Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 38 Ughhhh! I've been possessed!

After an unknown amount of time, Hunzhen slowly awoke.

But when he "opened his eyes," what he saw was not the fluttering red snow, but huge, extremely dim soul planets.

This is precisely the core of his power as a spiritual master.

The ninth rank of the Star Realm consists of nine miniature soul stars, and at this moment, he is standing on one of them!

He turned his head abruptly and saw a boy with red hair burning like a torch and a translucent, jade-colored body smiling at him.

Hunzhen suddenly revealed a bright smile.

"Um?"

The Flame Boy was stunned when he saw Hunzhen smiling so brightly.

But the next moment, the smiling face seemed like an illusion, and Hunzhen in front of him clearly had a serious expression.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

Seeing that Hunzhen had asked a question, the flame-wielding youth smiled again and said, "Hello, human Hunzhen. I am the spirit of this secret realm, 'The Realm of Flame Hell,' which you are in. You can call me—Flame Jade."

"The spirit of the secret realm?"

Hunzhen frowned and questioned, "How come I've never heard of this so-called spirit of the secret realm? Are you an intelligent life form?"

"No, no, no."

Yan Yu shook his head and said, "The definition of the spirit of the secret realm is the one that best suits my identity, based on what you humans say. But this has to start from the origin of the Fiery Hell Realm."

Hunzhen did not stop Yanyu from explaining. It seemed that Yanyu had been holding back for too long, and he spoke fluently and without any concealment about the truth.

It turns out that the Realm of Inferno is actually part of the Realm Lord of Inferno's famous weapon, the "Realm of Inferno Pearl".

He unexpectedly found the rare treasure "Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart" and wanted to integrate it into the Fiery Hell Realm to enhance the power of the Fiery Realm Pearl.

However, before the new Flame Realm Pearl could be completed, the Lord of the Flame Prison Realm was murdered in a vendetta and his soul was destroyed. A remnant soul fell into the heart of the Fire Spirit Heaven and underwent a special change.

By a stroke of luck, the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart absorbed this remnant soul and gave birth to a new life, an energy life called "Flame Jade".

As a sentient being, Yan Yu yearns for freedom, yet is confined within the Yan Realm Pearl.

Therefore, in order to gain his freedom, he began a far-reaching plan.

First, the new Flame Realm Bead was not yet complete. Because of his identity as a "spirit", he naturally had a connection with the Flame Realm Bead. He gradually peeled away the largest load of the Flame Realm Bead, the Flame Hell Realm, leaving only the core to form the new Flame Realm Bead.

He couldn't control the complete Flame Realm Pearl, but controlling the broken one was no problem for him.

The process of the separation of the Infernal Realm was so long that it was long enough for a Realm Lord to live from birth to death.

If Yan Yu hadn't been attached to the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart, existing in a special state where "object" and "life" were intertwined, its lifespan would probably have already come to an end.

Throughout this process, the new Flame Realm Bead maintained a connection with it that was difficult to sever completely.

As the separation progressed to a certain point, the Realm of Inferno finally became visible, attracting waves of humans to enter and explore.

The red snowflakes in the sky are the result of the energy of the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart leaking out due to the separation operation of the Flame Jade, and surging out through the connection channel between the Flame Realm Pearl and the Flame Hell Realm.

As for the Flame Beasts, they were new mutated creatures born from the absorption of a large amount of red snow by the creatures originally tamed and raised within the Flame Prison Realm Lord.

Initially, there were domain lord-level beings within the Realm of Inferno, but they all disappeared over time.

The newly born Flame Beasts, however, are weakened by the decreasing energy within the Flame Hell Realm.

To this day, the strongest fire beast in the entire Realm of Inferno is only at the sixth level of the Universe.

At this time, the barrier between the Realm of Inferno and the outside world also weakened to a certain extent.

It was Yan Yu's initial plan that restricted entry to beings at the Hengxing level and below.

Otherwise, entering the Infernal Realm at the cosmic level shouldn't be a problem.

Then, the plan naturally moved into the next stage.

He had long anticipated that with his own abilities, there was absolutely no way he could break free from the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart and regain his freedom from the connection that transcended the lifespan of ordinary human realm masters.

But everything has a glimmer of hope, a single chance—

"It's about possessing someone else's body in the outside world, to obtain a body that isn't bound by this world!"

At this point, Yan Yu's expression gradually turned slightly manic.

The emptiness and loneliness lasted far too long, so long that he wavered in his belief more than once.

Fortunately, he persevered in the end.

If this loneliness is not shared with Hunzhen now, there will be no chance to share it with anyone else later.

That's why he was so frank; it wasn't to enjoy the despair of the possessed, but simply to vent his inner madness.

The Flame Beast is an incomplete mutated life form, with its consciousness and soul both incomplete, which does not meet the conditions for possession in the usual sense.

Even if there is a minuscule chance of them being possessed, they would most likely be unable to leave the Realm of Flame Hell, so Flame Jade would naturally not attempt to possess them.

Attracting outsiders was Yan Yu's only option.

The most important point about possession is that the level of life of the possessed cannot be much weaker than that of the possessor.

Yan Yu's will has become incredibly strong over time, but it has not yet undergone real tempering, so it is still hard to say whether he can surpass those realm lords and domain lords.

His final choice was to keep his soul power at the first level of the cosmic level, and then possess a life at the seventh to ninth level of the eternal star level.

A celestial being's lifespan is short, and their willpower cannot compare to that of an old monster.

Moreover, he estimated that when the barrier of the Fiery Hell Realm weakened to a certain extent, the strongest remaining life form within the Fiery Hell Realm would probably only be at the cosmic level.

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This is the safest approach.

He waited and waited until the time was right, but still did not directly seize the body.

Firstly, one should not attempt to possess another's body too many times. A few times is fine, but too many times will result in restrictions and suppression from the rules of the universe. Ideally, it should only happen once.

Such an opportunity to define a specific area and seize a body is extremely rare for Yan Yu.

Naturally, we should choose the best target within the available range.

Secondly, being residing within the Flame Realm Pearl limits the power he can utilize.

He is an energy life form born from the Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart, naturally close to the fundamental law of fire. In addition, with the appearance of the Flame Beast and Flame Beast Crystal, it is a logical choice to select geniuses of the law of fire.

He shrank the Flame Realm Bead and attached it to the Flame Beast Crystal inside the Flame Beast's body, where it was taken away during the human slaughter.

It moves by relying on living beings, but if it is carried by an undesirable target, it will leak a trace of its aura, attracting a powerful fire beast to kill the carrier.

Repeatedly.

Hunzhen is indeed exceptionally talented; that's a fact that can be judged simply by looking at his overwhelming strength without needing to consciously perceive it.

But initially, Yan Yu did not intend to target him.

There's no other reason... Hunzhen is too strong. Moreover, he is a spiritual master with a powerful soul and will, and he has reached the ninth level of the Hengxing level. He is the most difficult being to possess that Hunzhen has ever seen.

Moreover, he has only been screening targets for less than a year, so perhaps there will be more talented and suitable candidates later?

However, when Hunzhen revealed his weakened state, indicating that his soul had been damaged, he wavered again.

"He's injured so badly, the difficulty of possessing his body is probably comparable to that of a regular seventh-level martial artist. And such excellent material—not only is it uncertain whether we'll encounter another like him, but we might not even have such a good opportunity again!"

When Yan Yu hesitated, the appearance of the Yan Ya Squad seemed to be a godsend, giving him a push from behind.

The moment Hunzhen fell into a coma, Yanyu finally stopped hesitating and urged the Flame Realm Pearl to get close to Hunzhen, launching a possession attack!

If successful, he will be able to completely sever his connection with the Flame Realm Pearl and be reborn!

"call……"

Looking at Hunzhen, who had listened quietly to his story, Yan Yu said gratefully, "Thank you for listening to my story. As a token of my gratitude, I will make sure you die without pain or struggle as quickly as possible. Then... I will take your place and see this new world!"

Hunzhen's eyes widened: "No, no! You can't do this! We have no grudge against each other, there must be other ways!"

Yan Yu's figure suddenly approached, and his soul power transformed into a dispersing gray-white stream of energy, which began to erode Hunzhen's soul.

"Hmph hmph hmph! I... I've been possessed!?"

Watching Hunzhen gesticulate wildly and descend into hysteria, Yan Yu licked his lips: "Give up the resistance. My soul power is more than 50% effective even when possessing a first-tier human at the universe level. How could you, a mentalist who just fainted from a soul backlash, possibly resist my power?"

"Ahhhhh—"

The screams abruptly stopped.

"Um?"

Yan Yu sensed that something was wrong.

He stared intently and suddenly noticed that Hunzhen's lips were gradually curving upwards, and he was looking at him with a provocative gaze, revealing a strange yet healthy smile that exuded a villainous aura.

Yan Yu suddenly realized something, abruptly looked up, staring wide-eyed at Hengxing, whose gray energy swirled within his Hunzhen Sea of ​​Consciousness: "Impossible, this is impossible! Why is your soul power still so abundant!?"

Hunzhen grinned maliciously, rubbing his hands together and shouting, "36 attempts, 36 times! Finally, finally, I've caught you!"

(End of this chapter)