Zuo Qingcang was very clear that once the Illusive Mirage was released, he would have no right to bargain with the old man given his overwhelming power. Furthermore, given the treasures in the ancient tomb, as well as the ancient books from the Southern Sacred Sect, there was no reason for Shenzong to let Fang Xingjian off instead of killing him to silence him.
However, just as Zuo Qingcang was about to sprinkle the strong acid in his hand into the coffin, two beams of deep red light shone from the pitch-black coffin. A wave of seemingly material malice came crashing down on Fang Xingjian like the weight of Mount Tai.
Zuo Qingcang felt as if the air had solidified, causing his body to be unable to move at all.
No, it was not just a feeling. It was just that he really could not move his body. Regardless of whether it was his hands, legs, or any other part of his body, he could not even move his eyeballs. Naturally, he could not sprinkle the strong acid in his hand.
'It's not that there's something pressing down on me. I really can't move my body. ' Thinking of the various knowledge in Dao techniques, a thought flashed through Zuo Qingcang's mind. 'Illusory arts … Or hypnosis? To think that he could hint at my body with just a gaze, causing me to be unable to move.
But when did he plant the hint? '
A series of deep laughter rang out from the coffin. A man with a face as pale as snow and a body that was extremely thin, to the extent that he could even be said to be a bag of bones, slowly crawled out from the pitch-black coffin.
As the man moved, Zuo Qingcang realized that the pitch-black coffin was actually the man's hair. The man's hair was extremely long, and it even covered his body and filled up the remaining space in the coffin.
Thinking of the mural where the man used his hair to fight, Zuo Qingcang had a bad premonition.
As expected, following the man's actions, the hair around him started to dance around like spiritual snakes, quickly grabbing onto Zuo Qingcang's four limbs. Then, a bioelectric current was transmitted from the hair, causing Zuo Qingcang's body to become paralyzed.
Seeing that Zuo Qingcang's body had sunk into a spasm, the man smiled elegantly. He then spread out his hands, and the hair in the surroundings wrapped around his body completely like clothes.
Like petting a pet, Shenzong gently stroked Zuo Qingcang's head. On his pale face, the corners of his mouth moved slightly as he spoke in a low voice.
"All that's left of your value is Nightsea."
"It's one of the seven Divine Life Clusters. It's a waste for you to have it. Give it to me."
In the next moment, countless strands of black hair pierced Zuo Qingcang's eyeballs and dug them out. Blue veins popped out on Zuo Qingcang's forehead. The intense pain caused Zuo Qingcang to tremble violently.
However, after digging out Zuo Qingcang's left eye, Shenzong casually threw Zuo Qingcang to the ground as if he was throwing away trash. He looked at the eyeball in front of him as if he was admiring a piece of art.
"So this is … Nightsea?"
Deep laughter rang out from his mouth, and the Mirage Sect's Master threw a glance at Zuo Qingcang, who was still trembling incessantly on the floor, and said calmly, "Your plan isn't bad. It's true that after I come out, I'll definitely kill all of you to silence you.
However, what you don't understand is that the difference in strength between the two of us is too great. Your little tricks are meaningless to me. "
Zuo Qingcang's mind was filled with intense pain. He wanted to stand up, wanted to struggle, wanted to fight, but the spasms and numbness in his body made him unable to move at all.
When Shenzong finished his last sentence, a strand of black hair pierced Zuo Qingcang's chest. The high-voltage electricity passed through the other end of the hair and instantly pierced Zuo Qingcang's heart.
Without looking at the corpse on the ground, Shenzong left the coffin after taking away the other Daoist technique materials from Zuo Qingcang's body. Only Zuo Qingcang was left lying quietly on the ground, silently looking at the ceiling.
…
Beep … Beep … Beep … Beep … Beep … Beep …
Lines of unknown blue text lit up on Zuo Qingcang's retina.
These unknown characters kept changing. From countless unknown characters, they turned into English, then Chinese, and then changed again. Finally, they turned into the characters of the Central Plains.
"Subhuman data monitoring … Unknown race …"
"Dying … Initiating Regulation C-2023 …"
"Initiating Temporary Rescue Mode …"
"Initiating Prosthetic Limb Modification Module …"
In Zuo Qingcang's left eye, which was already badly mangled, silver metal suddenly emerged. As if a lens had been sped up countless times, the silver metal quickly formed Zuo Qingcang's left eye, turning it into a metalized silver eyeball. Then, it continuously changed into red, orange, blue, green, and other colors, and finally became a completely black eyeball.
On the other side, the heart that had been pierced by the high-voltage electricity was completely remodeled under the interference of this unknown force. It was not just an ordinary remodeling, it was even stronger and healthier.
It was not just his heart. All the injured parts of Zuo Qingcang's entire body were encompassed by waves of silver-colored metal and were then reconstructed. During the reconstruction process, all of his body's features became even stronger and stronger. Even some of the internal injuries in his body were completely eliminated.
When Zuo Qingcang sat up with a bang, the silver-colored metal both inside and outside his body had disappeared without a trace. It was as if it had used up all its energy and completely disappeared.
"I … should be dead." Zuo Qingcang looked at his palm, his mind was still replaying the previous scenes. Shenzong's strength, strangeness, the power of various Dao techniques, and his final death.
Thinking of this, Zuo Qingcang immediately stood up. As soon as he stood up, he realized that his body was different. The innate Qi that he had not been able to connect for a long time had already connected to his lower body. Not only that, his body was in a very good state, as if he had never been injured.
He knew that his situation must be related to his resurrection, but Zuo Qingcang did not have time to think about it. He climbed up the cliff again along the chain, and the first thing he saw was the old man's corpse on the ground. He first carried all the dwarf's corpses that were thrown on the ground before.
Then, he gently closed the old man's eyes and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I will avenge you, and also avenge myself."
Although that was what he said, Zuo Qingcang knew that he was far from being Shenzong's opponent at the moment. He was not blinded by hatred.
His opponent had defeated him easily with just the means of the Leakless Realm. Not to mention his unfathomable strength. Just a look from him was enough to make him unable to move.
Therefore, Zuo Qingcang ran out of the ancient tomb carefully along the tunnel. He knew that after Shenzong broke out of the coffin, he would definitely release the Great Star Shifting Formation. He might even build a ship to move all the materials in the ancient tomb. Or he might leave all the materials behind and leave first, and come back to get them later.
Zuo Qingcang's goal was to secretly leave the island before Shenzong found out that he was not dead.
When he was strong enough in the future, he would find Shenzong for revenge.
However, when he reached the place where the secret scrolls were placed, he still did not see Shenzong's whereabouts. Zuo Qingcang did not know what Shenzong was doing, but looking at the rows of secret scrolls on the bookshelves, he had an idea. According to what Shenzong said before, the secret scrolls here should be hidden here in advance by the Southern Sacred Gate when they encountered some disaster, so they should be real.
However, Shenzong could appear at any time, so Zuo Qingcang did not have time to look at them. He directly picked two of the thickest animal skin scrolls, took them and ran.
Just as he took the animal skin scrolls, silver poisonous gas kept spewing out from the stone room, and iron doors on both sides of the stone door were lowered, sealing the entire hall.
Zuo Qingcang glared and roared. At the last moment, he finally rushed out of the hall. In less than a second, the iron doors fell and sealed the entire hall.
Then, Zuo Qingcang quickly passed through the ancient tomb's tunnel, and directly went out of the tree hole, running at full speed all the way to the coastline. He did not know why, but he did not encounter a single monster along the way. It was unbelievably smooth.
Finally, he dragged out the wooden raft that he had built earlier from the bushes. Zuo Qingcang took a few coconuts and the dwarf's corpse, and rushed to the sea on the wooden raft.
At the same time, Shenzong was still in the ruins above the ancient tomb, killing the monsters and breaking the Star Shifting Formation. Countless monsters kept attacking him, and he was like a meat grinder, standing tall in the middle of the sea of monsters.
It was because he was breaking the formation that he attracted the attention of almost all the monsters, so Zuo Qingcang did not encounter any danger along the way.
When he finally broke the formation and returned to the ancient tomb, planning to take a few gold and silver to use after leaving the island, Zuo Qingcang had already left the island on the wooden raft.
Standing in front of the closed iron door, Shenzong's hair separated like a snake, and a series of electric lights lit up. The next moment, the hair was like an electric welder, and it took half a minute to directly cut a big hole in the iron door.
Completely ignoring the poisonous gas, Shenzong first looked at the top of the bookshelf, where the books were originally placed. When he saw the two empty spots on the top, and saw the animal skin scrolls that had disappeared, his face was boiling with anger.
When he returned to the coffin and looked at the corpse that had disappeared without a trace, the murderous intent in his eyes was almost tangible.
"Zuo Qingcang … You have no idea what you have provoked."
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