"The Yin-Yang Pill must undergo the test of life and death. Mortals simply cannot withstand the invasion of death energy. To that emperor, the Yin-Yang Pill was poison, a poison that meant certain death. He was courting death. Fortunately, the Yin-Yang Pill was buried with him and was not completely wasted. Otherwise, I would not have been able to quickly recover my strength and successfully create an avatar."
"You're lucky," Little Grass congratulated without much envy. "Then why do you call your clone 'Little Cub'? Aren't they both you?"
"That Jiang family bastard! They're all despicable villains! That little bastard from Jiangnan is the most despicable! I'll make sure he's utterly destroyed!"
When this topic was mentioned, Chen Ai immediately became excited. Her tone lost its arrogance, and puffs of white smoke erupted from various parts of her body formed by mycelium, as if her body was filled with small explosives that had detonated.
"Can a clone betray you?" Lin Yao muttered quietly, and everyone in the quiet environment could hear him clearly.
"The clone couldn't have betrayed us; Little Zazhong had a backup plan!" Chen Ai became agitated, and the raised mycelium could no longer maintain its human shape, becoming a messy, disorganized mess.
"In the beginning, in order to utilize the power of the Jiang family, a sliver of his intelligence was preserved. However, this sliver of intelligence was completely devoured and integrated into the clone at his own will. After that, the Jiang family completely obeyed my orders, and I also helped them rise rapidly. This has been going on for two hundred years, but because the clone was not fully refined, it could not leave the main body for too long. I never expected that it was all because of that little brat Jiang Nan. He actually secretly learned witchcraft and used the most demanding 'Soul Concealment Technique' on himself!"
"Soul Concealment Technique?" Lin Yao pressed.
"The Soul Concealment Technique is the most severe form of witchcraft for the caster, directly harming the soul and causing it the greatest pain, yet it has no effect worth the price. Its only function is to allow one's own soul and spirit to lie dormant safely until the body it is attached to causes harm, at which point the evil will dissipate. This technique is used by witches before their death to lock a part of their three souls and seven spirits together with their corpse, thus preserving the body and thus living forever. There are no records of any other effects. Among the spells that Dika learned was this 'Soul Concealment Technique,' which I thought was completely useless, but I didn't expect it to be able to trick 'Morning Mist.' It seems that every spell has its specific value and meaning."
Xiao Cao suddenly launched into a long explanation, clearly clarifying the doubts in Lin Yao's heart. Hearing this information, she knew that Chen Ai was no match for her now, and that achieving her goal on this trip should be easy. Her tense heart was relieved.
"Zhu Dan is indeed Zhu Dan. He even has knowledge of witchcraft. I am ashamed of my inferiority." Chen Ai reassembled into human form. "Indeed, Jiang Nan's 'Soul Concealment Technique' was unlocked on his true descendant Jiang Liu. I wonder how they communicated when I used Jiang Liu to further refine the clone. It turned out that after I thought I had successfully refined the clone, Jiang Nan took control of that body and possessed 60% of my essence. Once he left this place, he was no longer under my control, but we can still maintain a soul connection, since he was the one I refined."
Lin Yao's heart stirred, and he suddenly had a plan. He quickly said, "Mr. Chen'ai, so your clone has been completely taken away and is no longer yours. Then we have a common enemy."
"You just said that you and Xiao... well, the Zhu Dan in my body are inherently unable to devour and merge with each other. So many years have passed, let's put aside our hatred and go our separate ways from now on. How about we join forces to deal with Jiang Liu?"
Xiao Cao remained silent, though she didn't understand Lin Yao's purpose. However, her trust in Lin Yao didn't diminish in the slightest.
Lin Yao's goal was to use the soul connection between Chen Ai and Jiang Liu to find the exact location, and then kill Jiang Liu and Chen Ai's clone at the same time, thus completely resolving the crisis for all mankind.
As for the main body of the morning mist in the lava cave, it can be handed over to Xiaocao to merge with later. Anyway, it has no ability to escape from underground. This restrictive environment is obviously the tomb specially chosen by the Jiang family's ancestor, that person named Jiangnan.
"Hahaha!" Chen Ai suddenly burst into laughter, the sound growing increasingly muffled in the empty lava cave, until it seemed to become a roar, which made Lin Yao feel very uneasy.
"You're dreaming!" Those words shattered Lin Yao's plan. "How could I possibly help you deal with your own clone?"
“That little bastard Jiangnan has a backup plan. How could I not leave myself a way out? Although we beings are glorious and powerful, we are also coveted by others. So I implanted my spiritual root into my clone a long time ago. When the time is right, the spiritual root will be resurrected, and I can be resurrected in the clone. At that time, it will be my main body, not just a clone.”
"That little brat from Jiangnan thinks he's out of my control and is planting bacteria into people all over the world, hoping to recover his original nature as soon as possible. He doesn't know that the stronger he is, the closer he is to awakening his spiritual root. That will be his death day! Hahahaha!"
"How is that possible?!" Little Grass exclaimed. "If you bury your spiritual root in your clone, what will happen to your main body? When the spiritual root awakens, there can't be two main bodies! You will both be blasted to death by heavenly lightning!"
"Hahahaha! That won't happen, because my main body is about to disappear, and you will all perish with me. We will disappear together. After I awaken, I will come back to take your essence, if there is any left."
"Do you have the ability to kill us?" the little grass scoffed.
"Didn't you notice that I've already burned my source energy? Forty percent of my source energy is enough to kill you. As for this Lin Yao, he's insignificant!"
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Chapter 522 A Twist of Fate
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"Don't you know that Jiang Liu has implanted tens of millions of bacterial strains outside?"
"If he's willing, he could even implant hundreds of millions of bacteria, and his strength would immediately increase dramatically. When he discovers the abnormality in your body, he might just destroy your spiritual root, and then you would be completely annihilated."
The little grass spoke with disdain, showing no sign of nervousness whatsoever.
But in his mind, he hurriedly instructed Lin Yao, "Yao Yao, get ready. This is dangerous. Chen Ai has burned its source energy. I probably can't defeat it. Be prepared for that last move!"
"Ah~~" Lin Yao was surprised. The little grass's warning made him tense immediately.
"Several hundred million?" Chen Ai hesitated.
After a long silence, he continued, "How could someone outside possibly allow him to implant hundreds of millions of bacteria? You're lying to me!"
"Why would I lie to you? If his actions hadn't already jeopardized my survival, why would I have come to this godforsaken place to cause trouble? I just wanted to nip the danger in the bud. It's okay if you don't believe me, you're going to die anyway."
“I guarantee that the spiritual root within Jiang Liu will be completely eradicated! Why don’t we cooperate? Although you burned your source, as long as you cooperate with me to find Jiang Liu’s hiding place, I will capture him and let you devour him. You can still control the time of his demise, right? I’ll give you a piece of my leaf filament, you give me the location, and I’ll capture him.”
The little grass immediately stretched out a finger-length tendril, crystal clear and emerald green, showing its sincerity.
It was only at this moment that Lin Yao noticed that he was quietly wrapped in a huge cocoon, more than thirty meters in diameter. The inner wall of the cocoon emitted a hazy grayish-white light. Because this area was completely grayish-white, neither he nor Xiao Cao, who were on guard against the sudden attack of the morning mist, noticed this change. At this moment, they were already trapped.
"You want to get away?" Chen Ai remained unmoved.
"I'll strip your sister!" Little Grass cursed angrily. "You've lived this long and your brain has gone mad!"
"You haven't even figured out who your biggest enemy is, so what are you trying to fight me for!"