However, Jiang Chunshui's eyes, as red as light bulbs, were fixed on Zhou Ziwei without blinking. At the same time, a continuous stream of red light pierced through the two wounds on Zhou Ziwei's body, just like flowing water. As a result, the portion that Zhou Ziwei had just neutralized with fire energy was immediately and completely replenished, and there was even some left over.
Damn it, this can't go on. Using my body as a battlefield for two opposing energy sources to collide and fight is like asking for trouble.
We must stop these two red rays of light from flowing into our bodies.
Zhou Ziwei's mind raced, and in the blink of an eye, a small fireball quickly condensed in his palm.
Since fire energy can counteract this kind of light, Zhou Ziwei naturally won't hold back. Of course, he still remembers that back in the underground city's cave, he used a fireball spell to defeat that black-robed monster.
Moreover, he blasted the black-robed monster to smithereens in an instant.
However, since they were on an airplane, Zhou Ziwei, despite his audacity, did not want to cause too much of a commotion, so he did not create a blue fireball with the power of a small nuclear bomb.
That thing… if things go wrong, it might blast him to smithereens. If a blue fireball is thrown out, the plane will inevitably be destroyed, exploding into a pile in an instant, and everyone on board will die. But the people on this plane are his compatriots… Zhou Ziwei really can’t bring himself to do it.
I imagine a regular fireball should be enough to take care of this guy! But...sigh, that would probably mean Jiang Chunshui is completely...
Zhou Ziwei knew, of course, that the person he was currently fighting to the death with was definitely not Jiang Chunshui himself. Although... this body was indeed Jiang Chunshui, Jiang Chunshui's soul must have been completely suppressed by some strange thing. If he could successfully eliminate the thing that had invaded Jiang Chunshui's soul, Jiang Chunshui might still have a chance to start anew. However... if Zhou Ziwei used a method like fireballs that disrupted the flow from the outside, then... Jiang Chunshui was destined to perish.
Zhou Ziwei didn't want to hurt Jiang Chunshui either. After all, this girl had been quite nice to him, and he had developed some feelings for her. However… faced with the current situation, Zhou Ziwei had no other choice. Since he couldn't use his soul power against this monster, how could he allow it to be killed intact from Jiang Chunshui's body?
"You dare!" Seeing the fireball forming in Zhou Ziwei's palm, Jiang Chunshui's expression immediately turned panicked. Her face contorted in a ferocious grimace, and she let out a wild, beast-like roar. Her lips parted slightly, revealing a set of snow-white teeth, as she glared fiercely at Zhou Ziwei and said, "If you dare attack me with that fireball, I'll... I'll..."
"Just die!" Zhou Ziwei didn't move or speak, but his clone suddenly took a few steps forward, directly cutting off the two strange red beams of light shooting from Jiang Chunshui's eyes from the side.
Zhou Ziwei's main body was terrified of the light, but his clone seemed to find the two beams of red light shooting from Jiang Chunshui's eyes as a delicious dessert, which was very tempting.
Zhou Ziwei immediately realized that although the red light was very mysterious, in essence, it was not much different from the fierce and malevolent energy that lingered in the sea of everyone's souls.
Although it is not afraid of soul power and has a great destructive effect on soul power, it is extremely tempting to Zhou Ziwei's clone.
So when those two beams of light appeared and caused serious damage to Zhou Ziwei's main body, Zhou Ziwei's clone, Dwight, couldn't wait to rush out from the side and head straight for the two to confront each other.
However, Zhou Ziwei's clone seems to be quite weak for the time being. It took several seconds to rush over such a short distance, and in those few seconds, half of Zhou Ziwei's body was almost completely destroyed due to the collision of the two abilities.
Although Zhou Ziwei condensed a small fireball, he did not launch it at Jiang Chunshui. This was because he wanted to wait for his clone to come and test it before he could determine whether he should actually destroy Jiang Chunshui's physical body.
Jiang Chunshui is innocent after all. If possible, Zhou Ziwei would not be able to bring himself to do it. However, if there is really no other way, Zhou Ziwei would not risk his own life and the lives of so many people to fight the monster to the death just because he cares about Jiang Chunshui's life.
"Whoosh—" Zhou Ziwei's clone had already adjusted its angle as it rushed over, and with a sudden sidestep, it blocked Zhou Ziwei's main body and Jiang Chunshui. Its eyes met the two beams of red light shooting out from Jiang Chunshui's eyes.
Two sharp, knife-like beams of red light shot straight into Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei) eyes. However, after entering Dwight's body, these destructive beams of light were like a drop of water falling directly into a basin. Although they caused a slight ripple, the drop of water quickly mixed into the basin and could no longer be distinguished from the other.
Jiang Chunshui's expression changed drastically. She clearly felt that the two beams of light she emitted were directly absorbed by the other party.
That's right... It's neither restraint nor cancellation, but rather direct digestion and absorption. It's as if the other party is a battery, and you release all the energy you've painstakingly accumulated, only to have it used to recharge the other party.
Jiang Chunshui let out a strange cry and hurriedly tried to stop the red light in her eyes from shooting outwards.
However... at this moment, Dwight's eyes seemed to turn into two incredibly deep vortexes, generating an extremely strong suction force that continuously drew the red light in Jiang Chunshui's eyes into them at an even faster speed. Moreover, as more and more of the red light was drawn in, the suction force generated in the two vortexes became stronger and stronger, making it impossible for Jiang Chunshui to stop.
"No—" As the red light in his eyes faded faster and faster, Jiang Chunshui's expression became increasingly panicked and fearful. Gradually... the speed at which the red light shooting from Jiang Chunshui's eyes could not keep up with the speed at which Dwight's eyes were absorbing it. As a result, Jiang Chunshui's body seemed to be tightly bound by two tangible ropes and pulled forward little by little.
Jiang Chunshui stumbled, dragged step by step by the two red lights in her eyes, until she was forcibly pulled in front of Dwight.
At this moment, Zhou Ziwei didn't know whether to be excited or afraid. His body had completely eliminated the aftereffects of the two red lights that had invaded his body. Although the red lights, now without follow-up power, still possessed considerable destructive power, they completely disappeared after being neutralized twice by the fire energy within his body.
Although his body was in a terrible state due to the collisions and offsets, this level of injury was no longer a big deal for Zhou Ziwei.
If it were anyone else, with half of their body blown into mincemeat, they would probably be dead long ago, and even the resurrection of legendary healers like Hua Tuo and Bian Que wouldn't be able to save them.
However, Zhou Ziwei's vitality is far more terrifying than the legendary cockroach. When he encountered that strange suction force underground, his body exploded countless times under the pressure of the earth. However, he used the power of his soul to reshape his body countless times, which is why his current body is completely disproportionate to that of a normal person in terms of density, making him a miniature version of a small man.
Although the red light shooting from Jiang Chunshui's eyes was far more damaging than the normal force of the earth's compression, it only damaged less than half of Zhou Ziwei's body. Zhou Ziwei poured a massive amount of liquid soul power throughout his body as if it were free, causing every cell that could still function normally to devour and divide like a madman. In just a few seconds, he actually reassembled and repaired the organs, muscles, and other body parts that had been damaged by the clash of the two forces.
The reason Zhou Ziwei was able to repair his body so quickly was mainly due to the powerful alloy suit he was wearing. It bound his mangled flesh and blood in place, preventing them from scattering everywhere.
Otherwise, if these substances themselves disappeared, no matter how much vitality Zhou Ziwei could inject into his body cells, he wouldn't be able to regrow the half of his body that had been blown off. This is what they mean by "even a clever cook can't make a meal without rice."
Zhou Ziwei's main body is fine, but his clone is in a situation that is hard to say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.
The red light shooting continuously from Jiang Chunshui's eyes was directly received by Zhou Ziwei's eyes and then guided to the soul sea of his clone. The red crystal hidden in his soul immediately began to spin wildly, absorbing the strange energy into the crystal.
The energy contained in the red light emanating from Jiang Chunshui's eyes was astonishingly powerful. In just a short while, it had absorbed far more energy than the entire red crystal. After absorbing such a massive amount of energy, the red crystal began a new transformation. The teardrop-shaped crystal gradually grew larger and larger, eventually becoming an egg-shaped object. Thus, the red crystal went from passively receiving the red light energy to actively absorbing it. At this moment, the red egg-shaped crystal seemed to have become a bottomless pit that could never be filled, generating a powerful attraction. The red light energy emanating from Jiang Chunshui's eyes flowed directly into it without any hindrance.
Zhou Ziwei never expected that the red crystal that naturally formed in his clone's soul after absorbing the fierce and malevolent energy would be so powerful. The monster attached to Jiang Chunshui's body was obviously extremely formidable. Zhou Ziwei even felt that this guy was three times more powerful than the black-robed monster he had killed with a blue fireball in the underground city.
However, once it encountered the red crystal of Zhou Ziwei's clone, it was like a mouse encountering a cat, and there was no longer any threat to it.
What Zhou Ziwei never expected was that as he absorbed more and more of the red light-shaped energy, a rhythmic heartbeat gradually began to emerge from the egg-shaped red crystal that had condensed in his clone's soul... Damn it, could this egg be about to hatch into a chick?!
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 574: Stealing the Show
The immense suction force seemed to be pulling Jiang Chunshui into a bottomless vortex. She cried out in despair, and then, as if weightless, she was lifted off the ground by the scorching red light shooting from her eyes.
Jiang Chunshui's feet left the ground, but she didn't fly too high. She stabilized at a height of only two or three inches above the ground, and then with a "whoosh," she was pulled straight past by the suction force released from Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei's) eyes.
With a "snap," Jiang Chunshui and Dwight (Zhou Ziwei)'s bodies pressed tightly together, completely sealed... Most importantly, their eyes were completely locked together, four wide-open eyes staring at each other... Of course, with their eyes locked, they couldn't see anything, except for two beams of red light constantly shooting out of Jiang Chunshui's eyes and then being absorbed by Dwight (Zhou Ziwei).
Then came the two people's noses... Perhaps because Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei) nose was a bit too high, it felt uncomfortable when they were pressed together, so Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) tilted his head slightly, and their noses ended up intertwined. This also caused their mouths to be pressed tightly together, but because of the misalignment starting from the tip of their noses, they were slightly off-center, with a small portion of each mouth exposed, allowing them to breathe.
Besides, the two bodies were pressed tightly together. Jiang Chunshui's full breasts were like two mountains pressing down on Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei) chest. Jiang Chunshui's feet were still in the air. Just by relying on the two beams of light that looked like light in her eyes, Jiang Chunshui's body was able to stay suspended in mid-air without falling.
However, Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) felt that being pressed down so tightly by Jiang Chunshui was too uncomfortable, so he reached out and hugged Jiang Chunshui's slender waist.
In this way, to an unsuspecting person, the two of them looked exactly like a couple passionately kissing, and the kind who were very experienced and used to long, wet kisses... Didn't you see they were deliberately showing half of their mouths? Maintaining such comfortable breathing like that, they could easily have a long, drawn-out kiss, kissing for an hour or two without any problem...
At this moment, Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) was not at all immersed in the excitement of kissing the beautiful woman. Moreover, in Dwight's eyes, Jiang Chunshui was no longer the delicate and beautiful Jiang Chunshui. She was clearly being possessed by an evil force.
Moreover, she was different from other people who were controlled by fierce and malevolent energy.
Although the sea of souls of those people was mostly suppressed by the fierce and malevolent energy, at most they only lost their rationality because of the fierce and malevolent energy and only knew how to kill.
But Jiang Chunshui is different, because she still has reason, but this reason clearly does not belong to her personally, which is the most terrifying and dangerous thing.
So, in Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei's) mind, he wasn't kissing a beautiful woman at all, but rather passionately kissing a bloodthirsty demon. Who knows if the guy who had taken over Jiang Chunshui's body was originally male or female? What if... what if that guy was originally male? Then... Zhou Ziwei really felt like dying.
As their bodies became intertwined, the red light shooting from Jiang Chunshui's eyes became as continuous as the Yangtze River, and as turbulent as a bursting flood, all of which was swallowed up by the egg-shaped red crystal in Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei's) sea of souls.
"Thump...thump..." As the red light was continuously swallowed up, the rhythmic sound, like a heartbeat, from the egg-shaped crystal became clearer. At the same time, a fierce and domineering aura was continuously released from it. This aura slowly seeped out from Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei) sea of souls, gradually merging into Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei) entire body, and finally spreading out little by little, filling the entire spacious cabin. This made Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) appear to others like a demon king reigning over the world.
Even if he were currently passionately kissing a witch-like beauty, no one would look down on him in the slightest.
"Oh my God... God... He... He... He really is Dwight?"
Susanna and two other scholars who came out of the underground biological research base showed expressions of extreme shock.
They had known Dwight for a long time, living together in that almost completely isolated place day and night. They were already very familiar with each other. But today, Dwight suddenly brought them too many amazing changes.
The fact that such an astonishing aura was erupting from his body at this moment left them utterly astonished...
However, regardless of whether others were amazed or envious, Zhou Ziwei was actually in a bad mood. Others didn't know where the sudden aura on Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) came from, but Zhou Ziwei himself knew it perfectly well. Both his main body and his clone had a very clear sense of this aura.
What is aura? Zhou Ziwei had always thought that this was just nonsense made up by novelists. The idea that a master could suppress a bunch of nobodys with a single release of aura was all bullshit. But now, after clearly feeling the powerful aura emanating from that blood crystal egg, Zhou Ziwei suddenly understood that aura really does exist in this world. And for the time being, although it can't be used directly as a weapon, it can indeed create an extremely powerful sense of pressure on a person's mind.
Furthermore, this was the aura that the thing inside the blood crystal egg possessed even before it hatched. Once that thing, which was emitting a deep heartbeat, hatched from inside the blood crystal egg... who knows how powerful that thing's aura would be?
Good heavens... can anyone tell me what kind of thing is hatching in this blood crystal egg? My buddy finally managed to get this clone, and I don't want it to end up being used by someone else and hatching into a terrifying demon king. It would be a minor issue if this thing took over my broth; I could just give up this broken clone. But what if it creates a terrifying demon king and brings about a catastrophe that could destroy humanity? That would be a complete tragedy.
This earth-shattering kiss lasted for about five or six minutes. At first, Jiang Chunshui's body was still struggling and trying to attack Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei) body. However, under the effect of the red light constantly flowing from his eyes, Jiang Chunshui's body became softer and softer, and gradually lost all strength. In the end, Jiang Chunshui's struggle turned into gently punching Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei) body, which was more like a couple in love flirting.
The red light grew weaker and weaker until it suddenly brightened again, but it was only a final burst of light before it went out completely.
The strange beam of light no longer shot out from Jiang Chunshui's eyes, and the two of them no longer had that inseparable feeling. Although Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) was still holding Jiang Chunshui's slender waist, his head had subconsciously shrank back, and the two of them separated.
Then Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) saw a slender, ethereal figure suddenly emerge from Jiang Chunshui's body, and then hurriedly turn around to try to crawl out of the plane.
"Om Mani Padme Hum—" The six-syllable mantra was recited before the illusory figure could even emerge from the cabin. The six halos of light were like six invisible nets, instantly capturing the illusory figure and then rapidly shattering, purifying, and refining it...
A shrill voice echoed simultaneously in the minds of Zhou Ziwei's main body and his clone: "No one can stop the coming of death, you are all doomed... Hahaha... You are all doomed, hahaha..."
The scream was shrill and piercing, but it wasn't transmitted by sound waves. So, among those present, only Zhou Ziwei and the blind child could hear it. Upon hearing the sound, the blind child's face turned deathly pale...
Zhou Ziwei didn't care about this god of death or life. This guy's soul was obviously no ordinary thing. He had already offended him enough, absorbing his evil energy and ruining his plan to possess other people's bodies as puppets... If this guy's soul escaped, it would cause a huge disaster sooner or later. So when he saw the phantom emerge from Jiang Chunshui's body, Zhou Ziwei immediately and without hesitation recited the Six-Syllable Mantra, capturing it in one fell swoop and completely absorbing and devouring it.
What surprised Zhou Ziwei was both relieved and somewhat unexpected... the blood crystal egg that had been lurking in the soul sea of Zhou Ziwei's clone failed to hatch after it absorbed all the evil light in Jiang Chunshui's body. Instead, after the last ray of red light was completely swallowed up, even the increasingly clear heartbeat of the blood crystal egg gradually subsided until it disappeared completely.
As soon as the heartbeat stopped, the astonishing aura that Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) had been exuding also subsided, and he reverted to his original bookish scholar appearance.
The blood crystal egg returned to its original quiet state, and apart from being many times larger than before, everything seemed unchanged.
The soul that emerged from Jiang Chunshui's body was very powerful. Not only was the evil energy it possessed astonishingly strong, but the fierce and malevolent energy that had invaded the souls of the dozen or so people, including Zidan and Susanna, might also have originated from this guy.
Moreover, after being decomposed and purified by the halo formed by the Six-Syllable Mantra, this guy actually provided Zhou Ziwei's clone with more than 700 remnant soul energy in one go.
Seven hundred or so remnant soul energy is nothing to Zhou Ziwei, who possesses millions of soul power. However, for Zhou Ziwei's clone, Dwight, it is nothing short of a windfall.
It's worth noting that Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) originally only had less than fifteen points of soul power, but this was his first time absorbing over seven hundred points of soul power in one go. That's quite impressive...
What surprised Zhou Ziwei even more was the soul memories he obtained from that soul. Much of the knowledge contained in these precious soul memories seemed inexplicable and incomprehensible to Zhou Ziwei, but some of them were actually the secrets to circulating that red malevolent energy.
This is far more useful to Zhou Ziwei's clone than absorbing another seven thousand or seventy thousand souls, because for this clone, this strange malevolent energy seems to be his strongest weapon.
The guy possessing Jiang Chunshui was so powerful that even Zhou Ziwei's main body had a hard time dealing with him. However, this clone simply used the method of receiving the malevolent energy to catch the guy's red light with his eyes, and thus defeated him in one fell swoop. It can be seen that in terms of malevolent energy, Zhou Ziwei's clone is even more powerful than that guy.
The acquisition of soul memories is like downloading data on a computer. In just a moment, Zhou Ziwei's clone had clearly and accurately grasped all the incredibly complex memories. However, mastering these methods does not mean that one can actually use them.
Because... all the malevolent energy, or the even stronger red malevolent energy absorbed from Jiang Chunshui, condensed into a blood crystal egg. Normally, this blood crystal egg contained all the malevolent energy, and Zhou Ziwei couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't mobilize that malevolent energy for his own use for the time being.
Therefore... the methods of using fierce and malevolent energy obtained from that soul's memory can be said to be the most useful things for Zhou Ziwei now, or they can be said to be completely useless.
Jiang Chunshui finally woke up slowly. Fortunately, she woke up a little slowly and didn't wake up in Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei's) arms. Otherwise, if she found out that she was kissing a foreign man passionately, she would probably be ashamed and indignant to death!
The remaining members of the Dragon Group did not encounter any further problems. Moreover, it seemed that since the evil spirit hidden within Jiang Chunshui's body was dealt with, the malevolent energy filling their soul seas had become much less intense. This was clearly a result of the absence of anyone controlling the malevolent energy.
Zhou Ziwei briefly recalled the tips on absorbing malevolent energy from the soul memories he had just obtained. Then, he walked over to the heads of the unconscious people and gently stroked them a few times. Without making a sound, he absorbed all the malevolent energy from their soul seas completely. This was many times more efficient than when Zhou Ziwei had to use both his main body and clones to work together.
Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) really stole the show this time. Apart from him, the other fourteen people who were affected by the evil aura were either treated by him alone or by him and Zhou Ziwei himself. It can be said that everyone here owes him a life.
Moreover, seeing that even Zhou Ziwei couldn't handle the situation, he miraculously resolved it as if a divine soldier had descended from the heavens, his status in everyone's eyes was instantly elevated to an unprecedented level.
Originally, in the eyes of the Dragon Group members, Dwight was just a prisoner. After returning home, if it was determined that he had no value, he might be secretly "killed". In any case, prisoners captured by special forces in secret are definitely not going to be peacefully extradited back.
But now... every member of the Dragon Group owes him a life, so the situation is naturally different. If the Dragon Group wants to do everything they can to protect him, even the highest military leader of the Republic wouldn't refuse to give them face!
"Dwight, you... how did you do that? This... I haven't mistaken you for someone else, have I? You really are Dwight?"
Susanna circled Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) several times before finally widening her eyes and asking a question.
Dwight (Zhou Ziwei) gave a wry smile, shrugged with a touch of pretentiousness, and said, "You ask me if I'm really Dwight... well... even I'm honestly a bit confused myself, Susanna. I don't want to lie to you... I can tell you very clearly that some unimaginable changes and adventures have happened to me. I'm no longer the idiot biology PhD who only knew how to do experiments and write papers every day. But... I can also tell you responsibly that I'm still the Dwight who loves you to the point of madness!"
Dwight's (Zhou Ziwei) seemingly sincere explanation, which was actually nothing at all, moved Susanna, who was usually indifferent to romantic relationships, to tears. She almost threw herself into his arms and offered herself to him.
The cabin quickly returned to its previous tranquility, and as time went by, the plane drew closer and closer to the motherland.