Chapter 1672: Darkness Devil Body
Heavenly Emperor Yin's voice resounded through the giant palace infused with killing intent. This caused the void to shake, and the surrounding worldly natural energy rippled with his emotions. The terrifying pressure capable of flipping mountains and parting seas was directed towards Li Lingjing, and she found it difficult even to breathe.
Even though she had reached the King Stage after devouring Shen Jinxiao in the Xia Kingdom, she was as weak as an ant before a Divine Fruit Heavenly Emperor, unable to resist in the slightest. As she stood her ground, her tail swept from side to side slowly, her scales slowly splitting apart as rivulets of blood dripped down her body. It looked as though she would be grinded to pieces by Heavenly Emperor Yin's fury. Although she was in a desperate situation, Li Lingjing's pale and beautiful face betrayed no fear. After all, life and death held no meaning to her.
She knew that her actions to secretly aid Li Luo would eventually be discovered by the Origin Reversion Institute. That would be the day of her reckoning. After all, the Heavenly Emperors there weren't idiots; while she could bamboozle the Underworld Kings, it was impossible to hide from those omniscient beings.
When Heavenly Emperor Yin noticed Li Lingjing's still eyes and stagnant response, he restrained his aura. "Are you not afraid of death?"
"Have you sensed something, Honored Lord?" Li Lingjing indifferently replied as she wiped away the blood stains on the side of her lips.
Heavenly Emperor Yin's flames flickered as he said with some appreciation, "You truly are courageous, daring to look down on the might of a Heavenly Emperor. Perhaps it's no surprise you've managed to claw yourself out of one dire predicament after another. It looks like you've also guessed that I won't kill you."
Li Lingjing lowered her eyes slightly, remaining silent. After all, considering how powerful Heavenly Emperor Yin was, if he wished to kill her, he wouldn't have taken her from Xia City. The fact that she was brought here and even released when she could have been casually eradicated supported that idea. Even so, she didn't heave a sigh of relief. Instead, a sense of wariness emerged in her heart. She didn't believe that Heavenly Emperor Yin was a kind and charitable person.
The flickering flames that made up Heavenly Emperor Yin's eyes remained locked on to her, as though he could see through all of her secrets.
"Spirit Eye has spent hundreds of years on his research, though I never thought that he would succeed. Li Lingjing, you're a unique existence. Your body overflows with corruption and you're essentially an Other. However, you've retained your consciousness and have not been completely tainted by your negative emotions. In a sense, you truly are a fusion of a human and an Other. This is somewhat in line with the goals of the Origin Reversion Institute. You are a perfect Darkness Devil Body and an excellent shell. The task I have given Spirit Eye can be considered to be truly completed now," he said.
Li Lingjing's eyes narrowed. What was Heavenly Emperor Yin trying to say? Could it be that the Spirit Eye Underworld King's countless Soul Eater True Devil experiments were carried out under his orders? Was she the final product of hundreds of years of hard work from the Spirit Eye Underworld King? The completed Darkness Devil Body? An excellent shell? Just who would use her body as a shell?