by Feng Yise
Ye Yuan discovered that the divine soul mystic arts he executed seemed to have slightly greater consumption compared to Xie Lingzi.
Although he took the absolute upper-hand, that was the absolute overpowering of strength. The divine soul mystic arts that Xie Lingzi displayed seemed to be more accomplished with high proficiency compared to himself.
This discovery made Ye Yuan very depressed.
Could it be that after the Divine Dao withered, martial artists' divine soul also had some unknown transformation occurring?
Or was it because present martial artists lacked a little something, so they were unable to advance to the Deity Realm?
In contrast, the more Xie Lingzi fought, the more startled he got!
Ye Yuan was seriously too powerful. All kinds of divine soul mystic arts emerged in endless streams, seemingly inexhaustible!
If it continued like this, he would be exhausted to death by Ye Yuan!
Boom!
Xie Lingzi's soul force abruptly erupted, slamming away Ye Yuan's attack directly.
He looked at Ye Yuan like he went mad and roared, "Brat, you forced me! I'll let you take a look at an ancient powerhouse's true prowess!"
Xie Lingzi's arms opened up slightly. A majestic soul force spewed forth from his divine soul akin to an erupting volcano.
While Ye Yuan actually felt a kind of very familiar feeling in this surge of soul force.
"His soul force . . . it seems to encompass some sort of elusive profundity! Just what is it?" Ye Yuan muttered under his breath, seemingly not paying any attention to this powerful attack at all.
Ye Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was pleasantly surprised in his heart as he said, "Oh right, that's it! This mysterious aura is precisely the mysterious power contained within the golden characters! It's just that . . . Xie Lingzi's mysterious aura is too weak. If not for him erupting his soul force entirely, I wouldn't sense it at all! Looks like he's still a very long way away from Deity Realm!"
"Boy, facing imminent death and you're actually still in a trance here!"
Xie Lingzi was currently releasing a big move but suddenly discovered that Ye Yuan was currently in a daze. This made him feel unbelievable fury.
He was an exalted Divine Dao Era's big shot and was actually being looked down upon by a junior brat like so. How to make him accept this?
It was only then did Ye Yuan come back to his senses. He had an apologetic smile on his face as he said, "Ah, sorry about that. Thinking about some things earlier and became absentminded. Uh . . . Fortunately, I can still make it in time right now. This is your strongest divine soul mystic art? Doesn't seem like much either. You disappoint me greatly."
Fortunately, Xie Lingzi was a divine soul body right now. If he still had a physical body now, he would definitely be infuriated until he was heavily injured and vomit blood.
Ye Yuan's words were seriously too infuriating. He was, at any rate, a former peak Dao Profound powerhouse too. He was actually being despised by a junior!
Except, he had yet to refute in time, and his face revealed a look of astonishment.
"Heh heh, I already have not used this move for a long time. My present soul force is barely able to support this move. Divine Dao Era's Senior, sample the taste of this move of mine well. Because . . . you only have one chance to experience it!"
Ye Yuan played it down as he said it, but his soul force quietly dispersed throughout the entire sea of consciousness!
"This . . . How is this possible? My . . . My divine soul mystic arts . . . are actually unable to be used! You . . . what the hell kind of skill is this?!"
Xie Lingzi had an expression like he saw a ghost. He urged his soul force with all his might. However, his soul force was like withered, unable to be deployed at all.
Xie Lingzi had lived for ten thousand years. The cultivation skills and martial technique he had experienced before were too many to enumerate, but he had yet to see before any kind of divine soul mystic art that could make the opponent unable to even retaliate!
This kind of skill was also too horrifying.
Ye Yuan said with a faint smile, "It's true that right now is an age of declining laws. But it's precisely because they are unable to break through to the Deity Realm that martial artists pushed all kinds of methods to the limit, wanting to break through the fetters. Therefore, current martial artists' strength is not as weak as you imagine! In comparison, same rank martial artists are even more powerful compared to that era of yours! Therefore . . . don't look down on martial artists in a waning age!"
Xie Lingzi looked at Ye Yuan with an astonished face, as if he was a god.
"No! Don't! I, Xie Lingzi, am someone who's going to step into Deity Realm! How can I possibly die here?!"
Xie Lingzi yelled out crazily. Yet, no matter how he shouted, he was unable to muster up soul force.
"Myriad . . . Soul . . . Extinction!"
Out of Ye Yuan's mouth, these three words were akin to the sound of a celestial deity.
The moment the words came out, the entire sea of consciousness quietened down.
Xie Lingzi's mouth was still opening and closing frenziedly, but he could not emit any bit of noise anymore.
His soul force was constantly being extinguished by some inexplicable power.
While Xie Lingzi's divine soul was like being hit, it was as if he was turning into mosaic tiles, his entire person breaking down into countless fragments!
At the start, these shards could still form a complete divine soul.
But now, those fragments fragmented once more, then they were utterly obliterated!
Chapter 762 - Mystic Qi
With a thud, Ye Yuan plopped onto the ground, panting for air heavily.
"M-Master, is that you?"
Xu Yan had been observing Ye Yuan's activities by the side all along. But the battle which took place inside the sea of consciousness, he was unable to pry into it.
But in accordance to his judgment, with Xie Lingzi's strength, it was impossible to lose to such a Divine Traversing Realm brat.
Except, Xu Yan could not quite figure out why Xie Lingzi actually spent such a long time to deal with a brat like this.
Moreover, looking at Ye Yuan's appearance, it seemed like the cost was huge.
"Huff . . . Huff . . . That damn master of yours is already thoroughly dead now! Using this move right now is indeed somewhat more than I can bear. This time, even if there are medicinal pills assisting, without half a month, I'll probably be unable to recover," Ye Yuan panted for air as he said powerlessly.
When Grayflame who was by the side heard Ye Yuan's words, it was as if he was struck by a thunderbolt in clear weather!
What did he say just now?
Master . . . Master was finished off!
This . . . How was this possible?
Even if Xie Lingzi's current condition was much worse compared to his pinnacle period, to deal with a Divine Traversing Realm brat like this, it shouldn't need the slightest effort, right?
Xie Lingzi's might, the Grayflame who had always been by his side was all too clear. He was actually unable to seize possession of a Divine Traversing Realm boy?
Grayflame was limp and feeble on the ground like mud at this time. But he could not resist lifting his head to take a look at Ye Yuan, as if he had seen a ghost.
This young man before his eyes who was young until it could make people disregard was really a monster-like existence!
He took possession of Xu Yan, then lured Ying Tianya over through Xu Yan's secret arts. It was originally something that was already in the bag.
Grayflame knew that the ones here this time were all Heaven Enlightenment Realm martial artists. They were simply nothing to be feared to him.
But he took everything into calculations and also did not calculate that such a monster actually came this time!
Ye Yuan consumed a soul force recovering medicinal pill and rested for a while, and finally recovered.
When h
is gaze landed on Grayflame, Grayflame could not refrain from shuddering.
Ye Yuan flashed a bright smile and said, "You don't have to be scared. Actually, I just want to ask you a few questions. If you answer honestly, it's not impossible to let you live."
Grayflame was startled and hurriedly said, "Mi-Milord, go ahead and ask. This lowly one will answer everything!"
Ye Yuan nodded his head and asked, "You experienced the Divine Dao Era. Do you know how to achieve the Deity Realm or not?!"
Ye Yuan's question made Grayflame's expression became very ugly too.
"Milord, even in the Divine Dao Era, Deity Realm was also an inscrutable realm. Forget about me, even Xie Lingzi lingered in front of this great gate for a long time too, unable to find the correct approach!" Grayflame said with a bitter smile.
Ye Yuan looked at Grayflame with a smile that wasn't a smile and said, "That's to say that you don't have any use at all? Fiery, eradicate his primordial spirit!"
"Don't, don't, don't! I . . . Although I don't know how to achieve the Deity Realm, I know that there is one thing of utmost importance to achieve Deity Realm!" Grayflame hastily said.
Hearing Grayflame's words, Ye Yuan was slightly stirred in his heart; he was rather surprised.
Actually, Grayflame saying that he did not know the mystery of becoming a deity was within Ye Yuan's expectation. Except, it didn't expect that under Ye Yuan's bluff, he actually really swindled out some things.
"What thing?" Ye Yuan forcefully suppressed the agitation in his heart and asked.
Ye Yuan's life-long goal in his previous life was to achieve the Alchemy God Realm. But he sought after bitterly and did not attain it.
Now that he had a chance to hear the mystery of becoming a deity, how could Ye Yuan not be agitated in his heart?
Grayflame said, "Deity Realm powerhouses and ordinary martial artists are simply people of two different worlds. Even though Xie Lingzi was considered very powerful in the Dao Profound Realm, in front of Deity Realm powerhouses, he didn't even dare to lift his head. As for how to affirm one's Dao and become a deity, Deity Realm powerhouses all guarded the secret closely as well. But with Xie Lingzi's status, he knew some secrets of becoming a deity. Allegedly, achieving Deity Realm is very closely related to something called mystic qi! All martial artists must go through the baptism of mystic qi before they can transform and become a deity!"
Hearing that, Ye Yuan's brows creased together tightly. "Mystic qi? What is that?"
Mystic qi, this name, it was Ye Yuan's first time hearing.
Ji Qingyun was a member of the Divine Realm's pinnacle-most group in his previous life. With regards to many secrets about Deity Realm, he was aware.
These hundred over thousand years, martial artists had never given up on the research on Deity Realm.
Each major force had its own core-most layer of secrets. Of course, there were also many things regarding Deity Realm that everyone all knew.
But Ye Yuan had never heard before that Deity Realm had something to do with a thing called mystic qi.
Grayflame shook his head when he heard that and said, "I don't know. Deity Realm powerhouses all did not breathe a word about this to a soul. Even if there was some kind of exchange, that was also something between Deity Realm powerhouses. Martial artists beneath the Deity Realm, they did not place in their sights at all."
Regarding this, Ye Yuan did not doubt it.
The might of Deity Realm powerhouses, ordinary martial artists had no way of imagining at all.
The gap between the Deity Realm and the Dao Profound Realm had no way of compensating using numbers at all.
No number of Dao Profound Realm powerhouses was a Deity Realm powerhouse's match!
One could say that Deity Realm powerhouses were completely another level of life-form!
If not for so, they would not be called Deity Realm powerhouses!
Therefore, in the eyes of a Deity Realm powerhouse, ordinary martial artists did not have the qualifications of communicating with them at all.
Ye Yuan could not help revealing a pondering look.
Looks like Deity Realm powerhouses all disappearing overnight brought away too many secrets, resulting in a rupture appearing between the two eras' martial artists.
As for this mystic qi, it sounds rather like an existence similar to essence energy. It was just that this mystic qi was probably a level higher than essence energy.
But according to what Grayflame said, he did not know what mystic qi was at all. That indicated that this sort of thing was probably not that easy to perceive.
Either it was extremely rare, or it required reaching some sort of profound boundary before one could perceive it. Or perhaps, both at the same time.
All in all, becoming a deity . . . was as hard as reaching the sky!
In the Divine Dao Era, it was already extremely difficult. In this present age of declining laws, becoming a deity was even more a kind of extravagant hope.
Perhaps . . . in the Godsfall Mountain Range, some secrets of becoming deity are hidden. When the time is right, I can go there and investigate properly, Ye Yuan thought to himself secretly in his heart.
Right now, in the Divine Realm, the vast majority of things related to Deity Realm were all obtained in the Godsfall Mountain Range, including the golden characters inside Ye Yuan's sea of consciousness!
If talking about which place in the Divine Realm was the closest to Divine Realm, there was only the Godsfall Mountain Range.
But with this mystic qi, Ye Yuan going to explore the Godsfall Mountain Range had even more focus and direction.
"Mi-Milord, this lowly one has already said all that I know. I beg you, stay your hand in mercy and let me off!" Grayflame said with a mournful face.
Ye Yuan shot him a glance and said with a smile, "I promised to let you live. I naturally won't go back on my words. But a primordial spirit like you, I don't dare to let you follow your inclinations. So . . ."
Ye Yuan suddenly smacked a palm out over towards the top of Xu Yan's head.
Chapter 763 - Favor
Ye Yuan opened up his five fingers and directly grabbed the top of Xu Yan's head.
A powerful suction tapped into Xu Yan's sea of consciousness and actually dragged Grayflame's primordial spirit out straight away.
If Grayflame was at his prime, Ye Yuan naturally could not accomplish this. But his main body was completely gobbled up by Fiery. Grayflame's primordial spirit was extremely weak and could only be at Ye Yuan's mercy too.
Ye Yuan retrieved a small bottle and sealed Grayflame inside immediately.
Inside the small bottle had no essence energy to replenish. Grayflame would also forever not be able to recover his main body's strength.
To an essence fire which gave birth to a primordial spirit, the primordial spirit was the most crucial.
As long as the primordial spirit was not annihilated, they could draw on the fire origin power in heaven and earth ceaselessly and could recover to their peak state.
"Fiery, you enter Vast Heaven Pagoda to cultivate first. Your existence is too conspicuous. It's easy to attract the covetous eyes of an observant and conscientious person. Later, I'll impart you a few cultivation methods. When you master them, it can let your combat power rise substantially," Ye Yuan said to Fiery.
Fiery was overjoyed as he nodded his head and said, "Many thanks, Big Brother! Then I'll dispatch a clone to follow you. If there's any need, Big Brother you just call me out straight away will do."
Finished talking, Ye Yuan's mind stirred and put Fiery away inside the Vast Heaven Pagoda.
Giving birth to a primordial spirit, Fiery was an independent individual already; he was not much different from ordinary martial artists.
It was just that giving birth to a primordial spirit at this cultivation realm, Fiery was indeed rather heaven-defying and not too suitable to appear in front of people.
But even so, Fiery would also be a major trump card of Ye Yuan's in t
he future.
Even if Fiery did not do anything, just using the might of essence fire was plenty more than ordinary Boundless Realm martial artists could bear. Let alone that Ye Yuan still had many fire controlling arts on hand. After imparting some methods to Fiery, it could let his strength have a very large increase within a short period.
Finished doing these, Ye Yuan fed the Pinnate Star Grass juice refined previously one by one for everyone to consume, then started meditating to recover his strength inside this rock cave.
Executing the Myriad Soul Extinction previously had a tremendous burden on his divine soul.
This Myriad Soul Extinction skill was created several tens of thousands of years ago by a powerful Alchemy Emperor. Its might was exceedingly terrifying.
Divine soul mystic arts were alchemists' primary attack methods. Powerful alchemists were able to forcefully withstand Divine King Realm powerhouses' martial technique with divine soul mystic art, even kill Divine Kings!
In reality, Ji Zhengyang father and son had this level of strength back then too. If not for being plotted against by Ji Zhengyang, their father and son pair also would not have ended up perishing.
Ye Yuan's current soul force, just displaying this move face-front, he could not even unleash one-thousandth of this move's might.
But even so, Myriad Soul Extinction was also not what Xie Lingzi, this remnant soul, could withstand.
Actually, Ye Yuan thought of asking some things from Xie Lingzi. But later, he gave up on this idea.
This Xie Lingzi was too dangerous. Better annihilate straight away was safer.
Before long, Jun Tianyu was the first one to gradually wake up.
Jun Tianyu's alertness was very high. The first thing he did when he woke up was to circulate his essence energy to guard against any accidents.
But very soon, he saw Ye Yuan currently smiling at him. Only then did he set his mind at ease.
"Brother Jun is indeed formidable! Your cultivation realm is inferior to Ying Tianya and Pei Wenqiang, but you woke up first before them," Ye Yuan praised.
Jun Tianyu was indeed an exceptional talent. In terms of potential, he flung these two City Lords several streets behind.