"Dead?"
As he withdrew his longsword, Nie Yun let out a breath.
As expected of a Ruler Divine Weapon—its power was truly terrifying. Even if it was only borrowed through the soul, it was far stronger than a peak Chaos divine weapon, utterly incomparable.
"Hmm?"
Just as he was about to withdraw from his sea of consciousness, his brows suddenly rose, and his expression turned grave.
At the spot in his sea of consciousness where the shadow had just been scattered, thin black lines had appeared out of nowhere. They were so fine that, without close inspection, even one's spiritual sense would struggle to detect them.
The fine threads slowly coiled around one another and gradually gathered toward the center. More and more of them appeared in his sea of consciousness, as though they were devouring something and constantly growing.
"Parasitism? Could this thing parasitize a sea of consciousness?"
Every hair on Nie Yun's body stood on end, and his scalp went numb in waves.
Though he had never encountered such a situation, he had heard of it before: parasitism!
He had just scattered the shadow, yet it had left that strand of intent behind in his sea of consciousness, slowly recovering by devouring his soul. If he did not deal with it quickly, his soul would sooner or later be completely consumed, leaving him a walking corpse!
Damn it!
What in the world was this thing?
Although he had not been in the Slanting Moon Supreme Domain for long, he had browsed through the Guixu Sea library and could be considered immensely knowledgeable. Yet despite all that knowledge, he had no concept of this thing at all. He had never even heard of it!
It was far too bizarre!
"Judging by the speed of its parasitism, my soul will