"Y-you … You can see me!" The clone's mind was in a mess at that moment. He had not expected that Su Ming would be able to see his surroundings clearly in the dark world formed by the Sun Sinking Talisman.
The clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole believed that there was no way he would be wrong about this. Su Ming could clearly see his surroundings. After all, the clone had been able to sense Su Ming not because he could see him, but because of the connection he had with his real body. In his eyes, Su Ming's existence was like a huge ball of fire.
The reason why Su Ming could not use this connection to detect the clone was similar to the difference in size. Due to the small size of the small, it would not be easy to notice the large, and due to the large size, it would be very obvious in the eyes of the small.
At that moment, the clone was almost scared out of his wits. As he retreated, a cold sneer appeared on Su Ming's lips, and he took a step forward to chase after him.
"I'd like to see how you'll run this time!" Su Ming's words were ghastly, and there was a mighty pressure in them that caused the clone's heart to tremble. As he retreated, the clone gritted his teeth. With a roar, he cast the Forbidden Art that stimulated the potential in his body by placing his bones on the outside and his flesh on the inside, causing his speed to instantly increase exponentially. At the instant Su Ming lifted his right hand to seize the air, he dodged the attack by a hair's breadth and fled madly.
Su Ming let out a cold harrumph. He lifted his right hand and clenched his fist above his head. Booming sounds immediately surged into the sky. The white ring Su Ming had released previously had already entered the dark world as it continued shrinking. The ripples on the ring looked like a barrier that could not be shaken. As it shrank, the clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole could not escape. He could only turn into a spirit within the barrier.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. He moved forward and chased after the fleeing clone. At that moment, the clone was indeed incredibly fast, but there was naturally a drawback to this Art being known as a Forbidden Art. It could not be used for long, especially when the clone had to cast it twice in succession. He only had the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn. Once that time passed, not only would he immediately slow down, his body would also be heavily injured.
But if he didn't do that, what else could he do? He gritted his teeth and sped forward, blood seeping out of the corners of his mouth. He ignored everything else as he rushed towards the core of this pitch black world, where the Sun Sinking Talisman was. Only there might be a chance of survival.
In the outside world, the rumbling reverberated. It was the sound of the ripples from the ring sweeping and contracting. That represented a dead end. Only where the Sun Sinking Talisman was, where the cultivation of both sides were suppressed to the extreme, could the clone see a chance of survival.
That was why he used his full speed regardless of the cost. He was confident that he could reach that place in the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn. However, he could not see Su Ming chasing after him, and a hint of derision appeared on his lips.
"This consciousness that was born from the Heavenly Incense Formation is very similar to me, but it's a bit more flustered, and a bit less cautious. Once it encounters a life or death crisis like this, its mind will be thrown into chaos. Run … at most ten breaths of time. Let's see how you keep running." Su Ming chased after him at a moderate pace. He sensed that his level of cultivation had been suppressed to the point that it had fallen to Mastery Realm. Even Solar Kalpa Realm became unstable, and when he turned into Lunar Kalpa Realm, his power was reduced to the level of those who had attained great completion in World Plane Realm.
And it only lasted for sixteen breaths.
At that moment, the clone coughed up a huge mouthful of blood. His body shuddered. He originally thought that he could last for the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, but the duration of the Forbidden Art had been swiftly reduced. When the eighteenth breath arrived, his body shuddered, and the Forbidden Art completely disappeared. A feeling of weakness rose in his heart, and it turned into a broken smile at the corners of his lips.
He had ignored the suppression of his cultivation base. Even though the suppression on his physical body was slightly lesser, it was still within the range of the suppression, especially since he was charging towards the Sun Sinking Talisman and executing the Forbidden Art. His body was already weak to begin with, and because of it, the suppression on him immediately increased by several fold.
The Forbidden Art, which should have lasted for the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, turned into eighteen breaths.
Almost at the instant he slowed down, Su Ming took a step forward and appeared beside the clone. When he lifted his right hand, with a great force, he landed it on the clone's head. At the same time, Su Ming sent his will into the clone's body through his right hand. He was about to Possess it for the second time.
The fear of death stimulated the clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole. A powerful desire to live caused him to let out a shrill roar. At the instant Su Ming chose to Possess him, his body jolted, and a crack appeared at the center of his brows. Immediately after, almost at the instant Su Ming's Nascent Divinity filled the clone's body, a small human crawled out of the crack at the center of his brows and fled madly.
That small person was the independent will that had been born in the clone's body due to the Heavenly Incense Rune. It could be said to be a soul, but it could also be said to be a Nascent Divinity. Once it flew out, its speed became much faster, and it rushed towards the Sun Sinking Talisman.
The body that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole no longer had any form of consciousness or soul to Su Ming. It was just an empty body. His Nascent Divinity instantly fused into the body, but he soon retracted it. Once he put the body of the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole into his storage bag, Su Ming lifted his head and stared into the distance. He could now clearly see a gigantic, long runic symbol within the vast gray screen of light.
At that moment, the soul of the clone was charging towards it.
'Without your soul, I won't be able to Possess you, and I won't be able to Possess you a second time. I wonder what will happen if I Possess you a second time. I'm very curious.' Su Ming narrowed his eyes. Besides wanting to turn the clone back into a clone, he had been so persistent in chasing after the clone because he wanted to know whether any changes would happen if he Possessed the same clone a second time.
With this thought in mind, there was no way he would allow the clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole to escape just like that. With a cold harrumph, Su Ming moved forward and chased after the clone's soul.
The two of them were very close to the Sun Sinking Talisman, and as they chased after it, the soul of the clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole instantly arrived next to the Sun Sinking Talisman. Almost at the instant he arrived, his soul trembled and became blurry, as if it was under some kind of pressure and was about to dissipate.
Su Ming also sensed an unprecedented limit on his level of cultivation. As he closed in, his level of cultivation continued weakening. From great completion in World Plane Realm, he fell to the later stage of World Plane Realm, then to the middle stage. When he reached the initial stage, his body sank, and from Heaven Cultivation Realm, he fell to Earth Cultivation Realm.
This was a feeling he had not experienced for a long time. It was the same level of cultivation he had when he was Relocated from the land of Berserkers to Divine Essence Star Ocean. Yet even so, with Su Ming's intelligence and the experiences he had gained over the years, not a single hint of change could be seen on his face. His speed might have become much slower, but he did not hesitate. In an instant, he caught up to the Sun Sinking Talisman.
At the same time, booming sounds surged in the area. Almost at the same time Su Ming closed in on the Sun Sinking Talisman, the white ring tumbled towards him. It had already shrunk to the point where it could envelop the Sun Sinking Talisman.
"Why must you be so ruthless? I've already given you my physical body, you …" The clone's soul, whose body looked as if it was about to crumble, saw that the white ring had completely sealed off the area and Su Ming was walking towards him. Terror and panic that had never appeared on his face before he spoke in a shrill voice.
"Your physical body?" Su Ming smiled coldly. He did not say anything else to the soul of the clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole. With a step forward, he charged towards the clone and lifted his right hand to seize it. With it, despair appeared on the clone's face. He was completely powerless to fight back. Even if Su Ming showed that he was only in Earth Cultivation Realm, he still could not struggle.
In his despair, madness appeared on his face. At the instant Su Ming seized him, he closed his eyes and reopened them. The presence of self-destruction swiftly spread out from him. He knew that self-destruction was useless. He knew that Su Ming was skilled in reversing time … but if he did not self-destruct and just allowed himself to be killed, he would not be able to accept it.
That was why even if he knew that it was useless, he still chose to self-destruct in a frenzy. Yet just as he knew, self-destruction was useless before Su Ming.
A power that could reverse time blew past him. Su Ming seized the clone's soul with his right hand, and when he clenched his fist, he immediately placed layers of seals on him and put him into his storage bag. Once he left this place, his cultivation base would no longer be suppressed. Then, he would let the soul return to the clone's body and wait for Su Ming's second Possession.
Once he sealed the clone's soul, Su Ming lifted his head and cast a glance at the huge Sun Sinking Talisman in front of him. It shone with a gray light that reached one hundred thousand feet. There were three huge words on it, but Su Ming did not recognize them. When he drew them, they formed the entirety of the talisman. In fact, when Su Ming looked at it, he could sense a primitive, savage power contained within it.
For some unknown reason, that ancient feeling made Su Ming remember the Ancestral Spirits worshiped by the alien races in Divine Essence Star Ocean. In fact, Su Ming could sense that the terrifying power contained within the talisman surpassed that of the white ring. It was clearly a supreme treasure in Avacaniya Realm.
Su Ming did not stay for long. His level of cultivation had been suppressed to the point that his Earth Cultivation Realm was on the verge of becoming unstable. He immediately turned around, intending to leave the place and return to the world outside to reunite with his senior brothers, but the instant he lifted his foot and was about to leave, the Sun Sinking Talisman shuddered.
"There is the presence of an offering … Activate All Spirits Hall … Offering an offering … You can enter All Spirits Hall … Offering an offering … You can enter All Spirits Hall …" A buzzing sound came from the Sun Sinking Talisman and spread through the area. At the instant Su Ming's heart trembled, a great suction force suddenly spread out from the talisman. It enveloped Su Ming's body and yanked him with great force as if it wanted to drag him into the talisman.
"There is no offering … The master of offerings has offered himself …" As the buzzing sounds rumbled, Su Ming's expression changed drastically. The suction force instantly increased exponentially. At the instant Su Ming was about to be dragged into the talisman, he lifted his right hand and pointed at the white ring. The ring immediately shrank with a howl and wrapped itself around Su Ming's right index finger before he yanked it outwards.
Su Ming's body was immediately about to escape the area of the suction force, but at that moment, the Sun Sinking Talisman shone, and the power of Relocation was activated. Su Ming widened his eyes and a bitter smile appeared on his face. The light spread outwards, and even though it disappeared in an instant, Su Ming's body also disappeared without a trace once it disappeared.
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