Chapter 389: The Resurrection of the Dou Saint
Gulp
The women couldn't help but swallow hard as they looked at Xiao Ze's calm face, as if he had just done something trivial. However, they couldn't overlook what Xiao Ze had just accomplished. Half of the hall was now ravaged by a space storm. The ancient human puppets were torn to pieces by the terrifying spatial force in less than a breath's time. Remarkably, under Xiao Ze's precise control, the ancient scrolls that had strayed into the storm remained unharmed.
Zi Yan stared at Xiao Ze, then at the space storm in front of her. The space storm, notorious for its unpredictability and difficulty to control, was now confined to a specific area. Zi Yan realized that her own space manipulation abilities paled in comparison to Xiao Ze's. She even suspected that even if she reached the same level as Xiao Ze, the peak of Dou Zun, she might only barely match his spatial abilities. To truly surpass Xiao Ze, she would need to step into the realm of Dou Saint.
Noticing the gazes of the women, Xiao Ze chuckled inwardly as he assessed his handiwork. He had just annihilated the ancient human puppets to avoid any unnecessary trouble if the Dou Saint skeleton were to resurrect later. With a wave of his hand, he calmed the space storm and mended the spatial cracks.
"Quickly, grab those scrolls while you can. Things might change soon!" Xiao Ze's urgent tone snapped Xiao Yi Xian and the others out of their daze. They quickly reacted, darting like lightning to snatch the scrolls.
Xiao Ze wasn't idle either. He set his sights on the scroll farthest from him. With a step, he warped space, appearing at the other end of the hall in an instant. The scrolls emitted powerful, peculiar energies and seemed to evade Xiao Ze's grasp with a mind of their own.
"Heh, let's not waste time," Xiao Ze said, and a surge of spatial energy enveloped the red streak of light, immobilizing it. As the scroll landed in his hand, its violent energy tried to resist, but Xiao Ze's pale blue energy neutralized it, leaving a scroll emanating strong waves.
In mere moments, Xiao Ze had secured another yellow scroll and stored it in his ring. He kept his soul perception focused on the Dou Saint skeleton, knowing it wasn't simple. Despite countless years, it still had the potential to revive.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Medusa, and Zi Yan each secured one scroll and were working on a second. With five of them, each taking two scrolls, they would secure all ten.
Various colored energies filled the hall as the women used their unique abilities. Poisonous purple-gray gas, dazzling seven-colored energy, eerie green light, and noble purple-gold hues illuminated the hall. Despite being slightly slower than Xiao Ze, they each secured two scrolls and returned to the entrance where Xiao Ze waited.
"Xiao Ze, what's going on? Will these scrolls disappear if we delay?" Zi Yan asked, puzzled.
"It's best to secure them now. We might face a battle soon, and we don't want to damage the scrolls," Xiao Ze explained with a smile, glancing at the Dou Saint skeleton at the center of the stone platform.
"No Dou Saint is simple. Even after countless years, with its flesh long gone and only the skeleton remaining, it still has the potential to revive," Xiao Ze warned.
The women turned back, finding it hard to believe, but they trusted Xiao Ze. They didn't object but were curious about how the Dou Saint skeleton could revive. Xiao Yi Xian and the others weren't overly fearful, confident in Xiao Ze's plan.
Under their watchful eyes, the Dou Saint skeleton's fingers twitched. In the chaos of battle, they might have missed it, but with Xiao Ze's warning, they noticed the change.
"The Dou Saint skeleton... moved?"
"Is it really coming back to life?" they murmured in astonishment.
Moments later, a faint red glow appeared in the skeleton's eye sockets. Unlike the original story where a sonic wave from the Dou Saint skeleton killed or injured many cultivators, this time it simply stood up calmly. Perhaps it was because there were no other cultivators around, or because Xiao Ze's group was at the entrance, the Dou Saint skeleton didn't waste energy on a sonic attack, knowing Xiao Ze's group could escape quickly.
"It's really reviving!" Xiao Yi Xian said, feeling the terrifying pressure from the skeleton.
"Even at a fraction of its strength, a Dou Saint skeleton is formidable," Medusa said, gripping her sword tightly.
"With our combined strength, we might be able to take it down," Qing Lin said, her eyes showing confidence as her three green flowers rotated.
"Xiao Ze, will you step in?" Zi Yan asked.
Seeing the skeleton's unusual behavior, Xiao Ze frowned slightly and said, "Let's wait and see."
In the original story, the Dou Saint skeleton absorbed the blood and qi of many cultivators, explaining its strength. But now, with no cultivators and the ancient human puppets torn to shreds and thrown into spatial cracks, the skeleton wouldn't be as powerful.
The Dou Saint skeleton glanced at Xiao Ze's group at the entrance, opened its arms, and the light spheres that had held the scrolls flowed down like waterfalls. It absorbed the energy, causing its white jade bones to glow faintly.
"Turns out absorbing cultivators' blood and qi is a lower-tier method. Absorbing the energy from those light spheres left by the Dou Saint is the optimal choice," Xiao Ze thought, noting the change. The skeleton's eyes turned from red to gold, and a hoarse, ancient voice echoed through the hall.
"Intruders, prepare to die!"
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