Chapter 462: Luo Wusheng's Promise
"We're entering the final step now?"
Controlling his golden slime body, Luo Wusheng jumped down from the shoulder of Yao Ji—who had shifted into a kneeling sitting posture—and landed beside the seven-stringed ancient guqin.
"Yes. Since you're sensing your spiritual energy becoming increasingly abundant, then using a thread of consciousness to drive your main body to expend spiritual energy through innate ability has likely failed. In that case, directly completing the final preparations is actually the better choice."
Yao Ji lightly plucked the strings, producing clear, resonant notes. A gentle smile graced her exquisitely beautiful face.
"Young Master, truth be told, I would also like to chat with you a little longer… After all, it will be quite some time before we see each other again."
Her soft words, accompanied by the serene guqin music, subtly tugged at Luo Wusheng's heartstrings.
Looking at Yao Ji like this, Luo Wusheng was momentarily dazed.
Then he smiled and shook his head.
"Looking on the bright side, once the matter in the royal city is successfully resolved, the next time I meet Miss Yao Ji, it'll be my true body that comes, won't it?"
As he said this, Luo Wusheng cast a half-smiling glance at his little pink fox.
"When that time comes, Her Highness the Netherqueen will have to give me a proper reception."
Zheng—
The guqin rang out sharply, and a wave of sound sent Luo Wusheng flying straight to the ground.
"Wait until the thoughts in your head are a little less active before you say things like that."
Yao Ji rolled her eyes at a certain someone who had rolled several times across the ground.
Did he think she hadn't noticed? Just now, a portion of that guy's gaze had very clearly wandered toward her back and the top of her head.
What kind of "reception" he had in mind was all too obvious.
On the other side, Luo Wusheng paid it no mind. He scratched his head and climbed back up from the ground.
He was becoming increasingly adept at operating this golden, reinforced slime body.
After getting up, he simply sat down on the ground, propped his chin with one hand, and stopped fooling around. He quietly listened as the guqin music flowed from Yao Ji's fingertips.
"…As expected, only when Miss Yao Ji plays in person can the music truly be called perfect."
Immersed in the melody, Luo Wusheng sighed in admiration.
"The pieces preserved after formlessly transforming into a guqin are likewise peerless, but without the one who plays them, they always feel like they're missing something."
As he spoke, the golden light on his body gradually dimmed.
A faint, illusory shadow slowly emerged from behind the slime body.
This was the manifestation of the consciousness he had descended with—taking on the appearance of his true body, though still somewhat indistinct.
"Hmph."
The little pink fox nodded slightly. Her finger movements became a touch more lively, clearly quite pleased with his words.
At the same time, out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the jade inlaid into one corner of her guqin, and the curve of her lips softened even further.
"It's a pity… Although, due to earlier changes, you've already grasped a portion of the Phoenix Flame ahead of time, you still haven't fully met the conditions for nirvanic refinement of the Ancient Phoenix Essence. Otherwise, in the upcoming battle, I could use the Heart Fox Technique to provide you with a bit more strength."
Yao Ji continued playing as she let out a faint sigh.
"You've already done more than enough for me, Miss Yao Ji. If this goes on any further, I won't even know how I'm supposed to repay all of this in the future…"
The illusory figure formed from Luo Wusheng's consciousness spoke softly, then shifted to a lighter tone.
"And besides, it's just dealing with that Roc. No matter how you look at it, there's no need for that much power."
'However, if…'
Luo Wusheng seemed to think of something, but didn't continue.
His indistinct phantom gradually became clearer, and one could faintly make out the gentle smile on his face.
. . .
Elder Lei of the Thunder-and-Cloud duo widened his aged eyes and instinctively looked toward the Empress beside him.
Earlier, he had also tried to strike at the Netherkin outside. Yet once that massive Nether Formation covering the royal city unfolded, all of those Netherkin received some kind of inexplicable protection—any spell that drew near would simply dissipate.
But the scene before him now was completely overturning Elder Lei's understanding.
He could clearly sense that the flames and lightning raging outside weren't particularly powerful in raw terms—at most, they should only be able to threaten those at the mid–stage Nascent Soul level.
Yet that lightning made even him, a Divine Transformation cultivator who wielded lightning himself, feel a chill of fear, as if he were gazing upon an immortal tribulation!
As for the flames, though they were slightly weaker, no matter what methods the Netherkin ensnared by them used to extinguish the fire, it would regenerate in the blink of an eye—only with the intensity slightly reduced each time it reappeared.
Moreover, the power of both the flames and the lightning was steadily increasing as time went on!
'The only thing I don't get is why all those Netherkin look like they've seen a ghost…'
Well—speaking strictly, the mentality of those ensnared Nascent Soul realm Netherkin really had collapsed.
Most Netherkin weren't known for being particularly bright, but having reached the Nascent Soul realm, they certainly remembered what they needed to remember.
For example—
The other side of those space rifts spewing flames and lightning was clearly the Demon Moon space they had previously hidden away!
And each of those rifts even corresponded to space worlds bearing the exclusive colors that had once been assigned to them!
What the hell was going on?
Had the Netherkin race's own Artifact… betrayed them?
As if responding to this same anomaly, the rift in the sky—drawn forth by the Nether Formation—suddenly tore open at a much faster rate, ripping apart a vast section.
A terrifying pressure poured out from within.
A gigantic eye opened from inside the rift.
It was a golden beast's eye.
The scene of the royal city was reflected within that eye.
At the same moment, the Empress—who had not answered Elder Lei's question earlier and had instead been watching the plight of the Nascent Soul realm Netherkin outside, eyes gleaming with shifting light—suddenly felt something stir within her.
"We made it—"
A fragment of memory synchronized within her mind.
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Cultivation Realm:
1, Qi Refining
2, Foundation Establishment
3, Golden Core
4, Nascent Soul
5, Divine Transformation (Formerly Known as Tribulation Crossing)
6, Tribulation Transcendence
7, Land Immortal
Note: Link to the character Illustration:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lkIcPnCxeyuyZA4Kkb621dPC05UvWjhD
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