Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 902 - 20: Flower Gu

Dimensional Battlefield, for thousands of years, has buried countless beast bones and souls.

"Ah ah---"

In the dead of night, the battlefield occasionally echoed with the eerie cries of the Night Owl, sending shivers down one’s spine.

Under the moonlight, Chen Jiangyin’s Corpse Bone Dragon glided swiftly across the sky like a bat.

In Mo Xi’s Sea of Consciousness, the Dan Xuan Star formed after Yue Jinghua broke through the Dan Realm, shone brightly.

Yue Jinghua silently recited a Heart Technique in her mind, and immediately, both her and Xi Yuan’s auras disappeared.

After breaking through the Dan Realm, Yue Jinghua acquired a new Cultivation Technique from the Mo Xi Star Treasure Book, called the Heavenly Concealing Technique. This technique could completely conceal one’s aura, even the fluctuation of spiritual power, making them undetectable even by experts of the Dan Realm or the Body Seizing Realm.

This was much more effective than Yue Jinghua’s previous "Pu’s Concealment."

Yue Jinghua only felt the wind whistling by her ears as Chen Jiangyin had already crossed most of the Dimension Battlefield, ahead appeared a bizarre sea of flowers.

These flowers were pitch black, exuding an indescribable allure.

Their petals had a crystal structure, extraordinarily beautiful. They were entirely ink-black, as transparent as black crystals, with hexagonal crystal structure petals reflecting countless images of Chen Jiangyin. Chen Jiangyin’s Corpse Bone Dragon landed as it approached that flower sea.

Black Manzhu Flower!

Yue Jinghua followed closely behind Chen Jiangyin and landed, coldly watching from the side.

How could such a patch of Black Manzhu Flowers bloom inexplicably on the Dimension Battlefield, surely there was something dubious.

Before Yue Jinghua could think further, from the flower stamen emerged wisps of black smoke like venomous snakes, gradually forming a human figure as they coiled and merged.

The person had a mighty figure, tiger-eyed with a leopard-like body, over two meters tall, appearing robust and strong, wearing armor, and he was the Second Prince of Dark Demon, famed for his bravery and warlike nature among the Emperor Demon Clan.

The Second Prince of Dark Demon was completely unlike his brothers, Jile Crown Prince Ying Wuwang and Fourth Prince Zong Shaoqing.

His maternal clan was of the Beast Race with Barbaric Beast Blood lineage, and his appearance bore some resemblance to the Highland Giants of Canglong Continent.

Upon seeing Chen Jiangyin, the Demon Prince revealed a sly grin, "Chen Jiangyin, have you completed the task that this prince assigned you?"

The Second Prince of Dark Demon might have appeared crude in demeanor and appearance, but his mind was meticulous.

Earlier, he had led an army of 400,000 demons to invade the Star Plane with plans to capture Four Symbols City in a single sweep.

However, his front-line troops were slaughtered completely in the Chaotic World Hurricane Zone, and even his prized Demon Sky Beasts had several captured.

For the Second Prince of Dark Demon, this was a massive blow.

Coincidentally, at that time, a former trusted subordinate of the Jile Crown Prince, having narrowly escaped during Red Tears’ pursuit, conveyed the news of the Jile Crown Prince’s misfortune and his planting of the Black Manzhu Flower on a Human Race member to the Second Prince of Dark Demon.

Upon hearing this, the Second Prince of Dark Demon was overjoyed.

Unlike the Jile Crown Prince, the Second Prince of Dark Demon was even more aware of the Black Manzhu Flower’s potency, as his concubine mother was the very mastermind who used the Black Manzhu Flower to poison the Four Demon Concubines of the Witch Sect years ago.

The Black Manzhu Flower, known as the Emperor Demon Flower, had its main stalk planted within the Emperor Demon Palace; by harvesting one branch and irrigating it with the direct imperial blood of the Emperor Demon Clan, it could control Chen Jiangyin and Yue Jinghua, who both bore the Black Manzhu Flower poison within.

After the Second Prince of the Dark Demon had someone fetch a Black Manzhu Flower’s mother branch and plant it on the Dimension Battlefield, using his own Demon Blood to irrigate it, he successfully took control of Chen Jiangyin.

What took the Second Prince of the Dark Demon by surprise was that despite Yue Jinghua also being afflicted with the Black Manzhu Flower, she was not controlled by him.

This confused both the Second Prince of Dark Demon and the hidden Yue Jinghua.

While the Second Prince of Dark Demon questioned, a flash of black light shimmered from the cluster of Black Manzhu Flowers.

Chen Jiangyin nodded in acknowledgment, his eyes glazed, mechanically responding, "The order of the Second Prince has been completed by this subordinate."

"Then why has this prince not seen Yue Jinghua, that vile Human female who slaughtered hundreds of this prince’s Demon Army and several Demon Sky Beasts? Why did you not lure her as per this prince’s order?" The Second Prince of Dark Demon was wary, even for a meeting with Chen Jiangyin, he used only a fragment of his Primordial Spirit rather than his true form.

At the mention of Yue Jinghua’s name, a flicker of hesitation crossed Chen Jiangyin’s vacant gaze.

The Black Manzhu Flower Poison had confused his true self, blurring his decisions, yet upon hearing "Yue Jinghua," a pang of pain caused a trace of his lost will to resurface.

"It seems that vile Human woman truly possesses some skills, beguiling both my elder brother and you, that even under the Black Manzhu Flower’s influence, you still won’t let her suffer harm," A glint of curiosity passed through the hateful eyes of the Second Prince of Dark Demon as he mused about Yue Jinghua, "Since you’re unwilling to bring her, follow this prince’s command and poison all the city’s water and food sources, for this prince intends to capture Four Symbols City."

Chen Jiangyin remained silent, his brow furrowing, as if caught between thought and an attempt to free himself from the Black Manzhu Flower’s control.

Even though his consciousness was nearly lost, he knew such a command should be refused.

Seeing Chen Jiangyin’s futile struggle, the Second Prince of Dark Demon snorted, making a gesture with his hands, and with it, the cluster of Black Manzhu Flowers opened fully.

The blooms were blood-red in the center, the fragrance intoxicating, and the scent turned into thick black smoke billowing from the flowers’ stamen, greedily rushing toward Chen Jiangyin, entering through his eyes, nose, and mouth.

The black smoke roiled, with a few tendrils seemingly sensing something and rushing towards the direction where Yue Jinghua was hidden.

Neither the Second Prince of Dark Demon nor Chen Jiangyin noticed, but Yue Jinghua secretly exclaimed this was not good.

She too was afflicted by the Black Manzhu Flower Poison, the black smoke clearly intended for mind control; should it enter her body, she would become a flower puppet like Chen Jiangyin.

As the tendrils crept near Yue Jinghua, a sudden warmth surged from her waist, and an overwhelming Blood Light Energy emanated from her body.

Upon the emergence of this Blood Light Energy, the black smoke, condensed from the Black Manzhu Flower Poison, fled like mist meeting sunlight.

Yue Jinghua was startled, glancing down, seeing nothing on her waist except the Desire Gourd and the Jade Token earlier gifted by Zong Shaoqing.

On the other side, under the influence of the Black Manzhu Flower Poison, Chen Jiangyin again fell under the control of the Second Prince of Dark Demon, painfully kneeling, forced to submit to the Second Prince’s orders.