656 It Doesnât Want to PossessâŚ
The abyssal sea was completely silent.
This place belonged to a remote place in the depths of the Morning Glow Province, rarely visited by anyone. Moreover, in order to increase the life force of the sunâs flesh, the godâs finger had gone everywhere to capture cultivators of the various races, leaving the surroundings desolate and devoid of any signs of life.
Needless to say, both the explosion of the sunâs remnants and the presence of the godâs finger had led to an unprecedented concentration of anomalous substances in this area. There were even faint signs of this area transforming into a forbidden zone.
Even the head and stone lion recovered extremely slowly under the energy fluctuations of the godâs finger. Right now, they were still in their shattered state and hadnât recovered.
In the painting that the old man from the Painting Race was in, there were less than five members left.
Hence, no one knew that an extremely bizarre thing was happening in the mountain of flesh and blood.
The mountain of flesh and blood formed by the godâs finger was rapidly squirming. Xu Qing was enveloped by this mountain.
The flesh and blood of the godâs finger were all around his body. Right now, they were flowing into his body continuously. Intense pain erupted from Xu Qingâs entire body like a tide.
He felt like he was being cut alive.
Xu Qingâs body continued to tremble. However, no matter how he resisted, it was useless. He couldnât stop the flesh and blood outside his body from entering. Just like that, time flowed by and the flesh and blood mountain that enveloped Xu Qing began to slowly shrink.
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn out, more than half of the flesh and blood mountain had disappeared, revealing the outline of Xu Qingâs figure. His expression was distorted and endless pain was clearly revealed.
It wasnât over yet. The flesh and blood continued to crazily infiltrate the pores on Xu Qingâs body.
Another incense stick of time passed and Xu Qingâs figure became clearer and clearer. At that moment, only a small amount was left of the mountain of flesh and blood. It transformed into countless threads and slowly crawled into Xu Qingâs forehead.
Very soon, it disappeared.
Xu Qing didnât move at all. His expression was frozen in pain and he had lost all his perception of the external world. His body had already been completely penetrated by the flesh and blood of the godâs finger.
In his meridians, his flesh, blood, and bones, these strands of flesh and blood were everywhere. They were connected to each other and emitted terrifying anomalous substances. They kept modifying Xu Qingâs body to frame an environment that was suitable for Its existence.
Although the purple crystal on Xu Qingâs chest still emitted a purple light, the effect of this light was only to allow his body to continue repairing. It didnât resist the modifications from the godâs flesh and blood.
To a certain extent, its recovery power even made the modification by the godâs finger a little smoother.
No matter what kind of damage was caused, it would quickly recover.
Hence, the flesh and blood threads formed by the godâs finger didnât pay attention to the purple crystal. As they continued to invade Xu Qingâs body, Xu Qingâs appearance started changing.
This scene was extremely bizarre. What was even stranger was that after these flesh sprouts spread, they rapidly weaved outside Xu Qingâs body.
Vaguely, meridians and blood vessels were weaved by these flesh and blood threads. The process was exactly the same as when the old man from the Painting Race drew previously.
It was as though through the observation earlier, the godâs finger had learned how to draw. Right now, every piece of flesh sprout was a paintbrush, and It itself was a painting material.
Just like that, a body that was thousands of feet long was slowly outlined by these flesh sprouts.
Clearly, the godâs finger wanted to use Xu Qingâs body as Its core and mold an outer shell.
As time passed, the outer shell became more and more fleshy. Bones were formed and covered by flesh and blood. Countless flesh sprouts swayed and gathered to form four limbs. They then spread out above like flowers before entangling together again to form a neck.
Next was the head. Through the somewhat hollowed-out outer shell, one could see that more and more flesh sprouts were spreading out from Xu Qingâs body.
In the end, these flesh sprouts squirmed on his neck, forming a head.
His facial features also began to appear. From the looks of it, it was Xu Qingâs appearance.
An hour later, this outer shell was completed. The hollow spots on it started to disappear rapidly as the flesh squirmed and skin formed.
When the last crack dissipated, a perfect body that was more than 3,000 feet tall appeared in the abyssal sea.
Its slender body, broad shoulders, and muscular chest matched the golden ratio and contained terrifying power. Coupled with its demonic appearance, its entire body emitted an extreme devilish charm.
The hair on this body wasnât black, but purple.
At that moment, the purple hair fluttered in the wind, making the body look even more demonic. As a divine might spread out from Xu Qingâs body, a divine intent spread out from the body. It was enough to make anyone who saw it shudder with awe.
This was the body of a god!
However, at that moment, other than its long purple hair fluttering in the wind, no other parts moved. Even its eyelids were closed.
This was because it still lacked a spirit.
After the godâs finger built a body that was suitable for It, It wanted to proceed with the last step, which was⌠possession.
It wanted to devour Xu Qingâs soul and transform Its divinity into the soul of this body, thus achieving true independence!
Once It succeeded, It would be able to transform from a pinkie of a godâs clone into a new god with an endless future.
This was Its dream. At the same time, the dream of the old man from the Painting Race was to replace It.
At that moment, It had completed more than half of this dream. It was only lacking the last and simplest thing: devouring the soul. It only needed an instant to devour the souls of mortals, after all It was a god in essence.
At the next instant, the consciousness of the godâs finger contained in this body gathered together, heading straight for the soul in the depths of Xu Qingâs sea of consciousness.
A cold and evil intent was sensed by Xu Qingâs dizzy soul. He couldnât struggle but his fighting spirit still existed.
Even though he had lost control of his body, the control of his divine consciousness, and his perception of the external world, there was a crazy thought brewing in his mind.
âBack then, the shadow was also much more powerful than me. The possession it initiated was something I couldnât resist back then. Similarly, the current me is also unable to resist the godâs finger.â
âThe purple crystal has the power to make the ten Heavenly Palaces in my sea of consciousness tremble. It was able to halt the shadowâs possession in the past. Today⌠can it also thwart the possession by the godâs finger?â
Xu Qingâs soul emitted a sense of madness. In reality, this was also the reason why he gave up resisting. He could only watch helplessly as the godâs power molded a shell outside his body. He could only watch helplessly as the other party worked hard to do everything. He was waitingâŚ
He was waiting for the other party to devour his soul.
At this moment, what he had been waiting for had arrived.
In an instant, as the cold and evil intent invaded and the danger of death descended, the purple crystal in Xu Qingâs chest seemed to have been offended.
A vast and astonishing power spread out from the purple crystal, forming a supreme sea of purple light that could suppress everything. With domineeringness, it headed straight for the consciousness of the godâs finger and collided fiercely.
The rumbling sound was like countless heavenly lightning bolts exploding in Xu Qingâs mind. Under the earth-shattering eruption, the originally blurry consciousness of the godâs finger was actually stimulated to awaken at this moment. It let out a mournful and shocked cry.
âWhat⌠what is this!!â
âHow can such an existence exist in this body!!â
âThis power⌠this powerâŚâ
An intense horror reverberated from within the consciousness, containing an unknown and indescribable fear towards the purple crystal. In the midst of this reverberation, the consciousness of the godâs finger retreated madly. It⌠no longer wanted to possess this body.
Xu Qing made the right bet!
He recalled that after he obtained the purple crystal, it was basically a passive existence. He had faced many life and death crises but it didnât show any effect. He was certain that it wouldnât do anything even if he died.
It only showed its power once when the shadow tried to possess him.
This was enough to show that the purple crystal wasnât interested in its vessel and didnât care if the vessel was in a life-and-death crisis. It only showed an interest when something tried to possess its vessel.
It was the same for the shadow back then and the godâs consciousness now.
At that moment, the godâs consciousness emitted endless horror. The recovery of Its rationality allowed It to have the ability to think and judge. Hence, It decisively gave up on possessing the body and retreated rapidly like the ebbing tide.
However, it was too late.
Back then, the shadow had done the same thing but it didnât succeed.
At the next instant, Xu Qingâs purple crystal emitted a terrifying fluctuation. The sea of purple light enveloped the consciousness of the godâs finger.
As the godâs consciousness let out a miserable cry, a sealing power directly spread out from the purple crystal.
âNo!!â The godâs finger emitted an intense struggle and a roar echoed in Xu Qingâs mind.
Clearly, to It, this was a life-and-death crisis that was even more intense than what Xu Qing had experienced earlier.
Under this rapid struggle and resistance, the 3,000-foot-long body in the abyssal sea shook violently. A malevolent ghost face faintly appeared on the chest of the body and protruded, spreading out ten feet, wanting to rush out.
However, at the next instant, a purple light spread out like a large hand and enveloped it. With a ruthless tug, the ghost face let out a blood-curdling scream and was pulled back.
Despair rose unprecedentedly in the consciousness of the godâs finger.
âWho the hell are you!â
This roar contained grief, indignation, and an increasingly intensifying madness. As the huge body trembled, the consciousness of the godâs finger continued to struggle, wanting to escape.
However, It couldnât do it.
At that moment, Xu Qing also sensed that something was wrong⌠He discovered that the power of the purple crystal wasnât without limits. It wasnât able to complete the sealing in an instant like when it sealed the shadow back then. Instead, there appeared a push and pull competition with the consciousness of the godâs finger.
Moreover, his soul also felt a tearing pain, as though it was about to wither.
âItâs not that the purple crystalâs power isnât enough, but I canât endure its full strengthâŚâ
Xu Qing came to a realization. After that, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.