Chapter 135: Chapter 133: A Nascent Soul Attempts Possession

Another half hour passed.

Su Qing finally spotted a ruin in the water.

It was huge.

It was a massive underwater hall, forged entirely from pure Water Spirit Stones.

The sight made Su Qing practically drool.

’So many Spirit Stones! Holy hell!’

’A hall this big... it must be made of at least a million Water Spirit Stones.’

’If I took them all, wouldn’t I be rich in an instant?!’ Su Qing swiftly shot forward.

But unexpectedly, a long halberd flew out, which Su Qing caught with one hand.

Around the hall, numerous puppets had appeared.

That’s right, puppets.

Each puppet held a long halberd and exuded the aura of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Tier Two Puppets!

The term surfaced in Su Qing’s mind.

’Do you think I’m the same person I was before?’

’Mere Tier Two nobodies.’

Su Qing summoned the Blade of Wholeness.

The Blade of Wholeness instantly shattered into a thousand fragments.

"God-Falling Strike."

Su Qing entered a state of absolute focus, his will intent on sweeping away every obstacle before him.

With a single slash, the water parted as immense Sword Intent sliced through all the puppets at once.

Even the long halberds in some of the puppets’ hands were split in two.

The hall’s pillars were struck, but fortunately, the damage was minimal, merely dislodging a few Water Spirit Stones.

The pillars were fine; their quality was excellent.

’I’ll collect these puppets.’

Su Qing didn’t examine the puppets closely.

Instead, he gazed at the great hall before him.

First, he had to get all these underwater Spirit Stones into his hands.

"Instantly rich," Su Qing said, overjoyed.

He pushed open the great hall’s main doors.

He wanted to see if there was anything good inside the hall. If not, he would just have to dismantle the whole building.

The doors to the great hall slowly swung open.

A long spear thrust toward Su Qing’s face.

Su Qing flicked the spear upward with his Blade of Wholeness; his strength was far greater than the spear wielder’s.

He saw that it was another puppet.

At such close range, Su Qing used his Nine Swords Demon Shadow to dismantle the puppet.

’A Foundation Establishment High Tier puppet.’ Su Qing couldn’t imagine it. ’If I go deeper, will there really be Golden Core puppets?’

It was very dark inside the hall, and Su Qing had to rely on his Spirit Eye Technique to see clearly.

After dealing with all the puppets, Su Qing got a clear look at the hall’s interior. It was mostly empty, save for a throne in the center. The throne was adorned with flowing water patterns, and upon it sat a skeleton in a cross-legged meditative pose.

The bones were a watery-blue color, showing no signs of decay whatsoever.

’Who in the world was this guy?’ Su Qing didn’t dare to approach.

He sent his Blade of Wholeness flying over to hack at the skeleton.

His Blade of Wholeness could pierce defenses, so the skeleton quickly fell apart, collapsing into a pile of bones on the throne.

Then Su Qing aimed a strike at the skull.

Before the blade could connect, a thumb-sized Nascent Soul leaped out of the skull.

"Brat, you’re courting death!"

"Couldn’t you have just obediently come closer?" the Nascent Soul suddenly spoke, its voice thick and chilling.

The Sea-covering Master had never expected that a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator would possess a sword capable of breaking his Spirit Bone, nor had he anticipated such caution from his target.

The tiny Nascent Soul shot toward Su Qing, aiming to drill into his head.

The Sea-covering Master couldn’t wait any longer. In a few more years, his fragmented Nascent Soul would dissipate completely. He had to possess this Foundation Establishment cultivator to survive.

Su Qing’s Blade of Wholeness couldn’t be recalled as fast as the Little Nascent Soul was flying.

The moment it drew near, the Protection of the Ice God triggered, blocking the Little Nascent Soul for an instant. The shield did not break.

"Five Thunders Technique."

Su Qing reacted, instantly consuming all of his God Demon True Essence to blast the creature with the Five Thunders Technique.

CRACKLE~

Since it didn’t draw power from the heavens and earth, but was instead released directly from Su Qing’s body, the combination of the potent God Demon True Essence and the effect of the Divine Skill Five Thunder Technique caused the entire hall, and even the surrounding waters, to erupt in a brilliant flash of lightning. The terrifying thunder plunged the area into dead silence.

After unleashing the attack, Su Qing saw a small, thoroughly charred object before him.

It seemed to be unconscious.

’That was close. Too close.’

’That Talisman really saved me.’

Su Qing let out a breath of relief as the God Demon True Essence in his body began to rapidly recover.

The Blade of Wholeness flew back and sliced the charred little thing into dozens of pieces. Only then did Su Qing truly breathe a sigh of relief.

[Fragmented, Charred Nascent Soul: The Nascent Soul of the Sea-covering Master, now slain by the Host. Contains no Dao Essence and no Spiritual Qi.]

[Synthesizable]

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE~

The great hall began to shake violently.

Then, it toppled and collapsed.

Su Qing was buried under the rubble, but it was no big deal. He just took all the Water Spirit Stones from above him and put them into his Storage Ring.

In fact, Su Qing was thrilled. It saved him the trouble of dismantling it himself.

He kept going until all of his Storage Rings were full.

Su Qing pulled out the giant turtle from before and continued stuffing Spirit Stones into it.

What was a giant turtle worth, anyway? But these Spirit Stones... Su Qing could use them for a very long time.

By the time he had filled a three-thousand-cubic-meter Storage Ring, he had only managed to pack away a third of the hall’s wreckage.

’No way, this is a huge loss.’ Su Qing rummaged through the wreckage, searching for treasures.

The way the Nascent Soul had popped out made Su Qing feel that its owner must have had good treasures.

’That Nascent Soul was just about to attempt possession. After succeeding, wouldn’t it have taken this hall? It definitely would have.’

’A Storage Ring.’

Su Qing searched relentlessly.

"A Jade Slip?"

"Another Jade Slip?" 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"A Tier Three Magical Artifact?"

"A Tier Four Magical Treasure?"

...

Su Qing had originally been looking for a Storage Ring, but after finding all these items, he completely forgot about it.

After Su Qing put the Tier Four Magical Treasure into his Storage Ring, the immense water pressure mostly dissipated.

Immediately after, the water level began to drop steadily.

And Su Qing finally found a Storage Ring.

"A 5,000-cubic-meter Storage Ring!"

Su Qing was overjoyed as he looked at the white Storage Ring in his hand, discovering it was filled with a large quantity of treasures.

He stuffed it with Spirit Stones, on and on.

Just as he was about to finish packing everything away, Su Qing discovered a small blue pearl floating just above the ground.

[Refined Pocket World: The will of this Pocket World has been refined. It can be placed in the Dantian to be nurtured.]

[Synthesizable]

The authority over the Pocket World was contained in this small blue pearl. Within its shimmering depths, one could see a silhouette of the entire Pocket World.

"Heh heh heh." Su Qing couldn’t suppress the grin on his face.

"Retract Pocket World."

Su Qing absorbed the Pocket World’s will into his Dantian.

In that very instant, this so-called Small Secret Realm, starting from the sky, began to rapidly collapse like a sphere folding in on itself, drawing into Su Qing’s Dantian.

Su Qing, Xu Ningying, Jiang Yao, and Shangguan Muling all appeared in the water.

Among the four, only Su Qing knew what had just happened.

The other three were completely baffled.

However, Shangguan Muling was not in good shape; the blood from her wounds was spreading into the water.

"Little Bai!" Jiang Yao was a bit dazed, but she still waved over to the waiting whale.

WHOOSH~~

WHOOSH~

The whale swam about happily.

Su Qing had deliberately excluded them.

This Pocket World now belonged to him alone.

Before, the stone walls had been supported by the Pocket World’s power.

Now, they were starting to collapse.

"Quick, grab onto Little Bai! We need to get out of here!"

Su Qing got on as well.

He steadied himself on the whale’s back.

Xu Ningying brought Shangguan Muling onto the whale’s back too.

The whale swam quickly, nimbly dodging the collapsing stone walls and avoiding all danger.

Xu Ningying looked at Su Qing, puzzled.

She asked, "What happened?"

Su Qing shook his head. "I don’t know either. I hadn’t found anything, and then suddenly I was back here. When the water level started to drop, I was just about to have a look around."

"And then I ended up out here."

Su Qing denied his involvement, then glanced at the injured Shangguan Muling.

Shangguan Muling shook her head repeatedly, saying fearfully, "I didn’t find anything! You can all check my Storage Ring."