Chapter 10: Invasion of Darkness (2/2)

—They looked like beautiful, flesh-and-blood maidens with rosy pink lips and bright, fiery clothes!

These maidens sat in the plaza exactly where the skeletons had been. Their leader, who was also female, had been holding onto the luminescent pearl that was now slowly rising into the air.

Just like the face of darkness, the maidens started to chant in a bizarre language that was just as incomprehensible.

”Yi po xiu po sa nan jun he xi, guan ming duan jing wu si jiang you…” their voices softly rang out in unison.

The voice of the darkness gradually became louder, intensifying the tremors throughout the valley. As the darkness all around the ruins invaded from every direction, the voices of the maidens became clearer and more powerful. The luminescent pearl hovering in the air then released wave after wave of light that shone into the darkness, dispersing it like smoke.

The voice of the darkness and the combined voices of the maidens resembled gods and devils engaging in a verbal duel, each side constantly gaining the upper hand and then losing it. At the same time, the darkness and light visibly clashed with each other!

This unimaginable battle overwhelmed Qin Mu’s mind. Despite the fact that he lived in the Great Ruins, this was the first time he had seen such an extraordinary sight.

”This voice…” he whispered, a stunning realization washing over him.

The combined voice of the maidens reminded him of the god voice he had heard when he tried to break the Spirit Embryo Wall. Both had the same inherent grace in them. He could vaguely feel that the words of the two voices were different, but they had the same general feel.

Whenever he tried to break the Spirit Embryo Wall with his vital qi, Qin Mu could hear an indistinct, divine voice solemnly echo from the nine heavens above. Every time the voice rang out, his vital qi would uncontrollably retreat from the Spirit Embryo Wall, unable to break it.

At this point, the two voices were still in the midst of their heated battle. Both were powerful in their own ways, and neither one was able to keep the upper hand for long.

The devil voice that resonated from the darkness was strong and terrifying, while the collective voice of the maidens was divine, melodious, and persistent. Every time the devil voice seemed as if it were about to permanently seize the advantage, the maidens always managed to overcome it by deciphering its chant.

On the other hand, the devil voice would always make a comeback after losing the advantage, retreating and then erupting like a wild, majestic flood.

Both voices were unique in their own ways.

Qin Mu became engrossed in their constant struggle as he listened to the collective voice of the maidens when an idea suddenly popped into his head.

”The devil voice is fighting the god voice. This god voice is very similar to the one keeping me from breaking the wall... maybe I can use the devil voice to counter that voice!”

Qin Mu was absolutely convinced that this was a good idea, growing more and more excited because of it!

As long as he learned the words that the devil voice was chanting, he could then say them the moment the god voice resounded in his head. Doing so would counter the voice from the nine heavens above and allow his vital qi to break the Spirit Embryo Wall!

As long as he could break his Spirit Embryo Wall... with his Overlord Body and Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique, he wouldn’t need to be afraid of Senior Brother Qu and Senior Sister Qing!

However, once his thoughts got that far, he suddenly froze as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him.

If the voice in his head were actually the voice of a god from the nine heavens above, and he used words spoken by the voice of a devil to counter it, would that mean he was a devil that had been sealed by the gods?

Could it be that Senior Brother Qu and the rest of them had been right all along? Was he truly a little devil?

”N-no!” Qin Mu shook his head. If he were a devil, wouldn’t his Overlord Body be devilish as well?

If that were the case, why did everyone in the village call it an Overlord Body? Wouldn’t the name ”Devil Body” be more accurate?

”Who cares if my body is a Devil Body or an Overlord Body! First, I need to break the Spirit Embryo Wall!”

Idea firm in his mind, Qin Mu got to work. He started by perfectly memorizing the syllables of the words that the voice in the darkness was chanting, as well as the tone and manner in which it said them.

Once he was sure that he had all of it right, Qin Mu then used the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique to circulate his vital qi. As he pushed his vital qi towards his Spirit Embryo Wall, which was located right between his eyebrows, he chanted the foreign words of the devil voice!