Chapter 188 (2/2)
He could feel the astral energy within his body boiling to the point his aura was turning unstable. However, he still suppressed the energy instead of letting himself break through.
Now was not the best time for him to break through. He was in no rush anyway. It would be better to keep suppressing and consolidating his cultivation base for a while more before breaking through.
He was already growing fast enough. He had to put more focus on his foundations, which would enable him to travel further in his path of cultivation. After recovering slightly, Xiang Shaoyun took out the items he had purchased from the auction impatiently.
Right this instant, the Nether Soul Domain within his head began to stir again. Xiang Shaoyun wanted to suppress it, but when he sensed the thirst originating from his very soul, he decided to let nature take its course.
”You better not be some sinister item,” Xiang Shaoyun muttered as he stared at the crude headband.
He then loosened up his control over his consciousness, allowing the Nether Soul Domain to expand. An indescribable power seemed to have appeared, trying to summon the headband. The headband actually reacted to the summons as it started emanating clumps of dark misty radiance.
Swis.h.!.+
The Nether Soul Domain enveloped the headband and pulled it into Xiang Shaoyun's head. After entering the s.p.a.ce within Xiang Shaoyun's head, the headband merged completely with the Nether Soul Domain. The two started emanating a similar aura, an aura that gave Xiang Shaoyun an extremely intimate sensation. The black mist emanated by the headband started roiling in his head as the loop turned into a roaring black dragon.
”Roar! Roar!”
The roar was so dreadfully powerful that Xiang Shaoyun's soul couldn't stand the impact, and he fell unconscious. After an unknown amount of time, Xiang Shaoyun woke up with a dazed mind.
”AHHHH!”
The first sensation he felt after waking up was a sharp pain, causing him to yell. He grabbed at his head and dove onto his bed as he thought anxiously, Is this the backlash of absorbing a sinister item? Just as he was about to shout for Mo Mo, an odd symbol suddenly appeared within his mind. The symbol was different from a regular human language; it represented an ancient and profound mnemonic chant.
Nether Dragon Soul Curse!
This was the name of a mnemonic chant originating from the Imperial Nether Clan. The mnemonic chant was a secret exclusive to the Imperial Nether Clan and was not something the members of other clans could cultivate.
Only the members of the Imperial Nether Clan would be able to awaken a Nether Soul Domain that enabled them to cultivate this curse. The benefit of cultivating the Nether Dragon Soul Curse was that Xiang Shaoyun would be able to control the Nether Dragon Soul Headband that was currently in his head.
And what was the benefit of controlling the Nether Dragon Soul Headband? The headband's controller could attach the headband to a person, turning that person into a puppet. In other words, this headband was a tool allowing one to control others. The Nether Dragon Soul Curse was a fearsome curse from the ancient past. Once cursed, one's soul would be locked up by the headband. Escape was nearly impossible.
After obtaining the curse, the pain vanished. As for the Nether Dragon Soul Headband, a clump of an odd black radiance had appeared where the two ends of the headband connected. It looked like a black gem, and it had fully activated the headband's functionality.
It was also at this moment that Xiang Shaoyun realized that the headband wasn't damaged. Instead, its previous owner had merely died, causing the Nether Soul Domain to vanish and leave an empty s.p.a.ce where the ends of the headband connected.
Now that a new member of the Imperial Nether Clan had appeared and obtained control over the headband, its dreadful power had reappeared in the world.
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