985: Chapter 612 985: Chapter 612 These Ghosts were quite annoyed, but now they could only search by scent, seeking that Snake Spirit for revenge!
The Snake Spirit had taken advantage of the right moment and environment, escaped from those Ghosts, and burrowed into the ground, spraying copious venom on the soil to mask some of its scent.
However, the stench of the venom prompted other Demonic Beasts to steer clear.
Among them were also nocturnal beasts who burrowed through the earth.
When they detected the unfamiliar Qi, which was quite powerful, they chose not to provoke it deliberately!
What’s fighting for territory?
In this Hell Palace, more and more creatures are arriving.
It’s unclear how, but the Magic Artifact seems to be growing into a larger place.
Despite being the same Magic Artifact, the feeling is that even with more creatures, it doesn’t seem cramped!
Since there’s no dispute over territory, the Demonic Beasts didn’t bother with the Snake Spirit, as long as it didn’t stir up trouble!
The ability of the State Preceptor wasn’t high; he was good at Earth Escape, especially at the time he fled, taking all his belongings with him!
In the Imperial Palace, he left behind only visible luxuries, Magic Artifacts, Storage Bags, Spirit Stones, Pills, pre-drawn Talismans, Vermilion Sand, Seal Brushes, and blank talisman paper.
All these items stayed in his Storage Bag.
Over more than ten years in the Imperial Palace, he had acquired too many items: storage rings, Storage Bells, Exorcism Bells, Soul Summoning Banners.
With so many items on him, he wouldn’t have been defeated so easily, had he not met his nemesis!
The State Preceptor used Ghosts to commit evil deeds, and many of his tools were related to Ghosts’ souls, soul summoning, and various Evil Techniques.
The reason why that Divine Dragon youngster is called his nemesis is that the Thunderstrike used by the youngster is precisely the bane of these Ghosts.
His Magical Treasures were useless against it!
He couldn’t even perceive the extent of the Divine Dragon’s ability, which implies that the Divine Dragon is levels beyond his own expertise!
If he can’t see the Spiritual Energy on someone, that person is either an ordinary individual or at a cultivation realm so much higher that it’s invisible to him!
He only felt the opponent’s might, capable of immobilizing him with the slightest movement!
Luckily, he was prepared and used a Puppet Talisman to escape without detection.
But then, out of bad luck, he was discovered and locked into this sealed space!
Despite relentless searching, he still couldn’t find a way out, so he continued to slap on himself a Hidden Breath Concealment Talisman, one piece of talisman paper lasting a month.
Unable to find an exit, he could become invisible to do other things, but then he had to worry about food and drink!
In this space, Demonic Beasts are in groups.
If he could catch one, he could roast and eat it!
But right now, he is using Talismans and also avoiding being tracked by the Divine Dragon!
He can’t eat raw food, and he doesn’t want to go hungry.
The State Preceptor then noticed a peculiar fact: in that city, those Half-Human Demons, they consume semi-cooked food, which is still better than raw!
Besides, he saw them secretly capturing lower level Demonic Beasts, and an idea struck him.
In that city of Half-Human Demons, there were also Easterners like himself, except they were controlled and had become Puppets!
With quick thinking, the State Preceptor hatched a plan; that city is the perfect place for him to be invisible.
While contemplating this, he also remembered the beautiful women among the Half-Human Demons trying to seduce the young Divine Dragon to escape the Magic Artifact.
With such tremendous strength, they were captured here and still survived; he didn’t want to die so quickly—at least this way, he could still live on!
He then realized that the Ghosts within this Magical Treasure were also very formidable, too powerful for him to control!
The opponent’s strength was too great, beyond his control.
Here, he could only hide; let him be a coward then.
Perhaps he was frightened silly by the Shen Nong youngster; at this moment, he lacked his previous arrogance and chose to keep a low profile.
Discovering another secret within the city treasure, there was indeed an Easterner with a conscious mind, someone also hiding their Qi, and their capabilities were greater than his own; he dared not do anything to him!
That person was a middle-aged Taoist, seemingly engaged in the same profession, captured into the Magic Artifact.
It appeared he had also committed grave sins!
Based on the Qi of this Taoist, he had killed many people.
Though the Taoist was concealing his Qi, there was an Evil Qi present on him!
Taoists should be capturing Ghosts, their being should be filled with Merit, but his had Evil Qi; it seems this person, like him, used his abilities to kill for Cultivation!
The Taoist had also noticed the State Preceptor; he was aware of the beatdown the State Preceptor received from the Divine Dragon youngster!
It seems they were of the same trade.
The other did not possess higher abilities than him.
His eyes shifting, could he obtain something usable from this new human?
Seeking things he could use such as money and Ghosts, apprentices, and Demonic Beasts, after numerous Magic Combats, the Taoist had run out of Talismans.
Apart from Huang Chen, the other ghost apprentices that were sent in had already been bullied to death by other ghosts, and at that time, he did not think to lend a hand.
Here, he was not the most capable, nor did he have the numbers on his side; hiding in this place for months, the Taoist had run out of talismans on him, but he still had some tools, only the talisman paper was gone.
With fellow beings around, of course, he would go and rob them!
And so, the State Preceptor was bullied by the Taoist, chased and attacked while invisible!
Both of them knew the spell of invisibility, and as they were in the city treasure, the Half-Human Demon couldn’t detect them!
The Taoist hid here for a while, and with a spell, he briefly affected some of the puppets controlled by the Half-Human Demon, turning them into his subordinates!
This was a dual-master technique.
These soulless puppets, who could live because they were manipulated by the Half-Human Demon with the Puppetry Technique, had no issues with their actions and deeds; they just obediently listened to the Half-Human Demon, but with this spell cast by the Taoist, these people would obey him!
They could neither convey to the Half-Human Demon nor obey another person!
While the Taoist was bullying the State Preceptor, he also had these subordinates attack the State Preceptor!
However, these subordinates couldn’t see the invisible State Preceptor, they struck out in confusion, unable to find the State Preceptor!
The State Preceptor was bewildered, cursed with endless misfortunes and bullied everywhere he went!
He couldn’t always be getting hit; he had plenty of Puppet Talismans, so he slapped one on himself.
The State Preceptor arrived at a kitchen and left the body of a puppet there!
But these Puppets, who couldn’t see his body, still managed to survive the random attacks directed by the Taoist, weaving left and right without suffering utter defeat.
Growing impatient with the game, the Taoist charged at the State Preceptor and immobilized him with a spell far more powerful than that of the State Preceptor!
Then he searched him and found nothing on his person!
Angered, the Taoist threw a punch, intending to beat the State Preceptor to death!
However, after his punch landed, the State Preceptor turned into dust, dissolving into the air like mud!
The Taoist stared at her own hand, knowing well she was formidable enough to shatter a physical body with one punch.
Having such an ability was certainly possible, but even pulverized flesh would have blood, right?
The Taoist intently examined the air and the ground.
The underground of the city treasure was spotlessly clean; not a trace of blood, nor any flesh to be seen!
As the Taoist began to doubt her life choices, she somewhat regretted throwing that punch, thinking the cunning man might have hidden things somewhere else?
Now, having beaten the man to death, she couldn’t get her hands on the things he had on him!
The Taoist felt regret and remorse, as this fellow being had many things that were useful to her; how could she have accidentally killed him?
Dejected, she did not know that the State Preceptor was in the kitchen, devouring his share of the lunch!
Those few puppets, realizing the meal prepared for their master had disappeared, expressionlessly cooked another lunch!
Many Demonic Beasts resided in this space, even more so the low-ability ones.
Just like their residency in the city, there were always some insensible Demonic Beasts wandering nearby, slain by them for food!
The State Preceptor avoided the Taoist’s ruthless pursuit, hiding continuously, and later discovered that the Fairy Queen’s domain was safer!
The Fairy Queen had mana, but the State Preceptor thought with his Talismans at hand, he used to be untempted even by the Emperor’s three palaces and six courtyards!
He would not be tempted by these fairies either.
Unlike that Taoist, until he was dead, he would invisibly cultivate in the atmosphere of this space!
Latter on, he realized that the sun in this space was beneficial to living beings, and during the day, he would sunbathe on the rooftops of the city while invisible!