Copper Pot World (2)
Neither Ghost Shadow, with its S1-level combat power, nor the even more powerful Main God, are opponents that Li Wei, with his mere A3-level combat power, can handle. Therefore, given his insufficient combat strength, he must devise other strategies.
In the simplest terms, it means possessing the power to contend with both sides.
It has been confirmed that the Ghost Shadow's true form is a star field Destroyer, and this Ghost Shadow is merely one of its clones controlled by some secret technique. The best way to deal with this Ghost Shadow is to sever its connection with the true form.
Li Wei believed that the reason Ghost Shadow was so wary of the Main God was because the Main God could use the rules of the mission world to sever the connection between the opponent's main body and clones.
Therefore, Li Wei came up with a plan to pull the Ghost Shadow into the Copper Pot.
The Copper Pot is a magical artifact that the Daoist imitated based on the Demon Refining Pot. After being refined by the priest, it has become integrated with his bloodline. Although the internal space is not large, it is completely under the control of the priest's will.
In the world of the Copper Pot, one could say that one plays the role of a 'Main God'. One can completely sever the connection between the Copper Pot World and the outside world whenever one pleases. In this way, if Ghost Shadow is pulled into the Copper Pot, it is very likely to escape the control of the original body.
The Main God would not be aware of the Copper Pot World, so Li Wei could evade the Main God's surveillance.
The most dangerous part is using Shifting Forms and Changing Positions to pull the Ghost Shadow into the Copper Pot World. The connection between the Copper Pot World and the mission world must be established at that moment, and the connection must be closed immediately after entering the Copper Pot World. If the Ghost Shadow does not break free from the control of the main body at this time, then Li Wei is undoubtedly courting death. After all, the Copper Pot World cannot forcibly imprison others. If the other party resists, it is still possible to kill him and then break the Copper Pot.
This is a gamble. If he wins, Li Wei will gain a lot; if he loses, he will only face death.
Fortunately, Li Wei won his bet.
After pulling the Ghost Shadow into the Copper Pot, Li Wei immediately sealed off the Copper Pot World. Then, the Ghost Shadow seemed to have lost its soul and stood there motionless.
Li Wei gasped for breath, not daring to approach the Ghost Shadow, unsure if it might suddenly attack. Finding a quiet spot, Li Wei sat down on the ground and activated his Regeneration abilities to heal his injured parts.
Half of his arm had been swallowed by the Ghost Shadow, and Regeneration it took a lot of Li Wei's strength, making Li Wei already exhausted condition even worse.
Finally, after all the wounds on his body Regeneration, Li Wei suddenly tilted his head to the side and fainted.
When I woke up again, I didn't know how much time had passed.
The world inside the Copper Pot is a self-contained system, and everything here is under Li Wei's control. It can be said that with just one thought from Li Wei, the place will be bathed in sunshine, and with another thought, it will be shrouded in dense clouds.
After meditating with his eyes closed for a while, Li Wei conjured up a silken river in front of him, with several grass carp swimming in its clear water. Upon seeing this scene, Li Wei immediately took off his clothes and jumped in, washing himself thoroughly in the river.
It took Li Wei a while to climb out, but he was already refreshed and his lost strength had returned to his body.
"I wonder how long I slept?" Li Wei moved his limbs, and after feeling that there was nothing wrong, he walked towards the direction where the Ghost Shadow was.
The Ghost Shadow remained motionless, just as it had been when Li Wei pulled it into the Copper Pot World, like a puppet. Li Wei was fairly certain that the figure had lost control of its physical form, much like a remote-controlled race car whose signal had been cut off.
Upon closer inspection, Li Wei realized that the Ghost Shadow was actually a mass of pitch-black energy. It had no appearance, only a rough outline. Inside the Ghost Shadow's body, Li Wei was delighted to see five pieces of Dragon Jade floating at the Ghost Shadow's chest, forming a circle.
The Dragon Jade was indeed on this Ghost Shadow figure.
"This is a windfall!" Li Wei grinned from ear to ear, but as soon as his hand touched the Ghost Shadow's Dragon Jade, he felt a strong corrosive sensation coming from his skin.
Li Wei quickly withdrew his hand, looking at the black mist that had formed Ghost Shadow with lingering fear.
This Ghost Shadow is quite amazing. It should be considered a kind of clone technique. The clone possesses a small portion of the original's combat power and can act with the original's divine sense attached to it.
But now, without that trace of divine thought, it is just a pure energy body.
"Since it's an energy entity, why not devour it? Maybe it can enhance my combat power?" With that thought, Li Wei controlled his right eye and activated his devouring ability.
Li Wei proceeded with extreme caution this time, not wanting to accidentally devour the precious Dragon Jade as well. Li Wei first choice was the strange limbs.
After the devouring began, Li Wei continuously pulverized the Ghost Shadow's limbs, then fused the converted energy into his body. Who would have thought that this Ghost Shadow composed of black mist would contain such powerful energy?
Originally, everything in this world possesses energy, and devouring supernatural abilities can transform these substances. However, even energy is divided into different grades. High-quality energy can enhance combat power and cleanse the body. Of course, high-quality energy is hard to come by, and this Ghost Shadow clearly belongs to this category. Other energies, on the other hand, are of inferior quality. Absorbing too much of them will not only fail to enhance combat power but will also harm the body. This is why Li Wei did not directly devour a mountain to increase his strength.
With so much high-quality energy right in front of him, why not absorb it? Besides, Li Wei knew that every clone was made from energy stripped from the main body, and absorbing this portion would mean that Ghost Shadow's combat power would be weakened accordingly.
Why wouldn't you do something so great?
So Li Wei happily devoured the free energy body. The pure, high-quality energy could directly enhance his combat power. After Li Wei swallowed all the strange limbs, he felt that he had reached the peak of A3 level.
The next step is S-class.
Li Wei was extremely careful during the subsequent devouring. It was like an extremely precise surgical operation, layer by layer, as if peeling away countless layers of skin. The Ghost Shadow figure was getting smaller and smaller, and at this moment, the five pieces of Dragon Jade inside its body were clearly visible, although they seemed to still be covered by a layer of black gauze.
"If I put in a little more effort, I'll get the Dragon Jade!" Li Wei wasn't in a hurry. He stopped to digest the energy he had just absorbed, and then slowly began to absorb the remaining parts of the Ghost Shadow.
When only the chest cavity remained of the Ghost Shadow figure, Li Wei was already flushed with energy and could no longer absorb anything. At this point, the black energy enveloping the Dragon Jade was only a finger's thickness thick; if it were removed quickly, it might be possible.
With this in mind, Li Wei first created a secret room to prevent any accidents when retrieving the Dragon Jade. Then, he quickly reached into the black mist and grabbed the Dragon Jade.
Li Wei retrieved the first one without any trouble. This Dragon Jade was exactly the same as the one he had obtained, except that it was displayed as 'Dragon Jade Two' under the Eye of Perception.
Next, using the same method, Li Wei took out all three remaining pieces of Dragon Jade. However, when he took out the last piece of Dragon Jade, a sudden change occurred.
The remaining black energy actually climbed up Li Wei's arm and coiled around him.
Instantly, the black mist burned Li Wei like flames, causing him indescribable Pain.
Li Wei realized at this moment that this must be a restriction that the Ghost Shadow had set up beforehand. As long as someone forcibly took the Dragon Jade from its body, this black aura, which resembled flames, would attach itself to it, corroding the flesh and bones, and burning the person who took the Dragon Jade alive.
In desperation, Li Wei had no choice but to use the Devouring ability of his right eye to absorb all the black energy wrapped around his arm, thus relieving his immediate crisis. However, his internal energy had reached its limit. The energy that was being devoured was like a swimming dragon, rapidly moving through Li Wei's body. This wouldn't have been so bad, but the problem was that this dragon-like energy seemed to be covered in countless sharp spikes. Every time it entered his body, it caused excruciating pain, and the energy within his body was also scattered out by the impact of this dragon.
"Damn, this underhanded method is quite powerful!" Li Wei tried to control the violent energy within his body, but unfortunately, the more he tried to control it, the faster it spread.
Now Li Wei even suspected that the Ghost Shadow had deposited its last shred of consciousness into this energy, intending to perish together with him. How laughable that he, despite all his scheming, had fallen for its trick at the last moment.
Snap!
With a crisp crack, Li Wei felt the meridians in his thigh break one by one. The force continued to travel throughout his body, causing utter destruction wherever it went.
"This can't go on!"
Li Wei roused himself, sat down cross-legged, and used his strength to suppress the force of the energy, barely managing to stabilize the situation. Otherwise, his body would have been shattered by the force in no time.
However, simply suppressing it is not a solution. With his own combat strength at A3 level, he is already so vulnerable even against fragments of S-level powerhouses. Unless he increases his combat strength, he will eventually be overwhelmed by this violent energy and his body will burst.
Holding the Dragon Jade he had just taken out, feeling the slight coolness emanating from Dragon Jade, an idea suddenly flashed through Li Wei's mind.
"Now that we've collected all six Dragon Jade pieces, why not directly obtain the power within Dragon Jade?"
He acted on his thought, and Li Wei had been collecting the Dragon Jade primarily for its 'Dragon Power'.
Li Wei quickly opened his mouth and spat out the sixth piece of Dragon Jade, then placed the six pieces together. At this moment, the originally plain and unadorned six pieces of Dragon Jade began to emit a faint golden light. After a while, the golden light grew stronger and stronger, reaching a point where it was impossible to look directly at it.
'Roar!'
A deafening roar erupted from the golden light, and Li Wei felt a sudden heat in his chest before spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Immediately afterwards, a long black shadow emerged from the golden light, broke through the secret chamber that Li Wei had initially set up, and soared straight up into the sky, moving rapidly.