When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 176 : Early-Stage of Void Truth Realm Alien Beast King

176: Early-Stage of Void Truth Realm Alien Beast King

"You will regret your choice." The king of this mountain, the Han Chan, emitted scarlet bloodstreaks from the pupils of the eyes on its back. A heaven-covering wave of spiritual illusion engulfed the world around Xia Yuyin.

This Alien Beast Han Chan's innate secret art: the eyes on its back could see through an opponent's thoughts without needing to think, creating the most terrifying or intoxicating illusions to trap the enemy, making them unable to escape, and then it would seize the opportunity to attack.

At this moment, around Xia Yuyin, it seemed as if tall, ferocious evil spirits, nearly blotting out her entire field of vision, pounced on her, grabbing her arms and legs, even trying to tear her clothes, wanting to carry her to the Ghost King to make her a dignified-less, humiliated bride.

At times, a few bewitching women appeared among the evil spirits, gently caressing Xia Yuyin's body, wearing down her will when she tried to struggle and resist, quietly binding her neck, hands, and feet with ropes. Xia Yuyin felt as if she were drowning in an ocean of the brutal violence of evil spirits and the irresistible charm of these women.

"Get lost!" Xia Yuyin's eyes narrowed. Within her Purple Source Palace, a clear, sacred light enveloped her heart and soul. The illusionary fluctuations could not invade her mind. Under the guidance of Xia Yuyin's will, this sacred light transformed into a transparent, innocent, yet immensely powerful force of the heart and soul, shooting out in all directions and dispelling the brutal and bewildering illusion.

All of this took less than a second. When Xia Yuyin broke through the illusion and came to her senses, she discovered that the huge, ram-like Alien Beast Han Chan had already lowered its head. Its entire body radiated an evil, brutal aura of an Early-Stage of Void Truth Realm Alien Beast's Primordial Energy as it charged toward her. Two of its huge, curved horns on one side aimed straight at Xia Yuyin.

Xia Yuyin immediately stomped heavily on the ground and leaped toward the Han Chan. The spiritual water throughout her body surged. Primordial Energy gathered in her longsword, and she swung a powerful, direct slash at the massive beast.

Severing Water.

This was a heavy slash Xia Yuyin had comprehended herself based on the Mysterious Female Sword Art, but it was not simple brute force. It was hard within the soft, carrying the mysteries of the rain that Xia Yuyin had perceived. It could cleave mountains and stones, and it could also sever flowing water and energy fluctuations.

Ang!

Xia Yuyin's longsword, carrying water ripples that twisted the air, struck the Han Chan's large horn. In the air, water-rippled shockwaves spread for hundreds of meters. The surrounding ancient trees that reached for the sky shook violently under the impact of this sword's immense power, and leaves flew all over the mountain forest.

This incomparably heavy slash forced the ten-meter-long, massive Early-Stage of Void Truth Realm Alien Beast to its front knees. The wave-like power contained in this slash was transmitted through its horns to its entire body. Its strong alien beast's bones, muscles, internal organs, and even its core were all impacted.

The Han Chan was actually made dizzy by Xia Yuyin's slash. After kneeling, it subconsciously twitched and jumped, rolling several times on the ground before it could stand up, its front hooves unsteady. The eyes on the Han Chan's back opened wide in utter shock, staring at the sky and the canopy. It had not expected that this woman, Xia Yuyin, could break through the illusion so quickly, nor did it expect that her small body could unleash such a terrifying slash.

An Early-Stage of Void Truth Realm Alien Beast, even if not the most ferocious type, possessed a massive body and strength far greater than a human of the same realm. Unexpectedly, this single strike had made it suffer a great loss, its internal organs were even shaken and injured.

The Han Chan recovered its breath a little, turned its back to Xia Yuyin again, and let out a fierce cry while unleashing a powerful illusion. However, the illusion was useless against Xia Yuyin and was broken in an instant. Although the Han Chan's eyes were powerful, they had to be turned away from the enemy to be used, and it also had to turn around to seize the opportunity to attack, which was a disadvantage.

But unexpectedly, after unleashing its illusion, the Han Chan did not turn to attack. Instead, it leaped and fled up the mountain. Since the illusion was useless against this woman and it could not withstand her sword art, the Han Chan naturally chose to flee.

"Running?" At this moment, how could Xia Yuyin let it go? Her Primordial Energy erupted, like a swift wind and sudden rain. Her light and nimble figure was even faster in the mountain forest, and she caught up to the Han Chan in a few hundred meters.

"Slice!" With one sword strike, a blade of transparent air current slashed the Han Chan's back leg, injuring its tendon. The Han Chan fell to the ground. Xia Yuyin leaped towards it to deliver the final blow. The Han Chan circulated the Void Truth Realm Primordial Energy within its body. Upon reaching the Void Truth Realm, a powerful being could partially break free from their dependence on physical organs and use their essence to quickly heal wounds. For Alien Beasts, whose life force was inherently strong, regrowing a severed limb was possible by consuming a large amount of Purple Qi and Spiritual Essence.

The Han Chan healed its tendon as it jumped up, turned its head, and charged at Xia Yuyin with its full force, its large horns aimed at her. Xia Yuyin, however, flicked her wrist, flinging out her scarf. The scarf, when unfolded, was only about two meters square, but when Xia Yuyin infused it with Primordial Energy, it could become much longer. It was truly a rare treasure. The scarf instantly extended several meters, entangling the Han Chan's horns. Xia Yuyin swung herself to the back of the Han Chan's head and struck down with her sword.

In this strike, Xia Yuyin infused a thread of Purple Brilliance power from within her, making its might even stronger.

Slice!

The Han Chan let out a howl. A wound two-thirds deep was left on its massive head, and blood sprayed out like a waterfall.

Xia Yuyin quickly retracted the scarf and leaped away. The Han Chan had lost too much blood. Although it was desperately using the Purple Qi and Spiritual Essence in its body to heal the wound, its vitality was greatly diminished, and its aura weakened significantly.

"Don't kill me... woman, I'll let you pass..."

"Hmph, is it useful to say these things now?"

"I am willing to submit to you."

The Han Chan said, lowering its head and trembling. But the eyes on its back revealed a sinister and cunning look. Although it had a pair of human-like eyes, it was not a real person after all, and its gaze betrayed its intentions.

"Is that so? But I don't believe you." Xia Yuyin approached, her gaze cold and deep.

The Han Chan suddenly ignored its spurting blood, leaped up, and fiercely stomped toward Xia Yuyin with both hooves.

With a large stride, Xia Yuyin swiftly landed between the Han Chan's two hooves. She slashed horizontally, and the Han Chan fell to its knees. She leaped onto its back and stabbed down between the two ferocious, terrified large eyes.

The head was just a disguise. The Han Chan's true core was here!

Splurt!

The Han Chan's eyes opened wide, but its vision gradually dimmed. This sword had pierced the Han Chan's Source Core, ending the life of this Early-Stage of Void Truth Realm Alien Beast King.

In the Void Truth Realm, perhaps most humans would still die if their heart was pierced, but Alien Beasts were born with powerful bodies and a life force far more tenacious than humans. Even if their heart was pierced, they would not die for a short time and could slowly heal with their Spiritual Essence. But once the Source Core was pierced, death was certain.

Xia Yuyin stood on the corpse of this Early-Stage of Void Truth Realm Alien Beast, her chest heaving. She couldn't help but recall how she had almost been killed five months ago while being hunted by that white-haired old man of the Void Truth Realm. If she were to encounter him now, the outcome would be uncertain!

Xia Yuyin took the Han Chan's Early-Stage of Void Truth Realm Source Crystal. This Source Crystal was purer and larger, containing a heart-poundingly vast amount of energy.

Xia Yuyin had been affected by that illusion earlier, and it was not without a reaction. She felt slightly uncomfortable. If she didn't have to leave this place as quickly as possible to avoid attracting the attention of the stronger Alien Beasts on the surrounding mountains, she would have wanted to take a bath and change her underwear.

But this Han Chan was a treasure all over. If she could drag it back to Earth, it could probably be exchanged for a skyscraper in the center of Lingdu. However, Xia Yuyin couldn't take it with her. She saw the Han Chan's four large horns glowing with a strange luster. She walked over and gently caressed the large horns. Besides the Source Crystal, this was the most valuable material, a treasure in its own right, but it was too thick and large, and Xia Yuyin couldn't take it.

She activated her secret absorption art and drew out the essence from the Han Chan's four large horns. The four horns, in total, yielded five points of Yuan Essence. This was equivalent to five Low-Grade Law-Tier artifacts, and this was just raw material, showing how precious it was. With this, Xia Yuyin was now 11 points of Yuan Essence away from the 30 points needed for the upgrade.

For these past few months, the reason Xia Yuyin could cultivate to the Late-Stage of Purple Domain Realm was mostly due to the God-Devouring Chess. To think, it took Xia Yuyin a year to cultivate through the Spirit-Seeking Realm. Upon reaching the Purple Domain Realm, an ordinary person's cultivation speed would slow by more than ten times. But Xia Yuyin's speed of condensing her Source Spirit in the God-Devouring Chess was constantly accelerating. Coupled with the fact that she was in that treasured land and could absorb the purple energy, she was able to cultivate so quickly.

After absorbing the Yuan Essence, Xia Yuyin's face was slightly flushed. She adjusted her breathing slightly and climbed over the three-thousand-meter mountain range.

"Finally... I've walked out of this place..." Xia Yuyin couldn't help but feel a bit emotional. It had been more than five months since King Zheng had left her in that place.

I wonder, how are things at the Lingdu Two Realms Gate now? What about Senior Sister Lian and Senior Sister Jing? What about Earth's side? What is King Zheng's situation now?

"I don't even know where I am or where I should go..."

Directions were hard to discern in the Prison Abyss. This place, deep in the Prison Abyss, was likely a place where no human had ever been. Xia Yuyin stood in the towering, warm-green ancient forest. A cool, clear light from the sky pierced through the trees and shone in front of her, but she did not know where to go.

For now, she could only continue moving forward until she found a place where she could determine her location. It would be good if she could even encounter members of the Alien Tribes. As long as they weren't too strong, she could defeat them and force them for answers, or even seize things like maps.

Xia Yuyin could only rely on her feelings to move forward in the ancient mountain forest. The surrounding mountains were clearly not as majestic as the ones behind her. Even if there were Alien Beast lords among them, most posed no threat to Xia Yuyin. If she encountered a great mountain or a deep pool occupied by a terrifying king, she would go around it. After all, she didn't know where she was supposed to go, so wasn't any direction fine?

Xia Yuyin walked through the mountains for several days in a row. It was all an endless mountain forest, and it seemed she would never get out. The weather was hot and stuffy. Xia Yuyin walked and then stopped. She climbed up to a hidden hillside, behind a huge ancient tree, where she rested and caught her breath. She untied the side tie of her skirt, lifted it, and squatted down gently...

But a little over ten seconds later, from below the hillside, in the distance, two waves of Primordial Energy approached.

"Hmm?" Xia Yuyin became alert. A moment later, she got up, fixed her skirt, suppressed her aura, and hid behind the tree to observe.

She saw two evil spirits, one tall and one stout, with massive bodies, walking down from the mountain.

"Evil spirits?" Xia Yuyin was startled all over. These two evil spirits were both at the Late-Stage of Purple Domain Realm, so naturally they were no threat to Xia Yuyin, but their appearance was very similar to the evil spirits that had carried her to this world over a year and a half ago. Of course, their presence was far inferior to those eight burly evil spirits.

The two evil spirits each carried some Alien Beast prey on their backs or in their hands, holding steel pitchforks and carrying hard crossbows on their backs, as if they had returned from a hunt in the mountains.

One of the evil spirits, with red eyes, a green face, and black-brown skin, opened its large mouth, revealing two protruding fangs, and spoke the human tongue: "Damn it, after so many days, we only caught one Late-Stage of Spirit-Seeking Realm Fire-Maned Boar. How is that enough for everyone to cultivate and share?"

Xia Yuyin stared at these two evil spirits in surprise. These evil spirits were actually speaking... the Huaxia language.