"Damn it, do you really think you can devour souls and steal spirits?" Ye Jingyu cursed loudly, yet he held his blade in one hand and slashed backward...
A blade light, crackling with electricity, tore through the sky, materializing directly in the void and slamming down toward Xiao Geng, who was falling from above...
"Clang..." With a sharp sound, Xiao Geng's Reverse Soul Sword collided with the Heavenly Venerable Blade, exploding instantly. The electric blade light shattered immediately, and Xiao Geng’s body was violently thrown backward...
"Go..." Seizing the moment, Ye Jingyu snatched out the Heaven-Shaking Seal and hurled it directly...
In the blink of an eye, a black iron seal the size of a small mountain appeared in the void, smashing down upon Xiao Geng, who was still suspended in mid-air, with lightning speed and overwhelming force...
"You have a Soul Artifact, do you think I don't? Haste!" Xiao Geng snorted coldly. A golden light flared above his head, and a massive, golden bell materialized directly above him. Just then, the obsidian-black iron seal slammed down, striking the golden bell with a deafening roar, yet it couldn't shake it in the slightest...
"Pfft..." Almost simultaneously, both Ye Jingyu and Xiao Geng spat out a mouthful of blood, clearly injured by the preceding clash...
However, Ye Jingyu's eyes were filled with shock. Xiao Geng was actually a Soul Master? And his soul power was so immense, surely reaching the Spirit Manifestation Realm. How was this possible?
Not only Ye Jingyu was surprised; Luo Haitian, Luo Feng, Luo Muyang, and even Luo Ling'er and the other princes who grew up with Xiao Geng, all wore expressions of astonishment. They knew Xiao Geng’s power was unfathomable, but they had always attributed it to his Martial Dao cultivation. They never suspected he was a Soul Master, let alone one of such formidable strength?
No wonder he was so confidently able to kill Ye Jingyu—this must have been his hidden trump card!
He never imagined Xiao Geng could be so patient, cultivating the Martial Dao despite being an overwhelmingly powerful Soul Master, and achieving success in it too. His perseverance was truly extraordinary...
Cultivating both Soul and Martial paths. It seemed Ye Jingyu wasn't the first.
"Let me show you this move again. Shine..." Xiao Geng let out another cold snort, then flipped over a mirror in his hand—one side red, the other side black. He aimed the black side toward Ye Jingyu, immediately shooting out a beam of black light that pierced directly into Ye Jingyu's body...
Instantly, Ye Jingyu felt as if his soul was about to float out of his body. His head swam, as if trapped in a nightmare...
Just as he was about to completely lose consciousness, the steel ring around his neck suddenly emitted a soft, milky-white glow, enveloping the black light. His wandering Earth Soul immediately rushed back and devoured the black light encased in the white glow, momentarily growing much stronger. Ye Jingyu’s mind cleared...
"Come on, keep going! Why stop shining now?" Seeing Xiao Geng still holding the mirror, Ye Jingyu burst into curses. That mirror was utterly sinister; one glance nearly tore his soul from his body. If his ring hadn't timely emitted that soft glow, his soul might have been ripped away. At this moment, Ye Jingyu truly understood the terror of a Soul Artifact...
Xiao Geng was even more shocked. This mirror was the Life and Death Yin-Yang Mirror, personally gifted to him by his Master. The red side illuminates life, the black side illuminates death. According to his Master, even a Soul Immortal would be utterly annihilated if caught in its gaze. Yet, Ye Jingyu had recovered so quickly...
Of course, Xiao Geng also noticed the ring on Ye Jingyu's neck. That must also be a Soul Artifact, but in this world, could there be a Soul Artifact more advanced than the one gifted by his Master?
Though shocked, Xiao Geng didn't continue using the Life and Death Yin-Yang Mirror. Instead, with a single sweep of his hand, the golden bell above his head surged toward Ye Jingyu...
Ye Jingyu snorted coldly, continuing to summon the Heaven-Shaking Seal toward Xiao Geng, while simultaneously bringing up his blade in a reverse grip, slashing fiercely at the rapidly descending golden bell...
Facing Ye Jingyu’s Profound-Grade Soul Artifact, Xiao Geng remained expressionless. He merely pulled a Vajra Bracelet from his robe and tossed it into the void. In an instant, the Vajra Bracelet expanded to several acres wide. The massive iron seal fell directly into the Vajra Bracelet and simply vanished...
Just like a drop of mud falling into the ocean...
This bizarre scene caused Ye Jingyu’s face to change drastically once more. The golden bell, which had been descending, suddenly swelled in size and slammed down, completely enveloping Ye Jingyu. Ye Jingyu’s sharp blade energy, slashing inside the massive golden bell, only managed to make the bell hum loudly, incapable of causing even the slightest harm...
The world before Ye Jingyu immediately darkened. Feeling the solid bell wall, his brow furrowed tightly...
Outside the great bell, when Luo Haitian and the others saw Ye Jingyu encased like that, they were all stunned. However, beneath their shock, a hint of joy emerged; it would be best if Ye Jingyu could be killed this way...
As for Luo Feng, Luo Ling'er, Princess Xiyue, and others, they all wore anxious expressions.
Especially Luo Ling'er, her heart was pounding against her ribs.
"This Profound Heaven Bell is a Profound-Grade Soul Artifact. With your current cultivation, how could you possibly shatter it? Ye Jingyu, today I will ensure you have no place to die! Profound Heaven Fierce Flames, rise!" Seeing the bell had trapped Ye Jingyu, Xiao Geng let out a cold snort, forming a peculiar hand seal and flicking it toward the golden bell...
The bell began to spin rapidly, and inside it, massive flames suddenly erupted.
These flames were unlike mortal fire; they didn't burn away the clothes on Ye Jingyu’s body, but being within, he felt as if he were immersed in a sea of fire. Sweat poured down in drops, his body growing increasingly hot and unbearably suffocated.
It felt as if his very soul was being incinerated.
The True Essence in his body cycled frantically, and the Heavenly Venerable Blade in his hand was swung ceaselessly, unleashing torrents of blade energy against the surroundings. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't scratch the bell's surface in the slightest. Instead, as his True Essence flowed in, the flames intensified. Apart from not burning through his clothes, his skin was beginning to show faint scorch marks...
Feeling the sharp pain radiating from his flesh, Ye Jingyu's brow tightened. What kind of Soul Artifact was this bell? To possess such might? This was no weaker than his Heaven-Shaking Seal! It could both attack and defend...
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