Chapter 204: Soul Armament: Remnant Moon (Part 1)
At this moment, Du Da's heart was filled with shock and rage, but even more so, disbelief.
In his eyes, Yang Haoran was merely a small fry, a worthless pawn once he had served his purpose. Throughout the New Beginning Realm, countless Night Watchers like Yang Haoran existed; true masters never bothered to pay them any mind, and Du Da was, naturally, no exception.
The reason Yang Haoran was still alive tonight, in his view, was entirely due to Zhong Siyu's protection. This fellow, whom he had already sentenced to death, now showed signs of a breakthrough.
Once he broke through, Yang Haoran's strength would undergo an earth-shattering transformation. He would no longer be a small fry in Du Da's eyes. How could Du Da accept this?
Whether it was the several Death God Seals within Yang Haoran's body, or the Soul Dispersing Needle he had planted, both were enough to claim the life of this minor character, Yang Haoran. Yet, he was not only still alive but was about to break through, which filled Du Da with an indescribable feeling of frustration.
Frustration aside, Du Da did not lose his head. He knew very well what he should and shouldn't do.
Realizing that Yang Haoran was very likely about to open his Heaven Soul, he didn't hesitate for a moment, decisively abandoning his attack on Zhong Siyu and shifting his focus to Yang Haoran as his target.
The Soul Dispersing Needle was still in Yang Haoran's body; Du Da could sense this. Perhaps because he was on the verge of opening his Heaven Soul, Yang Haoran's soul hadn't been immediately extinguished.
In this situation, Du Da knew he could no longer ignore Yang Haoran's existence as he had before. If Yang Haoran truly opened his Heaven Soul, then he would have one more terrifyingly powerful enemy tonight.
At this moment, the crutch in his hand was hurled forth. Enveloped in Yin Qi, the crutch twisted and deformed, transforming into a colossal black python. With a roar, the black python lunged directly towards Yang Haoran below.
Zhong Siyu had long anticipated Du Da would attack Yang Haoran. Seeing the black python ferociously pounce on Yang Haoran, a grotesque ghost face suddenly appeared before the giant snake.
This ghost face was identical in appearance to Zhong Siyu, especially the malicious grin on its face, which was exactly like Zhong Siyu's own. The only difference was that this ghost face was countless times larger than Zhong Siyu's delicate small face.
The appearance of the ghost face not only failed to stop the black python, but under Du Da's control, the black python instead ignored the ghost face and accelerated, looking as if it intended to simply smash through it.
The malicious grin on the ghost face intensified. Then, a flash of blood-red light emanated from its eyes, and the attacking black python's body suddenly stiffened in mid-air. Its eyes, too, turned blood-red.
Du Da's face was ashen. Zhong Siyu's actions had completely enraged him. With a furious roar, black Communication Power surged out of his hunched body like water jets. Without exception, all this Communication Power was injected into the black python's body.
The already enormous black python, after receiving a massive infusion of Communication Power, inflated as if pumped full of air, growing even larger.
Originally, the ghost face's size wasn't vastly different from the black python's. But in that instant, the ghost face suddenly became minuscule before the black python.
Another roar erupted from the black python's mouth. This deafening roar even made the restrictive light screen emitted by the Yin Thunder Formation tremble.
The blood-red glow in the python's eyes was instantly shattered. In its place, a powerful aura of ferocity emerged. Staring at the tiny ghost face before it, the black python opened its massive maw and swallowed the entire ghost face in a single gulp, then swayed its body and sped down towards Yang Haoran below.
This move by Du Da was already the strongest technique he could currently employ. Given his current physical condition, he could only use such a technique once.
By unleashing this move, he not only aimed to definitively end Yang Haoran's life and seize the several Death God Seals within Yang Haoran's body, but also intended to cripple Zhong Siyu with it and forcibly bind her to a contract.
The ghost face being swallowed meant that Zhong Siyu's move had been broken by Du Da. Zhong Siyu's Spirit Body also became a little more translucent as a result. She had wanted to strike again to buy Yang Haoran some time, but it was too late. The black python was already above Yang Haoran's body.
Unbeknownst to them, Yang Haoran's tightly shut eyes had long since opened. He did not look at Zhong Siyu, nor at Du Da. He didn't even glance at the black python charging towards him.
His gaze passed through the restrictive light screen emitted by the Yin Thunder Formation, and surprisingly, he looked at the crescent moon in the sky.
The restrictive light screen emitted by the Yin Thunder Formation could prevent people outside the barrier from seeing what was happening inside. However, those inside the barrier were not significantly affected when looking outwards.
In the current situation, Yang Haoran surprisingly fixed his gaze on the crescent moon in the night sky. He paid no mind to everything happening around him. Even the black python lunging at him was ignored. His blank expression made him seem as if he had been scared senseless or had lost his soul.
The black python roared and lunged forward. Its colossal body obscured Yang Haoran's vision. His eyes could no longer see the high-hanging crescent moon in the sky. The world before him held nothing but this massive black python.
Yet, bizarrely, the reflection in Yang Haoran's pupils was not the black python. It was still the crescent moon in the night sky. It felt as if the crescent moon from the night sky had been directly imprinted onto his pupils.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment. Yang Haoran's body repaired itself with increasing speed, and the power fluctuations erupting from within him grew ever stronger. Beside his prone body, a mass of Yin Qi appeared.
This suddenly appearing mass of Yin Qi violently churned, as if something was about to be born from within it.
In the blink of an eye, the black python was within striking distance. With a fierce roar, it lunged its maw towards Yang Haoran's body, looking as if it intended to swallow Yang Haoran whole.
However, at this very moment, a black gleam suddenly shot out from the churning Yin Qi beside Yang Haoran.
The black light flashed by. The grotesque black python, like a machine that had lost power, stiffened its colossal body in mid-air. Its massive mouth, which had already enveloped Yang Haoran's entire body, also froze, preventing it from biting down.
The scene was frozen at this moment. But this frozen image lasted only for a fleeting instant. With a crisp snap, the frozen scene was shattered.
Snap!
The restrictive light screen emitted by the Yin Thunder Formation suddenly shattered, transforming into specks of spiritual light that vanished completely. As the restrictive light screen shattered, the magic array on the ground, which had been emitting a faint spiritual glow, also dimmed, finally disappearing from sight. No longer could any spiritual lines of the formation, formed by spiritual light, be seen.
At the same time, the black python's head suddenly detached from its body. Both its head and its colossal body, at this moment, dissipated into wisps of Yin Qi, revealing its true form: a crutch.
A small section of the crutch had been severed. And this severed part was precisely the very tip of the crutch.
"Pffft!"
Du Da spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. He, who had already recovered considerably, now found his aura weakening once more, and his complexion grew a few shades paler.
With a face full of shock, he looked at his rapidly falling crutch. Without time to retrieve the crutch, he quickly shifted his gaze back to Yang Haoran.
Yang Haoran, at this moment, was still lying motionless upon the Yin Qi. His face was expressionless. A crescent moon was clearly visible in the pupils of his eyes. Beside him, an object had appeared: an entirely black moon-wheel.
The moon-wheel floated suspended beside Yang Haoran, silently revolving in the cold moonlight, emitting faint glints of cold light.
There was no icy killing intent, no towering aura, nor any overwhelming power fluctuations erupting from it. It did not reveal its sharp edge, yet at all times it exuded an air of mystery, subtly giving one a feeling that it should not be underestimated.
Du Da's expression changed drastically. Looking at the moon-wheel floating beside Yang Haoran, his body involuntarily trembled slightly.
"This. . . this is that kid's Soul Armament! He succeeded!"
No sooner had the astonished voice faded than a slit suddenly opened on Yang Haoran's forehead. No blood gushed out. A black needle slowly emerged from his glabella. This black needle was precisely the Soul Dispersing Needle that Du Da had planted in his body.
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