Capítulo 907: Chapter 75: Sword Drawn, Shocking the Demon Cave (Part 2)
“Within the Xingyi Ancient Scripture, the Nirvana Fire can destroy all things. The Eye of Destruction of the Destruction Sword Body can similarly annihilate all matter. The Thunder Power of the Thunder God Fire Sword Dao specifically targets the Yin Spirits. As for the Silent Annihilation Purple Flame belonging to Lei Yan King, it even scorches heaven and earth.”
“Although it is only the Dragon Soul Form Dark Divine Domain, it is already near the Peak Realm, touching upon other Supreme Dao.”
“Moreover, within the Xingyi Ancient Scripture, it merges thunder, the Eye of Destruction, dragon breath, purple flame, and Nirvana Fire.”
“With my level of Divine Soul Power, against Yin Spirits that are merely at the first and second transformations of Divine Spirit, it is a complete crush. Not to mention, the Yin Spirits simulated on my Crystal War Chariot are at the Venerable Level, these Yin Spirits even… would not resist.”
“Killing them is indeed easier than I imagined. However, this Yin Corpse Death Qi will corrode soul energy, and if not suppressed, it is a terrifying poison, which is nothing short of a catastrophic disaster for cultivators.”
Zhou Yan analyzed while traversing the outskirts of the Soul Refining Demon Cave, quickly encountering Yin Spirits.
However, Zhou Yan did not strike, but after analyzing, observing, deriving, and calculating, he arrived at a series of conclusions.
Subsequently, Zhou Yan found many Yin Spirits for comparison, obtaining very accurate data.
For Yin Spirits below the Divine Spirit Five Transition Realm, Zhou Yan could slay them with ease, like cutting through butter, and the Yin Spirits would not even counterattack.
But once encountering the Yin Spirits above the Divine Spirit Sixth Transition Realm, the outcome would be one-sided — Zhou Yan would be powerless to resist, exposed by the Yin Spirits, and a wisp of death aura would be enough to destroy Zhou Yan completely — unless the Flame Throne was deployed.
Using the Flame Throne in the Dark Divine Domain would be suicidal.
Zhou Yan traversed among the Yin Spirits, gradually encountering more, yet he did not rush to act.
This is merely the outskirts of the Soul Refining Demon Cave; if the outskirts already have such a multitude of Yin Spirits, the situation inside is imaginable.
Zhou Yan himself transformed into a Yin Spirit, yet his understanding of them was not deep. Yin Spirits could not, like cultivators, soul search to strip away memories, so Zhou Yan could only integrate himself within them to understand the various characteristics of these ferocious entities.
In the future, when such ferocious Yin Spirits transform into Heavenly Demons, they will be the enemies on the Outer Realm Battlefield; knowing more now will ensure easier future slayings.
Zhou Yan considered everything very comprehensively, so the task that could originally be completed in almost an instant—an exceedingly difficult task for other cultivators—seemed truly easy to Zhou Yan.
But if Zhou Yan’s soul level had not approached the Immortal degree, then even if the soul level approached the Earth Spirit Venerable, having only the first transition of Divine Spirit here would be a dead end.
This is precisely the reason ordinary cultivators find it difficult to kill Yin Spirits here.
The most salient feature of the Yin Spirits is gathered in the ‘soul,’ and their cold aura can further corrode a cultivator’s Divine Soul, which is the greatest nemesis of cultivators.
The Yin Spirits wandered within this heaven and earth, a faint scent of blood wafting from afar.
As the scent of blood appeared, the hollow eyes of the Yin Spirits immediately flared with a blood-red light like flaming embers.
Their bodies seemed activated with energy, and one ghostly spirit after another seemed to suddenly acquire a form, a body of mere energy solidifying into a tangible form.
Dragging their heavy, rotten skull-like heads, they dashed forward step by step, rushing towards the source of the blood scent.
Each step was powerful, stirring up gusts of icy cold wind.
This bloody aura attracted the Yin Spirits, causing more to gather, and Zhou Yan faintly heard a unique sound—a wailing growl of the Yin Spirits, akin to a harsh wolf howl after a hoarse voice—in this icy land, such sounds were undoubtedly spine-chilling.
With a thought, Zhou Yan’s body floated up, and with the appropriate application of the Netherworld Life and Death Bridge movement technique, he appeared at the gathering point of blood qi faster than the Yin Spirits.
Then, Zhou Yan saw a scene that deeply moved him.
Instead of witnessing the brutality and callousness of the cultivators, he saw a touching and heartwarming scene.
Two groups of unacquainted cultivators were willing to entrust their backs to one another, willing to die for one another.
Sometimes, it’s not the life forms themselves that are cruel, but merely the environment.
“The Dark Divine Domain, compared to other Great Domains, is indeed far superior…”
The words once spoken by Xuanyuan Ancestor were still clear in his memory.
Once, Zhou Yan did not feel much understanding or sentiment.
But now, seeing with his own eyes, witnessing the imminent death, Zhou Yan felt a warm indescribable sensation in his heart, as if this scene touched upon many memories from his past.
Zhou Yan first stood facing the four, like a king among Yin Spirits, his gaze upon them.
Due to emotional fluctuations, part of the Yin Spirit aura hidden on Zhou Yan’s Crystal War Chariot was inadvertently released. The Yin Spirits below seemed to sense the arrival of a king, standing still, bowing toward Zhou Yan as if saluting their sovereign.
This action left Han Ning, Lian Cheng, and the two Wei sisters, Wei Qingqing and Wei Mumu, utterly dumbfounded.
Yet, they felt no relief but rather greater fear and despair.
The Yin Spirit before them, with a crystal skull-like aura, was undoubtedly a king among Yin Spirits, with an unknowable realm and a chilling aura that seemed to freeze the soul.
“The four of you, leave quickly. I am not a Yin Spirit, but a cultivator in disguise, observing the lives of Yin Spirits, and hunting them to complete the Purgatory Refiner Divine Level One Star mission advancement.”
Zhou Yan transmitted while gazing at Han Ning, Lian Cheng, and the other two.
It was in purely standard Tai Chu Rune Language.
“Ah—”
Upon hearing this, Lian Cheng and the three others were nearly scared to death, their eyes almost popping out of their sockets, as they all gasped in shock.
“S-sister, this, this Yin Spirit can, can talk!”
“This Yin Spirit, it can still retain part of the Cultivator’s will from when it was alive, it’s terrifying!”
“Run… run, quickly!”
“This Yin Spirit, it’s talking, am I dead, or am I just hearing things?”
The four were nearly scared out of their wits, their bodies shivering from the cold fear.
The previously brave four were nearly scared to death by just one sentence from the Yin Spirit, which was extremely strange.
Zhou Yan was stunned, then immediately sensed his appearance and aura, and only then did he realize.
At this moment, because of the powerful dispersal of Yin Qi, in order to intimidate the more than a hundred Yin Spirits, Zhou Yan directly used the Yin Spirit aura from the Yin Spirit War Chariot within his Soul Sea as a blueprint, completely replicating this aura. Only after sensing it did Zhou Yan realize, for Cultivators, this aura was incredibly terrifying.
For Cultivators below the Divine Spirit Fifth Transition, it’s likely that their will would be influenced by this aura, rendering their Domain Rules unstable.
Seeing the four in such miserable states, Zhou Yan couldn’t bear to continue scaring them.
Immediately, Zhou Yan’s figure suddenly moved, and the terrifying Shape Intent Dark Divine Domain spread out, the endless Yin Spirits had no resistance and were encompassed within this Shape Intent Dark Divine Domain.
Soon after, a massive Gray Dragon Illusion suddenly appeared, condensing in the void as an extraordinary Desolate Dragon, then transforming into a Dragon Soul Sword enveloped in purple flames, floating in the void.
With a movement of Zhou Yan’s hand, his entire being transformed from the Yin Spirit form back to his own appearance.
In a stately white Cultivator’s robe, exuding the ethereal quality of a Green Lotus emerging unstained from mud, with refined and attractive features, coupled with an indescribable noble aura from his Divine Soul, Zhou Yan immediately rendered Han Ning and the three others speechless.
“Th-th-this—”
Han Ning was completely tongue-tied, utterly incredulous.
The two junior sisters from Mount Buzhou, Wei Qingqing and Wei Mumu, rubbed their eyes vigorously, concentrating their Divine Soul Power to see if they were hallucinating.
Lian Cheng widened his eyes, staring fixedly at this scene.
Zhou Yan slightly moved his hand, and the Dragon Soul Sword, carrying flames and auras of destruction, appeared in his hand.
“The Ten Thousand Ghost Sword Dao—Yin Spirit Life and Death Sword.”
In an instant, Zhou Yan unleashed the Life and Death Sword.
In the Rule Domain, originating from the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Ghosts’ Sword Dao, it specifically countered the characteristics of slaying Yin Spirits with great effectiveness.
Furthermore, Zhou Yan’s own techniques like Purple Flame Thunder Protection also suppressed them.
Within Zhou Yan’s own Rule Domain, this sword was practically life-and-death-defining, capable of destroying heaven and earth, reversing reincarnation.
One sword, it radiated a dazzling pillar of destruction.
Countless sword lights flashed by,
and more than a hundred Yin Spirits couldn’t even make a final shriek before they were instantly slain.
The endless Yin Qi was simultaneously refined into endless pure Soul Power within the Dragon Soul Sword’s fiery light.
With a mere raise of his hand, over a hundred Yin Spirits were slaughtered.
Such a display completely stunned Han Ning, Lian Cheng, and the four others present.
It was only then that the four awakened, realizing the person before them was not a Yin Spirit, but a real Cultivator.
Yet, such a terrifying Cultivator was simply too frightening!
All four believed that such a Cultivator must be a Venerable Level Great Power.
But soon, an inexplicably mechanical voice emanated from the Purgatory Badge, leaving them once again dumbfounded.
“Respected Void Level Nine-Star Purgatory Refiner Zhou Yan, greetings. For exceeding the completion conditions, you have met the criteria for promotion to Divine Level Purgatory One-Star, promotion task successful, you have received an additional promotion bonus, currently at Divine Level Three-Star Purgatory.”
“Respected Divine Level Three-Star Purgatory Refiner, greetings, welcome to visit the Purgatory Center, Dark God Domain Tianhe City Branch to receive Purgatory Refiner tasks.”
The voice from the Purgatory Badge was dull and mechanical, yet to Lian Cheng and the other three, it sounded wonderfully melodious.
However, just moments after the voice spoke, the heavens and earth suddenly turned incredibly gloomy, endless Yin Qi stirring up a violent Yin wind, as if a Yin Spirit flood could break out at any moment.
“S-senior, leave quickly, you’ve poked a hornet’s nest—”
Wei Mumu, seemingly knowledgeable, suddenly looked stricken with fear and called out loudly.