Chapter 171 True Identity


    The old man sat cross-legged behind Han Ming, gently placing one palm on Han Ming''s back.


    A soft voice entered Han Ming''s ears.


    "You must be experiencing this kind of devil possession for the first time. I don''t know whether to call it lucky or unlucky. Just as you''ve transformed and encountered this situation, your unfamiliarity with your body will make it harder for you to break through this bottleneck. Fortunately, you have me, an old man, to help you. You should be secretly happy about that."


    The old man''s proud voice rang in Han Ming''s mind.


    "Shut up, you old guy, and hurry up and help! What''s the time now, and you''re still talking so much!"


    Han Ming was extremely impatient.


    At this moment, Han Ming''s face had begun to look strange. His face flickered with intermittent light, turning blue one moment, then red the next, clearly the result of his uncontrollable magical energy running amok.


    Han Ming was now painfully supporting the magical energy within his body.


    The energy vortex that had been slowly spinning in its regular form was now beginning to collapse and become chaotic. Han Ming tried his best to use magical energy to re-condense the magic vortex together, but it was incredibly difficult.


    His own stage rank at each level was three ranks more than that of ordinary people, which meant that his magical energy was much more than that of people of the same rank. And the worst part was that all the magic skills he practiced were the same as those practiced by ordinary people. With ordinary magic skills to control such a large amount of magical energy, it was foreseeable that the energy vortex would collapse sooner or later.


    Thanks to his cultivation of the powerful Water God Technique, he was now able to rely on the method of the Water God Technique to barely support the energy vortex from rapidly disintegrating. But the overflowing magical energy had already begun to fill his body.


    Han Ming felt as if he were a balloon that was being inflated and continuously expanding. If this situation was not stopped, he was afraid he would explode and die.


    The old man''s wood-type energy happened to match Han Ming''s water-type magic energy. A stream of wood-type magic energy slowly flowed into Han Ming''s body, calming the wildly running magic energy in Han Ming''s body. The violent water-type energy was gradually calmed down by the wood-type energy within a small range.


    "Are you sure it''s here?"


    A voice came from outside the pillar.


    "No doubt! Some time ago, our spies lurking in Norad once discovered that kid hiring a carriage and coming here."


    Another voice was silent for a while and said, "That''s strange. This is the lair of the old ghost Chalad, but now the castle is empty. Not only is that kid and the kid with the innate purification body gone, but even the old ghost Chalad is gone."


    "Has the wind leaked?"


    A man in black paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back.


    At this moment, the men in black who had dispersed to various rooms had all come back.


    The leader of the men in black asked in a deep voice, "Did you find anything?"


    A subordinate of the men in black saluted and said, "Shadow Guard, we searched again just now. There is no doubt that there is no place overlooked in this castle, but there is no trace of anyone."


    Hearing this, the leader of the men in black shook his head slightly and said, "I guess they might still be in this castle, just hiding in some secret place. That kid with the innate purification body is extremely important to us. We absolutely cannot let humans get him."


    "It''s the people of the Dark Palace! They really have joined forces with the demon realm!!"


    Inside a huge stone pillar only a few meters away from a group of men in black, Han Ming heard the conversation of these men in black clearly. Anger surged in his heart.


    "Han boy! Have you forgotten what I told you!? No matter what you hear, don''t pay attention to it. You are in a very dangerous situation now. Don''t be distracted."


    Han Ming took a deep breath, knowing that the old man was saying something good for him, and quickly adjusted his mood.


    "Huh?"


    The old man''s energy walked around in Han Ming''s body and suddenly froze.


    "This... what is this?"


    The old man stared blankly at Han Ming''s body, at the woman who was hugging her shoulders and looking at him.


    "Han boy, why is there a demon soul in your body? And this demon soul has an independent consciousness?"


    Han Ming remained silent.


    "Do you want me to help you drive her out?"


    The old man kindly reminded.


    Naturally, the demon soul could hear what Chalad said. Her eyes suddenly darkened, and she stared coldly at Chalad''s consciousness, as if ready to attack Chalad at any time.


    "No need. She''s my friend and has saved me from danger several times."


    Han Ming communicated with the old man through his consciousness. The old man''s consciousness entered Han Ming''s body, and the two could communicate just by imagining in their minds without using their mouths.


    "All right, then it''s up to you... Huh!?"


    The old man was shocked again.


    "What''s wrong now!? Can''t you stop being so startling!? I''m already out of control with my magic, and you want to pour fuel on the fire?"


    Han Ming was really speechless with the old man''s excitable nature.


    "You... Han boy, in your body... in your body... your demon beast core... unexpectedly, unexpectedly is..."


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    "I know. The Nine-Headed Snake Emperor."


    "Yes! My god... How did you get this thing? Where did you get it? Can you tell me? I want to get one too. It''s so powerful! This is a Six-Stage Nine-Headed Snake Emperor. An adult Nine-Headed Snake Emperor can awaken and become a super fearsome creature! It''s almost on par with something terrifying like Medusa."


    "I know that you killed half of your servants and the remaining half ran away. I also know that you haven''t been able to chat with anyone for a long time. But I beg you, don''t want to chat now, okay?"


    Han Ming was so angry with the old man that a trajectory of magic energy operation deviated, his body shook violently, and a trace of fresh blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth.


    "You''ll kill me sooner or later!"


    "Alright, I''ll shut up!"


    The old man also knew that he talked too much and quickly closed his mouth.


    In the hall.


    "Boss, I heard... I heard..."


    The leader of the men in black impatiently scolded, "Heard what!?"


    The man in black replied timidly, "I heard that the demoness has emerged... And she appeared not long ago in the imperial capital of the Montenegro Empire and seriously injured one of our Fifth-Stage Shadow Guards."


    "What!?"


    The leader of the men in black turned his head sharply, his eyes wide open, and asked incredulously, "Are you telling the truth?"


    "It''s true... Because I was just stationed at the Dark Palace headquarters, so I met the Fifth-Stage Shadow Guard who returned seriously injured. You have been on missions outside, so you haven''t heard about this."


    Equally shocked as the leader of the men in black was Han Ming.


    Demoness, this name had been imprinted in Han Ming''s heart for a long time.


    His mentor, Li Xiaotian, was seriously injured by the Demoness and broke all his meridians, resulting in serious injuries for decades and ultimately no possibility of cure.


    Han Ming called Li Xiaotian his master, but in his heart, he had already regarded Li Xiaotian as the person closest to him in this world. This person taught him combat skills, taught him the principles of being a human being, and taught him many survival rules that no one else had ever told him. Han Ming had long regarded Li Xiaotian as his father without blood relation.


    And the reason why Li Xiaotian ended up seriously injured and missing was all thanks to the Demoness.


    At this moment, hearing the words "Demoness", how could Han Ming not be angry.


    "Calm down! Han boy! Are you seeking death!?"


    The old man felt Han Ming''s emotional fluctuations and sternly scolded.


    Han Ming''s breathing began to become rapid, and his chest heaved violently.


    Demoness! Demoness! Demoness!


    At this moment, Han Ming''s brain could no longer hear any sound, only the two words "Demoness".


    Demoness! You ungrateful bastard!!


    Han Ming''s emotions became more and more unstable, and the magical energy in his body that had just begun to improve and return to normal started running amok again.


    "Han boy! No matter what you want to do, you must first get through the current difficulty. If you die, nothing can be done. Think about the responsibility on your shoulders!"


    In fact, Chalad didn''t know what kind of responsibility Han Ming bore. He just felt that Han Ming was doing things with a tenacious spirit. Although in the old man''s eyes, this kind of tenacity was actually stubbornness, being twisted, and being stubbornly unyielding, he had to admit that this aura filled every part of Han Ming''s body.


    Hearing the word "responsibility", Han Ming''s heart was as if struck by a hammer, and he was stunned for a moment before slowly calming the fluctuations in his heart.


    The leader of the men in black asked nervously, "Isn''t the peerless Demoness always in the Wild Forest? I thought that the Purple Demon had already taken her in hand, but didn''t expect her to escape."


    A subordinate of the men in black shook his head slightly and said, "That Demoness... It seems that some changes have taken place. What exactly happened, we are not too clear about it. We only know that she had been hanging out with that water mage who was about to fight against the Fifth-Stage Shadow Guard in the Three Kingdoms League. If it weren''t for the Shadow Guard sneaking into the league, that kid would probably have been the first place."


    "Hanging out with a water mage? Are you talking about... the kid who released the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor beast soul!?"


    Upon hearing this, the man in black was greatly shocked. Although others did not see Han Ming release the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor, the Green-Robed Elder did. And at the same time, Han Ming naturally became the primary target for the Dark Palace to hunt down. A person with a Six-Stage beast soul posed too great a threat to them.


    The men in black were still discussing softly.


    And inside the pillar, Han Ming had no movement at all.


    "Han boy, what''s wrong with you?"


    Chalad felt that Han Ming''s aura suddenly became abnormally quiet and felt a hint of unease in his heart.


    "Sigh... I''m fine."


    Han Ming was extremely calm. But the tightly closed eyes shed two lines of clear tears.


    "Kulo, Demoness, Demoness, Kulo... It turns out, it turns out that you are the same person. I was so ridiculous to think of you as the woman I loved the most. I am so ridiculous, so sad, so hateful..."


    Han Ming''s heart died at this moment.