Chapter 1023: The Insidious (2/2)

Nie Tian was taken aback. “That’s from a ninth grade Goldskin Beast?!”

Even though a ninth grade Goldskin Beast was still not an Ancientbeast from the Desolate Antiquity Era, its strength must have been by no means insignificant, and it might have been every bit as intelligent as members of higher races.

If it had been found by Ancientbeasts instead, it might have been invited to some Ancientbeast realm, where it could cultivate better.

“Take it if you find it useful,” Huang Jinnan said generously. “I can always forge spiritual tools with other materials, but right now, we don’t even know if we’ll be able to leave the Domain of Nether Heaven alive. Go ahead and use it as long as it can help you. It’s all good.”

Nie Tian pondered for a while and said, “I think it can help me heal Senior Martial Sister Pei’s injuries. Once she recovers, she’ll be able to use Void Travel again. Then, the three of us will have a much better chance at surviving this tribulation.”

Upon hearing this, Huang Jinnan didn’t hesitate at all before leaving the enormous skull out for Nie Tian.

Not just that, but he also suggested in high spirits, “If you want, I can go somewhere and give you two some privacy.”

Pei Qiqi nodded slightly at him.

Huang Jinnan didn’t seem to mind it at all, as he summoned his golden war chariot and flew into the distance.

Pei Qiqi shot Nie Tian a sideways glance. “The man is quite sensible. No wonder you insisted on bringing him at the risk of sustaining serious injuries. He’s a much better person than that Sikong Cuo from your sect.”

Nie Tian grinned. “Of course! None of my friends are anything like Sikong Cuo.”

Pei Qiqi’s expression suddenly grew serious. She frowned and said, “You’d better watch out for Sikong Cuo. You were targeted when you were in the Domain of Heaven Python, and ambushed on your way to the Domain of Endless Snow. At first, I thought someone from my sect held a grudge against you, and thus sent people to do those things.

“However, I asked my master, and he told me with absolute certainty that those things that happened to you had nothing to do with the Void Spirit Society.

“It occurred to him that when he searched for me in areas close to the Domain of Heaven Python that he saw Sikong Cuo’s subordinates sneaking around.”

Nie Tian’s expression flickered. “Sikong Cuo!”

Fan Kai and the others had been captured. Quan Zixuan and Qu Mingde had been lured into refusing his offer. Master Bloody Despair had ambushed him on his way to the Domain of Endless Snow... All of these things seemed to have someone standing behind them.

Quan Zixuan and Qu Mingde had come clean, and promised that they didn’t know who that person was.

Nie Tian had many theories as to who it was. However, Pei Qiqi’s words pointed him in the right direction. With a grim face, he muttered, “I’ve done nothing to that Sikong Cuo. Why has he been targeting me this whole time?”

Seeming to have a deep understanding of the matter, Pei Qiqi said, “Because you’re the seventh Son of the Stars. And like him, you also emerged from the Heaven Gate Trial. Besides, Mo Heng seems to have shown special attention to you when you were officially named the seventh Son of the Stars. As far as I know, he doesn’t like Sikong Cuo very much.

“Sikong Cuo might think he has put all his money on you, and so figured he’d undermine you and slow you down, so that you won’t be able to overshadow him.”

Nie Tian chuckled. “Thank you for clearing things up for me, senior martial sister. Things in the Domain of Nether Heaven are getting more and more intense. It’s hard to say whether he’ll be able to survive this tribulation. But if he does, when we meet again, I’ll give him a taste of his own medicine by setting him up the same way he set up He Lianxiong.”

After their conversation, Nie Tian activated Life Drain once again to channel the residual flesh power from the ninth grade Goldskin Beast’s skull.

He hadn’t had much direct contact with the flesh power of ninth grade outsiders or spirit beasts before, except the time when he had dealt with Cardy’s residual flesh power that had been left in Fang Tianyi’s domain.

Back then, he had only been able to dissolve Cardy’s flesh power with Life Drain, but hadn’t been able to absorb any of it.

Therefore, he worried that the same thing would happen this time.

However, his furrowed brow relaxed as soon as wisps of scarlet blood strings flew out of him and pierced into the ninth grade Goldskin Beast’s skull.

Extremely rich flesh power started pouring out of the enormous golden skull into him right away.

It could be because the Goldskin Beast had already died, or some other reason he didn’t know, but the residual flesh power within the ninth grade Goldskin Beast’s skull was channeled without any effort as soon as Life Drain was activated.

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