Chapter 97 Flying knives meet again (page 12)
"Jiejiejiejie, poor child, please protect yourself when you go out~"
At this time, a figure laughed unruly in the darkness. His voice was like scraping iron, hoarse and harsh, but his true appearance could not be seen clearly.
He seemed to be surrounded by black mist, giving people a mysterious and strange feeling.
He was standing on the nearest ancient towering tree. The tree was so thick that it was difficult for several people to surround it.
His figure was intertwined with the black mist, as if it were part of the night, and he just quietly looked down at Zang's body on the ground.
At this time, Zang's eyes were wide open and he was lying on the ground expressionlessly. His chest was shot through by a black shadow arrow, which was condensed by Ghost Douluo's ghostly soul power.
With his impressive level 95 super Douluo strength, it was really easy to kill this level 50 soul master with a sneak attack.
"Hey! What is this? Could it be a soul bone?"
The ghost whispered doubtfully, the red light in his eyes flashed, and he looked towards where his right leg was hidden.
A faint blue-gold light emitted from where the right leg bone was hidden, and a pure soul power surged through his body.
In the ghost's perception, the quality of this pure soul power is even comparable to or even surpasses his soul power.
As a result, the ghostly figure turned into a black shadow and quietly floated towards Zang's body.
His hands, like ghost claws, stretched out to grab Zang's right leg bone.
However, at this critical moment, a pale light suddenly shot out from Zang's shadow, aiming directly at the ghost.
The ghost was startled and wanted to retreat, but it was too late. The light passed through his body accurately, leaving a pale trace.
Then, a beautiful and charming figure surrounded by light black soul power jumped out from the shadow hiding under it.
The owner of that figure was wearing a black tights, with a slender figure and beautiful appearance. It was Zhu Zhuqing who was possessed by a martial spirit!
Her eyes shone sharply, like a cheetah ready to pounce on her prey.
These days, Zhu Zhuqing has been quietly lurking in the hidden shadows by virtue of her "Xuanming Civet" ability to sneak into the shadows.
She has been waiting for the opportunity, ready to take action at the critical moment. And now, it's her time to take action!
After being "transformed into a demon", Zhu Zhuqing often said that he was Zang's shadow. This was not an empty talk, but it was true.
After Zhu Zhuqing's "Netherworld Civet" martial soul was nourished by the hidden "demon seed", her martial soul evolved into the "Xuanming Civet Cat" and gained the special ability to sneak into the shadows.
This ability allows Zhu Zhuqing to freely shuttle among shadows, just like a creature made of shadows, hiding in the darkness.
As a result, she can hide her body shape and aura in any shadow, making it difficult for even the most advanced senses to detect.
After all, this magical ability comes from the hidden "devil seed", which makes Zhu Zhuqing like a fish in water in the shadows and difficult to detect.
What's even more astonishing is that when Zhu Zhuqing sneaks into Zang's shadow, her aura will be automatically covered by the "devil seed", making it difficult for even a titled Douluo like Ghost Douluo Ghost to sense her presence.
Therefore, Zhu Zhuqing is indeed a hidden "shadow".
Not only did she possess powerful abilities such as "Demon Aura" and "Demon Sound" after her martial soul evolved, she was also able to navigate shadows and became Zang's right-hand assistant.
From then on, Zhu Zhuqing's existence and actions were as mysterious and elusive as a shadow, quietly serving Zang in the dark.
Therefore, all this proves that the statement that Zhu Zhuqing is a hidden "shadow" is by no means a lie.
And letting Zhu Zhuqing hide in his shadow is another trump card prepared by Zang for this operation!
The pale light that Zhu Zhuqing just emitted came from the "Ten Thousand Years Medusa Head Soul Bone" that Zang had obtained from Dugu Bo before.
Since the "Petrifying Light" soul skill attached to this "Ten Thousand Years Medusa Head Soul Bone" is astonishingly powerful and is particularly suitable for Zhu Zhuqing to hide in the shadows for sneak attacks, Zang put this head soul bone more than ten days ago. Leave it to her to absorb.
Now it seems that Zhu Zhuqing is indeed the best candidate for the "10,000-year-old Medusa head soul bone", and he was able to successfully sneak attack Ghost Douluo Ghost.
However, since Zhu Zhuqing is not yet as powerful as the Soul Sect, the "petrifying light" emitted can only petrify the surface skin of the ghost, but cannot completely petrify his entire body into a stone statue.
However, this was enough to temporarily stop the ghost's footsteps, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to escape far away with Zang's body.
At this time, the hidden demon species had left his body, crossed the boundaries of space, and escaped into another high-latitude space. It was like a weak fluorescence, flickering in the dark void, going deep into the unknown realm.
In this darkness of nothingness, the hidden soul or "primordial spirit" exists in the demon species, quietly watching the ghost being petrified, to Zhu Zhuqing appearing from his shadow, and then to Zhu Zhuqing picking up his The whole process of physical body escaping.
His perspective is like that of a bystander, silently watching all this happen.
At this moment, Zang felt that his existence became void, his body and soul were separated, and his consciousness was immersed in the dimension of the demon species.
When he saw that Zhu Zhuqing had successfully rescued his body, he thought to himself:
"Sure enough, arranging Zhuqing's move was the right move. Without Zhuqing by my side, I'm afraid my body would have been killed by ghosts, and the "100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone" would have been taken away by him. "
There is a Taoist saying called "Bing Jie" -
It means that when practitioners face a critical moment of life and death, they can free themselves from their physical body through self-sacrifice or being killed, thereby freeing their "primordial spirit" or "golden elixir".
No matter how profound a practitioner's skill is, the physical body is always a treasure raft for them to cross the sea of suffering.
This physical body is not only the carrier of the practitioner, but also the place where the "primordial spirit" or "golden elixir" is placed.
If the physical treasure raft is damaged by weapons such as swords, then the "primordial spirit" will be released from the constraints of the "cage" and reach a state of infinite freedom.
In this process, the "Yuan Shen" will feel an extremely profound sense of freedom, just like a bird escaping from the cage, never wanting to return to the shackles of the "scumbag".
This feeling is described in Taoism as the most moving feeling of "Heaven and earth coexist with me, and all things are unique to me." It is a state of mutual integration and interdependence with all things in the universe.
This state is an experience of "union between man and nature" that transcends the ordinary. It is freer and more carefree, but at the same time it is also the most dangerous.
When the "primordial spirit" and the heaven and earth work together and flow together, the individual no longer knows who "I" is, that is to say, the "consciousness of the spirit" will disappear.
This experience is closer to the state between life and death than the state of "suspended death", until the last memory is dissipated and the "primordial spirit" enters reincarnation.
This state is both an ultimate state and an extreme challenge for practitioners.
Although it is extremely dangerous, only in this state can one truly realize the state of breathing with the heaven and earth and rising and falling with all things.