Half an hour later, deep inside the underground palace, inside the world fragment.
The capture squad led by "Silver Fox" Li Jiande was not large. In order to keep the secret, they did not even bring too many crystal warships, hoping to take down Li Linghai quickly and quietly with the four experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage and their Colossi.
The Deep Sea Fleet, on the other hand, was established by Li Linghai in person after all. Most of the resources and even the starships were provided by Li Linghai. Dongfang Sheng was essentially a high-level manager. Even though he could control a lot of trusted subordinates and take over the critical posts temporarily, it was obviously impossible for everybody in the fleet to betray Li Linghai.
Therefore, after Li Linghai controlled Dongfang Sheng, Li Jianyi, and Song Huanzhen, the three experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage, he immediately sent a message to the Deep Sea Fleet. The Deep Sea Fleet immediately took action and controlled the inside and outside of the royal palace.
At this moment, the elites of the four Kurfürst families were either protecting the Council of Elders or hunting Dongfang Wang in the sky of the Silver Moon Ocean, which earned a few precious hours for Li Linghai to modify Dongfang Sheng, Li Jianyi, and Song Huanzhen, the three experts at the peak of the Divinity Transformation Stage, and help them release … even greater strength!
In the boundless black fog, all the creatures seemed to be struggling in the black swamp. The roars of Dongfang Sheng, Li Jianyi, and Song Huanzhen echoed from the depths of the darkness.
Their roars were extremely weird. They seemed to be mired in excruciating torture and moaning uncontrollably as if they had tasted the ecstasy of the human world. They seemed to have degenerated from an intelligent species with a highly-developed civilization into a primeval beast that was completely entangled by natural instincts.
Surrounded by the roars of the three experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage, Li Linghai stood on an enormous stone pillar that rose uncannily in the dark abyss by himself.
At first glance, the enormous stone pillar almost fifty meters in diameter seemed to be carved out of translucent obsidian. Rising from the center of the planet, it was emitting deeper and more mysterious colors even in the middle of the black fog that seemed to be a whole.
However, if one were to take a closer look, they would discover that the materials that made up the enormous stone pillar were the skeletons of countless ferocious beasts!
The skeletons of the ferocious beasts, which were tens of meters tall, were all squeezed together by an indescribable force. Then, after hundreds of thousands of years of erosion and polishing, they were melted into a certain kind of crystal-like material.
Among them, some of the skeletons looked like human beings that had been enlarged multiple times. They were also mixed with all kinds of bizarre-shaped animals. They should be the remains of the intelligent lives in the Pangu Civilization Alliance, or the primeval deities that the ignorant people would worship upon seeing.
At this moment, countless Primordial Ferocious Beasts and millions of Primordial Fiendgods were being trampled under Li Linghai's feet!
On the surface of the enormous stone pillar, the claws and teeth of the Primordial Fiendgods and the arms of the Primordial Fiendgods were all raised, like drowning people extending their hands out of the water to ask for help. Those claws, teeth, and arms were intertwined and twisted into a concave surface that looked like … a throne of deities!
Li Linghai, however, did not sit cross-legged on the throne of deities. Instead, she held the armrests of the throne and bent her back like a shrimp. Her entire body was trembling violently, and the expression on her face could not have been more painful.
From the black stripes on her eyeballs, hair, and skin, the thickest black liquids were leaking out nonstop. They dripped to her feet and congregated into a pool of black water.
As the black liquids leaked out, Li Linghai's eyeballs and hair gradually regained the whiteness that was almost transparent, but she looked even more haggard than before, as if she were dying.
Perhaps "Silver Fox" Li Jiande was not wrong. Being possessed by such an unparalleled bandit as Blackstar the Great and triggering the strength that did not belong to oneself did come with a dreadful price. Li Linghai felt that all the blood in her body had been drained, and her entire brain had been burnt up.
Shivering, she took out a dark-red drug from her Cosmos Ring and injected it into her carotid artery. Taking a few deep breaths, she coughed so hard that even her internal organs were about to be coughed out. It was not until half a minute later that she was finally back to herself.
The black water below her feet that was as thick as a swamp, on the other hand, was bubbling weirdly. Then, a black shadow slowly rose from the black water, higher and higher, raging and brandishing its claws, before it congregated into a shadow more than three meters tall!
It seemed that Li Linghai's shadow had come alive and was staring at her coldly from behind.
Even though the shadow did not have any facial organs, two scorching "eyes" were still darting at Li Linghai brutally.
"This body of yours … is simply too weak."
A gloomy and long voice came from the shadow. "I had to perform such petty tricks when I was faced with a few experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage. I even had to make a lot of promises to the rebellious subjects in order to divide them and conquer them. It is truly a great humiliation for me!"
Li Linghai was back to herself in a trance. She hurried to kneel and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Ignoring her, the shadow continued mumbling, "'Silver Fox' Li Jiande is indeed a tough guy. If it weren't for the fact that his reaction was slightly slower and that the four Kurfürst families were too scared of each other to work together, he might've been able to make plans in the rear and win the battle from a thousand kilometers away!
"My strength hasn't been fully recovered yet. It was not the best time to surface, but now that 'Silver Fox' Li Jiande has interfered, I have to launch the arrow that is already on the bow!
"Thankfully, the general layout has been completed. Tens of thousands of surplus generals and millions of disabled veterans have been crying to my statue in the Emperor's Mausoleum day and night, injecting their essence into the great array that I left a thousand years ago. My remaining soul has been completely unlocked, and I can take the opportunity to be transferred to a new shell.
"Where is Li Jialing right now? I can't bear to stay in your feeble shell all day long anymore!"
Li Linghai shuddered. After hesitating for a long time, she still said softly, "In the Silver Moon Ocean, participating in the operation to capture Dongfang Wang together with Vulture Li Yao."
"Great!"
The shadow said casually, "Judging from the time, the battle to capture Dongfang Wang should be over soon. Summon them back. Well, no, let's go there in person. Then, prepare for the soul transfer. This time, don't play any tricks on me."
Li Linghai's voice was even more shivering. "I dare not!"
"You dare not?"
The gloomy voice in the shadow suddenly turned high-pitched. Grabbing the air, Li Linghai was grabbed by the throat remotely. The shadow said harshly, "You dare not? You're extremely daring, so what else do you not dare to do?!
"Decades ago, when you learned of my plan, you were already bold enough to destroy the life seed, hoping that I wouldn't get the most perfect carrier!
"After you discovered Li Jialing's existence, you thought of sending him to the edge of the cosmos time and time again. After the plan failed, you wanted to kill him once and for all!
"Even right now, when I was sleeping, you and Vulture Li Yao have been playing a lot of tricks, haven't you? Hehe. Do you think that I've been so stupid after sleeping for a thousand years that I know nothing about your tricks?
"Let me tell you. My mercy is limited. Don't think that you are smart enough to mislead others!"
The shadow threw Li Linghai to the ground heavily. There was already a black mark on Li Linghai's slender neck, and a circle of black blood blisters was growing at a visible speed, as if her entire neck was about to be corroded to the bone!
Li Linghai was both heartbroken and scared out of her wits, but another emotion that was even more intense overcame the pain and fear in the end. Holding her neck, she moaned, "Your Majesty, why … why do you insist on Li Jialing? He is not your bloodline at all! "
"Why do you ask when you already know the answer?"
The shadow said coldly, "I told you a long time ago that it was you and the guy from the Holy League who woke me up together. You are both people who are deeply connected to me. Also, two mysterious forces that you cannot understand right now have snuck into your bodies.
"For you, the forces helped you open up your acupoints for training, allowing you to step on the highest peak of the super experts from a mediocre Cultivator.
"For the guy from the Holy League, however, it helped him shatter the restraint of the three fundamental laws, allowing him to boast the feelings and free will of normal people.
"Therefore, the offspring of the two of you, by combining the two forces, will be the best carrier for me to return to the sea of stars. They will be my blood descendants in the real sense!
"As for the members of the royal family who are named 'Martial Meritocrats', after a thousand years of degeneration, what kind of feeble, unmotivated, and walking corpses are they? Look at the Imperial Guards. Look at the pig-like Emperor Shenwu. How can my offspring be so degenerate? What's the point of keeping those useless people alive? I'm more than willing to butcher all of them in case the precious resources are wasted. Are they even qualified to carry my powerful soul? "
The shadow was truly infuriated when it came to the royal family of the Martial Meritocrats in the future. The black flames were truly about to slash at the head of the royal family of the Martial Meritocrats like thousands of sharp blades.
"In the past decades, we have tried to transfer our souls to other members of the royal family of the Martial Meritocrats."
The shadow suddenly sneered, "Including your two sons. Didn't they die abruptly because they couldn't bear the toughness of my soul? Why, they are all your sons. Now that you have offered two of them for me, does it matter if you offer one more?
"I know that the princes in the past were all children of you and Emperor Shenwu. You hated Emperor Shenwu's guts in the first place. Naturally, you had no feelings for those princes at all.
"This Li Jialing, on the other hand, is the only son that you have left with the man you love most. It is inevitable that you feel reluctant to part with him.
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