I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 268: Spreading Dao Around the World
There was no trust between the black-robed monster and Zhang Chen in the first place, and now he was instigated by this innate mosquito. He was so angry that he burst into swearing.

"Run! Don't listen to this bastard's confusing lies. This guy wants to fight us to the death. Once he spreads his Taoism throughout the world, he will definitely use the power of blood to burst out with great power. If we can't withstand it, we will all die!" The man in black robe didn't care about so many things at this time. He kept persuading Zhang Chen earnestly, hoping that Zhang Chen could listen to him.

At this time, Xiantian Mosquito had already seen that something was wrong between the two. They were not the allies he imagined, but just a makeshift team. So he disrupted the situation and bought time for himself to leave: "Boy, don't listen to his nonsense. This guy has completely suppressed me. I am no match for him. The reason why he advised you to leave is that he is afraid that you will continue to plunder the luck. He wants to keep the luck for himself. Don't be fooled by him."

At this point, Xiantian Mosquito's voice was filled with grief and indignation: "Old man, you want me to hand over my body, I will never agree. Even if you want to kill me and make my soul fly away, I will never agree. I will fight you."

Man in black robe:......

都是戏精!

Life is like a play, it depends on acting.

At this moment, the black-robed monster was so angry that his body was shaking: "You are a congenital creature, you can't be so shameless."

While they were talking and arguing, six of Zhang Chen's lotus seeds had turned into blood fountains, with blood continuously flowing out.

At this time, Zhang Chen didn't know whether what the two said was true or not. All he could do was continue to absorb blood. No matter who was telling the truth, the most important thing for him was to cultivate the blood lotus. This blood lotus was very unusual.

Along with the upgrade of the blood lotus, inexplicable changes seemed to occur in his own crystal core blood sea. Although Zhang Chen did not know what the mystery was, he knew that something big must be happening.

Just when Zhang Chen was confused, suddenly a beam of blood light burst out from the blood-red mosquito. The blood light contained an invincible power that directly knocked Zhang Chen away. A vast and terrifying force spread over, which was about to shatter Zhang Chen's body and soul, and scare him to death.

"This power..." Zhang Chen felt the power, a hint of horror in his eyes. In front of that power, all the magical powers and all the laws became illusions, and he didn't have the power to resist at all.

"Hahaha, you little ant, you dare to take away my destiny? You're dead." Then the innate mosquito heard a strange chattering laugh, and the voice was full of pride: "But you, an ant, can force me to scatter the world, so you die for a good cause."

Seeing the terrifying power spreading on Zhang Chen's body, Zhang Chen's body was directly annihilated wherever the power passed. It extended from the palm to the wrist, quickly vaporized the elbow, and in an instant the annihilation force reached the arm. The huge power was about to completely annihilate Zhang Chen in time and space.

"It's over! If this guy dies, how can I fight this innate mosquito alone?" The black-robed monster looked at Zhang Chen. At this time, the flow of time seemed to become extremely slow, passing by millions of times slower:
"Asshole, if you had listened to me earlier, how could you have ended up like this?"

"But if he dies, I won't be able to resist the devouring of the innate mosquitoes by myself, and I will have to be buried with him. What the hell is this sin I have committed!"

The black-robed monster cursed angrily, but his eyes showed determination: "He can't die! He absolutely can't die! If he's alive, the two of us still have a chance of survival, and there is still a way to break the deadlock. If he dies, then we are really finished."

As he spoke, the soul of the man in black robe suddenly pressed his head, and a series of rune laws flashed and were pulled out of his head:
"I've already been hit by his six-word mantra sticker, and that damned chain that hooks the soul. If he has another way to control me, it's not unacceptable."

"You actually split your own origin and gave it to this kid? Are you crazy! That is my origin. Everything on you belongs to me. Stop right there!" The soul of the innate mosquito became furious when he saw this scene, and wanted to stop the black-robed monster, but the black-robed monster moved very quickly, and it was too late for the other party to stop him.

The next moment, a rune chain was seen crossing the void, and it arrived directly after the force, crashing into Zhang Chen's body before the force could reach him.

Strangely enough, Zhang Chen's divine light did not block that force at all. Then, that terrifying scattered force passed through Zhang Chen's body. Zhang Chen's body was shattered in an instant, but after being shattered, Zhang Chen's body actually emerged out of thin air.

Just as Zhang Chen emerged, the power of the scattered Dao descended once again, and shattered Zhang Chen's body again.

Shattered, reorganized, and revived, this cycle repeated nine times, and then a huge blood light rose from the innate mosquito's body, passing through the underworld, piercing through the obscure sky in the void, and shattered into thirty blood-red lights, which dissipated between heaven and earth.

After the tenth rebirth, Zhang Chen's body stabilized. This time there was no more power surge, but Zhang Chen's condition was a little strange.

Zhang Chen's originally jet-black hair had turned into a withered white color, completely devoid of any luster, and he inexplicably looked old.

"This doesn't kill you? Come and die!" When the innate mosquito saw Zhang Chen resurrected again, he immediately controlled his mouthparts to stab him. At this time, his scattered power was exhausted and he could only rely on his own strength to deal with Zhang Chen.

"Zhang Chen, quickly activate the Six-Character Mantra Sticker! Quickly activate the Six-Character Mantra Sticker!"

At this moment, the urgent voice of the black-robed monster sounded in Zhang Chen's ears. Zhang Chen had just resurrected, and saw the innate mosquito's mouthparts falling down like a small mountain. His face changed drastically. Now there was no place to hide or escape. Hearing the words of the black-robed monster, he had no choice and subconsciously activated the Six-Character Mantra Sticker.

Zhang Chen raised his right hand and quickly drew a mysterious "ban" rune on his left hand. He spread his left hand towards the mouthparts of the innate mosquito, and saw golden light flashing on the forbidden rune on his left hand. Under the illumination of the golden light, the mouthparts of the innate mosquito that were stinging down were actually fixed in the void.

"That's right, hold on! My origin has now merged with the body of this innate mosquito, and your six-word mantra has merged into my soul, and it also has a controlling effect on this guy's body. But now I am competing with this monster's soul for the body, and the other party has mastered the avenue of devouring and has the upper hand. I'm afraid I can't protect you, so you'd better be careful." The voice of the man in black robe sounded in Zhang Chen's ears.

Zhang Chen looked at the huge mouthparts, and he knew that he should listen to the black-robed monster now. Now he and the black-robed monster were allies on the same front.

However, Zhang Chen’s cultivation was too low, and the golden light lasted only two breaths before it went out. The huge mouthparts smashed down towards Zhang Chen again.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Chen immediately drew the rune again, spread out his palm and waved it towards the mouthpart, fixing it. Then, with a pale face, he looked at the mountain-like body of the innate mosquito and asked, "What should I do now?"

Although my six-word mantra can affect the other party, my cultivation is too low and I can only interfere with two breaths. What can I do if this continues?

"What can I do? I'll buy you some time and delay his actions, you just run for your life." The black-robed monster's voice was full of speechlessness. He had asked Zhang Chen to stop before, but he refused. Now he knows he's in a hurry? It's too late!
"how about you?"

Zhang Chen asked, and the monster's mouthparts started to move again, stabbing at Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen had to draw runes again to deal with it. "I have integrated a part of my core essence into your body. I have placed my core on you. As long as you are not dead, I am immortal. Even if he masters the Devouring Dao, he cannot completely wipe me out. However, the authority I have over its body will be taken back by him little by little, and he may even seal my soul. You kid, take advantage of this moment and run away. As long as you can escape, I have a chance of survival." The black-robed monster responded to Zhang Chen.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen turned around and ran without saying a word, but the mouthparts released the restriction too quickly. Before Zhang Chen could run a few steps, he saw the mosquito's mouthparts had started chasing him again, forcing Zhang Chen to stop drawing talismans again. After controlling the mouthparts, he continued to run in the yellow sand.

"Chatter, chatter, chatter~, that little ant, if I were you, I would destroy his origin now and completely destroy the origin he left in your body. Otherwise, every time it dies, it will consume a part of your origin. When your origin is exhausted, then you two will die together." The innate mosquito started to sow discord at this time.

Zhang Chen, who was running away, was stunned when he heard the words. He couldn't help but pause. He quickly drew a symbol on his palm and waved it at the mouthparts of the innate mosquito behind him, freezing the mouthparts of the mosquito chasing him. Then he asked, "Is what he said true?"

He said, how could such a good thing happen in this world? How could the other party be so kind as to save him?

"I did that to save you! If I hadn't used my origin to save you, you would have died in the backlash of the Dao just now, and you would have died ten times!" The black-robed monster quickly explained: "As long as you can escape, I will have a chance to survive. This is the only way to solve the dilemma at this time."

This is true.

"Haha, kid, don't believe his lies. Although he used his magical powers to save you, using his innate magical powers comes at a price. It consumes your life. You are just a mortal. After ten resurrections, I wonder how long your life is left?" The innate mosquito smiled coldly.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen hurriedly felt the changes in his body. As a Qigong practitioner who had reached the great perfection, he could naturally feel the end of his life.

Then Zhang Chen's face changed suddenly, his eyes were full of disbelief. Originally, he had practiced Qi to perfection and should have a lifespan of 120 years. He was sixteen years old this year and should have a lifespan of 104 years. However, after ten deaths, he only had four years left.

In other words, every time he was resurrected, he consumed ten years of vitality in his body.

However, Zhang Chen was not an ungrateful person. After all, he still had four years to live. As long as he was still alive, he still had a chance to make up for it. For example, as long as he took the tree coffin, he would be able to make up for his life.

But if I had just died, then everything would be over.

At the same time, Zhang Chen also realized that there was an extra rune in his soul. The rune had already merged with his soul. With his current level of cultivation, he was afraid that it would not be able to be removed.

That rune is the origin of the black-robed man, and the anchor of his innate magical powers. As long as this mark is not destroyed, the black-robed man will be immortal and can be reborn indefinitely.

Of course, rebirth is not without price, that is, the price of Zhang Chen and his own life.

And what about Zhang Chen?

Through this rune, as long as the black robe monster is not dead, he can be reborn unlimitedly, and rebirth will also consume the black robe monster's life essence.

But the problem is that Zhang Chen only has four years left to live?

If the black-robed monster died and activated his rebirth skill, I would probably die instantly.

"This... skill..." Zhang Chen couldn't comment. You want to say he's good? He's really good. Spending one's life in exchange for another chance is a great thing.

But you want to say he is a liar?
That’s really a pit!

The greatest sorrow in life is that people are still alive but their life span is gone!
"Boy, don't repay kindness with enmity. Everything I did was to save you. Although it shortened your life, you survived in the end, didn't you? As long as you are still alive, there is hope!" The man in black robe was afraid that Zhang Chen would blame him for being ungrateful, so he hurried to explain.

The black-robed monster felt aggrieved. As a supreme being, had he fallen to such a state?

It’s one thing to be bound to an ant, but I have to explain to him in a servile way. I’ve had enough!

Unfortunately, he had no other choice. There was no other living being here to anchor him!
Otherwise, how could he choose Zhang Chen?

"I only have four years left to live, so you'd better not use any skills." Zhang Chen shouted at the black-robed monster.

The black-robed monster was speechless after hearing this, and felt even more sad and miserable. The other party only had four years left to live. What difference did it make whether he was bound to him or not?
Dead is still dead!

"I understand!" The man in black robe was unhappy. Now that the two of them were in crisis, he didn't dare to provoke Zhang Chen anymore.

"I'm buying time for you. You should escape quickly and find a way to speed up your practice and become stronger. Look for a chance to replenish your lifespan, otherwise both of us will be finished." The black-robed monster kept urging Zhang Chen.

"What will you do if I run away? If you die, you will definitely drag me down with you before you die. Wouldn't I be in trouble too? It will be useless even if I escape to the ends of the earth." Zhang Chen stood still and asked the black-robed monster.

The black-robed monster was unhappy and said in a depressed voice: "I know what you said. But if you don't run, you will die now. Why don't we think of a way while we are escaping?"

What could he do? He was really worried about Zhang Chen, a loser! The most tiring thing for him was that he was the one who helped the other party, but the other party was not grateful to him, and he had to be servile to coax him.

Zhang Chen couldn't die. If Zhang Chen died, he would lose Zhang Chen's anchor. How could he resist the black-robed monster's devouring? I was afraid that it wouldn't be long before he would be buried with Zhang Chen.

(End of this chapter)