"Is he still here?"

Ling was a little confused about Jiang Quan's thoughts.

Logically speaking... shouldn't he just run away? What is he waiting for here? Does he want to possess someone else's body? Or is it that his soul cannot move?

No, no, no, if one cannot move, then there is no possibility of possession...

Xiao Jiu replied:

"Yes, he is now sitting above the original body."

Now, Jiang Quan, after separating from his body, felt a sharp pain in his soul for a moment. Once it subsided, he should have left immediately to find a suitable body, but seeing the current situation, he wasn't in a hurry to leave. He wanted to see what other skills this young man had…

However, what happened next made him extremely regretful.

I had intended to just observe from here for a while; after all, I'm a spirit, so no one can see me. Just look at those happy people—

"My lord, you are truly amazing!"

The Black Dragon Clan no longer called Zero "little brother," but directly addressed him as "sir." In their view, anyone with such great strength should be respectfully addressed as "sir."

"Thank you for saving us!"

"If it weren't for you guys showing up, we wouldn't know where we'd be right now..."

Expressions of gratitude rang out, but one person's face showed worry. He glanced cautiously at Zero, finally mustering his courage, and said:

"You were powerful enough to wipe out the man in black robes, but we don't know where our eldest brother and two other brothers were taken... Now that they're dead, we're afraid we'll never find them again..."

Hearing the man's resentful tone, before Zero could speak, the Black Dragon Clan member rebuked him first:

"Fang Ling, how could you say that! If it weren't for the adults, who knows what would have happened to us..."

"That's right, that's right! The adults saved us, and you're blaming them..."

"How can you blame the adults when your elder brother, Zhou Shi, and Qi Sheng are missing?"

The accusatory words kept reaching Fang Ling's ears, making his ears turn red involuntarily.

"I...I was just...I was just worried about my older brother and the others, I absolutely didn't mean to blame you, sir..."

The frantic attempts to explain themselves brought a moment of silence to the crowd.

"Sir, please don't blame Fang Ling. Our elder brother saved him. Now that he's missing, he's understandably anxious. We hope you won't be angry..."

Someone else whispered an explanation to Zero.

Zero smiled and said nonchalantly:

"It's alright, he didn't do anything wrong, why should I blame him? Besides... your brotherhood is very precious..."

The last sentence was said to Fang Ling.

Fang Ling nodded, looking at Ling gratefully.

In his haste, he had momentarily harbored resentment towards this official, but thankfully the official didn't hold it against him...

He patted Fang Ling's shoulder with a seemingly comforting gesture, then looked around. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, his gaze lingered on the broken flesh and blood for a while.

Jiang Quan, who was floating in the air, felt a sudden jolt in his heart.

He probably hasn't found me yet...

However, the gaze quickly shifted away, as if it had just been his imagination.

call--

It seems I was overthinking it...

Jiang Quan let out a long sigh of relief.

That's true, I don't have a physical body right now, how could that kid possibly see me...?

Seeing that there was nothing else to see, he decided to leave.

Just then, a soul-tearing pain suddenly struck—

"Ahhhh—"

He instinctively looked toward the source of the soul-stirring pain—

It was a pair of almost transparent hands, now tearing at his soul with all their might. The intense pain relentlessly assaulted Jiang Quan, dimming even his very soul.

The soul is similar to the physical body; it can also get hurt and feel pain, but this pain is hundreds of times more intense than the physical pain!

What's going on here?!

Why is someone able to capture his soul?!

Just as Jiang Quan was wondering, a flippant voice suddenly rang out:

"After watching this show for so long, shouldn't we finally stop?"

Turning around in confusion, she met Zero's eyes, which shone like stars, and Zero wore a faint, enigmatic smile.

"Do you think you can escape?"

Jiang Quan was shocked. Forgetting his pain for a moment, his eyes, filled with shock and panic, stared straight at Ling, and he made hoarse, struggling sounds.

"No, this is impossible—how could you possibly see me!?"

He is a spirit, so how can this boy see himself?

Could it be that he, like him, practiced secret techniques and was also someone who possessed another body?

A series of thoughts raced through his mind, so much so that he momentarily forgot about the person who had grabbed him.

The members of the Black Dragon Clan were also taken aback when they heard the voice.

The remaining people who were under control returned to normal the instant the man in the black robe died, so much so that no one thought he was still alive.

Hearing his voice again now inevitably brings a wave of surprise and doubt.

"Hey, did I hear that right? That voice just now sounded like that 'dead' person's voice?"

"I heard it too, it sounded like the adult was talking to that person..."

"Could it be... that person isn't dead!?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone panicked again, fearing that they would be controlled without their knowledge.

Seeing them hurriedly move closer to her, Ling smiled and said:

"You don't need to worry, he's only a soul now, he's no longer a threat to you."

After hearing Zero's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and gradually became bolder.

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