Chapter 527 - 340: Spiritual Treasure Body

Chapter 527: Chapter 340: Spiritual Treasure Body

Inside a great hall covered in dragon carvings, one of many within the Dragon Palace.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~

A howling gale blew about wantonly.

Countless deep scratches appeared on the smooth walls.

Irena floated in mid-air, looking down on her opponent like a descended Wind God.

"I... I surrender. Please, don’t expel me from the Secret Realm..."

Across from her, a shark-headed man covered in gashes spat blood, half-kneeling on the uneven ground, not daring to meet Irena’s eyes.

Irena didn’t answer. She simply gestured with her hand.

A sharp, ring-shaped cyan Wind Blade swept past.

An azure bubble rose up, enveloped the shark-headed man, tore through space, and vanished from the hall.

"Who’s there?!"

Just as the great hall fell silent again, a cyan light flashed in Irena’s eyes as she looked toward a specific direction.

"Gumi~"

A chubby Little Fatty Silkworm tumbled out from a corner and winked at Irena.

"Oh? It’s you. Han Ning’s Soul Beast..."

Irena recognized the Little Fatty Silkworm and paused.

"Gumi~"

The Little Fatty Silkworm leaped in front of Irena, projecting a peculiar wisp of Spiritual Power.

"Ruiyue... Flood Dragon True Essence..."

An aura containing Han Ning’s Spiritual Power entered Irena’s mind, projecting images of what he had recently experienced.

"Alright, I understand. I’ll go meet up with him now. Lead the way."

A faint smile touched Irena’s lips. She scooped up the chubby silkworm and placed it on her shoulder.

「At the same time.」

In another great hall, monstrous waves surged as the furious roars of Flood Dragons echoed throughout the chamber.

Lin Ke, her face pale, was crouched behind two dragon-shaped Soul Beasts.

At the far end of the hall, a transparent jellyfish floated, its expression impossible to discern.

Inside its translucent, bell-shaped head, a tri-colored halo glimmered.

"Lin Ke, I’m sorry, but only one of us can leave this hall... If you have to blame someone, blame those old fools who set up a mechanism that only allows a single person to exit."

The jellyfish’s tentacles swayed gently, emitting waves of a peculiar Spiritual Fluctuation.

Lin Ke pressed her lips together, saying nothing, but her face alternated between pale and ashen, and her body trembled slightly.

Just then, a narrow crack suddenly appeared in a corner of the hall.

A plump little silkworm squeezed through the crack, its sneaky eyes sizing up the situation inside.

When it saw Lin Ke, its eyes lit up, and it immediately transformed into a streak of red light, shooting toward her.

"ROAR!!!"

As the red light neared, it was blocked by a vigilant, Aqua Blue Flood Dragon.

"Zhanli, let it through!"

Lin Ke got a clear look at the Little Fatty Silkworm and, recognizing it as Han Ning’s Soul Beast, sent the command with her weakened Spiritual Power.

"Gumi~~"

With a *swoosh*, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm leaped onto Lin Ke’s shoulder. It looked her up and down, seeing her dire state, and let out a series of "Gumi"s.

"You can help me?" Lin Ke asked in disbelief.

"Gumi!" The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm raised its head proudly.

"Then... I’ll have to ask you to try."

Lin Ke forced a smile. It was a desperate measure, but she had no other choice.

But in the next instant, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm dissolved into a sanguine fluid and merged into her body.

A surge of vitality coursed through her. In just a few seconds, the color returned to Lin Ke’s face.

The various toxins that had accumulated inside her Soul Beasts also mysteriously vanished.

’So powerful...’

Lin Ke’s eyes glinted. Magnificent blue scales materialized across her skin as her fighting spirit flared. She spoke coldly to the distant jellyfish,

"It seems you’re the one who’ll be expelled."

...

Nothingness. An incomprehensible space of Nothingness.

Unable to perceive, unable to see, unable to think, bereft of all sensation.

After an unknown amount of time, Han Ning, who had been unable to even think, suddenly felt his consciousness begin to return.

It was as if specks of silvery light, shimmering with a hazy glow, were drifting before his eyes.

"Ngh..."

The moment the first wisp of consciousness returned, it brought an endless, excruciating pain that stemmed from the very depths of his soul.

The feeling was like having an itch somewhere on your body, but no matter how much you instinctively scratched, you couldn’t relieve it.

Only, instead of an itch, it was an agonizing pain.

"Hiss..."

Every inch of his body was wracked with a sharp, bone-piercing agony.

Han Ning struggled, instinctively trying to open his eyes.

But he didn’t need to. A space filled with silver motes of light simply appeared before him.

Everything around him was composed of specks shimmering with a soft, gentle silver light. In the sky above were countless points of light, as brilliant as the stars, and a massive silver moon.

Clouds and mist swirled about, partially concealing the countless stars, which shimmered with a mysterious radiance.

’I... where am I?’

’Who... am... I?’ Han Ning tried to think, but every time he attempted to search his memories, a tidal wave of excruciating pain washed over him. It forced him to abandon the effort and rely on instinct alone to observe his surroundings.

However... his struggle to think was not entirely fruitless.

A single, grayish-white page with frayed edges, wreathed in a soft glow, appeared from nowhere and floated before him.

Lines of a strange, curved script were written on the page in black ink.

For some reason, Han Ning found that he could understand it.

"Four Symbols Meditation Technique - Profound Moon Chapter."

"Split the Divine Soul, visualize the form of the Supreme Yin, absorb its power, increase one’s Spirituality, condense the Soul, reforge consciousness, and enhance wisdom..."

Han Ning murmured the words on the page. Unconsciously, as moonlight cascaded down like the Milky Way to illuminate the silent darkness, he found himself sitting cross-legged before the giant Moon Disc. Without thinking, he mechanically began to visualize its form with his consciousness.