536: Chapter 536 Black Skull

Upon entering Las's spiritual consciousness sea, Nie Ning immediately sensed a dense Power of Corruption; the entire consciousness sea was permeated with a sinister aura.

Relying on his high resistance to Corruption, Nie Ning simply ignored the intrusion of the Power of Corruption and quickly located Las's soul.

However, contrary to what Nie Ning had expected, Las's soul state was somewhat abnormal.

A massive black skeleton stood within the consciousness sea, curled up like an infant, with grey mist radiating from its surroundings.

Inside the skeleton was Las's soul, which seemed to have fallen into some kind of dormant state.

It was very strange.

In Nie Ning's perception, Las's soul was no different from that of a regular human, meaning it had not suffered from Corruption.

Bizarre!

Nie Ning had encountered quite a few Corruptors, and he could even use Corruption right now to create a Corrupted Puppet.

But since Las's soul hadn't changed, it meant that he hadn't suffered from Corruption, so where did this bizarre black humanoid skeleton come from?

"Psionicist?"

"Doesn't seem like it."

A Psionicist is a soul mutation caused by the Power of Corruption.

Las's soul state appeared fine; his soul was exceptionally pure and conspicuous in the consciousness sea, completely unlike what a Psionicist should look like.

Moreover, Las's current state was also very strange, appearing as if he were merely sleeping.

Nie Ning "watched" the massive black skeleton.

After pondering for a moment, he decided to try and see if he could eliminate the black skeleton.

As Nie Ning's Spiritual Power began to condense, he unleashed the Soul-Severing Secret Technique attached to the Stairway to Godhood; this was one of the very few spiritual attacks Nie Ning had mastered.

A golden blade inscribed with runes appeared within Las's consciousness sea.

Perhaps because it had been triggered, the black skeleton began to stretch its body.

Seeing this, Nie Ning did not hesitate; the golden blade whistled through the air, appearing instantly beside the black skeleton, its edge aiming directly for the black skeleton's head.

But something unexpected happened; the black skeleton raised its arm at an extremely fast speed, directly blocking the golden blade.

Furthermore, the Power of Corruption on the black skeleton began to take effect, starting to erode the golden blade, seemingly wanting to assimilate it.

This was one of the reasons why Transcendents were unwilling to engage in spiritual combat with Corruptors.

Because one careless mistake could lead to an infection by the Power of Corruption.

However, the golden blade was no ordinary object; the runes condensed upon it carried a sharp power that directly annihilated the encroaching Power of Corruption.

Just as the two were deadlocked, Nie Ning felt that something was not quite right.

Was the strength of the black skeleton a bit too high?

One had to know that Las was just an ordinary person who had only recently become a junior apprentice after receiving funding from the academy.

But who was he?

A Transcendent who possessed Spiritual Power comparable to the sixth rank!

The fact that the black skeleton could actually withstand his attack was ridiculously strong, completely inconsistent with the Spiritual Power intensity of an apprentice.

Nie Ning injected a large amount of Spiritual Power into the golden blade, and the dazzling light that erupted illuminated the entire consciousness sea like the sun.

The black skeleton was ultimately no match for Nie Ning; the grey mist around its body melted away like ice and snow, and the black withered bones began to crumble under this power.

But just as he was about to destroy the black skeleton, Nie Ning suddenly stopped.

He saw the shattered bones of the black skeleton piercing into Las's soul, and the entire consciousness sea began to fluctuate violently at this moment, seemingly on the verge of collapsing at any time.

As Nie Ning withdrew the golden blade, the black skeleton began to rapidly recover, and the bone spurs that had pierced into Las's soul returned to their original positions.

Seeing this scene, Nie Ning suddenly controlled the golden blade to stab at Las's soul body.

Seemingly out of some defensive instinct, the black skeleton stretched out its withered bone arm to grab the golden blade.

At this moment, Nie Ning directly dispelled the golden blade, and the black skeleton returned to its original curled-up state.

Nie Ning fell into deep thought.

Judging by the current situation, the black skeleton was very likely an ability that Las had awakened.

But this act of consuming its host seemed a bit strange, like some kind of life-and-death bound twin state.

"Could it really just be an awakened ability?"

Unable to figure it out, Nie Ning directly exited Las's spiritual consciousness sea.

"How is it? You weren't infected, were you?"

Seeing Nie Ning return, Amanra raised an eyebrow and asked.

Nie Ning shook his head and looked at the still dazed Las: "I'm fine, but his state is a bit strange; it might be a sign that he is about to awaken some special ability."

However, even though he said that, Nie Ning sensed the Power of Corruption near Las and always felt that something was not quite right.

It was simply too similar to a Corruptor!

But Nie Ning hadn't encountered many Psionicists, and even if he did, he might not necessarily be able to tell.

Because many Psionicists' abilities were auxiliary, such as mana amplification, making it difficult for Nie Ning to see any clues on the surface.

Moreover, his research on Psionicists had stopped at the elemental talent he had acquired back then, and since then, he had rarely studied Psionicists.

After all, he had many things to attend to every day, so he naturally wouldn't spend too much effort on things he didn't need.

Furthermore, creating a Psionicist was equivalent to creating a Corruptor; one careless mistake could lead to an irreparable disaster.

"Psionicist?"

Amanra looked at the dazed Las and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

She didn't study Psionicists much, so she only knew that it was related to the Power of Corruption and belonged to a type of soul aberration, actually similar to those with special constitutions.

After a moment of silence, Amanra slowly said: "Since that's the case, let's take him back first to see; you all should come back with me too."

Nie Ning nodded.

Immediately, he used his psionic ability to take the few people back to the experimental area under the Lightning Hall, found a laboratory, and kept them under surveillance.

After all, no one knew if there would be Corruption, nor did they know if it was contagious.

However, these people were also lucky.

If it were in the past, there was a high probability that they would have been taken back for experiments.

But now they were running a school, and the rough methods of the past were clearly not applicable; many things could only be solved by trying to use softer methods.

...

After settling those students, Nie Ning and Amanra parted ways.

Amanra went to handle the academy's official business, while Nie Ning used the god-forbidden ring to teleport near a small tavern.

After confirming there was no one around, Nie Ning changed his appearance and then walked into the tavern just like that.

Perhaps because it was in a remote location, there weren't many people in the tavern.

Nie Ning ignored the people inside the tavern, walked straight through a corridor, and then stepped into a room on the second floor.

At this time, two men and one woman were sitting in the room.

One of them was an acquaintance of Nie Ning; it was Jeff, the member of the Nales Church who had tricked him back then.

"Greetings, Holy Son."

Seeing Nie Ning enter, the group stood up and greeted him respectfully.