Chapter 929: Divine Descent
“Obviously.”
The black cat spoke human words, activated its Eye of Deconstruction, and held up the Sin Leaf, examining it under the light. “By the way, do the soldiers of the Great Sin Legion drop Sin Leaves when they die? And how does the Tree of Sin reclaim these Sin Leaves?”
Huang Zhaoyue shook her head. “Only those who have signed a voluntary sin transformation contract with the Tree of Sin will automatically leave behind Sin Leaves upon death. As for reclamation, it requires the Great Sin Legion to actively dispatch personnel for recovery. The Tree of Sin has the location of everyone within the Sin Tree network, so reclaiming most Sin Leaves is not difficult.”
“Is that so…” Xia Feng nodded, but couldn’t help but be confused. He looked around. “Why only one Sin Leaf drops? What about those Immortal Mud Statues?”
“Sin Leaves exchanged from the Tree of Sin will automatically return to the Tree of Sin upon the death of their holder. There is no risk of them being plundered by those outside the Great Sin. Moreover, even if they were stolen, without the Sin Power provided by the Tree of Sin, these Sin Leaves cannot be used at all.”
After listening to Huang Zhaoyue’s explanation, Xia Feng exclaimed inwardly, “Amazing! They can even automatically return. Before the Tree of Sin became a God Relic, it must have been an S-class Authority, truly heaven-defying.”
“Huh? Speaking of which, these Sin Shadows can still retain self-awareness after becoming Sin Leaves?” Xia Feng asked in surprise.
Through his Eye of Deconstruction, he could clearly see a faint blue crystal floating in the center of the Azure Leaf’s veins, containing a very weak consciousness.
It was rather strange.
“Huh?”
Huang Zhaoyue also frowned, her gaze raised to the Sin Leaf in Xia Feng’s hand, her pupils slightly contracting.
“Unless a Sin Leaf is contracted by a new master, it cannot develop self-awareness. Unless… that is not Sin Shadow consciousness.”
Xia Feng was startled and raised an eyebrow. “Not Sin Shadow consciousness, then…”
He twitched the corner of his lips, his gaze instantly chilling as he stared at the crystal in the center of the Azure Leaf. “Zhuo Hua isn’t dead!”
Huang Zhaoyue recalled for a moment and nodded. “Rare III Sin Leaf – Sin Leaf Crystal. It can copy its own consciousness and store it in the crystal in advance. If there are no other means of resurrection, after the holder dies, the copied consciousness in the crystal will activate. If someone later exchanges for this Sin Leaf and successfully contracts it, they can be reborn in an alternative way by becoming someone else’s Sin Shadow.
As for the side effects, after becoming another’s Sin Shadow, they will lose all memories and can only survive as a Sin Shadow.”
“It seems this is his third rare-class Sin Leaf.” Xia Feng was truly helpless. This Zhuo Hua Shadow Venerable was really good at hiding. He had only three Sin Leaves in total, and two of them were survival methods.
He was even willing to become a controlled Sin Shadow just to preserve his life.
And it was in the form of copied consciousness to prolong his life. Was this copied consciousness still the original him?
Xia Feng was too lazy to ponder these philosophical questions. He just wanted to cut the grass and remove the roots now.
“Is there a way to completely kill him?”
“You can use your Bloodworm. Annihilate the Sin Leaf, and the consciousness stored within will naturally dissipate.”
Upon hearing this, Xia Feng heaved a sigh of relief. That would be good. However, just as he was about to act, he paused again.
He raised his eyes. “My current identity is your Sin Shadow. If I act, it’s equivalent to you acting. Killing a Great Sin Shadow Venerable, is that okay?”
Huang Zhaoyue’s eyes were serene. “It’s not the first time. It was fine before, and it’s even more fine now.”
“Act, this King doesn’t like leaving loose ends.”
That’s good, Xia Feng nodded, let go, and the Sin Leaf gently floated into his shadow. With a hint of scarlet light flowing, it instantly devoured the Azure Leaf.
“No—!!” The crystal in the center of the Azure Leaf shattered. With piercing screams and roars, that wisp of distorted consciousness shot out, attempting to escape the Bloodworm Prison Sea.
But it was futile.
As a mere consciousness, he had no power to resist at all.
When Zhuo Hua discovered that the black cat possessed an S-class Spirit Robe, he sensed danger. Therefore, while using the Dao Fruit – Light and Shadow All Beings, he had copied his consciousness into the Sin Leaf Crystal in advance.
But he still couldn’t understand how he had died, dying so inexplicably!
He didn’t even know how the black cat had made its move!!
But even if it was like this, how could that black cat find where his consciousness was hidden!!
Was this really just a Sin Shadow!
If only this Sin Shadow didn’t exist! Heh heh~
How ridiculous!
For this mission, how could he have lost his life?
“Swish—” The cat’s paw waved, and the damaged consciousness lingering in the air was extinguished by the Eternal Flame, completely burned away.
“Dual A Sacred Realm, nothing more,” Xia Feng mused inwardly. If Zhuo Hua didn’t have the Sin Leaf’s assistance, he might have dealt with him even more easily.
Of course, a significant factor was that the Immortal Mud Statues were countered by his Moon Time Divine Domain.
But to be honest, most abilities are more or less countered by the heaven-defying S-class like the Moon Time Divine Domain.
While contemplating, Xia Feng suddenly froze, as if he had thought of something, and looked up at the Tree of Sin on the sky ceiling, taking a sharp breath. “Hiss, I almost forgot about this. The three core Sin Leaves, the Sin Spring Crystal. Zhuo Hua was within the scope of this thing, so couldn’t he still revive?!”
Huang Zhaoyue shook her head and said indifferently, “Don’t worry, the Sin Spring Crystal has over ten resurrection restrictions. One of them is a cooldown limit. Each marked living being can only be resurrected by the Sin Spring once within two hours.”
That’s good. Xia Feng withdrew the Eternal Flames spread across the warship into his body. The cat squatted down.
This cat is exhausted. Although killing Zhuo Hua only took a few seconds, continuously using two S-class Spirit Robes and various other methods consumed nearly half of his Spirit Particles and Mental Power, leaving him somewhat weak.
Huang Zhaoyue crossed her legs and leaned back, her ethereal pupils silently gazing at the black cat. She pursed her lips and remained silent for a moment, then said indifferently,
“Return to your human form. This King needs to absorb your Dragon Spirit Blood.”
“…”
“Or, do you want to remain in your cat form and be absorbed by me?”
“…”
Good heavens, you want to literally “cat-absorb” me? Xia Feng felt it would be better to return to human form. The cat form was too strange.
As he was thinking, just as he was about to get up and return to human form, the Tree of Sin on the warship’s ceiling swayed and overflowed with light again.
Their gazes slightly narrowed, and they looked up.
This situation…
It couldn’t be Zhuo Hua reviving, could it be Ni Yan reviving?
Zhuo Hua said that Ni Yan’s Sin Shadow was special and his resurrection time was slightly longer. This was quite possible.
“Buzz—!!”
The Tree of Sin vibrated, and as the veins of a gorgeous golden-green leaf in the very center gradually became clear, a terrifying divine pressure instantly descended.
Xia Feng’s entire body was stiff and unable to move. His relaxed mood instantly became vigilant. “It’s over. This doesn’t look like Ni Yan reviving. Instead, it looks like… a Heavenly God descending!!”
Huang Zhaoyue slowly stood up, her expression showing no change. She looked up at the Tree of Sin with calm indifference and cold eyes.
Under the Tree of Sin, a divine man with hair like burning golden flames coalesced. His face and body could not be seen, only a pair of sacred eyes containing a deep star sea, looking down disdainfully.
