Chapter 400: Annihilating the Nightmare Demon

Chapter 400: Annihilating the Nightmare Demon

Fang Che was also stunned.

Because, the moment the Nightmare Demon came into contact with the Divine Essence Jade, it was actually... sucked into it?

No, it was the Divine Essence Jade that directly sucked in the Nightmare Demon! A faint white light spread, and then, like a flypaper, it stuck the Nightmare Demon onto it.

Then, the Nightmare Demon's body seemed to have transformed into a third Soul Fusion Pill.

Although the Nightmare Demon struggled desperately, the golden soul power had already begun to continuously merge into the Divine Essence Jade.

And the infinite Divine Sense Power within his Divine Sense Sea was also actively pouring into the Divine Essence Jade!

In an instant, within the Divine Essence Jade, the half-fragmented imprint belonging to Fang Che suddenly solidified again and became increasingly visible to the naked eye.

As the Divine Sense Power kept entering, the Nightmare Demon's golden soul power was also continuously being sucked in!

"Damn it... How could this be... Whose is this... Where did it come from? Where did it come from?!"

The Nightmare Demon roared in extreme panic, struggling with all his might. But no matter how hard he tried, he could only move his hands and feet.

His spine was firmly stuck, and strands of golden power were being sucked out.

The imprint inside the Divine Essence Jade, which should have been half-fragmented and on the verge of shattering, was solidifying, gradually growing, and becoming increasingly substantial, slowly taking on a faint golden hue.

It was faint, very weak.

But it was clear.

The mountain and sea wave of soul power was being drawn from the Divine Sense Sea and entering the ancient jade.

Fang Che could clearly feel that the 'water level' of his Divine Sense Sea was slowly decreasing.

And the waves of the Divine Sense Sea were also gradually diminishing.

As the situation calmed down, Fang Che belatedly stroked his chin, unable to contain his delight, "Judging by this situation... It seems I won't die? There's still hope for me to live?"

He couldn't help but feel a surge of joy in his heart, a feeling of survival against all odds, almost bringing him to tears.

Although he was ready to face death, and although he didn't care about his own life, he would rather perish together with the Nightmare Demon.

But this was a desperate measure under the circumstances.

Because if the Nightmare Demon survived this time and got out alive, it could mean the lives of hundreds of millions, or even billions of people and Guardians!

So he was willing to risk the destruction of his soul to annihilate this foe, but if he could survive... and not only that, but also stay alive after annihilating the Nightmare Demon, it would definitely be a great blessing.

If there was even a sliver of a chance to live, how could Fang Che truly want to die?

The Nightmare Demon howled in agony as he was being sucked in, clearly feeling that his soul was being rapidly drawn out, and he was done for.

Because he knew better than anyone what this was!

The Divine Essence Jade!

It was the Heaven Scorpion Deity's ultimate treasure, and possessing it granted one a chance at resurrection!

Moreover, the benefits of this jade were definitely not limited to just that.

But this item had always existed within the Only Righteous Sect and was only ever found among the highest echelons. How did it end up within the soul of a Guardian? Even he himself didn't have the qualifications to possess one, so how did Fang Che come to have it? What was going on?

But he didn't have time to think anymore.

Because he was about to have his soul torn apart, and he knew even more clearly what kind of enemy he would create this time!

After merging with him and making his divine nature into the core of his intent, Fang Che would become incredibly powerful!

As he grew and developed, the importance of divine sense would become increasingly crucial, and his potential would only continue to grow.

Moreover, this divine essence didn't belong to the Heaven Scorpion Deity, but was the purest form of 'divinity'!

And this 'divinity', combined with the 'Divine Essence Jade'...

Further enhanced by his own soul power—his divine sense power was the pinnacle of the entire continent! Throughout history, no one on the continent had a more powerful divine thought and soul than he did! The Nightmare Demon was absolutely confident about this.

Even if Xue Fuxiao and Segment Sunset, such powerful beings, were to die and only leave their souls behind, they would dissipate.

But he, he was an immortal soul!

Even if Xue Fuxiao and Segment Sunset combined with the nine vice sect leaders, they wouldn't possess such divine sense!

Having such divine sense, and also possessing the physical body of the continent's number one genius, this enemy, once grown, would likely become the Only Righteous Sect's worst nightmare.

Of course, the Nightmare Demon didn't care about the affairs of the sect.

But the fact that this boy could completely digest him and still live on, this was what truly irritated the Nightmare Demon. If he died in vain, it would only make Fang Che's life better and better from then on...

The Nightmare Demon felt that he would die with his eyes wide open.

Now, seeing the look of joy on Fang Che's face, having escaped death, the Nightmare Demon was filled with hatred.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to him, and he groaned, "Fang Che, you're actually going to live, I'm done for, it's come to this, and I can only accept my fate... But I have one request..."

Fang Che's divine sense merged into the Divine Sense Sea, and he said indifferently, "What request?"

"In the past, I had an agreement with the sect leader..."

The Nightmare Demon's body grew weaker as the faint golden light was rapidly drawn out, and he said weakly, "Once I recover, I'll go and open his secluded cultivation chamber, his secluded chamber is right..."

His voice grew fainter and fainter, as if he couldn't speak anymore.

Action: Fang Che held his arms, feeling the power of his Divine Sense Sea frantically rushing into the Divine Spirit Jade. He felt that no matter how big the waves were, they couldn't overwhelm his divine sense. He calmly waited, enjoying the moment.

The Nightmare Demon panted, "It's... it's... right there in the extreme cold..."

After panting for half a day, the demon suddenly roared in despair, "Can't you get any closer to hear me?"

Fang Che coolly replied, "Actually, even if I get closer, you can't do anything to me. After all, this is my Divine Sense Space. But I want to see the look on your face when your plot is exposed, that's more satisfying."

"And what if you self-destruct? What if you blow yourself up and take me with you?"

Fang Che said.

The Nightmare Demon reached the peak of anger, "You were just ready to face death a moment ago? Where's your heroic spirit? Where's your desire to go down with a strong enemy? You coward!"

"You're an idiot."

Fang Che looked at him with a sideways glance, "I can defeat you without any damage. Why should I go down with you? To be honest, even talking to you now feels like a waste of energy. My divine sense is in chaos, and I can't snap out of it. I might as well cough and play with you to pass the time."

The Nightmare Demon burst into rage.

He struggled for his life.

But his soul body was sucked in by the Divine Spirit Jade, and he couldn't move at all. He tried to self-destruct, but as expected, he couldn't do it!

His divine soul was empowered by the divine spirit, making self-destruction impossible. It was just a test.

Despair and frustration reached their peak.

"Fang Che, I know I'm going to die, but can you let me die with some dignity?"

The Nightmare Demon calmed down and said, "As a reward, I can tell you some secrets of the Only Righteous Sect."

"I don't want to know."

Fang Che shook his head, "The secrets of the Only Righteous Sect are like a mysterious garden. I want to discover them bit by bit to find them interesting. If you tell me directly, where's my sense of accomplishment and pleasure?"

The Nightmare Demon raged, "You still want pleasure?"

"Don't you want pleasure?"

Fang Che smiled slyly at the demon's increasingly faint soul body, "Then your life has been quite boring."

The Nightmare Demon was furious!

"Let me go, you bastard! You don't know how carefree my life has been. I can tell you that I've killed more people than you've ever seen. I've been with more beauties than you can imagine..."

The Nightmare Demon cursed profusely.

"Oh, tsk tsk... What a pity."

Fang Che smiled slyly, "Let me tell you, I'll play with things you can't even imagine. You won't be able to see them. In a few days, I'll recover. I'll be able to see the sun, drink wine, gaze at the stars, chat with people, and live a happy life like a god. What a pity you won't be able to see it."

He spread his arms wide and said, "Think about it. This wonderful and colorful mortal world, these diverse and colorful life experiences... My God, I still have tens of thousands of years to live..."

His face was filled with intoxication, "With my cultivation, breaking through to the Arsenal Rankings of the Cloud Realm is not difficult. Just thinking about it makes me sigh with happiness, especially with you, who won't live for even a moment, right in front of me... Happiness."

"Indeed, happiness requires comparison."

"I have tens of thousands of years, and you have a moment."

Fang Che pointed at himself, "Tens of thousands of years."

Then he pointed at the Nightmare Demon, "A moment."

He sighed, "I feel sorry for you. Do you feel sorry for me?"

"I feel sorry for you... I really do."

The Nightmare Demon gritted his teeth.

"It's good that you feel sorry for me." Fang Che said, "The two of us, facing life and death, now share the same feelings. I complain about living too long, and you complain about living too short. We have a common language."

"I..."

The Nightmare Demon let out a puff of air.

Two puffs of black smoke burst out from his pupils, transforming into Fang Che's divine soul energy, which was then sucked away by the Divine Spirit Jade.

But the Nightmare Demon didn't have time to be angry. His eyes showed a look of panic and helplessness.

He had actually vented his divine soul energy in anger!

This was not a good sign.

The rhythm of his divine soul being completely sucked away had begun.

"Fang Che!"

The Nightmare Demon called out in despair, "Let me go!"

"I can let you have my entire life's memories, countless martial arts, countless experiences, countless... I can give you anything, as long as you let me go."

"Let you go?"

In the divine soul world, Fang Che was all-powerful. With a wave of his hand, a white horse appeared, galloping around the Nightmare Demon, "As you wish."

The horse neighed, its hooves pounding the ground as it charged, "How is it, Senior Nightmare Demon? Am I satisfactory?"

"Damn you, Fang Che!"

The Nightmare Demon reached the peak of sorrow and indignation.

"This condition is unacceptable... I can't grant your wish..."

Fang Che shook his head in disappointment.

In the final moments, the Nightmare Demon completely broke down. He continuously cursed in rage, struggled hysterically, roared, and then began to recall the glorious moments of his life...

At this time, the Divine Spirit Jade had started extracting his original body.

Fang Che watched from a distance, feeling the energy in his Divine Sense Sea rising sharply. It was the divine soul energy of the Nightmare Demon, already dissipating.

Action: But Fang Che was in no hurry.

Instead, he kept encouraging the Nightmare Demon with a cheerful smile: "Scream louder!"

"Scream! Scream again!"

"You were screaming so beautifully just now!"

"Scream without worry, here, even if you scream until your throat is hoarse, no one else can hear you."

"Scream with more melody, just like the way you did before, with many twists and turns, scream like that again."

The Nightmare Demon's profanities flowed like a mighty river, and the more he cursed, the more vulgar it became. Fang Che, on the other hand, was as calm as a spring breeze, smiling with a lovable and friendly demeanor.

"The wretched howl of a defeated dog is always so pleasing to the ear."

Fang Che remained a passive observer, jesting, watching with the attitude of a spectator, filled with pleasure as he watched the Nightmare Demon curse and gradually disappear.

He didn't even utter a single profanity.

Not even a hint of anger or a furrowed brow was shown.

Because for the Nightmare Demon, any reaction was a reward, and only by remaining calm and composed, as if watching a performance, could truly hurt him.

Imagine, killing the person who killed you as if appreciating a work of art, watching them die with satisfaction... What would that feel like?

In any case, the Nightmare Demon finally exploded with rage, turning into a mass of divine soul energy.

Then, Fang Che's Divine Sense Sea suddenly surged towards the pinnacle, surpassing everything.

But immediately after, the Divine Spirit Jade began to extract again.

The Nightmare Demon's divine soul energy shocked Fang Che.

His Divine Sense Sea was completely filled, then extracted by the Divine Spirit Jade, eliminated, and then filled again, eliminated again... This repeated five or six times!

Adding to those that had already been extracted by the Divine Spirit Jade and those consumed by the Golden Horned Dragon, Fang Che couldn't calculate just how vast this demon's divine soul energy was.

But it was definitely beyond his imagination.

"The Divine Centipede God will not let you off... It will not let you off!"

The Nightmare Demon finally spat out a blurry sentence with hatred before being completely decomposed by the Divine Spirit Jade, dissipating into pure divine sense energy.

Fang Che hummed lightly and waved his hand gently, "Nightmare Demon, it's a pity you can't see this."

The Nightmare Demon disappeared.

After everything was over, Fang Che searched every corner of his Divine Sense Sea again.

Then he carefully observed the Divine Spirit Jade.

He confirmed that the Nightmare Demon was truly dead!

A demon of such power, even with the slightest chance of survival, Fang Che would not rest.

After carefully searching over a dozen times with the help of the Golden Horned Dragon and the little sprite, Fang Che finally felt at ease.

Nightmare Demon.

This demon, who even the powerful Swordmaster Snow couldn't slay, had truly disappeared silently within Fang Che's Divine Sense Space.

Fang Che sat calmly in the Divine Sense Space, letting out a long sigh of relief.

"When I wake up, I'll go to the White Cloud Continent to offer incense for the souls of the fallen. I'll tell them that this grudge has been avenged!"

Thinking of that day on the White Cloud Continent's square, filled with countless corpses, Fang Che seethed with anger.

Now, the culprit behind it all was finally dead!

Then he looked at the Divine Spirit Jade, which had clearly changed.

"Tsk, I never thought this thing would be so effective and good. It's truly a treasure."

When he first obtained the Divine Spirit Jade, it was just a very smooth ancient jade.

The texture was very delicate, and he didn't feel anything special about it.

Then, after placing it in his Divine Soul Space, he felt the malevolent energy within it and began to sense something different.

After that, through continuous use, polishing, and the application of the malevolent energy, he gradually discovered its wonders.

It wasn't until he consumed the Soul Fusion Pill that he discovered the mark of the Sword Demon, or the divine sense core within it, and realized that this thing had other uses.

But even then, it was just a piece of ancient jade.

Now, it was completely different.

It was still jade, but it was no longer as smooth as before; instead, it was almost completely transparent, as if it had no texture, and to the naked eye, it looked like a pool of water.

It even had a rippling sensation.

Thin golden lines, faintly visible, were etched on its surface. When placed in the Divine Sense Space, he could feel a golden core within it.

Moreover, his divine soul could connect with this golden core.

There was a sense of interconnection.

He could feel the immense divine soul power contained within! And this power was something he could wield.

As for the boundless malevolent energy that originally belonged to the Divine Spirit Jade, it hadn't disappeared either; instead, it had become his own.

He could unleash it immediately whenever he wanted.

He could use as much as he wished.

Additionally, there was an increase in the same boundless malevolent energy, which belonged to the Nightmare Demon.

It was compressed and swirling within the Divine Spirit Jade, its power immense; and as the Divine Spirit Jade absorbed it, it slowly transformed into pure malevolent energy, merging with the original portion. But it was clear that this process required a long time.

There was also a peculiar power that Fang Che sensed for a long time before realizing that it should be 'resentment energy'; because the Nightmare Demon, unlike other demons who killed, was one who caused resentment.

The cultivation of the Night Demon involves absorbing Nightmare Essence. Those who die at the hands of the Night Demon have the most intense grudges, their divine soul essences absorbed and transformed into energy, existing within the Demon's soul.

This concentrated and refined grudge energy is vast and boundless.

However, Fang Che has yet to discover its application.

Currently, as Fang Che is still in a divine soul state and hasn't returned to his physical body, he can only make these discoveries temporarily.

But Fang Che knows that the function of this thing is far more than what he has discovered. There must be other uses.

For instance, the golden core that originally didn't exist, but now he has swallowed the Nightmare's core.

There's even a faint sense of control over a 'Divine' entity.

This feeling is incredibly wondrous to Fang Che.

It seems that within his divine sense space, he is the God.

Divine!

This feeling is incredibly wonderful.

Moreover, within the golden core, there are remnants of the Nightmare's essence, and Fang Che eagerly anticipates discovering them. Regarding the Nightmare's heritage, insights, and memories, Fang Che may say he doesn't care, but deep down, he yearns for them.

If he could retain them as his own, that would be truly wonderful. Unfortunately, Fang Che knows this hope is incredibly slim.

He can only wait for future explorations...

The harvest from this experience is enough for Fang Che to digest for a long time. This power, for his ant-like Sixth Rank King cultivation, is absolutely beyond the heavens.

Feeling his divine sense power, Fang Che is somewhat shaken: "My divine sense... Wow, it's invincible in the world, right?"

Fang Che exhales in relief, as the life-and-death crisis is resolved.

But how long has he been unconscious?

A few days?

When will he wake up?

Fang Che strokes his chin, considering Ye Meng's personality; she probably won't just bury him like this, right?...

Joking to himself, Fang Che has absolute confidence in Ye Meng.

Looking at the divine sense space still rippling with surging divine sense energy, still in a violent state, Fang Che decides to calm his mind and silently simulate various weapons.

Bit by bit, inch by inch, he studies and comprehends...

Various cultivation techniques, combat styles, insights, and auras...

Gradually, he enters a profound state.

Of course, when he occasionally wakes up, he feels a bit lonely.

"Sigh, if only the Nightmare could have lasted a little longer before dying. It's rare to have company during such times."

Fang Che sighs with a touch of greed.

The little sprite continues to refine the Netherworld Gun, while the Golden Horned Dragon...

Alright, the Golden Horned Dragon has overeaten again!

The illusory body appears in the divine sense sea, a full two zhang long and as thick as a water bucket. The golden horn on its forehead is fully formed.

It shines brilliantly.

The streamlined body is slender and robust.

But now, holding the Divine Unshaped Jade, it lazily swings its tail once every half a day, and after a while, it starts to burp, 'Yue...'

Overeating has led to indigestion.

"You'll eat yourself to death!"

Fang Che kicks the Golden Horned Dragon.

The Golden Horned Dragon shows a longing gaze, rubbing its head on Fang Che's body.

...

The outside world.

Fang Che has been unconscious for half a month, a full fifteen days.

The Guardian Palace is visited daily by its occupants, each time with anxious hearts, only to leave disappointed.

Currently, Fang Che's divine sense is so chaotic that even medicine can't help. No matter how high one's cultivation is, they are helpless.

Jing Xiu Yun wants to stay here and keep Ye Meng company.

Ye Meng refuses.

This is her and Fang Che's place, and strangers living here would feel different, possibly making Fang Che uncomfortable.

Every night, Ye Meng carefully washes Fang Che's hair, face, feet, and body, then tidies up and covers him with a blanket, lying down to sleep beside him, holding him tightly.

"Where there's a wife, there's home. Home is the most peaceful. These are the words you often say."

Ye Meng talks to Fang Che every night.

Bai Yun Wu Yuan Meng Jun and Gao Qingyu return, joining Meng Chizheng and others to visit.

On the eighth day, Li Changkong returns and comes over, while Bing Shangxue anxiously cries, holding Fang Che's hand, her heart aching as tears fall.

"Tell your family, you'll wake up soon. It's better to inform them after you wake up..."

Ye Meng hangs her head.

"Such a big matter, and you won't tell your family?" Bing Shangxue is anxious.

"I didn't let them know..." Fang Qingyun takes responsibility: "My cousin might wake up in a few days. It's better to inform them then..."

"You're truly mischievous!"

Thank you to Feng Jia Xing Kong for the double alliance reward, becoming the sixty-ninth alliance leader of the Long Night Alliance.

Currently, seven chapters are owed.

Yesterday's leave request was criticized by the group, and then the group members started arguing.

Leave Proposal One: On the day of leave, all alliance leaders will release extra chapters together, followed by a quiet vacation.

Leave Proposal Two: During the leave period, one alliance leader will release a timed update each day, spending the holidays with the members.

Then, the two proposals are hotly debated...

(End of Chapter)

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