Chapter 404: The Battle of Possession 1

Ten seconds later, even though Yin Jiuji had consumed a massive amount of his own vitality to bolster the poison on the Snake-shaped Dagger, the poison was still being consumed bit by bit until it was exhausted.

Cyan-yellow chains coiled around Yin Jiuji's body like pythons, and the Wood Element Origin transformed into earth-yellow rock, solidifying his body and rendering him unable to move.

The Wood Element Origin turned into vines, drilling into Yin Jiuji's body through his seven orifices and pores, greedily absorbing the pure energy of a Fifth Grade Peak Immortal Cultivator.

Yin Jiuji felt his vitality rapidly fading away; he would soon be drained into a dried corpse. Burning with anxiety, he said, "Meng Yifan, you cannot kill me. I am the leader of the Dongzhou Immortal Cultivators. If you kill me, His Majesty the Emperor will not let you off, and the National Teacher will descend upon Dongzhou to avenge me. He is a Sixth Grade Peak powerhouse with monstrous might. Even if you obtained great fortune within the Secret Realm World, you are no match for him."

The Secret Realm master paused; if he killed Yin Jiuji and provoked a Sixth Grade Peak National Teacher, he would also find it somewhat troublesome.

"Little friend, do you wish to kill him?" the Secret Realm master asked.

Meng Yifan did not hesitate and said, "Kill him."

What Meng Yifan had to face first was the Secret Realm master's possession. As for killing Yin Jiuji and potentially drawing the National Teacher of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty, he could no longer worry about such things.

If Meng Yifan failed the final battle of possession and the Secret Realm master took control of this body, the National Teacher would just be looking for trouble with him when he came for revenge. Since both were Meng Yifan's enemies anyway, it would be best if they both perished together, which could also be considered avenging Meng Yifan.

If Meng Yifan won the battle of possession, he would have already advanced to a Grade 6 powerhouse. Even if he were no match for the National Teacher, he would have some power to protect himself. Even if he couldn't win, he could join the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty; with his strength as a Grade 6 powerhouse, he believed His Majesty would forgive his sins.

Besides, the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty was currently tottering, with rebellions on all sides. The National Teacher was like a firefighter and might not necessarily be able to attend to matters in Dongzhou. As long as Meng Yifan was given some time to develop, he might be able to rival the National Teacher.

By then, the entire Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty would be his to traverse at will.

These were matters for the future; Meng Yifan first needed to obtain a large amount of Experience Value, and everything else could wait.

The Secret Realm master hesitated for a moment, but gritted his teeth and drove the cyan-yellow chains to continue devouring Yin Jiuji's Life Source.

Yin Jiuji was drained until he was skin and bones, looking like a malevolent ghost. With a ferocious expression, he shouted, "You forced me to this! If you won't let me live, then let's die together!"

Yin Jiuji reversed his meridians, his Divine Soul went into turmoil, his meridians snapped, and he violently self-detonated.

The self-detonation of a Fifth Grade Peak Immortal Cultivator was earth-shattering and awe-inspiring; even the rocks formed by the Earth Element Source were blasted into pieces.

The vines formed from the Wood Element Source within Yin Jiuji's body bore the brunt of it and were directly blasted into powder.

"Pfft!" The Secret Realm master suffered a backlash and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. More seriously, his Divine Soul Origin was also shaken and became listless.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for hunting a Fifth Grade Peak Immortal Cultivator. Gained Experience Value points." The notification sound for the Experience Value arrival rang out again.

The Secret Realm master, his Divine Soul injured, said weakly, "Little friend, your enemy has been eliminated. Can you tell this old man your secret now?"

"Senior, Yin Jiuji died by self-detonation; that doesn't count as you helping me kill him. If you want to know my secret, you still have to help me kill one more enemy." Meng Yifan bargained, wanting the Secret Realm master to help him kill another enemy so he could earn more Experience Value.

"Brat, are you playing with this old man? I will say it again: tell me your secret quickly, or else this old man will scour your soul and seize your spirit, leaving you unable to live and unable to die." The Secret Realm master was furious; never before had anyone dared to toy with him like this.

"No. If Senior doesn't help me kill one more enemy, don't even think about me telling you the secret." Meng Yifan coldly refused, while simultaneously preparing for a falling out.

"Haha, brat, it seems you prefer the hard way over the easy way." The Secret Realm master could no longer endure it and directly drove his Divine Soul Origin. His vast Spiritual Power, like an endless tide, surged into Meng Yifan's Mud Pill Palace, intending to forcibly lock his soul and seize his spirit.

The Mud Pill Palace was Meng Yifan's home turf, and the Spiritual Power within it swirled around his Spirit Core.

The clash of Spiritual Power was even more terrifying than the clash of Spirit Power; this was a contest of Divine Soul strength. The Secret Realm master's Spiritual Power was far stronger and kept charging inward. Meng Yifan's Spiritual Power was beaten back step by step and was soon pushed to the core area of the Mud Pill Palace.

As long as he occupied the core of the Mud Pill Palace, the Secret Realm master could refine Meng Yifan's Divine Soul Origin. As for how many memory fragments he could refine from it or whether he could obtain Meng Yifan's fortune, he could no longer care.

When the Secret Realm master was alive, he was also a supreme powerhouse of the world, with billions of living beings prostrate at his feet, singing his praises. Never had he been toyed with like this. At this moment, he hated Meng Yifan to the bone. He decided that later, he would refine Meng Yifan's Divine Soul Origin bit by bit and let him properly taste the pain of soul refinement.

"Upgrade, upgrade!" Meng Yifan had been prepared for a long time and hurriedly clicked the upgrade button on the Game Panel.

As a large amount of Experience Value was consumed, Meng Yifan's cultivation base surged instantly, rising all at once to the Six-Rank Middle Stage.

With the improvement in his cultivation base, not only did Meng Yifan's Spirit Power skyrocket, but his Divine Soul Origin was also tempered. A large wave of pure Spiritual Power appeared out of thin air and joined the ranks of those resisting the Secret Realm master.

"A breakthrough in the middle of a battle?" The Secret Realm master was stunned. He had not expected that Meng Yifan would break through to the Six-Rank Middle Stage at the critical moment of being possessed. Such a thing made him very frustrated.

"It's useless even if you broke through. Even though this old man hasn't been awake long and is injured, my current level of Spiritual Power is comparable to the Sixth Grade High. Even if you broke through to the Six-Rank Middle Stage, you are no match for this old man. Why make a futile struggle and only increase your own pain?" the Secret Realm master said.

Meng Yifan laughed: "Sixth Grade High? That's nothing special. I can also raise myself to the Sixth Grade High."

Meng Yifan clicked the upgrade button on the Game Panel again. His Experience Value was almost completely exhausted, and his strength surged violently, rising to the Sixth Grade High.

"Impossible? This is absolutely impossible." The Secret Realm master's expression changed drastically. Although breaking through in the middle of a battle was difficult, he had encountered it a few times in his long life. But he had never encountered, or even heard of, someone breaking through continuously like Meng Yifan.

A cultivator at the Grade 6 level was already a high-level cultivator. Every breakthrough to a new level was extremely difficult; many cultivators struggled for decades without breaking through a single level, and some even made no progress for hundreds of years.

If the Secret Realm master hadn't felt it personally, he absolutely would not have believed that Meng Yifan's continuous breakthroughs in cultivation were real.