Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 396 - 190: It’s Normal for a Righteous Big Shot to Know a Little About the Soul Capturing Array!_2

Chapter 396: Chapter 190: It’s Normal for a Righteous Big Shot to Know a Little About the Soul Capturing Array!_2

"The Six Elders attained the SS level through this method."

Wang Jixuan furrowed his brows tightly, "You mean, that Beast Speaker consumed part of Wu Man’s soul?"

"I can’t be sure of that."

Shen Qionglin said:

"I’ve only seen an incomplete paper that seemed to mention, in the preparation work before the Promotion Ceremony begins, it’s quite common for the clone materials to fall into a deep coma, dying within twenty-four hours. Yet, the dead clones still play their expected role in the Promotion Ceremony."

"Before Wu Man fell into a coma, he was said to have seen a figure, like some kind of hallucination."

"Mm..."

Shen Qionglin thought to herself, looking down.

Master Wang looked up at Wu Man’s figure, the corners of his mouth turned down, he sighed:

"This poor kid, his emotions were frozen by surgery, and his body was violated by a perverted female researcher... But even with so much suffering, he still has a very pure heart. He also helped in the suppression of Blade Beasts in the war zone and possesses a special ability—small-scale influence over Blade Beast groups.

"I’ve always wanted to nurture him to his full potential."

Shen Qionglin blinked and said, "It seems like you’re trying to convince yourself?"

"Pretty much."

Wang Jixuan’s eyes were devoid of hesitation as he spoke directly:

"Mu Dan, take the usable universal Array Bases to the Red Snake’s warehouse, have the shell instructor prepare a hundred of the best quality Crystal Cores, those with Blade Beast Souls, and heavily guard all posts."

Mu Dan immediately responded from outside the door, "Yes, Commander."

Shen Qionglin quietly said, "I’m actually not too busy; I could be your... assistant..."

"Hmm?" Wang Jixuan was a bit confused.

She turned her head to one side, recalling the ’talent’ she had learned from the students she brought with her, lifted her hand to brush past her hair, and with her jet-black hair swaying slightly and carrying a fresh fragrance, her cherry lips parted slightly as she used a bit of the cutesy voice she had invented:

"Please, please..."

Wang Jixuan calmly agreed, "Alright, just try not to create a mess."

’So I’ve stooped to such academic cuteness, too.’

She felt slightly depressed about it.

...

It was once again the time before dawn.

In a corner of the Red Snake’s warehouse, the eighteen Array Bases that Wang Jixuan had modified were arranged in order by Mu Dan.

Mechanical maids were bustling about, and a simple magical altar had been set up here.

Zheng Shiduo brought in a Nutrition Storage—having already ingested that Elixir, his body showed no abnormalities, and his level of mental disturbance remained the same.

They placed the turquoise Blade Beast Blood into the Nutrition Storage and set up a simple rack, upon which Wu Man was placed flat.

At the head of the Nutrition Storage, Mu Dan laid out a long table, incense candles, blank talismans, and Wang Jixuan, holding a freshly refined Peach Wood Sword, sat cross-legged before the incense table, chanting softly.

Wang Jixuan’s idea was simple.

If Wu Man’s Heavenly Soul could have been taken by the Beast Speaker,

Then he would set up a Soul Capturing Array and try some non-Righteous Path methods to see if he could snatch Wu Man’s Heavenly Soul back!

However, Wang Jixuan wasn’t an expert in everything.

At the moment, he was recalling carefully, pondering in his heart. With the insight from his previous life in the Mahayana Realm, he soon had some confidence, and the workings of the Soul Capturing Array became clear in his mind.

Maybe, possibly, perhaps...

His grasp of these Demon Path methods was a bit faster than that of the Righteous Path methods.

’Demon Path quick success, that’s probably it.’

Master Wang took a deep breath, stood up from before the incense table, his left hand held a sword finger and lightly beckoned, opening his palm, and the Peach Wood Sword vibrated continuously, landing in his palm.

The Soul-binding Refining Array bore the Dao, Floating Purgatory revealed the return cycle!

The Eight Diagrams Seal appeared on the ground, and the eighteen cylindrical wooden Array Bases floated up, with waves of rich Spiritual Energy converging.

Wang Jixuan brandished the Peach Wood Sword, walked the Eight Diagrams Step around Wu Man at a brisk pace, uttering words with great conviction, though they were phrases that Shen Qionglin and the others couldn’t understand. The Blade Beast Blood began boiling incessantly.

’This looks incredibly scientific.’

Mu Dan could only snark in her mind.

Meanwhile,

At the border observation tower where Wu Man had exhibited an abnormal situation, hundreds of kilometers away, lay an underground cave teeming with high-level and mid-level Blade Beasts.

Deep within the cave was a round hole.

The hole seemed to have been carved out by the most precise instrumentation, its inner walls incredibly smooth, adorned with mysterious tadpole script.

This place, deep underground, had pressure and air quality not much different from the surface.

In the center of the round hole lay a tall and thin man, who appeared to be only in his late twenties but was actually in his forties or fifties, wearing only a pair of pants, quietly lying on a platform constructed from nearly a thousand General-level Crystal Cores.

——If Wang Jixuan were to witness this scene himself, the Daoist’s heart, dedicated to exorcising demons and defending the righteous path, would likely be fiercely enflamed.

The man was a Beast Speaker.

The tadpole script symbols flickered continuously, as the crystals began to emit traces of pure Spiritual Energy, nourishing the Beast Speaker’s body.

In the corner of the round hole, more than ten Level Spirit Ability Users, controlled by Brain-eating Worms, knelt with their heads bowed.

They were awaiting the descent of the ’Beast God Envoy’;

Waiting for a fulfilling awakening.

Thump, thump, thump...

Slow yet powerful knocking sounds echoed in the corner of the round hole.

There was a fissure wide enough for just one person to pass through, from which a figure resembling an elderly human was slowly emerging.

It stood about one and a half meters tall, hunched over, with two strong hind legs supporting its body, and its former blade limbs had degenerated into ’three-fingered claws’ resembling human hands.

It leaned on a scepter radiating blue light, with a fist-sized King-level Crystal Core embedded at the top.

Clearly, this was the ’Prophet Priest’ of the Blade Beasts, a King-level Preacher proficient in the human language, whom Wang Jixuan had discovered in the memories of Beast God Sect’s Spiritual Ability Users.

It slowly walked to the position above the Beast Speaker’s head, extending a strange three-fingered claw forward, gently touching the Beast Speaker’s forehead, and spoke softly,

"Are you ready?"

"Yes, my lord."

The Beast Speaker, with a faint smile on his lips, lay there with his eyes closed, calmly replied,

"Although there was a slight abnormality previously, my condition has now been adjusted to its best. We can start the Promotion Ceremony at any time."

"Are you certain?" the ’Blade Beast Sacrifice’ asked.

"Absolutely, I’ve waited far too long for this moment."

Still unconvinced, the ’Blade Beast Sacrifice’ said, "The previous interruption of the ceremony has left some strange sensations in your body, making me worry about your safety... You were meticulously chosen, a human king who will rule over the remaining humans and peacefully coexist with us. I do not wish for anything to go awry."

The Beast Speaker urged, "I’m truly fine, let’s proceed with the promotion. If I can step into SS rank and add the Crystal Cores you’ve given me... My lord, I will surpass the Six Elders and become the existence closest to God."

"You must describe in detail the visions you saw."

"It seemed like I saw a young man, sitting in an observation tower reading a book."

The Beast Speaker could only explain reluctantly,

"That’s all there was to it. If I am not wrong, that could be my Clone; I’ve had many Clones before.

"As we talked through the night before, I once explained to you that creating Clones, allowing them to be infused in experiments to produce Level A material, and then consuming this material, is the only fast track to S rank.

"Previously at Spiritual Ability City, they made many Level A materials for me."

"Then, my genes were taken for research by Spiritual Ability City, producing who knows how many Clones. I am not sure about the exact number, but it’s likely... That young man looks a lot like me when I was younger."

"Clone?" the ’Blade Beast Sacrifice’ shook its head, "The technological civilization of Original Humans seems to have its merits."

"Let’s begin, I’m now fully prepared to become the strongest in the SS rank!"

"The strongest is the Awakened Spiritual Practitioner, and the Spirit Slave who has been blessed by a Spirit Cultivator and awakened," the ’Blade Beast Sacrifice’ corrected calmly, slowly raising the scepter in its hand.

At the same time,

On the surface of Fortress 76, in a corner of Red Snake’s hangar,

Red Snake and the soldiers guarding outside the hangar watched the eerie red blood sand spreading from the corner and listened to the continuous wails and sobs, all feeling a sense of fear.

Inside the Soul Capturing Array, Wang Jixuan, with a Peach Wood Sword held high in his hand, pointed it towards Wu Man, whose figure had begun to float.

Hurry and capture it!