Chapter 151
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Chapter 151: Capturing the Captain!
The yin and yang and the five elements form the essential elements of heaven and earth.
Each one contains endless mysteries.
When the Water Elemental Spiritual Law combines with Spirit Law, it extends into a manipulation method that serves as the foundation for Poison Techniques.
The Gu Masters cultivate insects, replacing their own functions with those of the insects to gain their abilities; this is a very ancient method of Poison Techniques.
Although ancient, it is riddled with flaws and has severe side effects, its existence proves it possesses power sufficient to offset those side effects.
The phrase "Blood Law for a Noble Death" signifies that this method was created through active sacrifice and dedication. At that time, humanity had not yet formed powerful nations, and the threat of demons was very serious.
This method of trading sacrifice for survival was the optimal solution of the ancient era.
"Eighty-seven… my Blood Law spiritual body… hehe…"
Chao Zichong chuckled softly, his eyes filled with insects consumed by blood patterns, transforming into three eyeballs.
With three together, there were a total of six, each spinning in their own eerie manner.
He gained power that surpassed his past, as his Water Spiritual Root transformed into a Blood Spiritual Root, akin to dual attributes!
However, it was too early; he should not have been limited to just this.
Chao Zichong looked up.
He glanced at Yun Ye outside the formation, and this time, he could see clearly; the formation could not block his view.
However, upon seeing the attacker’s face, Chao Zichong found no familiarity; this was definitely not someone he knew.
Why did this man come to attack him?
A thought flashed through Chao Zichong’s mind but did not linger, as his brutal killing intent could no longer be suppressed.
"Why can a young newcomer defeat me? This is unreasonable, this is unfair—"
Chao Zichong’s tone became as flat as an insect’s, devoid of any emotion, "I want to cut you into a thousand pieces."
The blood tide spread, quickly staining the entire Water Realm.
Soon after, the blood-colored Water Realm began to shrink.
In an instant, it transformed into a vivid blood dragon coiling around him. The dragon’s body, claws, and whiskers—all details were flawless, making it hard to detect any oddity at first glance.
Black and white rapidly expanded.
In the blink of an eye, it eroded to Chao Zichong’s front.
Chao Zichong raised his hand, and the blood dragon roared towards the sky, shattering the clouds. Then, with a tail swipe, the entire space seemed to collapse, shattering a large chunk of the black and white world.
Clearly, compared to before, Chao Zichong’s Spiritual Law underwent a qualitative change, and its power soared enough to contend with the Silent World.
"Break for me!"
Chao Zichong commanded the blood dragon, like a spear through bamboo, trying to pierce through the formation and strike the outside world.
However, Chao Zichong could feel that the more he advanced, the more difficult it became.
The power of this formation was rapidly increasing!
What was happening?
"Boom!"
Chao Zichong’s Blood Dragon crashed into the barrier, creating intense waves, but it did not shatter immediately.
Instead, the black and white colors continuously spread over the Blood Dragon, forcing him to expend energy to clear it away.
This slowed down his progress and made breaking the barrier seem further away.
"Bind!"
As soon as Yun Ye saw the Blood Dragon, he reacted by casting a spell to strengthen his control over the magical artifact, causing the entire formation to rapidly shrink in size.
He had raised the great formation to prevent Chao Zichong from escaping before the barrier was complete; it was now like capturing a turtle in a jar, naturally working to reduce the barrier’s range and enhance the formation’s effectiveness.
The Extreme Cold Great Formation acted like a cauldron, constantly refining Chao Zichong, quickly increasing its power.
Cold air, unlike water flow, would continuously stack; the longer it lasted, the more astonishing its power became.
Yun Ye was also pushing himself to the limit; the mark of his Spiritual Roots on his forehead was shining brilliantly, siphoning the spirit energy of heaven and earth, continuously boosting the power of All Things Silent!
In fact, the formation’s strength was closely related to its ability to extract the spirit energy of heaven and earth.
With the spirit energy drawn in advance, Chao Zichong within the formation naturally absorbed less.
After all, a Spiritual Law master’s battle is all about the utilization of spirit energy.
Whether in terms of quantity, quality, or anything else, it’s all about maximizing the use of spirit energy—spirit energy is everything!
If most of Chao Zichong’s spirit energy was directly robbed, even if he possessed immense skill, he could not utilize it.
Thus, even after completing the transformation to a Blood Spiritual Root and greatly increasing his strength, Chao Zichong found himself growing weaker, helplessly watching his power diminish.
"Cough, cough…"
To make matters worse, the side effects of Chao Zichong’s Blood Spiritual Root began to erupt; his internal state became imbalanced due to excessive use of power, leading to a chaotic self-destruction.
He spat out a mouthful of blood-colored ice shards, and as he watched the shards solidify and lose their color, a hint of fear emerged in his eyes, "No…"
Black and white finally spread over him, and the Blood Dragon became powerless to resist, turning black and white as well.
If one were to determine who was the weakest among the five team captains, the other four would unanimously name Chao Zichong.
The reason was simple: the Chao family was not skilled in water-based methods, and their clan was already facing a calamitous decline, leading to significant disasters; thus, Chao Zichong’s training was far inferior to the other four.
If the spiritual realm were simply divided into Entry, Foundation, Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, Perfection, and Spiritual Realm Limit,
then the other four were all at Perfection or at the Spiritual Realm Limit, while Chao Zichong was merely at the Major Achievement realm, and barely at that—he couldn’t compare with the others at all.
With such a weak foundation, even if Chao Zichong forcibly boosted his power with Blood Law, he was still far from Li Fahxing or Tong Yuan, whom Yun Ye had faced in the past. Under the Extreme Cold Great Formation, he had no hope of survival.
"Capture, complete!"
Yun Ye confirmed that Chao Zichong was completely frozen and reduced the power of the formation but maintained it to prevent any unforeseen events.
As a captain, Yun Ye had never captured a captain in his first life, and the knowledge in his mind was something he greatly coveted.
However, just as Yun Ye prepared to take action, he suddenly remembered…
He didn’t have Nether Fire!
Without Nether Fire, he would use his head to break the Spirit Law chains, but his mastery of Spirit Law was nearly zero!
Moreover, the Spirit Law Lock of a captain-level figure would certainly be much stronger than that of an ordinary Spiritual Law master. It might even backfire dramatically, causing him great harm—after all, when breaking it, the Spirit Law Lock would first counterattack before defending, then self-destruct.
"Should I keep him alive and wait until I can break it later? But the Extreme Cold Great Formation doesn’t have the ability to operate on its own. If I allow the residual power to remain frozen, and he awakens in the Secret Realm, if I don’t notice, all the Spiritual Herbs could be destroyed. If he eats them… um, that might not be possible to destroy; he would definitely eat them to boost his power! If that happens, I’d have to spit blood!"
Yun Ye felt a headache coming on.
He was extremely reluctant to part with this treasure trove of knowledge.
But the lack of Nether Fire was indeed a fatal flaw; without it, he had no chance of breaking the Spirit Law Lock.
He also did not know when he would have the opportunity to obtain Nether Fire again.
In the past year, Yun Ye had actually encountered spiritual zombies twice; during the first kill, he only obtained the crystal of life and did not gain any Nether Fire.
During the second kill, Yun Ye had been cautious and tested if the spiritual zombie had awakened any Nether Fire.
The result was naturally positive…but after Yun Ye killed it, he still did not receive any Nether Fire.
Clearly, to gain Nether Fire, certain conditions must be met, and Yun Ye needed some luck to discover them.
It was possible that the next one would yield results, but it could also lead to a long detour where he might miss it.
Taking all of this into consideration, Yun Ye believed it was very unstable to keep Chao Zichong alive; it would be better to kill him directly.
"To kill or not to kill?"
