Ning Zhuo acted immediately, repeatedly casting soul techniques.
Silk Lady had long been controlled, unable to move, and had to let the spells fall upon her.
After a round of soul techniques, Ning Zhuo fell silent again.
Silk Lady, however, revealed a slight look of excitement and certainty, staring at Ning Zhuo: "Young Sir, is this all your skills? I saw earlier that you failed to cast many soul techniques, are you alright? Are you hurt?"
Silk Lady pretended to care, but was actually mocking.
Ning Zhuo smiled faintly, unaffected by the provocation, his tone calm: "Your soul has three layers of protection. The first is the Spider Silk Soul Binding, the second is the Star Path Magic, which can divert attacks and vital points. The last one is a Magical Treasure Screen that invokes the power of the Witch. Is that so?"
Silk Lady’s face remained calm, but her heart felt as if a huge stone had been thrown into it.
Ning Zhuo was absolutely right!
The Spider Silk Soul Binding was a defense technique she, as a Spider Demon, cast using her own spider silk mixed with other materials. Once cast, it could last for a long period.
The Star Path Magic, called The Astral Palace-Shifting Spell, was a defense skill granted to her by a powerful figure of the Demon Path from the Star Palace, in return for her service.
The final Magical Treasure Screen, named Charming Girl’s Brocade Screen, was created by Silk Lady in deep cooperation with an Artifact Refining Expert, using her own beauty as the price and her spider silk as the main material. It was her strongest means of defense.
Though Silk Lady was made a slave, her magical treasures were not taken away. This was Che Zhuzi’s show of sincerity to Ning Zhuo.
Silk Lady came close to Ning Zhuo, who merely took her storage equipment and surface magic treasures and artifacts away.
After a brief inspection, finding nothing unusual, he placed them in the storage cabin of the Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon.
This time, Ning Zhuo only triggered the Charming Girl’s Brocade Screen hidden within Silk Lady’s Divine Sea’s Upper Dantian, hence discovering it.
Silk Lady did not expect all her trump cards to be so easily uncovered by Ning Zhuo.
For a moment, she could only maintain her composure: "Don’t panic, don’t panic! He’s still just intimidating. Even if he knows, so what?"
"The Divine Sea is vast, can he find the small Charming Girl’s Brocade Screen in my Upper Dantian?"
"This magic treasure is my strongest trump card!"
The next moment, Ning Zhuo said, "Silk Lady, I command you to hand over the Magical Treasure Screen hidden in your Divine Sea to me."
Silk Lady promptly agreed, "Yes."
The Slave Contract left her unable to resist in both body and mind, but when she used her Divine Sense to manipulate the Charming Girl’s Brocade Screen, she faced rejection.
This magic treasure, invoking the power of the Witch, could be considered a spiritual treasure.
Of course, there is a fundamental difference between this and a treasure with a spirit.
When the Charming Girl’s Brocade Screen sensed its own crisis, it flatly refused Silk Lady, remaining hidden in her Divine Sea’s Upper Dantian, showing no signs of venturing out.
Usually, such disobedience would have angered Silk Lady. But now, trapped as she was, she was immensely pleased with these circumstances.
Silk Lady spread her hands with a smile toward Ning Zhuo: "Young Sir, see? It’s not like I want this. I am obedient, but my magic treasure is not. What can I do?"
Ning Zhuo thought to himself: "This situation is indeed somewhat troublesome."
The trouble wasn’t that he lacked means to deal with Silk Lady, but that these means were newly acquired, with no practical experience.
After some thought, Ning Zhuo took out a pine tree.
This was a spirit wood, Foundation Establishment level.
Ning Zhuo had previously planned to cultivate Wen Song and Wu Song in the Ten Thousand Miles Dragon Traveling Cabin so that his Pine Wave Qi Cultivation Technique would always have a place to be effective in the future.
This Wen Song was one of the results procured by the Chef from outside.
In front of Silk Lady, Ning Zhuo cut off many branches from the pine tree, then used Five Elements Mana to invoke the Five Elements Fire, burning the branches to form small bells.
He gently shook them, inducing Spirit Movement.
The bells were silent but could resonate with the soul of the Wen Song.
Immediately, various sensations were deeply felt by Ning Zhuo.
Thirst.
The fine roots of the Wen Song pierced the granite, urgently seeking the underground water veins. Its "toes" futilely searched the cracks in the rock layers, finally finding a mineral vein. The underground water containing iron was extracted by its roots, tasting like blood.
Heavy.
The deep cold of winter and successive heavy snowfalls covered the pine tree branches and leaves with thick snow.
The tree’s top was bent severely, as if the tightly drawn fibers could be heard groaning until an old branch snapped, the snow tumbling down, releasing the tree and easing its burden.
Paralyzed!
Lightning struck the Wen Song, turning the world incandescent. The crown turned to charcoal in the storm, with lightning searing deep into the trunk, etching into the rings.
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The Nine Nether Bone Bell emphasizes perceiving the target’s feelings, whether current or deeply remembered.
This is inherently an auxiliary magic artifact, capable of awakening deep, unforgettable emotions during battle, disrupting the opponent’s rational thinking, immersing them in past feelings, and exposing significant flaws.
Each wooden bell could only shake for a dozen or so breaths before quickly disintegrating, turning into wood shavings.
Ning Zhuo employed all these wooden bells and then closed his eyes for dozens of breaths before slowly reopening them.
He glanced at Silk Lady, whose expression was visibly worsening.