Chapter 535 - 531: Spiritual Imprint
The faint fragrance wasn’t overpowering, but its consequences were utterly astonishing.
The moment Lin Hao inhaled it, the fragrance surged into his body like a torrent.
In just a moment, Lin Hao’s face flushed red.
He felt as if his entire body’s blood was boiling.
The fragrance was incredibly domineering, even suppressing the Tai Chi Array Map in Lin Hao’s Dantian.
It wasn’t just suppression. The fragrance seemed to have detected the anomaly in Lin Hao’s Dantian, growing even more turbulent and violent as if trying to devour it completely.
This was utterly astonishing.
The effect was equally startling. A moment later, a violent sensation surged from his lower abdomen, threatening to consume Lin Hao’s sanity.
"Little one, I’m not going to kill you," the woman said, her eyes as alluring as peach blossoms. Her slender, jade-like fingers traced a line across Lin Hao’s cheek. "But you’re so cute. Why don’t you stay and keep me company?"
Lin Hao’s mouth was no longer under his control. Hearing the woman’s words, it opened instinctively, about to utter the word "Okay."
But at that very moment, a stream of cool energy flowed from his Upper Dantian, the seat of his Divine Soul, and shot straight into the center of the Tai Chi Array Map in his Dantian.
That was the location of his Lifebound True Blood.
Lin Hao’s body shuddered, and clarity returned to his eyes. With immense willpower, he forced out two words: "No way."
A strange look appeared in the beautiful eyes of the woman, which had just been as alluring as peach blossoms.
The next moment, her hand began to slide over Lin Hao’s body, finally coming to rest over his Dantian.
At that moment, Lin Hao was horrified.
’If she unleashes her True Essence,’ he thought, ’my martial path will probably end right here.’
However, the woman spoke, allowing Lin Hao to breathe a sigh of relief.
"What a perfect Dantian. No wonder you could resist my bewitching fragrance. A pity it’s still not enough."
As she spoke, a stream of energy erupted from her hand.
The energy was bizarre, passing directly through Lin Hao’s body and into his Dantian.
BOOM!
Lin Hao felt as if his entire body had caught fire.
At this moment, Lin Hao had only one sensation: heat!
Lin Hao’s face was beet red, and his body began to tremble violently.
"Little one, feel like giving in to your primal instincts? Here, let me help you." The woman’s beautiful eyes once again grew hazy and dreamlike. As she spoke, both of her hands reached for Lin Hao’s shoulders.
But just then, Lin Hao suddenly moved.
He threw out both fists with sudden force.
The woman hadn’t expected this at all and took the full, solid impact of the blow.
A miserable scream escaped her lips as her body was sent flying a great distance, scattering blood across the sky.
Seizing the opportunity, Lin Hao simultaneously activated two Great Emperor Skills to begin Refining the energy the woman had forced into his body.
The energy the woman had just injected was indeed formidable, but Lin Hao’s body had been refined by sunlight and moonlight, and even tempered by the Flowing Light Divine Flame. While the foreign energy had an effect on him, it was nowhere near as terrifying as his reaction suggested.
Lin Hao felt no excitement after landing the blow. Right now, time was of the essence.
The energy she had injected had a Magic Power that devoured one’s essence. Although Lin Hao had just thrown a punch, he hadn’t been able to use his True Essence in those two strikes; they hadn’t even carried fifty percent of his usual strength.
’If I let her recover,’ he thought, ’escaping again will be nearly impossible.’
Fortunately, the two Great Emperor Skills within Lin Hao’s body were incredibly potent, especially the fully mastered Godslaying Celestial Slash Skill. In just an instant, it suppressed the woman’s energy into a corner of his Dantian.
Meanwhile, the Divine Illumination Scripture was not idle; it simultaneously cleared all of Lin Hao’s meridians, allowing his True Essence to flow unimpeded once more.
"You actually managed to injure me. It seems I underestimated you." Just as Lin Hao recovered, the woman appeared before him.
The woman no longer wore a radiant smile or had eyes like peach blossoms; her pretty face was now openly furious.
And then, she attacked.
She struck with her palm. There was no terrifying aura, only a sky filled with that same faint fragrance.
Lin Hao was horrified.
Lin Hao had already sealed his Sixth Sense, so he couldn’t smell the fragrance. But the energy of the fragrance was so terrifying that it could seep through his skin and directly into his body.
In an instant, the energy Lin Hao had suppressed in the corner of his Dantian began to stir. At the same time, he felt his Chaos True Essence being steadily consumed.
With no time to think, Lin Hao immediately decided to activate his Great Emperor Skill.
However, as he did, the fragrant energy that had just seeped through his skin and scattered throughout his body seemed to rejoice, surging toward his Dantian.
Lin Hao’s expression changed. With a shift of his will, he abandoned the Great Emperor Skill and instead summoned the Flowing Light Divine Flame.
The Divine Flame was incomparably domineering. It surged through Lin Hao’s body, and wherever it passed, all traces of the fragrant energy were devoured.
The woman opposite Lin Hao had reverted to her initial seductive demeanor after launching her palm strike, but now, her pretty face changed color.
Just as she was about to strike again, Lin Hao’s fist arrived.
SWISH!
The woman moved with incredible speed, her body vanishing from sight.
Lin Hao was not at all surprised by this. He simultaneously manifested two giant hands of True Essence and slammed them down into the empty air.
Not only that, but he reactivated his avatar Secret Skill. Another Lin Hao appeared behind the original, standing back-to-back with him.
Likewise, this Primordial Body was also manifesting hands of True Essence.
However, the woman seemed to have vanished into the void, leaving no trace behind.
Lin Hao extended his Spiritual Sense to its absolute limit, yet he still found nothing.
’After dealing with that old man earlier, I knew what kind of assessment I’d be facing,’ Lin Hao thought. ’This woman won’t disappear until she achieves her goal. Between the two of us, only one will be left standing.’
Therefore, Lin Hao did not relax in the slightest. He continuously sent out his Spiritual Sense, hoping to find any trace of the woman’s whereabouts.
As he extended his Spiritual Sense, something strange happened. Lin Hao discovered that his Spiritual Sense could only reach about a hundred meters before being blocked by an invisible force.
Lin Hao’s eyes narrowed. ’This means she must be somewhere within a hundred-meter radius.’
Lin Hao’s eyes darted around, taking in every detail within the hundred-meter radius.
Suddenly, Lin Hao’s eyes lit up with realization.
The next moment, Lin Hao struck.
His main body and his Primordial Body moved at the same time, lunging for the door the woman had been leaning against earlier.
"Hee hee." Just as he was about to succeed, a giggle echoed from the door, and the woman’s figure reappeared.
A spiritual imprint, omnipresent, capable of manifesting all things.
With but a flicker, the woman’s body vanished once more.
The Primordial Body moved, continuously striking out with its True Essence hands.
All matter within the hundred-meter radius was annihilated by the True Essence hands, reduced to dust.
Lin Hao scanned the area with his eyes, searching for the woman’s hiding place.
"Little one, do you enjoy taking the sky for a blanket and the earth for a bed? What a coincidence, I’ve never tried that before." The woman’s body reappeared, and as she spoke, she actually began to disrobe.
Lin Hao watched her, completely unmoved.
At the same time, his Primordial Body vanished, leaving only Lin Hao and the woman in this space.
The woman smiled, a deeply enchanting smile.
But in the next instant, the smile on her face froze solid.
Then, the woman’s body exploded.
And at that very moment, a crisp cracking sound echoed from not far away...