My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 421 - 393: Soul Crystal (Extended - )_2

They had originally planned to launch a surprise attack on the cult headquarters and deal with the Transcendent of the Ghost Hand Clan afterward, but now...

The petrified Transcendent of the Ghost Hand Clan was running away, and the other two Transcendents were also showing signs of retreating.

That wasn’t a good sign.

High in the sky,

The elder of the Ghost Hand Clan, despite his injuries, managed to escape from Nancy, his figure flashing as he flew towards the deep crater where the first fallen Transcendent had perished.

Tang Yu narrowed his eyes, strolling as if he were taking a leisurely walk, while quietly giving orders through the Follower Contract in his heart.

The elder of the Ghost Hand Clan raced back from afar, darting between the clouds.

At that moment,

Whoosh~~

A gust of wind blew by.

A floating white cloud suddenly revealed its true form, a massive fifty-meter-long Floating Airship with a fierce array of cannons.

The "Sail" had already been lying in wait here, concealed!

As the Concealing Rune Array was deactivated,

The "Flame Dragon Roar" on the left and "Thunder God’s Spear" on the right, two main cannons, visibly gathered Source Energy, emitting a buzzing sound.

The elder of the Ghost Hand Clan was startled and did several somersaults in mid-air.

The "Sail" fired up its engines and rapidly approached, spewing out intertwined light from flame and thunder.

Boom——!!

Brilliant fireworks burst in the sky, and violent air currents battered against the ship’s shield, flickering between light and dark.

The entire sky was dyed with blended hues of crimson and violet.

Thunderclouds crackled.

Tang Yu focused all his Source Power into his eyes, operating the "Insight Eye," and watched intently.

Endless purple-black Demon Flames erupted from the clouds, engulfing the Floating Airship.

Amidst the turmoil of energy flows, the elder’s skin was charred black and cracked, yet his aura hadn’t weakened much.

On the contrary,

Under the envelope of Demon Flames, the "Sail"’s shield energy rapidly decreased.

He wasn’t an opponent for a Senior Transcendent!

Tang Yu sighed, "It’s just a cargo Floating Airship, after all. We can’t expect it to stand up to a powerful Transcendent..."

But the brief standstill allowed Nancy to arrive in time, her pretty face turned stern and fierce... Nancy was guilt-ridden and angry for not being able to entangle the elder of the Ghost Hand Clan! Her body was wrapped in even denser black Power of Ghost God, and the "Calamity Greatsword" swung repeatedly, overwhelming the elder to the point where he couldn’t raise his head.

Tang Yu turned his head to look at the fleeing Transcendent of the Ghost Hand Clan; as the Floating Airship came closer, he leaped onto the deck.

At that moment, apart from Xiaoli, who pouted and glared at him while serving as a communicator on the deck, everyone else was hiding in the cabins to avoid being affected by the battle.

Tang Yu pushed Xiaoli, with her emerald green hair, aside and ordered the Floating Airship to speed up the chase.

They had to take down at least one more Transcendent!

Commanded by Mali Country, the "Sail" moved with great speed. Although its agility might not compare to a Transcendent’s, its straight-line speed was definitely superior.

Before long, they caught up with the injured Transcendent; Yan Dingtian was desperately chasing and periodically firing Source Power Missiles.

Both main cannons of the Floating Airship fired together.

Yan Dingtian tenaciously engaged in combat.

Tang Yu even increased the crystal count of the Super Demon Prism Tower to twenty—this was the limit of his spiritual power control.

The twenty crystals split into three sections, connected in a "six-seven-seven" formation.

Multiple combinations, a three-pronged attack.

The powerful Transcendent of the Ghost Hand Clan lasted only a few seconds before his battered body vanished in mid-air.

His aura completely disappeared.

The "Insight Eye" also determined there was no chance of a feigned death escape.

Tang Yu couldn’t afford another glance; he immediately turned his head to look towards another battlefield where Eileen was.

"Let’s go there... wait, where’s the Transcendent?"

Looking again, even with the Insight Eye, he could only make out a few tiny dots chasing each other in the distant sky.

But with the Transcendent solely focused on escaping, Eileen and Nancy had no way of stopping him.

After chasing for a while, they could only return, frustrated.

"These Transcendents are so damn cunning..."

If only the opponent had hesitated for a few more seconds, the elder of the Ghost Hand Clan might not have been captured, but the other Transcendent would have definitely not escaped.

Thinking about all the effort it took to kill two Transcendents, five Catastrophe Level Demonized Beasts, hundreds of strong members of the Ghost Hand Clan, and tens of thousands of advanced Demonized Beasts... Tang Yu’s heart was bleeding.

After defeating so many monsters, was there any benefit? Was there!

Soul power was useless to him now!

No experience, no spoils of war... The Transcendent’s body had turned to ashes, what kind of spoils could there be—

"What??!"

Tang Yu stared blankly at a spot in the distance, where the body of the Transcendent had just disintegrated.

A tiny particle was flickering with light,

Floating slowly down to the ground.

Tang Yu leaped out of the Floating Airship, stepping on the air as he flew over.

Getting closer, he saw it was a crystal about the size of a goose egg, white and semi-transparent, with an irregular shape.

Although irregular, it was incredibly exquisite. At first glance, it had a fatal attraction, making one want to grab the crystal and even swallow it.

Tang Yu was startled and quickly suppressed the thought at the bottom of his heart.

He didn’t dare to reach out and touch it immediately but maintained about the same speed and descended with the semi-transparent crystal.

Meanwhile, he activated the "Insight Eye," with data streams flashing continuously before his eyes.

[Soul Crystal (Transcendent) (Demon Flame)]

[Soul Crystals are the essence left by the gathering of residual soul power after a strong person dies. The fall of a Transcendent will certainly produce a Soul Crystal. Powerful beings in the Awakening Tier may also generate Soul Crystals.]

[Soul Crystals contain some of the deceased’s abilities. Absorbing them allows one to inherit what’s inside the Soul Crystal, including skills, experience, and a significant increase in the likelihood of a breakthrough for those in the Awakening Tier...]

Tang Yu couldn’t close his mouth upon reading this far.

No wonder it was so attractive; it turned out that the desire for advancement called Transcendence was driving me.

He took two steps closer.

Source Power was being continuously depleted, and he had no choice but to down another Source Power Potion. The pale blue on his cheeks was deepening, now visible to the naked eye.

More and more data was analyzed.

[However, as the Soul Crystal is a condensation of the residual soul power from a Transcendent, absorbing the Soul Crystal has side effects; the soul may become corrupted and develop multiple symptoms such as mental splits, and in severe cases, be "replaced" by the original Transcendent.]

Tang Yu’s reaching hand retracted as quickly as if shocked by electricity.

Can’t the information I see be comprehensive in one go!

Tang Yu didn’t dare to rush. He patiently waited for the analysis of the "Soul Crystal."

He had figured out a lot about how to use the "Insight Eye." The information given during the analysis was greatly influenced by his will.

It could be his conscious or subconscious.

Tang Yu tried to strengthen his will to understand the uses of the "Soul Crystal" or to avoid its side effects.

[Uses]:

[1. By using special means to strip away the influence of the residual soul power, the potency of the Soul Crystal is reduced. After absorption, one can gain the Special Ability "Demon Flame," but will not acquire experience or an increased probability of Transcendent breakthrough;]

[2. Creating Pseudo Transcendents, absorbing a Transcendent Soul Crystal can forcibly elevate an Awakening Thirteen Layer Perfection to a Pseudo Transcendent Tier (1 Transcendent Soul Crystal can produce 2~3 Pseudo Transcendents). There will be no soul corruption or mental splits, but Pseudo Transcendents cannot continue to improve and will suffer a certain degree of intellect degradation;]

[3. As a core material for the promotion of Puppet Guards, after promotion, Puppet Guards are comparable to genuine Transcendent Combat Power and have the potential for further enhancement, with no side effects.]

He immediately dismissed option two; no matter how many Pseudo Transcendents there were, they were nothing but trash, easily annihilated by a flick of his hand.

"Demon Flame" was similar to an ability user’s Special Ability and might be a unique talent of the Ghost Hand Clan.

No need to mention its power— it was definitely top-notch among abilities.

The key was its cool factor, it had style.

Just imagining flames underfoot, with each step blooming into lotus flowers, Tang Yu’s eyes were green with envy.

If there was no option three... even if there was, he really wanted to choose one, but after weighing it up several times, between looking cool and being strong, Tang Yu chose strength.

He’s already so handsome; this wouldn’t make much difference.

Hmm.

He caught the Soul Crystal and threw it directly into his Space Ring, shielding himself from that deadly attraction. Then, he flew straight to the deep pit where the Transcendent had first fallen, and after searching for a while, he indeed found another Soul Crystal on the shattered corpse.

Ever since upgrading to a fourth-tier Territory, he finally found the core material he had been puzzled about.

The promotions for Puppet Guard One and Two were just around the corner.

(The Soul Crystal used to be called Soul Nodule, but that sounded too ugly, so I changed it—just ignore it... ┐(´∀｀)┌)