txolops Chapter 203 Ghost Banner! The Method of Refining the Heavenly Demon Corpse!
Chapter 203 Ghost Banner! The Method of Refining the Heavenly Demon Corpse!
A banner was hung in front of the man in black robes.
"disease!"
With a low shout from the young man in black robes, the green banner fluttered in the wind.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant banner two zhang tall, which was firmly planted in the ground in front of him.
The banner was no longer shrouded in mist and was fully revealed.
On the emerald green banner, countless human faces, shrunk many times over, were densely covered with clearly discernible features!
Men, women, young and old, all had expressions that were twisted to the extreme, a wail of pain and despair that reached the depths of their souls!
These faces were not inanimate objects; they moved and struggled slowly on the banner as if they were alive, as if they might break free of the banner at any moment and let out a silent, mournful roar!
An intense, overwhelming aura of resentment, death, and malevolence mingled together, creating a nauseating, chilling wave that emanated from the banner, dimming the surrounding light and causing the temperature to plummet.
"Kirahata!"
Lin Chuan's gaze turned cold, his tone as frosty as ice.
"An evil artifact forged from the souls and spirits of at least hundreds of thousands... You Yinluo Sect are truly beasts!"
"Heh heh, it's your honor to die under my 'Ten Thousand Souls Banner'!"
The black-robed youth grinned maliciously, bit his tongue, and spat a mouthful of blood onto the banner pole.
Instantly, the Ghost Banner shone brightly with emerald light, and the countless pained faces on the banner opened their mouths, emitting silent shrieks.
A stream of dark gray, eerie energy gushed out of the banner like a fountain, within which countless menacing phantoms of vengeful spirits could be vaguely seen.
With a chilling cold and a bewitching, ghostly wail, it swept towards Lin Chuan.
However, Lin Chuan's eyes only held a cold killing intent, showing no fear whatsoever.
He has plenty of ways to deal with such demonic and evil things.
He no longer used the sword formation to confront the overwhelming ghostly energy, but instead focused his mind on his sea of consciousness.
The Divine Sword of Awakening Insects!
Eighty-one invisible and shadowless divine consciousness spikes quietly condensed, instantly transforming into a void sword that ignored spatial distance and silently pierced the brow of the black-robed youth who was fully activating the Ghost Banner!
"Ugh—!"
The young man in black robes was concentrating on casting a spell, never expecting such a bizarre and vicious secret technique that directly attacks the soul.
He felt as if his sea of consciousness was being pierced by millions of steel needles at the same time, or as if he had been hit hard by an invisible heavy hammer. The intense pain and dizziness instantly overwhelmed his consciousness!
He let out a short, piercing scream, his body trembled violently, black blood seeped from all seven orifices, and the flow of his magical power suddenly became chaotic.
The control over the Ghost Banner also suffered a fatal setback.
This is the moment!
A fierce glint flashed in Lin Chuan's eyes, and the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder, which had been hidden all along, was suddenly activated!
At the same time, dazzling golden arcs of lightning erupted from the blades of the seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords!
These lightning arcs were not attacking the ghostly energy spewed from the Ghost Banner, but rather intertwined and coiled with incredible agility, instantly transforming into an enormous "net of heaven and earth" entirely woven from golden lightning. The golden light was dazzling, and the aura of supreme yang and strength soared into the sky. It just happened to bypass the surging gray-black ghostly energy in front of it, and with lightning speed, it descended upon the black-robed youth who was standing there stunned due to the injury to his soul!
"Zzzzzzz—!!!"
The Divine Thunder that Wards Off Evil is specifically designed to counter all evil and demonic energy! Before the golden lightning net had even fully descended, the pure yang thunderous aura it emitted had already caused the protective demonic light surrounding the black-robed youth to fluctuate violently and dissolve.
When he barely regained a sliver of clarity from the excruciating pain in his soul, and saw the golden lightning net descending upon him, all that remained in his eyes was boundless fear and despair.
"No--!!!"
The screams abruptly stopped.
The golden lightning net penetrated its fragile protective aura without hindrance, completely enveloping its body.
The next moment, lightning flashed!
The black-robed youth's physical body, purified by the supreme yang lightning, melted and vaporized instantly, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, leaving not even a trace of ash behind.
Only a tiny nascent soul, barely an inch tall and bearing the same appearance as the black-robed youth, remained, its face now deathly pale with terror and its demonic aura dimmed. It was held captive in mid-air by the remaining golden lightning arcs, trembling and unable to even self-destruct.
Lin Chuan raised his hand and captured the weakened and dying nascent soul in his hand.
With a blank expression, he extended his index finger without hesitation and touched the top of the nascent soul—soul search!
A chilling, inhuman shriek erupted from the nascent soul, but it quickly faded away.
A large number of chaotic, dark fragments of memories, filled with blood and evil, flooded into Lin Chuan's sea of consciousness like a tide.
He frowned, using his powerful divine sense to forcibly sort through and filter out useless and chaotic information and cultivation processes that were against nature, focusing on searching for information about Yinluo Sect's techniques, secret arts, and information that might be useful to him.
A moment later, Lin Chuan withdrew his fingers, and a golden light flashed in his palm. The nascent soul, which was already incomplete and devoid of intelligence, completely dissipated into wisps of pure spiritual energy.
"The Yinluo Sect... does have some tricks up its sleeve."
Lin Chuan muttered to himself, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
Although this soul search failed to yield the most core inheritance of the Yinluo Sect, it did yield many useful demonic techniques, including some vicious curses, tracking techniques, stealth techniques, and... several secret methods for refining high-level corpses that this person had meticulously researched.
Among them, a corpse refining method called "Heavenly Annihilation Demon Corpse" aroused Lin Chuan's great interest.
This method does not use ordinary corpses for refining, but requires finding "walking corpses" or "corpse monsters" that have already become sentient and possess a certain level of cultivation and supernatural powers as the main materials.
After erasing its original ignorant intelligence or remnant soul, it is repeatedly refined using dozens of precious Yin-attribute materials secretly passed down by the Yin Luo Sect, as well as unique talismans, restrictions, and demonic fire. In the end, there is a chance to refine a powerful, fearless, and partially preserved "Heavenly Annihilation Demon Corpse".
The strength of a refined demonic corpse depends on the cultivation level of the main material during its lifetime and the degree of refinement, but the process is extremely difficult and the success rate is not high.
"Heavenly Demon Corpse... a self-contained, sentient walking corpse..."
In an instant, the image of the "corpse demon" that Lin Chuan had subdued in the eerie cave deep within the Yunmeng Mountains of Xi Kingdom flashed into his mind!
The corpse demon was a Nascent Soul cultivator in life. After death, its body became sentient, and its cultivation level reached the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage. It also possessed extremely potent corpse poison and copper-like skin and iron bones, making it an excellent main material for refining the "Heavenly Demon Corpse"!
"What a coincidence."
With a firm resolve, Lin Chuan disposed of all traces of the battle and vanished once more.
……
Soon after, Lin Chuan returned to his quiet chamber deep within his cave in Huangfeng Valley.
He first waved his hand to set up several layers of powerful restrictions to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Then, with great care, he took out two jade boxes covered with numerous talismans from deep within his storage bag.
One of the jade boxes was larger and exuded a chilling aura; inside, the complete body of the corpse demon was sealed.
The other jade box was smaller, but it had several pale gold talismans that were specifically designed to suppress evil spirits. Seal inside was the green ghost face that had been forced out of the corpse demon's body years ago, which looked exactly like the silver moon in the form of a fox demon.
Lin Chuan first turned his gaze to the small jade box with the gold talisman on it.
He adjusted his breathing slightly and then opened his mouth to spew out a burst of pure azure fire.
The elixir fire was not an attack, but rather transformed into a soft glow that gently swept across the surface of the jade box.
Under the continuous scorching of the alchemical fire, the light on those pale golden talismans began to flicker and tremble slightly.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, one of the talismans made a soft "poof" sound and spontaneously combusted, turning into ashes. Immediately afterward, several other talismans also floated down.
The lid, no longer restrained, was flung open with a "whoosh" by the accumulated yin energy inside, flying diagonally several feet away before crashing into the wall of the quiet room.
"Waaaah—!"
A thick, viscous green mist, filled with resentment and violence, surged out of the jade box like a floodgate opening, instantly filling half of the quiet room. The temperature plummeted, and even a light frost formed on the walls and floor.
"Hahaha! Hahahaha!! I'm finally free! Which idiot let me out? Since you've let me out, I'll borrow your flesh and soul to replenish myself! Huh? A Nascent Soul cultivator? Hahaha, even better! A great tonic!"
The thick green fog rolled and condensed, instantly transforming into a female ghost face that was exactly the same as Silver Moon's, but with an expression that was extremely ferocious.
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