Rapidnovel #458 - Blood Puppet
#458 - Blood Puppet
Cultivation is only the biggest factor determining the outcome of a battle, not the complete and absolute sole factor. Otherwise, everyone would just reveal their cultivation level before the competition, so why bother fighting?
"Give me the treasured saber, and I, your ancestor, will find you an even better one in the future." Gong Bai's voice was very gentle, like a mother's soothing, shaking people's hearts. Zhang Chen obediently raised his hand and handed over the Blood Transformation Divine Saber. The Blood God Child had already merged into the hilt of the Blood Transformation Divine Saber, hiding with the aura of the hilt, making it inconspicuous.
Gong Bai looked at the Blood Transformation Divine Saber being handed over, his old face blooming with smiles. He stretched out his wrinkled old hand, took hold of the hilt of the Blood Transformation Divine Saber, and carefully examined it before his eyes. But the next moment, a drop of crimson blood wriggled on the hilt. Before Gong Bai could react, that drop of crimson blood had already burrowed into Gong Bai's body along his skin, merging with Gong Bai's blood, devouring the essence of Gong Bai's blood, and vying for control of Gong Bai's physical body.
"What the hell is this!" Gong Bai was shocked, a look of fear appearing in his eyes.
No matter what level of expert, the physical body is of utmost importance. Even for immortals, the physical body is still the most important thing and cannot be discarded casually.
At this moment, something suddenly burrowed into his own physical body, and Gong Bai immediately panicked, quickly mobilizing his power to suppress and resist the strangeness within his body.
Sensing the struggle between the Blood God Child and Gong Bai, Zhang Chen saw that the Blood God Child was immediately at a disadvantage in the face of Gong Bai's suppression. After all, one was only at the seventh level, while the other had already stepped into the ninth level.
If this kind of struggle continued, even if the Blood God Child one day seized Gong Bai's body, it was likely that Gong Bai's lifespan would have already reached its limit by then. By then, it would be too late, and what use would Zhang Chen have for Gong Bai's body?
Of course, Zhang Chen could not sit idly by and watch this happen. He saw a Wind-Fixing Pill appear in his sleeve, pinched between the index and middle fingers of his right hand. Just as Gong Bai was exclaiming in panic, Zhang Chen made his move, stuffing the Wind-Fixing Pill between his fingers into Gong Bai's mouth.
Gong Bai was shocked, his eyes filled with horror. He didn't know how Zhang Chen had awakened from his methods. He quickly used his methods to transform into a breeze and escape, avoiding Zhang Chen's fingers. But at the critical moment, the drop of blood in his body acted up, disrupting the Qi in his body, causing his entire person to freeze in place. He couldn't use any of his supernatural powers and could only watch helplessly as Zhang Chen stuffed the Wind-Fixing Pill into his mouth, then tapped his throat, and the Wind-Fixing Pill slid into his abdomen.
Then, Zhang Chen held the oil-paper umbrella and retreated rapidly, opening the distance between himself and Gong Bai in a few breaths.
"Ugh ~"
Gong Bai quickly suppressed the Blood God Child's restlessness, and poked his throat fiercely with one finger, wanting to vomit out the thing that had fallen into his stomach. But the Wind-Fixing Pill had its own spirituality, how could he vomit it out just because he wanted to?
Gong Bai retched and tossed for a while, but ultimately failed to vomit it out. Moreover, he couldn't care about the Wind-Fixing Pill that had fallen into his stomach at this time, because the Blood God Child in his bloodline had begun to act up, and once it acted up, it could not be contained. The Blood God Child attacked cities and seized territories all the way, constantly seizing control of his blood, meridians, and heart. He wanted to mobilize his supernatural powers to suppress it, but the divine power in his body had turned into a pool of stagnant water under the effect of the Wind-Fixing Pill, and he couldn't mobilize it at all.
At this time, he was like an ordinary person without divine power, and could only watch helplessly as the control of his physical body was gradually taken away by the other party.
Gong Bai was a smart man, how could he not know that he had been tricked at this time?
So he simply gave up resisting, his eyes staring fixedly at Zhang Chen: "How did you wake up from my Soul-Bewitching Wind?"
"I have the Wind-Fixing Pill, how could I be harmed by your mere Soul-Bewitching Wind?" Zhang Chen smiled very proudly.
"So you were acting from beginning to end?" Gong Bai glared at Zhang Chen.
"Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills. I walk the world, and my strength is inferior to others, so I always need to have some skills to protect myself. Look at you, haven't you been tricked by me and suffered a loss?" Zhang Chen said full of teasing.
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Gong Bai's body trembled with anger, but facing reality, he ultimately had to admit defeat: "What do you want?"
"I want to borrow your body for a while," Zhang Chen said.
Gong Bai's expression changed: "Are you going to kill me?"
"It's not killing you, it's replacing you to live in this world," Zhang Chen corrected Gong Bai's words.
"I am a nobleman, you can't kill me! I want to invoke the Noble Covenant, I am willing to pay a ransom," Gong Bai quickly said.
The so-called Noble Covenant is similar to the tacit understanding between nobles in the 21st century. If two armies fight and capture the other party's dignitaries, they cannot be killed.
Just like Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms, after being captured, he should not have died. He had to wait for Liu Bei to redeem him, but who knew that he would encounter a reckless man who directly beheaded Guan Yu, so Guan Yu died unjustly.
Although Zhang Chen didn't know what the Noble Covenant of this world was, he could guess a rough idea.
"It's too late!" Zhang Chen looked at Gong Bai.
Gong Bai was stunned: "What's too late?"
"You should just be my puppet in peace. When the time comes, I will replace you and live on, making you the top expert in this world." Zhang Chen wanted to imitate the path that Xiu Liu had once taken, to see if he could cultivate a master of the Fruit Realm. Now that the demon army was invading, it was an opportunity for Zhang Chen to use the slaughter in the Northern Land to cultivate a blood path master for his own use, to solve various troubles for himself.
However, this time he was not cultivating an outsider, but his own Blood God Child.
Gong Bai's eyes stared fixedly at Zhang Chen, his eyes full of despair: "Isn't there any room for negotiation?"
Zhang Chen nodded, then shook his head, decisively spitting out two words: "No."
"You will suffer retribution!"
Gong Bai felt his body gradually losing control, and his face became more and more hideous.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen smiled: "Is that so? I don't know if I will suffer retribution, but I know that you old boy will die before me."
Zhang Chen sensed that the Blood God Child had gradually taken control of Gong Bai's body, gradually melting Gong Bai's essence, Qi, and spirit, and his heart slowly relaxed.
No matter what, Gong Bai mastered the power of the ninth level, which could be regarded as a top expert. He had obtained such a subordinate, and it would be much more convenient to handle things in the future.
As the last trace of struggle disappeared from Gong Bai's eyes, a river of blood completely submerged his pupils. Gong Bai gradually regained control of his physical body, took the Blood Transformation Divine Saber in his hand and glanced at it, then directly put the Blood Transformation Divine Saber into his body.
Zhang Chen waved his hand at Gong Bai, and the Wind-Fixing Pill automatically returned to his spiritual world.
Who said that auxiliary skills are useless? Zhang Chen felt that his auxiliary skills were simply comparable to artifacts at certain moments.
Not to mention Gong Bai, who mastered the power of the ninth level, even the Gong family master who mastered the power of the twelfth level would still be the same in the face of the Wind-Fixing Pill.
Zhang Chen looked at Gong Bai opposite him, and after exchanging a glance with Gong Bai, Gong Bai's figure flashed and disappeared from the street without a trace.
Zhang Chen knew what Gong Bai was going to do. His Blood God Child was going to start a massacre in the Northern Land, killing demons and the Pingbian Prince's army, and growing stronger in the slaughter.
Zhang Chen held up the oil-paper umbrella and walked on the street, muttering: "I don't know how Zhou Chuan is doing, can this old guy kill Gong Hei?"
He felt that without Gong Bai's help, Gong Hei was most likely not Zhou Chuan's opponent.
"Without the Blood Transformation Divine Saber, I still need to find another weapon." Zhang Chen felt that a good weapon was too important, and it could simply reverse the situation at a critical moment.
Moreover, supernatural powers will eventually be exhausted, and the struggle of weapons is also very important.
"I still need to ask Xie Lingyun if there are any experts in this area." Zhang Chen wanted to refine the dragon horn into a weapon. Although he was a cultivator, he could not refine weapons.
The God-Smiting Whip can barely be considered a weapon, but it is more used as a magic weapon. It is the right way to attack people's souls unexpectedly.
Zhang Chen returned to the inn all the way. He didn't go anywhere and quietly waited for the time of Bai Cang's reincarnation to arrive. Of course, he could also switch the perspective of the Blood God Child to watch the Blood God Child's reaction. He saw the Blood God Child leave the city all the way and came to the place where the Jixiao Division and the demon army were fighting. Without saying a word, he rushed directly into the battlefield and pounced on the demon army.
Wherever the blood shadow passed, it left behind dry corpses. The blood flowing on the ground was also being absorbed by the Blood God Child and became the Blood God Child's nourishment.
The outside of the city is about three hundred miles away from here, but it does not affect Zhang Chen's viewing of the battlefield from the first perspective, as if he is watching a cartoon. Countless lives fall into the hands of the Blood God Child.
"The Blood God Child is too suitable for battlefield slaughter. The battlefield is the Blood God Child's home," Zhang Chen said secretly.
The sudden addition of the Blood God Child strengthened the offensive of the Jixiao Division, and the demons had fallen into chaos and began to show a trend of retreating steadily.
Until the third day, all the demon army was slaughtered, countless livestock corpses fell, Xie Lingyun looked at the Blood God Child in a white robe without blood, and a look of respect appeared in his eyes: "I am Xie Lingyun of the Jixiao Division, I don't know which party of the human race you are, please leave your name, so that we can ask the emperor for your credit in the future."
Hearing this, the Blood God Child turned his head and glanced at Xie Lingyun, and simply ignored Xie Lingyun's words, but directly turned into a bloody light and disappeared in place.
"What a strange person, he killed so many people, but there is not a single blood stain on his body. When did the Northern Land have such a strong person?" Xie Lingyun looked at the Blood God Child's leaving back, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"Go, order to check the details of this person. There is such a strong person in the world, but my Jixiao Division has no information recorded, which is really strange," Xie Lingyun ordered.
Hearing Xie Lingyun's words, the guard quickly went down to prepare.
Inside the inn
Zhang Chen was bored drinking tea, and at this time a bloody smell floated outside the door, attracting Zhang Chen's attention. Zhang Chen followed the bloody smell and saw Xie Lingyun in a white robe, wearing a piece of iron armor, walking in stride from outside the door.