darknovel #471 - Obsidian's Dilemma
#471 - Obsidian's Dilemma
The so-called Dao attainment generally refers to a cultivator becoming an immortal.
But under unusual circumstances… there are many unusual situations.
For example, right now.
Elder Shao has cultivated for many years and is a well-known figure in the Immortal Realm, famous in the refining world, and a respected figure among rogue cultivators. What grand occasions hasn't he seen?
Elder Shao has experienced the current situation of the Dark Church and Tianlu fighting to the death several times. He doesn't find it novel and even finds them a bit noisy.
But in this Immortal Forbidden Land, the guy in front of him who has cultivated for three lifetimes and is still stuck outside the Immortal Gate suddenly pulls out a move of Buddhist and Demonic Dual Cultivation, the Origin of All Daos…
Elder Shao has really never seen this before!
Is this considered proficiency in Buddhism or invincibility in the Demonic Path?
The beam of light is rapidly converging, and the massive body of the demon beast is now tightly wrapped in golden light, every inch of flesh and blood soaked in it.
The beam of light flickers gently.
A powerful, transparent aura, as if containing many wonderful principles of heaven and earth, unfolds from the void of the universe.
A black shadow appeared behind the demon beast.
The black shadow's whole body seemed to be dyed with ink, but golden patterns outlined the inky skin. Beneath it was a pink and white lotus platform, and the phantoms of Buddhist instruments floated around it.
A kasaya appeared out of thin air, draped over the black shadow, and then the black shadow's aura rose again.
It was strange, yet very harmonious, as if cultivation should be like this.
Elder Shao could directly determine…
That Wang Jixuan's alien soul alone could easily defeat rogue immortals like Yin Lin head-on.
But this wasn't the end.
The black shadow slowly sank into the body of the Pillar Blade Beast.
The sounds of Sanskrit chanting echoed continuously from all directions, and the residents of the planet were also chanting Buddhist scriptures.
Specks of golden light continued to gather.
And the wronged souls within the body of this Pillar Blade Beast still had a small portion that had not been saved.
The ritual continued;
The improvement also continued;
The aura of Wang Jixuan's alien soul was still rising, and Elder Shao couldn't see the end for the time being.
And this was only the first step in Wang Jixuan's plan, the first problem solved.
Now he has the confidence to control the entire massive body of the Pillar Blade Beast in a relatively short period of time.
There are still two steps to come, and it can't be said that his plan to refine the Pillar Blade Beast into an alien soul demon body will be 100% successful, but at least he sees a glimmer of hope.
Moreover, even if the entire plan can't be completed, he now has a restricted Red Dust Immortal-level combat unit.
At the very least, he can tie with Yin Lin.
Wang Jixuan was now full of fighting spirit.
However, in a corner of this severely desertified planet, a pair of eyes quietly recorded the scene in the sky, and then quietly activated the psionic circuit carried on its body, transmitting these images to the distant starry sky.
… …
Obsidian has been somewhat anxious recently.
Since the great war on Earth, Obsidian has been trying to join the Dark Church and become a member of the Dark Church to see a wider world.
But Obsidian quickly discovered…
His path was cut off.
Not only was his path cut off, but the Dark Church was completely indifferent to him, 'the former powerful enemy of the Black Storm'. The messages he sent through the jade talisman left by the other party often took a long time to get a response.
Sometimes, the other party would rudely refuse to reply.
Obsidian didn't understand.
He had subordinates and combat power. He also mastered so many practical combat techniques. Why didn't the Dark Church value him at all?
After learning that this star field was just an Immortal Forbidden Land, and that there were many Immortal Forbidden Lands outside, and that the Dark Church and Tianlu could come and go at will through the Immortal Spirit Path, Obsidian's heart also flew away.
Although it can't be said that the Blade Beast civilization's general trend is gone, it is no longer the invincible heyday it once was;
The rise of Earth civilization and the powerful potential shown by the Earth civilization's affiliated mechanical civilization also led Obsidian to conclude that the Blade Beast would be formally defeated by Earth civilization in a few decades.
At that time, he would be destined to become a rat hiding in interstellar space.
Therefore, what Obsidian wants to do most now is to defect to the Dark Church.
'I have to find a way to get the Dark Church to notice me.'
'If the Dark Church no longer sends people to this Immortal Forbidden Land, wouldn't this path be completely cut off?'
'There is no record of the Immortal Spirit Path in the ruins of the ancient civilizations.'
Today, Obsidian came out of his underground palace where he meditated as usual, found the dozen or so old spirit cultivators who were gathering on the surface, and looked at the licentious and absurd scenes everywhere, without any touch.
These old guys have become accustomed to playing around.
Playing with others, playing with themselves, just to stimulate the gradually numb nerves in their long lives again. Even a trace of new stimulation can make them seem to find the meaning of life and step onto the ladder of sublimation.
Obsidian walked to his office in the corner, sat down and was in a daze for a while, looking at the simple star map hanging in front of him in a daze.
'Should I go and cause some trouble for Nierda?'
'Or arrange some people to bomb the Earth human expedition fleet?'
'Or give the Blade Beasts a little new technology in advance to let their combat power recover and scare these guys?'
'Or draw lots and roll the dice to decide what bad things to do today.'
Obsidian flicked his finger lightly, and the golden dice placed in the corner landed in front of him. He was about to shake his hand gently…
"Boss! There's a situation!"
A loud and urgent shout suddenly came from the corner next to him.
Obsidian shivered, and the dice hit the ground, spinning around and giving a 'six'.
In the corner, a half-length projection taken from technological civilization showed the strong body of a middle-aged man. This guy shouted with wide eyes:
"Our scouts have detected a very strange force! We suspect it's those disciples of the Black Storm! Do you want to ambush them?"
"Are there any images?"
"Yes! I'll send it over… Boss, please wait a moment, interstellar transmission of information is slower… No, why is our communication not delayed, but the transmission of information is so slow?"
Obsidian calmly explained: "Because this is communication technology from two ancient civilizations. Their modules are closed, and the technical routes cannot be integrated… It's here."
Next to the office desk, the machine similar to a large fax machine spat out a wet photo.
The ships in the sky, the Blade Beast group, the constantly flashing golden light…
Obsidian sat up straight instantly, stared at the photo for a few seconds, and immediately rushed out.
"Prepare the teleportation gate! Quick!"
The old spirit cultivators in various places moved at the news.
Obsidian thought about it again and found that even if he rushed over from here, it would take a day or two. He simply returned to his narrow office and began to look for the closest spirit cultivator to the incident site and mobilize the scouts to approach that area.
Inside the Earth human fleet, there were mid-level officers whose minds were controlled by him;
On that planet where the whole people were chanting scriptures, several scouts were temporarily 'activated', and more and more images and videos, and even full-scale descriptions made with text, gathered in Obsidian's hands.
Obsidian sniffed.
He smelled something unusual.
The Pillar Blade Beast and the Blade Beast group that did not launch an attack;
Men, women, and children on a planet were mobilized by a large number of drones and began synchronized actions across time zones and regions in a short period of time.
Only a mechanical body can do this kind of action and execution ability.
'Queen' Peony.
Obsidian thought for more than ten minutes, then suddenly pulled open the bottom drawer and grabbed a key-shaped jade talisman.
There is still one chance;
The spiritual power of this jade talisman is about to run out.
And this time, he must get a response from the other side before the jade talisman can be injected with spiritual power again.
— This is how the thing works.
Obsidian quickly wrote a line of small characters, controlling it within twelve characters.
[Suspected traces of Black Storm Wang Zheng found.]
He was very rigorous and used suspected, after all, he didn't see it with his own eyes.
Then, Obsidian grabbed the jade talisman and leaned back in the chair, waiting quietly.
He felt that a wisp of spiritual power was disappearing rapidly, and a looming bridge seemed to be gradually disappearing in front of him.
Obsidian's breathing became rapid.
He couldn't bear this situation of no longer being in control; he even felt that he was very pathetic, obviously already a hegemon-like existence, but now he was kowtowing and trying to get the recognition of another group of people…
Buzz!
The jade talisman vibrated violently!
Obsidian sat up straight in a激灵, and the jade talisman in his hand had bloomed with rays of light. A mass of light black mist drilled out of thin air and turned into a pair of cold eyes, staring at Obsidian.
Obsidian didn't hear anything, but some insights arose in his heart, and he immediately understood something.
[Don't move here, experts will come soon.]
Obsidian stood up and saluted.
"Yes!"
The pair of cold eyes quickly closed and there was no movement.
Obsidian thought for a while and immediately began to mobilize the combat power in his hands, opening the most directional interstellar gates in the shortest time.
The opportunity, didn't it come again?
… …
All laws lead to the same destination, but the paths are different.
Wang Jixuan sighed softly and opened his eyes from within the empty Elysium sky.
This place has been filled with golden light, there are no houses, no sky, the sea of wronged souls has been purified, and those souls after liberation have also disappeared into the void.
The chanting is still going on;
The people here are also pretty good, they have been chanting for half a day, and now they are still working in batches.
However, Wang Jixuan's alien soul is almost unable to improve.
He seems to have touched a kind of restriction;
A restriction originating from the power of the original soul.
This is still because his second life was only half a step away from becoming an immortal.
Wang Jixuan was multitasking, his original soul flew closer, and then he was a little dumbfounded.
How should I put it?
If his original soul was the size of a normal person now, then the Buddha shadow transformed from the alien soul would be a towering giant.
It's more than dozens of times stronger.
Wang Jixuan thought for a while, and decided to stick to his original soul as the first priority.
So, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and the giant instantly turned into a golden dragon, returning to Wang Jixuan's soul's shoulder.
Then his soul became golden.
Daoist Priest smiled happily.
He closed his eyes, and the alien soul and the original soul exerted force at the same time. Strands of soul power permeated all parts of the Pillar Blade Beast. This terrifying giant beast resembling a lobster immediately began to dance.
Along with it, the surrounding group of dazed Blade Beasts also began to fly back and forth.
Inside the warships everywhere, the operators and commanders all squeezed a handful of sweat.
At this point, Wang Jixuan's third alien soul puppet already had preliminary strategic value.
The first alien soul puppet, Xing Tian, helped him get through the rather awkward period before the Golden Core stage;
The second alien soul puppet, Kali Nuo, helped him get a lot of information about the Blade Beasts, which can be considered to have played a role.
Now the alien soul puppet is also promising, and has begun to create a Pillar Blade Beast swarm.
There are still hundreds of Pillar Blade Beast swarms in this starry sky. This thing is almost a consumable, and maybe it can really play a miraculous effect in the future...
"Wonderful."
Daoist Wang separated his original soul and alien soul, allowing the alien soul to begin preliminary refining of the Pillar Blade Beast, allowing the soul power and flesh to merge with each other, and then he transformed into a stream of light, drilled out of the Pillar Blade Beast, returned to his body, and calmly returned to the main force.
He originally thought he would hear a chorus of 'damn'.
Unexpectedly, Amy, Gao Huating, and the others were basically immune to his various coquettish operations, only Elder Shao had a complex expression, a solemn expression, and wanted to say something but stopped.
Seeing this, Daoist Wang would definitely take the initiative to go up and listen to a few words of praise from the Celestial Immortal teacher.
"You this... alas!"
Elder Shao said with emotion:
"At the beginning, I didn't understand why the Heavenly Dao was targeting you alone."
"Now, I probably understand why the Heavenly Dao is so targeting you."
"Targeting well!"
Elder Shao's clone gritted his teeth.
"This," Wang Jixuan rubbed his nose embarrassedly.
Wang Jixuan said sternly: "This disciple is purely for self-preservation, and also wants to kill a few more traitors of the Dark Sect, so he had to resort to this strategy."
"How did you convert this Buddhist and Demonic method? Why is the Mind Gathering method so effective? There seems to be a powerful soul power in this demon beast's body, where does this soul power come from?"
Elder Shao asked a series of questions.
Wang Jixuan also wanted to ask for advice on the Transformation Formation and the Refining Method, so he truthfully reported it and called Chi She over to explain the situation.
Based on the principle that many people have many opinions, bah, many people have great power, everyone also gathered around and discussed with Wang Jixuan how to arrange the Transformation Formation and the Refining Formation.
The basis of the Transformation Formation is actually to form a demon cultivator-like internal circulation in the Pillar Blade Beast's body.
During this period, it is also necessary to forge a demon core and condense meridians, which is very complicated.
However, if Wang Jixuan can use the current power of the alien soul to control the spiritual power contained in a Pillar Blade Beast's body and make it his own magic power, then his combat power...
He may not be able to escape from a Celestial Immortal;
He can already fight against immortals below the Celestial Immortal realm.
They kept discussing, and Elder Shao was a little excited, as if it was more exciting than him breaking through life and death and breaking through the Golden Immortal, and he excitedly helped Wang Jixuan design a brand new Transformation Formation, and even said that he would help Wang Jixuan kill a Celestial Immortal realm Flood Dragon and seize the Dragon Ball to make a demon core for Wang Jixuan's alien soul puppet.
With this old man's enthusiasm, the difficulty of this matter also dropped sharply, and Wang Jixuan could take the opportunity to learn a lot of skills.
Just as the discussion in the arena was in full swing, light and shadows flickered in the corner, and two projections appeared.
It was Ling Tong and Fu Jian in his middle-aged appearance.
Ling Tong gently raised her eyebrows, and a few more smiles appeared in her calm eyes. When she saw Wang Jixuan, she also felt a little more peace.
Old Zheng shouted: "The Commander-in-Chief and the Big Sister are here!"
Wang Jixuan, who was concentrating on listening to the lecture, looked up and immediately said with joy: "Teacher, let me introduce you to this is my wife."
"Used to be," Ling Tong added, "Now we are all pursuing our own paths, that was a great life experience."
Wang Jixuan didn't take it seriously.
Elder Shao looked up at Ling Tong, just nodded, and then continued to ponder the formation base and other matters of the Transformation Formation.
Peony suddenly looked out the porthole.
She closed her eyes and listened intently, and after a few seconds, she opened her eyes:
"Commander, space is fluctuating, and four stargates are opening at the same time."