Chapter 690: The Artifact Spirit Is Controlling Me, I Am About to Fall Into Demonic Possession
Xiang Gu, Hu Qing, and the others finally realized.
They had guessed what Lei Jinglong intended to do.
He actually dared to attempt the fusion of two Great Dao sacred artifacts!
This was not something a mere Supreme Realm cultivator should even imagine!
Great Dao sacred artifacts were treasures only Saints had the qualification to truly control.
Lei Jinglong's act was very likely to bring destruction upon himself.
Lei Daoheng trembled as he spoke, "Jinglong, you are the new Supreme of my Thunder Prison clan. Do not do something so reckless.
"After Lao Feng and I are gone, this vast Thunder Prison clan needs you to inherit its legacy!"
Lei Jinglong did not turn his head. He continued his task.
Even though both of his hands had become stark white bone.
Even though the veins on his forehead bulged from the searing pain.
He did not pause for even half a moment.
Very soon, all of the melted scripture pages had been smeared across the surface of the Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison.
Only then did he stop, turning back toward Lei Daoheng and the others.
A smile appeared on his face.
"Old Supreme, it is precisely because I care for the Thunder Prison clan that I want it to grow stronger.
"A Thunder Prison clan without the Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison will always be incomplete.
"If the Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison can fuse with a portion of the White Bone Yinsha Scripture's power, it will become even stronger.
"And the Thunder Prison clan will rise because of it!"
"For this goal, what does it matter if I sacrifice myself?"
His words left all the Supremes deeply moved.
To become Supreme was the lifelong pursuit of countless cultivators.
Take, for instance, those at the Hundred-Mark Nirvana Realm.
They could spend thousands of years in meditation, all just to step into the Supreme Realm.
From then on, they would stand above the multitudes, revered as ancestors.
Lei Jinglong, not even two thousand years old, had already become Supreme.
To call his future limitless was no exaggeration.
And yet, such a man of limitless future was willing to risk everything—his life, his future—to win a greater destiny for the Thunder Prison clan!
If they asked themselves honestly, none of them could have done the same.
Huixie by now had moved past fury.
He had not imagined that not only would their goal fail, but even the White Bone Yinsha Scripture would be lost.
Now only about half of it remained.
The other half had been melted by the Taiyin Vat and fused into the Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison!
"Retreat!"
Huixie snarled, gritting his teeth.
The Demon Venerates of the Impure Tribe behind him were just about to leave.
But suddenly Huixie caught sight of something, his gaze sharpening.
"Look!"
The others followed his eyes.
They saw Lei Jinglong writhing in unimaginable agony.
He collapsed to the ground, body bent like a shrimp.
It was as if some strange force was surging into his body.
Upon closer look, the stark white bones of his hands were undergoing bizarre mutations!
"Damn you… while I slept… while I slept… you dared to melt me!"
From the spine of the White Bone Yinsha Scripture came a shrill and furious voice.
It was the artifact spirit of the White Bone Yinsha Scripture.
"I will strip your flesh!"
"No! I will make you my puppet!"
The furious roar of the artifact spirit echoed from the spine.
In the next moment, it pierced straight into Lei Jinglong's heart!
"Ah!"
Lei Jinglong screamed in agony, suddenly raising his head.
His once-clear eyes were now shot through with blood.
Madness and rage were about to replace reason entirely.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison trembled violently.
It resonated with Lei Jinglong's skeletal hands.
The Supremes wavered in fear and uncertainty.
"Kill me… kill me quickly!"
"The artifact spirit of the White Bone Yinsha Scripture is controlling me—I am about to fall into demonic possession!"
Lei Jinglong roared desperately at the Supremes.
A cultivator of the Supreme Realm would not easily fall into demonic possession.
After all, the Supreme Bone was their stabilizing anchor.
So long as the Supreme Bone remained intact, it was exceedingly difficult for them to be corrupted.
Even the pollen of the Formless Impure Flower could not inflict fatal damage on them.
At most, it forced them to divert a portion of their strength to suppress its influence.
Once battle ended, they could purge the pollen with full force and avoid corruption altogether.
But Lei Jinglong's case was different.
He was not affected by the pollen of the Formless Impure Flower.
He was being eroded by the White Bone Yinsha Scripture.
How could the Formless Impure Flower even be compared with a Great Dao sacred artifact?
What the White Bone Yinsha Scripture contained was none other than the Impure Tribe's most fundamental "Demonic Dao of Impurity."
This was true power of the Great Dao. Even the faintest trace was enough to drive a Supreme cultivator mad.
That Lei Jinglong could not resist was only natural.
What he had never expected was that the artifact spirit of the White Bone Yinsha Scripture would awaken prematurely.
If not for this, he would already have gained control of part of the Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison's power.
At that time, destroying the White Bone Yinsha Scripture would have been effortless.
But now, everything had changed.
Lei Jinglong glared at Huixie in the distance, his eyes nearly splitting apart with rage.
A strange, sinister smile flickered across Huixie's face.
He had never intended goodwill.
Deliberately withholding the complete spine of the scripture, he had prepared for this very possibility.
"Jinglong…"
Lei Daoheng's eyes brimmed with sorrow.
Being tainted by a Great Dao sacred artifact was utterly different from being touched by the pollen of the Formless Impure Flower.
Lei Jinglong was likely beyond saving.
Xiang Gu, Hu Qing, and Bai Zhizun glanced at one another, yet none dared to strike first.
The first to act risked drawing the eternal enmity of the Thunder Prison clan.
None of them wished to stand against such a lineage.
"This old man… will act first!"
Lei Daoheng drew a deep breath, forcing himself upright.
With a furious roar, he unleashed his manifestation, hurling forth a bolt of lightning!
Only then did Xiang Gu, Hu Qing, and Bai Zhizun follow suit, striking with sudden force.
The remaining three Supremes turned their focus on guarding against Huixie and the other Demon Venerates of the Impure Tribe.
Boom!
The Supremes' attacks surged toward Lei Jinglong.
Yet midway, they were blocked.
Blocked by the Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison.
To that sacred artifact, the attacks of Supremes were like children's brawls.
Easily, they were dissolved into nothingness.
"This…"
Xiang Gu and the others exchanged uneasy glances.
With the Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison shielding Lei Jinglong, how were they to fight?
"Hahahahaha!"
"Your Thunder Prison clan's Great Dao sacred artifact is now standing against humanity!"
"This is what Lei Jinglong calls serving the clan's interests?"
"It is laughable beyond belief!"
Huixie laughed without restraint, his tone dripping with mockery and scorn.
Even the Supremes' faces showed discomfort.
"The Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison has fused with part of the White Bone Yinsha Scripture. Since Lei Jinglong was the one to enable this, in its eyes he must be protected."
Hu Qing pondered for a moment, then spoke in a grave tone.
The other Supremes, thoughtful, nodded one after another.
This explanation made sense.
But how could they bypass the Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison's protection to slay Lei Jinglong before his corruption was complete?
If he fully fell into demonic possession, the consequences would be dire beyond imagination.
At that time, Lei Jinglong would be able to wield both the White Bone Yinsha Scripture and part of the Myriad Tribulation Thunder Prison.
Even combined, these Supremes would likely be powerless against him.
The suppression brought by a Great Dao sacred artifact was far too overwhelming.
"Brother Jinglong! Welcome to the embrace of my Impure Tribe demons!"
Huixie laughed loudly.
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