Chapter 883: Chapter 51: Forced Soul Search
After experiencing some of the rules within the Great Domain, Zhou Yan integrated various derivations, gradually merging combat power sourced from the plane and applying it to real battles.
Even if he had only a fraction of the Five Nine combat power, and only one Dragon Soul War Soul at present, Zhou Yan possessed formidable combat power.
"Puff, puff, puff—"
The Tai Chu Rune Ten Thousand Ghost Sword Array suddenly evolved within the endless killing intent, Dragon Form Xingyi Dragon Sword Dao unleashed the power of divinity, transforming into countless sword lights, and simultaneously beheaded several Divine Spirit First Transformation Practitioners and Second Transition Practitioners. At the same time, Zhou Yan’s Swallowing Heaven Divine Skill devoured them, seizing all these practitioners into the Soul Sea.
In the Soul Sea, Zhou Yan sprayed Dragon Flame and applied alchemy techniques, refining all of these practitioners’ Divine Bodies into pure energy stored away.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yan relied on his powerful soul level to forcibly apply the Soul Searching Technique, searching the Divine Souls of the captured Fang Clan practitioners.
Puff, puff, puff—"
Countless Divine Souls emitted silent yet extremely miserable wails, like Evil Ghosts roaring, instilling fear.
As souls shattered one after another into soul fire akin to self combustion, the remaining practitioners were all shaken to their cores, terrified beyond belief.
Such evil, ruthless, and vicious measures were unprecedented to these practitioners, nearly frightening them to madness.
Zhou Yan disregarded the emotional state of these practitioners’ Divine Souls, forcibly extracting the information he desired.
Nothing is faster or more comprehensive than directly taking someone’s memories to obtain information.
And when dealing with enemies, Zhou Yan never refrained from employing merciless means, devoid of fear or merciful heart.
In just a single breath, all seventeen Fang Clan practitioners seized into Zhou Yan’s Soul Sea were slain, and Zhou Yan only extracted fragments of memory from the soul bodies of four of them.
Upon examining these memories and understanding the relevant information, Zhou Yan fell into silence.
At this point, Zhou Ying had already withdrawn the Heavenly Spirit Domain, while Ping’er freed herself from the shackles, sprinting towards Zhou Yan like a gust of wind, with a faint scent of blood and a subtle fragrance of jade.
"Young Master, let’s hurry, among these people there was a woman with gray-green long hair who is extremely powerful, but she left in a hurry due to an urgent matter. She will definitely return! Young Master, let’s flee, quickly!"
Ping’er anxiously said.
Her plain white gauze dress was stained with blood, her injuries weren’t severe but looked distressing.
Zhou Yan held Ping’er tightly, gently stroking her black satin-like smooth long hair, calmly saying: "No need to worry, this area holds no danger, come, I’ll take you. Let’s go find Xiong Ba."
"Brother Zhou Yan, how is Xiong Ba?"
Zhou Ying asked.
"You don’t need to worry about him. Let me tell you something else: I used Soul Searching Technique and learned many things. I’ve organized them into the Sword Illusion Realm along the way, you all can observe and learn from it. Shortly, after we rescue Xiong Ba, we’ll head to the Dark God Domain Branch of Heavenly Star Subdomain to assess our realm and talent, and join the ’Dark God Domain,’ afterward choosing to join a sect. Right now, it’s precisely the time when various Great Sects go to the branches of Dark God Domain across regions to recruit disciples."
Zhou Yan said.
His words filled Zhou Ying and the others with confusion, but Zhou Yan had already taken them flying through the air towards another direction.
Simultaneously, Zhou Yan rapidly condensed the Sword Illusion Realm using soul power, embedding almost all the information he obtained within.
Because of his understanding of the Killing Spirit Divine Dao, these methods extremely difficult for other practitioners were remarkably effortless for Zhou Yan.
Soon, Ping’er in Zhou Yan’s embrace and Zhou Ying by his side realized the survival strategies within the Great Domain, and both felt a sense of surprise, curiosity, and longing.
Joining a Great Sect, competing with practitioners from the Dark God Domain, this indeed is a fascinating journey of life.
Furthermore, facing the brutal war against the Outer Heaven Demon Domain, the Dark God Domain indeed presented a formidable challenge.
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"Your own rules are your own Tao."
"Could it be that all the Supreme Dao I cultivated in the past were wrong? The Saint Master once said, Dao Sheng Yi, Yi Sheng Er. So what is wrong and what is right? There’s no such thing as right or wrong, as long as you are strong enough, perhaps, hmm, even a fart could be named ’Chaos Xuan Huang Xiong Ba Qi,’ could also be a rule."
Xiong Ba was imprisoned, yet he was pondering these thoughts.
And those holding him were five blue-haired women, incredibly alluring with bodies exuding a mature aura of charm.
Each woman had large breasts, exaggerated hips, and a waist seemingly fragile enough to break at any moment.
This allure seemed that once entangled with men, any man of prowess in that aspect would lose his mind and energy.
But Xiong Ba was no ordinary man, he was a beast.
He did not fancy voluptuous female cultivators, nor did he appreciate such peculiar blue-haired women.
In his view, these women were genuinely ugly, so ugly he found them revolting.
Thus, despite being imprisoned all the way, he spoke harshly without any reservation.
"You ugly old witches, how come even your Divine Bodies are so unevenly sized, truly an eyesore. How did I, Xiong Ba, end up in the hands of you monstrous hags? The heavens truly aren’t fair."
"It seems that I, Xiong Ba, will not die from torture, but will be ruined by a group of perverted and repulsive ugly women, truly lamentable."
Xiong Ba snapped back to reality, continued to mumble, but received no response.
However, the expressions of several blue-haired women had already turned extremely unpleasant. It was evident that they hadn’t been unprovoked by Xiong Ba’s vile words.
"So much talking, but who knows, once you become a male slave, will you still have so much to say?"
The leading blue-haired woman said coldly.
"We’ll make sure you die from exhaustion when that time comes."
Another blue-haired woman shamelessly threatened.
The extremely arrogant Xiong Ba instantly fell silent, as if dumbfounded, not daring to say another word.
Evidently, Xiong Ba was scared stiff by the fierce woman’s threats.
"Lan Yun, why is Sister Lan Ji not here yet? Could something have happened to her? I contacted her just now, but there’s no response from the Rune."
"Something happened? Impossible, our Lan Clan in Quicksand Town is at least a significant tribe, and the tribe even has main tribal members from the Heavenly Star Subdomain, our power is particularly strong, who would dare cause us trouble?"
A woman named ’Lan Yun’ responded coldly.
The blue-haired woman who inquired fell silent for a moment and then spoke no more.
"Surely dead, yeah, let it scare you; my Saint Master, he just slew the Yin Spirit Venerable, an unrivaled existence, titled ’Evil Venerate’. If you dare capture me, Xiong Ba, be prepared for the entire Lan Clan to be wiped out."
Xiong Ba, who had been quiet for a while, suddenly spoke.
Xiong Ba’s powerful bloodline caused the restraints holding him to loosen prematurely, yet the blue-haired women did not sense it.
Having followed Zhou Yan, Xiong Ba had become much smarter through observation. He uttered falsehoods mixed with truth to confuse.
Moreover, Xiong Ba was unlike Zhou Gucheng and Zhou Qianqian; he focused on studying ’True Void Heavenly Prohibition’ related soul-killing abilities.
Xiong Ba was acquainted with this when he followed Wan Jian Tian and the Lei Yan King. Later, Zhou Yan also taught him some of the Supreme Dao at the Thunder Expansion Sacred Land, which he diligently pursued, gaining considerably.
At this moment, his words secretly contained the aura of the slaughter domain infused with the True Void Heavenly Prohibition aura, simultaneously presenting the scene of Zhou Yan intimidating the Yin Spirit Venerable.
It was like the presentation of the Sword Illusion Realm.
Xiong Ba, with arrogance and cold laughter, maintained a fiercely unyielding attitude.
All five blue-haired women present had their faces changed, falling prey to the ’True Void Heavenly Prohibition,’ caught in an instant stupor.
At that moment, Xiong Ba exploded with an endless slaughter domain, and his Blood Qi erupted; under the effect of the True Void Heavenly Prohibition, he derived the aura and form of the Yin Spirit Venerable, scaring the five blue-haired women nearly witless.
The immense disparity in realm made the five blue-haired women instantly feel their hearts sink into despair, unable to muster any resistance, believing they had been invaded by an evil spirit, facing certain death.
And at this moment, Xiong Ba, bathed in the powerful beast body’s blood and Qi, rampaged violently like an ancient fierce god, in a slaughter path, instantly killing the five blue-haired women.
Their flesh was almost instantly pulverized, and even the Divine Souls of the five blue-haired women were completely crushed through the violent suppression of Xiong Ba’s slaughter domain.
The soul power of the five blue-haired women began to disperse within this heaven and earth, yet some of the domain rule energy they held instead entered Xiong Ba’s slaughter domain.
"Hm? The True Void Heavenly Prohibition cast within the domain actually devours one-thousandth of other’s domain rule power to strengthen its own domain? This is a monumental discovery, must be astonishing, must inform the Saint Master!"
Even Xiong Ba, with his dim-witted bear mind, immediately realized this was an astonishing event that could change the fate of several among them!
Because the True Void Heavenly Prohibition, in Zhou Yan’s perspective, was undoubtedly a most proficient Tao, akin to the Killing Spirit Divine Dao and Xingyi Divine Tao!
Xiong Ba quickly sprinted after slaughtering the five women, without a second thought. His hefty weight caused the earth to hum and tremble during his sprint, producing a tremendously heavy sound, stirring up a large cloud of dust to fly!
But he exerted all his strength, accelerating his speed, rushing forward at maximum speed.
He felt he had to find Zhou Yan as soon as possible to inform him of Ping’er’s whereabouts and this astounding domain discovery.
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After flying a distance, Zhou Yan gradually calmed down naturally, his advancing figure paused for a few moments, no longer eager to wield the Xuanyuan Sword.
Zhou Ying still hadn’t sensed anything, and Ping’er appeared slightly puzzled, soon revealing concern, fearing Zhou Yan might struggle to control the Flying Sword, with soul power depletion severe, worriedly inquired, "Young master, are you a bit tired? Why don’t Sister Zhou Ying and I help provide soul power to the Xuanyuan Sword, and you can rest and recuperate comfortably, so we can find Xiong Ba sooner and rescue him."
"No, Xiong Ba is safe, we just need to wait."
Zhou Yan said confidently.