I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#321 - Resurrection of the Emperor's Daughter

It wouldn't be difficult to hide the Emperor Daughter's physical body, but the key issue was the mysterious power constantly emanating from her body. If the mysterious aura from her body couldn't be contained, she would eventually be located by someone using aura observation.

Therefore, Zhang Chen patted the Emperor Daughter's body and said, "My dear niece, your energy is simply too dazzling. Even if I manage to rescue and hide you, those people will still track you down. So, what do you think we should do now?"

"Why don't you just absorb all the mysterious power from her body?" The Great自在Heavenly Demon offered a bad suggestion from the side, "If you absorb the mysterious power from her body until it's the same concentration as the mysterious energy in the outside world, wouldn't all the problems be solved?"

"What about the Emperor Daughter's life force? If too much mysterious energy is lost from her body, wouldn't it damage her lifespan?" Zhang Chen turned his head and glanced at the Great自在Heavenly Demon; this fellow was always offering terrible ideas.

"You can use the Six-Syllable Mantra to temporarily suppress her life force and then use magic power to nourish her body periodically, ensuring her life force doesn't completely dissipate. Wouldn't that work?" The Great自在Heavenly Demon said.

"That does make some sense," Zhang Chen thought to himself.

Then, Zhang Chen turned to look at the Emperor Daughter, "Niece, you heard that, so don't blame me. If I don't absorb the mysterious power from your body, you won't be able to recover. When everyone gathers around, I won't be able to fight them all alone."

Just as Zhang Chen was muttering to himself, about to summon the congenital mosquito proboscis to devour the Emperor Daughter, she suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze meeting Zhang Chen's, startling him so much that he threw her body away.

"Westward!"

The Emperor Daughter's eyes looked at Zhang Chen, but her pupils were unfocused, staring blankly westward.

"Westward?" Zhang Chen looked at the Emperor Daughter, pondered briefly, and then, without another word, manipulated the water flow to kill towards the west.

The water dragon rose up, truly a god-slaying, Buddha-obstructing force. All the walls in Zhang Chen's path were destroyed by the enormous water dragon.

In a certain building in the Peaceful Border Prince's estate in the distance, a scholar in green robes watched the raging water dragon in the night, his eyes filled with disbelief:

"How is it possible for someone to display such abilities within the Peaceful Border Prince's estate! Isn't he being suppressed by the dragon energy?"

The scholar in green robes' eyes were full of shock: "It shouldn't be! Could it be that he has received an imperial decree and enjoys the dynasty's fortune, allowing him to resist the dragon energy backlash from the Peaceful Border Prince's estate?"

There is a saying in this world about fortune, and only fortune can counteract fortune.

Just like in the Investiture of the Gods, when Yang Jian went to assassinate King Zhou, King Zhou was protected by the fortune of humanity, which allowed him to force Yang Jian to retreat helplessly.

But when both sides were fighting, why could they use supernatural powers on the battlefield? It was because of the protection of the national fortune!

Both sides had their respective national fortunes protecting them. Under the national fortune, all casualties would not have karmic repercussions on individuals but would be attributed to the national fortune.

As long as the national fortune existed, it would withstand all karmic repercussions. Once the national fortune was destroyed, all karmic repercussions, after destroying the national fortune and offsetting the national fortune, would be settled on the officials and cultivators under the national fortune if there were any remaining.

That's why once a cultivator participates in the dragon energy struggle, they can never withdraw. Because once the national fortune of their camp is destroyed, the enormous karmic repercussions will inevitably find someone to inherit and settle on each individual.

Of course, the most important thing is that if an individual has vast merit, they can withstand the karmic settlement after the national fortune is shattered.

So, merit is a good thing, but it is very difficult to obtain.

The water dragon transformed by Zhang Chen charged all the way, showing no mercy to the soldiers blocking his path, directly engulfing them into the water dragon. The various knives, spears, sticks, and clubs in the water dragon rotated rapidly, no different from a meat grinder, directly turning all the soldiers into minced meat. Before long, a blood-red river was charging through the streets, scaring the soldiers into retreating, no longer daring to stop him, allowing Zhang Chen to carry the Emperor Daughter's corpse and rush towards the outside of the city.

At this moment, Zhang Chen wore a cold ice mask, not daring to expose his true appearance. If someone remembered his appearance in the future and attracted pursuit from various organizations and old monsters, it would be troublesome.

Speaking of which, Zhang Chen was also lucky. At this time, all the experts in the Northern Territory were attracted by the Investiture of the Gods battle and had all run to pick up bargains, collecting the flesh and blood of the gods, which gave Zhang Chen an opportunity.

Zhang Chen left the city all the way, but no one dared to pursue him. Only those who had cultivated their blood energy were hanging behind him from a distance.

Looking at the blood-red water dragon guarding him, Zhang Chen felt that this was not a solution. The blood-red dragon was too eye-catching, and those guys could easily track him.

After thinking it over, Zhang Chen dispersed the water flow he controlled and simply carried the Emperor Daughter, running through the mountains.

Zhang Chen had the confidence that even martial artists who had cultivated their blood energy would not be able to keep up with his speed.

Are you kidding? Did you really think his fifth-order blood control physique was just for show?

Looking at the pursuers behind him, Zhang Chen secretly sighed:

"It's a pity that time is too tight for me, otherwise, I could turn around and slaughter them, which would also expand my blood control experience."

He flees, they chase!

Zhang Chen ran so fast, seemingly tireless. The martial artist who had cultivated his blood energy chased for dozens of miles before collapsing from exhaustion and being left far behind by Zhang Chen.

Along the way, no cultivators who had cultivated the Divine Soul Dao were chasing, otherwise, Zhang Chen would have had even more trouble.

But it would only be a little more trouble. His Righteous God Golden Light was the natural enemy of all ghost-like troubles.

Zhang Chen's speed was very fast. He ran westward for a hundred miles, then stopped and took a breath, turning his head to look at the Emperor Daughter he was carrying on his shoulder: "My dear niece, where are we going to run to?"

But the only response he received was the Emperor Daughter's mechanical two words: "Westward."

Zhang Chen was helpless and could only continue carrying the Emperor Daughter and running. His ultrasound was constantly spreading, sensing the humanoid creatures within a hundred miles, constantly avoiding those humanoid creatures, and rapidly running through the mountains.

After running another hundred miles, Zhang Chen stopped. This time, before he could ask, the Emperor Daughter's corpse spoke again: "Continue!"

With no choice, Zhang Chen could only continue running, carrying the corpse through the mountains.

Just as he was running, Zhang Chen noticed something: "The direction I'm running in seems to be the direction of the Yellow Dawn Temple."

"I think I know what she's planning," The Great自在Heavenly Demon popped out at the right time, his eyes looking at the distant sky, a strange look in his eyes.

"What's the plan?" Zhang Chen turned his head to look at the Great自在Heavenly Demon.

"She wants to ascend!" The Great自在Heavenly Demon replied.

“Ascension? What do you mean?” Zhang Chen asked, puzzled.

“Earlier, a Water God self-destructed, and its power shook the space, causing the spatial laws in that area to loosen and become chaotic. Although the Water God self-destructed, its divine power remained in the world and has not completely dissipated. The place the Imperial Daughter is guiding you to is the site of that explosion. She wants to absorb the remaining divine power in the world, use the unstable space, and combine it with her own power to achieve the ultimate sublimation, tear through the space-time channel, and enter the mental world. Only in the mental world does she have a chance to live and hope to survive,” the Great自在Heavenly Demon said.

“Can a person's physical body enter the mental world?” Zhang Chen's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

“Of course! But the process is extremely difficult. Not only does it require a huge price to enter, but also extraordinary strength. For example, the temple you saw earlier, didn't it also ascend from the real world?” The Great自在Heavenly Demon said, his eyes burning as he looked at Zhang Chen: “For you, this is also an opportunity. Don't you want to enter the mental world to obtain the cornerstone of Buzhou Mountain? If you can enter the mental world, you may be able to obtain the cornerstone of Buzhou Mountain. And with the help of the Imperial Daughter, wouldn't you be able to walk sideways in the first level of space? That big black dog will definitely not be your opponent. We can just draw its tendons, peel its skin, and use its oil to light the sky lantern.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's face showed no joy, but instead, his brow furrowed: “Is it very dangerous for the physical body to enter the mental world?”

“It's extremely dangerous. Throughout history, only a handful of people have been able to enter the mental world with their physical bodies!” The Great自在Heavenly Demon said.

“What if it fails?” Zhang Chen asked: “Is there a chance for redemption?”

“Failure will result in being directly turned into dust under the impact of the laws of the two realms, and disappearing completely between heaven and earth.” The Great自在Heavenly Demon said, his eyes filled with regret: “I suffered a calamity and died because I wanted to descend from the mental world to the material world.”

“Died? Aren't you alive and well?” Zhang Chen looked at the Great自在Heavenly Demon in surprise.

“Do you think I'm still alive? I'm just a memory.” There was some loss in the Great自在Heavenly Demon's voice.

Zhang Chen was shocked. Could it be that even an existence as strange as the Great自在Heavenly Demon was just a memory?

“Then can you be resurrected?” Zhang Chen subconsciously asked.

After asking, Zhang Chen felt that his question was a bit redundant. This old guy was probably already on the road to resurrection.

“At my level, it is difficult for heaven to destroy and earth to bury. How difficult is it to kill me? Even if I am just a memory, I can climb out of the river of time and stand proudly above the sky again.” The Great自在Heavenly Demon said in an ostentatious tone.

Zhang Chen believed that the Great自在Heavenly Demon could do it, but looking at the other party's smug look, he couldn't help but strike a blow: “Aren't you still dead? Aren't you still my prisoner?”

The Great自在Heavenly Demon instantly extinguished, and his figure disappeared directly between heaven and earth in anger.

Zhang Chen ignored the Great自在Heavenly Demon and turned to look at the Imperial Daughter:

“Great Niece, you still have the Longevity Tree Coffin. You don't need to take risks. After I develop for another year or two, I will take the tree coffin back for you.”

As if sensing Zhang Chen's kindness and sincere concern, the Imperial Daughter was silent for a moment before saying intermittently: “Feng Shui… broken, can't… live! Longevity… flows… blocking… no…”

Listening to the Imperial Daughter's intermittent words, Zhang Chen roughly understood the truth. The Imperial Daughter probably said that the Feng Shui formation was broken, and even with the Longevity Tree Coffin, it could not stop the arrival of death. Even the power of the Longevity Tree Coffin, without the suppression of the small world laws shaped by the Feng Shui formation, the power of longevity was constantly flowing away, and one day it would lose its effect and turn into an ordinary tree stump.

Zhang Chen took a breath, knowing that he had inadvertently caused a disaster and harmed his great-niece, but there was no way to remedy it.

He also thought of the resurrected goddess, who used his Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl to hide in the Taoist temple, probably also to prolong her life and delay time?

“I have cultivated magic power. Can my magic power delay the loss of essence, qi, and spirit in your body?” Zhang Chen seemed to remember something and quickly asked his great-niece.

Upon hearing this, there was a trace of fluctuation in the Imperial Daughter's eyes. Seeing this, Zhang Chen suddenly understood and quickly poured magic power into the golden light, hoping to be absorbed by the Imperial Daughter. However, soon the Imperial Daughter's voice once again echoed in Zhang Chen's ears: “Too weak! A drop in the bucket!”

Zhang Chen was speechless and silently withdrew his magic power, but accelerated his speed and continued to flee among the mountains.

“These old guys' endings are too miserable.” Zhang Chen muttered to himself, his eyes looking into the distance, determined to send the Imperial Daughter to her destination no matter what.

Zhang Chen carried the Imperial Daughter and ran, constantly using ultrasound to detect and avoid the martial arts people among the mountains, quickly fleeing in the mountains. However, as fate would have it, Zhang Chen ran into an acquaintance while fleeing: Zhang Gaqi.

Zhang Gaqi was hiding in a cave, actually avoiding Zhang Chen's ultrasonic detection. Zhang Gaqi was attracted by the mysterious波動散發from the Imperial Daughter's body. After walking out of the cave, he saw Zhang Chen carrying the Imperial Daughter's corpse from afar.

Zhang Gaqi saw Zhang Chen, and of course, Zhang Chen also saw Zhang Gaqi.

“It's you!” Zhang Gaqi was stunned when he saw Zhang Chen, then his eyes swept over and landed on the Imperial Daughter's flesh on Zhang Chen's shoulder, which was emitting mysterious波動.

“It's me!” Zhang Chen's pace slowed down, his heart raised in vigilance, but he did not stop walking.

“What is that? A corpse exuding an ancient and mysterious aura?” Zhang Gaqi's eyes were full of heat: “I can feel his soul波动.”

That was the body of an ancient god. The most important thing was that in the body of that ancient god, there were still living soul波動.

If he could obtain its soul, his strength would soar into the sky, and he could compete with old guys from all walks of life.

“This is mine!” Zhang Chen said.

Zhang Gaqi's eyes moved away from the corpse and looked at Zhang Chen with burning eyes: “I can make a deal with you.”

“For this ancient corpse?” Zhang Chen asked.

“Yes, as long as you give me this ancient corpse, I will definitely do my best and find every possible way to help you return to the Zhang family.” Zhang Gaqi's voice was full of unsuppressed熱.

His words were full of confidence. No one could resist the temptation to return to their family.