I Am Loaded with Passive Skills - Chapter 3167

Chapter 3167: Chapter 1616: Reap the Fruit of Causes Sown Over 30 Years, Countless Hidden Stakes Laid Out Before

Hallmaster Dao Qiongcang watched with wide eyes as the soul body of Wangze Holy Emperor charged toward his own face.

“Walked right into the trap?”

His lips curled into a smirk, he didn’t even need to think, the contingency plan—an escape route for Rao Wangze and subconscious responses during battle—flashed through his mind.

With a “boom,” the Hand of Hungry Ghost burst forth from the gate of hell, but it wasn’t reaching for where the soul body of Wangze Holy Emperor should have exploded forth.

One hand, split into two parts.

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One part positioned in front of him, using thirty percent of its strength, just in case Wangze Holy Emperor changed his mind and decided to attempt a Possession.

Though, of course, Wangze Holy Emperor must surely disdain taking over such a physique.

Holy Emperors, from the bottom of their hearts, look down upon all others, regardless of whether their physiques are powerful or not.

But what if?

Hallmaster Dao Qiongcang is someone who even guards against the “what if.”

He had preemptively considered, “After all, my physique might perform ‘too strongly’ soon, so I must be wary!”

On the other side, the other part of the Hand of Hungry Ghost, after emerging from the gate of hell, made a reverse prediction, and grabbed at…

The wooden door position!

“Impossible!!!”

This exclamation from Rao Wangze truly stemmed from a subconscious reaction of horror.

He rarely says such demeaning words.

But the current situation really seemed as though he had willingly walked into the trap, rushing in to fall into the palm of the Hand of Hungry Ghost, like a moth to flame.

How could this be?

He guided me, the Holy Emperor?

Cursed Yin can guide, that’s fine, but where did this fellow come from, holding such a strong power of guidance, making me unaware?

“Snap, snap, snap…”

The Hand of Hungry Ghost, clenched fiercely.

Half of the soul body of Wangze Holy Emperor, and all of its defensive soul artifacts like golden beads, jade pendants, and Treasure Talismans shattered crisply.

That Hand of Hungry Ghost, accompanied by thunder.

The strength of purple lightning, so powerful that it easily shattered all protective spiritual weapons, was almost comparable to the Power of Divinity!

Nian…

Wangze Holy Emperor hadn’t demeaned himself to learn Penetrating Divine Senses, but he was aware of some modern inventions.

In a moment of crisis, his soul body’s face distorted, emanating the Power of Divinity, and from his throat came a tearing roar:

“You think you can crush me to death?!”

Between his brows, a light suddenly shone.

The void hummed, and a massive clumsy bell descended from the sky, enveloping the gate of hell.

“Great Well-behaved Bell, for me… break!”

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“Hungry Ghost Path, summoning the gate of hell, thus inverting spirit meat.”

“Then, the key response would be to either destroy and sever this gate of hell or use a spiritual weapon to seal it.”

“In any case, do not be distracted by the enemy’s various attention-diverting maneuvers; focus only on the key.”

“As long as the gate of hell is severed, spirit meat divided, the Hungry Ghost Path of the Six Paths of ancient martial arts will fall apart by itself… such an enemy, my offense and defense will be easy!”

In his mind, at the Eight Directions Mountain in the Wurao Emperor Realm, a scene emerged of a young face, even in front of the Five Emperors, speaking freely and continuously.

He was discussing a hypothesized strategy on how a Spiritual Cultivator might respond should they one day truly encounter an ancient warrior.

What was the topic? The “Six Paths of ancient martial arts”?

It must be said that this process of “paper strategizing” was quite interesting!

Back then, Wangze Holy Emperor hadn’t even seen what a true ancient warrior capable of some skills looked like or possessed any abilities.

He didn’t listen much before his attention was taken, pointing to the confident and flamboyant young man below, chuckling inquisitively:

“What’s this child’s name?”

A servant answered, “Hallmaster Dao Qiongcang of Qianshi Emperor Realm, just seized a spot among the Ten High Nobles, and the hypothetical enemy he spoke of, ‘The Divine,’ is also one of the Ten High Nobles.”

Ten High Nobles?

A minor competition held periodically by the Holy Divine Palace for talent selection… Hearing this, Wangze Holy Emperor frequently smiled, nodded, and said no more.

He listened to the man below continue to gesticulate and speak passionately:

“When offense and defense switch, the enemy will initially be shocked, exclaiming ‘impossible,’ ‘absolutely impossible,’ then only will they react.”

“What we need to seize is not the opportunity afterwards, but the chance we get between ‘impossible’ and ‘impossible.'”

“One more time, react, be quick!”

“Once the gate of hell is broken, spirit meat inverted, his prepared spiritual attack method will all fall back into the physique. Should we attack his physique at this time?”

“Hmm… no, no…”

“This is the time, we attack his soul!”

“Strike where the enemy does not expect, hit where the enemy is unguarded, and our effort will be doubled.”

“At this moment, he has not yet reverted from the Hungry Ghost Path’s spiritual attack mindset, if I instantly pull out a soul weapon to cut off his head, his subconscious reaction would be to raise both hands to defend—after all, I am from the Hungry Ghost Path, and my physical defense is also soul defense, that’s what he must be thinking.”

“In such a situation, a mere nameless soul weapon could possess the Shang Xuan Sword’s ability to ignore defense, the Hun Che’s sharpness in cutting spirit and severing soul—equivalent to our enemy defending with his physique against me, while I, with one sword, take down his soul body’s head!”

“That’s all!”

Wangze Holy Emperor remembered too well.

Even now, recalling Hallmaster Dao Qiongcang’s ‘paper strategizing,’ which was entirely the product of his imagination, still seemed faintly funny to him.

He listened but couldn’t even give any comment; after silent for a while, he had to compliment obliquely:

“Dao Qiongcang, Dao Qiongcang, the mind of this child is truly against the heavens!”

At that moment, any awkwardness in the great hall dissolved, and the figure from Cold Palace Emperor Realm also chimed in with a chuckle:

“Haha, I often call my Luo’er ‘Dao Nitian’… Oh, no offense meant, just an endearment!”

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Seal his gate of hell!

That, is the key point!

Great Well-behaved Bell, both can trap people and can seal off the gate of hell, severing this ancient warrior’s “key connection” from spirit to physique.