Chapter 705: Core Region of the Annihilation Battlefield!
"So that is how it is."
The black-robed man’s explanation finally made Li Yun understand.
A light of pleasant surprise flickered in his eyes as he immediately extended his consciousness to sense the three parts of his soul.
In his perception, these Three Souls existed independently and operated separately, yet they were perfectly integrated, sharing the same memories and thoughts.
It was like a person’s limbs. They were independent and could perform different movements, yet they were all controlled by one brain. These Three Souls followed the same principle.
As he continued to explore, he gained a certain understanding of this mutated secret art, Three Souls.
Although it was a mutated secret art, it was still related to the original. The Three Souls secret art was no different, sharing many common points with the original Soul Splitting Secret Art.
Possessing the Three Souls secret art allowed one to have three independent yet unified souls. As long as any one of the souls grew stronger, the other two would improve simultaneously. Furthermore, any attack or trauma suffered by one soul would be shared among all three.
This point alone was enough to make countless cultivators go mad with envy.
This meant that Li Yun’s soul strength, improvement speed, and ability to withstand damage would far exceed those of ordinary cultivators. Damage that would be fatal to others would be far less dangerous to him.
Naturally, the benefits of the Three Souls secret art were not limited to this.
Having Three Souls was equivalent to Li Yun splitting himself into three people. These three souls could think independently and cultivate different martial skills and moves, yet the insights gained from this cultivation could be shared.
This was definitely not as simple as one plus one plus one equaling three. It was more like five, or even ten.
This meant that regardless of what martial skill or move Li Yun practiced, his speed would be five or even ten times faster than an ordinary person.
Of course, he could also choose to cultivate three different martial skills at the same time, with different souls practicing different skills, which would greatly increase his efficiency.
However, this was still not the most powerful aspect of the Three Souls secret art.
The most powerful part of the Three Souls secret art was that as long as Li Yun nurtured his sub-souls, meaning the two smaller souls, to a certain degree, he could have them take over new physical bodies through possession, creating two clones.
This kind of clone was by no means comparable to the one Yan Wuhen had nurtured with the Blood Spider Lily. The latter lacked a true soul and was merely supported by a wisp of the original body’s consciousness. At most, it was only a pseudo-clone.
Such pseudo-clones had limited potential for growth. They often reached a point where they could no longer improve, and their strength was largely restricted by the main body.
But if Li Yun created clones through the Three Souls secret art, they would become independent existences with unlimited growth potential, free from the constraints of the main body.
Naturally, there was no need to worry about a clone betraying the main body. After all, whether it was the main body or the clones, they were ultimately the same person sharing one soul, so loyalty would never be an issue.
Moreover, as long as his main body and clones were not all annihilated at the same time, even if one perished, he could be reborn by paying a certain price.
This kind of life-preserving ability could be described as truly heaven-defying.
Of course, nurturing the sub-souls to that level and creating two clones was still a very distant prospect for the current Li Yun.
Not to mention the difficulty of strengthening the soul, even finding two physical bodies capable of housing the sub-souls would not be easy.
Regardless, the benefits Li Yun had gained this time were already enough to leave him overjoyed.
"Fortune and misfortune are indeed intertwined."
He exhaled deeply, and a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes. "I heavily underestimated Yan Wuhen’s curse and nearly died because of it. Yan Wuhen, I will repay this debt in due time."
Although Li Yun’s acquisition of the Three Souls secret art was inextricably linked to Yan Wuhen’s Blood Nightmare Curse Technique, this naturally did not make him grateful to Yan Wuhen. Instead, his killing intent toward Yan Wuhen intensified.
The black-robed man was right.
His survival this time was entirely due to luck. Had it not been for luck, he would have already been killed by Yan Wuhen. Naturally, he could not let this grudge go.
"Alright. Kid, since you are fine now, it is time for you to leave."
Just then, the black-robed man’s voice rang out.
With a wave of his hand, he tossed a black token to Li Yun. "Take this token. It might be of use to you in the future."
"Huh?"
Li Yun was startled but still caught the black token.
However, the black token looked very ordinary and showed nothing special. He did not take it to heart and casually tossed it into his storage ring.
In the next moment, his figure was teleported out of the Six Paths Pagoda and back into the Annihilation Battlefield.
At this moment, he was standing exactly where he had been before entering the Six Paths Pagoda. However, the situation now was vastly different from before.
The aggressive Yan Wuhen clone that had tried to kill him had been slain by his own hand. As for the three Great Holy Envoys, they had died an incredibly unjust death, having been wiped out without even getting a chance to fight him.
His current strength had reached the 9th level of Earthly Core Realm.
It turned out that his strength did not decrease after he won against Yan Wuhen. The temporary reward had become his permanent strength.
"Yan Wuhen’s clone and the others are dead, so my worries are gone. With my current strength, I am qualified to venture into the depths of the Annihilation Battlefield."
With a thought, he realized that with his current power, it was unlikely that he would encounter many threats in the middle region of the Annihilation Battlefield.
It was time to head deeper.
After all, only in the core region of the Annihilation Battlefield would there be spatial passages leading to other domain realms.
With this in mind, he immediately set off and overcame every obstacle on his path.
Ten days later, he finally entered the core region of the Annihilation Battlefield.
"Someone is there?"
Suddenly, his eyebrows rose as he sensed the sound of fighting coming from not far away.