin Gu worms he had fed with his own blood and flesh!
Sha Zhao spurted blood, his face ashen. As his body was damaged, his Life Divine Gu worms were also injured. Immediately, his essential organs were wounded.
"So cruel!"
Sha Zhao shouted, his face cold and harsh.
Shi Yan contemplated and didn't say a word. His face was cold and sinister like a saber. His God Body shook hard. A furious murderous aura shot up into the sky. His joints cracked as the energy in his body rose like big waves.
Right at the moment the energy in his body increased massively, he suddenly had a bloody sword in his hand. Leaping through the air, he slashed Sha Zhao.
The entire sky was dyed red because of the massive sword. A quiet, bloodthirsty pressure suddenly swarmed over.
Sha Zhao was scared out of his wits.
"Ptui!"
He opened his mouth to spurt out a mouthful of filthy blood with a lot of pieces of meat where tiny venomous insects were hiding.
Those insects had bone sabers and small wings. They screeched while eating up the meat he had spurted. Their bodies were ballooning at a speed that naked eyes could observe. They became gold and round.
The toxic insects swelled and became ferocious. They plunged towards Shi Yan one after another. When they approached him, they exploded and created an extremely intimidating energy attack, which stirred up the void around Shi Yan.
The toxic insects were as big as soya beans, but after they had eaten Sha Zhao's meat, they burst off their body and created energy tornadoes that prevented Shi Yan from approaching Sha Zhao to continue his attacks.
Sha Zhao's face was bleeding as if someone had used a razor and cut his face. He looked as ferocious as the devil.
He screeched pitifully. The Life Divine Gu worms in his chest tried to force the three Bone Thorns out of his body.
Immediately, Sha Zhao jumped onto the Hundred Kalpa Ghost Hand Rattan and countless insects and small animals covered his body. They scattered, running away and immersing into dirty ponds here and there.
After dozens of seconds, hundreds of thousands of toxic insects and venomous animals had disappeared, leaving only the explosions of the small, round insects that Sha Zhao had released.
"After I recover, I will let you know how it tastes like when you have ten thousand insects nibbling your heart!"
Sha Zhao's shrill came from underground and faded out. While he was screaming, he had run far away. Apparently, he was frightened, indeed.