Chapter 336 - 159: Possession (Part 2)

"The Evil Thought, armed with the art of possession, guarded this place and waited—"

It grinned.

"Waiting for a ’fated one’ who was greedy enough, confident enough, and arrogant enough."

"You received the good thought’s inheritance and should have left then and there."

"But you didn’t."

"You were insatiably greedy, wanting to press deeper in search of more opportunities."

"So—"

It spread its arms, and the golden mist surged wildly, blanketing the entire plaza so tightly that not even the wind could pass.

"You have no one to blame but yourself."

"You walked right into this trap!"

The moment its voice fell, the Evil Thought abruptly transformed into a streak of golden light and shot straight for the space between Liang Cheng’s eyebrows!

Fast!

So fast that Liang Cheng had no time to react!

The golden light plunged directly into his Sea of Consciousness!

...

「Inside the Sea of Consciousness.」

The golden ocean surged with violent waves.

A streak of golden light broke through the surface of the sea and coalesced into a human form.

It was the Evil Thought.

It stood on the surface of the sea, looking around with eyes full of delighted surprise.

"What a profound Divine Soul foundation!"

"What a rich Sea of Consciousness!"

"It’s even a cut above what I had in my prime!"

It looked into the depths of the Sea of Consciousness, where an ice-blue short sword floated.

"Hmm? A Spirit Soldier, too?"

It was stunned for a moment, then became ecstatic.

"The heavens are helping me! The heavens are helping me!"

"This body... I will have it!"

It spread its arms, its entire body erupting with golden light as it began to madly devour the golden seawater in the Sea of Consciousness!

Liang Cheng’s consciousness materialized in human form, hovering above the Sea of Consciousness.

He watched the Evil Thought, his expression grim.

The Evil Thought sneered.

"Kid, your Divine Soul isn’t weak, but I’ve lived for over seven hundred years. When it comes to the ways of the Divine Soul, you’re not even worthy of carrying my shoes!"

"Obediently surrender your body, and I can leave you a sliver of your true spirit to serve me. You can witness the Great Dao with me!"

"Otherwise—"

It cackled sinisterly.

"I’ll have your soul shattered immediately, never to be reborn for all eternity!"

The humanoid consciousness of Liang Cheng watched the Evil Thought frantically devouring the golden seawater, his expression as dark as still water.

But he did not panic.

’The more desperate the situation, the calmer one must be to find a way out.’

"You want to possess me?"

Liang Cheng spoke slowly, his voice echoing through the Sea of Consciousness.

"Then try."

The moment his voice fell, he took a step forward!

Before his body arrived, his Blade Intent was already there!

The Mental Realm of the Nine Heavens Mountain-Breaking Saber materialized in the Sea of Consciousness as a hundred-foot-long giant blade, cleaving down at the Evil Thought!

The Evil Thought looked up and sneered.

"A paltry trick."

With a wave of its hand, the golden mist coalesced into a giant hand that directly grabbed the huge blade formed from Blade Intent.

"Break!"

The Evil Thought shouted softly.

The giant hand clenched, and the massive blade shattered with a BOOM!

Liang Cheng grunted, his conscious projection wavering slightly.

His Blade Intent had been broken, damaging his Divine Soul. The pain was ten times more intense than any physical injury!

But Liang Cheng still did not retreat.

He executed the Cloud Soaring Step, his figure zipping through the air above the Sea of Consciousness. At the same time, his hands waved continuously, sending Blade Auras condensed from his Blade Intent slashing toward the Evil Thought like a torrential downpour!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—!!!

Explosions rocked the Sea of Consciousness without end!

The golden seawater was blasted into thousand-foot-tall waves!

The Evil Thought stood at the center of the storm, completely unmoved.

Golden light flowed around its body, blocking every last Blade Aura.

"Is that all you’ve got?"

It looked at Liang Cheng, its eyes filled with mockery.

"Then you can just die for me!"

It raised a hand, its five fingers making a grasping motion in the air.

In an instant, countless golden chains materialized out of thin air within the Sea of Consciousness, converging on Liang Cheng from all directions to crush him!

Liang Cheng’s figure flashed, pushing the Cloud Soaring Step to its absolute limit as he weaved through the gaps between the chains!

But three chains still managed to wrap around his ankles!

The moment they made contact, the chains tightened, violently yanking him toward the Evil Thought!

A fierce glint appeared in Liang Cheng’s eyes.

He didn’t struggle.

Instead, he used the pulling force to launch himself like a shooting star, straight at the Evil Thought!

Meanwhile, in the depths of the Sea of Consciousness.

The Ling Frost Short Sword suddenly moved!

Its ice-blue blade, fast as lightning, shot out from between the eyebrows of Liang Cheng’s conscious form. It had started later but arrived first, aiming straight for the Evil Thought’s face!

The Evil Thought’s pupils contracted. It hastily retreated while raising a hand to block!

CLANG—!!!

The sword struck the Evil Thought’s palm, erupting with the tremendous clang of metal on metal!

A blast of ice-blue and golden light illuminated the entire Sea of Consciousness!

The Evil Thought stumbled back three steps and looked down at its palm.

There, an inch-long wound was slowly healing.

It looked up at Liang Cheng, a solemn expression appearing in its eyes for the first time.

Liang Cheng recalled the Ling Frost Short Sword. The blade hovered by his side, its tip pointed directly at the Evil Thought.

In the Sea of Consciousness, the man and the sword faced off against the Evil Thought.

The Evil Thought suddenly laughed.

"Good."

"Very good."

"Your Divine Soul foundation is so profound, and you have a Spirit Soldier to aid you—"

The greed in its eyes intensified.

"Now I want this body of yours even more!"

The moment its voice fell, the Evil Thought formed a double-handed seal!

In that instant, the entire Sea of Consciousness trembled violently!

The golden seawater churned madly, transforming into countless golden dragons that pounced on Liang Cheng from all directions at once!

Each dragon contained enough power to devour the Divine Soul of a Core Formation Realm expert!

Liang Cheng’s expression was grim.

He executed the Cloud Soaring Step, wielding the Ling Frost Sword as he battled the innumerable golden dragons!

He slashed out with the sword, a rainbow of light severing one dragon!

He spun, dodging the encirclement of three dragons!

His Blade Intent erupted, shattering the devouring attacks of two more dragons!

But there were simply too many dragons.

He cut down one, and two more appeared.

He shattered two, and four more took their place.

They were endless, impossible to kill completely.

Gradually, Liang Cheng’s movements began to slow.

The aura around him grew chaotic, and the golden seawater of his Sea of Consciousness was being devoured and evaporated at a visible rate.

The Evil Thought stood in the distance, hands clasped behind its back, enjoying the one-sided slaughter.

"Kid, give up."

"Your Divine Soul is indeed not weak, and you even have a Spirit Soldier to help."