They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 89 The Spirit Binding Skarakabaz (5000)

After Dan Lei finished speaking in the communication, without waiting for Jing Yuan and the other two to reply, adhering to the principle that speed is of the essence and delay may lead to complications, he immediately drove the demonized mother insect toward Skarakabaz.

Because Skarakabaz clearly didn't take Danlei and the other two on the mother insect seriously, probably thinking they were just snacks his subordinates had brought him, he didn't react at all.

As for the tactic of luring the enemy deep into the territory, Dan Lei, who had already read the memories of the mother insect, was certain that unless Skarakabaz's intelligence soared during the battle, it would be impossible for him to come up with such a tactic.

With things having come to this point, Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao had no choice but to follow Dan Lei's plan and begin to silently gather their strength, preparing to give Skarakabaz a ruthless blow.

And Skaracabaz still doesn't think there's anything wrong with his subordinate's bloodshot compound eyes.

Therefore, the demonic mother insect quickly flew to the vicinity of Skarakabaz, and at this time, Sand Gold began to chant prayers.

"I'll place my bets, I'll gamble, I'll win."

"I let fate spin the roulette wheel, gamble everything, and survive after experiencing death."

"Everything is dedicated to—the King of Amber!!!"

As the prayer was recited, the mysterious gold-plated foundation stone in Sand Gold's hand grew brighter and brighter. With the roar of "All is dedicated to the Amber King," the power representing the guardian envoy instantly surged from the foundation stone into Sand Gold's body.

At this moment, Sand Gold transformed like a Kamen Rider, with a strange full-coverage mask appearing on his face, higher on the right and lower on the left, and a V-shaped top hat tilted to the right on his head.

The coat is a long black trench coat with gold trim and a spade pattern that shines with blue light on each hem. The shoulders and cuffs are fitted with hard armor.

The leg armor is one blue and one green, giving it an eerie feel.

Finally, the last glimmer of light from the cornerstone transformed into a breastplate also bearing black and white floral patterns, before fading completely and being casually retrieved by the gold dust.

After transforming, Sand Gold immediately condensed a large number of chip-shaped imaginary energy blasts on Skarachabaz, stacked them into chip pillars, and then smashed them like a storm onto the huge, unhealed wound on Skarachabaz's back.

Skarakabaz never expected that the supplies on his subordinates would suddenly turn into small beasts capable of inflicting wounds on him, so he was caught off guard.

Moreover, the gold dust was aimed directly at the huge wound on Skarakkabaz's body, and its carapace offered no protection whatsoever.

Even as a messenger, it cannot defy the ironclad rule that its internal flesh and blood are not as robust as its external carapace.

So, Skarakabaz, at this moment, was like someone who had been slashed in the body, whose wound had not yet healed, and then had a dozen barbed steel needles shot into it, letting out a roar.

However, the universe does not transmit sound, and no one can hear Skarachabaz's purely physical roar.

After Sand Gold launched its attack, following Dan Lei's command, it grabbed Dan Lei and Topa from the left and right, gathered the power of the Guardian Envoy, leaped away from the mother insect's body with several large leaps, and retreated at full speed.

Skarakabaz finished roaring and was about to settle scores with Sand Gold when he realized that Sand Gold was gone.

And why does its subordinate look at it with such hungry eyes?

Skarachabaz finally saw the problem in advance this time. Before Danlei left, the last order he gave to the mother insect was to eat Skarachabaz.

By this time, the mother insect had become deeply demonized. It craved flesh and blood. Upon receiving the order, it no longer cared whether the leader was an old one or whether it could defeat the enemy. It pounced on Skarakabaz, its mandibles aimed directly at the wound on Skarakabaz's back.

Skarakabaz certainly wouldn't shy away from its subordinate, but since it dared to pounce, it naturally deserved to be punished.

Therefore, Skarakabaz did not hesitate to fire a Queen Cannon, and the huge quantum sphere instantly pierced through the Queen's body.

Normally, after suffering such a severe blow, even if a planetary queen insect is still alive, she would have very little ability to move.

Skarakabaz was probably thinking of making use of the waste by eating the mother insect to restore his strength.

However, the demonized mother insect, deeming a hole in her body an injury, still pounced on Skarakkabaz's wound and began to bite it. As she ate, the wound instantly healed.

Skarakkabaz was truly stung this time. It hadn't expected to have such a resilient subordinate that even a single King Bug Cannon shot couldn't take it down.

So it launched its radiating venom at the demonized mother insect again, and the effect was remarkable.

The demonic mother insect's carapace couldn't withstand such an attack at all; it was shattered and torn to shreds, and half of its body was gone.

However, it didn't stop biting, tearing off another piece of flesh from Skarakabaz, and then its body quickly recovered again.

Skarakabaz was completely paralyzed. During the global locust plague, the God of Abundance had not yet been born, so the concept of Abundant Evil Creatures did not exist.

Therefore, when it encounters an unkillable mother insect, it can only struggle frantically while continuing to attack with its radial sting venom.

However, the demonic mother insect now has nutrients, and even if half of its head is blown off, it can quickly grow back. Skarakabaz simply cannot deal with it in a short time.

All I can say is that if Skarakabaz hadn't been injured or hadn't been pounced on by the Demonic Mother, dealing with the Demonic Mother would have been a piece of cake.

The heat-relieving death ray destroyed the main body, and the radial sting poison finished it off. The demonic mother insect's entire body turned to ash, and it was absolutely dead.

But reality doesn't allow for "what ifs." Now, Skarakabaz is stuck with the Demonic Mother Worm, unable to shake it off or eliminate it completely with attacks.

At this moment, Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao, who were gathering their strength, were also surprised. Not only had Dan Lei controlled the planetary-level mother insect, but he had also transformed it into a bountiful creature. How did he do that? Could it be that Dan Lei had already become the Bountiful Envoy?

However, despite his surprise, Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao's ability to seize opportunities told him that now was a good time to attack.

After accumulating power for a long time, Jing Yuan controlled the Divine Lord to become incredibly huge, even the planetary-level mother insect was only one-third the size of it.

The Divine Lord raised his array blade and plunged it straight into Skarakabaz and the demonized mother worm clinging to it.

Jing Yuan's skill in controlling the Divine Lord to insert things was honed on countless battlefields. The Divine Lord's array blades precisely inserted two insects into a skewer of candied hawthorns.

Skarakabaz is now helpless. The wound on its back has rendered that area almost defenseless, and the presence of a planet-level mother insect on its body has made it unable to fly fast. It has been strung up into a string of insects.

And that wasn't the end of it. The power of the Envoy-level Hunting Destiny transformed into countless terrifying bolts of lightning, which slashed down directly along the Divine Lord's array blade.

Danlei's demonic mother insect was instantly blasted into dust and died completely by the hunter's lightning.

Skarakabaz was also struck so hard it felt like it was dying, with the lightning from the hunt seeping out from the cracks in its carapace.

However, Jing Yuan was a persistent man. He had been accumulating power for a long time, and this release shocked Skarakabaz for a full seven or eight minutes. Dan Lei was a little worried that it would turn into an electric worm and die under the Divine Lord's array blade, its soul completely scattered.

Fortunately, the envoy was still very resilient; even after being struck by lightning, it was still alive.

However, before Dan Lei could even breathe a sigh of relief, Fei Huang, whose entire body was crackling with lightning, arrived.

After Jingyuan finished his performance, it was Feixiao's turn. At this moment, Feixiao performed the canine's unique ability to destroy things.

Fei Xiao's Fei Huang is very similar to herself. She doesn't have many exaggerated special effects or special moves. Her main move is a simple and unadorned biting claw attack. At most, her claws will glow and be wrapped with electric lightning or wind power.

However, in terms of destructive power per unit target, Fei Huang is in no way inferior to Shen Jun.

At this moment, Skarabaz, who was weak and powerless from being electrocuted, was almost instantly destroyed by Fei Huang.

The shell on the limbs was no match for Fei Huang's claws; a flash of light from Fei Huang would knock off a part of the body.

However, Feihuang's speed was too fast for the naked eye to see at this moment. In the blink of an eye, she had torn Skarakabaz to pieces and stood on its broken corpse with its head in her mouth.

Seeing this, Dan Lei directly addressed Sha Jin, who had just approached with difficulty, shielded by the lingering power of the Divine Lord's lightning.

“Gold dust, throw me onto Fei Huang immediately.”

Although Sand Gold didn't know Dan Lei's reason for making this request, he still complied.

So, Dan Lei was thrown directly at Fei Huang. Fei Xiao naturally noticed Dan Lei's situation, but she didn't know why Dan Lei was thrown over there. Had the two people in the Strategic Investment Department gone mad and were planning to turn on each other here?

However, since Dan Lei had been thrown over, Fei Xiao still caught him with his body.

However, the first thing Dan Lei said after getting on Fei Huang's back was...
"Sister Feixiao, please let me ride it for a bit. Please don't move when I move."

Feixiao was speechless at this point, and could only slowly type a "?".

However, Dan Lei dared not waste any time and immediately entered the White Dragon Mode, which was enhanced by his memory destiny.

At the same time, Dan Lei's eyes suddenly turned bright white, and he reached out and hooked Skarakkabaz's head out of Fei Xiao's mouth, saying...
"Come."

The next second, something strange happened. The Skarachabaz bodies scattered across the asteroid suddenly emitted a large amount of black, unknown energy, which then gathered behind Danlei and quickly formed a semi-transparent Skarachabaz emitting eerie black energy.

However, at this time, Skarakabaz was only the size of an elephant, and it was already a spirit. Dan Lei said that making it the size of a planet was just to scare people, and the size would not affect its ability to absorb the power of destiny.

Upon seeing Skarakabaz's spirit form, Danlei immediately captured it.

Just as Dan Lei had predicted, although Skarakabaz showed signs of awakening intelligence, the level of awakening was not high. Therefore, the mental impact had almost no effect on Dan Lei, and he successfully completed the spirit binding.

The problem is that this thing has an obsession, and as it reconnects to the path of reproduction, the terrifying power of the path of reproduction directly impacts Dan Lei's mind with its obsession.

Skarakabaz's obsession is not complicated; it is simply about reproduction. Combined with the power of the destiny of reproduction, it is like administering an aphrodisiac directly to Dan Lei's mind.

Fortunately, a star god's creation resides in Dan Lei's spiritual sea.

The Holy Grail sensed the intrusion of external emotions, and the dormant consciousness within it instantly awakened, sweeping away the excess emotions in a flash.

Dan Lei seized this moment of clarity in his mind and immediately controlled Skarakabaz's spirit, stopping it from absorbing the power of reproductive destiny, thus preventing himself from continuing to be driven by lust.

When Danlei opened his eyes again, he saw Jingyuan, Feixiao, Shajin, and Tuopa standing in front of him, their expressions ranging from nonchalant to worried, surprised, and excited.

However, Dan Lei is still a bit "intoxicated" and thinks Fei Xiao is really beautiful. He thinks that it would be great to hug her.

And then there's Toppa, with those fleshy legs and that figure, she's absolutely stunning, the phrase "plump and radiant" perfectly describes her.

However, at this moment, the Longhu Mountain scriptures that Dan Lei was practicing came into play. Dan Lei instantly realized that his mind was still not right, and immediately began to recite the Qingxin Sutra to calm himself down.

After a few breaths, Danlei felt his body's agitation subside significantly, and then he opened his eyes again.

At this moment, Jing Yuan's expression had changed from nonchalant to serious as he spoke to Dan Lei.
"It seems that your soul-binding technique has side effects."

However, the gold dust, which had already returned to its normal form, said indifferently...
"If the price of becoming a lecherous woman is enough to gain the power of a Commander, I think countless people in the universe would do it. After all, once you become a Commander, you can have any woman you want."

However, Fei Xiao was actually more concerned about Dan Lei's condition at this moment, and asked with concern...

"Danlei, how are you feeling now? Are you alright?"

Dan Lei had already regained his composure, so he shook his head slightly.
"Sister Feixiao, I'm fine now. I was just overwhelmed by the reproductive destiny and the insect's instinctive desire to reproduce, but I'm fine now."

Afterwards, Danlei apologized to Feixiao and Topa and explained.

"Sister Feixiao, Miss Topa, I'm sorry, my gaze might have been a little lewd just now, but it's fine now."

As you can see, I have captured and commanded the soul of Skarakkabaz.

However, using its power requires me to overcome its instinctive reproductive desire.

My cultivation seems insufficient. I can use my power, but not too much, otherwise, like just now, desires will overwhelm my brain, and I might lose control.

After Danlei finished speaking, Feixiao and Tuopa immediately expressed their forgiveness. They weren't unreasonable people, and besides, Danlei had only glanced at them twice and hadn't actually done anything impolite.

Moreover, Jing Yuan changed the subject at this moment, saying...
"That's not all. Skarakabaz's fighting power largely depends on its powerful body. Now that you're just a soul, it's like pulling out the teeth of a beast."

Furthermore, you can't fully utilize the reproductive destiny power of a Commander-level being. If you go all out, you'll be roughly equivalent to someone who can only use a portion of the Commander's power, at most adding a berserk state with full power.

Shajin and Topa pretended not to hear Jingyuan's words, since he was the real Commander, while they were just travelers on a path of destiny who could borrow the power of the Commander.

However, Fei Xiao then smoothed things over.
"Even so, Dan Lei, your strength has already reached the top level in the universe. Even if it's a little smaller, Skarakabaz's thermolytic death ray would be very difficult for even a superhuman to withstand."

When asked about Fei Xiao's assessment, Dan Lei only had one sentence: "I'm still far from good enough. I can't even control my own power. I need to train harder."

Then, Dan Lei grabbed Fei Xiao's wrist and checked his pulse.

Just now, when Feixiao was speaking, Danlei suddenly noticed that there seemed to be blood on her waist.

Recalling where Fei Huang was injured, Dan Lei immediately guessed that Fei Xiao's current condition might not be very good.

Sure enough, as soon as Dan Lei took her pulse, he knew that Fei Xiao must have activated [Moon Frenzy] in her Flying Yellow state. Coupled with her waist injury, she was currently deficient in both qi and blood. The most outrageous thing was that she was forcibly stopping the bleeding from her waist injury by muscle compression, which was simply a joke.

In Feixiao's current state, directly treating her with the Medicine Dragon Healing Technique would only exacerbate her physical depletion. Therefore, Danlei did not hesitate to cut off the power of his abundant destiny and transfer his own life force to heal her.

For Dan Lei, he couldn't let Fei Xiao, a powerful figure with a high level of favorability, get into trouble before the martial arts ceremony because of the incident he caused. If he couldn't stay in Luofu, he could always go to Yao Qing to seek refuge with her.

Feixiao immediately sensed the transfer of life force, so he tried to shake off Danlei's hand and said sternly.
"Dan Lei, what are you doing? Making me absorb your life force? What's the difference between me and those abundant evil creatures? Using other people's life force to sustain oneself is an evil path. Don't you understand that?"

However, Dan Lei has not yet retrieved Skarakabaz's spirit. With its blessing, Dan Lei is confident that he can hold onto Fei Xiao's wrist without being shaken off by the bloodless Fei Xiao.

At the same time, Danlei stuffed a handful of energy bars into his mouth and said...

"Stop twisting the facts. Forcibly seizing another's life force to maintain your own is the evil way. What evil is it that I'm willingly giving you my life force?"

Moreover, I was just overwhelmed by the power of my reproductive destiny, so giving you some now won't affect me at all.

Don't forget, I can restore my vitality by constantly eating. The little bit I gave you will be made up for later when you treat me to a good meal.

"Does General Yaoqing not even have the money to treat his own brother to a decent meal?"

Fei Xiao was speechless at Dan Lei's words, and she was also reluctant to knock Dan Lei unconscious with a punch and end the transfer of his life force.

Fortunately, Dan Lei only wanted to heal Fei Xiao's external injuries. After using his life force to repair the wound on her waist, Dan Lei stopped transferring his life force and then deliberately said in front of Jing Yuan...

"Sister Feixiao, I used quite a few secret techniques that operate in the gray area this time. Although I gained a lot, you must take me in when Luofu exiles me."

Upon hearing this, Fei Xiao knew that Dan Lei was trying to sow discord between Jing Yuan and others, so he immediately patted his chest and said...
"No problem. Luo Fu exiled you, but I'll take you in. At worst, I'll argue your case at the generals' meeting and then take you to fight a few battles. That should be enough to make up for your mistakes."

After all, unless you've truly committed heinous crimes, everything is negotiable.

At this moment, Jing Yuan remained silent, because Dan Lei's matter could be serious or minor. To put it bluntly, Dan Lei's act of transforming the planetary mother insect into a monstrous creature was suspected of committing the crime of "causing the loss of immortality," and the arrest of Skarakabaz's soul was suspected of committing the crime of "confusing the mind."

However, both of these crimes apply to the residents of the Immortal Ship, or at the very least, to ordinary humanoid intelligent beings.

Breeding insects is clearly not within the scope of this discussion.

It's like committing murder, which is illegal, but if you kill a pest the size of a person, there's no law against it.

That's why Danlei said that the secret technique he used was in a gray area.

Feixiao understood this situation, which is why he dared to vouch for Danlei.

(End of this chapter)