Chen Ye didn’t give him a chance to breathe.
In a powerful duel, once a flaw is found, the magical battle can be resolved in an instant!
He slightly closed his eyes, and a silver sword imprint flashed between his brows, disappearing in a blink.
The Heart Slaughter Sword had long been poised to strike!
In an instant, ripples spread in the void, and an almost transparent small sword cut through the night, piercing into the brow of the black-robed cultivator!
"Pfft!"
Clearly, there was no visible wound,
but the black-robed cultivator’s body stiffened, his eyes widened, and the astonishment in his eyes froze at this moment, then quickly dimmed, losing all vitality.
Though there was no external injury,
his divine soul’s sea of consciousness had been shredded by the Heart Slaughter Sword!
The corpse shook slightly, falling weakly from mid-air.
"Buzz!"
The Heart Slaughter Sword quivered with excitement.
With a twirl, it drew out a transparent, terrifyingly screaming shadow from the top of the skull of the corpse—that remnant soul of the black-robed cultivator, yet to disperse.
The Heart Slaughter Sword trembled, devouring the remnant soul completely, and after consuming it, the sword’s body glimmered with a faint dark light, becoming even more solid.
This was the divine soul of a sixth-layer Foundation Establishment cultivator!
It was as if the Heart Slaughter Sword had been overfed.
It quivered, then leisurely burrowed back into Chen Ye’s brow.
"Barely, it could also count as a reunion with one’s partner..."
Chen Ye curled his lips, gently rubbing his brow, sensing the Heart Slaughter Sword digesting a massive soul power.
Last time, he lit the Taibai Star, largely thanks to refining Mei Suxin’s divine soul.
Once the Heart Slaughter Sword nourishes him in return this time, his Seven Luminaries Soul Nourishing Technique will surely see significant advancement!
Moreover,
this time when Chen Ye wielded the Heart Slaughter Sword, he did so while the black-robed cultivator was heavily wounded and mentally shaken, thus the consumption was far less than when he killed Mei Suxin.
Though there are aftereffects, it just makes Chen Ye feel a slight headache, which will recover in a few days.
Chen Ye let out a long breath, dispelling the lingering dizziness in his mind.
A surge of spiritual power swept out, grabbing the storage bag from the black-robed cultivator’s waist into his hand.
A rough sweep with divine sense.
Not bad.
As he expected.
No wonder he’s a sixth-layer Foundation Establishment cultivator; he truly carried abundant wealth.
Besides a large amount of spirit stones and pills, there were also several upper-grade dark magical treasures, along with a few jade scrolls emanating a bloody aura, which should be the blood path inheritance cultivated by this black-robed cultivator.
If sold in the black market, they would surely fetch a considerable amount of resources, enough to cover the spirit stone expenses needed for buying magical treasures for his disciple.
"Moreover, hidden within the dark cavity, there’s also a second-tier upper-grade magical treasure..."
Chen Ye pondered for a moment, scrutinizing the bell in his palm, vaguely seeing a small flag rising and sinking within it.
...
High above, the battle had also been decided.
"How is this possible! Bai Susu is clearly only a sixth-layer Foundation Establishment, yet why is she so powerful!"
As one of the six great puppet masters of the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect.
The Smiling Face Puppet hadn’t encountered such a challenging opponent in decades.
What shocked him the most was that this girl was merely a sixth-layer Foundation Establishment!
While he himself had long reached the seventh-layer Foundation Establishment.
Not to mention, he also had five Foundation Establishment puppets in hand.
And these five Foundation Establishment puppets, each was at mid Foundation Establishment, and one was even at the sixth layer!
"Is it just... that simple?"
The golden-haired girl had a cold and fierce expression, gripping a flying sword as thin as a cicada’s wing between her deft fingers, its tip already stained with blood.
Though her appearance was delicate and cute, the seemingly enigmatic Smiling Face Puppet was the one falling back step by step.
It must be noted,
that puppet masters are different from other cultivators; their real bodies are always well-protected by their puppets.
Once the body is injured, it means their puppets have all been defeated!
The five Foundation Establishment puppets the Smiling Face Puppet prided himself on were now all in tatters.
The sturdiest Iron General had a sword hole clean through its chest, smooth as a mirror;
while the fast-moving Yaksha had its wings cut off at the base, falling like a dead dog into the forest.
"Damn it, damn it!"
The Smiling Face Puppet’s heart pounded wildly; he instinctively looked down, wanting to call on the black-robed cultivator for assistance.
That black-robed cultivator, named Li Min, with a sixth layer cultivation, was a well-known Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Skilled in blood path secret techniques, especially in the Blood Soul Banner, both offensive and defensive, even the Smiling Face Puppet couldn’t take him down easily in a fight.
This time,
He indeed overestimated himself.
But if Li Min came to assist, he would significantly restrain Bai Susu’s elusive Myriad Phenomena Sword Technique!
In fact, the Emotion Crossing Sect sent Li Min here precisely considering this point.
But this glance made the Smiling Face Puppet’s soul almost leave his body in fright.
The tumultuous blood sea below had vanished without a trace, replaced by a man in green riding the escape light, leisurely ascending into the sky.
Li Min... dead?
Bai Susu glanced at the change in the Smiling Face Puppet’s expression and felt a sense of unease:
"The Smiling Face Puppet is already extremely troublesome. If Li Min assists him, it’ll perfectly counter my flying sword skill. I’m not afraid of the two joining forces, but Chen Ye is only at the Foundation Establishment Middle Period, and even with the Vine King’s assistance, it would be hard for him to hold out against Li Min for long... I must achieve a swift victory!"
Her expression darkened as she prepared to act regardless of the cost.
But then the Smiling Face Puppet let out a fierce cry and flicked his fingers ten times.
"Explode!"
The spiritual light within several broken Foundation Establishment puppets suddenly went wild, charging at Bai Susu as they resolutely chose self-destruction!
Boom——!
A massive spiritual power shockwave exploded in the air, kicking up clouds of smoke and dust.
Using this chaos, the Smiling Face Puppet’s figure transformed into a plume of gray smoke and fled desperately into the distance.
"This is..."
Bai Susu was stunned, engaged in a duel with a Foundation Establishment Late Period opponent. She naturally couldn’t spare any attention to the battle below.
She was always decisive and didn’t distract herself by worrying about Chen Ye—if she lost, he would truly have no place to rest in peace.
She even forced herself not to focus on Chen Ye to avoid letting her concern disrupt her.
At this moment.
Bai Susu finally freed her mind to inspect the scene below.
Upon seeing it, she understood and couldn’t help but smile:
"This guy really surprised me. If he could defeat Li Min, he could probably match most Spirit Hidden True Inheritance. Well... he’s barely worthy... ahem."
With her concerns relieved, Bai Susu’s spirit lightened, and her aura rose another step!
The girl’s golden hair danced, her amber eyes full of cold intensity:
"Trying to escape?"
"Light Splitting!"
She stepped forward, and the flying sword in her hand suddenly divided, one into two, two into four...
In the blink of an eye, the sky was filled with sharp sword shadows, piercing through the swirling smoke and dust, with incredible speed, attacking the fleeing gray shadow.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft!"
Countless sword lights pierced through the body.
In mid-air, a cloud of blood mist burst, and the gray shadow didn’t even leave a complete corpse, being torn into pieces by the torrential rain of swords.
Nevertheless, Bai Susu knew that the Smiling Face Puppet was a Foundation Establishment Late Period puppet master, extremely difficult to kill.
That gray shadow was likely the Smiling Face Puppet’s lifebound puppet...
But it was of no concern.
Without the five Foundation Establishment puppets, and now without the lifebound puppet, his foundation was ruined.
Now the Smiling Face Puppet was essentially non-existent, his power less than some Foundation Establishment Middle Period.
To the Lingyin Sect, it was as if the "Smiling Face Puppet" was dead.
"Hoo..."
Bai Susu’s tense figure finally trembled slightly, her face a bit pale,
"True Inheritor Bai! My rescue was delayed..."
At this moment.
Chen Ye finally arrived late, stepping onto the Jade Scroll.
Bai Susu turned around, looking at the undamaged Chen Ye, her gaze slightly peculiar.
She snorted coldly:
"What rescue? Do you think my Lingyin Sect is incapable? The sect has long known that the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect had six puppet masters coming. This time, I came specifically to train... I just didn’t expect the escaped Duqing Sect member to be Li Min."
This was the only unexpected thing, if she had known it was Li Min, she definitely wouldn’t have brought Chen Ye.
However, the result ended up well.
"I see."
Chen Ye smacked his lips.
This little girl is even crazier than he thought; she actually dared to attempt a cross-level challenge.
It seems she was preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment Late Period, thus putting pressure on herself.
"You..."
Bai Susu’s lips parted slightly, about to ask something, but her gaze fell on the bulging Storage Bag in Chen Ye’s hand, and she swallowed her words, only speaking plainly:
"Since it’s resolved, let’s go. The commotion here is too big, it’s likely to attract many loose cultivators, I really hate that kind of scene."
"Where to?"
Chen Ye asked instinctively.
After such a battle, he couldn’t just leave Bai Susu and go his own way.
"I got injured, I’ll rest on the Spiritual Ship for a few days. I’ll notify you when it’s time to return to the sect. You go back to Lisong Valley first. Don’t bother me."
The girl showed no emotion.
This...
Chen Ye could barely be considered the host, now Bai Susu was injured, how could he let her rest on the Spiritual Ship?
Even though Bai Susu asked not to bother her, clearly wanting to live alone.
But Chen Ye had to be polite:
"True Inheritor Bai, since you’re injured, why not rest for a few days in Lisong Valley?"