Chapter 722 - 468: Commanding Life and Death with a Word, Sound Spider! (Double-length)

Chapter 722: Chapter 468: Commanding Life and Death with a Word, Sound Spider! (Double-length)

Even the name it had been using all along was changed to the one it was satisfied with: Little Phoenix.

As for why it was here, it was purely because after its bloodline evolved, it couldn’t stay idle at home and would often fly to the Marshal’s Cabinet to play with Song Changming and Su Qingqing.

"Little Phoenix, with your current level of demon power and Tao practice, why can’t you transform yet?" Su Qingqing asked with a smile.

In her understanding, if it were an ordinary Demon Race, with the abilities and intelligence of a Little Yellow Bird, it should have been able to transform long ago, and there was no need to always appear in bird form.

"I need to wait a bit longer..." Little Phoenix muttered.

Speaking of this, it was a bit discouraged itself. The ability to transform was not difficult for most of the Demon Race, but it didn’t come easily for it.

"Don’t worry, maybe it’s just that your Demon Body hasn’t fully grown yet." Su Qingqing comforted as she saw Little Phoenix feeling down.

Although its intelligence had been well developed, judging by its size, Little Phoenix still looked like it hadn’t left the juvenile phase of the Demon Race, and slow growth was a major reason for its inability to transform.

Little Phoenix sighed, letting out a flame that slightly warmed up the room, its small, bean-like red eyes blinking as it looked toward the Shangyue Platform, attracted by the strange energy fluctuations emanating from Song Changming.

As usual, Song Changming was cultivating, but today the energy fluctuations seemed different from the past.

With its sharp perception, the Little Yellow Bird immediately caught the difference.

The next moment, an energy ripple spread from Song Changming, transforming into an invisible wave, spreading far into the night.

"It seems the master is about to experience another breakthrough in his cultivation, Little Phoenix, do not disturb him," Su Qingqing realized, and couldn’t help but stand up.

"I know, I know..." Little Phoenix muttered, lying on the cushion, without any intention of getting up.

Meanwhile, the silver brilliance of Moonlight around Song Changming became increasingly intense, making him look like a large, shimmering silver globe.

His Heart and Spirit immersed within, a complicated Witch Pattern on a section of his throat bone gradually took shape.

When the final piece gathered into great perfection, a new Witch Soldier Seal had been successfully cultivated by Song Changming.

Buzz!

A shockwave followed, causing both Su Qingqing and the Little Yellow Bird, who were closest, to suddenly experience a mental crash, unable to concentrate.

Simultaneously, the entire Marshal’s Cabinet lit up with a Talisman Array, blocking this spiritually charged impact.

The shock came quickly and dissipated just as fast.

Song Changming abruptly opened his eyes, revealing pupils as dark as night.

"It’s done!" Song Changming sighed with relief, instinctively touching the area of his throat bone.

This sixth Witch Soldier Seal, in terms of cultivation difficulty, far surpassed the previous five Witch Soldier Seals he had refined. Only heaven knows how much time and effort he had invested in refining this Witch Soldier Seal.

It was finally taking form.

"It truly wasn’t easy..."

Song Changming showed a hint of a smile. Having the urge to test it, he projected the new Witch Seal on his throat bone.

The recently hidden Witch Pattern reappeared, a faint purple energy emanating from his body, outlining a brand-new ancient beast painting on his neck.

It appeared to be an eight-legged spider!

On the other side, just as Little Phoenix saw Song Changming completing his cultivation and was about to come closer to observe, it suddenly felt a shiver all over, hurriedly flapping its wings to stop, not daring to approach Song Changming any further.

Its Little Red Eye stared intently, feeling that the ancient aura exuding from Song Changming was simply too terrifying!

In its vision, around Song Changming was a faint purple smoke, which suddenly transformed into a monstrous creature, identical to the spider painting on Song Changming’s neck.

Ancient Exotic Beast, Sound Spider!

The next moment, the Spider Beast lowered its head, with its eight spider eyes fixingly focused on the Little Yellow Bird.

"Chirp!!"

The Little Yellow Bird’s feathers stood on end, wanting to retreat, yet its body refused to obey.

"Master, master..." Su Qingqing, unlike the Little Yellow Bird, didn’t perceive the purple smoke nor sense the shadow of the giant Spider Beast.

At most, she only saw the strange painting on Song Changming’s neck and felt the ancient desolate aura emanating from Song Changming.

"Little Phoenix..." Seeing the Little Yellow Bird’s odd state, not knowing what was happening, she became somewhat anxious.

"It’s nothing." Suddenly, Song Changming spoke, uttering these two words.

The Little Phoenix, initially terrified as if it had lost its mind, was inexplicably soothed, calm and composed all of a sudden.

Its stiff body relaxed, returning to normal.

It blinked its small bean-like eyes again, and when it looked towards Song Changming, the giant Spider Beast had vanished, as had the paintings on Song Changming’s neck, disappearing without a trace.

"Sorry, I forgot you were still here." Song Changming said with a touch of apology.

Earlier, he intended to test the new Witch Soldier Seal’s capabilities, only to inadvertently make the Little Yellow Bird his first test subject.

"B-big spider, scary..." Although Little Phoenix’s panic inexplicably calmed, the terror lingered, causing its speech to stutter again despite its hard-earned fluency.

"Spider?" Su Qingqing was a bit puzzled.

"It was a spider." Song Changming translated.

"What spider? Where is it?" Su Qingqing was still puzzled by what Little Phoenix was afraid of.

Recently, since the bloodline evolution, the Little Yellow Bird had been fearless of everything, and now such a reaction was indeed rare.

"On Changming." Little Phoenix raised one wing, pointing directly at Song Changming.

"I’ve withdrawn the ability, and you still saw it?" Song Changming asked.

"It’s gone now, but it was there just a moment ago!" Little Phoenix asserted confidently.

Song Changming understood. The ancient desolate aura emanating from this new Witch Soldier Seal had, to a certain extent, affected the Little Yellow Bird.

This wasn’t too surprising—previously, when battling others, there were instances where people were intimidated by the energy aura from his Witch Soldier Seals.

The ancient desolate aura on him could sometimes drag people into certain fatal illusions.

"Spider... is this the master’s new ability?" Su Qingqing, after hearing the description from both the bird and Song Changming, somewhat understood.

"Exactly." Song Changming nodded, the corner of his lips curling into a smile, "An interesting ability."

"Interesting?" Su Qingqing was intrigued, "Master, try it again."

Song Changming thought for a moment, then projected the new Witch Seal from his throat bone again.

The Spider Beast painting reappeared.

"It-it’s back..." The Little Yellow Bird retreated to the corner in fear.

Yet Song Changming did not look at it, his focus was on Su Qingqing.

"Lift your foot." Song Changming spoke once more.

Next moment, Su Qingqing surprisingly found her right foot lifting docilely.

"Step back." Song Changming commanded again.

Su Qingqing complied once more, her movements without deviation.

"Sit on the cushion."

Su Qingqing immediately knelt on the cushion beside the table, sitting as straight as a student awaiting a lesson.

"Master, what’s happening?!" Su Qingqing, now nervous, exclaimed.

She could perceive her consciousness was relatively normal, yet her body felt no longer hers, obeying Song Changming’s verbal commands step by step, unable to resist.

What kind of bizarre and absurd ability is this?

"Think of it as a Spiritual Attack Technique I’ve refined." Song Changming explained.

"Similar to your Demon Eye Technique, except you use your eyes to paralyze, while I rely on my mouth."

Song Changming elaborated further, using Su Qingqing’s innate pupil technique as an example.

Although not entirely accurate, categorizing his new Witch Soldier Seal’s ability as a Spiritual Attack Technique was relatively justifiable.

When he projected the Sound Spider Witch Soldier Seal, he used sound as a medium, the attack reaching directly into the target’s heart and spirit, thereby achieving temporary ’control’ over the opponent’s body.

Once the opponent fell prey, they could no longer defy any command uttered by Song Changming, becoming inexplicably like lambs awaiting slaughter, devoid of resistance.

This could be described as commanding life and death with a word, roughly capturing the essence of the ability.