Possession

Huo Yuhao continued along the narrow path. Only after confirming that he was safe for the moment did he stop to rest and recover his strength.

Once he had returned to peak condition, Huo Yuhao continued onward until his gaze met a pair of blood-red eyes on the narrow path ahead.

Only then did Huo Yuhao halt.

The red eyes gradually rose higher, and Huo Yuhao finally saw what stood before him.

A dark crimson serpent over ten meters long stood before him. Its abdomen was enormously swollen, while the nine fleshy tumors on its back emitted violent spiritual fluctuations.

It was not particularly large—even slightly smaller than the Dark-Gold Three-Headed Bat King from before—but the aura it gave off was stronger than that of the ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Three-Headed Bat King. What surprised Huo Yuhao even more was that this strange serpent's bloodline seemed unusual! It actually stirred a craving within his Golden Dragon Bloodline.

He had spent two years in Killing City and devoured the life essences of countless beings, yet his Golden Dragon Bloodline had never once felt such a craving.

With a flick of his right hand, a gleaming silver dagger appeared in his grasp. Holding the dagger again, Huo Yuhao's heart remained utterly calm.

Before his ascension, he had already given most of the soul tools he had made to Shrek and the Tang Sect. The items stored in the Undead Demiplane were things that had held more sentimental than practical value to him at the time.

The hidden weapons and Twenty-Four Bridges Under Moonlight Tang Ya had given him when he first joined the Tang Sect were among them, and this White Tiger Dagger was one as well.

Yet it was precisely these items that suited his current needs.

Soul skills could not be used in battles within Killing City, though the captain of the guard and his soul skills were loopholes. However, Huo Yuhao had never had the opportunity to acquire his abilities. Now that the enemy before him was a soul beast, that restriction no longer applied!

The serpent's eyes were vicious. Its tongue flicked in and out, saliva dripping from its mouth as it raised its body and spat a line of fire at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao retreated several steps, throwing the White Tiger Dagger at the same time to meet the flame head-on. The instant the dagger touched the fire, a flash of white light swallowed it whole.

The blade of the originally silver White Tiger Dagger now gleamed a brilliant red, showing just how much energy that attack had contained.

Seeing that it had successfully absorbed the skill, Huo Yuhao immediately lashed out with the Ice Silkworm Silk Belt and reeled the White Tiger Dagger back into his hand.

After missing its first strike, the great serpent began slithering again.

Huo Yuhao darted forward, and several fleshy tumors on the serpent's back burst apart. The liquid within them gathered into a golden-red sphere that gave off intense spiritual fluctuations as it smashed toward him.

Yet Huo Yuhao had no intention of defending himself. Instead, he charged straight toward the serpent at top speed.

Seeing that the human neither dodged nor avoided the attack, greed actually appeared in the beast's eyes. It even opened its enormous mouth, ready to welcome this little snack that had delivered itself right to its jaws.

Then... there was no then. The blazing line of fire and the sharp dagger split open half of the serpent's head from within its mouth, thoroughly shredding its brain.

When Huo Yuhao came to a stop again, a small golden-red ball rolled to his feet, corroding a tiny hole in his shoe.

Feeling the craving of his Golden Dragon Bloodline, Huo Yuhao picked up the little sphere and stored it in Twenty-Four Bridges Under Moonlight, intending to deal with it after he got out.

His gaze swept once more over the mountain-like serpent carcass before shifting away. "What a pity."

If he were still inside Killing City, he would never have wasted this serpent corpse. But now was not the time. He had never forgotten the greedy look the Killing King had cast upon him.

By the time the scorching heat had curled his hair and he could reach the Bloody Mary on either side of the narrow bridge with an outstretched hand, Huo Yuhao looked up at the exit hanging above him.

A blood-red figure floated there in silence.

The next instant, Huo Yuhao felt an immense pressure descend upon him, crushing him to the ground. The Red Dust Blessing on his chest activated at once, and a brilliant golden barrier enveloped him. Yet it only lasted a few seconds before shattering with a boom. Huo Yuhao was pressed so hard that he sank into the stone bridge, and the taste of blood rose in his mouth.

"Killing King." Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and forced out the words.

"You are quite good. I knew I had not misjudged you." The Killing King stared excitedly and greedily at the youth pinned below, unable to move.

He had been locked in a stalemate with the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King for too long. His body had long since been hollowed out by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King's venom, making it impossible for him to complete the divine trial ahead.

Now, the only solution was to possess a new body.

Over all these years, only Tang Hao and that woman had made it this far.

Tang Hao was the heir he had chosen. Once he ascended, the Clear Sky Sect needed someone powerful enough to protect it. As for that woman... Poseisi was his life. He would never allow such a thing to happen!

And heaven had not abandoned him after all.

After so many years, he had finally found the most perfect vessel.

Young, yet possessing a self-contained method of tempering the body.

His dual spiritual and devouring attributes gave him an exceptionally high resistance to the evil aura and killing intent within Killing City. Not to mention the youth's endless attack methods, dazzling even to a Rank 99 Limit Douluo like himself.

As long as he devoured the other party and obtained his memories, everything would become his.

The only flaw was that his rank was too low, but that was not a problem. With such physical qualities, once he gained this body, the age limit of the soul rings he could obtain in the future would only be higher. His future self would only become stronger than he was now!

Not to mention the Asura God's inheritance, which was clearly about to be opened once more.

As he thought this, the smile on the Killing King's face grew increasingly unrestrained. He could practically see the bright future in which he restored his body and gained the inheritance of a divine position once again.

"Go quietly now. Your body is mine."

As the Killing King spoke, a hazy red shadow rose from his body. It resembled a nine-headed bat and lunged at Huo Yuhao's brow.

Yet the terror he had expected did not appear on the youth's face. Instead, a strange curve rose at the corner of Huo Yuhao's lips.

A sense of foreboding instantly surged within the Killing King.

The red shadow slammed into the youth's brow and was immediately sent flying away.

The Killing King felt as if his soul had struck a steel plate covered in spikes. The blood-red shadow instantly recoiled back into his body.

His soul trembled uncontrollably.

"You actually possess a head soul bone of such a high grade!" the Killing King said greedily, still shaken with lingering fear.

"But this is as far as you go!" Enduring the turmoil in his soul, the Killing King directly summoned his martial soul.

An enormous blood-red hammer appeared in his hand.

Because the Killing King's soul had suffered backlash, Huo Yuhao immediately felt the pressure around him lessen. He rose from the ground at once, and when he saw the Killing King's martial soul, his pupils constricted.