Chapter 458 - 457: Sleepwalking—Do Something Serious Already!

Chapter 458: Chapter 457: Sleepwalking—Do Something Serious Already!

Chapter 457: Sleepwalking—Do Something Serious Already!

He wasn’t sure whether it was because of his unusual current state, or because he was using the little pink fox spiritual energy, but Luo Wusheng felt that the Nether Uprising Hemal Sanguine Technique he used this time was absurdly effective.

If in the past, using his real body to "brush" the little pink fox once with the Nether Uprising Technique yielded an effect worth one, then this time... a single brush was worth at least a hundred, maybe even a thousand!

One only needed to look at the Netherqueen’s reaction to see that.

The little pink fox had already been subjected to several hours of Nether Uprising brushing in the past and had developed considerable resistance to normal stimuli... Yet this time, even though he only brushed her palm, without touching the more sensitive ears or tails, her reaction was in no way weaker than before.

Luo Wusheng fell into deep thought.

It seemed... this slime body of his was probably going to be sacrificed.

Judging from the little pink fox’s lightly trembling figure, she definitely wasn’t going to accept any excuse like "my hand slipped."

’Since the deed is already done... maybe I should just stroke her a few more times?’

This thought naturally floated up in his mind, and Luo Wusheng began to feel a dangerous eagerness.

The white-haired loli’s message told him to strengthen his bond with the little pink fox as much as possible—so using the Nether Uprising Technique only once was clearly not enough, right?

As he was thinking this, Luo Wusheng suddenly sensed something off.

He felt... the temperature around him was rising?

The moment he realized it, the already-high temperature began to spike rapidly, as if a flame were igniting on his body.

’This isn’t an illusion... so hot... I’m going to melt...’

Forcing himself to feel out his surroundings, Luo Wusheng faintly saw a cluster of seemingly inextinguishable flames dancing on his body.

This fire looked familiar... Wait—wasn’t this the same flame that had been burning on the severed wound of the flood dragon’s corpse after the little pink fox beheaded it?

So... was little pink fox punishment arriving?

...

Yao Ji stared at the violently burning fireball in her hand, lifting her other hand awkwardly but unable to bring it down.

She hadn’t even done anything yet—so why was her Young Master spontaneously combusting?

Could it be that her Young Master had such strong self-awareness that he prepared his own punishment before causing trouble?

Come to think of it, that "brush" earlier was a bit too much... Even with her cultivation, her body still felt slightly weak, and she couldn’t even withdraw the ears and tails that had popped out.

Was her Young Master’s secret technique... maybe a little too unreasonable?

After a bit of thought, Yao Ji shook her head.

The first time is shocking; the second time is easier. Although the initial jolt embarrassed her, this wasn’t the first time she had shown this side of herself in front of him. For her, the experience was still within acceptable limits.

And once one got past the initial stimulus... the feedback afterward was actually...

Yao Ji blushed, quickly collecting her thoughts.

She looked at the burning sphere in her hand and rubbed her chin with her other hand.

"Phoenix Flame?"

Her beautiful fox eyes flickered as she muttered in surprise.

She hadn’t reacted earlier due to emotional distraction, but now she clearly recognized the flame engulfing Luo Wusheng.

"No... this isn’t right. Phoenix Flame is a talent obtained only after undergoing Nirvana and fully refining the Ancient Phoenix Essence, isn’t it?"

Unlike herself—a nine-tailed fox Netherkin—her Young Master, while he had indeed received the Ancient Phoenix Essence she gave him, had not yet died even once. Naturally, he couldn’t have undergone Nirvana and fully refined the essence.

After all, what she was holding in her hand was merely a manifestation formed from the spiritual essence of this Demon Sect Holy Saint—not the true body that had obtained the Ancient Phoenix Essence.

In that case...

"So it is that woman’s arrangement again."

Yao Ji curled her lips, revealing sharp little tiger fangs—another subtle change that appeared after she exposed her Humanoid Form.

Thinking carefully, the moment her Young Master suddenly used that special secret technique on her just happened to be the exact moment she was preparing to examine the remaining two projection imprints left by that old hag who loved to act like a young innocent maiden.

As for the fact that that ’friend’ of hers added some troublemaking elements into her projections... The little pink fox had already been mentally prepared for it.

They’d known each other for who-knew-how-many years; she trusted her that much, at least.

The problem was: that woman always managed to stab precisely at her weak spots. So even when she was prepared, under normal circumstances it was still nearly impossible for her to keep her composure completely.

Yao Ji felt extremely tired.

Clearly, she was the one with the higher cultivation. Clearly, she had taught that woman "how to behave" more than a few times. Yet the other party only grew more aggressive in this particular field.

Especially in recent days—things have escalated even further.

She still remembered that just a few days ago, when she wanted to hear about her Young Master’s recent status from that woman—

[Ah, your beloved Young Master? He’s doing wonderfully. Who knows—maybe in a little while, you’ll get to see a ’little Young Master’ born? Hm? And if by then you still haven’t made any progress, perhaps I will have a little Young Master too? No, wait, actually I prefer daughters, now that I think about it.]

Even now, remembering the way that woman pointed at her stomach as she said those words made Yao Ji’s mouth twitch.

Shameless!

That woman was truly beyond saving—she would say absolutely anything if it meant provoking her.

She’d only been away for less than a month. How could her Young Master have possibly found someone and done that sort of thing so quickly?

And given that woman’s child-looking body, was she even physically capable of doing those sorts of things?

If anything... she would be the better candidate for that kind of thing—

The moment this thought surfaced—and the moment she accidentally spoke that inner thought aloud—Yao Ji realized she had once again fallen straight into that woman’s setup.

It was almost exactly the same pattern as the one that had made her impulsively decide to force a kiss on her Young Master back then.

Even though she hadn’t been thinking about that sort of thing at all before...

The realization made her too embarrassed to fight back, and she ended up enduring an entire round of that woman’s verbal trash-talking assault with zero resistance.

But it was also during that exchange that Yao Ji learned a few things from Yue Xuanji’s mouth.

For example: the end of this Netherkin chaos marked a turning point in her Young Master’s destiny.

If he failed to overcome it, then even with his resurrection ability, he would still face certain death.

Yao Ji understood that when it came to matters like these, that woman—despite her love for annoying her—would never speak nonsense.

So that was why she chose to participate in this plan at all... otherwise, what did the Immortal Nation’s affairs have to do with her?

Even if Ling Peng was a mutual enemy of hers and the Immortal Nation, she could very well sit back and watch, then intervene in some other way when the time was right.

’Still, that woman wasn’t wrong about one point. Some things might be better if settled earlier rather than later.’

Staring at the flame-wrapped Luo Wusheng—who seemed to be enduring intense pain, his entire body melting away, yet his will only growing stronger as if something powerful was gestating within him—Yao Ji gently bit her lip.

Although she felt that her relationship with her Young Master hadn’t yet reached the ideal level she envisioned, ever since that impulsive farewell kiss, his figure had been carved into her heart beyond doubt.

Besides, she had investigated upon her return... the emotions of the Netherkin race weren’t actually that complicated. If they found someone acceptable, then during mating season, with a bit of pushing and yielding, they could simply... mate, and let the emotional bond slowly develop afterward.

Of course, she had researched this privately—she absolutely did not ask her close attendants about it.

In the first place, the only reason she hadn’t asked them was embarrassment; secondly, she felt that none of the single Netherkin around her—including her "younger sister"—could offer any advice worth considering.

"Once I finish dealing with Netherland’s problems... and once he safely overcomes this calamity..."

A sharp glint flashed through Netherqueen’s eyes as she thought of something.

It was at that moment that she suddenly noticed the flames in her hand changing again.

Below them, the pale-red fire burning at the severed head of the black flood dragon seemed to be pulled by a force, streaming upward toward where Luo Wusheng currently was.

Yao Ji raised an eyebrow.

That fire was also Phoenix Flame, merely mixed with a portion of her own power—transformed into a kind of fox-fire.

After extracting the Ancient Phoenix Essence, she had lost her nirvana ability, and her pure Phoenix Flame had weakened correspondingly. Thus she supplemented it with her own other powers.

With these additions, her flames possessed not only the Phoenix Flame’s inherent traits of indestructibility and rebirth, but also enchantment, curse, soul-devouring, and various other supplementary effects.

As the fire was drawn away, the dragon corpse below showed no change at all—but the slime-like Luo Wusheng’s body, after absorbing the flames, began rapidly drawing them inward.

In just a short moment, all the fire vanished into Luo Wusheng’s body.

Then, with a clear metallic note—zheng—the Demon Sect Holy Saint resurrected at full strength.

Without Netherqueen having to do anything, the liquefied slime-body reassembled itself, taking shape as a radiant golden physique.

The moment he recovered, Luo Wusheng wore an anxious expression.

"Miss Yao Ji, I need to meet someone!"

...

Kirin was feeling frantic.

From the very beginning, the other two Alter Ego who had expelled her from the identity of "I" had been repeatedly synchronizing memories to confirm the situation.

Time was running out.

At this moment within the royal city, a deeply hidden, terrifyingly powerful grand formation was triggered by the sudden appearance of three golden feathers.

Without question, these were the three most extraordinary feathers on the Netherking’s entire body.

And using them as the catalyst, the formation could only have one purpose—

To open a passage large enough for the Netherking to descend upon the royal city!

Under normal circumstances, the Immortal Nation should be doing everything in its power to prevent this step... but the difference in strength between both sides was simply too large.

With the three Netherking feathers, it was equivalent to the Netherkin side suddenly gaining three additional Divine Transformation realm Netherkin out of thin air.

In contrast, the Immortal Nation’s reinforcements had yet to appear.

Or rather—there were no reinforcements at all.

Even Elder Yun and Elder Lei were only buying time.

Buying time... for her to reveal her final trump card.

"The preparations are complete. All that remains is for me to return, merge with the Imperial Alter Ego and the Daoist Alter Ego, and draw down the Immortal Soul..."

If she succeeded at this step, she would have half-won already.

But...

Kirin bit her lip, turning to look at the youth beside her.

She really didn’t want to deal with a fully awakened Demon Sect Holy Saint at a moment like this... but on her own, she had no way to leave this world and return to the present reality.

Honestly, this guy had just been sleepwalking while taking advantage of her.

So why couldn’t he sleepwalk his way into opening the passage back to the real world?!

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Cultivation Realm:

1, Qi Refining

2, Foundation Establishment

3, Golden Core

4, Nascent Soul

5, Divine Transformation (Formerly Known as Tribulation Crossing)

6, Tribulation Transcendence

7, Land Immortal

Note: Link to the character Illustration:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lkIcPnCxeyuyZA4Kkb621dPC05UvWjhD

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