The purplish-gold tree actually knew the bald crane, and based on the meaning behind its words, the tree was known as Ecang, and the bald crane was a traitor and a failure.
It knew the tree's name, and the bald crane had even said that the tree was incomplete and had been gravely injured. Most importantly … Su Ming had actually heard the bald crane say … Sui Chen Zi's name in the midst of its dazed expression!
'It wasn't killed by Sui Chen Zi..? Based on what it said, not only does it know Ecang, it also … knows Sui Chen Zi. Could it be … that the bald crane is an existence from the same era as Sui Chen Zi?
'Why did Sui Chen Zi want to kill this tree? Just what sort of connection exists between them? ' All sorts of questions rose continuously in Su Ming's heart. The strangeness of this matter caused his previous guesses towards the bald crane to expand once again. He had originally thought that the bald crane with its mysterious origins had a great connection with the fifth True World, but due to some sort of accident, it had lost its memories and turned into its current form. It had even wandered into Yin Death Region and turned into an existence that only knew how to deceive others.
When he came to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, his experiences with the bald crane and even the Duke of Crimson Flame's hesitant expression were all seen by Su Ming. However, during that instant just now, as the purplish-gold tree's words, Su Ming had an even greater guess towards the bald crane's origins.
Perhaps the bald crane had not recovered its memories even during the era of the fifth True World, because the accident that had caused it to lose its memories had not happened in the fifth True World, but was even more ancient than that!
However, this was not the time for him to think deeply about this. Su Ming did not have the time to think too much about this either. He was in an incredibly tight spot. Almost at the same time the bald crane roared, Su Ming's soul spread out once again and filled more venous pathways.
Thirty-one, thirty-three, thirty-five … Su Ming's expansion was incredibly swift and violent. At the same time, Ecang's roars and the bald crane's piercing screeches continued spreading through the golden venous pathways in the tree's body, and they became even more intense with each passing moment.
"You damned loser. Even if I'm incomplete, even if I'm heavily injured, I'm still not someone you can fight against. Because you … are also incomplete and heavily injured. And from the looks of it, you haven't been injured once, but thrice. So much so that your physical body has already collapsed, leaving only your soul behind. Apart from being in my body, you're completely useless in the outside world. You can only be trampled on by others, a trash that can only imitate the aura of others. Loser, traitor!
Boom boom boom!
As the bald crane fought against Ecang's will time and time again, its body crumbled multiple times. Even though it would gather together once more every single time, it would become even duller.
"Ecang, your Grandpa Crane is mighty and strong, and I have countless crystals. Why would I be afraid of you?" The bald crane let out a shrill screech, and with a single move, it turned into a windstorm that charged towards Ecang's will.
As the bald crane and Ecang fought against each other, Su Ming's soul spread out even faster. He saw the bald crane's body continuously becoming duller. Its words might still be as harsh as ever, but Su Ming could sense that the bald crane's soul was rapidly disappearing.
Thirty-nine, forty-one, forty-three … Su Ming's low roars came from his soul. The time he had now was something the bald crane had bought by sacrificing itself so that he could successfully Possess Ecang. Yet even so, it was still difficult for him to successfully Possess Ecang within a short period of time. He was still halfway to complete Possession.
Ecang roared again and again. It had tried to circle around the bald crane multiple times to stop Su Ming's soul from spreading further, but the bald crane continued blocking its path with everything it had in its crazed state to buy time for Su Ming. It even let out a hoarse, piercing screech.
"Darn it all, Grandpa Crane has forgotten a lot of things. Grandpa Crane can't remember. Aside from bullying those who are sealed by the runes outside, I can't bully anyone else. It's also true that I can only fight against you in this place for some unknown reason, but Grandpa Crane knows that you are crystals. As long as I hold you back, Grandpa Crane will have thirty thousand crystals!
"For crystals, I'll fight you to the death! Su Ming, I'm giving it my all! I need stimulation! " As the bald crane roared, Su Ming's soul was just a little bit away from covering a fifth of all the venous pathways.
"One hundred thousand crystals!" Su Ming immediately roared.
Once he said those words, the windstorm that was the bald crane grew several times larger with a bang. The bald crane's eyes shone with an astonishing light within the windstorm.
"One hundred thousand crystals! One hundred thousand!" As if it had gone mad, the bald crane once again held back Ecang's will, which wanted to stop Su Ming from Possessing it, causing Ecang to roar in anger.
Su Ming's soul spread out, and with a bang, he occupied forty-seven percent of the venous pathways. At first glance, half of those gigantic golden venous pathways had turned black, and they were filled with the dense power of Su Ming's soul.
"You damned thieving crane, I have my real body here, but you don't. How many breaths can you hold me back?" Ecang's will gave up on trying to stop Su Ming, and instead used its full power to suppress the bald crane. It wanted to destroy it first, then deal with Su Ming.
"Five hundred thousand crystals!" Su Ming's soul spread out from forty-seven percent of the venous pathways, and at the same time, he let out a roar that reverberated in the area.
"One million crystals!" At the instant Su Ming shouted once again, all the parts of the bald crane's soul, from the inside out, were stimulated by Su Ming's words to the point that they erupted.
"Bigger! Bigger! Bigger!" The bald crane's eyes were bloodshot. In its madness, the windstorm around its body instantly grew to an endless extent. It swept out in all directions, and as if it was burning its soul, it rushed towards Ecang's incoming will.
"You lunatic! You were a lunatic in the past, and now, you're still a lunatic! You're burning your soul for some crystals? Y-Y-You …"
Boom! Boom!
Boom! The entire world formed by the golden venous pathways trembled. The tree that was Ecang on the cultivation planet also swayed viciously. Huge cracks even appeared on the cultivation planet, and by the looks of it, it was about to shatter into pieces.
The bald crane let out a shrill scream of pain. As Ecang roared furiously, the windstorm that was the bald crane crumbled. Its body rapidly shrank, and when it was only the size of a palm, it fell back into the area covered by Su Ming's soul in a nearly transparent manner.
Once Su Ming's soul enveloped it, the bald crane immediately fell unconscious. However, before it fainted, it used what little strength it had left to send a divine thought to Su Ming.
"Remember … you owe me one million and thirty thousand crystals …"
"Failure, traitor, thieving crane, you aren't my opponent. If I devour you, I will recover even faster. Give me time, and I will even devour the nine of them and become the true Ecang!" Ecang's will shook the entire area. At the instant it reverberated in the air, the area covered by Su Ming's soul reached fifty venous pathways, which was half of the total number of venous pathways!
Once he reached half of the golden venous pathways, the world roared in his soul, and another picture appeared, just like what had happened when Su Ming occupied three-tenths of the venous pathways. However, compared to the picture he saw when he occupied three-tenths of the venous pathways, it was even greater. In fact, it caused Su Ming's soul to practically freeze at that instant.
He saw …
There are a thousand words missing from this chapter. Please forgive me. It's the new year, but I haven't bought any new year goods. I have to go shopping with my wife.
I wish all of you a happy new year. (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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