Chapter 153: The Little Kitty, It Doesn't Want to Sacrifice Itself; It Wants to Seize Your Body!
"How can a mere human be this strong…"
The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor lay on the ground, barely alive, its heart filled with unwillingness.
The opponent's strength surpassed its own. The abilities she possessed were more numerous than its own, and even its trump card, the other side, actually had it as well!
It had been crushed in every aspect, with no ability to fight back.
Wait!
It seemed to have one ability stronger than the girl's!
"Spare me!"
"Lord Soul Master, please spare me!"
With a thought, the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor immediately began trembling as it pleaded.
"Spare you?"
"If I spare your life, who will make up the rest of my soul rings?"
Zhu Zhuqing remained unmoved, calmly looking at the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor.
"I'll make it up for you! I'll make it up for you!"
The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor cast aside all pride and begged bitterly.
"Lord Soul Master, I am willing to sacrifice myself to you, willingly transforming into your beast soul, to be driven by you and fight for you! As long as you can spare me, let me continue to live within your soul ring!"
Its tone had become extremely humble, no longer carrying its former ferocity:
"I beg the heroine for mercy!"
"Huh? You're really willing to sacrifice yourself to me?"
Zhu Zhuqing was stunned for a moment.
Her face was filled with surprise as she blinked and asked, "You're not joking?"
She had originally planned to forcibly contract the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor into a spirit soul.
But she hadn't even spoken yet!
How did the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor bring it up first?
Looking at the current situation, it somewhat resembled when Bai Lu sacrificed himself to her back then.
Only this time, the initiative had completely reversed.
"Willing! Of course I'm willing!"
The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor hurriedly nodded, flattering her.
"You are the most talented Soul Master I have ever seen, achieving such strength at such a young age."
"It is my honor to serve you."
"..."
Hearing this, a strange expression appeared on Zhu Zhuqing's face.
Being praised by a strange soul beast for the first time… the feeling was quite peculiar.
However…
"Bullshit!"
"Anyone who believes that is an idiot!"
Bai Lu's voice rang out in the spiritual sea, filled with disdain and mockery:
"Not every hundred-thousand-year soul beast is as 'kind-hearted' as I am."
"Little kitty, it's not trying to sacrifice itself; it's trying to seize your body!"
"Seize my body?!"
Zhu Zhuqing was startled.
"That's right. It thinks your spiritual power isn't strong enough."
Bai Lu said with certainty, "So it plans to use the sacrifice to enter your spiritual sea, forcibly contaminate it, and then gradually take over your body!"
Unlike Huo Yuhao, who had just condensed his first spiritual soul core and nearly drained Tianmeng's million-year origin.
Although the girl possessed powerful abilities, comparatively, her weakest aspect was her spiritual power!
If not for Bai Lu guarding her, with the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's "soul-devouring" ability, the possibility of possession was entirely real!
"If that's the case, then I should contract it even more and turn it into a spirit soul!"
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes turned cold as killing intent suddenly surged.
With Bai Lu guarding the spiritual sea, she had no fear at all!
As long as a master-servant contract was formed, a mere hundred-thousand-year Soul Devouring Spider Emperor would be completely under her control, to be handled however she wished!
"Of course you can."
Bai Lu's voice carried a trace of sinister ruthlessness, calculation flashing through his eyes:
"But how could we let this wicked fellow off so easily?"
He let out a cold laugh. "Since it delivered itself to our door and still wants to play possession tricks, then don't blame me for not giving it a chance!"
Bai Lu suddenly stood up. "Step aside, Little Kitty. I'm about to begin!"
"Then I'll rely on you, Mr. Tiger!"
Zhu Zhuqing smiled sweetly.
Immediately, she retreated into the spiritual sea and took over Xiao Wu, who had been smoothed out, from Bai Lu's hands.
At the same time, Bai Lu instantly took control of the girl's body.
A faint trace of hidden cruelty appeared in his eyes.
Bai Lu smiled slightly and cast a "you know your place" look at the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor:
"In that case, I'll give you a chance. Begin your sacrifice."
"Thank you, heroine! Ah no! Thank you, Master! I'll begin right away!"
The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor suppressed the schemes in its heart and immediately activated the secret sacrifice technique.
"Whoosh!"
In an instant, blood light shot into the sky.
The terrifying aura belonging to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast instantly swept across the land of deathly silence.
Even the howling sinister wind was dyed crimson.
That terrifying power, carrying the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's origin, surged entirely into the girl's body.
But the moment it entered, it abruptly halted!
"What's going on?"
"What is this?!"
The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor was stunned, completely stunned.
Its compound eyes were filled with disbelief, and its eight legs curled up instinctively.
Everyone knew that once a soul beast's sacrifice began, it could not be stopped!
But now, this power of sacrifice had been forcibly blocked outside.
It couldn't go in, and it couldn't be withdrawn!
"Don't rush; the good show has only just begun."
Bai Lu smiled faintly, then shouted in a low voice:
"White Tiger Slaughter Formation!"
His eyes turned crimson, and blood-colored ripples surged wildly around his body, spreading outward.
Two enormous, terrifying blood-red undead spirits manifested completely through the power of the slaughter formation.
They were precisely the "hundred-thousand-year" Man-Faced Demon Spider and Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor souls that Bai Lu had preserved earlier using a secret method!
"Hiss—!"
At this moment, the two demon spiders' eyes glowed with savage crimson light, locking firmly onto the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor.
They looked as if they wanted to pounce immediately and tear apart and devour its origin completely!
"You! What are you trying to do?!"
The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, currently maintaining the sacrifice and completely powerless, was terrified, its voice trembling uncontrollably.
"How do you still have hundred-thousand-year beast souls?!"
In its understanding, even if the girl were strong, in the domain of spirit and soul, she should still be like a pure little white flower.
How could she secretly control such terrifying beast souls?!
"Since you're sincerely willing to sacrifice, I can't treat you poorly."
Bai Lu revealed a meaningful smile, his tone deliberately gentle:
"I'll give you a chance to devour both of them."
"As long as you can devour these two Man-Faced Demon Spider souls, your cultivation will directly break through two hundred thousand years. After becoming my spirit soul, your power will also become even stronger."
He paused, then asked with feigned sincerity, "How about it? I'm treating you well, right?"
Well? Well, my foot!
The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor remained silent, staring at Bai Lu with venom and despair in its compound eyes.
It was already severely injured, completely powerless, and still forcibly maintaining the sacrifice.
Let alone two hundred-thousand-year souls; even a thousand-year soul could easily take its life right now!
Bai Lu's move was clearly intended for those two Man-Faced Demon Spiders to devour its origin, seize its consciousness, and replace it entirely!
Not to mention, even if it were at its peak, once the sacrifice had begun, the initiative would already be in Bai Lu's hands!
"Smart."
"Since you've already figured out that I've seen through your plan…"
"Then I won't waste words!"
Bai Lu smiled at it and said,
"The three of you, today only one will live."
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