Immortality from Taming Elephant

Not from the front, nor from the sides, but from directly beneath where he stood, an ancient and simple chaos-colored Big Seal broke through the ground, wrapped in the majestic power of suppressing the Five Elements, and blasted straight at Chen Yue’s lower body!

Five Emperors Reincarnation Seal!

Xu Guang had actually buried the seal underground in advance, masking its fluctuations with scorched earth and the demonic energy of the Fire Domain.

Chen Yue’s pupils shrank abruptly, yet his reaction was astonishingly swift.

He didn’t even have time to glance down before his body moved sideways three zhang to the left like a ghost, not relying on leg strength, but rather two pitch-black soul hands emerging suddenly from the shadow beneath his feet, "pulling" his entire being over!

Puff!

The Five Emperors Reincarnation Seal struck air, blasting out a scorched pit more than a zhang deep where it hit, with rocks and soil flying everywhere.

Chen Yue’s figure had not yet stabilized when a sharp sound of something breaking through the air reached his ears!

"Ssshh—!"

Nine emerald dragon heads thrust out from the crevices in the side rock wall, interlacing into a net, sealing off all his paths of evasion, precisely General Wei’s long-prepared Green Dragon Binding Web!

At the same time, Xu Guang’s figure manifested from behind a scorched rock ten zhang directly in front of Chen Yue.

He was enveloped in a layer of flowing dark purple glow, as if merged with the surrounding mist of demonic thoughts.

The No-Phase Demon Clothing was operating at full force, not only concealing his aura but also reducing his presence to the lowest possible level, causing Chen Yue to fail to notice his hidden location at first.

"It’s you!?"

Coldness flashed in Chen Yue’s eyes, completely taken by surprise at being ambushed in such a place.

"Truly audacious!"

With his left hand forming a seal and his right hand giving the rusty Telekinetic Bell a gentle shake.

"Jingle—"

The bell’s sound was not crisp; instead, it was hoarse and dull, like rusted iron grinding against each other.

Yet the moment this bell sound reverberated, the nine emerald dragon heads lunging at him suddenly halted!

General Wei let out a low growl of pain, the snout recoiling, as if the dragon heads lost partial control, writhing wildly in the air, causing several flaws to appear in the previously tight-binding net.

Soul Technique · Chaotic Spirit!

This bell sound directly attacked the divine soul of General Wei, interfering with his intrinsic connection to General Teng!

Xu Guang’s expression remained unchanged; the moment Chen Yue raised his hand, he had already activated the Formless Tribulation Heart Sutra.

In his consciousness sea, the Heart Sword hovered, its blade flowing with a chaos-colored glow, slashing apart and dissolving that eerie soul sound from the outside world.

Simultaneously connecting with General Wei’s heart spirit, utilizing the Demonic Thought Power to help General Wei unravel Chen Yue’s Chaotic Spirit technique.

"Roar!"

General Wei shook his head, clarity returning to his eyes, the nine dragon heads regaining agility, the Binding Web rapidly closing in!

Chen Yue let out a light exclamation, clearly startled by Xu Guang’s quick resolution of his Chaotic Spirit bell sound.

Yet his movements did not halt, his figure like a boneless shadow, twisting and darting through the gaps between the dragon heads, each move precisely dodging the snapping dragon maws.

At the same time, he chanted obscure incantations, the shadows around him boiling, seven or eight translucent fierce ghostly soul shadows with twisted faces crawling out from within!

These soul shadows were entirely different from the naturally occurring wicked soul shadows in the Fire Domain; they were more solid, with ghostly green fires flickering in their eyes, wrapped in cold soul chains, clearly "Fiend Ghosts" refined and nurtured by Chen Yue using secret techniques!

"Go."

Chen Yue pointed at Xu Guang.

The seven or eight Fiend Ghosts let out silent screeches, extraordinarily fast, ignoring physical barriers, piercing through the interception of the dragon heads, rushing straight at Xu Guang!

Their target wasn’t the flesh but the divine soul.

Before they even got close, Xu Guang felt a slight sting in his consciousness sea, as if numerous thin needles were piercing, along with various negative emotions like resentment, fear, and madness attempting to flood in.

This was the terrifying aspect of soul techniques, indefensible, directly attacking the root.

Xu Guang took a deep breath, pushing the Formless Tribulation Heart Sutra to its utmost limit.

In his consciousness sea, the glow of the Heart Sword expanded, its blade dividing into dozens of tiny sword qi, crisscrossing and shredding the invading soul thorns and negative emotions one by one.

Simultaneously, he formed seals with his hands, a phantom silhouette of the Five Emperors Dharma Body emerged behind him, though not fully manifested, the Five-Colored Divine Light flowed, forming a faint aura wheel protecting his entire being.

The Fiend Ghosts collided with the Five-Colored Aura Wheel, emitting "sizzling" sounds, like snow meeting sunlight, swiftly dissolving their soul bodies.

But Chen Yue’s killing moves were far from over.

Just as Xu Guang was dealing with the Fiend Ghosts, Chen Yue himself, akin to a persistent bone ailment, slipped through the lockdown of General Wei’s dragon heads, ghostly approaching within five zhang of Xu Guang!

His right hand shook the Telekinetic Bell once more, this time the bell’s sound was rapid like rain!

"Jingle jingle jingle—!"

The bell sound transformed into tangible ripples, layer upon layer spreading out; wherever it passed, the gravel on the scorched earth trembled slightly, the magic thoughts lingering in the air stirred, forming a terrifying tide targeting the divine soul!

The Technique of Soul Manipulation: Soul Tide!

Even more terrifying, Chen Yue opened the five fingers of his left hand and made a grasping motion towards Xu Guang!

"Soul Attraction!"

Xu Guang suddenly felt as if his divine soul was hooked by an invisible lock, a powerful dragging force trying to pull his soul out from his consciousness!

This is a soul-binding method secretly passed down from Soul Ridge, combined with the interference of the soul tide from the Soul Bell, ordinary cultivators would instantly lose control of their divine soul, left vulnerable to any attack.

Xu Guang groaned in pain, his face momentarily pale.

But his divine soul was guarded by the Demonic Thought Coral, tempered with the Formless Tribulation Heart Sutra, making him far more resilient than those of the same level.

The branches of the Demonic Thought Coral swayed, its dark purple light stabilizing the barriers of the consciousness sea.

The Formless Tribulation Heart Sword’s light surged, slashing towards the invisible soul lock!

Slash!

The soul lock snapped in response.

Seizing the opportunity, Xu Guang counterattacked, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, choosing to attack instead of defend!

He surprisingly opened part of his consciousness sea defense, channeling a wave of the soul tide’s remnant in, quickly wrapping it with the true meaning of the "Transform Tribulation" from the Formless Tribulation Heart Sutra, refining, reversing it, mixing with his own demonic thought, transforming into an invisible but sharply piercing "Tribulation Soul Spear", shooting it backward through the soul power connection towards Chen Yue!

Caught off guard, Chen Yue never expected Xu Guang not only withstand the soul tide and soul attraction but also skillfully reverse the attack in such a manner.

The Tribulation Soul Spear contained the power of formless tribulation and the demonic thought of heavenly abandonment, sinister and venomous, instantly piercing into his brow!

"Ugh!"

Chen Yue let out a brief cry of pain, staggered back, dark red blood streaked from his seven orifices.

Yet he seemed completely unconcerned.

"You cannot fathom the methods we at Soul Ridge play with divine souls."

With a thought, the bell rang, immediately unveiling the black clothes on him, revealing innumerable fierce evil ghosts engraved inside, resonating with the constantly sounding bell.

Those fierce ghosts were awakening!

"Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts."

The Soul Bell burst forth with dazzling ghostly light, the rust on its body seemingly coming alive, transforming into countless twisted talismans.

Centered on Chen Yue, within a radius of thirty zhang, shadows crazily wriggled, uncountable pale hands, twisted faces, broken bodies crawled out from the shadows, letting out ghastly wails, forming a terrifying ghostly land!

These were not real ghosts, but "shadow souls" summoned by Chen Yue using a secret technique; they had no physical form but could switch between realms, wildly attacking General Wei’s giant hooves and the Azure Dragon Drill, exhausting their power through self-explosion.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Dense explosions sounded, ghostly shadows continued to be obliterated, General Wei’s trampling momentum was systematically weakened, the spinning speed of the Azure Dragon Drill also slowed down.

Taking advantage of the gap, Chen Yue’s figure blurred, turning into a puff of green smoke, slipping through the ghostly shadows, attempting to escape the battlefield.

He already harbored the intent to retreat.

Xu Guang was far more troublesome than anticipated, his bizarre divine soul defense and counterattack methods, simply not something a martial artist of the Nirvana stage should possess.

What was even more troubling, was the increasing number of shadow souls being drawn by the combat fluctuations, further delays could spell disaster.

He’s not Xu Guang, facing those soldier souls and shadow souls, it’s not so easy.

However...

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Xu Guang’s eyes.

The location of the valley entrance had already been set up with various means, Chen Yue’s escape direction seemed able only to lead further into the depths of the valley.

...

At the valley entrance.

With the blowing of a wisp of black wind.

Chen Yue landed on the ground, his brows furrowed.

Xu Guang’s strength had grown considerable compared to before.

There was definitely something fishy about this person.

Once receiving the inheritance, he had to find a way to deal with this person.

But just then, Chen Yue’s pupils contracted, suddenly turning around.

He heard Xu Guang’s cold voice.

"Trying to run?"

With a sudden clap of his hands, the demon thought power behind him surged like clouds, the black demon thoughts merging with the soldier fiend demon thoughts in the valley, making Chen Yue’s face instantly grow unpleasant.