Chapter 98: I Want You to Live

Zhou sacrificed his shadow Demon Body, his body flickered slightly, and two Zhous appeared in the air. One of them stood still; it was the shadow assassin.

After the shadow assassin stood still, he faced the Universe Needle, raised the black sword in his hand, and met the Universe Needle with a sword strike.

With a 'chi' sound, the Universe Needle pierced into the shadow Demon Body without any resistance. Then it stopped, and a powerful life force shot through the needle tip into the shadow Demon Body. The phantom of the Reincarnation Lotus behind the Universe Needle began to disappear slowly, finally converting entirely into life force and injecting it into the shadow Demon Body.

Zhou and the shadow Demon Body shared the same mind. Seeing that massive life force injecting into his Demon Body, he cursed inwardly, "Idiot, I have lived for hundreds of years and have never seen life force that can kill."

Life force certainly cannot kill, but life force can make people live. Including Demon Bodies.

"I want you to live." Meng Su's voice came from a thousand miles away, ethereal, distant, and persuasive.

For some reason, when Zhou heard this sentence, he felt a palpitation in his heart.

That massive life force took root and sprouted in the shadow's body. The shadow began to become plump, changing from two-dimensional to three-dimensional. Then it slowly grew facial features, and the features vaguely resembled Meng Su's appearance.

As the shadow's eyes opened, a powerful killing aura rushed straight into the clouds; this was the killing aura condensed by Zhou himself.

Zhou hurriedly tried to communicate with his shadow Demon Body. But there was no response from the Demon Body.

The shadow was alive, having become another Zhou. It had transformed into a flesh-and-blood body.

With a flesh-and-blood body, the shadow could perform some supernatural abilities, not just rely on killing intent to kill. And these supernatural abilities were ones Zhou had never seen before, such as: "Injury Form."

Zhou, who was standing still and watching, felt his vigilance rise. Several strands of powerful demonic power condensed in the void around him, but they did not attack him. But then the shadow moved—the so-called movement was suddenly appearing before him, as if it had always been before him.

The shadow slapped a palm toward Zhou.

This palm did not have much demonic power, nor did it even lock on. But Zhou's muscles twitched rapidly, and his soul screamed from the depths, warning him that if he did not dodge, his life would be in danger.

Where there is light, there is shadow, and the shadow itself was no exception.

Zhou pointed a finger at the shadow that had condensed divine sense. The shadow cast by the shadow on the ground writhed rapidly and blocked in front of him.

The shadow with divine sense saw its own shadow blocking it, and followed suit, flicking a finger at that shadow. A lotus flower appeared at the fingertip, and that shadow was activated again. Then the two shadows surrounded Zhou.

Zhou was scared out of his wits. The Demon Realm had never seen such a supernatural ability. He no longer dared to use his shadow Demon Body.

But he had the 'Void Sutra'. This was the sect-protecting scripture of the Left and Right Sect.

Zhou disappeared, leaving only a pitch-black giant hand in the void. The giant hand clenched into a fist and struck at the two shadows.

Zhou condensed all his demonic power into this fist. The shadows were merely life forms condensed after adding life force to a Demon Body, plus Meng Su's divine thought, making them equivalent to Meng Su's clones. Therefore, they could not resist Zhou's powerful strike.

The two shadows merged rapidly, then a palm met Zhou's fist. Under Zhou's powerful fist intent, cracks appeared rapidly on the shadow's body, and then it turned into a rain of blood, dissipating in the void.

Meng Su, a thousand miles away, spat out a mouthful of blood. His divine thought was injured, and his true body was injured as a result.

The Universe Needle escaped into the void, leaped a thousand miles, and returned to Meng Su's hand.

A thousand miles away, Meng Su's aura disappeared without a trace. Zhou revealed his true form from the void.

Zhou, who had just appeared, suddenly felt his scalp tingle. Because a fist appeared in the void; this fist was invisible, but divine sense could feel it. A bizarre demonic power radiated from that fist and struck Zhou.

Zhou roared, activating all his demonic power, protecting himself tightly.

But the demonic power on that fist ignored everything, passing through the defenses, barriers, and even laws formed by his demonic power, and then gently blessed itself upon Zhou.

Zhou looked up and let out a long howl, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His body began to crack; first, the black clothes on his body shattered into pieces and dissipated in the air. Then his skin, muscles, and finally his whole person began to crack.

'Injury Form' had become even more powerful since Meng Su advanced.

Zhou turned into a skeleton man.

Just as 'Injury Form' was about to completely kill Zhou, countless runes appeared on Zhou's white bone skeleton. The runes gathered rapidly, forming a golden armor. The armor locked Zhou's life force, and then locked his blood and Qi.

Demonic power surged on Zhou's body, and flesh and blood regenerated rapidly.

In three breaths, Zhou had recovered his original appearance. The recovered Zhou looked at Meng Su a thousand miles away and muttered, "A Demon Cultivator at the Demon Son level. It seems the Demon Capital Demon Sons have a rival, and there is another strong opponent on the Supreme Path. But you won't pass this hurdle; you will still die."

The sun set in the west. Zhou's shadow assassin could no longer be deployed. He put away the magic sphere in his hand, a black light flashed on his body, and he disappeared into the void.

In that border town, Meng Su withdrew his divine sense from a thousand miles away.

Shi Xiaoxiao had already found Meng Su. Seeing Meng Su standing in the void unscathed and silent, she asked nervously, "Brother, has that shadow assassin left?"

Meng Su nodded and then shook his head, "The Left and Right Sect indeed has some ability, capable of killing from a thousand miles away. This assassin named Zhou looks like he is only at the early stage of Demon Saint, but his demonic power is surging, and he has bone armor protection and a shadow Demon Body; he is almost immortal. I estimate that shadow assassin will come again tomorrow. As long as there is sunlight, he can assassinate us from anywhere."

Shi Xiaoxiao sighed, "The rise of this Left and Right Sect has only been in the last few hundred years. Its personnel structure is unknown, but no one has ever been able to escape those the Left and Right Sect wants to kill. Some hid in the Monster Forest, only to be found and killed by the assassins. Such an eerie organization has been suppressed by the Demon Capital several times, but it always ends up with nothing. Some suspect that this Left and Right Sect is related to the Demon Capital."

"It seems our trip to Xuanwu Island this time is destined to be unsettled. But cultivating the demonic path is like cultivating the Dao; one must go against the current. It won't be easy to kill me."

Hearing Meng Su's tone so confident, Shi Xiaoxiao felt relieved. For some reason, Shi Xiaoxiao just believed in Meng Su. By Meng Su's side, she had a peculiar sense of security, feeling that there was nothing Meng Su could not do.

After a while, Li Bai rushed over from the place where he had been teleported. Seeing Meng Su and Shi Xiaoxiao safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief. As a bodyguard, if the person he was supposed to protect was killed, how could he continue to mix in the Demon Realm? He was still a descendant of a noble family. If word got out, he would lose all face.

"Brother Meng, has the enemy retreated? Who exactly was it?"

Meng Su saw Li Bai's hurried and disheveled appearance and smiled, "For now, they have retreated. We are still alive, and he didn't succeed. He told me his name is 'Zhou'."

"Ah?" Li Bai shuddered.

"What? Do you know him?"

"Brother Meng is joking. How would I know him? But I have heard of this assassin named Zhou. He is one of the four great assassins of the Left and Right Sect, skilled in controlling shadow Demon Bodies. Countless Demon Realm prodigies have died under his hands. He has even killed Demon Cultivators at the late stage of Demon Saint. So far, no one targeted by him has survived." ===== CHAPTER 99 =====