Chapter Forty-Two: The Great Battle Against the Untainted

At that moment, Xiao Zi was still pondering how to expel the strange fog from the clown’s body, when suddenly a powerful force enveloped him. In an instant, both he and the clown were transported to the side of the Immaculate One.

Seeing the Immaculate One, whose presence was overwhelmingly powerful, and looking at the Sili being tightly bound nearby, Xiao Zi realized things had taken a turn for the worse.

If he were to face this being head-on, he’d have absolutely no chance of victory.

It seemed escape was the only option.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Xiao Zi unleashed his Blood Fury, igniting the blood he had absorbed earlier.

His power surged to twice its former strength, but that was not all. With a swift motion, he sent forth a Soul Wind Blade.

Now at level D, Xiao Zi’s Soul Wind Blade, empowered by Blood Fury, was fast and formidable, reaching the Immaculate One in a heartbeat.

But the Immaculate One neither dodged nor blocked. He simply opened a black aperture in his body, absorbing the Soul Wind Blade directly.

“How fascinating, truly fascinating! To wield an attack stronger than level C with only level D power—remarkable!”

Xiao Zi didn’t even glance at him, instead transforming into a cloud of black mist. With the clown in tow, he employed his Shadow Ghost technique, fleeing to the school gates within seconds.

They were just about to cross the boundary of the forbidden domain when the Immaculate One appeared before them once more.

“In my forbidden domain, I am a god! No matter how many seconds you have, you cannot escape!”

Before Xiao Zi could react, he found himself back in the previous spot.

“So powerful, too powerful…” Xiao Zi couldn’t even discern the trajectory of the energy; he was simply brought back.

He considered using his Shadow Spirit skill, but the place was completely under the Immaculate One’s control, leaving no shadows in which to hide.

No matter how he looked at it, this was a dead end.

“Come on, we’re all anomalous beings here, what are you doing?” The clown, oblivious to danger, was still trying to reason with the Immaculate One.

He’d been an anomalous being for over a year, and had never encountered one so much stronger, nor one who would attack their own kind.

In his worldview, anomalous beings were like grasshoppers tied to the same rope—mutual help was the norm. So why was this happening?

The Immaculate One scoffed at his words, ignoring Xiao Zi and looking at the clown as if he were an idiot. “Do you not know that anomalous beings can absorb each other’s life essence?”

“Life essence?” The clown was even more confused.

“No wonder you’re so weak. Let me tell you: life essence is the source of a creature’s energy. Ordinary humans have it, ghost wielders have it, any living thing possesses it—including anomalous beings.

Absorbing life essence isn’t particularly useful for you, but I have mastered the law of devouring. All my power comes from absorbing other anomalous beings—and, of course, a few reckless ghost wielders.”

With that, he reached out his demonic claws toward the clown. “I’ve answered your question, so now I’ll absorb you. The energy inside you is very interesting—I’ve never seen anything like it!”

Indeed, perhaps he was the only artificial anomalous being in this world; how could the Immaculate One have encountered such a thing?

The clown looked hopefully at Xiao Zi, silently pleading for his boss to save him.

But Xiao Zi looked away. “Clown, though we haven’t been brothers for long, you should be content that your sacrifice lets me live a bit longer.”

The clown was speechless.

“Hahaha, you, a lone wandering spirit, acting as the leader of other anomalous beings? That’s hilarious.” He then turned to the clown, “Your boss can’t even protect himself—do you regret following the wrong ghost?”

Just then!

The Immaculate One’s attention was entirely elsewhere. Xiao Zi immediately activated his Shadow Ghost technique at full strength, arriving beside the despairing Sili in a flash.

Yes, this was his plan.

From the start, he’d noticed with his Blood Demon’s Eye that Sili possessed an incredibly powerful energy within her. Though he didn’t know why she was so strong yet so easily defeated, he realized that if he could harness her energy, perhaps he could turn the tide and snatch victory from defeat!

By the time the Immaculate One reacted, Xiao Zi had already entered Sili’s body.

Instantly, Sili’s aura transformed.

One eye turned white, the other red; six ethereal wings sprouted from her back, and her skirt billowed without wind.

A crimson aura, almost tangible, hovered around her.

In the midst of the fog, she appeared like a blood-soaked god of slaughter.

“I feel so powerful now!”

Indeed, Sili was actually extremely strong. As the earthly representative of a certain fallen angel, her strength was at least level A or above. Yet the god who granted her power never bestowed any offensive skills, and she had no idea how to use her energy.

This explained her surprisingly weak combat ability.

But now, with Xiao Zi in control of her body, the divine portion of her power was fully accessible to him.

Had his Soul Parasite skill still been level 2, Xiao Zi would not have been able to master this body—indeed, he still couldn’t fully control it, which was why Sili’s other eye had not turned red.

However, now that he’d upgraded Soul Parasite to level 3, and since Sili was not resisting, he naturally gained control and could wield her power.

At this moment, the Immaculate One finally recognized the gravity of the situation—he had not anticipated this move at all.

He had heard of possession skills, common among vengeful spirits, but usually these skills struggled even to possess an ordinary human, and were largely useless. Why could this spirit wield the skill so powerfully, even using it on an earthly representative?

This being was beyond his expectations.

The Immaculate One and Xiao Zi locked gazes, both unleashing an immense aura.

Two distinct energies intertwined, forming a whirlwind, which dissipated simultaneously.

This signified their powers were evenly matched—each as strong as the other.

Xiao Zi revealed a peculiar smile. “Blood Fury!”

He was ready to burn Sili’s blood to enhance his battle power. According to the Blood Fury skill description, the higher the being’s level, the greater the increase their blood could offer. How much could Sili’s blood boost his strength?

As he pondered, the Immaculate One appeared at his side in an instant.

“In the face of true power, all resistance is merely a delay!”