Chapter 2285: Killing

Middle Realm, Jiangyang Emperor Capital!

In an underground palace, a man in white was toying with two concubines.

"Sect Leader, the soul tablets of the venerables sent to pursue that girl Bai Li Qingyan have all shattered; they should all be dead!" a subordinate hurried in and reported.

"What? Five ninth-level venerables chasing an eighth-level venerable, and they died? When did that girl become so formidable?" The man in white nearly jumped up.

"This... I do not know!" the subordinate said with difficulty.

The man in white fell silent, then suddenly said, "Go fetch that girl's soul tablet! It seems I must act personally. Hehe, that girl has quite a flavor—preferring death to submitting to me! I want to see where she can hide."

Before long, the subordinate brought Bai Li Qingyan's soul tablet.

The man in white took the soul tablet, a playful look on his face.

His divine sense sank into the soul tablet, and suddenly his brows furrowed.

"Strange, why do I sense that she is very close to me now?" the man in white said, looking puzzled.

"You sensed correctly; she is indeed here."

Just then, a calm voice sounded.

Then three figures slowly emerged from the darkness.

One of them was Bai Li Qingyan.

Among the three, the old man gave him an extremely dangerous feeling.

Such a powerful aura!

Almost without hesitation, he stomped his foot, causing the void to tremble violently!

His figure gradually faded into the darkness, and his aura became elusive.

Zhengming Heavenly Emperor's face changed, and he exclaimed, "The art of concealment! Not good, he's trying to escape!"

"Stop!"

But before his words faded, Ye Yuan uttered a single word calmly.

Everything suddenly froze!

Zhengming Heavenly Emperor stared at Ye Yuan in shock, stammering, "He... Heavenly Dao True Word! How many trump cards do you have, kid?"

Ye Yuan said indifferently, "Rest assured, you'll see them one by one."

Saying this, he walked slowly into the shadows, pointed a finger, and the man in white deflated like a punctured ball, becoming utterly listless.

The man in white was merely a first-level Heavenly Emperor; for Ye Yuan, killing him took no effort at all.

Ye Yuan grabbed him and threw him directly in front of Bai Li Qingyan, saying calmly, "Do it yourself."

Bai Li Qingyan looked at the powerful Heavenly Emperor, who couldn't even make a move before Ye Yuan, and felt a surge of pride.

Ye Yuan now was truly too strong!

Bai Li Qingyan looked at the man in white and sneered, "Rui Qin, did you ever think you'd end up like this?"

Rui Qin's face changed, and he said, "Bai Li Qingyan, don't forget, your Death Soul Curse hasn't been lifted! If you dare betray the Death Soul Sect, you'll die without a burial place!"

Bai Li Qingyan said disdainfully, "Sorry, my Death Soul Curse has already been lifted!"

Rui Qin laughed heartily upon hearing this, "Hahaha... Even a Heavenly Emperor can't lift the Death Soul Curse; how could you possibly lift it?"

"I naturally can't, but he can!" Bai Li Qingyan pointed at Ye Yuan.

Rui Qin still didn't believe it, sneering, "The Death Soul Curse is the unique curse of the Death Soul Sect; even a ninth-level Heavenly Emperor can't break it! With him, a first-level Heavenly Emperor, wanting to break it? Bai Li Qingyan, are you taking me for a fool?"

Bai Li Qingyan said calmly, "You should have heard of his title—the Sub-Saint of the Priest Temple."

This time, Rui Qin's face finally changed.

He turned to look at Ye Yuan, his eyes filled with horror.

"You... you are the Sub-Saint Ye Yuan! How can it be! How can it be! I... I have no enmity with you, why do you..."

Not long ago, orders had just come down from above, telling the Death Soul Sect to avoid provoking Ye Yuan at all costs.

Who would have thought that, without him provoking Ye Yuan, Ye Yuan would come knocking on his own doorstep.

Ye Yuan looked at him and said calmly, "Because she is my friend! You people of the Death Soul Sect deserve to die!"

Baili Qingyan had been trapped in the Death Soul Sect for these two thousand years!

In the Death Soul Sect, Baili Qingyan underwent the most brutal killing training.

She had fought a bloody path through hundreds of thousands of Divine Lord realm cultivators.

With the blood of others, she forged her current strength at the Heavenly Lord realm.

For two thousand years, she had teetered on the edge of life and death countless times.

If not for the thought of seeing Ye Yuan sustaining her, she would have died long ago.

But precisely because of this, the peerless Baili Qingyan had become a cold-hearted killer.

Only at the moment she saw Ye Yuan did her long-sealed heart finally thaw.

Baili Qingyan was assigned to the Jiangyang branch, under Rui Qin's command.

But this fellow actually coveted Baili Qingyan's beauty.

Rui Qin had wanted to use force, but he didn't know that Baili Qingyan had long prepared for this day.

She actually used a secret technique to escape this calamity!

However, Baili Qingyan's Death Soul Curse was still in Rui Qin's hands.

Over the years, she had been tortured by the Death Soul Curse every day.

But Rui Qin, who had long coveted Baili Qingyan, didn't want to kill her; instead, he sent his subordinates to hunt her down.

Baili Qingyan had no choice but to hide on Mount Tongtian.

Only there would those assassins not dare to act.

But she never expected to run into Ye Yuan there—a true stroke of luck in dire straits.

However, because of this incident, Ye Yuan completely lost his temper with the Death Soul Sect.

"How could this be? How could this be! You... you can't kill me! If you kill me, the Death Soul Sect won't let you off!" Rui Qin roared.

Ye Yuan said disdainfully, "You're nothing but lackeys of the Divine Race, yet you don't even realize it—truly pitiful and lamentable! Don't worry, the Death Soul Sect won't last much longer."

Swish!

A cold gleam flashed, and Baili Qingyan had already drawn her sword.

Rui Qin's divine sea had been completely sealed by Ye Yuan, leaving him unable to use the power of the world to protect himself.

This strike was clean and decisive.

Just then, Ye Yuan reached out and grabbed Rui Qin's divine soul.

A terrifyingly powerful divine sense suddenly pressed down.

He was going to perform a soul search!

As a Heavenly Lord, Rui Qin must know many secrets of the Death Soul Sect.

However, a surge of black qi suddenly erupted, attempting to annihilate Rui Qin's divine soul.

This was a seal placed on Rui Qin's divine soul; once someone attempted a soul search, it would directly annihilate the soul and deliver a fatal blow to the searcher.

Ye Yuan sneered, "Playing this trick in front of me—teaching a fish to swim!"

His divine soul suddenly transformed into a large hand, directly grabbing at the seal.

Then, under this large hand, the seal was forcibly pressed back!

Zhengming Heavenly Lord was once again dumbfounded; such soul combat was the most dangerous.

Ye Yuan's divine soul was even more domineering than his divine essence, simply unreasonable, directly pressing the seal back and forcibly conducting the soul search.

This kind of combat tested not only soul power but also one's understanding of the soul.

Ye Yuan had clearly reached the pinnacle in the way of the soul!