197: Namo Amitabha Buddha

The person in the shape of Xu Le standing in the center of the Sea of Consciousness also slowly began to change his appearance.

That was Xu Le's consciousness.

The Shadow Leader hiding in the depths of the sea chuckled; this was his innate Skill as a leader—Shadow Possession.

It can only be used once in a lifetime, but it can seize everything from the target.

After entering Xu Le's shadow, he completely merged himself into the other, preparing to become him entirely.

Being inside the Sea of Consciousness, the opponent's contracted beast could not enter at all. He could control his own consciousness, but how much combat power could a mere Contractor have in their consciousness? Could it compare to a race born specifically for Possession?

"No, he can use Destiny Link. If he shares that fish's abilities in here..."

"Hiss, I need to be low-key. I'll just secretly turn his consciousness into my image."

"What does it matter if this process takes three years? namo amitabha buddha."

The Shadow Leader secretly decided, but suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Hiding in Xu Le's Sea of Consciousness, peeking secretly at the consciousness on the sea surface, he remained motionless, letting the other do what he wanted.

"Damn Emperor, you'd better die miserably."

"Wait, why did I suddenly chant the Buddha's name just now?"

The Shadow Leader was now only a consciousness, yet he suddenly felt a scalp-tingling sense of terror. He released his consciousness to sense, but found nothing amiss.

But that was the biggest problem of all.

"No, where is my right leg?"

The Shadow Leader was almost scared into Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering. As an expert in Possession, a leg had disappeared without a sound.

You have to know, he had been inside for less than five seconds.

"Run, run, run! Even if I have to face that fish outside, I don't want to be devoured for no reason."

The Shadow Leader hurriedly used his innate ability, wanting to escape Xu Le's Sea of Consciousness, when he suddenly heard a Buddha's name in his ears.

"namo amitabha buddha, Benefactor, since you have the fate to enter, why be in such a rush to leave?"

In the Buddha's name, filled with compassion, the Shadow Leader suddenly felt a great awakening. Past events flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern, and he couldn't help but feel endless remorse.

"I am guilty!"

"I must stay and spend my whole life atoning for my sins!"

"No, if a man doesn't look out for himself, the Heavens Punishment will destroy him. The damn Emperor turned me into this state; I want revenge on him! I want to become the King of humanity!"

The Shadow Leader woke up in time, only to be horrified to discover that he had lost another leg. He hurriedly used his innate ability to leave.

"namo amitabha buddha, to recognize one's mistakes and correct them is the greatest virtue. Benefactor, do you know your mistake?"

The Shadow Leader started the flashing memories again...

"I, I am guilty..."

"No, I am not guilty. The weak are prey to the strong; the strong survive. This is the Law of nature. I am the high and mighty King of the Shadow Race; I want to rule over the humans of the world."

The Shadow Leader came to his senses again, only to find that he was left with only the part of his consciousness above his chest. The "namo amitabha buddha" chant sounded in his ears again. He smiled miserably and detonated himself with a bang.

Self-detonation was impossible. At the last moment before detonating, he "suddenly realized" and "voluntarily" terminated the self-detonation, weeping uncontrollably...

"Hahahaha..."

"Wuwuwu..."

"Hehehehe..."

"What the hell are you? Give me a chance, I want to die!"

The Shadow Leader went crazy. He couldn't live, he couldn't die, and he couldn't even detonate himself. He began to beg.

"Let me go, I am willing to be your dog!"

The corrosion of his consciousness suddenly stopped, leaving the Shadow Leader's consciousness with barely half a head left.

He had won the gamble!

Even if it meant being a dog, as long as he was alive, he had a chance.

Just as he was thinking this, he found himself suddenly rising into the air and colliding with Xu Le's consciousness.

Boom!

The passive defense of his consciousness activated. The Shadow Leader only felt a pain in his head and immediately lost consciousness.

【experience points + 0】

Swish!

A white light rose, and Xu Le leveled up to the Peak of level 96.

The Shadow Leader was dead!

Emperor's expression changed drastically. Seeing the white light, he knew that the Shadow Leader was thoroughly dead.

"Someone, protect the Emperor, protect the Emperor!"

Previously, he had trusted the shadow beneath his feet. He boasted that as long as it wasn't a True God descending, he could trade one-for-one with anyone.

But what about now?

He didn't even last ten seconds before he was finished!

Xu Le's expression was grim. He didn't have time to pay attention to Emperor. His shadow had been pinned down earlier, and he had been fully focused on breaking free, so he didn't know much about what had happened in his Sea of Consciousness.

By the time he regained his focus to pay attention to the space of his Sea of Consciousness, it was neither too early nor too late; it just happened to coincide with his consciousness automatically counterattacking and killing the Shadow Leader.

Something was wrong!

He submerged his consciousness into the Sea of Consciousness. The shallow areas were empty; looking further down, the deep-sea areas were dark and cold, and he couldn't see anything.

Those were all his subconscious, and it was impossible to see everything.

However, Xu Le kept this in mind; later, he would find a Skill to train his subconscious to check the condition of his body.

Opening his eyes, two white-faced, beardless old eunuchs stood in front of Emperor. Outside, there was the sound of dense footsteps; clearly, a large group of people was rushing over.

Destiny Link!

This time, Xu Le linked to the divine statue, and he quickly mastered the Skill "Divine Punishment".

However, his current faith points were not high, only over 100,000, just enough for one shot of the strongest version of Divine Punishment.

If there were no faith points, he could use spare experience points instead. A 1:100 experience exchange rate meant that 10 million experience points could be exchanged for one bolt of divine lightning with 100,000 damage.

Although he couldn't use experience points to level down, he now had 3.3 billion experience points, equivalent to 330 bolts of divine lightning—enough!

"Audacious Xu Le, how dare you disturb the Imperial carriage! Why don't you kneel and beg for mercy?"

Xu Le extended his index finger, and a "Divine Punishment" Skill blasted out. The old eunuch who spoke was instantly blasted into charred remains; let alone his mother, even if his father came, he wouldn't recognize him.

Swish!

Xu Le leveled up to the Peak of level 97.

The other old eunuch looked horrified and floated directly in front of Xu Le, wanting to engage in close combat. Xu Le pointed again, and that old eunuch was also electrocuted into a charred corpse.

Swish!

Xu Le leveled up to the Peak of level 98.

The usable experience points became 1.19 billion, and he could still cast the Divine Punishment Skill 119 times.

Emperor's face turned ashen.

Xu Le said, "I ask, you answer."

It was like interrogating a prisoner.

A sense of humiliation surged in Emperor's heart. He forced himself to snort coldly: "Xu Le, I am the Emperor of Great Zhou. You should respect me. You are insulting all the people of Great Zhou!"

Killing intent filled Xu Le's eyes: "Right now, I am only insulting you. If you don't cooperate, I will torture and abuse you, just like the videos you filmed!"

Emperor thought of the videos he had seen, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Why did you send people to the Ninth District to commit slaughter?"

Emperor remained silent. If his admission were recorded and spread, he would definitely be infamous for ten thousand years.

Xu Le grabbed Emperor's hand roughly. While Emperor was criticizing Xu Le in his heart for being at his wit's end, his fat, short hand was pressed onto the table, and with one slash, his little finger was cut off.

"Ah—you, you actually dare to hurt me?"

"Wrong answer!"

Xu Le struck again, cutting off Emperor's left ring finger with one slash.

"You, I... I will talk."