C1273 The Extermination Spirit Slash!
The Spirit Devastating Slash is the inaugural technique of the Optimus Nine Slashes.
As the name implies, it's designed to obliterate the spirit. Yu Yuan considered his target, known as the Void Spirit Succubus.
Given the inclusion of "Spirit" in its name, he decided to test the waters. Without hesitation, he unleashed the Spirit Devastating Slash from the Optimus Nine Slashes, summoning the Heavenly Evil Demons to bolster its intimidation.
The Evil Demon let out a piercing roar. Each acupoint, previously opened by the Essence of the Yin Sunflower, now echoed with chilling winds.
It was as though legions of evil ghosts, vicious souls, and strange spirits were erupting from the depths of the Underworld, heeding his call to battle.
For an inexplicable reason, in that instant, he felt as though he had transformed into a formidable Ghost King reigning over Horror Land, commanding the spectral legions in the heavens.
"Is it the Essence of the Yin Sunflower? The Evil Demon? Or perhaps the Spirit Devastating Slash itself?"
He experienced a fleeting moment of disorientation but quickly regained his focus, continuing to execute the sword spell, refining his spiritual, soul, and vital energies.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Crimson sword beams, laden with the intent to extinguish the vitality of all beings, streaked across the cosmos.
From his position, the beams reached directly to the secret portal, intricately crafted by Yan Qiling from black and white chess pieces.
The dazzling portal, with its myriad intersecting dimensions, emitted a brilliance that could sway the hearts and minds of those who beheld it.
Yet, as the first crimson sword beam refined the surrounding space, the enigmatic might of the Spirit Devastating Slash pinpointed the numerous concealed dimensions within the portal.
Rip!
An eerie sound of space being rent asunder emanated from within the portal. Yu Yuan's consciousness, as if riding upon that initial beam of light, engaged in a fierce battle with the "spirit" of the Void Spirit Succubus.
In a hazy trance, he envisioned countless vibrant butterflies dancing in the void within his perception.
His numerous opened acupoints resonated with the howls of thousands of Evil Demons, merging with the Essence of the Yin Sunflower.
The scarlet beams of sword light subtly stirred within the wondrous secret door.
Ripples of crimson radiance dispersed, revealing within their glow the speckled twinkles of the Yin Sunflower Essence and innumerable fiends converging into a vast river of souls, akin to tributaries stemming from the source of the Yin Meridians.
The enigmatic power of the Spirit Destruction Slash had been significantly amplified, giving rise to a myriad of transformations. Yu Yuan found himself in a trance once more, as he felt his soul's tendrils intertwine with the crimson sword light, blending with the essence of the Yin Sunflower and a legion of malevolent spirits. In the depths of the secret door, they coalesced into streams of the Styx, becoming tributaries of the Yin Meridians.
At the dawn of creation, not only were Starry Behemoths nurtured, but other wondrous entities came into being as well. The sources of the Yin and Yang Meridians stood out as the most extraordinary and enigmatic of all. The Yin Meridians bore the intricate soulful essence of all beings, while the Yang Meridians shared a peculiar bond with the lifeblood of all creatures.
Even a formidable practitioner like Nie Qingtian, who had mastered the Optimus Nine Slashes, could not decipher the mysteries of the Yin Meridian source. His Spirit Destruction Slash, merely the initial technique of the Nine Slashes, was not inherently imbued with such awe-inspiring might. Yet in Yu Yuan's hands, bolstered by the Yin Sunflower Essence and the power of countless fiends, coupled with his profound encounters with the Yin Meridian source, the Spirit Destruction Slash seemed to have ascended to a transcendent level.
"Ah!" Yan Qiling gasped in astonishment. The constraints on his body and soul vanished in an instant, allowing him to move freely. Narrowing his eyes, he witnessed the dazzling secret door he had forged with black and white chess pieces, now being mercilessly cleaved by the sword light, severing the vibrant threads representing spiritual essence.
Reestablishing a mental link with his instruments, Yan Qiling watched as the chess pieces, both black and white, took flight from the crumbling secret door. As the pieces departed, the force continuously emitted by the Void Spirit Succubus abruptly ceased.
The Demonic Eye of the Ice Concubine, muddled and frenzied from battling the Devaputra, began to shimmer with the light of sentience, hinting at an impending return to clarity.
"It's working!" The Ice Concubine, cradling the empress, observed the colorful butterflies on Chen Qinghuang's forehead, cheeks, and neck quickly dissipating. The Void Spirit Succubus, concealed in an unknown location, was unable to transmit its arcane powers through the spatial secret door, and thus, could no longer drive the great demons and spirit beasts into madness.
The essence was infused into Chen Qinghuang's body, intended to suppress and restrain the empress's power, yet it could not sustain itself.
Whoosh!
The drop of tender green blood, a remnant of the empress, flared like an emerald flame and abruptly burrowed into the center of the Ice Concubine's forehead.
It vanished in an instant!
The Ice Concubine's form tensed briefly, and her eyes suddenly shone brightly as she exclaimed with excitement, "Adele is grateful for the empress's favor!"
A single drop of dark green blood within the Ice Concubine's crystalline body transformed into a heart the size of a fist.
This verdant heart pulsed with vibrant life, endowing the Ice Concubine with the semblance of living flesh and blood.
Previously, the Ice Concubine, despite having a body wrought of ice, lacked the vital essence of flesh and blood. Her entire being, her entire self, resembled a rigid ice sculpture.
Beholding the Ice Concubine, majestic and unassailable like a deity of frost and snow, her lack of vital essence made her movements cumbersome.
The infusion of Chen Qinghuang's blood bestowed upon her a corporeal form, enabling her to refine her demonic body anew with the power of that single drop.
The Ice Concubine emerged as the greatest beneficiary.
"Congratulations, Your Highness!"
The Devaputra was overjoyed, brandishing the silver chain forged from the cold veins, lashing the black bull until it transformed into an ice crystal black bull.
The black bull bellowed, agitated and restless, coveting the drop of coveted green blood now possessed by the Ice Concubine.
"The influence of the Void Spirit Succubus will be thoroughly purged, and we..."
Yan Qi came to her full senses, choosing not to continue her desperate struggle with the black oil bull against the Devaputra.
Instead, she turned to Jin Li, Yan Qiling, and Yu Yiyi, advising, "Black Bull, let's flee before the Secular Bird's malevolent thoughts can corrupt us."
"A Ninth Level Golden Rock Beast thinks it can kill me?"
Yan Qiling readied himself, noticing Jin Li's hesitance to retreat. He shared a knowing look with Yu Yiyi.
Yu Yiyi continued to wield her Soul Secret Arts, stirring chaos within Jin Li's Demonic Soul, while Yan Qiling positioned himself to intercept Jin Li's retreat, casting chess pieces into the fray.
The black and white game pieces whistled through the air, conjuring dazzling Space Light Blades to block Jin Li's escape route.
"Don't! Don't tap into spatial powers!" Yu Yuan exclaimed.
He keenly sensed that the influence of the Void Spirit Succubus surged as the radiant Space Light Blades materialized.
This indicated that it could exploit any secret arts involving space.
It was the foremost entity to penetrate the enigmas of space!
It seemed to borrow from space-related secret arts effortlessly, whether it was the Chaos Abyss, spatial rifts, or Realm passageways, to extend its peculiar abilities.
In terms of spatial power, the Space-time Dragon paled in comparison.
"Understood!"
Yan Qiling also realized the gravity of the situation. He, who had hoped to stealthily deal a heavy blow to Jin Lih, abruptly ceased his covert preparations. The spatial rifts, poised to unleash their power, vanished without a trace.
He instantly felt that the Void Spirit Succubus's powers had not intensified further.
"Could the Origin Realm truly be connected to this entity? Is it the Origin Realm God? If not, the Origin Realm God... must be exceedingly formidable!"
Yan Qiling was profoundly astounded.
Though the Void Spirit Succubus was less powerful than the Undead Bird, it was still a being of comparable stature, a Founder of its kind.
The thought of someone capable of subduing such an anomaly, compelling it to willingly obey and serve—if such a being truly existed, it had to be the enigmatic Origin Realm God...
Yan Qiling took a deep breath, his mood turning somber.
Contemplating the Realm passageway of the Delude Devil Abyss, the mysterious appearance of the Origin Realm Gate, and the vast Ascension Mountain Range, along with the emergence of various other Realms over the years, he felt the weight of the challenge ahead.
