"Good, good! Thank you, Great Servant, for lending a hand. Please think of a way to control the King first, prevent him from hurting himself, and then I will find a solution."
The Witch Doctor, upon hearing the Great Servant’s words, had no doubts. Of course, he also dared not doubt the person before him. This person was a young prodigy. In Nanjiang, aside from the Great Wizard, he was the most accomplished in Witchcraft. There was once a Princess Ata, but after her Witch Power was nullified by soone from the Central Plains, she painstakingly rebuilt her strength, yet could never catch up to him.
"Don’t be hasty. First, tell about the King’s situation. What are his symptoms?" The Great Servant asked.
The Witch Doctor imdiately pointed to a guard. "You, speak up. What happened when you discovered sothing was wrong with the King?"
The guard the Witch Doctor pointed to was stationed at the entrance of the Great Hall. He quickly responded, "Reporting to the Great Servant, I was on duty today. The King closed the doors of the Great Hall, saying he wanted to rest and didn’t want to see any idlers. But in the afternoon, noises ca from the Great Hall—quite loud ones, too." The guard paused, taking a breath.
The Great Servant hurriedly asked, "What kind of noises were they?"
"I... I dare not say!" The guard lowered his head, his face a mask of terror.
"What are you afraid of?" the Witch Doctor imdiately yelled at the guard. "The most important thing now is to save the King’s life! If you know anything, speak up! Can you bear the responsibility if anything happens to the King?"
Frightened by those words, the guard hurriedly said, "I heard the voices of two people talking inside."
"Two people’s voices? Didn’t you say the King wasn’t seeing anyone? Why would you hear two people speaking inside?" Sensing sothing was amiss, the Great Servant imdiately questioned him further.
"It wasn’t two people. It was one person, but there were two voices speaking!"
"What do you an by that? Explain yourself clearly!" The more the Great Servant heard, the more he felt sothing was wrong. His expression suddenly darkened as he pressed further.
"It was like this: I first heard a scream, and then later I heard the King yelling sothing about a Celestial Dao child, how detestable he was, and other such things..." The more the guard spoke, the graver the Great Servant’s expression beca. By the end, he was shivering uncontrollably.
"Are you sure? All these words ca from the King’s mouth alone? There was no one else in the Great Hall?" the Great Servant asked the guard, his tone grave.
"I am very certain," the guard repeated confidently. "Only the King was inside. And those words, they all ca from the King’s mouth. He ntioned sothing about taking refuge with the national fortune, Dragon Qi protecting the body... I couldn’t make head or tail of it!"
After hearing the guard’s words, the Great Servant had a few suspicions. He then instructed the Witch Doctor and the guard, "None of you are to speak of today’s events to anyone. Otherwise, the Witch God Hall will surely take your lives!"
Then he walked towards the Great Hall.
The guard and the Witch Doctor hastily agreed, "Yes, yes," just as the door to the Great Hall slamd shut with a BANG.
When the Great Servant entered the room, the people lying on the ground looked at him as if he were their savior.
"Great Servant, you’ve finally arrived! Please, take a look at the King. Has he been possessed by so evil spirit?"
The people of Nanjiang might practice Witchcraft and raise Gu Insects. However, these arts were very mysterious, and not everyone could access or comprehend them. Thus, ordinary people still lived ordinary lives.
"It doesn’t seem like it. All of you, get out now."
Hearing this, the people on the ground scrambled to their feet, opened the door of the Great Hall a crack, and slipped out.
Seeing the Great Servant slowly approaching, the King of Nanjiang’s eyes suddenly turned blood red. A mont later, they returned to their normal color. The King, his eyes now normal, suddenly lunged towards a pillar beside the Great Hall.
Witnessing this, the Great Servant imdiately flicked out his black whip. The whip, though it appeared short, WHOOSHED towards the King, instantly extending and binding him securely.
One body, two souls? Or has he been possessed and his soul devoured by so powerful entity? the Great Servant muttered, stepping forward to examine the King’s condition. The bound King looked at him and rasped, "Kill ."
As soon as those words left his lips, the color of the King’s eyes instantly changed to a blood red. His face, twisted and horrifying, stared fixedly at the Great Servant.
"You wish to die? You’ll need my permission for that!"
Hearing this voice, the Great Servant couldn’t help but shudder. He nearly wet himself in fear.
"Gr... Great Wizard!" The Great Servant’s face turned deathly pale from fear. He was all too familiar with this voice. From the day he entered the Witch God Hall, he had heard it every single day.
"Great Servant, quickly use the Soul-Binding Technique! Help suppress his soul!"
Terrified, the Great Servant stumbled back. Just monts ago, he couldn’t understand why the Great Wizard’s Power was gradually fading. Now, he finally understood the reason.
"You are not the Great Wizard! Who are you? You not only controlled the Great Wizard, but you’ve also taken over the King of Nanjiang! Fiend! I’ll give you one chance: leave imdiately, release the King of Nanjiang, and I will overlook your past misdeeds!"
The Great Servant slowly raised his right hand, upon which a dense black mist swirled. The black mist on his hand pulsed, swirling like dark smoke, seemingly poised to strike towards the King of Nanjiang’s brow at any mont!
"Who am I?" The King of Nanjiang’s voice drifted through the air. "So much ti has passed... I’ve almost forgotten who I am. But just now, soone spoke my na. Can you guess who I am?"
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