Chapter 885: Yan Di
Li Shang's body trembled violently as he spoke of killing him. After being suppressed for many years, he had finally found an exit and entered this space world. He released himself freely, doing whatever he pleased, thinking he could be lawless, but the nightmare came too quickly.
He was far from having vented enough before facing death. He hated, hated why he had been so arrogant and unrestrained.
At this moment, Li Shang stared at Lin Feng's gaze, a strange light flickering in his eyes, causing Lin Feng's pupils to contract. The sword intent in his hand pulsed as he stared at Li Shang: "Killing you, don't you think that's too merciful?"
Lin Feng said coldly, and then the sword energy in his hand swept across.
"Ah..." Li Shang wailed in agony, his body convulsing wildly. His physical form was destroyed by Lin Feng's sword.
Watching Li Shang's suffering, Lin Feng felt no pity. This beast deserved to be cut into a thousand pieces.
"Swish!" At that moment, a dazzling light shot out from Li Shang's brow, heading straight for Lin Feng's forehead, as fast as lightning.
"Crack!" The brilliant light directly entered Lin Feng's brow, and then a buzzing sound was heard. The light attacked the ancient bell formed by Lin Feng's divine consciousness, shaking Lin Feng's body slightly.
Lin Feng's pupils sharply contracted. He closed his eyes, and within his brow, the light of his divine consciousness blazed brilliantly. The ancient bell hummed, ringing continuously, and terrifying sound waves relentlessly bombarded that point of light. At this moment, Lin Feng realized that this point of light was actually a tiny figure, extremely small, exuding an evil aura, attacking one's divine consciousness. If he hadn't possessed strong divine consciousness, he would have likely been obliterated just now.
"Buzz, buzz..." The tiny figure continuously struck the ancient bell formed by Lin Feng's divine consciousness. Endless remnants of soul power merged into the bell, causing it to expand and radiate light. Waves of terrifying sound seemed ready to destroy the tiny figure.
"Crack!" The tiny figure seemed to realize it couldn't shake Lin Feng's divine consciousness. With a flash of light, it drilled out from Lin Feng's brow and fled into the distance, a trace of evil aura spreading.
At this moment, Li Shang's body was limp, barely alive, as if he could die at any moment. That tiny figure wasn't his divine consciousness; Li Shang probably didn't even know when his will had been eroded.
Lin Feng coldly glanced at Li Shang, no longer bothering with the dying man, leaving him to his fate. With a step, Lin Feng chased after the tiny figure, his gaze icy. After attacking and failing, it immediately fled—how could it be so easy?
The golden figure was incredibly fast and extremely small, as if it could escape with the slightest inattention. However, Lin Feng's divine sense had firmly locked onto it. He executed the Carefree Step Art, stepping through the void with unparalleled grace, his footwork path profound and mysterious.
Lin Feng's distance from the golden figure continuously closed. Light flashed from his brow, and the ancient bell formed by his divine consciousness suddenly shot forward, emitting a buzzing sound. The sound waves struck the golden figure, causing its tiny body to pause. In that instant, Lin Feng caught up. The ancient bell hummed, descended from the sky, and with a buzz, enveloped the golden figure.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The bell was continuously struck. The golden figure seemed extremely restless inside, causing Lin Feng's soul to tremble violently.
Raising his palm, strands of terrifying black flames appeared in Lin Feng's hand, seemingly ready to incinerate everything. These black flames exuded a fearsome refining power, as if they could refine even the void.
"Buzz!" The ancient bell opened and returned to Lin Feng's brow. The golden figure quickly fled, moving extremely fast, but Lin Feng was faster. As he stepped forward, his refining palm strike suddenly swung out, and a terrifying refining force caused the true essence power in the space to go wild. At Lin Feng's palm, a terrifying black hole appeared.
"Where do you think you're going?" Lin Feng swung his palm through the void, directly trapping the golden figure in his refining palm. The golden figure could no longer escape, struggling wildly within the black refining flames.
"So it was you beast causing the trouble. I'll refine you then." Lin Feng said coldly. The golden figure continued to struggle frantically, but within the refining palm force, no matter how it struggled, it was useless. Its golden body was slowly being burned to a charred black.
"Let me go." A voice directly echoed in Lin Feng's mind, causing his pupils to contract. He stared at the golden figure and angrily asked, "What are you?"
This was the first time Lin Feng had seen such a ghostly thing, exuding an evil aura. And it seemed this thing had infected Li Shang, making him so beastly and utterly despicable.
"I am an evil spirit." The voice sounded again in Lin Feng's mind. The being seemed to exist as a spirit, capable of attacking one's divine consciousness.
"Evil spirit!" Lin Feng's eyes flickered. So such evil things truly existed.
"Did you control Li Shang? You attacked my divine consciousness. If my divine consciousness were erased by you, would you become the master of my body?" Lin Feng asked. In the future, he would have to be cautious when encountering such evil spirits, lest his divine consciousness be erased in a moment of carelessness.
"My spirituality isn't strong enough yet. I can't completely control a Heavenly Martial Realm expert now; at most, I can only influence them."
"Then how were you born into this world?" Lin Feng asked again.
Upon hearing Lin Feng's words, the being seemed to fall silent.
"Hmph." Lin Feng snorted coldly. The refining power in his palm became even more terrifying, causing the evil spirit to let out a miserable scream.
"I'll talk. Many years ago, a terrifying Great Emperor pursued Yan Di, shattering his soul. But even with his soul broken, Yan Di could still survive. So that Great Emperor moved the space where they fought into a spatial scroll and set up a curse seal, preventing anyone inside from growing too strong. Yan Di's shattered soul fragments were also sealed in that space. Over many years, some of Yan Di's shattered soul fragments weren't destroyed; they grew up with hatred, developing their own intelligence. That's what we evil spirits are."
The evil spirit's anxious voice echoed in Lin Feng's mind, causing his heart to tremble. So that was how that space was born. A terrifying Great Emperor, after finishing the battle, moved the entire space away and sealed it into a spatial scroll—the scroll he had obtained. Such a terrifying divine ability was too heaven-defying.
Also, Yan Di's soul had been shattered, yet that Great Emperor still feared he would revive. And Yan Di's shattered soul fragments indeed hadn't been completely extinguished; many had become evil spirits. This was too terrifying. At that level of existence, could souls not be completely destroyed?
Such divine abilities were far beyond what Lin Feng could imagine now.
"So that means many beings like you have escaped?" Lin Feng asked with some concern. If many evil spirits had indeed escaped, that would be disastrous.
"No. Yan Di's soul was shattered. The remnants that could grow were few, and those that became evil spirits were even rarer. There can't be too many evil spirits. I don't know how many beings like me exist, but there definitely won't be many. As for whether any have come to this space, I don't know."
Hearing this, Lin Feng felt somewhat relieved. Fortunately, there weren't too many evil spirits; otherwise, it would be a disaster for Snow Moon.
"You don't know anything. Why should I keep you?" Lin Feng said coldly, seemingly ready to refine the being again.
"Wait." The being seemed anxious. Evil spirits also had life; of course, they feared death.
"I'll tell you a huge secret. Don't destroy me."
"What secret?" Lin Feng's eyes narrowed. This evil spirit actually had a secret.
"When Yan Di's soul was destroyed back then, he might have preserved a wisp of his essence soul. He likely isn't completely dead, hiding in some corner, and might have already appeared in this space." The evil spirit's voice echoed in Lin Feng's mind again. Lin Feng's expression stiffened. Yan Di—he wasn't completely dead yet and might revive. That was indeed a secret.
"So you can't refine me. If you encounter Yan Di, I can point out who he is. He might be right beside you, and you wouldn't recognize him. Also, if you ever want to control someone in the future, I can help you." The evil spirit kept speaking to Lin Feng, trying to survive and avoid being refined by him.