NOVPUBHowever, the figure seemed to hold an irresistible allure for Great Blessing. Upon hearing Wang Ba’s voice, Great Blessing hesitated and turned around, but then, paradoxically, went faster towards the figure, opened his mouth, and bit down!
This scene happened so suddenly, and the figure was too close, Wang Ba simply couldn’t react in time to stop it.
He could only watch as Great Blessing swallowed the figure whole then... opened his mouth again.
The figure didn’t move at all.
All he saw was the blue tongue licking the silver-robed body hastily as if it was savouring the most exquisite delicacy.
Great Blessing squinted blissfully, and even hummed in pleasure.
"Is, is it absorbing the Yuanci energy from that person’s body?!"
Qin Lingxiao couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
Wang Ba’s expression was sombre. He had also noticed, and immediately understood why Great Blessing had lost control.
The allure of Yuanci energy for Great Blessing was very powerful.
During all the days they had spent in the deep sea, except when kept in the Spirit Beast Bag, Great Blessing was constantly absorbing the Yuanci energy from the sea water.
Despite this, Wang Ba remained wary and kept his gaze on the figure.
Along with Great Blessing’s absorption.
The silver-robed figure’s once rigid-looking robe started to slowly fall, as quiet as a whisper.
Then, under the flow of water, it started to gently sway.
At the same time, Great Blessing’s body seemed to become more and more filled.
It then appeared to break through a bottleneck.
The singular horn on Great Blessing’s forehead suddenly lit up.
It shook its head reflexively.
From the horn on its forehead, a momentary flash of grey light that made Wang Ba’s heart palpitate, was thrown out!
The grey light silently, without any hindrance, flew towards a distance.
It then hit several Class III Demonic Beasts prowling on the outer edge.
To Wang Ba’s surprise, these few Class III Demonic Beasts were instantly turned into clouds of blood fog, without any sound.
Under the turbulent water, no sound could be heard.
However, Wang Ba’s face was full of shock.
"What an incredible power!"
"What sort of spell is this?"
Many Spirit Beasts have Talent Spells. For example, when a Mountain Moving Ape becomes an adult, it naturally masters the ’Mountain Collapse Earth Split’ spell.
Of course, the power of such a spell is at most a Class II, far less powerful than the ’Grey Light’ displayed by Great Blessing.
As per his estimation, after Great Blessing had released the Yuanci power, there would scarcely be any Class III Spirit Beast that could withstand this attack.
Great Blessing’s physical strength is inherently formidable, coupled with this attack, it can assault enemies near and far.
However, just when Great Blessing continued to lick the silver-robed figure.
Unknown to what Great Blessing had touched, suddenly, a silhouette rose from the middle of the silver-robed figure’s eyebrows.
Under Wang Ba’s vigilant gaze, the silhouette quickly grew in size until it was the same size as a normal person.
The figure of the illusion was a complete resemblance with the silver-robed cultivator below!
He looked directly at Wang Ba, with looks and voice akin to a living person, he said at this moment:
"Ci Xi Mu Ta Yi Wu Mo Kai Xiu Wu Yi..."
"A remnant soul?!"
Wang Ba immediately focused his mind in caution. At the same time, Qin Lingxiao took out a small seal.
However, when Qin Lingxiao heard what the silver-robed cultivator said, her face turned to one of surprise.
Not knowing what she had thought of, she hurriedly took out a conch-like magic tool from her Storage Treasure and mucked with it.
Immediately, the voice of the silver-robed cultivator came from the magic conch:
"...I am already dead."
Upon hearing this, Wang Ba was taken aback.
He slightly turned his body, but found that the direction of the silver-robed cultivator’s gaze remained unchanged.
"Not a remnant soul... just a recorded image."
He was suddenly enlightened.
Great Blessing looked back at the illusion, then turned back, continuing to lick.
The Hole-digging Otter, seeing Great Blessing’s drooling expression, was immediately filled with curiosity. It carefully slid down from the Token, and jumped next to the silver-robed cultivator in a few bounds, and started to paw at it.
And the illusion was oblivious to it.
There was a hint of regret and reluctance in its eyes, and the magic conch, too, carried its voice at the same time:
"My name is Yuchen."
"I was a Class IV mage from the Yuanci Palace of Zhongsheng Continent. I came here to cultivate using the seldomly utilized ’Yuanci Virtual Eye’ found in the deep sea. I also planned to bury the abandoned Virtual Eye... however, what I didn’t expect was that the legendary ’Truth Membrane Eye’ would appear here."
"The Truth Membrane Eye here is on the brink of transitioning from the illusory to the real. Once complete, one can even peek beyond this world from the Membrane Eye, and this Membrane Eye would rapidly transform the entire sea area into a Yuanci World. When that happens, the sky and earth would fragment, perhaps even causing the Little Cang World to be destroyed in an instant. Being a mage of the Yuanci Palace, it was my responsibility to intervene. However, ..."
The sense of reluctance in the silver-robed cultivator’s illusionary eyes intensified:
"...My wife is still waiting for me. Before leaving, I told her that this time I would accumulate enough Yuanci energy so that we could step into Class V together..."
The somewhat lonely voice from the conch resonated slowly in the ocean depths.
Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao didn’t utter a word for a while, stunned into silence.
Wang Ba thought of Bu Chan and Wang Yi’an.
Meanwhile, Qin Lingxiao couldn’t help but think of all her moments with Wang Ba during this period...
Every time she thought of this, her heart would ache intensely.
The silver-robed cultivator’s illusion paused for a moment, then laughed and said:
"However...I suppose I have succeeded. My physical body bore the brunt of more than half the Yuanci from the Membrane Eye, disrupting the process of the Membrane Eye becoming real. For at least the next one or two thousand years, there should be no more problems with this place."
