Chapter 140: Shura Secret Spice (Part 2)

140. Chapter 140 Shura Secret Spice (Part 2)

The blood‑red nine‑headed bat pondered for a while, and finally decided…

Damn! After all, without the Soul Tree, my body wouldn't hold out much longer; the erosion of divine power and Continental Will has already caused the blood‑red nine‑headed bat's body to begin deteriorating, and waiting any longer would make victory impossible.

The blood‑red nine‑headed bat used feigned death to enter the Killing Treasure Vault; everything went smoothly, but just as it was about to obtain the Soul Tree puppet, the Shura Grand Priest discovered it. The two erupted into a fierce battle that darkened the heavens and earth, blood flowed like rivers, the City of Slaughter was nearly shattered, and in the end, the blood‑red nine‑headed bat killed the Grand Priest at the cost of mutual annihilation, successfully acquiring the puppet made from the Soul Tree.

Before the Shura Grand Priest died, the Shura Grand Priest strained all his strength to sink the Killing Treasure Vault underground, cutting off any chance for the blood‑red nine‑headed bat to return to the surface.

Next came the blood‑red nine‑headed bat's corruption of the surroundings.

After an unknown amount of time, the blood‑red nine‑headed bat filled the entire space of the Killing Treasure Vault with dense Blood Mist, preventing anyone from mistakenly entering.

Thus, the blood‑red nine‑headed bat parasitized the Weird Puppet for nearly ten thousand years; a few decades ago, it finally saw hope—the Tang Chen who was undergoing the Shura Nine Trials.

However, before possessing, the blood‑red nine‑headed bat left itself several survival measures.

The nine‑headed bat's soul power was divided into nine parts; one became a small bat in the Blood Pool, which after ten thousand years of cultivation should now be the dark‑gold three‑headed bat on the Diyu zhi Lu.

The second part resides in the Head Soul Bone; if someone absorbs the soul bone, they can seize the chance to possess, since a head soul bone aged ninety‑nine thousand years would be irresistible to almost anyone.

The third fragment of the soul remains in the Soul Nurturing Wood—the one Li Xuan just killed, also the strongest among the souls.

The remaining six parts were all used to possess Tang Chen.

After all, Tang Chen is a Level 99 Limit Douluo, and the blood‑red nine‑headed bat went all out to successfully possess Tang Chen.

Subsequently, after the blood‑red nine‑headed bat's careful planning, Tang Chen was eventually outwitted and possessed by the blood‑red nine‑headed bat.

And the Rasha Body, which had been waiting longer, also struck at this moment.

After the final chaotic melee, Tang Chen, empowered by Shura Divine Power, ultimately became the Slaughter King—neither man nor ghost—and the City of Slaughter turned into its current ghostly form.

The blood‑red nine‑headed bat and Tang Chen continuously contested control of the body, but the blood‑red nine‑headed bat's soul power is stronger, so the Slaughter King should be primarily driven by the blood‑red nine‑headed bat's soul.

The memory ends here, and that's all.

Li Xuan spent a full three days and three nights to compile all the information, so at this moment Li Xuan's soul felt an indescribable fatigue.

It seems the Slaughter King's purpose in sending me into the Killing Treasure Vault to find the long sword was to extract the soul from the soul bone or the Weird Puppet and bring it out, gaining rebirth.

But he never expected that his own soul hadn't even confronted Li Xuan…

Regaining his senses, Li Xuan lowered his head to look at his own soul.

But not seeing it, you wouldn't know; seeing it, he was startled.

His soul had become extremely bloated, just like Michelin's tire man.

"Alas… does that blood‑red nine‑headed bat not think about devising a soul‑cultivation method while in the Soul Nurturing Wood? Such massive soul power, I can't finish it in a few hundred years, and this bloated soul also affects the five senses," Li Xuan muttered irritably.

The blood‑red nine‑headed bat's soul has been in the Soul Nurturing Wood for too long; its soul power has become enormous.

Li Xuan has no good method to absorb the soul power, so he can only wait for the existing soul to gradually absorb it, though the process will likely be unusually slow.

"Fine, it doesn't harm me anyway, let's leave it at that and think later if there's a way," Li Xuan sighed, then left the Spiritual World. Although Li Xuan's soul is unusually bloated, his soul power is sufficient for him to freely enter and exit the Spiritual World, so after leaving he can still come back at any time.

………

Li Xuan, lying beside the Hot Spring, suddenly shivered, then opened his eyes.

"Finally alive again…" Li Xuan weakly sat up, glanced around, and saw the familiar Palm Sky Bottle space.

"Luckily, I entered the Palm Sky Bottle space before my consciousness dissipated; otherwise it would have been unsafe!" Li Xuan weakly shook his head, then heard his stomach rumble.

"I don't know how long I stayed in the Spiritual World, never having a chance to feed my five organs," Li Xuan opened his eyes and shook his head helplessly.

After thinking, Li Xuan took out a bowl of plain congee and a few pieces of salted vegetables, sat on the ground, and began eating.

Li Xuan had been starving too long; his digestive system was weak, so he couldn't eat big fish or meat, just a bit of plain congee to nurture his stomach, and after a while he could eat normally again.

After eating some food, Li Xuan regained some strength, struggled back to the bed, and fell into the warm blanket to sleep.

………

After one day and one night.

"Gurururu…"

The stomach's rumble successfully woke Li Xuan.

Although he didn't sleep deeply, Li Xuan felt refreshed.

He took a serving of plain congee, two Steamed Buns, and a few pieces of salted vegetables from the Kongming Crystal and ate them directly.

Soon, all of it entered Li Xuan's stomach.

With food as a base, Li Xuan no longer felt hungry, and he truly came back to life.

"Now that the Weird Puppet is dealt with, there should be no more danger in the Killing Treasure Vault, so it's time to explore the fourth floor, though I don't know what's good there," Li Xuan stroked his chin, then jumped out of the Palm Sky Bottle space back to the first floor of the Killing Treasure Vault.

Seeing the walls around him charred and blackened, Li Xuan helplessly covered his face, never expecting that he had a certain talent for destruction.

On the ground remained only the Soul Nurturing Wood spike he deliberately protected and a long blood‑red sword.

Li Xuan first picked up the Soul Nurturing Wood spike.

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have taken such a big risk, but the reward is equally great; with you, I gain another life," Li Xuan chuckled as he looked at the Soul Nurturing Wood.

Although the Soul Nurturing Wood hasn't reached Immortal Grade plant level, its ability is so powerful that it's extremely attractive to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan thought for a moment, then took out a box filled with walnut oil.

Then, Li Xuan carefully soaked the Soul Nurturing Wood in the walnut oil, letting it preserve as long as possible, since this matters for his own life. (End of chapter)