Chapter 539 - 441: A Pillow for the Drowsy
Chapter 539: Chapter 441: A Pillow for the Drowsy
Archie had originally returned to his cave to retrieve the Crystal Cores he had stored for Flora Bloom. The number of Crystal Cores he possessed was enough for her to reach the peak of the Nebula Level.
However, he discovered Qian Yan’s arrival.
Archie and Qian Yan had originally been evenly matched in strength. However, before coming this time, Qian Yan had merged with a Spiritual Ability Crystal Stone from a Divine-level Space Fragment.
The Spiritual Ability, no matter which race possessed it, could suppress all other superpowers. This was because superpowers required spiritual power to be activated, and the Spiritual Ability controlled consciousness and the mind itself.
Therefore, in terms of overall strength, Qian Yan now held a slight edge.
Every attack Archie launched seemed to be predicted, failing to land on any vital points. Each time Qian Yan dodged, he would catch Archie by surprise, striking and injuring him just before he could mount his next offense.
After a long and fruitless assault, Archie found himself covered in wounds instead.
"Qian Yan, did the King send you down here to kill me? So what if you can beat me now? If I survive this, have you ever considered what your fate will be?"
"Your fate? The King has been wary of you for a long time! The Undead revere the King above all. If you dare to move against me, the King will not spare you!"
As the two traded verbal jabs, probing each other’s intentions, they were completely oblivious to the fact that a devouring black energy had enveloped Flora Bloom and Lex Cross, who had already entered the cave.
Archie knew Lex Cross’s power all too well. The moment they entered, he sensed the same energy that had once nearly killed him.
"Hahaha! You really think I wouldn’t dare touch you just because the King sent you? So what if you have a Spiritual Ability now? My Soul Consciousness isn’t here. You can’t control me."
"Is that so?" The eyes on Qian Yan’s face began to flutter rapidly as he slowly stepped closer to Archie.
Suddenly, he lunged toward Archie. A face covered in eyes was now just inches away, and Archie felt a terrible sense of foreboding.
Since Qian Yan had fused with the Spiritual Ability Crystal Stone, a small pocket space had formed within him. However, this space could hold living organisms.
Moreover, any creature taken into this space would be branded by its power, forced to recognize him as its master. If he could just pull Archie into the space, Archie would be branded with the same mark of ownership.
This way, as long as Archie wasn’t dead, the King couldn’t say a thing.
However, the moment Qian Yan touched Archie, he was stunned.
’Why? Why wasn’t Archie pulled into the space?’
After arriving on Earth, he had experimented with pulling all sorts of things into his space. Whether it was evolved life forms, plant life, or even the lowly thralls of their own Undead Race—the creatures Earth’s natives called zombies—he had successfully absorbed and branded them all.
’So why did it fail now?!’
He stared at Archie in disbelief, while Archie stared back at him, equally stunned.
"So that was your plan! No wonder you suddenly developed a Spiritual Ability."
"What are you talking about? I have no idea!" A guilty look flashed in Qian Yan’s eyes. To conceal his true intentions, the many eyes on his face began to twitch violently, each one emitting an illusory, hallucinatory energy.
Anyone who stared at his face for too long would be trapped in a hallucination.
And indeed, Archie had fallen into the trap. They were too close. By the time he thought to look away from Qian Yan’s eyes, he was already mesmerized by the illusion, unable to even close his own eyes in time.
At this moment, Archie’s eyes glazed over, and he let all his defenses fall. If Qian Yan were to attack now, there was no way Archie could possibly escape.
"Hmph! I refuse to believe this won’t work!" Stubbornly, Qian Yan reached out to grab Archie’s arm and try again.
But in the next instant, hundreds of green vines erupted from nowhere, completely encasing Qian Yan’s body. Only his head, covered in eyes, was left exposed.
With Qian Yan ensnared, Archie was freed from his grasp and snapped out of the hallucination.
"Whew! You finally decided to step in! Any longer and I’d have been a goner! Quick, kill him! He has a Divine-level Space Fragment inside his body!"
Archie shouted to Flora Bloom and Lex Cross without a moment’s hesitation, and his words sent a chill through Qian Yan’s heart.
"Archie! What nonsense are you spouting? What Divine-level Space Fragment?! You two, this is an internal matter of the Undead Race. I ask that you not interfere. Otherwise, my Undead Race will repay this slight with absolute vengeance."
Hearing Archie’s words, a glint appeared in Flora Bloom’s eyes. "Hah. And you say that as if you’d ever repay us if we decided to let you go."