Chapter 169: For a Brave Man, This Seat Never Skimps on Rewards
Hearing the word " Opportunity ", Shi Nian's old face instantly looked worse than crying.
If it were anyone else saying this, it would be fine, but who was the person before him? It was the peerlessly powerful Silver Emperor Douluo!
He had just made a move against the treasured Disciple of the other party and was caught red-handed. Now, the other party was talking about giving him an Opportunity?
This was no Opportunity; this was clearly sending him on his way!
"No... No need for that, Your Excellency..."
Cold sweat poured down Shi Nian's forehead. He forced out a smile uglier than death, trembling as he argued:
"It's a... it's all a misunderstanding!"
"I... I merely saw something I admired and wanted to test the Spiritual Power resistance of your Sect's Disciple. I absolutely had no intention of causing harm!"
As he spoke, Shi Nian frantically tried to mobilize the Soul Power within his body, attempting to unleash even a single Soul Skill to create a chance to escape.
However, the next second, a terrifying pressure, deep as the sea, descended silently.
Shi Nian discovered in horror that his proud Level Seventy-two Soul Power felt like frozen ice water. No matter how much he urged it, it could not flow even a tiny bit through his Meridians!
Even moving a single finger had become an extravagant hope.
Looking at Shi Nian, who resembled a lamb awaiting slaughter, Jiang Li did not rush to act. Instead, he maintained his gentle, smiling demeanor and spoke slowly:
"Shi Nian, you are being too modest. This Seat truly admires you."
"You must understand, ever since the Tang Sect was established, those who coveted This Seat's property or tried to harm This Seat's Disciples were as numerous as carp crossing a river. But most of them had the ambition but lacked the guts, only daring to pull petty tricks behind the scenes."
"Only you are the first brave man to truly take action."
"For a brave man, This Seat has never been stingy with rewards."
Before the words even faded, within Shi Nian's widening, terrified pupils, Jiang Li casually clenched his left hand in the wind.
Whoosh—
An extremely chilling aura instantly swept across the entire area.
A small banner, entirely pitch black and wreathed in dense purple Qi, materialized out of thin air and fell into Jiang Li's palm.
On the banner's surface, countless ferocious faces could vaguely be seen wailing silently. The spiritual fluctuations emanating from it caused the very Soul to tremble just by looking at it.
As a Soul Saint specializing in Spiritual Power, Shi Nian was most sensitive to this kind of aura.
This was no treasure Opportunity! This was clearly a supremely Yin and evil instrument of great misfortune!
"This... this aura..."
Shi Nian's eyes widened, his voice shrill and off-key. He pointed at Jiang Li and roared in absolute horror:
"Fallen Spirit Master!! You are actually a Fallen Spirit Master!"
He never expected that this Titled Douluo, who was famous throughout the World for his Life-element Martial Soul and regarded by countless people as the continent's number one Plant-element Soul Master, secretly controlled such evil power!
"Insolent! How dare you speak like that?"
Facing the accusation, Jiang Li frowned, displaying an expression of pity and righteousness as he sternly reprimanded:
"What Fallen Spirit Master? This is a righteous Magic Treasure—the Human Emperor Banner!"
"Open your dog eyes and look! This emerging purple Qi is clearly so righteous it's purple! Where is it evil?"
"Since your eyesight is poor, This Seat will act charitably and send you in to help me polish this treasure!"
With that, Jiang Li stopped wasting words and fiercely waved the Human Emperor Banner in his hand.
"Wuwuwu—"
A mournful sound of ghost cries and wolf howls suddenly erupted. The seemingly peaceful 'purple Qi' instantly transformed into a giant abyss-like mouth, swallowing the Dean of Canghui Academy, body and Soul, amid Shi Nian's desperate scream!
Everything returned to calm.
"Jie jie jie... The Soul of a Soul Saint with the Spiritual Attribute is indeed a great tonic."
Jiang Li closed his eyes, savoring the incomparably pure Origin of Spiritual Power fed back by the Human Emperor Banner.
As refinement proceeded, a cool sensation rushed straight to his crown, causing his already vast Spiritual Power to advance slightly further.
This could be considered a small compensation for the 'relatively insufficient' weakness in his Spiritual Power.
Even though Tang San gave him the Purple Demon Eye, the only method on the Douluo Continent capable of increasing Spiritual Power, and considering the Forgetfulness River Autumn Water Dew he absorbed earlier from the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, Jiang Li's Spiritual Power was still far inferior to his Soul Power.
Moreover, Jiang Li admitted he lacked the perseverance to practice the Purple Demon Eye every day when the morning sun rose.
"The power plundered like this is truly intoxicating,"
Jiang Li couldn't help but sigh softly.
Simultaneously, with Shi Nian's death, the source maintaining the illusion was instantly severed.
But relying on the memory fragments extracted from Shi Nian's Soul, he immediately took control of this collapsing mental space.
His gaze pierced through the Void Realm, looking toward the youth at the center of the illusion who was still struggling desperately, trying to break through using the Purple Demon Eye.
Tang San was currently sweating profusely, clearly fighting against some kind of Heart Demon.
Jiang Li stroked his chin, a wicked smile like that of a 'loving father' curving his lips:
"My sensible Disciple has been too smooth sailing recently. If I let him out just like that, wouldn't it be wasting Dean Shi Nian's painstaking effort?"
"Alas, as the master, I shall take some trouble. I will use this ready-made venue to add a little more seasoning for you, to thoroughly temper your Dao Heart."
...
Shi Nian's illusion would evoke the thing the person trapped in the illusion was most unwilling to face, constantly magnifying it within the illusion, causing the person to sink into it and eventually collapse.
For Tang San, the thing he was most unwilling to face was the past life's Ba Shu Tang Sect and the people closest to him being harmed.
However, since meeting Jiang Li, the missing part of his emotions had been filled by Jiang Li. Now, on this Douluo Continent of another World, he had also successfully made the Tang Sect prosper!
Because of this, the story of the Tang Sect did not appear in the illusion.
Inside the illusion...
The mist before Tang San's eyes dispersed, and the scene manifested.
But in an instant, it was a sight that made his eyes turn crimson.
The lush trees surrounding him clearly indicated he was now in a Soul Beast forest, and in his arms was his dying lover.
"Xiao Wu!"
Immediately afterward, two colossal beasts resembling mountains appeared before him, roaring at him in low, urgent voices, "Tang San, quickly take Sister Xiao Wu and leave!"
"His Excellency Jiang Li is entangled by that expert also wielding a Clear Sky Hammer and cannot provide support in a short time!"
"We... cannot hold them off for long!"
Rumble—
A thunderous explosion echoed in Tang San's mind.
Clear Sky Hammer?
Besides his unfilial father, could there really be remnants of the Clear Sky Sect in this World?!
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