novelraw Chapter 767 767 Corruption, Distortion_1
Chapter 767 767 Corruption, Distortion_1
A slender stream brushing over gold and stone could slightly corrode even the sturdiest spirit gold and jade stone in the cultivation world.
The bloodline emerging from Shen Mo's Dantian was this slender stream. The True Immortal's Finger, wrapped in blood into a crimson cocoon, was that gold-and-stone object. Bolstered by the "Spirit Devouring" Skill operating through magic, a tiny erosion, difficult for even a cultivator's sense to detect, appeared!
The bloodline had only eroded a thin layer of Flesh and Blood. Compared to the entire finger, it was tantamount to a drop in the ocean.
However, it exploded with terrifying energy in an instant. Shen Mo felt his Dantian brutally struck by a siege ram; his Dao Body emitted a groan as if overwhelmed, and the Bloody Fiend Pearl within his body spun frantically like a fiercely struck top.
The Hallow Venerable's finger harbored a portion of a True Immortal's primal Essence and Qi. It could be regarded as an Immortal miniaturized ten thousand-fold!
Even if it was very shallow and thin Flesh and Blood, it also bore his cultivation level and carried immense divine power. It concealed an unusual quality of Mana and a magnificent power that far surpassed all High-Grade Spirit Pills and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures Shen Mo knew.
In the blink of an eye, the Bloody Fiend essence absorbed by Shen Mo reached his maximum capacity. It quickly transformed into the power of chaotic Yuan, strengthening his Dao Body, Mana, and soul, and pushed his cultivation level to rise rapidly.
Even the Bloody Fiend Pearl showed slight cracks in its frantic spin, seemingly unable to bear the load!
Merely this was not a bad thing for Shen Mo; even if the Bloody Fiend Pearl shattered, it would not be difficult for him to condense another one, as long as it allowed his strength to keep increasing.
But things were far from that simple!
The Hallow Venerable was a True Immortal cultivated from a Demon; his primal Essence and Qi all bore the brand of his Great Path and cultivation.
Previously, his finger had been suppressed by an unknown female Immortal's magic, so it didn't matter how Shen Mo approached or probed it.
But as the Bloody Fiend essence and origin power contained in the finger began to dissipate, surging into his body under the extraction of his skill and magic, a bizarre change that made Shen Mo's skin crawl quickly appeared!
While his cultivation level surged, a massive and mighty alien power also took the opportunity to pour into his body. It erupted with nefarious power throughout his Dao Body, Mana, and soul, and began to Corrupt and assimilate his Essence and Qi.
In the next instant, Shen Mo resolutely stopped the operation of the "Dragon Elephant Blood Fiend Body" and the empowerment of the "Spirit Devouring" Skill!
The True Immortal's Finger immediately fell back into the jade box, quietly lying next to the jade slip left by the unknown female Immortal, as if nothing had happened.
However, that vast and powerful alien power had already penetrated Shen Mo's internal organs, limbs and bones, and even the depths of his soul. His physical body, spirit, and even the Mana throughout his body began to show all kinds of terrible and disgusting distortions!
His hair, fingernails, skin, Flesh and Blood, muscles and bones, organs, Chakras, and other parts of his Dao Body, as well as the power of chaotic Yuan within him and his three souls and seven spirits, all began to twist and deform, sprouting vile and strangely shaped worms.
Shen Mo felt his Daoist body and mind were being seared in a true flame furnace, an unbearable pain accompanied by waves of deep, bone-marrow-piercing itchiness that he found intolerable.
Despite the sudden, strange transformation, he steadfastly guarded his Path Heart and tried to maintain a clear consciousness, his thoughts racing like lightning.
Very quickly, Shen Mo recalled his experience before cultivating to the Divine Bridge Realm: when he approached the Soaring Serpent Bizarre Dragon, he had suffered from its Essence and Qi radiation and gradually mutated into a parasitic Double-winged Flying Snake.
At this moment, the situation he faced was extremely similar to being transformed by the Soaring Serpent!
The Soaring Serpent Bizarre Dragon was a great Demon comparable to the Formless Realm, a Class VI peak existence. Any creature in the world below the Divine Bridge Realm (Fifth Stage), if they got close to it, would be Corrupted and twisted, thoroughly becoming one of the parasitic Demons.
And the Hallow Venerable was a True Immortal Realm Demon, a level above the Soaring Serpent Bizarre Dragon.
His primal Essence and Qi, branded with his own Great Path, naturally possessed a stronger corruptive nature and a more terrifying transformative power.
There was only one slight difference... Being transformed by the Soaring Serpent was due to being too close to it, entering the life-force field of its radiating Essence and Qi.
What Shen Mo was now experiencing, however, was his active absorption of the Bloody Fiend essence and primal Essence and Qi contained in the Hallow Venerable's finger. Unfortunately, with Shen Mo's current cultivation level, he was unable to refine and wear away the Dao Mark therein, thereby causing his Daoist body and mind, and even the power of chaotic Yuan, to suffer corruption, assimilation, and begin to distort!
Having understood this point, Shen Mo, whose Daoist body and mind, and even his life form, were gradually distorting into an ugly Demon, immediately initiated various reactions.
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He quickly began to operate the "Reverse Dragon Curse"; his power of chaotic Yuan that had not yet been twisted and Corrupted surged like a tide.
As he activated the cultivation method, a cool aura gradually emerged from his Dantian. It soon seeped into the power of chaotic Yuan and circulated throughout every inch of his Flesh and Blood, even deep into his soul—this was the "Dragon Reversing True Qi" that had previously helped Shen Mo resist the Soaring Serpent's transformation!
The "Reverse Dragon Curse" had a strong effect in resisting alien powers. Combined with Shen Mo's two subsequent deductions and proficient cultivation practice, its might had already surpassed that of Senior Xiang Shengtian, who created this method.
With the circulation of the Dragon Reversing True Qi, the momentum of his Essence and Qi being twisted, Corrupted, assimilated, and distorted faltered.
Shen Mo felt as if, while being seared and licked by true flame, a sweet rain had suddenly fallen from the heavens, drenching his Daoist body and mind thoroughly, inside and out!
Moreover, while he had not yet completely transformed into a Demon, Shen Mo removed the "Performance Martial Arts" Destiny from the panel's slot and equipped "Uncommon Victory".
The endless sword Qi within his body, boosted by "Uncommon Victory", began to burst forth from the inside out, rushing past like a torrential waterfall, annihilating the life force of the vile and strangely shaped worms!
The panel still had one slot left, and the "Danger Perception" Destiny, which could predict crises, was still equipped.
However, before Shen Mo used skill and magic to draw the primal Essence and Qi from the finger, "Danger Perception" had not shown any anomalies.
After all, this Destiny helped him detect dangers one step in advance. It would not warn his mind of danger if he himself had not acted and no ominous signs were revealed. But it was only at the instant the "Spirit Devouring" Skill took effect that it suddenly issued a warning. However, because the sudden transformation came so violently, Shen Mo had no time to stop!
He still wore it now, which allowed Shen Mo to know when he would "fall," so that he could be mentally prepared.
Fortunately, with the Dragon Reversing True Qi and the sword Qi boosted by "Uncommon Victory" constantly repelling the corruption and distortion from the Hallow Venerable's primal Essence and Qi, Shen Mo did not see his own demise in the feedback image from "Danger Perception".
Merely resorting to magic and Special Destiny was not quite enough. At the same time, he also activated the "Immunity" Skill.
"Immunity" implies emerging from mud yet remaining unstained. Originating from his first cultivation of the "Reverse Dragon Curse" to Extremely Perfection, it, like the Dragon Reversing True Qi, could Protect him from being tainted and Corrupted by various strange and exotic alien forces!