Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 732 The End of the Yellow Tide
When Huang Chao looked up, he saw Xiao Ran, who looked like a giant, hovering in mid-air. At that moment, Huang Chao was dumbfounded: "You!! How could you?!"

The colossal figure of Xiao Ran almost occupied the entire "sky" of the spiritual space. Its form was condensed and substantial, radiating a spiritual pressure far greater and more profound than that of Huang Chao's current incarnation. The shadow descended, instantly enveloping Huang Chao's figure, who sat upright on the dragon throne, crushing the imposing aura he had previously created!

Xiao Ran's voice boomed like thunder from the heavens, carrying a chilling sarcasm and an all-knowing indifference. It crashed down, each syllable causing Huang Chao's spiritual avatar to tremble slightly.
"Huang Chao, you are too arrogant."

Xiao Ran's voice was languid, but every word was like a thunderclap. Just by glancing sideways at Huang Chao, Huang Chao felt as if Mount Tai was pressing down on him, and he couldn't even lift his head.

"Impossible, impossible, how could you... I am a Celestial Being, a Celestial Being! How could you possibly..."

Faced with this result, Huang Chao could hardly believe it. In the blink of an eye, everything around him vanished like smoke, disappearing completely.

This was an outcome that Huang Chao could not accept, and something he couldn't understand—he was a celestial being.

The will of this world will be upon you, so there's no reason why you should fail in the possession attempt.

"I don't believe it. No matter how strong your primordial spirit is, you are not a celestial being. You and I are worlds apart. Why is my primordial spirit inferior to yours? Are you also a celestial being?"

By the end, Huang Chao himself couldn't help but laugh. Clearly, this statement was so absurd that even he found it laughable.

But apart from that, he really couldn't understand why it had turned out this way.

Faced with Huang Chao's doubts, Xiao Ran said calmly, "So, you're too arrogant."

In fact, when she touched the box, she realized that something was wrong. When Huang Chao's last wisp of will emerged from the box, Xiao Ran quickly activated her soul cultivation technique, preparing to fight Huang Chao to the death.

However, the expected mental shock from Huang Chao did not come as predicted.

Xiao Ran was stunned as she sensed everything happening within her sea of ​​consciousness.
It turned out that the Yellow Tide's will, at the moment it surged in, was like five golden streams of light rushing into a quagmire, and suddenly... came to a standstill!

No, it's not stagnation, it's more like being trapped in some kind of inescapable state of stagnation.

The five primordial spirits, like a golden dragon entangled in an invisible spider web, were powerful enough to shatter mountains, but in their scattered state, they were bound by those seemingly weak threads, unable to move, and even the most basic act of coming together was extremely difficult.

"Dragon Lip Pearl!"

Xiao Ran instantly understood the key point. He looked down at the dragon lip bead in his hand, which still radiated a warm glow.

Dragon Lip Beads' Privilege: Dream Lips.

It can transform all false delusions into illusions.

In other words, the stronger a person's obsession, the more real the illusion they fall into.

Unfortunately, Huang Chao stumbled upon this privilege.

If Huang Chao is a celestial being, his powerful primordial spirit could even draw upon the will of this lost city.

However, he was too arrogant. In order to lower Xiao Ran's guard, he divided his primordial spirit into five parts and hid them in the mark to avoid Xiao Ran's detection.

This strategy was indeed ingenious, reducing Xiao Ran's soul's rejection reaction and making the possession more covert and smooth. But the cost was that the power was dispersed!
If the complete Huangchao Celestial Spirit were to descend, even if the illusionary power of the Dragon Lip Pearl were activated, it would be difficult to shake its fundamental will.

But now, the primordial spirit, split into five parts, each possesses extraordinary spiritual power.

Caught off guard, they were suddenly disturbed and eroded by this pure illusionary power. In the instant that these primordial spirits tore through their disguise, they fell into the influence range of the Dragon Lip Pearl.

Now, Xiao Ran was no longer going to be polite to Huang Chao. She immediately used her soul cultivation technique to suppress all the split primordial spirits and slowly wear them down.

While Huang Chao's main consciousness was still under the influence of Meng Chun, he was completely unaware that his primordial spirit was being gradually decomposed by Xiao Ran.

"You remain unchanged, fixated on your grand strategy and your pursuit of perfection. Unfortunately, in the end, you fell short at the crucial moment of your calculations. That one move was something you never anticipated: the variable!"

Looking back at history, those so-called conspiracies and intrigues were actually not that sophisticated.

For example, the Feast at Hongmen, to put it bluntly, is just a pretext to lure you in for dinner and then kill you.

And the Xuanwu Gate Incident was clearly a case of striking first to gain the upper hand, and those who struck later would suffer the consequences.

Such conspiracies and tricks often require speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness.

Why don't they use some subtler, more subtle schemes? Is it because they can't think of any?
Of course not, it's a variable.

Our ancestors repeatedly said that delay leads to unforeseen changes, and this is exactly the point. Huang Chao's plans were not bad, but he always pursued details and perfection too much, unaware that human calculations account for only 30%, while fate plays a 70% role.

"Variables... variables...!!"

Huang Chao's primordial spirit trembled. He never expected that his plan, which he thought was flawless, would end in such a muddled defeat.

It sounds unbelievable.

"I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled! How could this be such a coincidence?!"

Huang Chao raised his head, his eyes blank, his face full of bitter smile. He pointed at Xiao Ran and said, "My defeat today is not my fault, but rather Heaven's deliberate choice to use me as a stepping stone. Luck is not on my side. As the saying goes, 'The dragon that soars too high will regret it, and prosperity will eventually decline.' I was defeated by fate. Do you agree or not?"

Xiao Ran squinted at the wisp of Huang Chao's primordial spirit before her, and after a moment uttered two words: "I admit it!"

As soon as Xiao Ran finished speaking, a mental storm suddenly exploded around Huang Chao, and the Soul Cultivation Technique was activated.

In an instant, the violent spiritual energy formed an overwhelming force that completely suppressed Huang Chao's wisp of primordial spirit.

"Hahahaha, kid, don't think that everything is fine just because you beat me. I lost, but the big shot behind me won. There is another great gift waiting for you. I lost to fate, but you... will be defeated by scheming."

Huang Chao's maniacal laughter echoed in his consciousness, carrying with it a final sense of resentment and a touch of mad pleasure.

Before he finished speaking, his primordial spirit suddenly erupted with a dazzling burst of light. The vast and chaotic spiritual energy collapsed like an out-of-control star, radiating a will that was about to destroy everything.

Huang Chao had already realized that he had lost, lost completely, and hadn't even left with his underwear. But before he died, he didn't mind giving Xiao Ran one last gift, taking the opportunity to give him a mental shock that he would never forget.

The mental storm that erupted in that instant contained his final and purest impact as a Celestial Realm expert, enough to completely tear apart the sea of ​​consciousness of an ordinary expert and blast it into a chaotic void.

However, Xiao Ran's eyes remained cold, showing no sign of panic.

"Unbelievable!"

Just as the destructive light was about to engulf everything, Xiao Ran's thoughts flashed, and an even more terrifying spiritual power suddenly erupted, forcibly suppressing the chaotic spirit erupting from Huang Chao's primordial spirit.

No matter how chaotic and rampant Huang Chao's burst of spiritual power was, it seemed to be sealed there and unable to move at this moment.

"Soul Cultivation Technique!"

An indescribable spiritual torrent, far purer, more vast, and more domineering than Huang Chao's self-destruction, swiftly sliced ​​through Huang Chao's will like a precise scalpel!
Precise! Efficient! Ruthless!

The raging energy storm was forcibly restrained and divided, peeled away bit by bit, and then integrated into Xiao Ran's subconscious, becoming nourishment for Xiao Ran's primordial spirit.

Finally, Huang Chao's last vestige of consciousness gradually faded away. After letting out a few defiant roars, Xiao Ran completely erased all traces of his consciousness.

After a few breaths.

There was no trace of Huang Chao left in Xiao Ran's mental space, not even a trace of chaotic energy ripples.

Inside the Xuanzheng Hall.

Xiao Ran staggered, his eyes snapping open, his forehead instantly covered in a fine layer of cold sweat. He gasped for breath, his expression strange.
Although it was to refine Huang Chao's primordial spirit, Huang Chao's primordial spirit was not directly absorbed by Xiao Ran, but was completely transformed into her own subconscious.

My current mental strength has reached 299 points. To break through this threshold, I need more than just mental strength. My physique, strength, and agility all need to be improved in an all-round way.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down.

But she couldn't help feeling a bit unsettled, after all, the death of Huang Chao, a mortal enemy, was too sudden for Xiao Ran.

It wasn't just sudden.

This was a master of unparalleled skill, with a physique comparable to a terrestrial immortal. He upheld the Dao and caused chaos throughout the entire Lost City, unleashing a catastrophe that would lead to the end times.

Such a ruthless and ambitious figure ultimately met a hasty, frustrating, and undignified end. In his meticulously planned scheme, he was easily countered by Xiao Ran, and his soul was shattered by the very person he had been plotting to possess.

This ending is truly...heartbreaking.

(End of this chapter)