251: Xiao Shi's "clone"

Not only that.

Xiao Shi could also clearly feel that the Soul Power in his mind was increasing at an astonishing speed.

This caused the Crimson Tiger Soul roaring in his mind to grow even larger.

Under normal circumstances, when an ordinary person enters the Soul Awakening Stage, although the Soul Power in his mind will experience a surge, the increase is relatively limited.

It's nowhere near as exaggerated as Xiao Shi's current situation!

The reason for Xiao Shi's astonishing growth.

It was mainly because his soul had undergone an extremely astonishing qualitative change due to the continuous bombardment of his soul through the Blood Art.

If his soul was considered a block of iron.

Then the repeated bombardments before were like shaping this block of iron.

After repeated hammering and tempering.

Finally, it ushered in a heaven-shaking qualitative change in his soul!

And at the moment the Crimson Tiger Soul formed.

The Crimson Tiger Totem within Xiao Shi's body integrated into the Crimson Tiger Soul, causing profound and complex patterns to appear on the surface of the entire Crimson Tiger Soul, making it even more agile.

Besides that.

Xiao Shi's perception also experienced an unprecedented increase.

In just a short while.

He felt that his perception range had already expanded to the entire room.

At this moment, even dust particles so tiny they were invisible to the naked eye within the room, he could clearly perceive.

"No wonder after entering the Martial Soul Realm, one no longer fears sneak attacks..."

Xiao Shi muttered in his heart.

Although he already knew this before.

It was only after experiencing it firsthand that he realized how powerful this perception was!

With this perception.

Once someone approaches.

No matter how fast they were, he could instantly perceive their existence.

He no longer needed to rely on his eyes to see.

This continuous growth lasted for nearly three hours.

Only then did his perception and Soul Power gradually stop increasing.

"My perception range is already close to a thousand meters!"

Xiao Shi's mind was greatly shaken.

Under normal circumstances, a Martial Soul Realm practitioner who had just entered the Soul Awakening Stage would have a perception range of less than two hundred meters.

In fact, many Martial Soul Realm practitioners in the Soul Awakening Stage, even when they were about to break through to the Soul Consciousness Stage, their perception would still be far less than six hundred meters.

However, Xiao Shi had just entered the Soul Awakening Stage, and his perception range had already reached nearly a thousand meters!

This was unprecedented in the entire Star Luo Territory!

And his Soul Power was also several times that of an ordinary person.

Of course.

His greatest strength was the integration of the Blood Art into the Crimson Tiger Soul.

It was just that there was no suitable opportunity at present to verify the specific power of his Soul Power.

At the same time.

In addition to the surge in Soul Power, Xiao Shi could also clearly feel that his life level had also greatly ascended.

This kind of ascension had actually occurred when his physical body reached the Martial Soul Realm.

He knew that this was a change that every martial artist would experience when crossing from the Lower Three Realms to the Middle Three Realms.

After all, the Lower Three Realms and the Middle Three Realms were two completely different levels.

"I am now equivalent to having both my physical body and soul enter the Martial Soul Realm simultaneously, truly achieving both offense and defense!"

Xiao Shi's eyes gleamed with excitement.

He felt that it would be an easy task for him to kill other Martial Soul Realm practitioners in the Soul Awakening Stage now.

He just didn't know how much of a chance he would have against a Soul Consciousness Stage expert with his current strength?

Although before this.

He had already killed the Shadow Master, who was in the Soul Consciousness Stage.

But at that time, the Shadow Master himself was severely injured.

If he were to face a Soul Consciousness expert at his peak, he would have no chance of winning.

But now... Xiao Shi really wanted to see if he could contend with a Soul Consciousness expert.

His breakthrough this time did not attract any attention.

However, Qin Mo's disappearance from Thousand Weapons Mountain immediately drew the attention of the high-ranking officials of Thousand Weapons Mountain.

Since Qin Mo turned into ashes upon his death, the high-ranking officials of Thousand Weapons Mountain only knew that he was missing and could not confirm his death.

As an elder of Thousand Weapons Mountain.

Qin Mo already held a crucial position in the entire Thousand Weapons Mountain.

This unusual disappearance directly alarmed the Martial Demon Realm Thousand Weapon Mountain Ancestor.

Soon.

This Martial Demon Realm Ancestor came to a conclusion.

"Qin Mo is dead..."

As his words came out.

The entire high-level of Thousand Weapons Mountain was greatly shaken!

A Martial Soul Realm elder actually died silently within his own sect?

This made the high-ranking officials of Thousand Weapons Mountain furious and shocked.

They understood that once this matter was made public, it would severely affect the morale of the entire Thousand Weapons Mountain.

So they publicly announced... Qin Mo had gone out to perform a mission under the Ancestor's command.

They concealed the news of Qin Mo's death.

However, Xiao Shi, who knew the truth, felt a stir in his heart at this moment.

He mused that although his cultivation level was not enough to discern any clues from Qin Mo's death, the Martial Demon Realm Thousand Weapon Mountain Ancestor must have noticed some information.

"Perhaps I can try to get information from the Martial Demon Realm Thousand Weapon Mountain Ancestor!"

Xiao Shi felt that this was a viable direction.

However, he also knew.

To obtain information from that Martial Demon Realm Ancestor.

He must have a sufficient position in Thousand Weapons Mountain.

If he was just an ordinary disciple of Thousand Weapons Mountain, he would certainly not be able to obtain such important information.

"With my true strength and identity, it wouldn't be difficult to rise in Thousand Weapons Mountain."

"But that would be too dangerous for me."

"It would put me in the spotlight."

Xiao Shi frowned.

Hiding in the shadows with an inconspicuous identity was his most basic way of survival in this world.

Even if he had to obtain important information.

He couldn't obtain it through such a high-profile and flashy method.

That was too dangerous.

"Unless..."

Xiao Shi's heart stirred.

He thought of a method... Five days later.

In the wilderness a distance away from Thousand Weapons Mountain.

A handsome young man, only fourteen or fifteen years old, was panting, with multiple bone fractures all over his body.

Scarlet blood flowed all over the ground as he moved forward.

His vision began to blur.

His breathing was erratic.

Every breath became extremely difficult.

Whoosh!

A figure chased after him from behind.

It transformed into a burly man with disheveled hair and a face covered in hideous scars.

"Twenty years ago, your Chai family annihilated my entire clan, and I narrowly escaped. Today... I will slaughter your entire Chai family!!"

Under the burly man's furious roar.

His speed erupted.

He instantly rushed forward.

With a crack.

He twisted the young man's neck.

With the young man's death.

The burly man wept and roared to the sky.

After a bout of emotional release, he left the place.

Above.

Xiao Shi silently watched all of this.

He had witnessed many similar killings these days.

In such a chaotic world, many killings occurred every day.

As long as it wasn't the slaughter of mortals or the indiscriminate killing of innocents, he would not intervene.

However, when his gaze fixed on the corpse of the dead young man.

Xiao Shi's heart stirred.

He felt that this young man was the most suitable candidate he had seen these days.

"He's the one!"

Xiao Shi's figure descended from the sky.

He arrived before the young man's corpse.

He extended two fingers and touched the young man's glabella.

A part of his own soul immediately flowed along his fingers and merged into the young man's brain, thus forming a new soul in the young man's mind.

Hoo!

The young man's eyes suddenly opened.

Just as Xiao Shi had controlled the corpse of a dong kui clansman before.

He successfully used his own soul to control the young man's corpse.

However, there were still some differences between the two.

Xiao Shi's control back then was an ability carried by the Crimson Tiger Totem after its atavism.

This ability actually had drawbacks.

If it were scanned by Soul Consciousness, it would certainly be seen through immediately.

It was just that at that time, the Realm Xiao Shi entered happened to be the physical body Realm.

Soul Consciousness could not be used.

Therefore, no one realized that the corpse of the Dong Kui Clansman at that time was actually just a controlled corpse.

Now, as Xiao Shi formed the Crimson Tiger Soul, and after the Crimson Tiger Totem integrated into the Crimson Tiger Soul, his ability also received a comprehensive enhancement.

He called this ability... Soul Parasitism!

By parasitizing a part of his Crimson Tiger Soul into a corpse, and after it perfectly integrated with the corpse itself, he could make the corpse "come alive."

This way.

Even those experts with Soul Consciousness, when scanning with their Soul Consciousness, would not notice any clues.

The prerequisite was... the Crimson Tiger Soul and the corpse must perfectly integrate.

These days, Xiao Shi had been searching for a corpse that could integrate with the Crimson Tiger Soul. He searched for a long time before finally seeing an opportunity for integration in this young man's corpse.

This was also a drawback of this ability.

Not every corpse could integrate with the Crimson Tiger Soul.

In addition to that.

The Crimson Tiger Soul within the corpse also could not exist for a long time; it would become unstable over time.

Xiao Shi needed to stabilize it every two or three days.

This meant he couldn't stay away from Xiao Shi's main body for as long as he did when he controlled the corpse of the Dong Kui Clansman.

However, this point had little impact on Xiao Shi's upcoming plan.

After all, his upcoming plan was to use this corpse, as a genius, to enter Thousand Weapons Mountain.

To rise within Thousand Weapons Mountain in the shortest possible time, and thereby obtain information regarding Qin Mo's death from the Thousand Weapon Mountain Ancestor.

And Xiao Shi's main body was also within Thousand Weapons Mountain.

He could stabilize the soul of this "clone" at any time.

There was no need to worry about being exposed.

This way.

Only his "clone" would be in the spotlight.

His main body would still be hidden behind the scenes.

Even if something unexpected happened.

He would at most only lose this "clone"; he himself would still be safe.

At the same time, Xiao Shi did not need to worry about the talent of this "clone."

Usually, a person's talent originates from their own brain and soul.

Therefore, no matter what the young man's talent was before, with his death, his talent would once again depend on the Crimson Tiger Soul that Xiao Shi had parasitized in his mind.

And with Xiao Shi's own talent.

He had no need to worry... Three days later.

"Such a prodigy!"

In Thousand Weapons Mountain, an elder with white hair and beard, a face full of wrinkles, and so old that he could barely stand, upon hearing his subordinate's report, his eyes, which could barely open, suddenly widened.

"Quick!"

"Help this old man up! Such a prodigy, this old man must personally take him as a disciple!!"

At the same time.

All the elders in Thousand Weapons Mountain received the news.

One by one, in shock and ecstasy.

They rushed excitedly to the mountain gate.

At this moment, at the mountain gate of Thousand Weapons Mountain.

The stone tablet normally used for assessment had now become fragments, scattered on the ground.

Before these fragments.

Stood a handsome young man of fourteen or fifteen years old.

The young man carried a sword on his back.

He held a battle-axe in his hand.

Earlier, he had easily split the assessment stone tablet in front of him into explosive fragments with the battle-axe in his hand.

This made the deacons responsible for the assessment in Thousand Weapons Mountain.

Look at the young man as if he were a monster.

The power of his axe... left an indelible mark in his mind!

"So exquisite!!"

"Outside our Thousand Weapons Mountain, such an exquisite axe technique actually exists. Unbelievable, simply unbelievable!!"

All the deacons of Thousand Weapons Mountain who witnessed this were shocked.

Soon.

One by one, the elders who received the news arrived in quick succession.

When their gazes converged on the broken stone tablet fragments on the ground.

Their pupils all constricted violently.

They looked at the young man in front of them with fanaticism, scrambling to personally take him as a disciple.

Even the oldest elder, who had not taken a disciple for a long time, was now clamoring to take a disciple.

Facing the crowd's 爭搶.

The young man, however, apologized and refused.

"Sorry, when I was young, I received guidance from Elder Qin Mo. I came here today to also apprentice under Elder Qin Mo."

As his words came out.

The surrounding disciples and deacons suddenly understood.

So he had received guidance from Elder Qin Mo.

No wonder he was so extraordinary.

The other elders who were vying for him fell silent upon hearing this.

Currently, only they, the high-ranking officials, knew about Qin Mo's death, so naturally, they couldn't reveal Qin Mo's death in person at this time.

One of the elders said.

"You've come at an inconvenient time; Elder Qin Mo is not in the sect right now. How about this, you first join my sect, and I'll temporarily take you as a disciple on behalf of Elder Qin Mo."

The other elders immediately spoke similar words.

No matter what.

Such a prodigy, take him in first.

Then slowly tell him about Qin Mo's situation later.

However, upon hearing this, the young man.

Shook his head.

"Since Elder Qin Mo is not here, I'll wait until he returns to apprentice."

After speaking, he turned to leave.

The elders immediately became anxious.

Qin Mo was already dead.

He couldn't come back.

If the other party left, they would most likely not come back.

Just as they were about to call the young man aside and tell him about Qin Mo's situation.

Just then.

A sword light flashed in the air.

It transformed into a dark golden greatsword.

A cold-tempered young man stood on the sword.

He looked at the young man below.

"The Ancestor invites Your Excellency for a discussion."

"The Ancestor!?"

All the elders were shocked.

They hadn't expected that even the Ancestor would be alarmed by this young man.

But upon closer thought.

This was normal.

The young man's axe strike was simply too stunning!

Such a prodigy in weaponry was incredibly attractive to their Thousand Weapons Mountain.

The young man's eyes flickered almost imperceptibly.

He felt that perhaps he wouldn't even need to rise within Thousand Weapons Mountain; just by showcasing his talent this time, he might have a chance to obtain information regarding Qin Mo's death.