"Nether Soul Worms?
Hehe, since you guys want to know, I'll tell you.
The so-called Ghost Worm is a special ability of the Nine Nether Tribe. The members of the Nine Nether Tribe are able to extract the soul power of others and refine it into Ghost Worms, "the white-haired elderly man explained with a self-deprecating smile.
"Then implant the Nether Soul Worms into someone's body?" Han Li asked with a raised brow.
"That's right.
The worms can invade someone's soul and take control of their body, movement, and even thoughts.
Puppets refined from Nether Soul Worms are of the highest grade. The puppets will retain their consciousness, and all of their abilities and laws will be preserved, "the white-haired old man continued with a nod.
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone including Shi Chuankong became even more unsightly.
Shi Chuankong's face was ashen as he said, "There's actually such an ability? If that's the case, I'd rather die by destroying my Nascent Soul than become a walking corpse."
"Destroy your Nascent Soul?
We're not at the end of the line yet. Are you willing to commit suicide? "Magic Light said coldly as he glanced at Shi Chuankong.
"As long as there's a sliver of hope, I won't commit suicide." Fox Three took a deep breath and smiled bitterly.
"No wonder the Nine Nether Tribe was able to rule over the Nine Nether Realm for so many years. They do have something up their sleeves," Bai Liyan said with a sigh.
Han Li didn't say a word. His eyes flickered as if he was thinking about something.
The white-haired old man seemed to have seen through Han Li's thoughts and said, "I can sense how powerful your soul is. However, don't even think about resisting it. The Nether Soul Worms won't be able to stop it."
Han Li glanced at the white-haired old man and the long-eared man and asked, "You've already been implanted with Nether Soul Worms?"
"That's right. Aside from the five of you, everyone on the ninth level has been implanted with Nether Soul Worms."
The white-haired old man's eyes flickered with ferocity as if his words had touched a scar deep in his heart. He then sighed and said.
"Other than becoming a puppet, is there no other way?" Han Li asked again.
"We no longer have any hope. If the five of you don't want to end up like us, it's best for you to commit suicide now. Once the Nether Soul Worm is implanted, you won't be able to commit suicide even if you want to." The white-haired old man sneered and said.
"Thank you for your guidance." Han Li cupped his hands at the white-haired old man and said no more.
Shi Chuankong, Fox San, and the others also fell silent, and their expressions flickered.
Han Li was silent for a moment. Then he shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He sat down cross-legged, enduring the pain of the killing intent invading his body as he sensed the situation inside of him.
He found that in his mind, circles of black ripples were rippling, emitting a powerful confining force that sealed his Spirit and Divine Sense.
Although his Divine Sense was sealed, he could still sense the situation within his body. His Dantian was filled with black threads of lightning, leaving no gaps.
At this moment, his Nascent Soul was trapped in the middle of the densely packed black threads of lightning, unable to move at all. His connection with Han Li was also cut off.
These black threads of lightning not only confined the Nascent Soul, but they also constantly emitted black mist that slowly eroded towards the Nascent Soul and Han Li's internal organs.
His physical body was extremely strong, and his internal organs had already become extremely tough. At this moment, although they were being eroded by the black mist, they were still able to resist it.
But the Nascent Soul was different. At this moment, its surface was covered with a layer of light black, and its small face faintly revealed a hint of malevolence.
"Damn it!" Seeing this, Han Li cursed in his heart.
Now that his connection with the Nascent Soul was cut off, he couldn't find out how much harm this change would cause to the Nascent Soul, but he could imagine that if his connection with the Nascent Soul was cut off for a long time, it would definitely cause immeasurable damage.
Han Li took a deep breath, suppressed the grief and indignation in his heart, and looked at his hand.
You Luo had only taken away his storage tool and did not sense the existence of the Flowery Branch Space. This could be considered a blessing in misfortune.
It must be known that nearly half of his possessions were in the Flowery Branch Space, including the Sky Bottle. If the latter was discovered, he didn't even dare to think about what would happen.
Unfortunately, the Heavenly Fox Blood Transformation Blade was kept in his storage tool and was now in the hands of You Luo. Otherwise, with Shi Qing Hou, who seemed to be familiar with the Nine Nether Tribe, there might be a chance to turn things around.
Han Li secretly looked around. After confirming that there were no surveillance restrictions, he leaned back against the prison cell and held his forehead with his right hand, revealing an expression as if he couldn't endure the pain of the evil qi invading his body.
He mobilized the power of his divine sense in his mind and attacked the black ripple in his mind.
The ripple restriction's effect was only to bind the power of divine sense in his mind, preventing it from leaking out. It was not able to completely confine it.
Now that his cultivation had reached the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm, he couldn't go any further. In the years he had been in the Dust World, he had spent most of his free time training the Spirit Refining Technique.
Although the black ripple was an extremely powerful restriction, it still slightly trembled when Han Li used all his power of divine sense to attack it.
"It's working!" Han Li rejoiced and continued to use his power of divine sense to charge at the black ripple.
Wave after wave of Spiritual Sense power impacted the black ripples.
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed. The black ripple shook more and more violently, but it did not show any cracks.
Han Li's face was pale. His spiritual power was sealed, so using his divine sense for a long time was a huge burden on his body.
However, he couldn't stop no matter how big the burden was. He didn't know when the Yin Luo would come. Perhaps the Yin Luo would forcefully inject the Nether Soul Worms into their bodies. If that happened, there would be nothing he could do.
Thus, he needed to break free from the restriction in his body and escape at all costs.
After making up his mind, Han Li took a deep breath and continued to use his power of divine sense to attack the seal.
Soon, another two hours had passed, and the black ripple restriction in his mind had finally loosened under his tireless attacks.
Han Li rejoiced inwardly. He once again used his power of divine sense to attack the black ripple restriction.
The black ripple shook violently, especially at the center where his soul was.
"Mental Sword Chant!"
Han Li's eyes lit up. The soul in his mind suddenly flashed. A crystal light shot out from it and turned into a blurry crystal sword image that slashed at the center of the black ripple.
With a "chi la" sound, a small crack appeared on the black ripple restriction. The sword of divine sense flew out from it and entered the flower space.
After the Divine Sense Sword flew out, the black ripples suddenly flashed, and the crack instantly closed up, returning to its original state.
Han Li ignored the black ripple restriction and controlled his power of divine sense to enter the flower space.
Within the flower space, there was a golden humanoid figure looking up into the sky; it was none other than Daoist Xie.
Right at this moment, a streak of light descended from the sky and transformed into a blurry figure of Han Li.
"What happened, Fellow Daoist Han?
I can sense that our connection has suddenly been severed, "Daoist Xie asked.
"A lot has happened, and it's a long story.
I've been captured and my immortal spiritual power has been sealed … "The blurry figure gave Daoist Xie a brief explanation of what had happened outside.
Daoist Xie was proficient in the law of lightning, so perhaps he had a way to break the restriction in his body.
"The law of lightning … I do have some information about this law in my memory. The law of lightning is a variant of the law of lightning, and my law of lightning is of the same origin as it, so it should be useful for you to break the restriction in your dantian. However, the restriction in your body was set up by a Grand Heavenly being, so I'm not confident in my ability to break it," Daoist Xie replied.
"As long as you can break one of the restrictions in my dantian, I'll be able to use the law of time to break the restriction," the blurry figure replied with an elated expression.
"In that case, I'm quite confident," Daoist Xie said with a nod.
"Then I'll have to trouble you to make some preparations here, Fellow Daoist Xie; I'll get started soon," the blurry figure said before flying toward a corner of the medicine garden in a flash.
There was an inky-black spirit herb growing in the medicine garden that was giving off a peculiar scent; it was none other than the Myriad Soul Herb.
After obtaining this herb from Shi Chuankong, Han Li was worried that keeping it in the jade box for too long would affect its medicinal power, so he transplanted it into his flower space.
The blurry figure raised a hand, and a wisp of light swept up the Myriad Soul Herb before plucking it out with an elated look on his face.
Thankfully, he had planted this herb in his flower space as it was something that he needed right now.
With the power of this Myriad Soul Grass, he had a fifty percent chance of breaking the black ripple restriction in his mind by working together with the outside.
As long as the restriction in his mind was broken, he would be able to borrow Daoist Xie's power to break the restriction in his dantian.
With that in mind, the blurry figure grabbed the Myriad Soul Herb and was just about to fly out when his expression suddenly darkened, and he stopped in his tracks.
Right at this moment, a black-robed figure slowly floated out of the ninth level of the prison; it was none other than Yin Chi.
"Damn it!" Han Li gritted his teeth and lowered his head.
The white-haired elderly man and the others were all shocked to see Yin Chi appear.
Yin Chi's body swayed, and in the next instant, he appeared in front of Han Li's cell, looking at Han Li with a scorching light in his eyes.
Han Li's heart sank upon seeing this, and he slowly rose to his feet.
Was he going to fail at the last moment?
Before Han Li had a chance to think any further, Yin Chi waved a hand seal, and the restriction on the cell door flashed before opening on its own. He strode in, then waved a hand through the air without any hesitation.
Black lightning flashed on the ground, and two giant black lightning palms around 10 feet in size emerged out of thin air, grabbing onto Han Li's body and firmly imprisoning him.
Han Li felt the air around him tighten, and he was immediately immobilized.
Shi Chuankong and the others were all shocked to see this.
"You want to refine me into a Dark Soul Insect puppet?" Han Li did not attempt to resist, and he looked at Yin Chi as he slowly asked.