284: Chapter 284 Dragon Seal and Jade Seal

Seeing this, Su Mo couldn't help but laugh.

Why does this scene feel so familiar?

Zhao He's Divine Soul, controlling the incomplete Dragon Seal, instantly rushed into Su Mo's Sea of Consciousness.

Su Mo hadn't expected the Old Man to have this trick up his sleeve.

However, he wasn't worried; instead, he curved his lips into a wicked smile.

"Brat, you dare to play tricks when death is imminent!"

Zhao He sneered. The Dragon Seal shone brightly, and Profound Immortal Rank Divine Soul power surged out like a tide, instantly transforming into countless chains that wrapped around Su Mo's Primordial Spirit:

"Be refined by me!"

He sensed Su Mo's Primordial Spirit attempting to mobilize immortal essence, seemingly wanting to repeat the old trick of self-detonation.

But under the absolute suppression of his Profound Immortal Divine Soul, the meager immortal essence of the Tribulation Crossing Stage within Su Mo's body couldn't be mobilized in the slightest.

"Hahaha! It's useless! How can an ant shake the heavens? Under the absolute Divine Soul suppression of the Profound Immortal Realm, even self-detonation is a luxury you cannot afford!"

However, the wicked smile on the face of Su Mo's Primordial Spirit, tightly bound by the Divine Soul chains, grew even more pronounced.

"Old Thing, since you want it so badly..."

Su Mo's Primordial Spirit seemed to give up resisting, his voice gradually becoming ethereal:

"Then... I'll give it all to you."

Before the words finished, Su Mo abandoned resistance, and his Divine Soul was instantly refined.

"Success!!"

Zhao He was ecstatic, unable to stop himself from bursting into hearty laughter within the Sea of Consciousness:

"This Physical Body is mine!"

He couldn't wait to try, wanting to feel the Heaven-Defying self-healing ability and see if he could use it to repair his Dao Injury.

With a shift of thought, he tried to mobilize the Physical Body's Qi and blood... The next moment, the ecstasy on his face instantly froze, turning into astonishment.

Nothing! There was nothing at all!

He couldn't feel the anticipated majestic vitality, nor could he sense any of the expected profound fluctuations.

This body felt hollow to him. Although the Foundation seemed much firmer than that of an ordinary Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivator, it certainly wasn't Heaven-Defying.

Not only that, but he clearly felt his own Dao Injury, which was already extremely severe.

Because he had forcefully activated the Dragon Seal and used the Secret Possession Technique just now, consuming too much of his original Divine Soul power, and now having lost the suppression of the Cold Pool and the Ice Soul Flower, his injuries were deteriorating at an unprecedented rate.

Excruciating pain came from the depths of his Divine Soul; it was a sign that his dao foundation was collapsing!

"How could this be?!"

Zhao He roared in confusion:

"Where is his Undying Body?! Where is his Heaven-Defying Origin?! Why did I gain nothing after Possession?!"

He had personally witnessed this brat instantly recover after self-detonation.

That was definitely not fake!

But why did all these abilities vanish after Possession?!

Could those abilities not originate from the Physical Body, but rather... Just as Zhao He's emotions violently fluctuated, a slightly mocking voice sounded behind him:

"Old fellow, my things... aren't so easy to take. Everything you took from me, you must spit back out with interest."

Zhao He trembled violently.

He saw Su Mo's Divine Soul, which had somehow appeared there, watching him leisurely with his arms crossed.

"You?! You weren't refined at all?!"

Zhao He cried out in terror.

He finally understood that he had fallen into the opponent's trap from beginning to end.

"Only realizing it now? Too late."

Su Mo curved his lip into an arc, stopped talking nonsense, raised a finger, and snapped it crisply.

Snap!

"Family Property Reclamation."

As his voice fell, Zhao He felt a wave of terror.

The Physical Body that he had just successfully taken Possession of, which originally belonged to Su Mo, instantly disintegrated, turning into countless particles.

These spiritual light particles ignored the obstruction of his Divine Soul, surging toward Su Mo's Divine Soul and enveloping it.

"No—!! This is mine!!"

Zhao He let out a desperate roar. He could feel his remaining Divine Soul power being forcibly stripped away and merging with those spiritual light particles into Su Mo's Divine Soul.

A moment later, all the spiritual light converged within Su Mo's Divine Soul.

Su Mo slowly opened his eyes, sensing the changes within himself, and couldn't help but smack his lips.

After devouring most of Zhao He's Divine Soul—that of a Profound Immortal—Su Mo could clearly feel that the strength of his Divine Soul had undergone a qualitative leap.

Although his cultivation Realm was still stuck at the threshold of the Tribulation Crossing Stage, the essence of his Divine Soul had already made a Breakthrough to the Early Stage of the Profound Immortal Rank.

What surprised him even more was that the incomplete Dragon Seal, which originally belonged to Zhao He, did not dissipate with Zhao He's annihilation.

Instead, it quietly floated in the center of his Sea of Consciousness.

"Interesting..."

Su Mo looked at the ruined Dragon Seal, sensing the power of authority and Luck contained within it, and a playful smile appeared on his face:

"Holding this seal, I'm at least half an Emperor, right? In that case, when that Eighteenth Prince Zhao Yuanhao sees me in the future, won't he have to respectfully address me as a senior?"

Subsequently, Su Mo began to search Zhao He's entire body.

But he didn't find anything else of value.

It must have all been consumed to repair his Dao Injury.

"What a pauper."

Su Mo curled his lip, feeling a bit disappointed.

However, his gaze immediately fell upon the scene before him.

Although Zhao He was a poor ghost, the legacy he left behind was not meager at all.

Those dozens of crystalline heavenly frost ice soul flowers, each contained pure Ice Attribute dao rhyme.

Su Mo had already refined one and knew this was definitely a great treasure.

There was also the Cold Pool, whose water level had dropped significantly, but which still emitted extreme cold Qi and pure energy.

"This pool water... even though it's that old guy's bathwater, it's a bit disgusting..."

Su Mo stroked his chin, observing the deep pool water:

"I can't use it myself, but if I sell it, it's definitely a top-tier resource that even Profound Immortals would fight tooth and nail for."

He waved his hand, unceremoniously collecting all the heavenly frost ice soul flowers on the ground.

Next, he took out several specially made jade bottle Magic Treasures and began frantically collecting the Cold Pool water, only stopping when the pool was nearly drained to the bottom.

Just as Su Mo put away the last jade bottle filled with Cold Pool water, the ground beneath his feet suddenly transmitted a violent tremor.

"Rumble—!"

Immediately afterward, a teeth-grinding sound of ice cracking came from above, and countless massive ice prisms fell from the ceiling like sharp swords.

Spiderweb-like cracks began to appear on the surrounding ice walls, spreading rapidly.

It seemed that having lost the support of the Cold Pool's energy, the entire Ice Cave began to collapse.

He wasted no time. With immortal essence circulating around his body, he immediately rushed upward along the winding passage he had used to enter.

A long while later, Su Mo's figure rushed out of the narrow fissure.

Behind him, accompanied by a loud bang, the entire fissure became a bottomless pit.