Chapter 217: The Black Robe, Who Was Toyed With and Repeatedly Put in His Place

The Black Robe swore — this was the most speechless moment of his entire life, and the saddest part was that he still had to patiently answer.

With a faint sigh, he could only reply once more: "I want to leave too, but you suddenly swallowed me whole, so now I can't get out either…"

"I, I swallowed you? Ah! I suddenly remember — you're that delicious food from up above!"

A joyful, enlightened cry of delight instantly crushed the Black Robe into silence.

Delicious… food… heh heh heh, this was the first time in his life he had ever received such an honor…

At this moment, he wished he could light up a smoking pipe like the mortal emperors of Ren Jian often smoked; he seemed to finally understand how those humans he had playfully tormented for his own amusement felt. But unlike his deliberate teasing of others, this time the one tormenting him sounded completely unintentional…

That was the most infuriating part of all!

"Yes, that was me…"

Unfortunately, under these circumstances, he still had to tearfully agree obediently, because once it stopped paying attention to him and calmed down, if it happened to possess some strange ability that could extract peculiar powers from his shattered body, he would be the one to suffer, and by then his initiative would also be lost.

If it were any other creature, he wouldn't be so worried, because the power-memories carried within a demigod's body weren't so easy to extract.

But the fellow right before him was an undead creature… manipulating souls and the like was merely instinctive talent for these high-tier undead beings.

Didn't he see how every negative state within his consciousness had been dissolved by the other party in a single unconscious moment?

He had no choice but to overthink it.

After silently wiping away his sorrowful tears, the Black Robe had no choice but to rally his spirits once more and stay on guard at all times against this strange-tempered fellow.

"Oh, oh so it's you! You, you wouldn't be wanting me to spit out the tasty thing I swallowed, would you?"

At this moment, hearing the voice coming from within its body, the flames within the bony creature's eye sockets flickered once again, and its entire body curled up cautiously, clutching its empty belly — just like a food-guarding puppy wary of some strange fellow trying to make it give up its tasty morsel.

"N-not at all, being swallowed by you is my good fortune."

At this moment, the Black Robe had no choice but to go against his own conscience and utter one of the rare insincere lines of his life.

"Oh~"

A voice that sounded like it had breathed a sigh of relief rang out.

"That's good then. So how should I let you out? I don't want you staying inside my body."

Here it comes!

Hearing this strange undead creature finally bring up this matter, the Black Robe's heart clenched inwardly, knowing the most critical moment had arrived!

Whether he could survive this hurdle would determine whether, from now on, he could seize his final chance to obtain the opportunity of godhood in this world and the main world!

If he couldn't get past it, he would ultimately remain that former demigod with no potential left.

But if he did get past it, he would truly and completely merge into this world, and from then on, among the myriad of opportunities, as long as his luck held, one of them would eventually belong to him!

Countless thoughts churning within, at this moment the Black Robe instead calmed down. He briefly organized his words and slowly began to speak:

"I'm very sorry, but because my body was accidentally lost, I probably won't be able to leave you in the short term…"

After a brief pause, not waiting for that strange creature to react, the Black Robe decisively continued, "Of course, you don't need to worry too much. Once I recover a bit, I will naturally leave you, and during the time I'm inside your body, you'll actually gain some benefits."

"Benefits?" The bony creature's puzzled voice came through.

"Yes, benefits!" the Black Robe confirmed firmly. "Do you still remember the deliciousness from just now? Had you ever tasted anything like that before?"

"Delicious?! Hmm, that I haven't. Does that mean you can let me taste it again?!"

In an instant, the flames within the bony creature's eye sockets surged violently. If it had eyes at this moment, they would surely have been sparkling with anticipation.

Uh…

The Black Robe was stunned. Actually, that wasn't what he had meant to say — why did it always feel like he couldn't keep up with this strange undead's train of thought?

Forget it, if his body being tasty meant being tasty, as long as it took an interest in him and didn't just kill him outright, that counted as a victory.

After a moment of silence, the Black Robe decisively gave up thinking.

"Yes, just give me Time, and I can let you taste it again — and more than that."

"What? Lots of deliciousness?! Quick! Quick! I want it!"

The bony creature's emotions grew increasingly agitated.

"Uh, this requires Time, so could you please wait patiently for a while?"

The Black Robe asked tentatively.

"Hmm~?"

In an instant, a displeased, deflated sound rang out.

In that split second, the Black Robe's heart leapt up along with it — he seemed to already see this bone dragon looking somewhat displeased and angry.

Feeling the atmosphere suddenly fall silent, the Black Robe also grew anxious. It was obvious this bone dragon was weighing the pros and cons.

For a moment, even though the Black Robe now had only his consciousness left, he couldn't shake the feeling that drops of invisible cold sweat were beginning to form on him.

"Well, actually it doesn't have to be after waiting a while — right now I can still let you have another taste."

In the end, it was the Black Robe who couldn't hold out any longer and decisively spoke up.

There was no helping it — he really couldn't afford to gamble right now.

"Eh? You mean it for real?!"

In an instant, this strange creature's emotions surged up once more.

"That's right, though I might need a little help from you."

"No problem! Just say it!"

In an instant, the bone dragon's voice rang out without the slightest hesitation.

"When you swallowed me, you should have seen a ring, right?"

The Black Robe asked carefully.

"Hmm, a ring? You mean that little circular thing?"

As it spoke, this peculiar bony creature also pried a ring off from one of its fangs and held it up, asking.

"Yes! That's right."

"Oh, then I've got it. What do I do with it? Can I eat it?"

"Eat? No, no, no, this isn't something you eat, and it doesn't taste good either."

After communicating with this bone dragon for so long, even Black Robe seemed to have found a small trick for communication—and that was about food!

Saying so, he paused, then spoke again: "Just hold this ring up to your head and listen to me."

"Oh, I've already held it there. Then what?"

A few breaths later, the bone creature's voice came through once more.

Hearing this, Black Robe was already speechless, because he was frantically gathering the last wisp of his remaining spiritual power, trying to link up with that ring.

It was also thanks to this ring being forged by a Spirit, possessing both magic power and spiritual power as two ways to open it—otherwise he would surely have been done for today.

"Ho~ho~~!"

As his consciousness trembled more and more, with a roar from within his heart, the space inside the ring finally opened a tiny crack. In an instant, Black Robe seized this brief opportunity and successfully drew out a Magic Stone radiating a faint magical glow.

It was obvious—based on what this bone dragon had said earlier about his body being delicious, and given that his body was also purely condensed from magic power—Black Robe decisively deduced that this bone dragon was probably saying the taste of magic power was delicious.

Whether that was the case or not would depend on the bone dragon's reaction. If it didn't work, then heaven itself wanted him dead!

As the last wisp of his spiritual power was utterly exhausted, Black Robe's entire consciousness also thoroughly wilted and weakened…

(End of this chapter)