719 Possession...
Watching as the bulky Nascent Soul Realm cultivator's strength increased from the First Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm to the Ninth Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, Xuan Hao could not help frowning as he felt that something was wrong.
Under normal circumstances, the bulky Nascent Soul Realm cultivator would have already died… But instead, he was still sitting down in front of the condensed ball of mist without showing any signs of exploding due to the sudden massive increase in strength his nascent soul had just experienced.
No matter what, increasing once cultivation was not something that could be done quickly and had to be done step by step. Even if the bulky man had the help of some powerful cultivator, he would not be able to directly skip over most of the Nascent Soul Realm and reach the peak of the realm in one step without properly taking some time to lay down a foundation and stabilize his cultivation base after each breakthrough!
All though he could sense the weird power that had come over from the condensed ball of mist, Xuan Hao couldn't see through how it was able to make sure that the cultivation base of the bulky man didn't end up getting destroyed.
From his point of view, all he could see was the weird power that had flowed over from the condensed ball of mist slowly spreading throughout the body of the bulky man before it started merging together with him.
The stabilization of the bulky man's cultivation base could be said to be a side effect of this weird power slowly merging together with him…
"Is it some kind of possession?"
Not able to understand what was happening, he could not help thinking about the possibility of the Lord of a Thousand Winds having left behind a wisp of his soul inside the condensed ball of mist to look for a path to get reborn again after his untimely death.
Even if hundreds of thousands of years had passed since then, Xuan Hao didn't dare underestimate a powerhouse who had exceed the Soul Ascension Realm, as such an expert should have means at their disposal that he could never even begin to imagine with his current limited view.
At least that would explain the dreadful feeling I felt earlier when I was about to touch the ball of condensed mist…
Thinking this to himself, Xuan Hao narrowed his eyes as he carefully observed the changes taking place in the bulky man.
If it was truly a wisp of the ancient cultivator Lord of a Thousand Winds soul possessing the body of the bulky man, he couldn't act carelessly, as even the smallest mistake might end up resulting in his death!
The difference between an expert that had surpassed the Soul Ascension Realm and someone in the Soul Ascension Realm was far too large, Xuan Hao had seen this first hand through the scene shown to him by the ancient book.
On that ancient battlefield, Soul Ascension Realm could be seen dying the moment they came too close to a battle between the experts that had surpassed the Soul Ascension Realm.
Let alone resisting, they didn't even have a way to fight back and would be dead the moment the residual energy from these powerful experts hit them!
…
Observing as the bulky man's cultivation base slowly started getting more and more stable over the next half hour, Xuan Hao could not help frowning as he realized that a pseudo domain had already started developing around the bulky man. Showing that he had already taken the first step towards the Domain Lord Realm!
Something is wrong…
Narrowing his eyes as he observed the newly constructed pseudo domain that covered the area around the bulky man, Xuan Hao could clearly feel that there was something wrong with the current state of the bulky man.
Having his nascent soul rapidly increase in strength was one thing… But suddenly establishing a pseudo domain was something completely different!
A pseudo domain was something that a cultivator had to comprehend on their own and was something that would shape the future path of the cultivator. Even if the bulky man had the help of powerful cultivator that would him comprehend a dao more easily, there was no way that it would allow the bulky man to establish a pseudo domain in less than thirty minutes… And that was not mentioning the fact that his cultivation base was still unstable after he had just gone from the First Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm to the Ninth Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm!
Is he going to break through to the Domain Lord Realm…?
Observing as the domain around the bulky man increased rapidly in strength after having been established, Xuan Hao could not help thinking this to himself as he looked towards the bulky man with killing intent.
If it truly was the Lord of a Thousand Winds possessing the body of the bulky man, there was a very good chance that he would kill him after his strength had recovered and he had finished taking over the body of the bulky man.
For this reason alone, Xuan Hao could not help thinking about whether or not he should attack the bulky man and kill him before the possession was completed.
At the very least this way, he would have a higher chance of making it out alive before the strength of the bulky man increased even further-
BOOOM-!
Just as Xuan Hao was about to make a move and attack the bulky man quietly sitting inside the throne room fully absorbed in increasing his strength, a loud explosion echoed out across the entire independent space before a terrifying aura swept over the place.
Looks like I won't have to do anything myself…
Feeling the terrifying aura spreading through the small independent space, Xuan Hao could not help smiling to himself before quickly hiding his presence and leaving the Thousand Wind Palace.
Fwoosh-!
Almost at the same time Xuan Hao left the Thousand Wind Palace, the aura of a Domain Lord erupted from the throne room as the bulky man had directly broken through from the Nascent Soul Realm to the First Stage of the Domain Lord Realm!
Whoosh~
Not even a second after the bulky man had broken through to the Domain Lord Realm did the Soul Ascension Realm Expert from earlier appear at the top of the mountain that now had no wall of mist around it to hide it from view.
"This palace!? Perhaps that damnable insect is in there…" Muttering this to himself as he looked down towards the Thousand Wind Palace, a clear look of greed appeared on his face before quickly being replaced with one of killing intent upon thinking about the bulky man who had entered earlier than him.
Given that he could not sense the bulky man anywhere else inside the small independent space when sweeping through the place with his divine sense just a few seconds earlier, it was obvious to him that he should be hiding inside the Thousand Wind Palace, as that was the only place his divine sense could not penetrate.
Swish-!
Thinking about how that person might already be consuming the inheritance all by himself and wasting precious spiritual herbs that might be part of the inheritance, the Soul Ascension Realm Expert didn't waste any time as he rushed inside the Thousand Wind Palace before locking on to the bulky man sitting at the centre of the throne room.
"This- How did that insect reach the Domain Lord Realm… Did he already consume the inheritance by himself!?" Not thinking too much about how the bulky man had managed to reach the Domain Lord Realm so quickly, the Soul Ascension Realm expert was filled with killing intent after the thought of the inheritance already being used up appeared in his head.
As for the condensed ball of mist still present inside the throne room, the Soul Ascension Realm Expert didn't think too much about it as he didn't think that something like that would be the only thing left behind by an expert that had surpassed the Soul Ascension Realm.
In his eyes, the bulky man had already consumed the entire inheritance a put away anything precious still left inside the Thousand Wind Palace in his interspatial ring.
Swish-!
For this reason, the Soul Ascension Realm Expert didn't hesitate in the slightest as he gathered his power and launched an attack towards the bulky man who remained sitting in front of the condensed ball of mist as his cultivation was rapidly increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
BOOOOOOOOM-!
As the attack of the Soul Ascension Realm Expert landed on the bulky man, the top of the mountain together with the Thousand Wind Palace made of mist, was instantly destroyed by the powerful attack.
"Wha-"
However, different from what the Soul Ascension Realm Expert expected, the bulky man did not die after being faced with his attack. Instead, he now floated in the air above what remained of the tall mountain, quietly gazing towards the Soul Ascension Realm Expert. The condensed ball of mist quietly floating a few inches above his palm, as a fine mist flew out from it and surrounded him to form a thin barrier of mist.
"This… WHO ARE YOU!?"
Clearly feeling something was wrong, the Soul Ascension Realm Expert narrowed his eyes before yelling this towards the bulky man. Understanding very well that the person floating in the air in front of him was not the same as the person he had been scheming against for the past few weeks!
