Chapter 34: System's Help
Inside Ken's psychic plane, there was a blue blinking light that suddenly appeared in front of the purple gas.
When the purple gas slowly took the shape of a human, the blue blinking light took the shape of a ball.
"Protection? It—— won't work."
When the purple soul saw the ball, his eyes blazed with fury. The sheer pressure coming from it was enough to make Ken scream in agony.
But the blue ball didn't do anything.
It didn't stop the purple soul until it moved forward.
[Whoa! Whoa! Buddy, you need to calm down! You can't take over this body.]
A robotic voice came from the ball, which confused the purple pall.
"Puppetry?"
The purple soul asked. He raised his hand, and a purple energy gathered on his palm.
It rapidly spun and turned into a ball of purple energy.
Whoosh!
The purple energy ball was shot straight towards the blue ball at an extraordinary speed.
Behind the blue ball, there was a small yellow cloud. It was Ken's soul. If even a portion of this cloud were hurt, it would be detrimental to Ken.
Boom!
Before the purple ball could reach there, a blue barrier appeared in front of the purple ball, causing a massive explosion.
However, the explosion only released a purple gas that failed to penetrate the blue barrier.
"Ahhhhh!"
While this was happening, Ken kept feeling the pain of having his toe stuffed, but the pain was a hundred times more intense.
And, it was happening in his mind. He couldn't let go of his head.
[Yep! That's my Host screaming. I love the sound of my Host.]
The blue ball suddenly released an arm and gave the purple soul a thumbs up.
"You....Go away!"
The purple soul seemed a bit confused yet understandably pissed. He roared and dashed towards the blue ball with all of his speed and power.
When he tried to punch the ball, a blue barrier appeared in front of him and blocked the punch.
Bang!
The purple soul tried to punch through, but its power wasn't enough. Even though their collision was enough to release a shockwave inside the psychic plane.
"Argh!"
Ken fell on his knees, screaming once again. It felt like he was being suffocated underwater.
And no matter how much he tried, he couldn't swim out.
Bang!
The purple soul didn't care. He raised his other fist and kept punching straight at the blue barrier.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The punches were strong.
Each with the power to send a shockwave throughout the psychic plane, but not a single ounce of that power reached the cloud.
It didn't even leave a scratch on the barrier.
After a few more punches, Ken slowly calmed down. He was still feeling the pain, and his expression was still distorted.
But he was able to adjust to the pain.
He should've been able to do it before. But since this was his new psychic plane, his previous experiences didn't help.
'This is much better than in my previous life. I almost had my soul destroyed while getting those inheritances.'
'But thanks to the system, nothing is happening to my soul. I have also adjusted to soul attacks. My psychic plane has gotten stronger as well.'
He thought to himself and finally said.
"System, do it!"
[Okay, Host!]
A voice rang in his head.
Inside his psychic plane, the blue barrier suddenly disappeared.
Seeing this, the purple soul felt excited. The previously exhausted soul power had made him look bad.
But with new hope, he immediately lunged towards the blue ball, only to find himself being captured inside a blue sphere.
[Sorry, Buddy! You might not know this, but most of the system's host has a hundred percent guaranteed protection from soul attacks.]
Suddenly, the sphere crushed into a small point of blue energy. The crush was so quick that it didn't even give the purple soul a chance to react.
Before he knew it, his soul body was broken into two parts.
Raw Soul Power and Memories!
At this moment, the yellow cloud behind the blue ball slowly moved towards the purple energy.
The front of the cloud turned into a mouth and sucked in the soul power.
As it absorbed the soul power, the yellow cloud started transforming. It slowly took the shape of a humanoid being.
"Okay! I wasn't expecting myself to improve my soul so quickly. Thanks for the help, System!"
Ken waved his newly formed arms and thanked the blue ball in front of him.
The blue ball showed a smiley face using lines and gave him a thumbs up with a newly created arm.
Then, it shot towards his soul as a blue light and got absorbed into his soul.
The system was an existence attached to his soul. Its residence was his soul, but because his soul was weak, Ken couldn't check inside.
Thus, he hadn't seen the true form of the system.
And, he didn't think he would see it very soon. After all, the system was an existence beyond this world.
He turned to the side and raised his right hand. His palm clutched the white ball and crushed it.
Suddenly, the fragments of the white ball started piercing his palm and entering his soul.
At this moment, Ken closed his eyes as he started accepting new memories.
These were the memories of the Ancient Blood Devouring Sect Leader's son.
His name was Yu Jian. He was one of the most talented children in the world in cultivation.
When he was only ten, his body had developed enough to start the cultivation.
Especially using the resources of the sect, it wasn't so hard.
The Ancient Blood Devouring Sect was known for its Blood Devouring Technique. Because of its fierce reputation, everyone in the world feared it.
But what people didn't know was the existence of the Blood Demon Tyrant Body Technique.
It was a body cultivating technique, aimed at a hegemony-type body. It was the strongest body cultivation technique in the world at that time.
It was even comparable to the Ancient Dragon Transformation Technique of the Ancient Dragon Sect.
Yu Jian had trained on this technique for a decade, achieving almost an unkillable body.
As long as his blood was flowing through his body, or as long as his blood essence wasn't hurt, he could instantly regenerate any part of his body.
And, his blood essence was stored within the skeleton.
He had reached a point where his skeleton was beyond any material like gold or iron.
Because even after thousands of years since his death, his skeleton was still powerful enough to suffocate him.
He needed to utilize the Dragon Flame just to destroy the skeleton that had lived till now.
Considering how old the ancestor of the Golden Dragon Sect was.
And, since he was searching for the Ancient Dragon Sect's technique thousands of years ago, he knew this skeleton was from at least ten thousand years ago.
More importantly, Rigid Mountain Hall was known for its history from fifty thousand years ago.
That's why Ken was so amazed by the power of this body technique.
The only problem was its resources. To train this body technique, one would need to absorb the blood of others.
Absorbing the blood of the monster beasts wasn't a problem for him.
But absorbing the blood of other humans was a big no for him. If he hadn't awakened the system, that could've changed.
He wouldn't go around being an evil cultivator, but he would still absorb the blood of enemies to get stronger.
But at least, now, he didn't think he would need to do that.
Although he received the memories, it wasn't complete. Many things were missing.
It also made him realize why the soul was talking like that.
Thankfully, the memories of Blood Demon Tyrant Body Technique and Blood Devouring Technique were complete.
Except for these two things, there was one thing that made Ken heavily excited.
It turned out that during this time, Yu Jian was trying to capture the Natural Flame.
And unlike most Natural Flames, it was a Heavenly Flame.
Natural Flames were divided into three types: Heavenly Flames, Earthly Flames, and Beast Flames.
Heavenly Flames were the most powerful flames. There was a Flame Ranking, and Heavenly Flames always took the top ten spot.
Earthly Flames were considered one step below Heavenly Flames. They could burn for thousands of years, but eventually, they could run out if not tamed.
Beast Flames were considered the most mixed flames. Some of these flames were comparable to Heavenly Flames, while some were weaker than Earthly Flames.
Flames such as Dragon Flame could be considered top ten flames in the ranking, but only if they had reached a certain level.
Yu Jian had found the location of Purple Soul Flame. It was located at the bottom of Turtle Mountain, inside a volcano from thousands of years ago.
Because of their specialness, Ken didn't think anyone had ever gotten their hands on it.
But if he wanted to get that, he would need to make some special adjustments.