Chapter 42: Prison Soul Cauldron

"..."

He did not relax his vigilance just because the You Xiao had turned into a skeleton.

Li Li Boyang was seen lowering his sword-holding right hand slightly, adopting a posture ready to attack at any moment.

And the hundred-plus flying swords surrounded the skeleton tightly, showing a clear trend of continuing to crush it to death.

Zzzzz...

Just as Li Li Boyang was on high alert, that skeleton, as expected, underwent a strange transformation.

Faint electric arcs floated out from the surface of the bones, then rapidly enveloped the entire skeletal frame with lightning speed.

"Moo!"

It sounded like some kind of true mantra, yet also seemed like a simple cow's moo.

Crack...

The two arm bones behind the skeleton naturally detached.

Two thick ox horns also grew out on both sides of the temples in response.

However, Li Li Boyang did not immediately attack the skeleton undergoing transformation.

Because during the fight with the You Xiao, Li Li Boyang had vaguely sensed something wrong with the opponent's state.

Although it had transformed into a four-armed ghost god.

Yet the opponent never used any supernatural arts or spells from start to finish, instead constantly trying to engage in close-quarters combat with him.

Referencing the previous fierce god, the Ruo Fu.

Li Li Boyang would not naively believe that a ghost god possessed only an indestructible body.

Plus the omen transmitted by the Primordial Spirit, and the divination of the Destiny Bone Armor...

Li Li Boyang realized it was not that the You Xiao did not want to use supernatural arts and spells, but that someone was restraining, or rather, restricting his use of them.

"Are you the Yin God Xi Luo spoke of?"

Looking at the two ox horns that had already taken shape, Li Li Boyang asked in a deep voice.

At the same time, the Shen Xiao Sword in his hand also pointed vaguely at the skeleton, waiting silently for the opponent's reply.

"This time, I really lost face in a huge way..."

It seemed as if to answer Li Li Boyang's question.

Blood vessels, muscles, and vocal cord tissue grew out at the skeleton's throat first.

It was a low and hoarse voice, yet one could clearly hear the roughness and goodwill within it.

Therefore, before the opponent's physical body had fully restored, Li Li Boyang's mind already held an image of a burly man with a rough face and a kind heart.

"If there is no second Yin God arriving in this place, then it should be me."

He said in a tone slightly tinged with self-mockery.

A huge ox head also gradually took shape during this process.

Although it was an image of an ox head on a human body, this Yin God was actually somewhat different from the "Ox Head" in Li Li Boyang's impression.

Huge ox horns, a broad forehead, a standard upward-pointing ox nose...

These all quite fit Li Li Boyang's Carved Seal.

Only its body, though said to be human, actually leaned more towards some kind of bipedal beast.

Blocks of steel-like muscles formed a powerful physique.

Although the hands presented a five-fingered form, sharp claws also grew out on them.

As for the lower body, needless to say, it was nothing but an upright, recurved ox hoof.

Even while just standing there quietly, the flesh and blood tissues growing bit by bit fully displayed the ferocity and majesty it should possess.

To speak the truth, looking at the ox head taking shape bit by bit.

Even with the endorsement of the Destiny Bone Armor's divination, Li Li Boyang felt some regret for allowing the opponent to restore.

Because he discovered that compared to this ox head, describing the previous four-armed ghost god as a "freak" had been too high an estimation of the latter.

Similarly, without using any supernatural arts or spells.

Li Li Boyang had no doubt that this robust ox head could utterly crush that four-armed ghost god.

【So... Big brother, you are so strong, how exactly did you get refined by that You Xiao back then?】

Perhaps because the shock and disbelief in Li Li Boyang's eyes were expressed too obviously, he actually saw a hint of embarrassment on the ox head's rough face.

"Ahem, don't look at me like that..."

"I was too careless, thinking it was just an ordinary evil ghost."

"Who would have thought he would be the High Priest of the Gui Fang State, and moreover, possessed the 'Prison Soul Cauldron', such a heavy treasure."

While saying this, the ox head deliberately turned his gaze towards the overturned cauldron not far away.

That great cauldron was fully ten zhang tall, and its weight reached tens of thousands of tons, simply comparable to the ocean cruisers in Li Li Boyang's impression.

"Prison Soul Cauldron?"

Although he had long guessed that great cauldron had an extraordinary origin.

Li Li Boyang still did not expect that the ox head ultimately fell victim to that thing.

"Yes, that is the sacrificial heavy treasure of the Gui Fang State, the 'Prison Soul Cauldron' that only the High Priests of each generation are qualified to use."

With a hint of awe in his eyes, the ox head voluntarily explained to Li Li Boyang.

"According to legend, this thing was bestowed upon the Gui Fang State by the Five Directional Gods as a national stabilizing artifact."

"Born with the ability to refine ghosts and gods, it is a national heavy treasure that will never be used lightly."

"Its last appearance was thirty years ago, when the Gui Fang State and the Tu Fang State engaged in a major conflict..."

"In that battle, the Gui Fang State annihilated the Tu Fang State, and refined an entire nation's living beings into a true ghost god."

"The entire Underworld was thrown into turmoil for several years until a Prefect personally intervened to quell the disturbance."

Trying hard to understand the meaning behind Niu Tou's words, Li Li Boyang could not help but wear a thoughtful expression.

For the information contained in Niu Tou's few short sentences was simply greater than all the information Li Li Boyang had encountered from birth until now combined.

"Why tell me these things?"

After a moment of silence, Li Li Boyang raised his head again to look at Niu Tou.

From any angle, Niu Tou actually had no need to explain so much to Li Li Boyang.

"Because you are a 'Primordial Deity'; you are qualified to know these things..."

As he spoke these words, Niu Tou's expression was slightly strange.

"Of course, your current state is somewhat peculiar, different from the 'Primordial Deities' I know."

"But 'Primordial Deities' are inherently strange and varied; having one more oddity like you is not a problem."

Before the words had fully faded, Niu Tou was seen reaching out and beckoning toward the Prison Soul Cauldron.

By now, Niu Tou had completed his rebirth; although his strength had not yet returned to its peak, it was not far off.

Boom...

With merely a slight wave of his hand, the massive cauldron weighing tens of thousands of tons tipped over.

Immediately after, the Prison Soul Cauldron shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the leaking alchemical fire nearby surged back into the alchemical furnace.

Buzz...

Only when the Prison Soul Cauldron had shrunk to the size of one zhang did it slowly rotate and settle into Niu Tou's hand.

"This Prison Soul Cauldron possesses the ability to refine ghosts and gods..."

"Even I was nearly turned into a 'Ghost-God Egg'."

"Fortunately, that evil ghost was unskilled in his arts, so no great disaster was caused!"

Holding the Prison Soul Cauldron, which was one-third his own size, in one hand, Niu Tou still appeared completely at ease.

"I have lingered in the Mortal World for too long; I estimate the Netherworld is about to erupt in chaos..."

"Now that you have destroyed that evil ghost, I shall entrust the Prison Soul Cauldron to your keeping!"

"But I will state the ugly truth beforehand..."

"Although I have no intention of interfering in the affairs of the Mortal World, should you one day, like that evil ghost, attempt to use this Prison Soul Cauldron to overturn the balance of Yin and Yang, do not blame me for being unkind."

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