Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 222 The Inspiration King of the Trapped Cave Heaven, Purple Intelligence: A Blessing Hidden in Disaster

Tiger Power Immortal and his two companions, along with their Five Qi Realm puppet underlings, emerged from the Yin Jade Spirit Banner with smiles on their faces.

Master Liu Qing only needs to give the order, and the rest will be left to us.

So many Fifth Qi Realm puppets darted into Benboerba's flesh and pulled out his demon soul.

"Good brother, I am Benboerba, what are you doing here?"

Benboerba's demon soul stared at Baboerben's demon soul with disbelief: "We've been brothers for hundreds of years, why are you helping them harm me?"

Baboer said dejectedly, "Brother has wronged me. Although my mind has not been erased, I am not in control of my own body."

"Brother, you shouldn't have come out."

Benboerba had just woken up. His physical body had just been killed, and in his fear, he had lost his usual quick wit.

Seeing his brother Baboerben's heartbroken expression, Benboerba gave a bitter smile: "It's too late to say anything now. You are my good brother. When I heard you were in trouble, how could I not come to your rescue?"

"Ah, so be it. It was our fate to suffer this calamity. Even in death, we can be together and never forget our brotherhood of hundreds of years."

Benboerba stopped struggling and allowed Huli Daxian and the others to drag him into the Yinyu Spirit Banner. He was bound by strands of blood-red evil energy. Once Liu Qing finished with him, his consciousness was erased and he perished completely.

Unfortunately, they were wrong. The two brothers were, after all, well-known monsters on the Journey to the West, carrying the destiny of the Journey. Liu Qing dared not let them perish completely yet.

With a thought, Liu Qing used the Spirit Binding Divine Power. Two innate killing energies drawn from the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone condensed into Spirit Binding Chains, which pierced through the souls of the two demon kings, Benboerba and Baboerben, and locked them in place.

Before acquiring the innate killing energy of the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, Liu Qing used demonic energy or divine power to unleash his Spirit Gathering Divine Power.
Now that they have better innate killing energy, they naturally no longer use demonic energy or divine power, but choose more powerful killing energy. This way, they don't have to worry about the creatures breaking free, nor do they have to worry about being rescued.

After dealing with the demonic soul of Benboerba, Bie Jingyuan Haowen arrived at the opportune moment.

It tore off a clump of slime from the catfish body of Benboerba, told the Lord of the Mansion, and went to the sacrificial altar again.

This time, it headed straight for the east of the City of No Return within the Dharma Realm, where the Fifth-Rank Authority God and the Fifth-Level Demon King Linggan was located.

Liu Qing frowned, a slight sense of unease creeping into his heart. Given his current level of cultivation, this unease suggested something bad was about to happen: "Yuan Haowen, you shouldn't go this time."

"Don't worry, sir, I can protect myself."

Yuan Haowen was very confident in his ability to assist in the long-term calamities and chaos. Even if he could not succeed, he was not worried about his life.

However, it forgot its master Shen Gongbao's warning: if the other party's fortune and status are far higher than its own, then the bad luck will backfire, and instead of helping the afflicted, it will suffer the calamity itself.

"Oh, could it be the Great King of Inspiration in person? This humble demon greets you—"

"Please wait, sir, I have something important to tell you."

Using the method of seeing and hearing through plants and trees, Liu Qing sensed Yuan Haowen's general situation and vaguely 'saw' a pair of crimson eyes grinning menacingly at him from within the divine power.

Liu Qing was immediately alarmed: "Yuan Haowen, come back immediately—"

"what--"

Just as Liu Qing finished speaking, Yuan Haowen let out a scream, and then his plant-based visual and auditory technique was abruptly cut off.

"Boy, if you want to save this turtle demon, come and offer sacrifices to the Dharma Realm. I will be waiting for you there!"

A voice pierced through the barrier of the sacrificial altar and reached Liu Qing's ears.

Liu Qing's eyes were filled with uncertainty as he lifted his leg to step into the sacrificial ritual realm.

Just then, the illusory intelligence box in front of them suddenly emitted a dense black light.

The presence of black light in the intelligence system signifies great misfortune.

Liu Qing stopped.

“Yuan Haowen, your master will avenge you.”

As Liu Qing was about to turn and leave, the intelligence box that had been emitting a dense black light suddenly trembled, the black light vanished, and turned into a dazzling purple light.

[Today's Information: Level Purple. You entered the Sacrificial Realm due to your inquisitive nature, where great fortune lies hidden amidst misfortune.]

Liu Qing was furious and shouted at the sacrificial altar, "You scoundrel, release my men immediately, or I will kill you and start the feast!"

"Yuan Haowen, hold on a little longer, I'm coming to save you right away!"

The Three Talents Array Plate, Five Elements Array Plate, Twenty-Eight Luminaries Array Plate, as well as the corpses of Benboerba, Baboerben, and Heiboerben, were all swallowed into the mortal world.

Liu Qing stepped into the realm of sacrificial rituals.

As soon as he entered, he sensed something was wrong. Liu Qing had been to this sacrificial realm several times and was already familiar with it, but the environment he was in now was extremely unfamiliar.

The surroundings were shrouded in mist, the water rippled beneath my feet, and lotus flowers covered the surface of the lake. I was in an unfamiliar lake.

The sky above the lake was hazy and gray. Through the mist, one could not see the sun, moon, or stars. Beneath the lake, Liu Qing used his Yin-Yang supernatural powers to see that it was not mud, but piles of white bones. Red, white, and pink lotus flowers on the lake surface were rooted in the bones, covered with black roots. These black roots rose and fell with the water, and slowly split open from their tips into mouths full of fangs, stealthily approaching Liu Qing.

After looking around, Liu Qing guessed that he was in someone else's Dharma realm.

"But King of Inspiration, please step forward and meet me?"

Only the Five Qi Realm Demon King, Linggan Dawang, could silently and effortlessly draw himself into an unfamiliar realm of Dharma.

Liu Qing called out, but there was no response for a long time. She couldn't help but smack her lips and say, "I was thinking of tricking you out, but I didn't expect you to be so clever."

"It seems that I have no choice but to break down your Dharma Realm Cave Heaven."

Suddenly, the lotus roots covering the lake surface seemed to receive a command, and all of them rushed towards Liu Qing, opening their mouths to bite.

Liu Qing was not afraid at all. He pointed out with one finger and used his Dividing Divine Power to divert the lotus roots that were originally flowing towards him with the lake water.

Under the power of the Dividing Stream, the lake water parted to both sides, leaving Liu Qing standing alone in the middle. No matter how the lotus roots struggled and bit, they could not penetrate the Dividing Stream barrier to attack Liu Qing.

Liu Qing immediately followed up with another finger strike, its tip radiating divine light: "Melt the Ice!—"

The mastery of the ice-melting technique froze the lake water on both sides of his body, instantly turning it into ice blocks. The lotus roots inside were frozen solid, unable to move at all.

Liu Qing glanced at it disdainfully, stretched out his right hand, and then suddenly flipped it over. As his palm flipped over, the lotus flower that had been frozen with the lake water was completely flipped over and smashed into the white bones at the bottom of the lake. Instantly, the lotus flower revived and its roots fell off.

"What incredible skill! What amazing methods!"

In the distance, beside a lotus bud, a red goldfish swam out, its bulging eyes filled with admiration for Liu Qing's supernatural abilities.

Liu Qing's three great divine abilities—Diversion, Ice Melting, and Sea Overturning—are only at the advanced level and not yet perfected. Therefore, their power is limited and can only affect a part of this vast lake. As a result, in the distance, the lake is still rippling and covered with lotus flowers.

"The King of Inspiration? You finally couldn't hold back anymore?"

"Hehe, you're really clever. If you had waited any longer to come out, Grandpa would have frozen this great lake of your Dharma Realm Cave Heaven piece by piece, turned it upside down, and made it no longer a lake, so that you have nowhere to live."

The red goldfish opened its mouth, bit off the lotus bud beside it, swallowed it, and then swam towards Liu Qing. As it swam, the goldfish, which was originally the size of a palm, rapidly grew larger. By the time it was about to reach Liu Qing, it had grown into a huge goldfish that was more than ten feet long and entirely blood red.

The aura emanating from its body indicates that this Inspiration King possesses the cultivation level of the late stage of the Five Qi Realm.

It did not follow the ancient demon's cultivation method; all the demonic energy in its body was transformed into divine power, indicating that it was following the path of merging power with the Dao.

"You plotted against those two idiots, Benboerba and Baboerben, simply to clip my wings."

"But you think they are my wings, my arms? Wrong, they are nothing but shameless scoundrels who have been clinging to me."

Liu Qing guessed that Benboerba and Baboerben's coming to worship the Dharma Realm and their association with Linggan Dawang were arranged by their master, Jiutouchong.

It's possible that he came to meet the Great King of Inspiration in advance, hoping to gain more opportunities and good fortune during the Journey to the West, in preparation for the great calamity that would occur decades later.

However, all of that is now in vain.

The King of Inspiration opened his mouth and spewed out a huge wave of water, dozens of feet high, which crashed down on Liu Qing.

Liu Qing glanced at them. They were all river demons, so what was the point of such a harmless attack? He then spread his fiery wings and flew out of the water wave's attack range.

Seeing Liu Qing fly out of the water wave's attack range, the Great King of Inspiration flicked his tail, and a divine power of authority was added to the water wave. It seemed to have gained intelligence and transformed into a water dragon, pouncing towards Liu Qing from the air.

Liu Qing exclaimed in surprise, her gaze no longer so casual.

With a flick of his hand, he unleashed the River-Severing Divine Power, its power resembling a giant blade that cleaved the water dragon in two. Then, the Ice-Melting Divine Power followed, freezing the water dragon solid.

Once the water dragon froze solid, it could no longer take off and fell into the lake, shattering into countless pieces of ice.

"That's it? A mere water manipulation technique? Does it deserve the title of Great King of Inspiration?"

Liu Qing was so infuriating, her sharp tongue was so deadly that it nearly killed the Great King Linggan.

"You little rascal, don't think you can underestimate me, the Great King of Inspiration, just because you've gained the upper hand in this magical contest!"

"Behold my great divine power, the Myriad Spirits White Bone Technique—"

With a flick of its tail, the Great King of Inspiration slapped the surface of the lake. Instantly, the countless white bones at the bottom of the lake crackled and creaked. With the crackling, the bones formed a 30-foot-tall skeletal giant, which roared silently at Liu Qing.

The skeletal giant strode forward, stirring up turbulent waves in the lake. Upon reaching him, it unleashed a powerful punch.

A shrill whistle echoed through the air, and a malevolent aura swirled around it. Instantly, dark clouds surged, and countless creatures wailed, as if it were an omen of the end of the world.

It appears to be incredibly powerful, but in reality, it's all show and no substance.

Liu Qing flapped his fiery wings and soared thirty feet away, gliding above the head of the skeletal giant. He reached out and grabbed the Yin-Yang Water Element from the lake below, a perfect-grade water mine, black on the outside and white on the inside, carrying terrifying power, and hurled it at the skeletal giant.

(End of this chapter)