Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1179 - 1179 0685 Subduing the Ghost Face_1

Chapter 1179: Chapter 0685: Subduing the Ghost Face_1 Chapter 1179: Chapter 0685: Subduing the Ghost Face_1 Chapter 0685: Subjugating Ghost Face

Qi Tian stared at the fragments of Ghost Face’s skull stored within the Heavenly Dao Engine’s storage chamber, pondering how to subjugate Ghost Face. For him, this was an unprecedented attempt, and it also contained immense danger. Therefore, Qi Tian had to act with caution.

Gathering all the fragments of Ghost Face’s skull together for subjugation was definitely not going to work—a plan rejected by Qi Tian from the start. Such a scheme was too dangerous with no chance of success. Consequently, Qi Tian had to find a different approach, starting from an angle no one had thought of before. The challenge was how to find this entry point, which would test Qi Tian’s thinking ability.

Even with the suppression of the Transporting Whirlwind, the skull fragments of Ghost Face, now cut into over a dozen pieces, were still struggling nonstop, trying to recombine into a complete Ghost Face.

Watching them, Qi Tian tried hard to recall everything from the first time he saw Ghost Face until he had completely subdued it. He went over each detail repeatedly, hoping he could discover something through these details that he could exploit.

It didn’t take long for Qi Tian to think of something. When he first shattered Ghost Face’s skull, he had been able to snatch one or two fragments with Transporting Whirlwind ahead of time, causing Ghost Face’s skull to be incomplete. Initially, Ghost Face’s skull tried to call back its missing parts.

Qi Tian remembered clearly how eerie the scene was, but later when it realized it couldn’t call back the lost parts, Ghost Face’s skull reluctantly accepted the reality, gave up the idea of searching for the missing parts, and the remaining parts recombined to form a new skull, slightly smaller than the original.

While thinking about this detail, a spark of inspiration suddenly flashed through Qi Tian’s mind. Even after losing a part, Ghost Face’s skull could still maintain a clear mind and abundant vitality. At worst, there was a certain decline in strength, but there were no major changes in other areas. Then, could it mean that after cutting up Ghost Face’s skull, if he took the fragments away one by one, could the remaining parts still combine and maintain thought and vitality?

Even if at the end he took away most of the fragments, leaving only one or two, could the remaining part still merge into a complete Ghost Face skull?

If this were true, then couldn’t each severed part possess a complete mindset, their own thoughts, or being independent entities that could survive on their own, even if not combined with other skull fragments?

If that really was the case, then the difficult problem troubling Qi Tian could be immediately solved.

When all the skull fragments merged into a whole, it would become an entity with strength comparable to a Master of the Nascent Soul Stage, and not just one at the early stages. Facing such an entity, Qi Tian, unless under specific conditions, was no match for Ghost Face. Ten of him combined would not be enough. The difference in strength was just too vast, with absolutely no possibility of resistance.

But if Ghost Face was split into many pieces, with each one being an independent entity, then each skull fragment, when faced with Qi Tian alone, would not be enough. Qi Tian possessed strength and skill far surpassing theirs.

Since he couldn’t subjugate Ghost Face as a whole, Qi Tian decided not to and, instead, let Ghost Face be divided into over a dozen fragments. Then he’d try to persuade them individually, which might just succeed.

At this thought, Qi Tian couldn’t help but be elated. Whether this method would be successful or not, he had found a way to solve the problem and needed to test it immediately. If it worked, he would gain tremendously.

Qi Tian had just finished recuperating, his spirit and physique restored to peak condition. Without further delay, he commanded the Transporting Whirlwind to move one fragment of Ghost Face’s skull from the Heavenly Dao Engine’s storage chamber to his presence.

The skull fragments looked the same after they were cut and stored in the storage chamber, and they remained unchanged when moved to face Qi Tian.

The first randomly chosen fragment that faced Qi Tian was Ghost Face’s mouth. When it was moved before Qi Tian, the mouth opened and closed, revealing the sinister teeth inside, which looked horrifying and nauseating.

Qi Tian said, “You should have seen my strength, very powerful, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to capture you. Now, I’m willing to give you a chance. As long as you are willing to serve me and sign a Blood Pact with me, I will let you continue to live. But if you refuse, I will not allow you to stay alive in this world. I don’t have so many Transporting Whirlwinds to waste on you. I need to free them up as soon as possible, so you need to give me an answer immediately, will you surrender, or not? If you will, just open your mouth. If not, then keep your mouth shut and don’t speak.”