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Chapter 227 Measuring Distance and Determining Boundaries: The Moon Wheel Reveals the True Scheme to Exorcise Evil and Conquer the Final Battle [Part Two]

"What is the scope of symbiotic consciousness? It certainly needs to be tested."

After a moment's thought, Bai Jue nodded in agreement.

Then she flipped her hand, and a uniquely shaped jade pendant slid from her arm into her palm.

"This is..." Tang Hao looked over curiously, then thought of something.

"Could this be Sister Jue's moon-shaped weapon?" she exclaimed in surprise.

He couldn't help but purse his lips and look at his dear older sister.

"Not bad!"

Noticing the eagerness that flashed in his eyes, Bai Jue found it somewhat amusing, knowing that he was itching to touch the treasure.

However, Bai Jue shook his head in response to his probing gaze.

He said slowly, "This moon is extremely cold. Even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators cannot withstand it. They will be frostbitten if they touch it. My brother's strength is still shallow. I'm afraid he cannot touch it."

Seeing the undisguised disappointment on his face, Bai Jue smiled and took Tang Hao's wrist.

Slowly approaching the moon.

Tang Hao glanced at her in surprise, then quickly diverted a sliver of his attention to the area above him, ready to cancel the button that activated the yin energy at any moment.

However, he was overthinking it.

When his palm was only a foot away from the moon, frost began to condense on his palm.

Get a little closer, and you get that bone-chilling feeling of peeing naked in the freezing cold of winter.

Moreover, even if he mobilized all his magical power, he could not resist this bone-chilling cold.

'It seems I'll only have a chance to touch it when my body can withstand it.' Tang Hao deliberately withdrew his hand.

Seeing this, Bai Jue smiled slightly and released his hand: "How does it feel?"

"It's really uncomfortable to be able to see it but not touch it." Tang Hao nodded seriously.

Feeling both amused and exasperated, Bai Jue gently patted his arm: "Who asked you that?"

She stopped asking questions and instead held the moon in one hand and made a grasping motion with the other.

Tang Hao didn't know what she was going to do, but looking at the jade pendant she casually held in her palm, he couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

'Sister Jue's physical strength is probably even stronger than that of ordinary spiritual treasures.'

In his mind, he couldn't help but recall the scene where Bai Jue casually used [Void Walk] amidst the energy storm, completely unaffected.

Just as I was thinking this, I saw a tiny black dot fly out from the jade pendant.

As the black dot flew toward Bai Jue's palm, it grew larger, gradually transforming from a speck of dust into the size of a fist.

Finally, with a "snap," it was caught in Bai Jue's hand.

Tang Hao looked closely and saw that it was a purplish-black creature, covered with thick blood vessels, and with several sharp tentacles wrapped around its lower body, called the "Skin Thief".

However, it was currently bound by chains of frost, its body enveloped in moonlight, completely still, and looked very much like a figurine.

"There is a self-contained space on the moon."

With a casual explanation, Bai Jue flicked his wrist, putting the jade pendant back on his arm, concealed by his sleeve, and then flicked it with his finger.

The chains on the skin thief loosened slightly, and the little figure immediately came to life, darting left and right in the moonlight, trying to break free of its restraints.

"Alright, let's use this one for the test."

Looking at the revitalized Skin Thief, Bai Jue smiled at Tang Hao and Yan Yumin.

Then, urged on by her, the flying boat flew towards the depths of the sparsely populated mountains and forests.

Throughout this time, the Skin Thief remained full of energy, struggling frantically in the moonlight.

Each time it encounters the outer moonlight, it emits a hissing sound and a plume of black smoke.

Seeing this scene, Tang Hao brought up his earlier speculation.

"That should be the case. The Skin Thief is a filthy creature, and even the power of purification has a certain harmful effect on it," Bai Jue said.

She discovered this during the battle, which is why she was able to completely suppress them in the later stages.

Upon hearing her explanation, Tang Hao couldn't help but frown.

He asked in a deep voice, "Can the power of purification only harm, but not remove them from the cultivator's body?"

Bai Jue did not answer immediately, but instead changed several hand seals in succession, and several slightly different spiritual lights landed on the small figurine in his palm.

The Skin Thief let out a series of mournful howls, raising its head to roar at her with anger and resentment.

After carefully examining it with his divine sense, Bai Jue shook his head after a moment of contemplation and said, "Only after you mentioned it do I realize that with my strength, I am actually unable to expel the foul energy from its body."

"I'll give it a try." Yan Yumin frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Bai Jue showed no sign of refusing.

There is still a huge gap in strength between the two. However, in the world of cultivation, there is also the saying that everyone has their own area of ​​expertise.

The power of the white jade pendant is related to the moon's essence and has a purifying effect.

Yan Yumin possesses water-attribute magic, and the "Taiyi Shengshui Jing" also has a good effect on purification.

A vibrant, water-like radiance appeared in Yan Yumin's palm, which she gently cast into the moonlight.

"Hoar--!"

Another plume of black smoke billowed out, and the Skin Thief bared its teeth at her.

"Tear me apart...flesh and blood...and eat you!"

This little figurine seems to be filled with fear only towards Bai Jue. Despite all the purification spells cast just now, it didn't utter a single sound.

As soon as Yan Yumin made a move, the other party threatened her.

"Interesting!" Yan Yumin merely snorted in response to its threat.

After another attempt, she shook her head: "No."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned to Tang Hao: "You should also try the effects of the [Dust Purification Technique]."

"cough!"

Noticing the smile on Yan Yumin's lips, Tang Hao blushed, realizing that she had seen the eager look in his eyes.

'One tried to find the treasure, the other tried to verify the magic; both times they were eager to try, but each of them caught me once. I feel like they both have my finger on me now, tsk!'

Tang Hao did not refuse. As he formed his golden core, the [Purifying Dust Technique] also advanced under the impetus of the core formation power, and was now a proper third-tier spell.

Although it can't compare to the two women's spells, the [Purification Spell] is a product of the system after all, so it might have a miraculous effect?
With a series of hand seals, he suddenly sent a sphere of crystal-white light into the moonlight, which landed on the [Skin Thief].

“Skin...crush it…” This time he was baring his teeth at Tang Hao.

Looking at the black smoke on the other person that was noticeably smaller, Tang Hao couldn't help but click his tongue. Well, sometimes, even the system's products don't work.

Just as he was about to say something to ease the awkwardness...

Bai Jue and Yan Yumin exchanged a surprised glance.

Then the two women turned to look at him.

"Ahem, Sister Jue, Sister Mian, don't look at me like that, I'm a little shy." Tang Hao coughed lightly and grinned at the two of them.

"Pfft!"

Bai Jue burst out laughing, while Yan Yumin was speechless.

After the laughter subsided, Yan Yumin said, "The [Dust Purification Technique] has a dual effect."

"Dual effect?" Tang Hao was taken aback at first, then his eyes widened. "You mean, it has both damage and banishment effects?" The [Purification Spell] has always had multiple effects. Because he didn't understand the [Skin Thief], he hadn't adjusted the spell at all when he cast it.

Seeing the two women nod in agreement, Tang Hao immediately launched a series of attacks.

Pure form is not acceptable!
Pure treatments still aren't working!
A complete disruption of the five elements is even worse!
Ultimately, the purely clean one is still...

"and many more!"

Just as Tang Hao saw more black smoke escaping and was about to give up, Bai Jue suddenly called out to him.

"Let's do it again, and increase the magic power."

Tang Hao's eyes lit up. Could it be useful?

He once again conjured a sphere of crystal-white light in his hand.

Magical power continuously flows into it, compresses it, flows in, and compresses it again.

Only when the ball of light began to become unstable and was about to be out of his control did he hurriedly throw it into the moonlight in Bai Jue's palm.

What? You used too much force and hurt Bai Jue's hand?
Don't be ridiculous. A woman who can move freely through the energy storm using [Void Walk] would never be harmed by this tiny ball of light.

A soft "poof!" sound.

The skin thief kicked up plumes of black dust.

After casting the spell, Tang Hao focused intently on the moonlight.

He finally noticed the difference.

When the crystal-white orb landed on the [Skin Thief], it did not cause the burning damage that comes with the purifying power.

The so-called black smoke does not come from this; it is more like the dust stirred up when beating an old quilt.

Seeing this scene, Tang Hao suddenly remembered again the long process of the birth of the "Skin Thief" in the advertisement video.

The original "Skin Thief" was merely a viscous, dark gray fluid of energy flowing along the edge of that narrow crevice.

At that moment, even just a glance in the video made Tang Hao feel physically uncomfortable.

It was as if that fluid was a collection of all the filth in the world, a kind of "world filth".

He vaguely saw fragments of shattered space, accumulated deathly stillness, and the rotten blood, poison, and evil thoughts left behind on the battlefield.

They are mixed together and glued together, almost indistinguishable from one another.

They entangle, decay, and ferment continuously, eventually merging into one.

In the chaotic flow of time, this fluid constantly attracts all the filth in the world, growing stronger.

Light and shadow change in an instant; countless years have passed.

After a violent spatial tremor, the slit widened slightly, and then the unstable crack fell into a long period of relative "silence".

At the point where the energies of the two realms meet, the energy that should have flowed is now stagnant, like blood pooling in the veins.

A large amount of yin energy seeped out from the side of the yin boundary, like cold black smoke, piling up heavily at the bottom of the narrow crevice.

Meanwhile, the filth from the main world side, such as rotting flesh, soil, and fragments of residual curse marks, was drawn into the crevices and slowly sank into the accumulated yin energy.

Countless fragments of lingering resentment and broken memories clung to these substances like phosphorescent flames, silently hissing and colliding.

Time almost loses its meaning there; only the coldness of the yin energy and the filth produced by the decay of matter deepen and blend together.

Thick "grime" gradually forms a semi-solidified, constantly wriggling and deforming gelatinous "mud" at the bottom.

This is not the entire process of the [Skin Thief]'s creation, but it is its original form.

"Fragments, body parts, blood, dirt, and so on—all of these seem to be the filth in our subconscious..."

Tang Hao murmured to himself, and a light of understanding gradually shone in his eyes, which had been lost in thought.

"Therefore, only the pure cleansing effect of the [Dust Purification Spell] can dispel the parasites of the [Skin Thief]."

He always felt that spells like "Cleansing" and "Dust Removal" should belong to the category of conceptual spells.

In daily use, there is no need to distinguish between what is garbage and what is filth; it's as if the spell itself can discern them.

“Unfortunately…” Tang Hao’s bright eyes dimmed again. He shook his head and said, “With my current cultivation level, I am not able to dispel the [Skin Thief] parasitizing the body of a Nascent Soul cultivator.”

"So what? At least we know how to deal with such strange beings, so we won't be caught off guard next time we encounter them, right?" Bai Jue was quite happy to hear this.

She looked at Tang Hao and said, "Brother, you don't mean to think you can save Hufeng City all by yourself, do you?"

"How is that possible?!" Tang Hao was stunned. He wasn't a pushover, and the Hufeng Clan had nothing to do with him. He was just sighing and regretting that he couldn't do it.

After staring intently into Tang Hao's eyes, seemingly seeing through his true thoughts, Bai Jue nodded in satisfaction.

She patted Tang Hao on the shoulder: "That's good. I don't want my brother to be a pushover."

'What kind of good-natured person is that? That's a saint. No decent person can be one!' Tang Hao was about to say something more to tell her not to think of herself as a good person.

Suddenly, Bai Jue let out a soft "Eh" and then pressed down on the Spirit Treasure Flying Boat.

After the flying boat landed on a flat area in the mountains, Tang Hao looked at the moonlight in her hand.

The Skin Thief, who had been lively and trying to break free of its confinement, was now transformed back into a small figurine.

"Has it broken out of the symbiotic consciousness's coverage?" he said subconsciously, scrutinizing the situation carefully, trying to discern the differences.

Bai Jue hummed in agreement, and after a brief calculation, said, "More than a thousand miles, which is wider than the range of divine sense of a cultivator who has just entered the Nascent Soul stage."

"hiss……"

Whether it was the [Skin Thief] or the Nascent Soul cultivator, the mere fact that the distance was only a little over a thousand miles made Tang Hao gasp in shock.

The scope is terrifying. If this were in my previous life, it would easily cover the area of ​​an entire province.

Without saying much, Bai Jue took out the Moon Wheel again.

This time, instead of shrinking it and holding it in the palm of your hand, you directly offered it up in mid-air.

She waved her hand and unleashed a beam of light, which scattered black dots on the ground, transforming into twenty-three different-shaped [Skin Thieves].

Sure enough, they were all fast asleep. Even when Bai Jue tried to untie a few of them, they didn't make a sound.

"It seems there's nothing wrong with this data," Tang Hao nodded and said.

His proposal to test the extent of the symbiotic consciousness stemmed primarily from his concern that other areas might also be under its control.

If we manage to wipe them out, and then receive reinforcements from even more Nascent Soul level [Skin Thieves], we might end up losing everything.

Bai Jue's reason for agreeing was quite simple.

She shook the moon wheel that had fallen back into her hand and said with a smile, "Shall we go back and fight our way back? The moon wheel space has been cleared out, and we can still fit about twenty more."

The Skin Thief was too resilient; even her full-force attack couldn't kill it.

When faced with an attack, the only options are to seal them off and render them incapable of fighting.

Once you throw all those minions far away, dealing with its main body will be much easier.

"Just leave them here?" Tang Hao's lips twitched. "What if they run away? Wouldn't that throw the world into chaos..."

Although it's not moving right now, who knows?

He didn't want to live in a world full of skin thieves.

"What can we do then? I wonder if these monsters will be able to turn back into humans after dawn." Bai Jue pouted.

Tang Hao and Yan Yumin, of course, had no answer to this question either.

Just as they were discussing the next steps...

Feng Mingyang finally finished refining the medicinal power of the pill and woke up.

(End of this chapter)