Su Ming's soul did not move, and the bald crane was incredibly nervous. It could sense a presence that terrified and disgusted it coming from the golden tree, and the pressure it formed surpassed that of the Divinity Incarceration Rune. In fact, under that presence and pressure, the bald crane's blurry memories became slightly muddled. It seemed to have some vague impression of the golden tree, but it could not remember what it was.
As the enraged roar echoed in the air and a light gasp of surprise came from the voice, the runic symbols formed by the vast number of venous pathways started shining. A great will instantly swept through the area, and from the bald crane's transformation to cover Su Ming's location, it even swept through the area.
It was impossible for Su Ming to say that he was not nervous. This was related to whether his plan to Possess the tree and turn it into his clone would succeed. If the bald crane's Transformation Art was discovered, then the sooner it was discovered, the lower Su Ming's chances of success would be.
On the other hand, if the bald crane noticed it a little later and Su Ming had eight hundred breaths, then he would succeed.
The bald crane also used its full strength to control its Transformation Art to cover up Su Ming's presence, so that wherever its Transformation Art covered would look the same as the golden venous pathways no matter how Su Ming looked at it.
Time trickled by, and several breaths later, a cold harrumph came from the powerful will.
"Damn you, Sui Chen Zi. If you die, then so be it. How dare you place your laws above mine? Damn you, damn you, or else I would have killed this person who wanted to Possess me a long time ago!
"Sui Chen Zi, your death is not to be regretted. You deserve to die. If you hadn't dared to fight back in the past, how could I have ended up like this? How could I have ended up like this?!" A crazed roar came from the will before it gradually faded away.
"Haha, I did it! As expected of me, I'm the best. How dare this little sapling fight against me? Heh heh, it didn't even notice a single insignificant change of mine, haha!" The bald crane sent out its voice in its soul excitedly. In its prideful manner, it seemed to have forgotten its fear and nervousness just now.
"Little boy Su, don't forget the crystals you promised me. This time, I used all my strength and didn't hold anything back. I'm so tired. Look at my tiny arms and legs, they've become so thin …" The bald crane quickly seized the chance to emphasize its hard work and contributions.
Su Ming fell silent. He did not see the bald crane's small arms and legs. To the bald crane, whose body was formed by illusory souls, if it wanted to, it could turn into a giant with large arms and legs.
Time was running out. At the instant the vast will disappeared, Su Ming spread his soul outwards once again to continuously occupy the venous pathways in the golden tree. One breath, another …
With each breath that passed, Su Ming's chances of success would become higher. To him, this was a fight, a fight over time.
"Faster, faster, faster!" Su Ming roared in his heart. His soul continued spreading out, and from the previous fourteen-hundredths, it reached sixteenth, eighteenth, twentieth …
All the areas that were covered by his soul were enveloped by the bald crane and its Transformation Art at the same time, causing the black color to turn gold, causing the tree's will to be unable to notice it.
When he reached twenty-eight out of a hundred, nearly a hundred breaths had passed. This speed was already incredibly fast, but Su Ming still felt that it was slow. At that moment, he felt as if he was stealing something from an unfamiliar house. The master of the house could find him at any moment, and the faster he finished, the higher his chances of success would be.
The bald crane might have seemed excited, but in truth, the nervousness in its heart had not diminished in the slightest. As time passed, its nervousness grew stronger, and it could not help but start urging Su Ming to hurry up.
"Faster, faster … Stop!" The bald crane immediately let out a piercing cry, and Su Ming's soul instantly stopped spreading out.
Almost at the instant he stopped, a crazed roar with a great will that could destroy everything descended on the area once again. That will roared and swept through the area. As it continued searching, its voice echoed in the air.
"Damn insect, you're still here! I know you're still here! You despicable and shameless bastard, I don't know what method you used to hide yourself, but I'll definitely find you! I'll definitely find you!" The great will continued sweeping through the area again and again. The bald crane was incredibly nervous and did not dare to move.
In the blink of an eye, ten breaths passed. The great will searched through the area even more frequently, and as time passed, the will became even stronger. At that moment, it was already several times stronger than before, and as it swept through the area, booming sounds rang out nonstop.
"I refuse to believe that I won't be able to find you, you despicable bastard!" As the tree's will roared, the golden venous pathways suddenly started distorting and drawing close to the heart at the center, which was exuding the aura of death.
The bald crane quickly used its Transformation Art and did the corresponding actions, causing the area covered by Su Ming's soul to distort and look the same as the other areas.
Yet at the instant the golden venous pathways closed in on the heart filled with the aura of death, Su Ming suddenly sensed a strong sense of danger. At the same time, as the tree's will roared, the heart filled with the aura of death shrank!
As it shrank, it expanded outwards, as if it had completed a beat.
Bang!
The heart beat once, and a purplish gold fog spread out with a bang. Wherever it went, everything would tumble about endlessly. When it touched the area covered by the bald crane's Transformation Art, the bald crane let out a shrill cry.
"It found you!"
"So it's here!" The tree's will roared. At the same time it reverberated in the air, its killing intent surged into the sky and charged towards Su Ming.
Su Ming did not hesitate. Since he had been discovered, he might as well not hide anymore. Instead, as the power of his soul spread outwards, he sent a voice to the bald crane.
"Ten thousand crystals!" When the bald crane heard Su Ming's voice, its body instantly gathered together, and once it turned into the bald crane, it started shuddering. This shuddering was due to the stimulation from Su Ming's words. It threw its head back and roared, and its eyes turned bloodshot. At that moment, only Su Ming's words echoed in its heart. Ten thousand crystals. To it, this was a temptation that was stronger than anything else in the world. This sort of temptation was enough to drive it mad.
"Ah! Ten thousand crystals! Ten thousand shiny crystals! Along with the five thousand crystals Su Ming promised me, I have fifteen thousand crystals in total! I'll risk it! I'll risk it! I'll risk it! " At that moment, the bald crane was no longer a bald crane. It was a warrior that did not fear death and did not fear any powerful warriors in the world!
With an indomitable presence, fearlessness towards the world, determination towards crystals, and madness towards anything that tried to stop it from obtaining crystals, it rushed towards the tree's will that was charging towards it recklessly.
The bald crane loved crystals, but it loved holding grudges even more. It hated the four Great True Worlds for shutting down the Divinity Incarceration Rune, causing it to fail in extorting Su Ming. This caused it to hate Su Ming so much that it practically gnashed its teeth in anger even in its sleep. Right then, it was also very fond of the tree. It did not hate the tree for appearing, but hated it for being so strong …
"Twenty thousand! You have to give me a total of twenty thousand crystals! Give me another five thousand crystals, and I'll … I'll risk my life!" the bald crane roared. In its madness, it asked for another five thousand crystals.
"I'll give you thirty thousand!" Su Ming sent a voice to the tree. He was using his full strength to quickly cover the venous pathways. With just a little more, he would be able to cover twenty-nine-hundredths of the venous pathways.
The bald crane went mad. Like a warrior, it crashed straight into the tree's will.
Boom!
As a loud bang reverberated in the air, the tree's will, which was incredibly terrifying to Su Ming, tumbled backwards when it crashed into the bald crane. The bald crane's entire body crumbled and disappeared, only gathering together once again a thousand feet away.
As it roared arrogantly, the tree's will let out a furious roar.
"It's you! Damn it, I remember now! You failure, how dare you appear before me?! You're not worthy of appearing before me! " As the tree's roars reverberated in the air, Su Ming's soul occupied twenty-nine-hundredths of the venous pathways, and in one go, he occupied thirty-nine-hundredths of the venous pathways!
Nearly a third of the golden venous pathways had turned black at that moment, and they were exuding Su Ming's presence. This degree of occupation was something that no one had managed to do among the thousands of people who had tried to Possess it in the tree's endless life.
At the instant Su Ming Possessed thirty-nine-hundredths of the tree's venous pathways, a loud bang immediately rang out in his soul. As it did so, a gigantic picture appeared in his soul.
In that picture was a big tree in the galaxy. That tree was so big that one could not see its end with the naked eye. Even cultivation planets were incredibly small compared to it. That tree was entirely purple, and the mighty pressure spreading out from it was so strong that it looked as if it could make the universe crumble with just one thought.
That gigantic purple tree was not entirely purple. There was a golden light spreading out from within, causing it to look as if it was purplish gold. This was the picture that appeared in Su Ming's soul once he occupied a third of the venous pathways in his body. At that instant, he also knew clearly … that this tree was the true form of the tree he Possessed!
That tree was not complete. There were many parts of it that had withered away. It might look incredibly big, but there was an aura of death and an aura of decay coming from it. Yet even so, the shock it brought to Su Ming was still incredibly great.
Su Ming's soul had fused together with the bald crane, which was why the bald crane could also see what Su Ming saw at that moment. It had originally been roaring arrogantly, but once it saw the tree, it was suddenly stunned. The countless fragmented memories in its head formed a temporary combination at that instant.
"Ecang! You're Ecang! You didn't die! You weren't killed by Sui Chen Zi! You're still alive! " The bald crane did not know why it would say these words. Its face was filled with confusion, but its voice was shrill, and there was even a hint of fear in it.
"You remembered me? You failure! That damned Sui Chen Zi! He doesn't have the right to kill me! You went against the will of heaven! You failure! You traitor! " The tree's will roared. As its voice reverberated in the air, the bald crane's expression became even more confused, but its voice became even sharper.
"You are incomplete. You are heavily injured. Su Ming … Possess it and turn it into your clone. If it was complete and not heavily injured, then no one in the universe would be able to Possess it, but now … you have a chance to succeed!" Su Ming! "I'll help you Possess it!" The bald crane's expression was one of confusion as it spoke in a shrill voice. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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