Though the pagoda was under Su Shi'er's command, under the absolute restraint of Demonic Qi, it was forcibly seized and controlled.
At that moment, Su Shi'er had not lost his connection to the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda. Yet it felt as though the pagoda had sunk into a mire, becoming extraordinarily difficult to activate.
Su Shi'er was not surprised in the slightest.
His gaze flickered, and in the next instant, the Artifact Spirit Girl's figure silently appeared at the pagoda's tip.
The instant she appeared, the Artifact Spirit Girl glared with furious eyes, her hands forming a spirit incantation as she clearly coordinated with Su Shi'er's control over the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda.
Moments later, faint spatial ripples spread around the Artifact Spirit Girl.
The instant the spatial ripples emerged, before the Demonic Cultivator Body could react, an essence spirit shaped like a toad and suffused with a formidable thunderous aura appeared out of thin air.
It was none other than the Thunder Essence, the wondrous treasure of heaven and earth that Su Shi'er had only recently forced into submission after forming a contract with it through the Beast Taming Art!
After he had stored the Yun Ge Sect's sixth-grade Spirit Vein inside the Small world space, the Thunder Essence, bolstered by Spiritual Qi, had been refining the lightning within the Divine Thunder Source at an ever-accelerating pace, nearly every moment.
Even before encountering the Demonic Cultivator Body, the thunderous aura emanating from the Thunder Essence had already reached an astonishing level.
By now, though not much time had passed, that thunderous aura had swelled even further.
The Thunder Essence's strength had multiplied, but its intelligence was still newly awakened—dazed and muddled, relying entirely on instinct to control its own power.
No matter how Su Shi'er attempted to communicate with