chapter 1025: aura of the demon master translator: henyee translations editor: henyee translations
ây-you canât kill me! otherwise, my master will never forgive you!â guo xiuwen said shakily.
ling han shook his head, and said, âi thought that someone as freakish and ruthless as you would also be ruthless toward themselves. how are you so cowardly?â
ling han threw luo wuâs corpse aside.
it was genuinely a corpse now as the true origin stones inside had already been extracted and the formations carved into it destroyed. apart from its bones being relatively sturdy, this corpse had little difference from other ordinary corpses.
âyou created this puppet, am i correct?â ling han pointed at the corpse, and continued, âyou were ruthless enough to dig the organs out from others, yet youâre afraid of suffering a similar fate?â
guo xiuwen shuddered in fright, and frantically explained, âi-i-i-itâs different! thatâs only a piece of raw material, not a human!â sÑarch* the ηovÑlfire .net website on google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
ling han was slightly astonished. guo xiuwenâs outlook on life was already completely twisted. he was clearly a coward, yet he was somehow able to commit such disgusting atrocities. ling han slapped him across the face, and said, âi donât want to read your disgusting memory, so answer my questions!â
shui yanyu walked over and placed her sword on guo xiuwenâs neck. âwhatâs the point of speaking with such people? theyâre better off dead!â
âno! no!â guo xiuwen was extremely terrified. âdonât kill me, donât kill me! iâll tell you everything that you want to know! please donât kill me!â the sound of pissing could be heard as guo xiuwen shrieked in terror. he had wet himself in fright.
shui yanyu hurriedly pinched her nose as she retreated into the distance.
ling han also wanted to give him a good hard kick. there truly werenât many people who were as cowardly as him. âtell me everything you know,â he said coldly.
guo xiuwen nodded vigorously, and said, âas you wish, as you wish. iâll speak, iâll tell you everything!â
he started to tell a story.
he had already become pei jiâs disciple over 30,000 years ago. at that time, he was only six or seven years old. perhaps he was two years older than that, or perhaps he was two years younger than that. it was too long ago, so his memory of that time had already become hazy.
in these 30,000 years, he had learned martial arts and puppet-making from pei ji. during that time, pei ji had also taken in four more disciples.
guo xiuwen had initially been unaware of how he had become pei jiâs disciple, yet he saw a shadow of himself on his four junior brothersâ bodies.
although this island was isolated, the sea was no stranger to all kinds of unforeseen circumstances. there were tsunamis and there were pirates, and in the decades and centuries that passed, people would occasionally drift over to this island. however, none of them could escape the fate of being refined into a puppet by pei ji.
sometimes, there were children among those who arrived, and pei ji would choose a few talented ones to become his disciples. if he later discovered that there was no value in raising them, he would kill them without mercy.
thus, guo xiuwen deduced that he himself was also the descendant of someone who had drifted here. his parents had been killed by pei ji, yet due to his relatively good talent, he was spared by pei ji and even taken in as a disciple.
he had been too young at that time, so he was unable to remember any of these events. or perhaps he had been traumatized so much that these memories were suppressed in some hidden corner of his brain.
however, even if he knew the truth, he still didnât dare develop any shred of hatred toward pei ji. after all, pei ji had two pseudo-sun moon tier puppets. even if he and the other four disciples were to team up, they would still be easily insta-killed by these two puppets.
pei ji was an outstanding puppeteer, yet it seemed like he had experienced some dramatic event that made him uninterested in developing his talents. instead, he chose to become a tyrant on this island, someone who brought nightmares to those who drifted to this place.
as for pei jiâs background and history, guo xiuwen knew absolutely nothing. he merely knew that the colossal pit was extremely mysterious. a peculiar mist-like matter would drift out from it every year, and if it was fused into a puppetâs body, it would cause the puppet to become much stronger than before.
moreover, creating a puppet usually took several months, yet with the help of the divine mist, this time would be compressed into a mere few days.
âdivine mist?â
ling hanâs interest was piqued, and he said, âwhere is it? show me.â
guo xiuwen trembled nervously as he crawled up and opened a drawer. he retrieved a jade vial, and said, âthe divine mist is enclosed in here.â he lowered his head to hide the viciousness that was flashing across his eyes.
this divine mist was extremely helpful in creating puppets, but it would corrode oneâs divine sense if they were to directly inhale it. it would transform one into a puppet-like tool whose only aim was to kill. the only difference was that they wouldnât listen to commands.
once he dealt with ling han, guo xiuwen wouldnât be afraid of the remaining woman in the least.
ling han accepted the vial, but didnât immediately open it up. instead, he tossed guo xiuwen into the black tower, and then entered with shui yanyu.
he was about to examine an unknown substance, so it was naturally the safest to do so in the black tower.
âsmall tower, can you determine what this is?â ling han tossed the jade vial into the air.
pa!
with a thought, the jade vial instantly exploded into pieces.
a wisp of black mist instantly streaked into the air and shifted into all kinds of forms. it transformed into the shape of a beast, then a bird, and then a human who had a single horn on their head and a tail extending from their rear.
small tower appeared, and exclaimed in unison with ling han, âdemonic qi!â
this was definitely demonic qiâling han had seen this substance in the lower realm before. although there was only a wisp of it, it was far more powerful than the aura of the asura demon emperor.
âthatâs right!â
a thought flashed through ling hanâs mind, and the asura demon emperor was immediately brought before him. this demon had been confined in the black tower this entire time.
âmy respects to master! masterâs fortune is shared with heaven, and masterâs lifespan is eternal and boundless!â the asura demon emperor was extremely obsequious, and his behavior was completely typical of a base person. he glanced at shui yanyu, and instantly dropped down on his knees. âmy respects to masterâs wife! master has such refined taste! masterâs wife is as beautiful as a celestial maiden, and her aura is brimming with nobility and elegance. sheâs definitely a beauty who only appears once every hundreds of millions of years!â
shui yanyu was completely dumbstruck. âhow can there be such an obsequious person? does he have no face?â
ling han humphed, and said, âenough with the nonsense. hurry up and check this demonic qi out. tell me about its origin.â
âas you wish, as you wish!â the asura demon emperor hurriedly nodded and bowed before turning his gaze to the wisp of demonic qi. his smoke-like body involuntarily quaked, and he stuttered, âthis... this... this is a wisp of demonic qi from a demon master!â
âdemon master?â ling han glared at him, and said, âexplain more clearly.â
the asura demon emperor was completely void of any temper now, and he immediately started to nod and bow again. âin the immortal realm, those who have reached the genesis tier are referred to as saints. in the netherworld, however, those who have reached the genesis tier are referred to as demon masters.â
shui yanyu was astonished by the sight of the asura demon emperor, and she interjected, âthis is a demon from the netherworld?â
âthis lowly demon is indeed from the netherworld. as expected, the eyes of masterâs wife radiate with a brilliance that sees through all of my thoughts.â the asura demon emperor flattered shui yanyu relentlessly.
ling han was astounded by the revelation. âthis wisp of aura was left by a demon master whose rank is equivalent to the genesis tier?
âhang on... wasnât there a suppressed passageway in the flame cave of the heavenly sea mystery realm? and wasnât there a being who referred to itself as demon master zhen yi trying to break through the passageway and enter this realm?â
gasp!
he had actually quarreled with a great elite at the genesis tier!
âthe beauty of masterâs wife is like the sun in the sky that blinds one with its dazzling radiance! the aura of masterâs wife is like the brilliant moon whose chastity makes one drop their head in shame!â the asura demon emperor knew no shame as he continued to praise and flatter shui yanyu. however, at some point in time, he suddenly lunged toward the wisp of demonic qi in the air.
âhahahaha! once i fuse with this wisp of demonic qi, my power will soar rapidly, and iâll recover a battle prowess of the mountain river tier! killing you two will be as easy as slaughtering defenseless chickens!â the asura demon emperor laughed excitedly as it neared the wisp of demonic qi.