Chapter 761: Ten Thousand Souls Extinguished

Xie Lingzi's face was extremely grim; he hadn't expected Ye Yuan to deliberately lure him in.

Now Ye Yuan had sealed his sea of consciousness, determined to fight to the death!

This outcome was something Xie Lingzi had never anticipated.

“Kid, do you really think I’m a pushover? If I go all out, we’ll both die!”

Xie Lingzi looked as if he was about to be cornered and lash out desperately.

With the sea of consciousness sealed, even Ye Yuan himself could no longer sense his physical body.

Now Ye Yuan's physical body was like a walking corpse, devoid of any sensation.

However, with Xiao Hu, who had just advanced, guarding him, Ye Yuan was not worried about Cang Yan.

Cang Yan was now little different from a dead dog, and Xiao Hu was more than enough to handle him.

“Heh, that depends on whether you have the ability! Speaking of which, I’m quite eager to see the soul techniques of an ancient powerhouse. How about… we exchange some insights?”

With that, without waiting for Xie Lingzi to reply, Ye Yuan struck directly!

“Ice Soul Curse!”

Ye Yuan gave a soft shout, instantly condensing a long string of ice spikes with his soul power, stabbing toward Xie Lingzi.

This approach was a relentless entanglement; even if Xie Lingzi didn’t want to fight, he had no choice!

But Ye Yuan’s soul techniques were extremely powerful, and even though Xie Lingzi was highly accomplished in the way of the soul, he still found himself at a disadvantage before Ye Yuan.

The Ice Soul Curse was clearly a powerful offensive soul technique. Xie Lingzi’s face darkened as he roared, “Ghost Soul Shield!”

Suddenly, Xie Lingzi condensed a massive shield with his soul power, blocking it in front of him.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The ice spikes struck the shield one after another, the immense impact forcing the shield back repeatedly!

But this move was not Ye Yuan’s trump card. After executing it, he had been observing Xie Lingzi’s soul techniques, a thoughtful expression in his eyes.

The soul techniques of the ancient era seemed different from those of the present.

But Ye Yuan couldn’t pinpoint exactly where the difference lay.

Ye Yuan had many soul techniques at his disposal. Once he gained the upper hand, he bombarded Xie Lingzi with a variety of moves, overwhelming him so that he could barely catch his breath, constantly struggling to defend.

Ye Yuan noticed that his own soul techniques seemed to consume more energy than Xie Lingzi’s.

Although he held the absolute advantage, it was due to sheer power. Xie Lingzi seemed more adept at executing soul techniques.

This discovery frustrated Ye Yuan greatly.

Could it be that after the decline of the divine path, the souls of martial artists had also undergone some unknown change?

Or was it that modern martial artists lacked something, preventing them from entering the divine realm?

Xie Lingzi, on the other hand, grew more alarmed as the fight went on!

Ye Yuan was too powerful, unleashing an endless stream of soul techniques!

If this continued, he would be worn down to death by Ye Yuan!

“Boom!”

Xie Lingzi’s soul power erupted violently, blasting Ye Yuan’s attack away.

He stared at Ye Yuan like a madman, roaring, “Kid, you forced me to do this! Let me show you the true power of an ancient powerhouse!”

Xie Lingzi spread his arms slightly, and his vast soul power gushed out from his soul like an erupting volcano.

And Ye Yuan sensed a very familiar feeling within that soul power.

“His soul power… seems to contain some elusive mystery! What is it?” Ye Yuan murmured, as if he didn’t take the powerful attack seriously at all.

Ye Yuan’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought joyfully, “That’s it! This mysterious aura is exactly the mysterious power contained in the golden characters! But… Xie Lingzi’s mysterious aura is too faint. If he hadn’t fully unleashed his soul power, I wouldn’t have sensed it at all! It seems he’s still far from the divine realm!”

“Kid, you’re about to die, and you’re still daydreaming!”

Xie Lingzi was in the middle of unleashing a big move when he suddenly noticed Ye Yuan spacing out, which infuriated him.

He was a great figure from the divine era, yet he was being so disdained by a junior—how could he bear it?

Ye Yuan snapped back to reality, an apologetic smile on his face. “Ah, sorry, I was thinking about something and got distracted. Hmm… luckily it’s not too late. Is this your strongest soul technique? Doesn’t seem that impressive. I’m quite disappointed.”

Fortunately, Xie Lingzi was now a soul body; if he still had a physical form, he would have been so angry that he’d vomit blood and be severely injured.

Ye Yuan’s words were infuriating. After all, Xie Lingzi had once been a Dao Xuan peak powerhouse, yet he was being looked down upon by a junior!

But before he could retort, his face showed sheer terror.

“Heh, I haven’t used this move in a long time. My current soul power can barely sustain it. Senior from the divine era, have a good taste of this move, because… you’ll only have one chance to experience it!”

Ye Yuan spoke lightly, but his soul power had quietly spread throughout the entire sea of consciousness!

“Th-this… how is this possible? My… my soul technique… can’t be executed! Wh-what kind of demonic technique is this!”

Xie Lingzi looked as if he had seen a ghost. He tried to mobilize his soul power with all his might, but his soul power seemed withered, unable to condense at all.

Having lived for ten thousand years, Xie Lingzi had seen countless techniques and martial skills, but he had never encountered a soul technique that rendered an opponent completely unable to fight back!

Such a technique was too terrifying.

Ye Yuan smiled faintly. “It’s true that this is an age of declining Dharma, but precisely because martial artists cannot break through to the divine realm, they exhaust every means to break the shackles. So the strength of modern martial artists is not as weak as you imagine! On the contrary, at the same realm, they might even be stronger than those from your era! So… don’t look down on martial artists of the declining Dharma age!”

Xie Lingzi stared at Ye Yuan in shock, as if he were a deity.

“No! Don’t! I, Xie Lingzi, am destined to step into the divine realm—how can I die here!”

Xie Lingzi screamed madly, but no matter how he shouted, he couldn’t gather his soul power.

“Ten… Thousand… Souls… Extinguished!”

These four words from Ye Yuan’s mouth sounded like the voice of a god.

As soon as they were spoken, the entire sea of consciousness fell silent!

Xie Lingzi’s mouth was still moving frantically, but no sound came out.

His soul power was directly annihilated by an inexplicable force.

And Xie Lingzi’s soul, like a blurred image, was broken into countless pieces!

At first, these fragments could still form a complete soul.

But later, those fragments shattered again and then completely vanished!