novelraw Chapter 319: Controlling the Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden
Chapter 319: Controlling the Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden
At that thought, Ye Tianling didn’t hesitate. He activated both the `North Nether Divine Skill` and the `Bloodthirsty Soul Refining Technique`, taking a great gulp to devour all the energy and pull it into his body.
BOOM—
The `Samadhi True Fire` immediately ignited, instantly producing a massive amount of `Origin Energy`.
Just how vast was the terrifying `Essence, Qi, and Soul` `Energy` that came from a `Nine Source Sword Saint`?
Ye Tianling rapidly devoured this energy. It flowed into his physical body and `Soul`, replenishing the tremendous power he had expended on his last attack.
He had less than two minutes of `Time` left.
’This small window of time gave Ye Tianling a sense of impending crisis. Once his `Battle Power` plummeted, his ravaged body and the wounds inflicted by Ye Wuhen would erupt all at once, and then...’
He didn’t dwell on it, nor did he want to. He immediately locked his gaze on Ye Cangqian, who stood frozen in terror, his face deathly pale.
"Ye... Ye Tianling..."
Ye Cangqian’s voice trembled, and his eyes filled with stark terror.
He had personally witnessed Ye Tianling’s heaven-defying `Battle Power` as he blew Ye Wuhen to smithereens. How could he not be utterly terrified and filled with despair?
After all, Ye Wuhen had been a peerless existence at the `Sword God First Transformation Realm`!
Although Ye Wuhen’s `Descent` upon the dilapidated `Ancient Star` known as the `Sword Ancestor Star` had forced him to suppress his `Realm` to the `Nine Source Sword Saint Realm` due to the constraints of its `Law`s, he was still a `Nine Source Sword Saint`!
At this moment, Ye Cangqian had lost all courage to fight. He was completely and utterly cowed.
Ye Tianling said nothing. His face was a mask of indifference, his eyes cold and disdainful of all life.
That gaze told Ye Cangqian that there was no escape for him now.
And so, trapped in a desperate situation with the threat of death overwhelming him, Ye Cangqian roared. He transformed into his combat form, ready to fight Ye Tianling to the bitter end.
He brandished the `Divine Level Longsword` he had received from his father, the king, and unleashed a strike with all his `Battle Power`.
BOOM—
The power of that strike was indeed astonishing.
But in Ye Tianling’s eyes, it was laughably weak.
His `Battle Power` was on par with a `Nine Source Sword Saint`. What was a mere Ye Cangqian at the `Sword Tribulation First Refining Realm` to him?
VMMMM—
Ye Tianling reached out and snatched the `Divine Level Longsword`. With a sudden, powerful squeeze, `Samadhi True Fire` roared to life in his palm.
HISS—
CRACK—
The `Divine Level` `Longsword` was incinerated on the spot, melting down into an `Origin Sword Embryo`.
VMMMM—
Ye Tianling infused a strand of his bloodline into it. Instantly, the sword was assimilated by his `Emperor’s Qi Sword Body`, transforming into a blade identical to the `Extreme Cold Spirit Sword` that `Long Tianyu` had once given him.
The only difference was that the former was a `Spiritual Artifact`, while this one was a `Divine Artifact`!
"AARGH—"
Ye Cangqian shrieked and roared incessantly. His sword, bound to his very lifeblood, had been stolen right from him. The loss damaged his mind and triggered a backlash that savaged his `Soul`.
The backlash was excruciatingly painful. After all, to a `Sword Cultivator`, their sword is their soul `Weapon`.
When the sword exists, so does the man; when the sword is destroyed, the man perishes.
Ye Cangqian was in such agony he wished for death, his body arching in a spasm of pain.
At that moment, Ye Tianling reached out and snatched Ye Cangqian, pulling him over.
Activating his `Soul Talent`, Ye Tianling instantly sensed a terrifying `Divine Dao` `Guardian Power` deep within Ye Cangqian’s brow—it was the `Death Guardian` of the `Taotie Divine Beast`.
Ye Tianling threw a punch, and Ye Cangqian’s head exploded into a mist of blood.
A moment later, however, he had naturally reformed. His ugly face was deathly pale, but it was clear his `Life Force` was still incredibly vigorous!
"Trying to kill me? Ye Tianling, you’re too naive! I possess the `Taotie` `Devouring` `Divine Blood` and the `Immortal Phoenix Nirvana Bloodline` of the `Undying Fire Phoenix`! I am `Undying and Immortal`!"
Seeing that he had recovered even faster and more miraculously than he had imagined, and that the effect was so perfect, Ye Cangqian was stunned for a second before bursting into manic laughter.
’Tianling, suppress him. Shackle him with the `Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden` technique and seal him in the `Blood Coffin` to be used as blood-fodder and a `Puppet`! Whenever he regenerates, you can just devour him again without killing him! This is the exact goal I set for you back then, and now you can achieve it! Later, when `Devouring` him no longer benefits you, `Refine` him into a `Void Body`!’
The voice of `Little Dragon Girl` suddenly echoed in Ye Tianling’s mind.
’Little Dragon Girl, you... you’re awake? You...’
Ye Tianling was taken aback.
In that moment of stunned silence, Ye Cangqian abruptly struck out, aiming a deadly blow at him.
But Ye Tianling didn’t even spare it a glance. He simply exhaled a breath of air.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—
The terrifying impact force manifested as a blast of `Destruction Sword Qi`.
The `Destruction Sword Qi`, like the `Destruction Killing Dao` unleashed by the `Eye of Destruction`, viciously slashed through Ye Cangqian.
SQUELCH—
Ye Cangqian’s body was sliced in two. He was a mangled mess of blood and flesh, yet he began to recover at an incredible speed.
By now, he was nearly frightened stiff. The force of the blow had once again caused the foul, sticky slime covering his body to explode outwards in a truly nauseating display.
’I woke up earlier, Tianling, when you were killing Ye Wuhen. That’s why his `Essence, Qi, and Soul` wasn’t immediately devoured. I took `Control` of the `Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword` and had it set the energy aside for you. Also, I’ve already used the super-`Intelligence` of the `Mechanical Heart` to deduce the `Imprisonment` method of the `Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden` technique and even optimized it by incorporating features of the `Life and Death Talisman`.
I’ll transmit it to you, and then you can suppress Ye Cangqian.
If you just keep trying to kill him, the one minute and thirty-seven seconds of `Time` you have left won’t be enough to finish him for good."
`Little Dragon Girl` offered her suggestion.
She knew everything.
The matter of severing his `Emotions` could clearly no longer be concealed.
’You... `Little Dragon Girl`, I’m sorry. I’ve disappointed you.’
’Disappointed? No, I’m not disappointed. Because a man like you is the best `Inheritor` in my heart... and, in the future, the best Dao companion!’
`Little Dragon Girl` was completely serious.
Although her form had not manifested, Ye Tianling could still sense that her eyes must be brimming with deep pride.
VMMMM—
A cool stream of `Energy` flowed down into him like running water.
Ye Tianling shuddered, and a profound sense of sudden understanding washed over him.
’So that’s how it works. The `Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden` technique is truly profound.’
’It uses the `Soul Qi` from one’s `Soul` to gather shifting `Rune`s, which in turn manifest as shackles of the `Celestial Dao`.’
’You use `Soul Power` to inscribe the `Rune`s.’
’You use the `Rune`s to inscribe an `Array`.’
’You use the `Array` to form individual components, as if deconstructing a `Soul`, only to then reconstruct it through restrictions, thereby shackling it... It’s simply too profound, too incredible!’
Ye Tianling was utterly astounded.
To deconstruct and fuse, then fuse and deconstruct, the `Soul` and the `Heavenly Dao Laws`... it was like setting a password lock using the `Celestial Dao` itself. The very concept was absolutely unheard of!
If `Little Dragon Girl` hadn’t calculated and made the `Inference` for him, it would have taken Ye Tianling more than half a year of `Time` to comprehend it on his own!