Chapter 188: 192.Chapter 192: Possession? Sending Heads, Oh!

192. Chapter 192: Possession? Sending Heads, Oh!

Damn!

Was ambushed by Old Yin.

A party of seven; it's completely understandable that the Fairy King didn't go after the third‑level wizard Otis the big shot, nor the true‑spirit wizard Asande.

Their soul strength is definitely somewhat higher.

Especially Otis the big shot.

If the Fairy King went after them, he'd very likely end up losing more than gaining.

But skipping Locke, the twin brothers Ankes and Marco, and the 'Black Cat' Betty, and going straight for Lin Ke is a bit over the top.

This is because they see Lin Ke as the lowest‑level wizard, picking on the soft persimmon.

Lin Ke was utterly speechless.

And even more utterly helpless.

Because he has encountered the most direct crisis since his transmigration.

And at the same time, it's the biggest crisis!

In Lin Ke's sea of consciousness, the Fairy King's soul stood aloft, emanating a powerful pressure.

His soul was indeed unaffected by his bodily injuries; his form remained intact and moreover powerful.

After two leaps in life essence, the Fairy King's soul has become quasi‑substantial.

From an invisible, intangible primordial void state, it evolved into a visible, tangible energy‑form entity.

Even without using mental power, it can rely on the structure of its form to exert force like a physical body and directly move matter.

Moreover, compared to a physical body, the soul can be either illusory or solid, able to switch between the two at will, which is very convenient.

If not for the need to continue advancing, a physical body being indispensable, there are absolutely many beings of fourth level or higher in the myriad worlds who have shed the shackles of flesh and walk the world as souls.

After entering Lin Ke's sea of consciousness, the Fairy King's soul did not rush to act.

The flow of time within the sea of consciousness originally differs somewhat from that of the real world.

Under the influence exerted by the Fairy King, the ratio of time flow inside Lin Ke's sea of consciousness to real‑world time has been greatly magnified, now reaching 100:1.

That is, one second outside equals one hundred seconds inside.

This is the upper limit that Lin Ke's current sea of consciousness strength can bear.

This ratio is quite impressive, already far surpassing that of an ordinary first‑level extraordinary being.

Before other wizards notice the anomaly and react, the Fairy King has ample time to do what he wants.

After all, for a fourth‑level extraordinary being to possess a first‑level wizard, if successful, it's merely a matter of an instant.

If not, at worst it's just a bit more trouble.

It's a done deal.

Could he still capsize in a gutter?

After observing the layout of Lin Ke's sea of consciousness and Lin Ke's consciousness shrunk inside the spherical meditation rune structure, the Fairy King couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

He really picked a good target for possession for himself.

His sea of consciousness is surprisingly vast and tough, with its interior kept so orderly.

Even the strength of his not‑yet‑formed soul consciousness is far above that of an ordinary first‑level extraordinary being.

It's almost approaching the level of an ordinary second‑level extraordinary being.

Who would have thought that, among the seven wizards, picking the weakest would actually turn out to be the one with the greatest potential.

In that case, development after possession would surely go smoothly.

Hahaha!

Has my luck finally turned?

After the Fairy King's praise, he didn't keep chattering; he let loose a villain‑exclusive harsh remark.

His eyes flashed with killing intent as he lunged straight at Lin Ke's consciousness hiding inside the spherical meditation rune structure.

Getting ready to swallow it in one gulp.

After digesting it, he would obtain everything of Lin Ke.

Including but not limited to identity, knowledge, memory, and ability.

Then, using that, he would replace Lin Ke, escape the fairy realm, sneak into the wizard world, and start anew.

Under the lake water.

Lin Ke's true consciousness, residing within the main body of the spherical meditation rune structure, has since the sudden anomaly been constantly pondering how to break the situation.

Thanks to the sea‑of‑consciousness defense system established based on the Brain Seal Technique.

Although it couldn't block the Fairy King's soul's sneak attack—like a paper‑paste window that breaks at a poke—

but it served as a warning, sending out an alert.

It let Lin Ke detect the anomaly the moment the Fairy King's soul infiltrated his sea of consciousness, allowing him to promptly shift his true consciousness beneath the lake surface.

He left a consciousness phantom hidden within the phantom of the spherical meditation rune structure.

Otherwise, without even a clash, he would easily be crushed by the pressure emanating from the Fairy King's soul, completing the possession smoothly.

The Hall of Thought developed from the Brain Seal Technique and the theories of the memory palace temporarily confused the Fairy King's soul, buying some more time.

It gave Lin Ke leisure to think up countermeasures.

However, this does not mean Lin Ke can rest easy.

If the Fairy King fails to succeed, he will certainly notice the anomaly.

And he will quickly see through Lin Ke's sea of consciousness disguise.

The time left for Lin Ke is not much.

He must promptly think of a way to drive the Fairy King's soul out of his sea of consciousness, or destroy him!

Watching the Fairy King lunge at the illusory spherical meditation sigil structure hovering above the lake surface.

Lin Ke couldn't help but recall a wild idea that Flanda had once mentioned:

Using the Seed to devour and replace the meditation sigil structure for meditation.

The Seed is formed from the origin of a shattered world; in terms of rank and defensive capability, it is absolutely stronger than Lin Ke's current sea of consciousness and soul awareness.

Moreover, the Seed also possesses the trait and ability to devour.

Any foreign substance that enters it, which is not material born inside the Seed, can only remain temporarily.

If not removed within a certain time, it will be devoured, digested, and absorbed by the Seed, becoming nourishment for the evolution of the world's embryonic form.

Lin Ke's sudden idea was to have the Seed devour the spherical meditation sigil structure, and after the Fairy King sees through the disguise of the sea of consciousness, when launching an attack on the true body beneath the lake surface, to lure the Fairy King's soul into the Seed.

Using the Seed's rank, defensive capability, and devouring trait to deal with the Fairy King's soul.

The Multithreaded Thought status card is on cooldown.

In his haste, relying on Lin Ke's own computing power, he had no time to ponder the plan's details; he could only intuitively estimate that the plan had a certain feasibility.

The situation is dire; he can only try a desperate remedy.

Regardless of how feasible this plan is, he has no choice but to carry it out.

As for how to study the Wizard Chapter of the Water-Wood Mutual Growth Meditation Method after the Seed devours the meditation orb, that can be considered only after he survives.

Lin Ke informed Flanda, telling her to protect herself fully and be ready to retreat at any moment, then swiftly controlled the Seed and gulped down the meditation orb in one bite.

Just after completing this operation, the Fairy King's soul discovered the truth of the sea of consciousness, and its gaze drifted gloomily toward the calm lake below.

"Really unexpected!"

The Fairy King's soul was feinted, and it became somewhat annoyed.

Even if struck heavily by a fellow 4th‑level transcendent Paro sage, the Fairy King's reaction would not have been this great.

It's merely a matter of inferior skill.

But being toyed with by a mere 1st‑level mage is somewhat unbearable.

You insolent wretch, you insult me too greatly!

The Fairy King's soul angrily lashed out, raising a hand to unleash a powerful mental force that ravaged Lin Ke's sea of consciousness.

All illusions above the lake surface suffered.

The meditation orb shattered, and the Library collapsed.

The lake water churned violently, raising wave after wave of towering surges.

Moments later, a waterspout formed above the lake surface.

Like a dragon sucking water, it drew all the lake water into the sky.

The meditation orb, tossed to and fro beneath the churning lake, broke through the water and flew toward the Fairy King's soul, which was displaying great divine might.

Lin Ke's consciousness shrank inside the orb, trembling, his face showing fear.

The Fairy King's soul opened its maw and gulped down the meditation orb in one bite.

Before the Fairy King could begin to wear down Lin Ke's consciousness,

A strong suction suddenly emanated from the meditation orb within its belly.

This suction was extremely strange; the Fairy King's soul could not resist it for a moment and, helpless, was drawn by this strange force into the orb.

At this moment, the meditation orb shed its disguise, revealing the true form of the Seed.

Lin Ke's true consciousness and Flanda leapt out from within the Seed at the same time, brushing past the Fairy King's soul that had been sucked in, and arrived at the already chaotic sea of consciousness.

Having just steadied themselves, the two immediately proceeded with the operation.

One large, one small—one the Seed's master, one the Seed's spirit—each exerted their authority to the fullest.

They completely sealed the Seed inside and out, closing all exits and entrances like a cage, locking the Fairy King's soul within. Though the Fairy King encountered a sudden change, even if slow to react, it could still respond.

Moreover, the Fairy King's soul is not slow at all.

However, only after he breaks free from that irresistible strange suction.

Looking around in bewilderment, he discovered he was no longer in that hateful little mage's sea of consciousness, but in an extremely unfamiliar embryonic world.

This embryonic world is not large, but its rules are complete in every aspect; it only needs to be nurtured step by step to grow.

The problem is, all entry and exit points of this embryonic world with the outside have been completely sealed shut.

If the Fairy King wishes to leave, it can only force its way out by breaking through the world's walls.

However, after scouting the situation, the Fairy King was utterly devastated to discover that it seemingly lacked the ability to break through this embryonic world.

The blazing sun in the sky turned out to be a manifestation of a world will that is hundreds to thousands of times stronger than the will of the Fairy World, bestowed as a favor.

The faint moon on the horizon, though much weaker than the sun, is still a powerful means that, with just a hint of aura, makes the Fairy King unable to muster any resistance.

One day, one month—these represent the time rules.

An embryonic world, while still in the Seed stage, already possesses imperfect yet fully formed time rules—what does that signify?

It signifies that this embryonic world, if supplied with sufficient resources, can absolutely develop into a true 'World'.

And it does not need to take the castrated 'Realm' path or the tool‑oriented 'Realm Gate' route.

A 4th‑level transcendent life that possesses a World and one that does not are two different concepts.

The gap between them cannot be measured in ordinary distance.

A fourth‑level sage who possesses a World, when attacking a normally advancing Paro sage, will have the same effect as a Paro sage attacking the Fairy King.

It takes only a single strike, a casual blow.

It's just that absurd!

Given the Fairy King's current pure soul form, let alone breaking the embryonic world's walls, even self‑preservation is difficult.

Half‑grown brat, starving the old man to death.

The embryonic world of the seed stage is starving; as long as it suits its appetite, it will eat anything.

With the sun and moon as its backing, the seed can't wait to devour the fairy king's soul to replenish itself.

The fairy king picked Lin Ke, thinking he was a soft persimmon to squeeze.

As it turned out, he discovered he had not picked a soft persimmon at all, but had kicked a thick iron plate.

He capsized in a gutter.

The fairy king was now utterly despondent, his heart as if dead, unable to muster any will to resist.

Lin Ke and Flando anxiously monitored the interior of the seed, watching the fairy king's movements.

Yet they saw him standing dazed for a long time, unmoving.

Both couldn't help but feel puzzled, unable to understand what was happening.

"Master, is he stupid?"

Flando asked blankly.

"I don't know."

At this moment, Lin Ke's consciousness was merely a hazy cloud, unable to show any expression.

Otherwise, Flando would surely notice that in her eyes, the almighty master now had his brows tightly furrowed.

Lin Ke also truly couldn't fathom what the fairy king was thinking.

But it should be something good that happened, which Lin Ke doesn't know about.

Indeed, good deeds are rewarded.

"So what should we do, just watch, Master?"

Flando scrunched her cute little face, asking with a hint of anticipation.

She now wanted to launch a sneak attack on the villain who threatened the master.

Her intuition told her she could act against the villain now without fearing retaliation.

The seed would spare no effort to help her.

But without the master's decree, Flando cannot act arbitrarily.

"As long as there's no sign of his escape, we'll just leave him be for now."

Lin Ke thought it over, decided to steady himself first to avoid being deceived, and thus ordered, "Flando, keep an eye on his every move, and by the way help me tidy up my sea of consciousness."

"All right, Master."

Flando replied sweetly.

It's just tidying the sea of consciousness, not rebuilding it, so no need for such trouble.

Flando, who shared all of Lin Ke's knowledge, could, after Lin Ke granted permission, adjust the mental palace developed from the Brain Seal Technique and memory palace theory.

Lin Ke's own consciousness must detach from the sea of consciousness and return to the real world.

In the real world, Lin Ke has teammates nearby, especially the true spirit wizards Asande and Otis; if his consciousness remained immersed in the sea of consciousness, it would definitely be noticed as abnormal.

This group of teammates, including the friendliest Asande, Lin Ke still knows little about, let alone their backgrounds.

Even the teammate Luo Ken harbors undisguised malice toward Lin Ke.

For various reasons, Lin Ke temporarily does not want them to know some of his secrets.

Therefore, the fairy king's soul sneaking into the sea of consciousness to attempt a possession must not be discovered by them now.

He must wait until he meets the Paro Sage before revealing it.

Otherwise, Lin Ke might be mistaken for having already completed the possession by the fairy king.

And Luo Ken would surely seize the opportunity to strike without hesitation.

By then, the developments would not be in Lin Ke's interest.

Well, Lin Ke admits he once again does not shy away from assuming the worst about others.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Ke calmed his slightly twisted facial expression and quickly adjusted his state.

Asande keenly sensed a slight abnormality and asked, "Did you discover something, or are you under some influence?"

Lin Ke replied nonchalantly, "I haven't discovered anything; I'm just recalling that absurd inference and learning from it."

"Really?"

Asande was half‑believing, half‑doubting, but did not press further.

Everyone has secrets they don't want outsiders to know.

Pressing for answers from someone unwilling to share their secrets is quite annoying.

Asande didn't want to be that annoying person, so he stayed silent.

"Betty on reconnaissance, Onks and Marco on guard, others free to act. We'll wait for reinforcements, then discuss further."

Otis glanced gloomily at the direction of the inverted‑pyramid underground labyrinth and decided to let the team, which had been nonstop since the airdrop, rest.

Anyway, the main task of this trip is already done.

Even if the fairy king escapes, he's just a grasshopper after autumn—won't last long.

The special‑team members all moved out in accordance with the order.

Luo Ken, still unable to shake his irritable mood, sullenly crouched in a corner, spouting elegant words.

From behind, he actually seemed somewhat simple‑minded.

"Black Cat" Betty controlled the bionic hummingbirds to surveil the surroundings.

The twins Onks and Marco stood left and right, keeping watch around.

Asande was pulled by Otis to contact the frontline command and support team once again.

Lin Ke found a sheltered spot, took out a miniaturized experimental device, and repeated the earlier hurried blood test.

This time, he did not sacrifice the accuracy of the test results for speed.

While waiting for the test results, Lin Ke multitasked, his consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness, and together with Fulan Duo he monitored the Fairy King imprisoned within the 'seed'.

After a period of buffering, the 'seed' has begun to exert its devouring property.

Like an ant gnawing an elephant, it bit by bit tore at the Fairy King's soul.

The Fairy King's soul is powerless against this kind of rule power.

Besides striving to condense its own soul to resist the tearing, and trying to slow down the speed at which it is being devoured as much as possible, it can do nothing else.

The ruler of the fairy world, the supreme king of all fairy clans, actually ended up in such a state.

How sad! How lamentable!

As the master of the 'seed', Lin Ke,

feeling the satisfaction and happiness transmitted from the naive 'seed',

watching Fulan Duo, who is a spirit, her face gradually flushing with a rosy glow like after drinking wine,

His mood shifted from the earlier fright when the Fairy King ambushed him and nearly possessed him, becoming blissful.

He was worrying about where to find the resources needed for the second phase of cultivating the 'seed', when the Fairy King himself showed up at his door.

Such a good thing, let's have a drink to celebrate.

How delightful! How congratulatory!