Chapter 400 (2/2)

Only when his soul power grew would the nether soul energy in his Nether Soul Domain undergo an upgrade, which would allow the ghostrune emperor to grow stronger. At that time, with the ghostrune emperor helping Du Xuanhao, it wouldn't be hard for them to kill any ninth-stage Dragon Ascension Realm expert they encountered.

Xiang Shaoyun was aware that to establish a footing in the Bloodsin City, he alone was not enough. An organization that wasn't the strongest yet not the weakest would be perfect to help him gain a footing.

This was a plan he had devised ever since he had subdued Badar. Now, it was time to put his plan into action. He knew very well it would be very hard to take over the Skeleton Gang with just Du Xuanhao and Jin Wo. Therefore, he had to borrow the ghostrune emperor's strength as well.

Xiang Shaoyun swallowed the soul elevation gra.s.s and, as soul power started pouring into his soul, immediately activated the soul restoration mantra of the Nether Dragon Soul Headband.

His soul power was already strong enough to be comparable to a top-tier King's, so with the a.s.sistance of the soul elevation gra.s.s, his soul power immediately grew to a level equivalent to that of a peak King.

With the growth of his soul power, the Nether Soul Domain started expanding, and the nether soul energy within became thicker. Unfortunately, just the soul elevation gra.s.s alone was not enough to push his soul power to a level comparable to an Emperor's. He took out a mid-grade king soul medicine and tossed it into his mouth.

This mid-stage king medicine had an even stronger medicinal power. Xiang Shaoyun possessed a soul that had once been cleansed by a soul spring, and he was being constantly nurtured by the soul raising stone he kept in his Nether Soul Domain. With the help of the ma.s.sive amount of soul power he was getting from the herbs, he immediately broke through the barrier of the King Realm, pus.h.i.+ng his soul power to the level of an Emperor's.

After reaching this level, his soul started solidifying, looking more and more lifelike. It was at this moment that a great change occurred in his Nether Soul Domain. It started expanding rapidly while thick clumps of nether soul energy flooded it.

At the same time, the devilish aura drifting about in the sky above the Bloodsin City suddenly started seeping into the ground noiselessly. The devilish aura arrived above Xiang Shaoyun and gradually entered his Nether Soul Domain, providing a great boost to his nether soul energy.

As for the ghostrunes, they went mad with joy. They started devouring the nether soul energy like hungry wolves that had stumbled upon the most delicious food. And as they devoured the nether soul energy, they started growing in strength.

However, they couldn't directly utilize all the newly absorbed energy. They had to further enhance their bloodline. And thus, they started consuming the weaker ones among them again. This was an incredibly odd phenomenon, one that other races would find hard to understand.

As the ghostrunes consumed their own, their numbers underwent a steep decline. Of the initial over 40,000 ghostrunes, only about 20,000 remained. Even so, this number was still plummeting rapidly as their strength was growing swiftly.

Xiang Shaoyun was too busy to pay attention to what was happening to them. Currently, his blood had suddenly stirred as he seemed to have formed a sort of intimate connection with his Nether Soul Domain. Numerous ancient and abstruse symbols started appearing in his soul.

These symbols represented an ancient inheritance, a memory inheritance for all who had the blood of the Imperial Nether Clan. In fact, these symbols were the characters of a language used exclusively by the Imperial Nether Clan.

Xiang Shaoyun did not know where these symbols had come from. However, he did feel as if these symbols were something that came naturally to him. He did not even need to do anything as all the knowledge contained within the symbols started pouring into his mind. As time pa.s.sed, more and more of the ancient symbols appeared in his soul. None of them harmed him. Instead, he benefited greatly from their appearance.

Imperial Nether Prison.

This was an innate ability unique to the Imperial Nether Clan, and it had now awakened in Xiang Shaoyun's mind.

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