Chapter 383: Chiyou’s Evil Spirit Reveals Itself, Swallowing All!
The Yellow Emperor was a peer of Chiyou—a lifelong nemesis. Back in the day, it was Chiyou who met his demise at the hands of the Yellow Emperor, leaving only this lingering evil spirit to drag out its miserable existence. Thus, this Chiyou evil spirit was all too familiar with the aura of the Yellow Emperor.
There were rumors that the Yellow Emperor had attained enlightenment and ascended to the divine realm and others claimed he simply passed away, returning to the earth as dust. But with the appearance of this shroud tainted by the essence of the Yellow Emperor, it seemed the latter was the more likely tale.
“Hahaha, Yellow Emperor! Even if you conquered the world, what does it matter? In the end, you turn to dust, just like everyone else! Even your burial shroud is used for someone else’s rituals—hahaha!”
The Chiyou evil spirit immediately recognized the origin of Donghuang Taiyi’s banner. A burial shroud, as the name suggests, is meant to wrap a corpse. Now that the Yellow Emperor’s burial shroud appeared here, it was clear that someone had tampered with his remains. Whether that someone was Donghuang Taiyi or he had obtained it from elsewhere didn’t change the fact that the Yellow Emperor’s corpse had been disturbed.
The fact that someone dug up the grave and desecrated the corpse was a tremendous humiliation for ancient people. No wonder the Chiyou evil spirit was so ecstatic. After all, it had been the Yellow Emperor’s arch-nemesis in its former life, and now, witnessing its lifelong enemy’s humiliation in death, the Chiyou evil spirit rejoiced more than anyone else.
“No wonder you could shake off my control—it’s because of this thing you carry!”
The chilling voice of the Chiyou evil spirit echoed from the shadows. This was clearly directed at Donghuang Taiyi, and Li Mo’s curiosity regarding Donghuang Taiyi’s method of escaping Chiyou’s spirit was finally clarified—it was because of the Yellow Emperor’s burial shroud.
No wonder Donghuang Taiyi wrapped himself in a robe made from it every day!
“Chiyou, five hundred years ago, you tried to trick me into becoming your vessel, and I ended up in this state! Today, I’ll take your life here!”
Donghuang Taiyi bellowed, his fury boiling over. The soul summoning banner made from the burial shroud waved in the cold wind, the stars on it flickering like a galaxy about to crash down.
Meanwhile, hidden in the darkness, the Chiyou evil spirit scoffed disdainfully: “Hmph, do you think this tattered cloth can do anything to me? The Yellow Emperor wasn’t even my match while he was alive; what does it matter if he’s dead? Zou Yan, five hundred years have passed, and you’re still so naïve! You know nothing of true power!”
Clatter!
The sound of clanking chains echoed from the darkness, relentless and deafening, as if thousands of horses were galloping at them.
In that battle from the past, although the Yellow Emperor had triumphed, it had only been possible with the help of the Lady of the Nine Heavens. Thus, despite the Chiyou evil spirit only being a remnant of what it once was, Donghuang Taiyi didn’t dare take it lightly.
He unleashed the full power of the soul summoning banner, and immediately, the stars on it surged like shooting stars toward the Chiyou evil spirit. The chains wrapped in death energy collided with the power of the stars, creating a shower of brilliant sparks in the darkness.
The entire space quaked under the intense impact, as if it might collapse at any moment. After the violent explosion, countless chains and the stellar forces summoned by Donghuang Taiyi shattered into nothingness.
Having neutralized Chiyou’s evil spirit’s attack, Donghuang Taiyi laughed triumphantly: “Hahaha, Chiyou, you’re nothing but a joke!”
The Chiyou evil spirit snickered coldly in response: “Fool, do you think I’m only this capable?”
The clanking chains returned, accompanied by a nauseating stench that surged from the darkness. Li Mo’s expression tensed as he looked toward one direction: “It’s here!”
What had previously been a mere probe from Chiyou’s evil spirit was now its true body, which had mysteriously chosen to reveal itself now that it understood Donghuang Taiyi’s true nature.
“This is bad!”
Donghuang Taiyi suddenly realized something unexpected. He hadn’t anticipated that a being thousands of years old could be so cunning!
“Let’s see how many times you can use this stellar power!”
As the Chiyou evil spirit drew closer, its voice echoed.
“What do we do? Who do we help?”
With Donghuang Taiyi and Chiyou’s evil spirit locked in a fierce battle, Li Wu turned to Li Mo for advice.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Li Mo answered simply: “Wait!”
Help? Help what?!
If they helped Chiyou’s evil spirit kill Donghuang Taiyi, then Chiyou wouldn’t let them off either. Conversely, if they aided Donghuang Taiyi, Chiyou wouldn’t let them go either. The only option was to eliminate both of them to truly achieve victory. Waiting for them to injure each other was the best opportunity to strike. All that nonsense about not taking advantage of others’ misfortunes was just talk! Surviving was the priority!
Just as he finished that thought, Donghuang Taiyi summoned another wave of stellar energy as quickly as possible and hurled it towards the advancing Chiyou evil spirit.
Countless shooting stars illuminated the darkness, creating an awe-inspiring scene. It was then that everyone got their first glimpse of the true form of the Chiyou evil spirit.
Or rather, it had no true form!
It was a mass of indistinct, shapeless black mist, with two circular red lights resembling eyes shining through. Below it gaped a canyon-like fissure from which rumbled the growls of the Chiyou evil spirit. Countless chains extended behind the black mist, some reaching lengths that seemed endless—like a wild mane flowing behind it.
“Die!”
As Donghuang Taiyi finally visioned the Chiyou evil spirit clearly, he raised his arms and roared as if hurling a giant boulder. The stellar forces lunged with greater force toward the Chiyou evil spirit, crashing down on that mass of black mist.
In the blink of an eye, the mist was battered into a thousand holes.
However, before Donghuang Taiyi could bask in his victory, the canyon-like fissure erupted with the Chiyou evil spirit’s sinister laughter.
“Jie Jie Jie, Zou Yan, you’re too naïve! Here, this is my turf!”
Opening wide its cavernous mouth, it sucked in forcefully.
Countless wandering souls floating in the space were immediately pulled in. The mist, previously injured by the stellar energy, quickly reformed as if it had sustained no damage at all.
“Just as I suspected.”
Li Mo thought to himself. The Chiyou evil spirit could indeed devour the wandering souls in this space to replenish itself!
Having restored its physical form, the Chiyou evil spirit opened its massive mouth and aimed to swallow Donghuang Taiyi whole!
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