Star Gate-Chapter 986: Divine Spirits (IV)

Li Hao regarded the situation gravely. The implications were more than just a chance encounter of a divine spirit, but that an unknown number of divine spirits had revived in the distant western nation. If all of them possessed abilities such as these... then all supernaturals would be greatly affected!

If one only had supernatural abilities to call upon, then running into a divine spirit of the corresponding element would be a disaster. Meanwhile, cultivators of the thirty-six meridians wouldn’t be affected, because all of those meridians were unattributed!

That was the greatest silver lining in this unfortunate development.

The earthen-colored heavyweight walked down from the machine without responding. It considered Yuming for a while before responding, “Hu Xiao? You took possession of an outsider? I’m simply occupying a corpse that’s not in use, it’s just laying there. How dare you point fingers at me??”

“I haven’t taken possession!” Yuming retorted hotly. “This was an unfortunate accident! I was in charge of the mental reincarnation department and the corpse of the divine spirit was under the divine department’s control. Who are you to unlawfully seize the research center’s property?!”

Director General Wang didn’t make a sound; he silently observed the unknown figure, attempting to determine its strength. Divine spirits... were the equivalent of Saints back in the day. The other was not a core origin dao cultivator, but of the unique heritage of Silver Moon Territory.

With this world now isolated from the main world, their opponent should be in peak condition. That made them a bonafide Saint! Compared to a Saint without the support of core origin dao... their opponent would crush him!

Director General Wang was starting to regret not inviting his martial uncle to come along. He hadn’t done so because there hadn’t been premier heavyweights in the research center back in the day. Even the research head was but peak Immortal. In the absence of core origin dao and the research head focusing on his work instead of cultivation, the director general wouldn’t be afraid even in the event of a surprise encounter in the ruins.

But now, here came someone who’d taken possession of a divine spirit’s body!

Li Hao had been observing the other all this time. The figure possessed exceedingly dense earth energy. There was no golden light around its body, which made it different from the powerhouses of the New Martial era. Therefore, it didn’t follow the golden body cultivation method of that age.

Occupying a divine spirit’s body and then utilizing the mental reincarnation method to combine its mental strength with the body... that was a good idea that would prevent the user from losing too much battle strength.

But, it was said that mental reincarnation weakened mental strength. That meant that the user might not be able to fully control this immense power of earth.

Earthen-colored armor manifested over the other person’s body. It looked at the three strangers, then at Yuming.

“Very well then, Director Hu. Our orders have to adapt to changes in circumstance,” it said calmly. “Occupying the divine spirit’s body is indeed a violation of research center rules, but so many years had passed and you were gone too. I had no choice but to do so... I... am Qi Yun!”

“Vice Head Qi?” Yuming started. “You’re still alive?”

“If even you are alive, is it a surprise that I am?”

“He’s the only vice head who stayed behind, Qi Yun!” Yuming quickly explained to the others.

Director General Wang raised an eyebrow. He wasn’t familiar with this person as they weren’t of the same administrative system.

“Vice Head Qi... I’ve heard many great things about you!” Li Hao said after assessing the situation. “This is Director General Wang Ye of Security at Battle Heaven and the acting city lord! I am the heir of the Li family and wielder of Stellaris, as well as the Eleventh Division leader of the Reserve Defenders of Battle Heaven Army.

“In order to prevent unnecessary conflict, please accept military command in accordance with wartime regulations!” Here, the young man paused for a second. “Please retreat from the divine corpse and relinquish your control over it.”

“This isn’t appropriate, is it?” Qi Yun raised an eyebrow. “Your identities have not been confirmed and the research center is a very important place. We cannot easily give up resistance and allow enemies to invade...”

Li Hao laughed and sent Stellaris soaring into the air. “Does Vice Head Qi recognize Stellaris? Is that not enough to prove my identity? Or does the vice head think that New Martial has been over for so long that these rules are useless?”

Encountering a powerhouse that’d occupied a divine corpse was beyond everyone’s expectations. But since the other was a New Martial heavyweight, they didn’t want to turn hostile if they could help it.

“Vice Head Qi, everyone is to obey military commands in times of war!” Director General Wang boomed. “The strong all have military titles and yours should only be an academic one. The Eleventh Division leader is a general, so all you need to do is obey orders!”

“Vice Head Qi, it’s understandable that you chose to occupy the divine corpse after so many years...” Yuming said as well. “But right now, it’s better for the vice head to temporarily relinquish control over the body. The mental reincarnation method isn’t very complete, so brashly combining your mental force with the corpse might create enormous drawbacks.”

Qi Yun stayed silent; no one knew what he was thinking. After a while, he raised his head to see that Director General Wang had summoned the city lord seal. The characters beneath the seal sparkled with radiance.

“I do not intend to defy orders,” he sighed. “It’s just that you four were newly arrived and your identities unknown...”

A surge of mental strength wafted out of the body and coalesced into a humanoid form that was slightly intangible. The divine corpse lost some of its luster.

“I have relinquished control over the divine corpse.” Qi Yun’s faint image wavered. “What would you like to do with me?”

Director General Wang was in a difficult position, but Li Hao was not. He transmitted an order for the director general to lock onto the form of mental strength, whereas the young man took a step forward to the body.

Vice Head Qi ignored his motions at first, but blinked and turned back for a look.

The ‘dao’ character hovered around Li Hao; the young man was stunned by what he found. The divine corpse was exceedingly formidable and there were no supernatural locks within its body. There was only one thick dao meridian that ran through the whole body.

An earth dao meridian!

Li Hao sent his character into the dao meridian without a word. Magnificence shone from the young man as a peculiar strength appeared. As Vice Head Qi watched on incredulously, Li Hao severed the thick dao meridian’s connection to the Hao Cosmos. He blocked the entrance with the ‘dao’ character.

The divine corpse’s presence immediately began to weaken. Only then did Li Hao heave a sigh of relief and turn with a smile. Whatever this Qi Yun had been planning, there was nothing to plan with now.

Encountering the vice head was a surprise, but also a stroke of luck. This was the body of a divine spirit and the mental strength of a senior executive in the research center! A lot of questions swirled in Li Hao’s mind, perhaps the vice head could help him with a couple.

As for Yuming, not only were his memories not too clear, but he’d only been in charge of the mental reincarnation department before. He might not know as much as this vice head as the latter had temporarily overseen the entire research center.

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“How did you do it?” asked an astonished Vice Head Qi. “The strength inside the divine spirit was boundless without end and impossible to seal away. It kept absorbing energy from an unknown source... why could you seal it off?”

“The vice head will know later!” Li Hao chuckled. “Is there anyone else alive here other than you?”

“No.” Vice Head Qi shook his head. “There were very few researchers at the Immortal level. Those below Immortal have long decayed. Hu Xiao survived purely by accident—his mental strength should be a bit stronger than others. I had a chance to live only because I was an Immortal.

“It wasn’t until recently that my consciousness revitalized. I found that everyone was dead, but that the divine corpse was still here and didn’t show signs of decline. On the contrary, it began to revitalize over the past couple of years, which is why I chose to occupy it.”

“Revitalize?” Li Hao’s eyes widened. “When did that start?”

“A few years ago,” Vice Head Qi answered. “As for exactly when, I’m not sure. There were already signs of resurrection when I woke. Just in case, I chose mental reincarnation to prevent it from fully coming back to life.”

This meant to say that the divine spirits of the Divine Nation might really be resurrecting. This was not good news! Ancient powerhouses might not be able to appear prior to the second awakening, but what of divine spirits?

They may be able to!

They were part of the world to begin with, so they might accomplish what others could not do.

A headache brewed at Li Hao’s temples. This was a hassle! At the same time, it was also a fortuitous occurrence to obtain a divine corpse here. This would provide the perfect research opportunity and it might be very helpful for exploring dao meridians.

“Let’s leave first and return to Skystar Town!”

“We can’t...” Vice Head Qi murmured.

“I can take you guys out. Don’t worry, that’s how Director General Wang entered the research center.”

The vice head looked thoughtfully at him before nodding, “Alright.”

Li Hao didn’t think too much of it. He would assign this one to Zhang An first as he couldn’t be bothered to determine if he was a good guy or bad. Perhaps this one had bowed his head in the moment so he could strike when everyone was off guard...

But it was fine. The young man had sealed off the Hao Cosmos from the corpse, thereby controlling its strength. Even if the vice head had ulterior motives in mind, they would prove futile.

What was extraordinarily surprising was only one dao meridian in the divine spirit’s body. One dao meridian that possessed Saint level battle strength... that was big news! This divine corpse might be their greatest harvest on this trip!