“Senior only did this to control me?” Yang Kai raised his brow.
“Correct.”
“Then there’s no need to go through so much trouble. Senior only needs to plant a Divine Soul Brand in my Knowledge Sea and it will naturally have the same effect.”
The man sneered, “If you didn’t condense your own Dao Seal, this would indeed be a good method, but since you have your own Dao Seal, as long as it doesn’t extinguish, you can naturally think of a way to escape this king's control.”
Hearing this, Yang Kai was stunned. This was the first time he had heard of such a thing. When he was in the Star Boundary, it was too easy to control a person. As long as one was strong enough and branded their Divine Soul in their Knowledge Sea, they would naturally be able to control everything. How could such a method not work on Outer Universe?
Thinking about it carefully, Yang Kai came to a sudden realization. When he condensed the Dao Seal, he clearly remembered that his own strength and the Soul Energy in his Knowledge Sea had been condensed into the Dao Seal. In other words, for someone like him, the Dao Seal was the foundation. If he wanted to completely control a person, he would have to use the Dao Seal. Simply using the Divine Soul was not safe.
However, after seeing the fate of Ma Liu and Jiang Sheng, Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous. Who knew if after swallowing this centipede, he would go to the Netherworld to reunite with his two cheap Senior Brothers? If even the Open Heaven Stage master can't resist it, how could he resist?
He still wanted to say something to delay the time, but the man didn’t give him a chance to do so. His hand reached out and grabbed his chin, forcing his mouth open while his other hand picked up the centipede and stuffed it into his mouth before gently lifting his hand, Yang Kai swallowed the centipede into his stomach, not even giving him a chance to resist. Only then did he realize the gap between him and this man.
A burning sensation flowed down Yang Kai’s throat and into his stomach, causing him to stagger back several steps. Reaching into his mouth, he tried to pull out the centipede, but how could he? Under his perception, the centipede that had been lying motionless inside the box suddenly became extremely active, transforming into a mass of pure energy that rampaged through his body. An indescribable pain instantly wrapped around Yang Kai, causing him to roar out in pain as his eyes bulged.
The man retreated to the side and watched indifferently, not showing any intention of helping Yang Kai, as if his life or death depended on Yang Kai’s luck.
Inside the cave, Yang Kai’s screams of pain continued without end. He had never experienced such unbearable torture before, his body alternating between hot and cold. When he was hot, he felt as if his entire body was on fire, and when he was cold, he would shiver.
As the cold and heat alternated, Yang Kai’s vitality fell at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A trace of sadness flashed across the man’s eyes. Although he had already expected this, seeing Yang Kai’s poor performance, he couldn’t help feeling disappointed. However, this was understandable. After all, the previous two First Order Open Heaven Stage had not even been able to survive this ordeal and had been tortured to death. How could a little brat who had just condensed his Dao Seal create a miracle?
However, if he couldn't find a suitable chess piece, he wouldn’t be able to carry out the next step of their plan. If he wanted to capture the disciples of the Seven Skillful Land again, who knew how long it would take.
In the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, Yang Kai had already stopped breathing and blood was pouring out from his seven orifices. His miserable appearance was exactly the same as that of the dead Ma Liu and Jiang Sheng. His vitality had also fallen to the bottom, and it was likely that his soul would soon dissipate.
The man let out a long sigh before turning around and walking out of the cave. Looking into the distance, the flames of vengeance in his eyes burned fiercely.
After a long time, the man walked back into the cave and went straight to Yang Kai’s side. Looking down, he saw Yang Kai curled up, his body covered in a thick layer of frost, even his eyebrows and hair were white.
After sizing him up, the man couldn’t help letting out a light cry of surprise as a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes. This was because he discovered that this frozen youth in front of him hadn’t died yet. Although his vitality had fallen to its limit, it had still continued to persist, causing him to be quite amazed. Logically speaking, after such a long time, even if this youth had ten lives, it would be impossible for him to survive, but in reality, he was still alive.
Feeling strange in his heart, the man carefully examined the blood flowing out of Yang Kai’s seven orifices. The blood was golden, and the man could clearly feel the surging vitality within it.
Stretching out his finger, he dipped it into the golden blood and gently sniffed it, causing the man’s expression to change drastically, “Dragon blood!”
When he turned to look at Yang Kai again, the man’s expression suddenly changed. He hadn’t expected that there would be a Dragon Vein among the Seven Skillful Land's disciples, and fortunately, he had managed to capture it.
However, this could explain why this little brat had been struggling to survive even though his cultivation wasn’t high enough. The Dragon Vein’s vitality had always been strong, so it wasn’t surprising for it to last so long.
The expression on the man’s face constantly changed as he thought about cutting the weeds and eliminating the roots to prevent future troubles, but thinking about his blood feud, he couldn’t bring himself to act ruthlessly. It wasn’t easy to capture the Seven Skillful Land's disciples, and because of some special reasons, he didn’t dare to go too close to the Seven Skillful Land. After hiding in this Universe World for so many years, it was only with great difficulty that Ma Liu and the others were able to arrive. If the first two were not capable enough to die under the poison of the Black Gong Centipede, it would have been fine, but the one in front of him might have become a useful pawn.
Of course, if he couldn’t withstand the poison and died, it would be his bad luck.
Having made up his mind, the man decided to wait and see.
As time passed, Yang Kai lay unconscious on the ground, still on the verge of death. The weak life force he had was still there, allowing him to struggle for his life under the intense poison.
The man had also been quietly watching from the side, but when Yang Kai survived for three days, he couldn’t help feeling shocked. When he felt that Yang Kai was still alive five days later, he was pleasantly surprised.
One had to know that the previous two First Order Open Heaven had only lasted two and a half days.
After a full seven days, Yang Kai’s weak vitality suddenly began to recover, and the various abnormal reactions he had after swallowing the Black Gong Centipede also began to fade.
Slowly, Yang Kai’s vitality became more vigorous, as if the stars had lit up a vast plain. At one point, Yang Kai suddenly opened his eyes, his face filled with lingering fear as he gasped for breath.
Although he had been in a coma for the past seven days, with his current strength, even if he was in a coma, he was still able to maintain a trace of clarity. When he was unconscious, he didn’t know what was happening, so when he woke up, he could naturally remember everything.
Secretly thinking that he had been lucky, it was really a stroke of luck that he had managed to escape death this time.
He didn’t know what kind of strange object the centipede he had swallowed into his stomach, but the intense toxicity of it would rapidly consume his vitality. If his vitality wasn’t strong enough, he would definitely be poisoned to death. On one hand, he had the Dragon Vein, so his vitality was much stronger than an ordinary person’s, and on the other hand, it was the effect of his Wood Element.
The Wood Element was condensed from the essence of the Eternal Tree, and although it had lost its ability to revive the dead, it had greatly enriched its vitality, allowing it to maintain its last bit of vitality.
At this moment, Yang Kai could clearly feel that there was a centipede-shaped mark in his Dao Seal. This mark seemed to be alive, but it was also quite strange. The mark wrapped around the Dao Seal and did not hinder him, but Yang Kai had no doubt that as long as this man did something to it, he could instantly destroy his Dao Seal and return his soul to the underworld.
He smiled bitterly in his heart. Now that his life and death was in the hands of the other party, what was he supposed to do? He didn’t even have the strength to resist.
“Good, very good!” Seeing Yang Kai open his eyes, the man’s face was filled with pleasant surprise as he grinned and stretched out his hand to help Yang Kai up, even patting his shoulder affectionately, “Boy, you really didn’t disappoint this King.”
He spoke as if he had thought highly of Yang Kai.
Although Yang Kai was already awake, after suffering so much torture, he was now extremely weak and didn’t even have the strength to respond. Considering that his life and death would be out of his control in the future, how could he have the mood to respond to him?
The man didn’t pay it any mind and simply smiled, “Little brat, serve this King well. After this King takes his revenge, he will definitely set you free. At that time, if you are willing, you can follow this King’s orders. Isn’t that better than being a disciple of the Seven Skillful Land?”
Yang Kai rolled his eyes in his heart. Although he didn’t know what kind of grudge this guy had with Seven Skillful Land, if he wanted to use him to take revenge, he would definitely be in a dangerous situation. If anything went wrong, he would be implicated, so what good would that do him? Yang Kai didn’t dare to reveal his thoughts and simply cupped his fists, “This little brat doesn’t have any great ambitions. I only hope that senior will fulfill your words in the future and allow this little brat to be free.”
The man coldly snorted, “Of course, I’m a man of my word, but do you think you can bear to give up your identity as the Seven Skillful Land?”
Yang Kai coughed a few times before weakly saying, “Senior must be joking. This little brat has only recently joined the Seven Skillful land, so it doesn’t matter if he is a disciple or not.”
The man looked at him suspiciously and found that he didn’t seem to be lying, so he couldn’t help nodding and saying, “So that’s how it is. It seems the Seven Skillful Land doesn’t treat you as one of their own.”
Yang Kai frowned, “What does Senior mean?”
The man sneered, “If they thought you were one of them, why would they harm you?”
“They want to harm me?” Yang Kai didn’t understand, “Senior, if you have something to say, just say it. Junior doesn’t understand what you’re saying.”
The man asked, “Who was the guy you killed before?”
Yang Kai didn’t know why he had suddenly brought up the subject of the man he had just killed, but he still answered honestly, “It was a servant from the Seven Skillful Land named Fang Tai who escaped from the Seven Skillful Land. This junior was ordered to chase after him.”
“What about these two?” The man pointed to Ma Liu and Jiang Sheng’s corpses.
“These two Senior Brothers were ordered to protect me.”
The man cackled, “Protect you? I don’t think so, I’m afraid they're here to monitor you.”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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