But at this moment, Huang Chao was not having an easy time. A black liquid enveloped his whole body, constantly rolling and pouring through his mouth, nose, and skin into his body.
Zhang Chen was shocked at this scene: "Cursed Demon God!!!"
What else could that rolling black liquid be but the Cursed Demon God?
How did the Cursed Demon God get mixed up with Huang Chao?
Zhang Chen's eyes showed a hint of caution as he carefully approached, only to see Huang Chao entirely invaded by the black liquid. Huang Chao's face, covered in the liquid, looked at Zhang Chen with a grimace and pleaded: "Help me! Help me! Please save me!"
Huang Chao's entire face was covered by the black liquid, appearing very eerie and terrifying. At this moment, upon seeing Zhang Chen, he emitted a signal for help.
"How can I save you?" Zhang Chen asked.
Huang Chao looked in pain: "I don't know... I don't know... save me! I beg you!"
"Great Freedom Celestial Demon, how can I save him?" Zhang Chen summoned the Great Freedom Celestial Demon.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon glanced over Huang Chao, who was covered in the black liquid, showing a strange expression: "Interesting! Truly interesting! I never imagined that the old fellow, the Cursed Demon God, would still have a sliver of spirituality preserved. However, this rascal now only has the last instincts of spirituality, without genuine wisdom and consciousness, just trying to possess this lad for a chance to live again."
"Now his curse is merging with Huang Chao's body, and his spirituality is invading Huang Chao's soul and consciousness. You just have to pull out his consciousness to buy time for Huang Chao to merge with his body. Once the fusion is complete, his remaining consciousness won't amount to anything significant." The Great Freedom Celestial Demon thought of Zhang Chen's strange Soul Hooking chain and had a notion: "I can't be the only unlucky one! I want all my old brothers to share this misfortune."
"So there is a residual spirituality?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's eyes lit up—this matched his expertise.
Zhang Chen's expression became stern as he glanced over his skill panel. The next moment, the Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skill immediately activated:
[Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skill activated...]
[Capable of Soul Hooking!]
With Zhang Chen's will, a mysterious qi mechanism flew out from his body into Huang Chao's, marking the black liquid, and then the qi mechanism transformed into a chain connecting Zhang Chen with the residual spirituality of the Cursed Demon God.
The residual spirituality of the Cursed Demon God, once marked by Zhang Chen, seemed like a startled rabbit, warily looking around.
Zhang Chen did not give the Cursed Demon God's spirituality a chance to react. In the next moment, the black and white world flickered before his eyes. Zhang Chen's soul stepped into this black-and-white world, grabbing the chain connected to the Cursed Demon God, and gently tugged. Then, he saw the chain of the Cursed Demon God being pulled by him, dragging a mass of black energy out of Huang Chao's body.
Zhang Chen's soul returned from the black-and-white world to his body, and the black mass returned with it. This black mass, sensing its dire situation, lunged at Zhang Chen to attack, but was neutralized by Zhang Chen's chain.
"The Cursed Demon God now only has residual spirituality. I wonder if my Light of the True God can extinguish it," Zhang Chen thought as he activated the Light of the True God in his hand, pressing it against the residual spirituality. But to his surprise, the Light of the True God was entirely ineffective against the Cursed Demon God's residual spirituality.
"This is Fruit Level power, which your Light of the True God cannot harm. The two forces aren't even on the same dimensional level," the Great Freedom Celestial Demon explained to Zhang Chen from beside him.
"Then what should I do? After pulling out this hot potato, how should I handle it? Can my Nine Bends Yellow River Array grind away its spirituality?" Zhang Chen turned to the Great Freedom Celestial Demon.
"No! This is the most primordial spirituality, without wisdom, the purest of objects. Your Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array can only cleanse a person's cultivation, but it cannot obliterate anything. This object has no cultivation, only pure origin." The Great Freedom Celestial Demon shook his head, refuting Zhang Chen:
"To obliterate it, there are two ways. The first method is to seal this strand of spirituality, keeping it from contacting the body. Without the nutrients provided by the body, it will naturally perish over hundreds of years. The second way is for that lad, Huang Chao, to refine this strand of spiritual origin... but it's extremely difficult, nearly impossible! I'm afraid that then this strand of spirituality would become the master, devouring Huang Chao's soul, and usurping the nest to live again."
"I don't have such powerful sealing techniques!" Zhang Chen replied curtly.
That's simply impossible!
But I can only use the chain to hold the other party's soul for three days. After three days, this strand of spirituality will return to Huang Chao's body, and then there will be major trouble again.
"If this strand of spirituality possesses Huang Chao, then everyone will be in big trouble," Zhang Chen cursed, "You'd better help me think of a way. At least we have to suppress this strand of spirituality first."
Such matters are indeed the forte of the Great Freedom Celestial Demon.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon pondered briefly: "In fact, there is another way."
"What way?" Zhang Chen inquired with surprise and joy.
"The Power of Faith! As long as the Power of Faith is gathered to suppress and obliterate it, there might be hope of refining and using it for yourself," the Great Freedom Celestial Demon said, "The Power of Faith is the most peculiar force in the world, possessing incredible creation, capable of creating unbelievable miracles."
"Do you think Huang Chao has a chance to collect faith? Does he have the time?" Zhang Chen replied bluntly.
"Originally, Huang Chao would have been devoured by the Cursed Demon God within a month if he hadn't met you. But now that he has met you, he has a chance. You can pull out the Cursed Demon God's spirituality every now and then. As long as you interrupt his possession process, he has to start over possessing Huang Chao. This way, by continually repeating the process, Huang Chao will gain time," the Great Freedom Celestial Demon said.
This is one way, although it does trouble me.
"Is there a better way?" Zhang Chen asked.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon shook his head: "This is the last resort. If you can't manage it, everyone will be in trouble later."
Zhang Chen scratched his head upon hearing this. How could there be such a terrifying problem in the world?
And unfortunately, this problem found me.
Time slowly passed, and as the Cursed Demon God's spirituality was pulled out, Huang Chao gradually calmed down, quietly accepting the Curse Origin and merging with it.
"Once Huang Chao masters the Cursed Demon God's origin, can he lift the curse for me?" A thought flashed in Zhang Chen's mind.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon sensed Zhang Chen's thought and nodded: "Of course he can."
"Really?" Zhang Chen was overjoyed to hear this.
"Of course he can, but he needs to fully absorb the Cursed Demon God's power and reach the 'Fruit' level," the Great Freedom Celestial Demon said.
"That's as good as saying nothing," Zhang Chen rolled his eyes, waiting for Huang Chao to refine.
As time passed, the black liquid gradually disappeared, and Huang Chao's complexion began to look rosy. On the other side, the Cursed Demon God's spiritual origin sensed danger and tried to return immediately to regain its control, but it was held back by Zhang Chen and couldn't get close to Huang Chao at all.
Seeing the last trace of black liquid being absorbed, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon said from the side: "If I were you, I would let go of its spiritual origin now. Lest Huang Chao suspects when he wakes up and thinks you are threatening him."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen nodded, agreeing with the Great Freedom Celestial Demon, and immediately released the chain's restraint. In the next moment, the Cursed Demon God's spiritual origin darted back into Huang Chao's body.
"In fact, as Huang Chao merges with the Cursed Demon God's origin, you can now regard the Cursed Demon God's spiritual origin as Huang Chao's two-sided opposite, commonly referred to as the dark side, or the dark persona," the Great Freedom Celestial Demon said. "As Huang Chao embraces the Cursed Demon God's origin, it's akin to embracing that strand of immortal spirit."
"The dark side, huh?" Zhang Chen mused, understanding what the Great Freedom Celestial Demon meant.
"Perhaps this is what people in the future mean by split personality?"
"What a great opportunity and creation, Huang Chao is truly going against the heavens," Zhang Chen sighed, looking at Huang Chao lying on the ground.
"What? Are you envious? If this creation were given to you, would you dare take it?" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon teased from the side.