Chapter 1109: The Soul of Aberuisike (Second update, requesting all)

"Huh!"

In the Secret Realm, while dismembering the corpse of the Tengshe, Li Zhangsheng discovered a crystal the size of a human head inside its brain.

This was an eerie blood-colored crystal containing quite peculiar energy; just by taking a single look at it, thoughts of slaughter and madness involuntarily welled up in Li Zhangsheng's heart.

As soon as these thoughts arose, the Original Light emitted colorless ripples, easily expelling them.

Li Zhangsheng carefully examined the blood-colored crystal and found that inside the crystal was a small snake similar to the Tengshe, only it was blood-red.

The blood-red small snake was not a physical entity; it was entirely the materialization of a soul.

Without a doubt, this was the soul of Aberuisike, only it appeared to have no reason whatsoever.

The next moment, the Original Light appeared in Li Zhangsheng's hand and was pressed against the blood-colored crystal.

The blood-colored crystal began to resist, but it was no match and was quickly suppressed.

Not long after, the soul of Aberuisike was extracted; it struggled subconsciously, but in the end, it was still absorbed by the Original Light.

Aberuisike had ultimately reached the Pseudo-Demon Emperor Level and was a Divine Beast, so its soul was exceptionally condensed; Li Zhangsheng had to use a technique to shatter its soul so that the Original Light could intercept some memories.

Even though it was only a small portion of memories, Li Zhangsheng still gained something, especially finding the reason why it had broken through to the Pseudo-Demon Emperor Level just a short while ago.

Just as Li Zhangsheng had guessed, this matter was related to the Profound Emperor.

Roughly two months ago, an envoy of the Profound Emperor had entered the Silent Forest to meet with Aberuisike and gifted it a breakthrough technique called the "Ashura Xuanzhong Lianxue Pian."

Well, the Profound Emperor's envoy had subsequently also given a copy to the Great King of the Angry River -_-||

Just like with the Great King of the Angry River, the Profound Emperor's envoy did not mention the side effects of the "Ashura Xuanzhong Lianxue Pian."

However, judging from the memory fragments of Aberuisike, it had vaguely guessed the side effects, but due to the uniqueness of its Divine Beast body and the pressure brought by Li Zhangsheng, it had ultimately been forced to risk practicing it.

Unlike the Great King of the Angry River, because it was too wary of Li Zhangsheng, Aberuisike did not launch a large-scale invasion of the Langya Kingdom at that time, but instead signaled the lords under its command to invade the cities of other countries, bringing it a massive amount of human blood. After absorbing this blood, Aberuisike did not suffer any obvious effects and thought it could withstand the side effects of this Secret Technique.

Unfortunately, it was still too confident. By the time it was about to complete the breakthrough, Aberuisike's sanity was greatly affected, but at that point, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired, so it could only continue the breakthrough.

By the time it broke through to the Pseudo-Demon Emperor Level, Aberuisike's sanity was severely compromised, and it fell into a bloodthirsty, manic state with a tendency to sink into depravity.

No matter what method Aberuisike used, it could not dispel these negative states, and it could not even alleviate them. If this continued for long, its soul would completely sink.

Besides these, there were other fragments useful to Li Zhangsheng, especially memories regarding the Monopoly Mountain Range.

Aberuisike came from the Monopoly Mountain Range and held a high status there; it left the Monopoly Mountain Range for some reason and finally occupied the Silent Forest to reign supreme.

These memories about the Monopoly Mountain Range gave Li Zhangsheng a deeper understanding of the Monopoly Mountain Range.

Li Zhangsheng did not continue to organize these fragmented memories; he soon restarted the Teleportation Array and conveniently set up a self-destruct program.

Not long after Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen finished teleporting, the Teleportation Array exploded with a boom, turning into ashes and disappearing.

When Li Zhangsheng appeared on the outskirts of Luo City, Zuo Qiulin and the others immediately came up to greet him, including the Great Overlords and lords led by the Horned Dragon Xierdion and the Weishou Buleijiasi.

After killing the Tengshe Aberuisike, it meant that the Silent Forest was no longer guarded against him, and he could reasonably develop the resources of the Silent Forest.

The Silent Forest covered an extremely vast area, bordered several countries, and its total area was not much smaller than the Langya Kingdom, so its resources were naturally countless.

For a long time, the loose organization known as the Silent Forest had been extracting resources in an extensive manner; not only was the resource waste rate high, but many resources that were of no use to them were not developed at all.

Besides this, the Silent Forest had hardly prospected for mineral veins and lacked professional talent, so many mineral veins remained buried underground.

If the Silent Forest were vigorously developed, its resource output would definitely far exceed that of the Langya Kingdom. The key was that Li Zhangsheng could take the vast majority, and the remainder could be used to reward those with merit; there was no need to share with other forces.

Of course, due to the complexity of the Silent Forest, Li Zhangsheng still had to rely heavily on these Great Overlords and lords who had defected to him, needing them to provide protection during the development process, so he naturally had no intention of burning bridges.

This time, apart from the two Great Overlords, there were fourteen lords; the rest had all turned into corpses.

It was not that they did not want to defect, but they were killed before they could even surrender, including many unlucky ones who were killed because they were indecisive.

The corpses of these lords were specifically gathered by Zuo Qiulin and handed over to Li Zhangsheng in a unified manner; even the scattered blood was not spared.

Zuo Qiulin knew that Li Zhangsheng possessed an Imitation Demon Refining Pot and valued the corpses of Demon Pets highly, so he naturally could not waste them. He knew very well that whether he could become a Double-Character King in the future depended on Li Zhangsheng.

"Your Majesty, how did it go?"

Zuo Qiulin represented everyone in asking what was on their minds, especially the Great Overlords and lords of the original Silent Forest like Xierdion; ever since their betrayal, the Tengshe Aberuisike had hung over their heads like a Sword of Damocles.

"Aberuisike has already been banished to another world by this seat!"

Li Zhangsheng stated the pre-prepared excuse, which was truly a helpless move.

However, this also had a benefit: the Great Overlords and lords of the original Silent Forest who had defected to Li Zhangsheng would be even more obedient to him.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves; the expressions of the people who had been full of anticipation changed instantly, their hearts filled with gravity and unease.

"Everyone, rest assured. If nothing goes wrong, it will take at least two or three years for Aberuisike to return. Do not worry; although the time is short, this seat has the confidence to slay Aberuisike once it returns."

After Li Zhangsheng finished speaking, Zuo Qiulin, Li Haoqiong, and others who had watched Li Zhangsheng grow up all let out a sigh of relief.

There was no other reason; Li Zhangsheng's progress was too fast. It had only been two or three years, and he had gone from nothing to reaching this point. With this speed of progress, if he were given another two or three years, it would be no different from seeking death for Aberuisike to come back and look for trouble with him.

"This time, thanks to Elder Zuo and everyone's help, all rewards will be distributed within three days."

Li Zhangsheng scanned everyone present one by one and continued: "In addition, everyone who participated in this battle will receive a special exchange right, allowing priority exchange for some special treasures, such as the Barrier Breaking Pill to assist in breaking through to the Demon King level, Profundity Origin Crystals, Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruits, and so on, provided you have sufficient contribution."

(End of chapter)