He knew that the disappearance of the snake's presence was not because Su Ming had subdued it, but because it was sealed by Han Mountain Bell once again, just like before. Yet even though he knew this, he still hesitated, but that hesitation only lasted for an instant before it turned into indifference.
'Planting the Berserker Seed is the most important!
The snake is in Su Ming's hands. I might not have had much contact with him, but I can tell that he's a decisive person. He won't hesitate or drag his feet. If he can't subdue the snake, then he'll definitely think of a way to kill it!
'If that's the case, then since you're going to die anyway … why don't you help me before you die? At least you'll die a worthy death.' Si Ma Xin endured the pain in his heart and determination appeared in his eyes.
'It's a pity that the snake hasn't grown up yet … Oh well, oh well!' Si Ma Xin lifted his right hand and tapped his chest.
Immediately, his robes were torn to shreds and disappeared, revealing a circular, blood-red picture on his chest. At first glance, that blood-red picture looked like a sun, but if anyone took a closer look, they would gradually be able to see the indistinct shadow of a rod insect within it.
'It might be a pity for this snake, but it's just a Barren Thread. It might never be able to revert to its roots and become a Barren Thread. It's just a strange creature that was formed from the many Barren Threads that were formed from the Barren Treasure. 'This is just my guess. Perhaps the Barren Thread doesn't even exist.
'Giving up on this thing in exchange for a higher chance of success in planting the Berserker Seed … is worth it!' A glint appeared in Si Ma Xin's eyes. Once he tapped his chest with his right hand, he quickly moved around the edge of the blood-red picture.
As his fingers moved around, chilling air spread out from the skin where his fingers passed. Si Ma Xin's expression remained the same, cold and aloof. Very soon, the moment his fingers connected with the end of the picture, an undercurrent instantly surged within the blood-red circle on his chest, and eventually, it slowly detached itself from Si Ma Xin's skin.
That blood-red circle was like a piece of skin. As it slowly detached itself, a large amount of sticky threads were revealed between Si Ma Xin's skin. The sight of those sticky threads was nauseating, but Si Ma Xin's expression remained the same. Not much change could be seen on his face.
As the blood-red circle detached itself from his body, the threads gradually broke apart. Eventually, when the blood-red circle floated before Si Ma Xin, all the threads broke apart.
A strange light appeared in Si Ma Xin's eyes. He bit the tip of his tongue and coughed out a mouthful of blood. That blood landed on the round like a piece of skin, and it was quickly absorbed.
'Before Bai Su does what I want, I must first open up a hole in Su Ming's heart for her. Only then will she have a better chance of succeeding!
'This snake is the connection between me and Su Ming as I open the hole in his heart!
The more you, the hole, the hole, and the connection! Su of you will be.
… … … Art … Ming … he … … His voice was filled with an indescribable ghastly air. As it spread out in the air, the skin-like red circle before him instantly started burning.
As it burned, the rod insect that was faintly discernible within the red circle started trembling furiously, as if it was letting out soundless cries of pain.
At the same time, within Han Mountain Bell in Su Ming's cave abode on the ninth summit, the dispirited rod insect's body suddenly twisted. It let out a shrill, pained scream, and as it screamed, the ferocious look in its eyes flickered. The loyalty hidden deep within that ferocious look also became confused.
White mist spread out from its body. That white mist did not contain any heat, but as it spread out, the rod insect's body looked as if it was burning!
"So this is your Master..? He didn't want you to submit to me, that's why he would rather kill you cruelly …" Su Ming's voice echoed within Han Mountain Bell and traveled into the rod insect's heart.
The insect possessed an incredibly high level of intelligence. It could understand Su Ming's words. The ferocious look in its eyes dimmed, and the loyalty hidden within also became deeply confused.
It was as if no matter how high its intelligence was, it could not understand why its Master wanted to kill it …
"He wanted to kill you because you were captured by me. I don't know how long you've been with Si Ma Xin, but this must be the first time you've been captured. Even if I let you go, if this happens a second or a third time, and even if I'm not the one who captured you, this will still be the end that awaits you!
"How could you be so loyal to a Master like this? How laughable, but at the same time, I feel sad for you!" Su Ming's words were like thunder that rumbled within Han Mountain Bell and fell into the rod insect's heart, causing the ferocious look in its eyes to completely crumble, revealing the loyalty hidden beneath that ferociousness. However, at the same time that loyalty was filled with confusion, there was also grief.
Su Ming watched all of this. His expression might have remained as calm as ever, but his heart was shaken. He did not expect that the insect's intelligence would have reached such a level. By the looks of it, it could be said that it was on par with Xiao Hong.
However, since Xiao Hong was a Fire Ape, it was born with intelligence similar to a human's. Yet the insect was able to do so even though it was small, which showed just how extraordinary it was.
"Your previous Master wanted to kill you, and you're still going to be loyal to him?!" A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. Right at the moment the rod insect's heart was clearly shaken and a large part of its body was burning. Its life force was also rapidly weakening, Su Ming suddenly let out a low growl.
Its growl reverberated within Han Mountain Bell, and at the same time, the divine sense Su Ming had gathered around the insect immediately noticed that a gap had appeared in the snake's spiritual resistance.
The moment the gap appeared, the stone coins floating around Su Ming's body shuddered at the same time and all of them shattered into powder that scattered into the air. A large amount of spiritual aura surged out from the shattered stones and surged into the opened path in Su Ming's body like a tidal wave. Once it swam through the path rapidly, it gathered at Su Ming's head and released an even stronger divine sense.
That divine sense charged into Han Mountain Bell and descended on the insect's body. Then, like a hot knife through butter, it charged straight into the gap in the insect's soul and entered the insect's soul.
The instant Su Ming entered the insect's heart, the first thing he noticed with his divine sense was a gigantic red circular picture floating in the indistinct world.
That thing looked like human skin. More accurately speaking, it was a piece of human skin with a circular picture drawn on it.
It floated in midair, and at that moment, a large amount of it was burning. As it burned, Su Ming could clearly see the shadow of the rod snake shuddering within the red circle, but it did not fight back. Instead, it simply allowed the skin to burn, causing it to become weaker.
In just a few short breaths of time, more than half of the human skin had been burnt to ashes. Only a small part of it remained, but from the looks of it, it would probably completely disappear in a few more breaths.
When the human skin completely disappeared, the shadow of the rod insect would also disappear, and this strange insect would die completely.
'Si Ma Xin, how ruthless …' Su Ming might have expected this to happen, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he still had a taste of Si Ma Xin's ruthlessness.
If he was in Xiao Hong's place and the rod insect was in Xiao Hong's place, Su Ming knew that he would definitely not do such a thing.
He did not hesitate. The powerful divine sense gathered in the insect's heart rushed towards the burning human skin. At the instant it touched the human skin, Su Ming's heart suddenly trembled. He had a vague feeling that something was off.
At that moment, a dark light suddenly flashed on his chest as he sat cross-legged in his cave abode. That dark light came from the mysterious black stone hanging around Su Ming's neck.
As that light shone, Su Ming's divine sense in the insect's heart froze.
'Even if his pet died, this Si Ma Xin still didn't forget to set me up … I might not know his goal, but it's definitely not something good.' The moment Su Ming's divine sense froze, a large amount of the human skin that was left disappeared as it burned. There was not much left.
The rod insect's weakness had also reached its peak. It looked as if its soul was about to scatter, but it seemed to have lost its ability to fight back and was quietly waiting for death in the indistinct form.
At that moment, there were only two paths before Su Ming. He could either save the rod insect and suffer from Si Ma Xin's schemes, or he could give up on the insect.
He was plotting against Si Ma Xin, and Si Ma Xin was also plotting against him. The two of them did not know the other's goal and trump card, but with this rod insect as a medium, they launched a battle that was clearly different from a real battle!
Su Ming only hesitated for a moment before he made his decision.
His divine sense abruptly ignored Si Ma Xin's unknown schemes and enveloped the small amount of human skin left. It broke through the burning human skin and rushed into the shadow of the rod insect that was no longer fighting back and seemed to have fallen into despair.
'Even if Si Ma Xin wants to use your death to set me up, this is my experiment. Even if you die, you can't die in his hands!'
The moment Su Ming's divine sense rushed in, the rod insect shuddered.
"He doesn't want you, but I want you!" The mighty voice from Su Ming's divine sense was sent completely into the rod insect's heart. The rod insect's heart instantly trembled, and the shadow in the human skin lifted its head swiftly. There seemed to be a difference in the dull light shining in its eyes.
"He doesn't want you, but I want you …" Those words echoed in the rod insect's heart, causing the different look in its eyes to gradually replace the dull light.
Almost without any form of resistance from the rod insect, Su Ming's divine sense left a deep Brand in its heart.
The moment the brand was left behind, the human skin was completely burned to ashes. However, the moment before the ashes dissipated, the shadow inside seemed to have been erased from the inside.
At that moment, the human skin before Si Ma Xin, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating on the first summit, was completely burnt to ashes. However, his expression changed swiftly and he stood up as if he was about to rush out of the first summit, but he stopped in his tracks and clenched his fists tightly. His face was incredibly dark, as if there was a monstrous rage contained within it.
'How could it not be dead?!' He suddenly understood Su Ming's goal. Su Ming wanted to use him to help him subdue this strange insect! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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