Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 425: Chapter 217: Willpower_2

At the same time, the souls of the two and the Yaksha were held in his hand.

At this level of creature, their souls were so strong that even after their physical bodies were completely destroyed, they could survive, and with the nourishment of the Hundred Souls Banner, they could even maintain their consciousness from when they were alive.

Especially these three ”Gods” were outstanding in terms of life force among the King Tier, and Chu Xiu had not yet destroyed their core. Theoretically, they even had a possibility of resurrection over time.

”Now I ask a question, and you answer one question.”

”Do not think of trying to hide or lie in front of me. Your souls will expose any lies. Of course, if you don’t believe it, you can try. I will let you experience unimaginable pain that directly acts upon the soul.”

As Chu Xiu’s calm words fell, the three souls began to tremble violently. The Yaksha seemed to be on the verge of collapse, Moloch repeatedly pleaded, while the Kinnara could barely maintain calm and sent out a wave, ”I am willing to tell you all the information I know, but I hope that after you listen...”

Before finishing, a ghostly fire suddenly ignited on his soul, followed by a heart-wrenching, shrill scream. Once the flame disappeared, his soul shrank more than half its size, curling up in exhaustion, emitting painful moans.

The Yaksha completely collapsed, Moloch dared not even breathe hard, completely engulfed by fear, losing the will to resist.

”These three guys really have weak minds, can they truly be called ’Gods’? They don’t seem much different from ordinary people.” Chu Xiu was puzzled, thinking he would have to manipulate them carefully to destroy their psychological defenses.

But this way saved him trouble, so he asked his questions directly without dwelling on it.

There were three main points, including the local worldview, their purpose, other groups, and information on the local strong figures.

Putting together the scattered descriptions from the three and the information Chu Xiu had seen in the military camp, he finally pieced together a rough idea in his mind.

Just as he had previously found strange, these three ”Gods” were not ancient creatures born with great power, but simply ”mortals” who accidentally acquired power.

As for how exactly they gained it, the three were not clear. Yaksha was originally a rich young master who experienced a sudden change after spending a night with three courtesans. Moloch found a little-visited tavern in a narrow alley one day, and after drinking two bowls of wine, felt his throat had changed.

Kinnara’s experience was also quite ordinary; he started gradually gaining the Song God’s power after being bitten by an insect while tending flowers, which seemed completely unrelated.

The transformation process for all three was similar. Initially, they possessed some peculiar abilities, which grew stronger over time, and then their forms began to change. Further on, the Divine Techniques and memories of the three Gods inexplicably appeared in their minds until they were fully absorbed.

The metamorphosis process was quite prolonged, sometimes lasting as long as ten years.

”So, you were actually mortals who inexplicably obtained power?”

Chu Xiu asked oddly, ”After ordinary people gain power, they either seek power or wealth, or harbor great ambitions. Even if they have no ambition, they live well as ordinary people. What are you seeking by becoming like this?”

After speaking, the three souls looked at each other, all showing bitterness.

”Master, you may not know, after obtaining this power, we are no longer ourselves.”

”Hmm?”

”Because along with obtaining power, we are also bound by an inexplicable force. It seems like we can do anything, but whenever I try to achieve something, I am inexplicably obstructed. In the end, I even lost the ’desire’ itself.”

”No, it’s not that it vanished; it’s an indescribable feeling. I can sense that desire still exists. The Buddhist Sect songstress I once longed for is still wanted, but every time I try to act, I inexplicably fail, as though...”

Yaksha thought for a long time but couldn’t find a suitable expression.

The tangled look made Chu Xiu’s intuition arise. This power limiting them was likely extremely important and the key to breaking through.

He looked at the other two, ”Do you have a more appropriate way to describe it?”

Kinnara shook his head, while Moloch, after pondering, said, ”Master, let me tell you something from my experience; perhaps it will be of help to you.”

”When I was still human, I had a childhood sweetheart. We had already secretly promised to be together, but she was forcibly recruited by a Buddhist Sect monk while out one day. That time, I was in low spirits, drowning my sorrows in alcohol, and it was then that I coincidentally gained power.”

”The first thing I did after gaining Moloch’s power was eagerly to find her, wanting to rescue her from the Buddhist Sect. But on that day, the roads seemed different from my memory somehow; I couldn’t find the place for ages. Finally, when I asked for directions and rushed in, my body inexplicably wouldn’t obey. My perception of my limbs was hazy as if in a dream, and a voice in my mind kept telling me to leave.”

”But still, I gritted my teeth and pushed into the Buddhist Sect, encountering many monks that tried to stop me. I persevered, killing every monk I saw. When I finally fought my way to the outer yard and found her, at that moment, I could see nothing but her face. But then a monk came at me from behind, I tore him apart, but when my sight shifted for just a moment, she vanished.”

”I turned to look, and not just her, even the monk I had just torn apart disappeared, and the bloodstains on the ground were gone too, as if someone had paused time and cleaned everything. I frantically searched the courtyard, killed a bunch more monks, but found an old lady in the woodshed who vaguely resembled her.”

”The old lady didn’t fear me like the others; she just stared at me blankly, tears at the corners of her eyes. For some unknown reason, deep grief suddenly arose in my heart. But then the old lady disappeared too, and even the woodshed vanished. I wasn’t as sad anymore, as if all the sorrow and anger had broken apart, dissipating into the corners of my being, leaving only a faint sadness.”

”I wandered out of the courtyard confused and found everything outside was different from my memory. Eavesdropping on conversations, I realized two hundred years had passed.”

”After that, I entered the Fallen Paradise, living like a beast among Hungry Ghosts, until recently when my divine wisdom returned.”

At this point, Moloch’s soul was filled with extreme sadness, even the desire to live wasn’t so strong anymore.

Moloch’s story left the other three silent, and while Chu Xiu remained outwardly calm, he was shocked internally.

If what he said was true, such a means of altering perception was truly terrifying.

The Yaksha couldn’t help but sigh, ”I didn’t have your strong persistence. Feeling the obstruction, I gave up. I never thought that forcibly going against that will could result in such a horrifying outcome.”

”However, afterward, I, like you, gradually sank into consciousness, finally entering the Fallen Paradise, living like an animal instinctively preying to survive. This life has lasted for at least three hundred years.”

Listening to the two, Chu Xiu thoughtfully rubbed his chin, ”So, even though you obtained power, there’s a force that’s always interfering, diminishing your autonomous consciousness. Are the attacks you’re now launching on humans also commands from that will?”

”No,” Yaksha sent a denying intention.

”Quite the opposite, we unite now precisely because that force suppressing us has weakened.”