Li Yao felt that his blood was running cold again after hearing the mental devil's thought-provoking words.
However, on second thought, he realized that such hesitation and fear were meaningless!
Whether the two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators had seen through his real identity or not, it was not something that he could control.
Since it was out of his control, there was no need for him to worry about it. All he needed to do was to do what he could do carefully!
Meng Chixin was quite right about one thing. If you want to forge iron, you have to be tough yourself. You have to figure out a way to grasp all the keys that you can control and leave everything else alone!
"The luck of the Xing Yao Federation will not end so easily. I believe that the future of humanity will be on our side after all!"
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao stared at the two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators with glittering eyes and declared, one word after another, "Alright. I will certainly try my best to accomplish the three missions that you have given me, seniors, so that I can fight for the best future for the Ancient Sages Sector!"
"Great!"
Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun were both greatly moved. "Now —"
Li Yao said solemnly, "Is there anything else that you need, seniors? Please feel free to say it!"
Meng Chixin shook his head and said, "There's nothing else. You will have made a great contribution if you can accomplish the three missions, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture. Also, we are not the kind of people who do not know how to reward people! Come on. Since you have accepted the three most arduous and critical missions, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, you are naturally qualified to receive the greatest rewards. After all, each of the twelve of us will have to choose a Colossus. Why don't you choose first, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture? "
Wu Suiyun smiled nearby, too. "Why don't you consider all the Colossi here carefully, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture? Trust your intuition and see which Colossus you are more connected to."
"You want me to choose any Colossus?"
Li Yao was greatly tempted. Without any hesitation, he darted toward the black-skeleton-like Colossus in the deepest part of the temple of the Colossi, which was half hidden in the darkness and had a red cross on its facial cover, as if it had only one crimson eye!
His eyes were filled with hunger and thirst, and he was unable to conceal his desire!
The relationship between a Cultivator and a piece of magical equipment was a matter of fate. The so-called 'fate' was not a groundless thing. For the experts who had reached a certain level, they would be able to judge what kind of magical equipment and weapons were most suitable for them to carry out their maximum combat ability after they had a profound understanding of their body and soul.
The black-skeleton-like Colossus was exactly Li Yao's dream model. It was as dazzling as the fire in the dark night. As long as it was here, all the other Colossi were eclipsed and boring. Li Yao did not even bother to look at it!
Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun looked at each other and smiled. "What? Are you interested in the 'Tartarean General', Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture?"
As it turned out, the black-skeleton-like Colossus was named 'Tartarean General'. Li Yao did not hesitate and nodded. "It is indeed a very attractive Colossus. Didn't Heiye Lan take a fancy to it earlier, too?"
However, Li Yao knew that the 'Tartarean General' was Meng Chixin's and Wu Suiyun's personal Colossus. The two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators would not give it up easily. He had to figure out a way to get it from them!
"The Tartarean General is indeed a powerful Colossus," Meng Chixin said.
"But it is rather difficult to control, too. It has a high demand on the toughness of the soul. One moment of carelessness, and it will backfire on its owner. Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, are you sure you want to use the Tartarean General?"
Li Yao was dazed. Judging from Meng Chixin's tone, was it really possible that the 'Tartarean General' would be given to him to use?
Seeing the disbelief on his face, Meng Chixin was amused. "What's wrong, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture? Are you curious why Wu Suiyun and I don't use such a powerful Colossus in person?
"You are a refiner. The more powerful the magical equipment is, the better. It must be adapted to the level and style of the user. You can't possibly not understand such a simple logic, can you?
"The Tartarean General is indeed powerful, but as we said just now, the burden on the soul and the consumption of spiritual energy is too high. It is like a bottomless hole that can never be full. One moment of carelessness, and the user will be sucked dry!
"Therefore, the two of us intentionally chose the Tartarean General as the 'pivot' of the trap and lured Heiye Lan to use the Tartarean General. Then, when her soul and spiritual energy were absorbed and swallowed by the Tartarean General, we would be able to take advantage of the situation and invade her brain!
"Heiye Lan is a living person after all. She has a body of flesh and blood to accommodate her soul and spiritual energy. Her foundation is relatively solid!
"The two of us, on the other hand, are unsubstantial souls. Our control over the soul and spiritual energy is far less than that of living people in the first place. Therefore, the two of us had to work together to drive the Tartarean General. Even so, we could only perform some simple attacks and actions.
"Even so, the short time it takes for three incense sticks to burn still consumed a large amount of our souls. It almost caused us to be torn apart!"
"If we had stayed inside the Tartarean General, the only outcome would've been that we would've been sucked dry and vanished!
"It would've been like a three-year-old waving a hundred-kilogram saber of mystic iron. Before the saber could hurt the enemy, it would've already suffered internal injuries or even been crushed to death by the saber!
"Tell me, no matter how powerful this saber is, no matter how sharp the blade is, what use is it to a three year old child? It would've been better to choose a thin, short, poisoned blade, which is more inconspicuous and fatal, wouldn't it? "
Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun pointed at two Colossi more than ten meters tall on the maintenance platform nearby, which were relatively slim and short. "The two Colossi do not have a high demand on the soul, and they consume less energy. I estimate that they are the scout Colossi that the Nuwa Clan uses for reconnaissance and harassment. They are the ones that the two of us usually use. Had it not been for the purpose of stealing the Colossi of the Imperium of True Human Beings, we would never have activated the 'Tartarean General'!"
His heart pounding, Li Yao asked, his voice shivering, "Then — then, can I use the Tartarean General?"
Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun looked at each other and nodded. "If we have to choose a Fellow Cultivator to use the Tartarean General, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture seems to be the best choice!"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "Why is that?"
"It's very simple," Meng Chixin said graciously.
"Even though we claim that we must be united, who can guarantee that the Cultivators of different parties who had deep grudges against each other yesterday can really be united without any gaps?" Meng Chixin said frankly. "That's right.
"Even Wu Suiyun and I have our own unshakable positions!
"I am from the Dark Cloud Prairies. Naturally, I belong to the 'anti-Great Qian' camp. Wu Suiyun was born as a Cultivator of the Great Qian Dynasty. Although she does not like the court very much, she will not stand on my side. She will always stand on the side of the Great Qian Dynasty!
"Let's look at the other few Yuanying.
"Han Baling, Qi Changsheng, Wan Mingzhu, and Wang Xi are all hardcore anti-Great Qian supporters. Qi Zhongdao, Ba Xiaoyu, Emperor Phoenix, Master Bitter Cicada, and Yan Liren, on the other hand, are more inclined to defend the Great Qian Dynasty.
"Who do you think we should give the 'Tartarean General', such a powerful Colossus? If we give it to the Four Rapscallions, Wu Suiyun will not agree. If we give it to the people on the Great Qian Dynasty's side such as Qi Zhongdao, I will have more or less concerns!
"But you are different, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture. You were born in the Southland of Sorcerers. Although you have been living in the central plateaus for now, you have never shown much hostility toward the Four Rapscallions. We are all barbarians in the eyes of the central plateaus. I believe that your position will be more neutral, won't it?
"Therefore, if you want to use the Tartarean General, Wu Suiyun and I can accept it.
"Of course, the premise is that you are capable of using it. This is a wild horse that is not easy to deal with!"
Li Yao's heart was in a mess.
The mental devil was roaring inside his brain nonstop. It was still possible that it was a trap of the two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators. On the surface, they were giving the powerful Tartarean General to Li Yao generously, but in fact, it was the same trick they used on Heiye Lan. While the Colossus was absorbing Li Yao's spiritual energy crazily and exhausting his soul, they would take the opportunity to invade his brain!
At the very least, it was a test to see whether or not Li Yao knew the first thing about the usage of a Colossus as' Master Spiritual Vulture 'was supposed to be!
However, with everything coming to this point, Li Yao had nowhere to retreat. If he backed off at such a moment, it would only raise suspicion.
Besides, Li Yao had his own trump cards, too. He was absolutely different from Heiye Lan!
His brain had been bombarded by Ou Yezi's uncanny dreams. His soul had been polished to the point that it was as tough as iron and as tough as steel. He had even created the 'mental devil', a freak born of the Blood Stripe Virus!
More importantly, Li Yao had another trump card — Black Wing!
Even if Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun had guessed everything, they couldn't have guessed that Li Yao could control the Colossus through Black Wing, a 'fat ball' from the Star Ocean Imperium!
As a liquid-ancillary crystal processor designed to control the Colossus in the Star Ocean Imperium, Black Wing could certainly purge all the impurities inside the cockpit of the Colossus, including the two ghosts that should not have existed there!
Therefore, if the two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators were planning to do the same, they had definitely made the wrong decision!
With everything coming to this point, they might as well take the risk!
Holding his head high and his chest out, Li Yao strode toward the 'Tartarean General'. His eyes glittering, he asked in a hurry, "How … should I use the Tartarean General?"
Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun flew to the two sides of the maintenance platform. Very soon, they picked up two metal tubes that were as thick as boas and inserted them into the holes above the protruding spine of the Tartarean General. Then, spluttering noises echoed, indicating that some sort of liquid was being injected into the spiritual residence of the Tartarean General.
Li Yao knew that it was an oily buffer of telepathic thoughts. It could both connect the brain of the user to the crystal processor and the neural network of the Colossus and provide a buffer against the scourge of spiritual energy and radiation.
Without the more advanced ancillary magical equipment such as' Black Wing ', such' spiritual liquids' would be used as a direct 'medium' between the Cultivators and the Colossus.
"Let's crawl into the spiritual residence directly from the entrance above."
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