Capítulo 1159: Chapter 331: Parasitized the Venerable! (Part 2)
Thinking of this, Fang Ze’s expression became even more serious.
He felt that if these matters were truly related, then perhaps there was only one possibility to explain these contradictions: there was a third-party force between humans and demigods. The purpose of this force was unclear, but it was both helping demigods to eliminate humans and assisting humans against demigods, as if deliberately provoking conflict between them.
And human extremists led by Wang Ping were likely manipulated by that third-party force, used as pawns against Fang Ze.
If this conjecture were true, Fang Ze would have to raise the severity and importance of this matter by several levels.
Fortunately, Fang Ze discovered this mysterious force not too late. There’s enough time to catch their hidden tail.
Had Fang Ze already joined the outer realm demigods and only then discovered these minor adversaries, things would be dire.
Thinking this, Fang Ze again confirmed his plan to test the third Vice Chairperson of the Federation and then put away the bandage, pushed open the door, and left the Late-Night Investigation Room.
After leaving the Late-Night Investigation Room, Fang Ze did not return to the Real World but instead went straight to the Demigd Prison and opened the “Hai” cell.
Inside the “Hai” cell, Yuan Gu was meditating with his mind focused.
After hearing the cell door open, the deep red Spirit Flame in his eye sockets flickered a few times, and then he turned to look at the door.
Upon seeing Fang Ze enter, he slowly began, “Your space is truly mysterious; it can even shield the connection to the World Origin.”
“Who exactly are you? Surely, you’re not from this world, right?”
Upon hearing Yuan Gu’s words, Fang Ze felt no ripples in his heart and casually bluffed, “Yes, I am the Otherworldly Demon God, here to invade your world. What do you think? Will you join me?”
Upon hearing Fang Ze’s words, Yuan Gu seriously pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said, “An Otherworldly Demon God cannot invade the world. The stronger one is, the deeper the bond with one’s world, and the greater the repulsion from other worlds, while the pressure exerted by the world barrier becomes more terrifying.”
“If there were a real attempt to invade by an Otherworldly Demon God, the World Origin would have already used all its power to eliminate it beyond the world barrier.”
Hearing Yuan Gu’s serious explanation, Fang Ze was momentarily stunned, instinctively feeling that there seemed to be very important information hidden within, yet upon further reflection, he somehow couldn’t grasp that thread of inspiration.
After pondering for a moment, unable to capture the inspiration, he finally decided to attend to the important matter.
Facing a master at Yuan Gu’s level, using minor tricks was meaningless; so Fang Ze approached Yuan Gu, took out the Spiritual Parasite Seed and showed it to him.
He said, “This is a plant called Spiritual Parasitism. Once planted in your Divine Soul, it will gradually take over your consciousness and body. From then on, you can think and see everything outside, hear external sounds, but you will never be able to control your spirit and body again.”
Upon hearing Fang Ze’s words, Yuan Gu calmly looked up at Fang Ze and asked, “Do you intend to use it to force my submission to you?”
Fang Ze actually admired Yuan Gu’s arrogance, so he lightly shook his head and said, “No. I am not threatening you but merely stating a fact.”
“I actually appreciate your choice. But just like you cannot betray your own race, I must defend mine; hence I don’t have much time to spend on you.”
“If you are willing to help me, everything will be perfect, but if not, I can only resort to this lesser strategy.”
Upon hearing Fang Ze’s words, Yuan Gu chuckled and then nonchalantly replied, “Then go ahead.”
Yuan Gu’s choice did not surprise Fang Ze. So without feeling any disappointment upon being rejected again, he directly followed the method he just learned to implant the Spiritual Parasite Seed into Yuan Gu’s Divine Soul.
As the seed entered Yuan Gu’s Divine Soul, Fang Ze immediately felt a wondrous connection with the seed.
It was as if he could sense a tiny lifeform gradually awakening and growing.
And he couldn’t tell if it was an illusion, he seemed to be able to perceive the lifeform’s emotions at this moment: a kind of joyous excitement.
It was as if a scoundrel who had been suppressed for three years had suddenly stumbled into a kingdom of women, or a ravenous wolf had accidentally been locked in a sheep pen.
Such bizarre emotions made Fang Ze raise his eyes to look at Yuan Gu.
At that moment, Yuan Gu also seemed to sense something. The Spirit Flame in his eye sockets flickered slightly, and after a moment, he suddenly grabbed his chest garment.
Next, with a ripping sound, he tore the garment open right in front of Fang Ze!
As the garment tore, it revealed his skeletal frame, and within his skeletal body lay a mass of humanoid-shaped golden flames. The flames stretched from his legs up to his chest and spread across his head, resembling a luminous figure, appearing immensely sacred.
Yet amid the golden flames, there was a tiny black speck the size of a pinhead.
Evidently, as a demigod fully capable of controlling the soul, Yuan Gu detected the anomaly in his soul the moment the Spiritual Parasite Seed entered his body.
After silently observing for a few minutes, Yuan Gu looked up at Fang Ze and hoarsely remarked, “This little thing is indeed fascinating; it can swallow Divine Power and grow within the soul.”
“However, it’s too feeble. Whereas my Divine Soul is too formidable; for it to fully control me, it would require hundreds, if not thousands, of years.”
“During this time, if my strength were to recover even for a second, I could eradicate it in an instant.”
“Are you certain you won’t give me a single chance over these hundreds, thousands of years? Or do you believe humans can wait that long?”
Upon hearing Yuan Gu’s analysis, Fang Ze wasn’t greatly surprised. He nodded slightly and said, “You’re right, we cannot afford to wait hundreds, thousands of years.”
“Yet, you might have misunderstood one point. The reason I’m using this seed on you in prison is merely to test whether a fully suppressed being like yourself can remove it.”
“Now it seems, though you can perceive it, in your current state of no control over your Divine Soul, you are powerless against it. Thus, it can grow freely until it fully controls you.”
“Regarding the time it requires,” Fang Ze smiled and continued, “You probably don’t know; the thing I lack the least is time.”
Saying this, Fang Ze slowly transformed into Yuan Gu’s appearance before him, then with a gesture identical to Yuan Gu’s, pointed at Yuan Gu’s chest and softly commanded, “Accelerate growth.”
With Fang Ze’s soft command, the ability As Words Command instantly took effect!
In that moment, Fang Ze felt the Divine Power within himself being crazily drained, subsequently aiding Spiritual Parasitism to expedite its growth!
Visibly, the overflowing golden Divine Power within Yuan Gu started to rampage, while the black speck within the golden body began expanding rapidly.
Soon, that tiny black speck swiftly grew from the size of a pinhead to a grain of rice, then again from the size of a grain of rice to a green bean.
Though incapable of controlling his Divine Soul and Divine Power, Yuan Gu retained basic perception. Hence, upon sensing his Divine Power rapidly depleting and the foreign entity within his soul quickly expanding, Yuan Gu genuinely began to feel a bit panicked.