When the King-level Evangelist took action, the Beast Speaker's soul shattered, the Soul Confinement Array was destroyed, and the connection between the two places was severed.
Inside the surface hangar of the 76th floor fortress;
A terrifying sphere covered in human faces was constantly growing as it expanded and contracted.
The few people in the arena were mentally tense.
Red Snake took the initiative to step forward, preparing to release a mental shock.
“Don't act rashly.”
Wang Ji Xuan, who had briefly adjusted his breathing, spoke to stop him.
He frowned as he looked at the… strange thing whose upper hemisphere had already ‘clipped’ through the hangar's ceiling.
This scene was somewhat similar to the Demonic Dao treasure, the Myriad Soul Banner.
The essence of this monster was resentment, and its strength wasn't particularly strong. Moreover, it had no self-awareness, and was merely expanding chaotically at the moment.
Wang Ji Xuan detected a rather rich composition of power within it: the power of souls, the power of resentment, the power of psionic energy, the mysterious power released by the King-level Evangelist… and so on.
It was essentially a hodgepodge.
It seemed to have spirituality, yet it clearly couldn't think. A group of resentful souls were entangled and piled together, without any force dominating them.
Judging from this, the Beast Speaker's soul might have truly been directly shattered by the King-level Evangelist…
Taoist Wang couldn't help but speculate.
Here, only a small portion of the Beast Speaker's soul existed, and after it exploded, such a monster was born.
What about that strange King-level Evangelist…
What's happening over there now?
The Soul Confinement Array had been destroyed, and Wang Ji Xuan had no way to investigate through the array, but the Taoist was willing to offer his best wishes to the other party.
It would be best if there was a tragedy of runaway resentful souls going out of control, slaughtering several Blade Beast nests.
Shen Qionglin asked, “Should I try attacking it? It seems to be only at the level of an A-grade telekinetic esper.”
“Let me try first.”
Wang Ji Xuan pondered constantly, his gaze falling on Wu Man who was lying quietly:
“There might be a part of Wu Man's soul here.”
Logically speaking, this part that was pulled over by the Soul Confinement Array first should have the greatest connection with Wu Man, and it was very likely that it had fused with Wu Man's lost Celestial Soul.
Enduring the feeling of disgust, Taoist Wang summoned his flying sword, and the Flood Dragon Alien Soul constantly circled around him.
How should he find it?
It was simple enough.
“Ji Xiao, Team Leader Zheng, both of you come here, but Team Leader Zheng, don't get too close.”
Wang Ji Xuan quietly waited for a few minutes, allowing his spiritual power to recover a bit more, and then flicked his finger lightly, frantically injecting mana into the flying sword.
Ji Xiao and Zheng Shiduo ran into the hangar together.
Both of them could be considered to have seen great storms, but looking at the scene before them, they were still a little numb in the scalp.
Zheng Shiduo asked in a low voice, “Is this the evil lurking in Wu Man's heart?”
“Don't talk nonsense, this is the material that the Beast Speaker used to advance.”
Wang Ji Xuan sized up Zheng Shiduo.
Strange, why didn't this guy have any effect after eating that Yang Pill?
Was the medicinal effect not enough?
Wang Ji Xuan simply said, “The two of you prepare to chant scriptures. That small piece of Wu Man's soul should be hidden inside here. I'll rescue him first, and the rest will be left to you.”
“Okay,” Ji Xiao hurriedly asked, “Which scripture should we chant?”
“The Rebirth Mantra, I guess.”
Wang Ji Xuan sighed lightly, gazing at the faces on this spherical monster.
Each face represented a clone, a being similar to Wu Man, a human who could also breathe, think, eat, talk, laugh, and make noise, and they were all ‘materials’ that propelled the Beast Speaker to constantly become stronger.
There were still many S-grade espers like the Beast Speaker in Lingneng City.
Although the masses suffered;
But isn't this too much?
Wang Ji Xuan strongly suspected that he had actually strayed into a Demon Realm, where many things were constantly refreshing his lower limit of understanding.
There was no use in lamenting, he should save this young man first.
Wang Ji Xuan flicked his sword finger upwards with his right hand, and the flying sword surged away with layers of ripples, transforming into a semi-transparent form in mid-air, with streaks of azure light appearing on it, crashing into the bottom of the spherical monster.
This monster suddenly trembled, and hundreds of eyes simultaneously looked towards Wang Ji Xuan.
“Ah—”
Hundreds of faces simultaneously let out a sharp scream, and visible rainbow-colored shockwaves surged towards Wang Ji Xuan.
Shen Qionglin flashed to stand in front of Wang Ji Xuan, his body flickering with cyan symbols. He gracefully stroked his right hand, and a layer of cyan light wall slowly pushed forward, instantly shattering those shockwaves.
“Thanks.”
Wang Ji Xuan casually responded, and gently guided with his right hand sword finger, causing the flying sword that had already arrived in the center of the monster to bloom with a ten-zhang azure light!
He took a deep breath and shouted loudly:
“Wu Man! Get up and draw a talisman!”
The spherical monster's body shook, and none of the faces seemed to have changed. However, among these faces, there seemed to be a fleeting face that had a slight reaction.
He found it!
Wang Ji Xuan's spiritual power erupted, condensing into a large hand that grabbed out of thin air, and an extremely faint illusory figure fell out from the monster ball.
Wu Man's body immediately reacted, and the silver needles were constantly trembling.
Wang Ji Xuan raised his hand and grabbed, and three silver needles returned on their own, while dozens of talismans flew out at the same time. The Flood Dragon Alien Soul roared, guarding against any resentful souls taking the opportunity to cause trouble.
But fortunately, there were no obstacles afterward.
When Wu Man's Celestial Soul merged with his body, a total of ten identical illusory figures sat up and lay down. Wu Man's complexion quickly returned to rosy, and his aura became peaceful.
The Celestial Soul returned to its position, and he was complete.
Wang Ji Xuan didn't wait any longer. The flying sword restrained its light, and bursts of buzzing sounds emanated from it, with streams of azure light brewing around the flying sword.
“Heaven and Earth, Dao is profound, impurities are scattered. Purple Mansion, Cave is profound, chant my Grand Origin…”
After the incantation was completed, the sword finger paused in front.
The azure light around the flying sword suddenly exploded, and the spherical monster was instantly pierced into a sieve by the azure light. The resentful souls on it constantly wailed, and most of the malicious resentful souls were directly purified by the Demon-Breaking Art.
The flying sword transformed into a sword pellet and fell back, being taken into Wang Ji Xuan's palm.
Taoist Wang had first arranged a large array, then fought with the King-level Evangelist from afar, and now勉力荡魔…
A strong sense of weakness struck.
“Hurry up and chant scriptures.”
Wang Ji Xuan urged.
Ji Xiao and Zheng Shiduo, who were stunned by what they saw, hurriedly agreed, and sat down in a pretentious manner, chanting the Rebirth Mantra in unison.
Two layers of golden light, one strong and one weak, quickly filled the hangar, radiating out a hundred meters from the hangar's range.
Before he left with Mu Dan, he specifically instructed Shen Qionglin to watch over here for a while, to prevent Wu Man or Red Snake from being affected by the remnant souls, and slightly guided Shen Qionglin on how to deal with resentful souls.
Just as Wang Ji Xuan left the hangar, he suddenly felt something in his heart and turned to look.
He could see that after those resentful souls dissipated, streams of invisible and intangible ‘soul power’ fell from the sky, nourishing Wu Man's figure like drizzling rain.
That was the pure power of the soul, also mixed with the golden light of Buddhism;
Wu Man's current situation was quite similar to the situation where Wang Ji Xuan had previously used demonic techniques and soul refining evil methods to fight the enemy, and ultimately gained a lot of benefits himself.
‘This young man has turned misfortune into blessing.’
‘I wonder how that King-level Evangelist is doing over there. It's an old monster after all, it shouldn't be unable to handle even these resentful souls, right?’
‘Uh, how did I also get infected by Mu Dan and start being sarcastic? Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, Amen, Amen.’
…
His spiritual sense was overdrawn. The fastest way to recover was to find a safe environment and sleep.
The current Fortress 76 couldn't be said to be the safest area on the surface, but it could definitely be ranked in the top three.
—Including the Black Shell, nine second-generation and third-generation cyborg mechs were recuperating here, and had quickly recovered to health.
Wang Ji Xuan didn't even need to tell Mu Dan now, if she encountered any situation, she could directly wake him up.
Mu Dan's own judgment was enough.
When Wang Ji Xuan woke up at noon after sleeping, his spiritual sense had returned to normal, his mana was overflowing, his head was clear, his eyes were bright, and his Dao heart was smooth.
“Sir, nothing major has happened, except that there's a bit of activity on one of the borders.”
Mu Dan, who had been waiting for a long time, brought warm water and instant noodles, and simply reported:
“Wu Man has already woken up. He was very uneasy when he learned that you had fainted to save him, and miraculously, his own psionic energy level has increased a lot. He's now an A-grade telekinetic esper, and his Beast Speech ability has also been strengthened.”
“A group of old grandpas and grandmas are waiting for you in the studio, wanting to thank you in person.”
“In addition, Commander-in-Chief Fu Jian has sent a handwritten letter. Would you like to take a look?”
“A handwritten letter?”
Wang Ji Xuan was actually more interested in Wu Man's improvement. That seemed to be a path to improve strength.
But in front of Mu Dan, he still had to give Old Fu some face.
“Take a look.”
“Okay,” Mu Dan put her hands together and pulled out a three-dimensional projection screen, on which a letter written on white paper with ink appeared.
Wang Ji Xuan glanced at it a few times.
This could be considered Old Fu's kind of commendation and affirmation, but there was nothing else.
“Put it away,” Wang Ji Xuan grabbed his chopsticks and slurped two mouthfuls of noodles, raised his hand to retrieve the communicator from the pillow, and looked at the information on it.
There were only Zheng Shiduo and Zhou Zhengde's chat records. The two were discussing the abnormal situation on the border.
“Where's Ling Tong?”
“Commander Ling Tong has just completed a public speech and is rushing back to the front line to prepare for battle.”
Mu Dan whispered:
“There's also some classified intelligence that Mu Dan secretly saw on the command network.
“The cyborg mech team has locked onto the second King-level Blade Beast. Their exclusive mechs are undergoing energy supply and main gun upgrades, and there should be good news coming in a few days.
“The Commander-in-Chief has already ordered a full-scale military conversion, and all fortresses in the D5 integrated war zone have completed a full militarization shift.
“In about two months, we'll be able to launch a large-scale counterattack to the outside world.
“These newly awakened second-generation and third-generation cyborg mechs will join the battle as reserve pilots for the Terror Mechs.
"According to Mudan's calculations, our subsequent counter-attack direction should be to open up the [Guhe Corridor] between the D5 and D7 integrated war zones, unite the military strength of the two major war zones, and then plan for a counter-attack in a larger area next."
Wang Jixuan was not very interested in these things: "It's good as long as we can get more crystal cores."
Mudan blinked.
Her commander has never been very enthusiastic about these major events.
"What do you mean by the strange things at the border? The border where Wu Man lost his soul?"
"It's over there," Mudan said as she cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks. "The Blade Beast groups over there seem to be in chaos. Two king-level Blade Beast groups have actually retreated more than sixty kilometers underground."
Wang Jixuan immediately became interested: "Has the satellite imagery detected anything unusual?"
"No, the Commander-in-Chief sent a large number of drones to investigate, but no abnormalities were found. It's as if the Blade Beasts retreated on their own because they were in a good mood."
"No monsters or anything like that?"
"Monsters? Like the ones we saw in the hangar before? We haven't found anything like that."
Mudan mustered up her courage and asked in a low voice:
"Commander, are you trying to gloat?"
Wang Jixuan: …
As a dignified righteous cultivator in the Great Vehicle stage, how could he gloat over the enemy because of this little bit of happy news?
He just wanted to eat some melon.
"Tell me immediately if there is any news from the Beast God Sect."
Wang Jixuan stretched and picked up two folded clean clothes and went to the bathroom, complaining:
"I hate socializing with these leaders. The great-grandmother of that Zhou Zhengde last time was really memorable. I hope there won't be another one."
"Eh, is that former Chief of Staff Zhang Huanying? She actually rushed over too…"
Wang Jixuan slipped and almost escaped directly.
"I should avoid this thank-you party as much as possible."
Unfortunately, Wang Jixuan had no chance to run away.
Before he finished his shower, Wu Man and Zheng Shiduo were already standing in the hallway outside. Zhou Zhengde and Dongfang Zhenghong had already driven over from the studio.
A group of old leaders were waiting there, so Zhou Zhengde and Dongfang Zhenghong were naturally a little anxious.
Wu Man, on the other hand, had something important to report.
"Sir, I saw something!"
"What did you see?"
Wu Man quickly described the situation of the underground round cave, the conversation between the Beast Speaker and the 'Blade Beast Priest', and a small part of the Beast Speaker's memory.
After hearing this, Wang Jixuan didn't know how to evaluate it for a moment.
Zheng Shiduo also sighed: "We always thought that Blade Beasts were just a group of ferocious and bloodthirsty monsters. I didn't expect that they also have brains, and their brains are quite big! Blade Beasts actually want to cultivate 'Beast Speakers' to become the king of humans, and then the Blade Beasts will help him unite the remaining humans, give up an area for humans to survive, and let humans become vassals of the Blade Beast civilization?"
Wu Man said in a low voice: "In the Beast God Sect, all spirit energy users are controlled by brain-devouring worms, except for the Beast Speaker. Because the Blade Beasts want him to become the king of humans, they must let him maintain his human appearance so that people can be convinced."
Compared to these nonsense things, Wang Jixuan was more concerned about Wu Man's current state.
He took Wu Man's pulse and examined him for a while. This guy had indeed benefited from the disaster, and his strength had increased a lot.
Even more rare was that Wu Man's body was full of Buddhist light, without any demonic energy.
Daoist Wang was envious!
"Wu Man, do you have any strange feelings now?"
"No, sir. I have recovered a little emotion now, and it is negative emotion."
Wu Man sighed dejectedly:
"I feel many, many dead people similar to me. They are more like my brothers, like identical twins."
"But… experiments, infusion, materials, promotion."
"Some very extreme thoughts have grown in my heart. I want to completely eliminate the source of all evil, whether it is the Beast Speaker or the Spirit Energy Capital."
"I know this idea is wrong…"
"There's nothing wrong with that. We should kill them!"
Zheng Shiduo curled his lips:
"Wu Man, if you don't have anything else, let's not take up Brother Wang's time. The leaders are still waiting."
"I have never seen so many antiques in my life…"
"Cough, no, old semi-human mechs as precious as antiques are in the same frame!"
Captain Zheng really broke out in a cold sweat.
Wang Jixuan shook his head with a smile and was about to get up when Mudan listened intently and suddenly said:
"Commander, a guy claiming to be a Beast Speaker has sent a satellite communication request to D5's public channel."
"I have already locked the dialing area…"
"It seems to be really a Beast Speaker. That area is 200 kilometers west of the watchtower where Wu Man had the accident before. The signal source is located underground."
Wang Jixuan was a little puzzled.
Weren't the souls of the Beast Speakers all blown up? How could they still be alive?
