I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 248: Changes in the State of Rest
Looking at that familiar face, Zhao Lie was so excited that tears were about to flow down. He was finally rescued.

Then Zhao Lie called out to the fox fairy Nannan (in demonic language): "Little fox, hurry up and save me! I've been caught by this kid!"

The fox fairy Nannan picked up the honey bottle and was about to open the lid, but when she heard Zhao Lie's cry, her hand suddenly trembled and she almost dropped the honey jar on the ground. Then she looked at the demon king Zhao Lie with an expression of disbelief in her eyes, and her heart was filled with shock: "How is this possible! How could he be the real demon king!"

The great demon king Zhao Lie is an almighty powerful being that terrorizes the demon clan. He possesses all kinds of incredible powers and is unrivaled in the demon clan. How could he have fallen to this place and become a newly born tiger cub?

The fox fairy Nannan held the honey pot and stared at the demon king Zhaolie in amazement. The demon king Zhaolie did not care about being seen in such a miserable state, so he could only shout again: "Yes! It's me! Hurry up and save me!"

Upon hearing this, the fox fairy Nannan took a deep breath and suppressed all the emotions in her heart. She turned her head to look at Zhao Lie, grabbed the Great Demon King Zhao Lie and held him in her arms. She walked out of the cave seemingly inadvertently, and then lowered her voice and asked in demon language: "Are you really the Great Demon King Zhao Lie? How did you end up like this?"

The demon king Zhao Lie was held in the palm of the fox fairy Nannan's hand at this time, with helpless eyes, "Don't mention it! The twelfth-level mystery of the court actually involves the power of time. I was hit by that mystery and returned to my youth. I almost returned to my mother's womb and turned into the innate energy and died. The most important thing is that I was picked up by this kid and fell into his clutches. Old Ancestor, I am in such a difficult situation! Please save me quickly. I will definitely repay you in the future."

The fox fairy Nannan said bitterly: "I'm sorry, ancestor, I can't save you."

Zhao Lie was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked: "Why?"

"Because I was also captured by that guy! I became his slave. I fell into the tiger's mouth myself, so how could I save you?" The fox fairy Nannan said with a bitter face.

The demon king Zhao Lie was stunned when he heard this. He was wondering how the fox fairy Nannan got involved with Zhang Chen. Now after hearing what the fox fairy Nannan said, the truth immediately became clear.

The two looked at each other. The fox fairy Nannan poured out the honey and put it to Zhao Lie's mouth with a spoon: "Old Ancestor, eat it quickly. When you grow up, rescue me as soon as possible. I am counting on you to save me."

Zhao Lie was completely speechless after hearing this. He could only swallow the honey in frustration, secretly swearing in his heart: "Grow up quickly, when I grow up, I will definitely kill this kid."

Zhang Chen over there now made hand gestures and fell into a state of visualization, using visualization techniques to restore his energy and spirit so that his magic power could recover quickly.

As Zhang Chen fell into meditation, an image of a Taoist priest appeared in the void. The Taoist priest made a seal with his right hand and held a treasure bottle in his left hand. The treasure bottle absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon between heaven and earth.

The state of concentration is endless void, which is dark and deep without a trace of light. Only the Dharma image visualized by Zhang Chen is sitting cross-legged in the void, radiating light all around its body, forming a world of light, lighting up the void and becoming the only thing in the darkness.

As Zhang Chen injected his thoughts and will into the visualized Dharma image, he silently operated his acupoints to collect the essence of the sun and the moon between heaven and earth. But who knew that suddenly in the endless darkness, a strange laugh sounded: Chattering~
Along with the strange laughter, there was also the sound of rolling waves and the sound of flowing waves that resounded throughout the void.

"Shu~"

Faxiang opened his eyes, his eyes full of horror: "This is my own empty state of meditation, how can there be laughter? Is it because of a demon in my heart? Is there a demonic calamity coming? Or is someone trying to harm me?"

Just when Zhang Chen was filled with doubts, he suddenly saw a red light flashing in the dark void in the distance, and the red light illuminated the endless darkness.

Along with the earth-shaking sound of waves, a blood-red river was seen in the distance, emerging from the endless darkness.

Along with the appearance of the blood river, an indescribable foul smell filled his nose, making him want to open his mouth and spit it out. The smell was so horrible that even the light emitted by his image seemed to be polluted by the stench, with a faint red blush.

At this time, Zhang Chen looked towards the red light in the distance with his eyes full of caution. His own state of meditation had always been peaceful and calm. When had such a strange phenomenon occurred?
The sea of ​​blood was seen rolling and surging, turning into a mighty red tide that covered the entire sky, wrapping around it from all directions, and rushing towards Zhang Chen's Dharma image from above.

At that moment, the state of concentration that Zhang Chen constructed was like a small reef in the ocean. Facing the overwhelming tsunami, it had no power to fight back.

"Damn it, what is going on?" Zhang Chen looked at the red wave with horror in his eyes.

"Bang~"

The blood-red wave swept across the entire universe and slammed down fiercely, but Zhang Chen's Dharma image was emitting infinite light, and the world barrier formed around him was not shaken at all.

"Turns out it's just a showpiece." Zhang Chen couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the ten-foot void surrounding his own Dharma image was still as steady as a mountain, and that it was invulnerable to all kinds of attacks and had blocked the overwhelming waves. A hint of relief appeared in his eyes.

At this time, the sea of ​​blood was rolling, completely submerging the Dharma image that Zhang Chen had visualized. In the sea of ​​blood, a figure in a gray robe slowly rowed a boat and floated out of the sea of ​​blood.

"It's you!"

As soon as the other party appeared, Zhang Chen immediately recognized his origin.

"Boy, I didn't expect that we meet again. It's really good to see you again!" The black-robed figure looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of eyes full of mockery and coldness.

"But I don't think it's good at all." Zhang Chen's face darkened: "How did you get into my state of concentration?"

"Your state of concentration? Hahaha, you kid are simply a rookie who doesn't know how to cultivate. The state of concentration is the endless void, and the so-called concentration of sentient beings is nothing more than anchoring a coordinate in the endless void, building a courtyard or opening up an illusory world. Some people have strong cultivation and can go from one house to another, drive out the original owner, kill him, and then replace him. Do you understand now?" The voice of the man in black robe was full of pride.

Zhang Chen cursed inwardly when he heard this. There is actually such a saying in the state of concentration? He has been practicing all the time, but he has never heard of such a secret.

Now I am immersed in a world of blood sea, and the blood sea is constantly eroding my foundation. I am afraid that the other party is coming with the goal of invading and taking over my body?
However, he was not panicked at this time, because his Dharma image was very stable and there was no sign of breaking.

"Even if you can take over someone's body as you said, the void of the realm of concentration is infinitely vast. How did you lock onto me in the endless void? How did you find my whereabouts?" Zhang Chen was puzzled.

"Don't forget, in the Forgotten River, one of your arms was covered by my robe. At that time, my robe had already been imprinted on your spirit. Even if there is a distance in time and space, or an endless dimension, you can never escape my control." The black-robed man pointed at Zhang Chen with a proud voice:
"Boy, lower your head and look at your own arm."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen Dingjing Faxiang hurriedly lowered his head and saw that, as expected, half a sleeve had inexplicably appeared on the arm of his own Faxiang. The sleeve was pitch black in color, exactly the same as the cloak of the black-robed man opposite him.

Zhang Chen looked at the man in black robe again, and sure enough, one of his sleeves had disappeared without a trace, and the sleeve had been transferred to his body at some point.

"How could this happen? I remember that I broke your magical power at that time?" Zhang Chen's eyes widened in shock, and then he looked at the endless sea of ​​blood, his eyes full of horror. What should he do? Even if he had something to rely on and the other party couldn't take over his body, but the other party was messing with his own state of concentration and preventing him from practicing, that would be fatal. Zhang Chen wanted to activate the Soul-Snatching Skill, but the Soul-Snatching Skill was still in the cooling period, so how could he activate it?
However, although the Soul-Hunting Chain failed to activate successfully, it made him aware of the flaw.

"I know, you lied to me!"

Just when Zhang Chen was about to activate the Soul-Snatching Chains skill, suddenly an inexplicable enlightenment came to Zhang Chen's mind. The other party was right about the state of concentration and the void being interconnected. It was even not wrong to be able to use the state of concentration and the void to seize another's body, drive away the original owner and take over his place.

The other party was able to find this place not because he was marked by the sleeve, but because the problem was with the soul-catching chain.

Although the other party cannot mark and sense the location of Zhang Chen's physical body in the real world, he can sense the location of Zhang Chen's world of concentration through the void of concentration.

You should know that Zhang Chen's soul mark contains the origin of Zhang Chen's soul. Whenever Zhang Chen falls into a state of meditation and practices, when he circulates the power of his soul, the "soul-stealing" mark in the opponent's soul will also be sensed.

It is just like what we call quantum entanglement in the real world. If one particle changes, the other particle will also change.

Zhang Chen's soul state changed, and the soul-stealing mark marked in the other party's soul origin also changed.

It was in this kind of causal fluctuation that the spirits of those old fellows, because they were integrated with the soul-snatching mark, were equivalent to being integrated with Zhang Chen's spirit, so they were also equivalent to becoming part of Zhang Chen's particles and were directly summoned.

To summarize, when Zhang Chen was in the state of concentration, the mark he had put into other people's bodies would change at any time. And because the souls of those old guys had merged into Zhang Chen's soul mark, the other party's soul would also sense it at any time, and then the other party would come to him.

"I didn't expect that the Soul Stealing Technique would have such a loophole." Zhang Chen said to himself.

He was not satisfied with the loophole, but he didn't know that those whose souls he marked were about to curse. The mark was like a brand in their souls and could not be removed no matter what means were used. Is there anything more incredible in the world than this?

You have to know that they are all old guys who have experienced countless disasters and have a subtle control over their souls. How could they not destroy the mark left by an ant?
"Fake! All of this is an illusion. You are just evolving illusions through the fluctuations of your essence, energy and spirit to disturb me." Zhang Chen's face regained its calmness at this time, and his Dharma image suddenly uttered the mantra "Hong Mani Ba Mi Hong". Along with the six-word mantra, it was like thunder exploding in the darkness. The sea of ​​blood in the sky collapsed, and the black-robed figure also dissipated. The dark void returned to calmness.

Everything was still as quiet as before, except for the essence of the sun and the moon that fell from the sky and was absorbed by Aquarius and turned into essence.

Zhang Chen looked at the void in front of him, and a thought came to his mind: "The old guy in the Wangchuan River can invade my spiritual world by following the fluctuations of his spirit, energy and spirit. There is no reason why the Great Freedom Demon cannot do it?"

Zhang Chen carefully checked the void, but still could not detect any trace of the Great Freedom Demon.

"This shouldn't be the case! The Great Demon of Freedom is not a pushover. How could he let go of such an opportunity?" Although Zhang Chen didn't find out anything, he firmly believed in his heart that the old guy, the Great Demon of Freedom, must have done something to him secretly, but his methods were not good enough and he didn't discover it.

The other party has not revealed himself yet, which can only mean that this old guy has big plans. I am afraid that once he takes action at the critical moment, it will be a thundering blow.

So Zhang Chen decided to cheat this old guy:
"Great Freedom Demon, please come out."

Zhang Chen started to bluff, but the void didn't move at all. However, Zhang Chen continued with a confident expression: "With my skills, since I have discovered the clues, it will be easy for me to find you."

As Zhang Chen finished speaking, a small insect landed on his clothes. The insect cursed in its heart, "That damn bastard, that reckless man, ruined my plan."

But the little bug twisted and turned into the Great Freedom Demon. The Great Freedom Demon showed a faint smile on his face, not looking embarrassed at all: "What a coincidence, we actually met here! Strange, how did I appear in your spiritual world?"

Zhang Chen looked at the Great Freedom Demon in front of him and was so angry that his teeth were itching. This was the Great Freedom Demon's real body. This old guy was deliberately mysterious and lied that he was sealed. It turned out that he had hidden in his own spiritual world at some point and used an incarnation outside to cater to him and deliberately disrupt his sight.

"What a coincidence." Zhang Chen smiled coldly: "But I have a question, why when I tried to pull your real body, it felt like your real body was sealed in a distant time and space, and I couldn't pull it at all."

"I don't make the distinction between my clones and my original body. All my bodies are my clones and also my original body. Only one self-consciousness is irreplaceable, but my self-consciousness can be moved among all the incarnations at any time, and I can change the body with a thought. One of my clones was suppressed in the ancient times, and I only need to transfer my self-consciousness to it at the critical moment, so you know..." The Great Freedom Demon smiled awkwardly, looking at Zhang Chen's calm face with a pair of eyes, and always felt that something was not good.

Zhang Chen was not actually angry. Was he allowed to plot against the Great Freedom Demon but not allow the old guy to fight back?

But this old guy is really hiding too deep! He is too good at hiding! If I hadn't practiced the six-character mantra, and if the old monster in the underworld hadn't come to disrupt the situation, I'm afraid I would really have overturned.

"When did you sneak in?" Zhang Chen asked the key question. He had already marked the other party with chains, so there was no reason for the other party to take advantage of him.

"When you were severely injured by the Moon Goddess." The Great Freedom Demon was very frank and answered every question: "Unfortunately, who would have thought that you actually obtained the six-character mantra. If you didn't master the power of the six-character mantra, you would never have been able to find my trace."

"The six-word mantra can restrain you?" Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard it.

The Great Freedom Demon was also stunned, and looked at Zhang Chen in amazement: "Don't you know the wonderful use of the six-character mantra?"

Then the Great Freedom Demon looked at Zhang Chen's expression, and his whole face suddenly darkened. He slapped himself hard and said, "You have lived for countless years, but you were tricked by just two words!"

The Great Freedom Demon was feeling extremely miserable and angry, wishing he could tear himself to pieces and completely disappear from the world.

"So are you going out by yourself, or do you want me to ask you to go out?" Zhang Chen asked.

The Great Freedom Demon's face was full of bitterness: "Boy, don't do this, I'm scared if you do this."

“Haha.” Zhang Chen didn’t wait for the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon to make a choice. His Dharma image body collapsed, and the next moment his consciousness returned directly to his physical body. He then slowly opened his eyes: “That’s quite interesting!”

"Thanks to me for obtaining the six-word mantra, otherwise I would have been in trouble!" Zhang Chen sighed.

(End of this chapter)