novelraw Chapter 114 : ：You Think This Is Yours?
Chapter 114 : ：You Think This Is Yours?
Chapter 114：You Think This Is Yours?
Chen Yabo, ever since defecting to True Master Deathbane seven years ago, had acted in the Valley of Villains without a shred of restraint!
In just seven short years—
He had actually refined his own Ten Thousand Souls Banner to the level of a thousand souls!
Although the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in Chen Yabo's hands was already powerful,
The more souls it contained, the harder it was to control. Moreover, once Chen Yabo showed even the slightest weakness—
Those living souls would immediately turn on him without hesitation!
To prevent such a scenario—
The most crucial structure at the core of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner during its forging was the restriction that suppressed ghostly consciousnesses: 【Soul Suppression】!
With the Soul Suppression restriction present—
As long as the banner was not being actively controlled, the restriction would automatically trigger, suppressing the consciousnesses of the malicious ghosts within the banner.
Causing them to stand still like marionettes, unable to move an inch.
If it were someone else—
They would certainly have seized the moment while Chen Yabo was entangled by the Fire Flood Dragons and unable to split his focus,
To quickly eliminate those malicious ghosts whose consciousnesses were sealed, thereby weakening the Ten Thousand Souls Banner as much as possible.
But to Xu Zhengyang—
These malicious ghosts were future computing resources; he absolutely couldn’t waste them!
Thus, the speed at which Xu Zhengyang refined the Ten Thousand Souls Banner became even faster!
……
Meanwhile—
Chen Yabo, seeing that Xu Zhengyang was hovering mid-air and hadn’t taken the chance to eliminate the ghosts in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, while he himself was dodging the fire flood dragons—
Felt secretly relieved and thought to himself:
【Good thing that kid spent most of his focus controlling so many different flames to attack me, leaving him no attention to deal with the ghosts I refined.
Otherwise...
Those ghosts, with their consciousness sealed and unable to resist, would’ve cost me dearly…】
But at that moment—
Chen Yabo suddenly felt a violent tremor in his soul.
In the next instant—
Although the banner’s pole was still firmly in his grasp, he had completely lost control of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!
“???”
Chen Yabo was clearly stunned for a moment, even his evasive movements paused slightly.
And in that brief moment of distraction—
His left arm was viciously bitten by a fire flood dragon, and a mass of different flame instantly clung to his arm, savagely burning his flesh!
“Hiss——”
The searing pain jolted Chen Yabo awake!
He hurriedly extinguished the Spirit-Devouring Wild Flame on his left arm while continuing to dodge in a panic, inwardly filled with doubt:
【Did the Ghost Generals take the opportunity to rebel?
Impossible—they should all have their consciousnesses sealed right now… Could it be…
That mysterious remnant soul is meddling again?】
Chen Yabo simply assumed it was the malicious spirits in the banner acting up and never suspected Xu Zhengyang’s hand in this!
Seeing that he had successfully refined the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Xu Zhengyang was overjoyed!
Next—
He only needed to snatch the banner into his own hands to claim the treasure Chen Yabo had painstakingly refined over seven years!
“甲来！”
As he spoke—
Xu Zhengyang’s right arm shook. With a flash of silver light, the Silver-Scaled Battle Armor instantly covered his entire body, radiating a chilling gleam!
“Dual cultivation of body and technique?”
Chen Yabo was briefly stunned at the sight, but before he could react—
Xu Zhengyang turned into a blue-and-white afterimage and charged directly toward him!
With his Martial Qi fully unleashed, and the speed of Azure Sky Crane Feather swift as lightning—
Even though Chen Yabo used the Blood Escape Secret Art recorded in the Blood River Canon, known for its unmatched speed among peers—
He still couldn’t shake off Xu Zhengyang’s pursuit!
……
Moments later—
With the fire flood dragons helping to seal off Chen Yabo’s escape routes, Xu Zhengyang quickly caught up!
In the next moment—
Xu Zhengyang’s right fist activated Splitting Sky Palm, his Martial Qi wrapped in Spirit-Devouring Wild Flame, forming a massive fist imprint that slammed toward Chen Yabo’s face!
At the same time, Xu Zhengyang’s left hand was not idle—he directly grabbed the banner’s pole and began injecting spiritual energy into it!
Seeing this, Chen Yabo laughed in anger, shouting, “What do you mean by injecting spiritual energy into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?
You think this is your magi—”
Before he could finish—
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner suddenly burst forth with a tangible wave of yin energy, surging along Chen Yabo’s hand gripping the pole and drilling into his body!
In a flash—
It sealed off all his major meridians!
“You…”
Chen Yabo’s expression changed drastically, but just as he opened his mouth to speak—
Xu Zhengyang’s punch sent him crashing from the air to the ground, barely clinging to life…
“Trash.”
Xu Zhengyang spat disdainfully, then landed in front of Chen Yabo. Ignoring the man’s pleading gaze, he pierced his Qi Sea without hesitation.
Next—
Xu Zhengyang used several Sealing Talismans to temporarily restrain Chen Yabo completely, then removed all the storage artifacts from his body.
After that—
He tightly bound Chen Yabo and stuffed him into his own Spirit Beast Pouch.
After handling Chen Yabo, Xu Zhengyang clapped his hands clean.
Then, with a fierce swing of the banner pole, the multitude of ghosts turned into streaks of shadow and returned into the banner.
With everything done—
Xu Zhengyang contentedly stored the thousand-soul-level Ten Thousand Souls Banner into his Jade Gourd and proceeded to Chen Yabo’s hideout.
In the next instant—
Golden light flickered in Xu Zhengyang’s eyes as he inspected Chen Yabo’s cave abode, searching for any valuable remnants.
But demonic cultivators lived in constant peril. Even in the Valley of Villains, they had developed the habit of being ready to flee at a moment’s notice.
For this reason—
Rather than building elaborate caves, they preferred to carry all their treasures with them and retrieve them only when needed.
This trait—
Even Chen Yabo, despite his righteous sect origins, wasn’t immune to.
After using his Piercing-Delusion Golden Eyes to confirm there was nothing worth taking—
Xu Zhengyang immediately activated Azure Sky Crane Feather to retrace his steps.
……
Meanwhile, high above the Valley of Villains—
True Master Deathbane hadn’t expected that Chen Yabo—who had brought the Blood River Canon to minor success and wielded a thousand-soul-level Ten Thousand Souls Banner—
Would be so easily defeated by Xu Zhengyang!
Right after—
When he thought about the years of resources he had invested into Chen Yabo…
His heart bled with pain!
At this time, True Master Xuan Yin cupped his hands toward Deathbane and smiled, “Since that traitor has been subdued,
We shall take our leave and not linger further.”
True Master Deathbane forced out a few smiles in response and said to the three Core Formation cultivators aboard the Guiyuan Divine Vessel, “Safe travels, everyone.
Forgive this old man for not seeing you off.”
“No need, no need.”
True Master Xuan Yin chuckled, idly playing with the Flood Dragon Pearl in his hand. “Thanks for the gift, Fellow Daoist.”
“……”
As soon as Xuan Yin’s words landed, the forced smile on Deathbane’s face froze solid.
He had intended to use the Flood Dragon Pearl to buy favor with Xuan Yin, hoping to buy Chen Yabo a chance at survival—
But now…
Not only was Chen Yabo captured alive;
The pearl was given away for nothing, and he himself had been publicly scolded by a junior just moments ago…
Thinking of this, True Master Deathbane nearly spat blood!