Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 257 - 140 Huh? No! Huh???_2

Chapter 257: Chapter 140 Huh? No! Huh???_2

Wang Jixuan yawned:

"Once all the fighting’s over, tell the Commander that nobody else can take this King Beast’s corpse. I need it for something important."

"Okay," Lingtong replied, busy lifting his left mechanical arm to retrieve data from the battlefield, not even looking up as he answered.

On the outskirts of the D5 Combined Combat Zone, six King-level Blade Beast Groups had temporarily ceased their attacks, but they had only retreated to the shallow layers of the surface, not returning to their previous defensive postures.

This meant they were going to continue their assaults.

In other words, it was possible that "No.8 King Beast" and "No.9 King Beast" would come looking for trouble again.

This was the issue that Lingtong was most concerned about.

The most powerful King-level Blade Beasts were known as the Twelve Pillars, spread across different regions of the planet, each Pillar Level Blade Beast the king among kings.

Taking down a Pillar was also one of Lingtong’s ultimate dreams.

Ji Xiao ran over from not far away, bringing two bottles of purified water. Lingtong thanked him, and Wang Jixuan casually took one of them.

Ji Xiao didn’t dare to say much, he bowed his head and ran off into the distance to help with the rescue efforts.

There was already a support squad aiding Deep Sea, who had passed out inside Jiao Long.

Wang Jixuan opened the bottle and took a gulp of water.

His mood was somewhat gloomy as well.

Although the war with the Blade Beasts would inevitably result in many deaths, the sudden loss of someone familiar, someone he had spent time with, let him experience a kind of sadness in his Dao Heart.

Daoist thought he could have a drink with Deep Sea later, to persuade him to look on the bright side.

The one who was probably the most upset right now was Deep Sea. Their affection for each other was indeed strong, and their personalities perfectly complemented each other...

"Hey! Don’t come over here! What is this thing?! Yuck!"

Pff—

Wang Jixuan turned his head and spat out the water.

Lingtong, who was carefully twisting the bottle cap, got a bit of his fringe wet.

Lingtong frowned and pursed his lips.

"Sorry, sorry!"

Master Wang was unusually flustered.

He pointed at the massive pile of corpses, at a loss whether he should talk about it, and how to describe it.

He heard it again in his heart!

"Where’s this giant snake from! So ugly, don’t move me! Eh? Where am I? It hurts so much!"

Was that Ms. Red Snake’s voice?

And it was resounding within his heart?

Wang Jixuan immediately realized something. He leaped up, grabbed his Great Sword, and rushed toward the massive corpse.

The strange python he had released was trying to slowly move a basketball-sized seven-colored Crystal Core out from a certain area on the Blade Beast’s back.

It was Ms. Red Snake’s voice that had come through the python!

When the Dragon Python Soul he had released touched the Crystal Core, it made contact with the soul inside!

No... could it be...

Ah?

Wang Jixuan’s eyes widened in disbelief. He rushed to a position directly above the Crystal Core, swung his Great Sword down rapidly, slicing arcs of light.

Flesh and blood from the King-level giant beast’s corpse flew everywhere!

What in the world was happening?

The ability to win this fight had been all thanks to the output madness of Jiao Long and Black Swan, along with Red Snake’s voluntary explosion.

Wang Jixuan had played a role—it was an important part of the battle, but not as the sole leader. He served as bait to draw the enemy into the "firepower trap" while assisting Red Snake in breaking through the Blade Beast’s Spiritual Energy barrier, giving her the chance to burrow into the artifact.

Yes!

Yes, that’s it!

A flash of spirit light flickered behind Wang Jixuan’s head.

The soul and Crystal Core of a living Blade Beast are actually separate!

The soul of a Blade Beast is typically located above its artifact.

But as soon as a Blade Beast dies, the Crystal Core extracted from its body most often contains a Blade Beast Soul, and as long as the Spiritual Energy within is not drained, these Residual Souls can exist indefinitely!

There’s a certain logic hidden here!

In other words,

when a Blade Beast dies, its soul seems to be directly imprisoned by the Crystal Core.

It has long been a tradition in the military to wear the Crystal Core of the ’first Blade Beast one kills.’

However, within the military, there are few records of soldiers being harmed by wearing a Crystal Core, because the Spiritual Energy in the Crystal Core evaporates extremely slowly, and the average lifespan of a soldier is less than thirty-five years.

When Wang Jixuan had dealt with Blade Beast Souls before, he had directly used some "evil" Soul Destruction Techniques.

If the hypothesis that [a Crystal Core automatically imprisons the soul of a dead Blade Beast] holds true, then things get interesting.

Why does a Crystal Core have such a strange prohibition?

It’s as if someone intentionally designed it that way.

First, let’s see if Red Snake’s soul is really still in there!

He swung his sword, and the flesh below collapsed with a boom. The strange python quickly pushed the seven-colored Crystal Core out.

Wang Jixuan saw a petite married bombshell, immersed in the Spiritual Energy, continuously shouting... in a Residual Soul state!

If it weren’t for his use of the Soul-searching Technique, Ms. Red Snake’s Residual Soul would be indistinguishable from the Blade Beast Souls hidden within the Crystal Cores!

This!

The idea suddenly sparked in Wang Jixuan. Holding his sword, he looked at the Blade Beast’s corpse, which had been severely damaged inside, and then looked at the few General Level Blade Beasts being surrounded and attacked nearby.

The body, soul, and Crystal Core of a Blade Beast... could they be separated?

If so, could he draw out Red Snake’s soul and then cram this Crystal Core into a General Level Blade Beast, helping Red Snake to possess the General?

Quite intriguing.

And if it really worked, it would probably scare the daylights out of everyone in Spiritual Ability City!

Wang Jixuan grinned, a smile that seemed somewhat terrifying to a certain soul trapped inside the Crystal Core.

"Wang Zheng! Look at me, Wang Zheng! It’s your Ms. Chi! Damn it, answer me! I’m inside here! Look at me! I’ve been trapped!"