169: Earthbound Spirit

Chapter 168 Bound Spirit

Bound Spirit!

"What kind of ghost is that?"

The eagle-headed, human-bodied monster asked curiously.

The Charm Ghost replied, "A bound spirit is formed when a person's unresolving resentment and unfulfilled knots before death transform into a fierce ghost, and it possesses the place of its death, assimilating this place into its own ghostly domain!"

"A bound spirit is a high-ranking fierce ghost, and its strength is not very strong. But once trapped within the ghostly domain transformed by a bound spirit, its strength can surge several times over!"

"Moreover, this place is where we feed on the Human Race. Over the past hundred years, at least tens of thousands of human children have died here. Although there are demon masters within our clan devouring Souls, there are always residual Souls left behind."

"Over the past hundred years, quite a few residual Souls have already been stored."

"Now, attracted by this bound spirit, all these children's residual Souls will be devoured by it, making its strength even greater!"

The Charm Ghost's pair of blood-red pupils constantly scanned the surroundings while also perceiving the existence of the bound spirit.

Facing the panicked monsters, especially the few fellow clansmen who had already killed each other, the murderous intent in its eyes could hardly be concealed.

"Moreover, bound spirits are extremely skilled in illusions, and several of them have fallen for illusions!"

"They mistook each other for that ghost, which is why they fought so selflessly!"

"Illusions?"

The eagle-headed, human-bodied demon frowned and asked, "Is there a way to break out of this ghostly domain?"

Among all Spells and Demonic Techniques, illusions are the most troublesome.

"Yes!"

The Charm Ghost said, "A bound spirit possesses the place of its death. We only need to destroy this house to break its ghostly domain!"

"By then, its strength will drop by more than half, and won't it be at our mercy?"

"I see!"

The eagle-headed, human-bodied monster sneered, "Do it! Tear down this house!"

"Screech!"

It let out a strange cry, and its figure quickly flew into the air.

With a flap of its wings, the dense feathers on its wings actually shot out like a rainstorm, fiercely slamming into the roof and blowing open large holes.

Devouring the flesh and blood of the Human Race this time was because several of them had made great contributions within the clan, and thus they were granted this opportunity.

Especially that child carrying a Spiritual Root, which on normal days was something only qualified to be supplied to the descendants of the Demon King or clansmen who had formed a Golden Core to enjoy.

Yet now it was being divided and eaten by them. Under the erosion of resentment, it would definitely turn into a fierce ghost!

On the other side.

Cang Gu's figure also swelled drastically, transforming into a skeleton giant three to four meters tall.

He ran wildly and swiftly, rushing to the front gate, attempting to smash through it.

"Hmm?"

"You are that fierce ghost!"

High in the air, out of the corner of its eye, the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster suddenly saw a fierce ghost wearing a red bellyband rushing towards it from the side.

Its figure flashed violently, and several more feathers shot out.

"Boom!"

An explosion sounded, and the bound spirit's figure was immediately torn to pieces.

"Roar!"

On the ground, a roar suddenly came.

However, infants who looked only five or six years old were seen crawling up from the ground, killing towards it.

"A bound spirit? Regardless of whether you are an illusion or not, even if you are of the same clan, kill!"

The eagle-headed, human-bodied monster sneered, its wings flapping once more, and dense feathers shot down again.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

On the ground.

The monsters that were originally fighting pairwise suddenly suffered an attack from mid-air.

Two monsters that had not yet taken human form were instantly torn to pieces.

Cang Gu, the half-human, half-snake monster, and that wild boar demon were also heavily injured, raising their heads to curse angrily.

"Stop at once! That is the bound spirit's illusion!"

The Charm Ghost's figure suddenly appeared beside the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster.

"The roof has collapsed. You and I should get out quickly, attack this area from the outside, and destroy it along with the bound spirit!"

"Alright!"

The eagle-headed, human-bodied monster agreed, turning around and flying towards the hole in the roof.

But the next second, a cold palm directly pierced through its heart!

And it grabbed its unhatched demon core!

"You, you..."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

"Damned... bound spirit!"

The eagle-headed, human-bodied monster gritted its teeth in anger, wanting to turn around, but the next second, countless children with pale faces and lifeless pupils appeared before it, rushing over with a howl.

Every single one of them carried endless Yin Qi, and although their faces were innocent, their gazes were incomparably terrifying.

Opening their small mouths to reveal cute yet somewhat chilling pale canine teeth, they swarmed into the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster's body, devouring its Physical Body in large bites.

"Return my life!"

"I died such a miserable death..."

"Mammy Liu, you lied to me!"

"I'm going to eat you...!"

"Wuwu... It hurts so much!"

Innumerable shrill and gloomy roars came from the Void Realm, echoing in the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster's mind.

It struggled frantically, wanting to break free.

But yet another large group of bare-bottomed, greenish-white child resentment Souls appeared from the Void Realm, swarming densely onto its body and not giving it a single shred of a chance.

"Dam—Damned...!"

"Charm Ghost! Save, save me...!"

The eagle-headed, human-bodied monster struggled desperately, but it was simply unable to shake off so many resentment Souls.

Not far away, the Charm Ghost's figure suddenly appeared, but instead of making a move, it stared intently into the midst of these resentment Souls, searching for something.

There was one thing it didn't say.

Human children are innocent and carefree, the purest existence.

And once such children die consumed by resentment, the fierce ghosts they transform into will also absorb massive amounts of Yin Qi to transform into fierce ghosts.

The fierce ghosts transformed this way are far more powerful than those transformed from ordinary adults!

Furthermore, they had just shared and eaten a human child who possessed a Spiritual Root and had already stepped into the Qi Refinement Phase.

Once this child transforms into a fierce ghost, its strength will be even greater!

It must take this opportunity to find the bound spirit's true body.

Otherwise, all of them would have to stay here!

With a bang, the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster's corpse smashed heavily onto the ground!

With no one to rescue it, after struggling for a fraction of a minute, the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster ultimately failed to withstand the endless Yin Qi and the slaughter of the fierce ghosts. In the end, its Divine Soul was destroyed, dead as dead could be.

"Damned bound spirit!"

"Damned Human Race!"

"Go to hell!"

"Roar!"

On the ground, lacking the indiscriminate attacks of the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster, the monsters on the ground began killing each other once again.

High in the air, after killing the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster, Zheng Yi wanted to continue attacking.

However, a black shadow suddenly pounced onto him.

"Hehehe..."

"Found you!"

After killing the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster, the long-waiting Charm Ghost finally found that flash of bright red amidst the group of greenish-grey child fierce ghosts.

Zheng Yi!

"A newly-born bound spirit! If I devour you, my Heavenly Ghost Soul-Devouring Great Art will undergo yet another change!"

"Go to hell!"

The Charm Ghost's figure abruptly lunged toward Zheng Yi.

The dense child resentment Souls surrounding Zheng Yi actually emitted harsh scratching noises upon contacting the Charm Ghost's body, and were quickly corroded away, dissipating into green smoke.

Two streams of Yin Qi with the same attribute yet completely different immediately began to slaughter each other.

"Dammit!"

"I refuse to accept this!"

"I am going to kill you!"

Within Zheng Yi's body, his own Yin Qi was rapidly being devoured by the other Yin Qi.

He wanted to stop it, but he had no way at all.

He could only let it be devoured.

As a bound spirit, his greatest abilities were illusions and trapping enemies.

Commonly known as a ghost wall.

Meanwhile, the Charm Ghost that had rushed into his body possessed even stronger Soul-devouring abilities, naturally born to devour other ghosts.

If he had kept harassing it with illusions, he wouldn't have been defeated so quickly.

But after he made his move to kill the eagle-headed, human-bodied monster, the Charm Ghost hiding at the very end finally made its move!

"Hahahaha..."

"Go to hell!"

"Human Cultivator! Bound spirit!"

"Heavenly Ghost Devours Souls!"

"Roar!"

"Even if I die, I will never let you have an easy time!"

Zheng Yi also roared angrily in his heart, his entire body's Yin Qi surging as he carried boundless infant resentment Souls and fiercely pounced onto the Charm Ghost.

The two ghosts immediately began a frenzied slaughter.

For a time, ghost howls echoed continuously, chilling winds blew in gusts, and vicious ghosts devoured Souls!

Zheng Yi's last memory was a huge, pitch-black giant mouth fiercely pouncing onto him.

"Hoo...!"

In the darkness, Zheng Yi opened his eyes once more.

He had already returned to Great Yu from the Spirit Pool World.

"Failed again... This time I only lived for seven years in the Spirit Pool World. Is that equivalent to seven days in Great Yu?"

Zheng Yi slowly stood up and began to loosen his body.

After ordering his personal maidservant to serve meals, he began to carefully recall his experiences in the Spirit Pool World this time.

Compared to his experience in the Spirit Pool World the first time, the second time was noticeably much worse.

However, he had also investigated many things.

First: The Spiritual Roots of the children in the Spirit Pool World were very likely not innate!

According to the tutors inside the Spirit Pool who taught them the Spirit Eating Art, their Spiritual Roots were 'seeds'.

And where did these 'seeds' come from?

Zheng Yi guessed that it should be the existence of those rows of strange giant trees guarding around the Spirit Pool.

Especially those strange fruits that were only the size of red dates but shaped like babies!

"What were those fruits?"

"Ginseng fruit?"

"Or something else?"

While eating his food, Zheng Yi pondered over this matter.

Aside from the special Spiritual Root 'seeds', Zheng Yi also thought of other things.

The second matter.

The Spirit Pool World was not a real world.

Either it was a fake world.

Or it was a projected world of some real world.

Right now, there was too little intelligence, and he simply couldn't define it.

Third.

Demons.

The two sisters Liu Linger and Liu Miaoer who entered the Spirit Pool World the first time were snake demons.

Both of them could transform into humans and were descendants of a Demon King.

Liu Linger's strength was clearly lacking, around the Qi Refinement Phase.

The hardest one was Liu Miaoer, who carried a demon core and was at least in the Golden Core Realm!

In the second Spirit Pool World, there were several minor demons.

But even so, he was no match for them!

After finishing his dinner, Zheng Yi once again connected his mind to the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror.

Lines of text appeared once again.

[World Illusory Reality has ended.]

[You lived for only seven years in this world, and were ultimately killed by a group of minor demons. Under the breeding of resentment, you transformed into a bound spirit and killed a total of three minor demons. This life can be considered wonderful.]

[Illusory Reality progress: Eight parts]

[Lifespan consumed: 7 years.]

[Illusory Reality object: None.]

"Hmm?"

Zheng Yi's gaze suddenly froze.

"What is going on?"

"Why is the world completion rate also only eight parts? That is only 8%? It's much less than the world completion rate of the first Illusory Reality!"

Zheng Yi stared dead at the data on the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, full of confusion.

After a few breaths, he finally remembered something.

"In my first lifetime, I was ultimately devoured by Liu Linger of the Baisu Yao Race, and my Soul was shattered by Liu Miaoer, obtaining an 18% world completion rate."

"In this lifetime, I didn't see Liu Linger and Liu Miaoer, but left the Spirit Pool early and killed three monsters... minor demons?"

"Could it be..."

A thought flashed through Zheng Yi's mind: "Liu Linger and Liu Miaoer are the main quests of this Illusory Reality world!"

"In the first lifetime, although I only frightened Liu Linger to tears, because it was a main quest, I obtained so much world completion rate."

"And in the second lifetime, although I killed four minor demons, these minor demons at most only counted as side quests."

"Even if all those minor demons were killed, it would only complete the side quests, and the world completion rate definitely wouldn't be much!"

"In other words..."

Zheng Yi gritted his teeth and said, "If I want to completely clear this Illusory Reality world this time, the main quests are Liu Linger and Liu Miaoer!"

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