Chapter 149
When Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou arrived at the Nightmare Clan, Cen Wei had not yet come out of the Nightmare Abyss.
She threw all the magic weapons to Rao Jin and said, "You can divide them among them."
Rao Jin took it and quickly sensed the eagerness of the surrounding tribesmen. He first placed these rare treasures into his storage bag, intending to settle the two lords before making a final decision.
The entrance to the Nightmare Abyss is a huge dark purple vortex, with strong nightmare energy constantly overflowing from the entrance. Many Nightmare Clan members with low cultivation levels will come to meditate nearby and absorb the overflowing nightmare energy to practice.
Seeing that the Immortal Venerable's gaze remained fixed on the Nightmare Abyss, Rao Jin explained, "Our tribe's Nightmare Abyss opens once every hundred years. It's a place the next Nightmare Clan leader must pass through. The abyss is fraught with danger, and even the slightest misstep could result in death."
"It's divided into four challenging areas, each with a different extreme environment. There are also ferocious beasts born from nightmare energy, no less powerful than high-level spiritual beasts in the cultivation world. Add to that various illusion tests and attacks from the forces of nature, and everything from entering to exiting is incredibly difficult and dangerous. Only those who can make it out alive will earn the trust of the Nightmare Clan."
Su Jinzhou: "Have you been in there too?"
Rao Jin was quite proud, "Of course..."
Jitang: “Never been in there.”
Rao Jin: “…”
He looked at the two people chatting and felt that he was somewhat redundant.
Rao Jin showed his shamelessness and said with a smile, "Calculating the time, it's still some time before Wei comes out. Why don't you two return to the Nightmare Lord's cabin to rest first?"
Ji Tang couldn't stand his flattery, "We can just go back by ourselves, you can go and do your thing."
Rao Jin immediately bowed and saw him off respectfully.
Jitang and Su Jinzhou did not return to the wooden house, but went to Huanguang Valley.
Fireflies hide during the day and come out at night, sleeping with their wings folded in the crevices of the valley during the day.
Although you can't see the fireflies, the scenery of the Phantom Valley is also worth seeing.
Rao Jin is very smart and knows when to advance and when to retreat.
He knew that Jitang had feelings for the Nightmare Clan, so during his tenure as the clan leader, he not only took good care of the Nightmare Clan's land, but also paid great attention to his members.
This naturally includes the restoration and maintenance of the Fantasy Valley.
He knew that Jitang had no desire for power, so he never used the development of the Nightmare Clan or its members to put pressure on her.
The battle in Nightmare Fantasy Valley happened thousands of years ago. Most of the tribesmen at that time have returned to the Sea of Dreams. Now, no matter the tribe leader, elders or tribesmen, they are all juniors to Jitang.
Time smooths out past misunderstandings and grudges, and people must always look forward.
Rao Jin did not mention the past at all, and only presented Jitang with a paradise.
Su Jinzhou broke the silence, "I couldn't find the extremely cold plant this time."
Ji Tang came back to his senses and laughed, "If it could be found so easily, the Lord in Black would be worried every day."
Su Jinzhou sighed slightly.
The black-robed lord planted the ice marrow into Ji Tang's body. As long as he moved his fingers, the ice marrow in Ji Tang's body would turn into a magic circle that would explode instantly.
Su Jinzhou was in torment every day. He would not be at peace until he could find a way to break the ice marrow.
Perhaps it was precisely because they were so overwhelmed and anxious that Ji Tang acted as if nothing had happened. She couldn't help but feel anxious, but she could only crush her anxiety and swallow it down.
They didn't return until late at night. Ji Tang was very satisfied after enjoying the beautiful blue scenery in the valley.
Three days later, the nightmare abyss opened and Cen Wei walked out in a shambles. As soon as he left the entrance of the abyss, he collapsed due to exhaustion.
Rao Jin was filled with relief. He personally stepped forward to help Cen Wei up and said to Ji Tang, "Yanzun, the next leader of our Yan clan is... uh!"
Something unexpected happened!
Rao Jin's face turned pale, he lowered his head stiffly, and saw a long stick piercing his abdomen!
His eyes were full of disbelief, and the long staff was still pushing inward. He soon felt a sharp pain in his back, and a thought flashed through his mind - the long staff had pierced his body.
"you……"
Rao Jin supported Cen Wei and grabbed him with his hand like an eagle's claw.
Cen Weichu had kept his head down until now, and only now did he slowly raise his face.
To Rao Jin's shock, he saw a face with a smile. The smile was so strange that it made him feel cold all over.
At the same time, spiritual power and nightmare energy suddenly burst out.
Before Rao Jin could recover from Cen Weichu's smiling face, he was taken away by the Immortal Lord, and Cen Weichu was also pulled away by the Nightmare Lord.
Su Jinzhou's spiritual power transformed into nightmare energy, which briefly healed Rao Jin's injuries.
His abdomen, which was pierced by the long staff, had been destroyed by some kind of energy. If Su Jinzhou had not treated him, he would have lost his life.
On the other side, Ji Tang pulled Cen Wei out and was about to restrain him, but he tried to escape as slippery as a loach.
How could Jitang let him escape? He chased him with magic, trapping and overwhelming him.
Cen Wei struggled but couldn't break free, his body trembling slightly - not because of nervousness or fear, but because of the low, muffled laughter that caused his body to tremble.
His tone seemed like a different person, and he said, "Jitang, long time no see."
Ji Tang frowned suddenly, took three or two steps forward, grabbed his hair with his nightmare energy, and exposed his face.
Cen Weichu opened his eyes wide, his eyeballs slightly bulging, staring at Ji Tang as if he wanted to burst his eye sockets, and his eyes were full of bloodshot.
He still had a smile on his face, and the corners of his mouth widened and the smile became more and more strange. However, the smile did not stay on this young face for long, and was replaced by a look of fear.
Cen Wei whimpered, "Yanzun, save me... save me..."
Ji Tang looked at him silently, and the nightmare energy stretched out like a thorn, and then pierced into Cen Wei's body.
The nightmare energy circled around Cen Wei's body, and he noticed that his cultivation level fluctuated wildly. When it was low, it was just his own level, but when it was high, it far exceeded the limit of his body's endurance. This violent nightmare energy almost broke his body.
The power of Ji Tang's soul directly broke into Cen Weichu's sea of consciousness.
When he entered, Cen Wei's sea of consciousness was already a mess of broken walls and ruins.
She saw a dark shadow inside and chased after it with her soul power. The shadow noticed him and stood on the ruined tower, neither dodging nor retreating, facing Ji Tang provocatively.
"You know me." Jitang said affirmatively.
The black shadow rose and fell, and a sharp voice echoed between the collapsed stone walls, as if talking to her, or as if talking to himself, "Ji Tang, you are not the leader of the Nightmare Clan, huh... hehe... do you think I am a joke..."
The black shadow suddenly flew towards Ji Tang, and before Ji Tang was about to control the power of her soul to disperse it, it suddenly circled behind her.
"Your body is great, I want it."
Ji Tang has confirmed that the black shadow is a remnant soul. This remnant soul first destroyed Cen Wei's sea of consciousness, and then controlled him and used his body to stab Rao Jin.
Now he has his sights set on Ji Tang, wanting to take over her body.
Ji Tang didn't look back, "That depends on whether you have the ability."
The black shadow let out an even sharper laugh, and after the laugh, there was a series of ambiguous sounds, like crying and cursing, eerie and shrill.
Ji Tang used the power of his soul to enter Cen Weichu's sea of consciousness, and transformed into an energy body with the same appearance as a real person in his sea of consciousness.
If the black shadow wants to take over her body, it can only devour her energy body first, and then follow the power of her soul to enter her body and erase her consciousness before it can take over her body.
She is in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, and the difficulty of taking over another body is no less than the Thunder Tribulation of Ascension for Black Shadow.
Ji Tang was secretly watching the black shadow.
At this time, Su Jinzhou's spiritual power also quietly entered Cen Weichu's sea of consciousness, and at the same time covered the energy body condensed by Ji Tang.
The shadow didn't notice him.
He spoke to Ji Tang through the power of his soul, "The black-robed lord is indeed making a move. I sensed his immortal energy, which is very slight, but is approaching Cen Weichu's body."
Ji Tang: "Don't stop him, let him in."
Su Jinzhou was silent for a moment, as if silently accusing her of putting herself in danger again, but in the end she did not refute him, only saying, "Be careful."
As early as when Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou arrived at the Nightmare Clan and saw the Nightmare Abyss, they keenly sensed wisps of immortal energy from the nightmare energy overflowing from the abyss.
Even though the immortal energy was very scarce and extremely weak, they still captured it in the first place.
They had been prepared for a long time and had discussed countermeasures in the Fantasy Valley. They guessed that the Lord in Black would definitely take action when Cen Wei left the Nightmare Abyss.
The immortal energy discovered by Su Jinzhou quickly penetrated into Cen Weichu's body.
Jitang's energy body shook suddenly.
The black shadow's laughter was very arrogant and excited. It didn't dare to get too close to Ji Tang at first, until it saw that Ji Tang's energy body was sometimes real and sometimes not. Then it no longer wasted time and pounced on the energy body, and then began to bite it wildly.
Ji Tang's energy body became increasingly fainter under its wanton biting. The black shadow tore all the energy bodies in the sea of consciousness empty, and then followed Ji Tang's spiritual power and left Cen Weichu's body directly.
When it returned to its body with the power of its soul, it drilled straight into Ji Tang's body.
Outside, Cen Wei collapsed due to exhaustion and fell unconscious.
Jitang closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, a look of excitement and complacency suddenly flashed in his eyes.
The corners of her mouth stretched to her ears, but she suddenly froze when Su Jinzhou looked at her.
Su Jinzhou walked closer to her, "What happened to Cen Wei?"
Ji Tang suppressed his smile and replied, "For some reason, his sea of consciousness has fallen apart. I need to go into the Nightmare Abyss to check the situation."
Su Jinzhou: "I'll go with you."
"No!" Ji Tang said, then suddenly paused and said in a softer voice, "No need. The nightmare aura is spreading inside. It's not suitable for you to go in. I can do it myself."
Su Jinzhou looked at her disapprovingly until she looked away, then he relented and said, "Okay then."
He looked through Jitang, into the deeper and deeper places, and said in a heavy voice, "I'll wait for you."
Jitang nodded quickly, turned around and walked into the nightmare abyss.
She walked faster and faster, and did not notice that a trace of spiritual power entered Jitang's body and hid in the small wooden house in the sea of consciousness.
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Ji Tang walked into the abyss of nightmare, and the smile on his face no longer needed to be hidden.
She was in the darkest place among the four challenge areas, and it was also the extreme environment closest to the abyss.
A scarlet waning moon hung in the sky, and the star-like red light and the thick fog formed by the dark purple nightmare energy intertwined and overlapped, forming one nightmare fragment after another floating in the air, strange and absurd.
As long as you touch the fragments, you will be pulled into the nightmare by the fragments. Unless the nightmare is broken, you cannot leave the fragments.
Behind countless nightmare fragments lies endless nothingness.
The bottomless abyss lies silent beneath the void, emitting a hollow echo, waiting to devour any living creature that falls.
Jitang looked around, "Why aren't you coming out yet?"
After a moment of silence, the voice of the black-robed lord emerged from the dark purple smoke. "Xue Mei, we previously agreed that you would possess Cen Wei's body and lurk in the Nightmare Clan, waiting for an opportunity to strike. You suddenly changed your mind and actually wanted to possess Ji Tang's body. You're quite greedy, but Ji Tang's body is not that easy to possess!"
Ji Tang chuckled softly, "Of course I know, but plans can't keep up with the speed of change. Now that I have successfully entered Ji Tang's body, as long as you help me successfully take over his body, there is no need for me to hide. I can directly control the Nightmare Clan! Isn't that better for you?"
The black-clad lord said slowly, "Don't make it sound like I'm begging you."
As he spoke, Jitang's body suddenly became uncontrollable and he fell heavily to his knees.
The Black Lord said: "Your remaining soul still bears the mark I planted. You should learn how to be an obedient dog."
Ji Tang's expression kept changing, finally settling on flattery and fawning, "You have saved this remnant of my soul, so of course I am at your disposal! Master, please help me seize another body, I will live up to your expectations and die for you!"
The black-robed lord hadn't shown up yet, but he could clearly see Jitang, and his laughter grew more cheerful. "It's really interesting to see such an expression on this face."
Jitang immediately kowtowed repeatedly towards the black-robed lord, like a dog trying to please after getting a bone.
The black-robed lord was indeed pleased, and said to him as if giving alms: "If you want to take over Ji Tang's body, you must first let this body be on the verge of death, completely eliminate Ji Tang's consciousness, and turn this body into an empty shell."
The shadow was eager to try, "How should I do it?"
A violent energy came from the place where the black-clothed lord spoke, knocking the black shadow who was still waiting for his answer into the endless abyss.
The black shadow was caught off guard. It sensed the biting coldness from the abyss through Ji Tang's body, as if the god of death was opening his arms.
Besides the howling and screaming sound of the wind, I could also hear the lord in black's voice drifting away, his voice tinged with joking and amusement: "Of course I'll die first."
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