200: You and I join forces to kill all seven families

The sudden aged voice also put Ye Xiao on alert.

At this moment, the black aura on Zhi Zi Jiu began to spread outwards.

Seeing this, Ye Xiao could only hastily retreat.

The next moment, as the black aura completely enveloped Zhi Zi Jiu, his body, which was on the verge of collapsing, strangely solidified, with black aura continuously gushing from the cracks all over him.

Zhi Zi Jiu, who had been in agony, reopened his eyes.

However, compared to before, Zhi Zi Jiu's eyes now held an aged and indifferent quality.

At this point, Zhi Zi Jiu spoke, his voice imbued with endlessvicissitudes of life.

“I didn't expect there to be someone like you in this world; I can't even see through your abilities.”

Ye Xiao's pupils constricted slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, “Who are you?”

“Me?” Zhi Zi Jiu was silent for a moment before slowly saying, “It’s been too long, I’ve almost forgotten who I am. So long that there are not many left in this world who know me. What does it matter if you know? What does it matter if you don't? You can call me Zhi Jiu, or you can call me Zhi Ba. A name is just a code name.”

“Putting on airs.”

Ye Xiao was very unenthusiastic about such riddle-speakers, too lazy to waste words, and with a raise of his hand, countless fireballs appeared.

At the same time, the staff in his hand once again swung towards Zhi Zi Jiu.

No matter what the opponent's background was, or what mysterious abilities he possessed, it did not stop Ye Xiao from attacking him.

In an instant, hundreds of fireballs engulfed Zhi Zi Jiu once more.

And Ye Xiao also arrived in front of Zhi Zi Jiu at the same time.

However, at this moment, the black aura on Zhi Zi Jiu surged wildly, completely enveloping him.

The moment the fireballs touched the black aura, they emitted a sizzling sound.

Ye Xiao's staff struck down, but it was like mud flowing into the sea; all its power was dissipated at that moment.

However, Zhi Zi Jiu did not choose to confront Ye Xiao at this time, but instead retreated.

It was just that because the Heaven Sealing Demon Banning barrier was still in place, he could not escape its confines.

When Ye Xiao prepared to continue his attack.

A streak of black aura flashed in Zhi Zi Jiu's eyes, and in an instant, the other four Zhi Zi Jiu, who had died, strangely blocked Ye Xiao's path.

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow and unleashed his skills.

“Bang bang bang!”

The black aura that simultaneously emerged from the four Zhi Zi Jiu blocked all of Ye Xiao's skills.

“Indeed, a single body is still a bit too fragile.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the black aura on the four Zhi Zi Jiu strangely connected.

Ye Xiao then saw that the faces of these Zhi Zi Jiu, who had long since lost their breath, actually showed expressions of pain.

Immediately after, the four already fragmented bodies began to merge.

Just as Ye Xiao couldn't comprehend the situation before him, Zhi Zi Jiu's main body leaped out and rushed into this mass of black aura.

The turbid black aura erupted with dazzling light, and Ye Xiao smelled a trace of putrid, foul air.

Immediately, the black light contracted, and what appeared before Ye Xiao was a brand new human body, its appearance strikingly that of Zhi Zi Jiu.

However, compared to the previous Zhi Zi Jiu, the current Zhi Zi Jiu was completely naked, his skin a decaying gray, and two crimson pupils constantly wreathed in black aura.

His long hair was even mixed with five colors: red, yellow, green, blue, and black.

On his chest, there were four painful masks.

Ye Xiao observed carefully; the visages on the masks belonged precisely to the four Zhi Zi Jiu he had previously killed.

This miraculous scene truly astonished Ye Xiao.

At this moment, the merged Zhi Zi Jiu spoke, “It seems you are quite impatient.”

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow, and countless fireballs were once again conjured.

However, this time, the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu merely waved his hand, and the countless fireballs vanished completely under Ye Xiao's gaze.

Ye Xiao's pupils contracted sharply.

On the contrary, the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu, seeing this, revealed a smile.

“How about it? Am I not very strong?”

Listening to the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu's words, Ye Xiao's expression became more solemn.

At this moment, the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu spoke again, but his tone carried a hint of helplessness, “Originally, I wanted to talk to you properly, but you are impatient. There's no choice, I can only waste a little energy to briefly show you my methods.”

“What do you want to say?” Ye Xiao asked.

A faint smile appeared on the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu's face.

“I hope you reconcile with the Zhi Family.”

“Hmm?”

Ye Xiao looked at the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu in front of him with some doubt.

“No need to doubt, I have already read his consciousness and know exactly what happened here just now.”

“Although you slaughtered all the Zhi Family members in Liyue City, as long as I speak, the entire Zhi Family will not touch a single hair on you.”

“In fact, we can cooperate with each other.”

Ye Xiao scrutinized the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu before him and asked doubtfully, “What do you want to cooperate with me on?”

The Gray Zhi Zi Jiu chuckled, “You and I will join forces to slaughter the other Seven Great Families and become the masters of this world.”

Ye Xiao was somewhat surprised; he truly hadn't expected this strangely-originated fellow to invite him to join forces.

From the opponent's words just now, Ye Xiao could clearly guess that the opponent must be a member of the Zhi Family.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have proposed that he reconcile with the Zhi Family.

It was just that this made it very strange.

Although the Eight Great Families competed with each other, and the Zhi Family was at the bottom among the Eight Great Families, the relationships between the eight families were intricate, with each intertwined with the other, having long since become a community of shared interests.

Even if they had internal struggles for resources in the past, that was their internal affair; once an external enemy was involved, the Eight Great Families always united against them.

Otherwise, given the Zhi Family's decline over the years, the other seven families could have completely annexed them.

This was also a key factor in the Eight Great Families standing strong for a hundred years.

After all, with the eight most powerful behemoths in the alliance joining forces, no one could shake their position.

Therefore, the words of this Zhi Zi Jiu seemed somewhat unreasonable.

As if seeing the doubt in Ye Xiao's heart.

The Gray Zhi Zi Jiu said with a faint smile:

“The Eight Great Families are not as monolithic as the outside world believes. Your combat power is truly something I have never seen in my life. I believe you will definitely become someone like me in the future. With your help, when I descend upon this continent again in the future, the other Seven Great Families will be easily destroyed.”

These words made Ye Xiao even more curious.

He didn't know if this person of unknown origin, or rather, the soul that had stripped Zhi Zi Jiu's consciousness, had the same blind confidence as Zhi Zi Jiu.

Or if the other party truly possessed such strength.

“If we're to cooperate, at least tell me who you are first.”

The Gray Zhi Zi Jiu chuckled, “Don’t waste your time on me. When you truly stand by my side, you will naturally know who I am. As you are now, though your combat power is extraordinary, you are still inferior when facing the true me. Knowing too early will not benefit you in any way.”

Ye Xiao sneered disdainfully in his heart.

For someone who hides his true identity to try and fool him with just a few words, it was simply too ridiculous.

“Don't believe me?”

Ye Xiao answered directly with action, and the Black Dragon's Wrath phantom behind him emerged.

Black Dragon's Wrath!

A violent dragon's roar echoed all around.

The air also became turbulent at this moment.

However, the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu had obviously read Zhi Zi Jiu's memories and already knew about Ye Xiao's Black Dragon's Wrath.

He merely waved his hand, and four streams of black aura spewed out from the four masks on his chest.

The black aura condensed in front of him, forming a huge protective net.

The dragon's roar, which had struck terror into the Zhi Family members and left them utterly defenseless, was directly blocked by the black aura.

It could even block the special damage of Dragon's Might?

Ye Xiao frowned deeply.

Although he had realized during the previous battle that his Black Dragon's Wrath would be blocked, he had initially thought the opponent would use Mirror Flower, Water Moon, just like Zhi Zi Jiu.

Unexpectedly, the opponent had simply used that mysterious black aura to easily block the Black Dragon's Wrath.

At the same time, the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu suddenly felt incredibly emotional.

“As expected, it’s that Black Dragon's Wrath corpse. I never thought it would end up in your hands.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiao couldn't help but look at the other party twice.

This Gray Zhi Zi Jiu actually spoke of the origin of the Black Dragon's Wrath with such ease; it seemed he was truly not simple.

The Gray Zhi Zi Jiu, while controlling the black aura, explained with a smile, “Back then, my original intention was also to search for this Black Dragon's Wrath corpse, rumored to have received blessings from an ancient race, to use as my descending body. It’s just a pity I never found the entrance to the ruins.”

To use the Black Dragon's Wrath's corpse as a descending body means this mysterious soul has been dead for a long time?

Ye Xiao's eyes flickered, and he chuckled, “So, you want to take it from me?”

The Gray Zhi Zi Jiu shook his head.

“No! No! No! A gentleman does not take what others cherish. As long as you are willing to cooperate with me, I will not take the Black Dragon's Wrath corpse from you. Can't you see that I now have an even better body?”

Ye Xiao was startled, then frowned, pointing at the other party's body with some disbelief.

“The body you're talking about, you mean this thing?”

Seeing Ye Xiao's curiosity, the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu answered quite directly.

“That's right! These are all bodies I've cultivated intermittently over these past few decades, but they all have their own flaws and cannot accommodate my vast soul power, so they can only be considered unqualified containers.”

Perhaps it was because he hadn't spoken to anyone for too long, or perhaps the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu genuinely wanted to cooperate with Ye Xiao.

So, without waiting for Ye Xiao to ask, he continued to explain on his own.

“However, after a series of research, I finally figured out a way. Unfortunately, this perfectly cultivated core container is a bit disobedient.”

“I have you to thank for this, otherwise it would have taken quite a bit of effort.”

Ye Xiao's heart tightened. Could it be that the perfect container this guy was talking about was Zhi Zi Jiu?

Wasn't that a living person?

“Are you surprised? Don’t you think that humans, with their infinite potential for growth, make the best vessels?”

From Gray Zhi Zi Jiu’s calm narration, Ye Xiao understood that the five Zhi Zi Jiu he had fought earlier were all vessels he had cultivated.

And these human vessels were originally living human beings, and it was highly likely that they all came from the Zhi Family.

So, Ye Xiao asked in a deep voice, “Aren’t you a member of the Zhi Family?”

Gray Zhi Zi Jiu’s crimson eyes gleamed, and he said with a smile, “No! It should be said that the Zhi Family are my people.”

“What’s the difference?” Ye Xiao frowned and asked.

Gray Zhi Zi Jiu smiled and said, “I created them, and I gave them their current status, so they are naturally meant to be at my beck and call. That is the difference.”

Ye Xiao looked at the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu in front of him, utterly shocked by his words.

“Now, are you clear about my abilities?” Gray Zhi Zi Jiu said in a calm tone, “As long as you are willing to cooperate with me, I will not only help you completely merge with the Black Dragon’s Wrath within you, allowing you to unleash its true power, but in the future, I will also teach you the method of eternal life. How about it?”

Ye Xiao sneered in his heart.

Are you kidding? He didn't even know the other party's true identity, let alone that this mysterious person could even use his own family members as vessels for cultivation. Such behavior sent chills down his spine.

What was the difference between cooperating with him and seeking death?

As for the so-called method of eternal life...

Not to mention that after sharing life with Little Gold, Ye Xiao now possessed a lifespan of tens of thousands of years.

How could he possibly be interested in this kind of “eternal life” that turned one into something neither human nor ghost?

However, what the other party said about merging with the Black Dragon’s Wrath did pique Ye Xiao’s interest somewhat.

But he would never entrust his life to a guy with an unknown background.

That was no different from seeking death.

Thus, Ye Xiao attacked again, unleashing various skills and his magical weapon against Gray Zhi Zi Jiu.

Seeing Ye Xiao's expression, Gray Zhi Zi Jiu's face turned cold.

First, he waved black energy to block Ye Xiao's skills, then his voice turned cold.

“I advised you in good faith, yet you are ungrateful!”

“Bang bang bang!”

Ye Xiao's series of attacks were his response.

Unfortunately, none of them hit.

However, Gray Zhi Zi Jiu only defended and did not launch a counterattack against Ye Xiao.

This made Ye Xiao understand that what this guy said earlier was not a lie.

With his current body, he should not be able to cause him harm.

Therefore, Ye Xiao had no more reservations and launched a fierce attack on Gray Zhi Zi Jiu.

This continued for a moment.

When Gray Zhi Zi Jiu blocked Ye Xiao's attack once again, a dense black aura suddenly surged from his body.

“If Zhi Wu to Zhi Ba hadn’t been destroyed by you earlier, this body would only be able to exert less than 30% of its original strength. Otherwise, I would surely kill you today. You should enjoy a few more days.”

After Ye Xiao unleashed another skill, he sneered, “Do all you Zhi Family people like to talk so much nonsense?”

Gray Zhi Zi Jiu’s entire body was now completely enveloped in black energy, and a muffled voice came from within the black energy.

“Ignorant child, do you think I am that useless vessel? Knowing that I can’t win, I would still foolishly try to be strong? How can a mere Heaven Sealing Demon Banning stop me?”

As he finished speaking, Gray Zhi Zi Jiu, enveloped in black energy, suddenly shot out.

The next moment, Ye Xiao saw the other party directly break through his barrier and swiftly fly into the distance.

This scene was quite unexpected for Ye Xiao.

He hadn't expected this guy to be able to break through a sealing barrier that even an Eighth-Turn Professional couldn't do anything about.

“Haha! Kid, today you helped me subdue my disobedient vessels, so I will spare your life. It won’t be long before I come personally to drain your soul and merge you, along with the Black Dragon’s Wrath, into my body. Before then, you absolutely must not die.”

Facing Gray Zhi Zi Jiu’s taunts, Ye Xiao sneered.

Want to escape?

An incredibly surging power erupted from his body.

Dragon God Descent!

In an instant, a violent Black Dragon aura spread wildly. Ye Xiao's back sprouted wings, and his entire body was enveloped in purple dragon energy.

At this moment, Ye Xiao’s four-dimensional attributes surged by 200%. His Agility and Intelligence increased from over 20,000 to over 80,000 points, while his Constitution increased from over 8,000 points to 26,000 points.

But the most exaggerated was the Strength attribute.

Under the blessing of the Rookie King title, his Strength directly surged from over 47,000 points to over 390,000 points.

This terrifying increase directly gave Ye Xiao an inexhaustible amount of strength.

Although he hadn't tried it, Ye Xiao was confident that in the Dragon God Descent state, he could easily destroy a large mountain with a flick of his hand.

However, Ye Xiao didn't have time to experience this wonderful state.

Divinity Speed activated instantly!

Under the blessing of over 80,000 Agility points, Ye Xiao’s figure transformed into a streak of light, chasing after Gray Zhi Zi Jiu.

And the afterimage at his original position only gradually dissipated two seconds later.

When dealing with the few vessels of Zhi Zi Jiu earlier, Ye Xiao had never thought of using Dragon God Descent.

After all, the side effects were quite significant.

At the same time, he was also confident that after casting the sealing barrier, Zhi Zi Jiu would not be able to escape from his grasp.

However, the situation was different now.

This mysterious person, who appeared out of nowhere, had abilities far exceeding those of the previous Zhi Zi Jiu. At the same time, he was not as careless as Zhi Zi Jiu. After clearly knowing that there was no possibility of defeating Ye Xiao, he decisively chose to escape.

Such a guy was the most troublesome.

To avoid more trouble in the future, and to obtain the red moon token on Zhi Zi Jiu.

Ye Xiao absolutely could not let him leave, so he could only use this last resort.

Under the blessing of Dragon God Descent, all of Ye Xiao’s skills were now off cooldown.

Void Phantom was directly activated, and Ye Xiao, in his Dragon God state, directly stepped into the void dimension.

With the help of the void dimension, he almost instantly caught up with the black mass that was fleeing at full speed.

The next moment, Ye Xiao arrived in front of the black energy, and without any hesitation, he stepped out of the void dimension.

While pursuing, he had already stacked his magical weapon to its peak.

Without a word, Ye Xiao raised his staff and swung it fiercely at the black mass.

The first attack after dispelling Void Phantom could increase damage by 50%.

However, precisely because of this, the moment Ye Xiao swung his staff, the surrounding space was directly torn open.

This sudden scene also surprised Ye Xiao somewhat.

And the Gray Zhi Zi Jiu, enveloped in black energy, clearly hadn't expected Ye Xiao to be able to unleash such terrifying combat power.

This scene truly startled him.

Tearing apart the void with pure strength?

But even though his soul power was exceptionally strong, he reacted immediately.

However, the body he was in was truly dilapidated and he didn't have time to dodge.

Thus, Ye Xiao’s staff slammed violently onto the black energy.

In an instant, the dense black energy no longer had its previous effect. Instead, it was directly dispersed by Ye Xiao, revealing the horrified face of Gray Zhi Zi Jiu inside.

After the staff dispersed the black energy, its momentum remained undiminished, striking Gray Zhi Zi Jiu without any obstruction.

“No!”

Gray Zhi Zi Jiu only managed to let out an unwilling roar.

His body exploded in an instant, scattering into pieces.

Ye Xiao was not surprised by this.

The inability to break through the opponent's black energy defense earlier was all due to insufficient strength.

But now, under the 12-fold increase in damage, Ye Xiao didn't believe the opponent could still block it.

If he really could block it, Ye Xiao would almost have to consider where to hide so that the opponent wouldn't find him.

Fortunately, everything was within his expectations.

At the same time, a black gas, filled with a putrid and pungent smell, floated out from within.

“You brat! You deserve to die! How dare you destroy the vessel I painstakingly cultivated? I will not let you go.”

Saying that, the black energy transformed into a wisp of black smoke, intending to escape.

Ye Xiao had long known this would happen, so how could he let it go? While the Dragon God Descent state had not yet ended, he intended to eliminate it.

However, the next moment, a miraculous scene occurred.

Just as the black smoke was about to move, it was forcibly pulled by an invisible force.

A terrified voice immediately came from within the black smoke.

“Damn it! Spatial power!! I…”

The black smoke’s voice abruptly stopped.

Ye Xiao then saw the wisp of black smoke being sucked into the surrounding spatialcrack.

At this moment, Ye Xiao held his staff and looked at the empty air in front of him, feeling a bit speechless for a moment.

He hadn't expected to accidentally cause such a scene.

This luck, it really was... Ye Xiao shook his head.

Just then, a scorching aura burst forth from his brow.

Immediately after, Ye Xiao discovered a familiar red glowing shadow, which hadI don't know when floated in front of him.

Seeing this red object, Ye Xiao finally smiled.

red moon token!

After all that effort, it was finally in his hands.

Without a word, Ye Xiao reached out and caught it.

In an instant, two red lights shot up into the sky, enveloping Ye Xiao and the red moon token.

At the same time, a familiar and powerful energy surged into Ye Xiao's body.

The third red moon token was in hand.

He just didn't know what kind of surprise it would bring him.

Ye Xiao was somewhat expectant.