Chapter 841: Chapter 841: Little Darling Unleashes Power

Previously, due to the immense size of the Returning Soul Cloud, it was impossible to capture its full appearance.

Now it had collapsed into a solid cloud pearl, and outside that cloud pearl were ghost faces, eerie and resentful like wraiths.

In fact, each fused cloud pearl was formed by overlapping ghost faces.

In such an extremely compressed state, Chen Guan realized that the Returning Soul Cloud was different from ordinary Celestial Clouds.

Ordinary Celestial Clouds have no attack power and don’t possess other attributes.

But the Returning Soul Cloud has the ability to damage souls, it must inherently have special attributes beyond ordinary Celestial Clouds.

Previously, these attributes were hidden within the cloud, making it difficult to determine their nature without entering the cloud.

Now, under this compression, another attribute of the Returning Soul Cloud was revealed.

This attribute should be an extremely dark and evil existence. Chen Guan, who practiced the Good and Evil Asura Saber, sensed the extreme evil aura within upon seeing those ghost faces, a very familiar feeling.

It was similar to the attribute of the Evil Asura Saber but not exactly the same.

There was also a sinister aura, although the exact attribute was unknown, broadly speaking, it was undoubtedly an extreme Yin attribute.

This extremely dark and evil attribute was something Chen Guan could handle, but a single Secret Skill was unlikely to suffice.

The Good Asura Saber can counter evil attributes, and the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm can burn Yin-based Primordial Energy.

Both are single counters, and their effect might not be ideal.

But if combined, their effect would be entirely different.

Chen Guan activated the second phase of Ultimate of the Infinite, his body in a state of ethereal clarity, naturally operating.

The Good Asura Saber and the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm were activated simultaneously, and these two seemingly incompatible Secret Skills unexpectedly harmonized in a strange manner, merging seamlessly into one.

The energy of the deity surged forth, like the vastness of starry seas, pouring into the newly formed Composite Secret Skill.

The Dragon Claw of the Ghost Eye flicked, throwing the cloud pearl, compressed to its limit, towards Chen Guan.

The Celestial Injury Star and the Killing God White Tiger were both shocked, not knowing what Chen Guan intended to do.

The Killing God White Tiger looked at Chen Guan as if he were a fool.

The Returning Soul Cloud was merely compressed, not dying, it still retained its energy.

Once restraint was lost, the Returning Soul Cloud could still unleash its energy and characteristics.

Even without unleashing its energy and characteristics, with the special abilities of a Celestial Cloud, it couldn’t be killed by external forces.

Unless absorbed into the body for refining, but the energy of the Returning Soul Cloud is so vast that even the top-tier Ninth Awakening Powerhouse might face great trouble, and possibly lose their body, if absorbed directly.

Moreover, Chen Guan was only a Seventh Awakening, absorbing such immense energy would be akin to courting death.

Chen Guan didn’t intend to absorb the Returning Soul Cloud into his body, mainly because he lacked the corresponding Secret Technique.

Using the Creation World to refine and absorb it would waste such a peculiar and precious Secret Spirit.

Chen Guan now aimed to kill the Returning Soul Cloud, petify it for his use.

By comparison, though Little Gray Cloud looked magical, it actually had no lethality, merely trapping the Returning Soul Cloud in the end.

Chen Guan preferred the Returning Soul Cloud as a mount; first, its range is vast, capable of leading an army in transference.

Second, it is possesses lethality, perhaps even more than Jin Taohua’s Blood Spirit Banner, fast enough, and can devour and wear down souls. Secret Spirits and Cultivators that can resist such attacks are very few and hard to kill.

In terms of practicality, the Returning Soul Cloud is clearly much stronger.

Watching the advancing Returning Soul Cloud, whose layers of ghost faces were slowly swelling, seemingly ready to burst at any moment.

Chen Guan leapt from the Red Lotus Cloud, striking towards the not-yet-bursting Returning Soul Cloud with a palm.

The strengthened Spiritual Power from Ninefold Reverse Element Skill, along with the composite Secret Skill supported by billions, burned with a gray-white flame, striking directly onto the cloud pearl full of ghost faces.

Chen Guan singlehandedly supported the meter-diameter cloud pearl, and with the eruption of the gray-white flame in his hand, enveloped the entire cloud pearl.

Strangely, the gray-white flame penetrated into the cloud pearl, causing the ghost faces to ignite internally and externally, as if gasoline meeting fire.

Chen Guan seemed to hear the sound of millions of ghosts wailing in despair, the torturous screams made one’s scalp tingle.

The ghost faces struggled to expand outward, but the more they dispersed, the more vigorously the gray-white flames burned, causing them to painfully contract again.

Yet even with such contraction, survival was not possible.

The Killing God White Tiger and the Celestial Injury Star were both stunned, watching Chen Guan torching the cloud pearl with one hand, feeling somewhat shaken within.

To kill the Returning Soul Cloud, one must first find a way to counter it, and then possess sufficiently strong power to accomplish it.

Even for them, considered first-rate Ninth Awakening Spirits, possessing a counter ability was necessary to possibly kill the Returning Soul Cloud.

For Chen Guan, a Seventh Awakening, to counter and firmly suppress the Returning Soul Cloud was truly unbelievable.

The cloud pearl roared and howled upward, attempting to escape, but the more strength it exerted, the faster it burned.

Just as it ascended into the air, countless ghost faces had already turned to ash, on the verge of collapse.

The entire cloud pearl appeared to be burned to gray, yet not scattered like an unopened book.

Chen Guan took Zhao Cai in his arms; Zhao Cai had become increasingly perceptive, needing no instructions from Chen Guan as it immediately stretched out its tiny paw, covering its head, eyes glowing with spirit, fixated on that seemingly ashen cloud pearl.

Soon, white smoke rose from Zhao Cai’s head.

Chen Guan recognized this as a sign of Zhao Cai overloading its Spirit Medium, indicating that the level of the Returning Soul Cloud had exceeded Zhao Cai’s capacity to control spiritually.

"It might fail!" Chen Guan felt a bit conflicted inside.

Stopping Zhao Cai now could mitigate damage, allowing it to recover sooner.

But stopping now also meant abandoning a one-in-a-million hope.

However, the hope seemed too slim, as the last time Zhao Cai exhibited such a condition, it ended in failure.

Chen Guan pondered briefly, already reaching a conclusion. Given the lack of hope, it was time to cut losses.

He was ready to instruct Zhao Cai to release when suddenly Zhao Cai let out a sharp cry, its eyes widening to the extreme, emitting piercing beams of light like searchlights, overlapping onto the ashen cloud pearl.

The next second, numerous black particles floated off the ashen cloud pearl, converging towards Chen Guan’s body.

"Petified... Zhao Cai, you’re truly my little treasure..." Chen Guan’s heart felt like a river of honey flowed through it, filling his whole being with unparalleled happiness and sweetness.