Thinking of this, Qin Shi became irritated, but the black shadows did not give him the chance to be irritated. Two of the black shadows near him got up and charged at him.
"Damn it!
Why didn't Xi 'er tell me that there's such a terrifying existence in this godforsaken place!
You're not trying to trick me, are you? "Qin Shi frowned and quickly dodged a few meters to the side.
However, in the thousand-meter-deep pool, the resistance of the water pressure was very strong. Even if Qin Shi wanted to move nimbly, it would be difficult. He had just dodged a black shadow, and the other black shadows beside it quickly pounced at him.
"It's too late!"
In an instant, the black shadow whistled through the ripples in the deep pool and pounced at him with its huge mouth that was like a black hole.
Qin Shi stared at the ghost-like black shadow and helplessly put his hands in front of his chest, preparing to be hit and sent flying.
Poof!
The black shadow collided with Qin Shi, and a muffled sound echoed in the deep pool.
However, immediately, Qin Shi could not help but frown. He found that his whole body was floating on the spot, and the pain that he imagined did not appear.
"Huh?"
He looked down curiously, but in a daze, he found that his chest was safe and sound. There were no signs of injury at all, which shocked him. "What the hell, what's going on?"
"Where's the black shadow?"
Touching his chest, Qin Shi suddenly thought of something and looked back. He saw that the black shadow that had pounced at him was already a hundred meters away.
Seeing the black shadow a hundred meters away, Qin Shi's expression trembled. "It's behind me?
That means it really went through my body just now? "
"But if that's the case, why am I fine?"
This was too strange. Qin Shi's mind was full of question marks, but just as he was puzzled, another black shadow swam in the deep pool and pounced at him.
"Again?"
Just as Qin Shi wanted to resist, he saw that the black shadow had already hit his chest. However, what was shocking was that Qin Shi's body seemed to be useless in front of the black shadow. It directly ignored Qin Shi's body and leaped out.
"This, this …"
Qin Shi, who witnessed it with his own eyes, was stunned.
If the first time was an accident, how could he explain this time?
"This is too strange."
Qin Shi curled his lips, and soon after, he saw a black silhouette approaching him. A bold idea flashed through his mind. He raised his hand and slowly extended it towards the black silhouette. When his five fingers came into contact with the black silhouette, there wasn't the slightest feeling of touch, and it directly passed through.
"Could it be … an illusion?"
This phenomenon shocked Qin Shi. He realized that these black shadows didn't have a physical body at all. They were just illusory illusions.
After thinking this through, Qin Shi became much bolder. "Ha, no wonder I couldn't sense the cultivation of these ghosts. So they were all lying?
You scared this young master to death. "
"But it's strange. Who set up the illusion in this deep pool?
Could it be that he was the high chieftain of the Fiends?
I don't understand. "Qin Shi rolled his eyes, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out. He only felt that this place was somewhat strange.
"I'd better find the Spirit Gathering Flower first, then quickly leave this damned place."
Because of this, Qin Shi didn't want to waste any more time. He gathered two rays of light at the tip of his feet and shot towards the bottom of the deep pool again.
But just as he was about to leave, his left arm suddenly trembled uncontrollably. Then, a voice echoed in his mind. "Keke, little fellow, I haven't seen you for a few days. Why have you become so timid?"
"Hm?
Evil spirit? "
Hearing that voice, Qin Shi frowned. "You're awake?"
"Sort of. Let's not talk about this for now. There are so many treasures in front of you. Are you going to give them up so easily?" The evil spirit's voice sounded in the totem. This time, it was clearly much more mellow than before.
"Treasures?
What treasures? "
"Of course it's these guys."
The evil spirit curled its lips. Then, it controlled Qin Shi to raise his left hand and point at the black shadows behind him.
Qin Shi frowned, turned around and looked at the black shadows floating in the deep pool, and said in astonishment: "You said that these illusion ghosts are treasures?
Damn, did you sleep too long and your brain is rusty? "
"Illusion?"
The evil spirit was startled, and then it scolded in a twitching voice, "Pfft, what bullshit illusion technique, your brain is rusty, these black shadows are not illusions, they are all the souls of the dead."
"The souls of the dead?"
"En, and don't underestimate these souls. I can sense from them that these souls were all almighty experts when they were alive. The weakest among them is at least at the Heaven Seizing realm." The evil spirit rolled its eyes and said snappily.
Hearing that, Qin Shi sucked in a breath of cold air in shock. "Hiss … Above the Heaven Seizing realm?"
"Nonsense, I really don't know how you're a Talisman Master. You can't even differentiate the basic soul body, and you're even scared out of your wits by them. Aren't you afraid of losing face if this gets out?" The evil spirit cursed as it stroked the corner of its mouth.
"Err …"
Qin Shi clicked his tongue, but did not say anything.
It seemed like it wasn't just the Evil Demon who had said this. Back then, Yu Luocha had also given him a fierce look because he didn't understand the Ancient Beast Board.
But in response to this, Qin Shi smacked his lips disapprovingly: "Can you blame me for that?
I learned it on my own, and no one taught me. "
Looking at Qin Shi's strange expression, the Evil Demon said snappily: "Alright, don't just stand there, hurry up and use your mental power to refine them. This way, your mental cultivation will be of supreme use."
"Really?"
"Of course, has this sovereign ever lied to you?" The Evil Demon said proudly.
Qin Shi shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly: "Maybe, you wholeheartedly want to possess me, who knows what you're thinking right now."
"You … You're pissing me off!
Seeing that the evil spirit was about to explode, Qin Shi hurriedly smiled and waved his hand. He knew that the evil spirit wouldn't harm him, so he didn't argue any further. Instead, he turned his gaze to the hundreds of souls.
"Can these toys really increase my mental cultivation?"
Qin Shi pursed his lips and tentatively sent out two streams of mental power. The mental power had a faint purple glow, and after causing invisible ripples in the deep pool, it swept towards the nearby few souls.
Buzz!
After the mental power came into contact with the soul, the purple glow clearly emitted a joyful cry. Then, like a sunflower, it wrapped around the soul from all directions, forming an eerie fire to refine it.
Roar —
Burned by the eerie fire, the soul let out a horrified howl. It scurried around in the mental barrier, doing its best to smash its way out.
However, it was still a soul without any cultivation. In a short moment, it was assimilated by the mental power, and in the end, only a wisp of green smoke was left before it completely disappeared.
After refining the soul, the mental power floated back into Qin Shi's mind in satisfaction. In that instant, Qin Shi felt Hei Zi become clear, and a very comfortable feeling poured into his head.
Crack!
Immediately after, a crack appeared in the sea of consciousness that had been sealed for a long time after a soul entered. Looking at the crack, Qin Shi was overjoyed. "It's really effective?"
Ever since he cultivated the Great Relic Technique, Qin Shi had not been able to break through the 1,000-meter sea of consciousness, no matter how he cultivated the Xuantian Holy Scripture. This showed how difficult it was for him to break through this time.
In the sea of consciousness, the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation in the center of the center spun rapidly. After the soul entered, it became active. The sky full of golden light was like an arrow, piercing through the soul.
Boom!
The soul was pierced, and a wild and thick mental power burst out. It was like a surging tide, stirring up a thousand layers of waves in the sea of consciousness. The 1,000-meter barrier, which had been deeply rooted in the sea of consciousness, suddenly shattered after being hit by the torrent.
1,500-meter barrier.
The moment the barrier exploded, the illusory space in the sea of consciousness increased by 500 meters.
Qin Shi's black eyes widened, and he said happily: "This is too unbelievable, a single soul increased my sea of consciousness by an entire five hundred meters?"
"Nonsense, the soul you just refined was a fourth level Heaven Realm expert, a Heaven Realm expert. If it wasn't for the fact that you spent so much time in this damned place, I'm afraid you would have improved even more." The Evil Demon rolled its eyes and said.
"Fourth level Heaven Realm?"
Even though he knew that these souls were extraordinary, Qin Shi still couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. Not counting Zhen Yuan and Fu Feng, these old demons with unknown cultivations, the strongest he had ever seen was a second level Heaven Seizing Realm green eagle.
Because of this, Qin Shi frowned: "Why are there so many powerful souls in this place?
Any one of these people here would probably be able to shake the Crimson Flame Empire, right? "
The Evil Demon shook its head, indicating that it was unclear.
Qin Shi didn't think too much about it. In any case, he couldn't figure it out.
Because of this, he was silent for a moment, and then he began to refine the soul bodies again. Rays of purple light shot out like tens of thousands of fireflies.
Weng!
One soul after another was refined and began to pour into Qin Shi's sea of consciousness. Under the golden light of the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation, hundreds of soul bodies gradually turned into spiritual force and were completely absorbed.
Every time he absorbed, Qin Shi's sea of consciousness would expand.
Very quickly, it reached the range of two thousand meters.
Qin Shi could feel that his five senses had received a significant leap. His black pupils flickered with a clear golden light, and even the surrounding pitch-black pool became completely bright in his eyes.
But for some reason, every time he absorbed a soul, Qin Shi's emotions would fluctuate inexplicably. Sometimes he would be sad, sometimes he would be angry, causing him to frown: "What's going on?"
"These are the resentment of the deceased. Quickly use your spiritual force to erase them, otherwise it will affect your cultivation." The Evil Demon said.
Qin Shi suddenly understood. Without hesitation, he spread out his Divine Will, and a wisp of green smoke entered his sea of consciousness. He controlled the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation in his sea of consciousness and erased those inexplicable emotions.
Erasing the emotions that were bothering him, Qin Shi floated in the sea of consciousness that was glowing with a golden light, bowed to those faded souls and said, "Rest in peace, I will live on your behalf."
Weng!
As he communicated with the sea of consciousness, the souls seemed to understand and really stopped moving.
The purple halo of spiritual force became active again. In the blink of an eye, the hundreds of souls were all diluted by Qin Shi's breathing, and the calm pool began to glow with a faint golden light.
However, Qin Shi found that every time his sea of consciousness expanded, it became more and more difficult. At first, it directly increased by five hundred meters, but later on, it could only expand by a hundred meters. In the end, it could only expand by a few meters.
When all the souls were refined, they only reached three thousand meters. He curled his lips in dissatisfaction: "After that, it won't be as fast as I imagined."
"Brat, be content. A sea of consciousness of three thousand meters is almost a five-vein Talisman Master. Do you know how many Talisman Masters dream of this cultivation?" Hearing Qin Shi's words, the Evil Demon almost died from anger. "You really don't know how to be satisfied."
"Uh …"
Qin Shi scratched his head awkwardly and did not reply. He also knew how difficult it was to increase the cultivation of the sea of consciousness. Previously, he had been stuck at one thousand meters for several months. It was already very good to be able to reach three thousand meters.
In the entire Crimson Flame Empire, there were probably no more than five people who could surpass him.
Weng!
But just at this moment, an intense buzzing sound suddenly rang out, causing Qin Shi to involuntarily frown his brows. Shortly after, he looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a frightening spiritual body rapidly rising.