Chapter 398: Chapter 398: The Slaughter-Addictive Soul Realm Battlefield

Ye Tianling stepped into the river.

He entered a wondrous state, as if he had achieved Unity of Celestial Dao, or perhaps stepped into another space entirely.

It was as if he were in a half-asleep, half-awake state, sensing his body gradually disappearing.

By the time he realized this, Ye Tianling found that he had already appeared in a blood-colored space.

A blood-red mist filled the air, crisscrossed with the aura of slaughter. The entire world was incredibly grim and dark.

The moment Ye Tianling registered the scene, a streak of blood-red light shot out from between Heaven and Earth!

The trajectory of that blood-red light’s attack actually manifested the Slaughter Technique of the Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao.

Not only that, but its method of killing was almost identical to the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique.

As the streak of bloody light shot toward him, in the instant Ye Tianling’s pupils contracted, it split into two, then four, then eight.

Ye Tianling stood his ground. With a single movement, he executed the Kunpeng Carefree Travel Body Technique.

VMMMM—

As his figure blurred, Ye Tianling felt himself turn into an afterimage, his speed suddenly increasing by more than a thousandfold!

A thousandfold increase on top of his original speed was so terrifying that even Ye Tianling himself was stunned.

He was so fast that he overshot his own judgment, instantly rushing into an area of blood-red mist and triggering a terrifying chain reaction.

RUMBLE—

Countless streaks of blood-red light shot forth, revealing a primordial Supreme Dao, like a more profound version of the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique.

’This is...’

’A more profound version of the Ten Thousand Thoughts in one Heart Sword Technique?’

’This is the true Asura Killing Dao! And it’s an Asura Killing Dao from the Venerable Era! It’s being presented through an ancient form of Sword Dao. That energy is all Blood Evil Soul Qi. If I absorb it, a will to slaughter will definitely take root in me!’ 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

’It seems to use the negative energy of slaughter to constantly permeate the minds and wills of the Cultivators who come here, ultimately transforming them into Demons at their very core!’

’But if one can withstand these trials, their Soul and will are bound to become incredibly, heaven-defyingly strong!’

Just as Ye Tianling prepared to unleash his full Battle Power and activate his Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart, he made a bizarre discovery: he was present here in soul form, not his physical body!

His physical body was nowhere to be found!

’Where’s my physical body?’

Ye Tianling was slightly startled. It was only then that he realized why his Kunpeng Carefree Travel Body Technique had suddenly improved by nearly a thousand times—it was because he was only here in soul form.

Ye Tianling was lost in thought. Just then, a similarly shadowy figure began to coalesce nearby, forming bit by bit at a rapid pace.

Ye Tianling dodged several streaks of blood-red light filled with killing intent. He quickly calculated their attack patterns in his mind, allowing him to deal with them with considerable ease.

The moment that figure finished coalescing, Ye Tianling sensed an intense killing intent.

SWOOSH—

A flash of white light was exceptionally dazzling against the blood-colored world.

It was a Female Cultivator.

But this Female Cultivator didn’t have long, flowing hair; instead, she had short hair, only about a finger’s length, giving her a very clean and sharp look.

Her attire was also extremely strange—a suit of Battle Armor that only covered a few vital parts of her body.

The skin left exposed was a bronze color, not the porcelain white, clear-as-jade complexion common among cultivators.

A terrifying Spiritual Power accompanied the white light, seeming capable of tearing Ye Tianling’s Soul apart.

Ye Tianling’s body shuddered as a dreadful feeling of being locked on washed over him, and a sense of crisis erupted within him.

"Hm?"

Ye Tianling’s eyes narrowed. His Soul jolted, and the vertical eye on his forehead suddenly snapped open.

SWOOSH—

The Eye of Destruction shot out an incomparably ferocious streak of blood-red light.

PFFT—

The white light was struck by the Light of Destruction from the Eye of Destruction and instantly shattered.

"Oh?"

The short-haired woman was slightly taken aback. Her voice was strange, tinged with a Netherworld aura.

’Emperor Soul Race? Celestial Demon Race?’

Ye Tianling used his Soul Talent, and two pieces of information appeared in his mind at the same time, though neither seemed certain.

"You’ve got some insight. I didn’t expect to find an enlightened pig for slaughter."

the woman said nonchalantly. With a grasping motion of her hand, a golden Ancient Bow flew out.

VMMMM—

She drew the string, and a terrifying Power of Soul Dao transformed entirely into an Arrow, coalescing on the bow.

SWOOSH—

The Arrow shot out abruptly.

A sharp, stabbing pain pricked at Ye Tianling’s Soul, and his heart sank. ’My first time here, and I’ve already run into an opponent like this?’

This space was vast, ancient, and boundless. Killing intent manifested intermittently, and the air was thick with blood-red mist. It was utterly unstable.

Even more frightening, the woman seemed to be hunting the various Soul Bodies that entered this place to carry out some form of Cultivation.

"Celestial Dragon Void Soul!"

The instant his sense of crisis peaked, Ye Tianling used his Samadhi True Fire Aura to activate the Celestial Dragon Void Soul.

ROAR—

The Celestial Dragon Void Soul, burning with Samadhi True Fire and Karmic Fire, manifested. After the massive phantom roared at the woman, Ye Tianling’s figure transformed into a dragon, then evolved directly into the Celestial Dragon Sword!

SWOOSH—

Using Soul Body Sword, he instantly unleashed the characteristics of his Emperor’s Qi Sword Body to their absolute limit.

"Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao!"

Ye Tianling instantly unleashed this sword strike.

PFFT—

The Arrow shot from the golden bow cracked apart in the Void.

Ye Tianling’s Killing Dao erupted to its absolute peak, his terrifying Battle Power fully manifesting for the first time!

"Breaking Eight?! The Emperor Soul Race’s Absolute Kill Killing Dao?!"

The short-haired woman finally showed a look of horror!

She cried out in alarm, and Ye Tianling’s Soul Talent instantly deciphered the Profound Meaning contained within her Netherworld Runes, allowing him to understand her words in that same moment.

"Die!"

With such a powerful killing blow, Ye Tianling instantly pierced through the woman’s forehead.

After his body brutally passed through the woman’s Soul Body’s head, the woman looked on in utter disbelief. Finally, after two streaks of white light flared up on her body, she dissolved into wisps of Soul Particles.

KACHA—

A golden bow actually fell from the sky.

CLATTER—

A suit of golden armor also inexplicably fell from the sky.

Ye Tianling returned to his normal form and, with a grasp of his hand, caught both the bow and the armor.

’This... I can even get equipment drops?’

Ye Tianling was momentarily stunned. Then, a terrifying golden light gathered into the shape of a roaming dragon and shot instantly toward his forehead.

Ye Tianling was initially extremely wary, but he couldn’t defend against it no matter what he tried.

After the Energy entered Ye Tianling’s forehead, he felt as though he had been swimming freely in his Origin Soul Sea for three days. It was as if every pore of his Soul had opened up, breathing in the essence of a peerless Divine Medicine. The comfort was exquisite.

"Ahhh—"

Even with Ye Tianling’s immense willpower, he was instantly impacted and overcome. He felt that this was the greatest pleasure life had to offer!

’This—my Soul Ability has increased by one percent!’

’My Soul actually underwent a transformation!’

’Is Cultivation really this easy?’

’Also, after killing that woman, I was able to directly devour her Essence, Qi, and Soul without even using a Devouring technique! And it’s incredibly pure Essence, Qi, and Soul at that! This... this is terrifying!’

Ye Tianling forced himself to awaken from that maddening ecstasy. A chill ran down his spine, and he felt his body and mind tremble.