Devouring Soul Emperor

"Chu Qingyun, it’s you!"

Princess Qingyou and Yin Feiyang both had looks of immense, pleasant surprise on their faces.

"What’s going on?" Chu Qingyun asked with a frown.

But before they could say another word, the four monsters—including the one whose arm Chu Qingyun had just severed—charged forward again with guttural snarls.

"Profound Celestial Divine Pattern!"

Chu Qingyun activated the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern and fiercely kicked the stomach of the monster lunging at the front.

Unexpectedly, the monster’s advance was only halted for a moment.

Meanwhile, Chu Qingyun himself was sent stumbling backward from the impact!

’How is this possible!?’

Chu Qingyun’s face was filled with shock. The monster clearly only had the aura of a Fifth-level Martial Spirit, yet after using a Secret Technique and his Martial Soul Power, he was the one who had been knocked back!

’Even a Demon Beast of the same level wouldn’t be this tough!’

"Don’t kick it! Attack it with Primordial Power and Sword Qi! Whatever you do, don’t get scratched or bitten by them!"

Seeing Chu Qingyun kick at the monster, Yin Feiyang shouted loudly to him while covering Princess Qingyou’s retreat.

Just then, the monster whose arm Chu Qingyun had previously severed lunged at him again. Its single remaining arm swiped viciously toward Chu Qingyun, blood still dripping from its five sharp claws.

This time, illuminated by the Primordial Power Princess Qingyou had unleashed, Chu Qingyun got a clear look at the monster’s face and was once again shocked beyond words.

It was none other than the Ninth Prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, Yu Chen!

Though the monster’s hair was disheveled, its eyes blood-red, and its face contorted and savage, Chu Qingyun recognized him in a single glance. It was definitely Yu Chen, no doubt about it!

"Iron Thread Ten-Star Vine!"

With a thought, Chu Qingyun unleashed his Tier Four Martial Soul. Ten vines lashed out continuously, striking the monstrous Yu Chen and brutally forcing him back more than ten meters.

And yet, after taking more than a dozen direct blows from the Tier Four Martial Soul, it was completely unharmed!

Just then, the dark silhouettes of two more monsters could be seen rushing over from the distance. Judging by their auras, they were actually Sixth-level Martial Spirits!

’Four Fifth-level Martial Spirit monsters are already this difficult to handle. If two sixth-level ones join in, it’ll be even harder. There are too many monsters here; I have to get out of here as fast as possible!’

"Thunder Sword!"

Chu Qingyun swept his sword horizontally, unleashing a Thunder Sword. A ball of thunder shot from the blade and slammed into the three monsters huddled together.

A strike infused with Sword Intent was immensely powerful.

The three monsters’ flesh was instantly torn open by the blast, and thick, dark-red blood splattered everywhere.

Princess Qingyou and Yin Feiyang both retreated hastily, seemingly terrified of the blood.

Chu Qingyun also casually waved out a wave of Primordial Power to block the blood.

"Let’s go! Quickly!"

Chu Qingyun called out to them, and the three of them all activated Secret Techniques, pushing their speed to the absolute limit as they dashed into the distance.

Behind them, it wasn’t long before the three monsters broke free from the ball of thunder. Although their flesh was torn and mangled, with bone even exposed in some places from the blast, they rejoined the one-armed monster and resumed their frantic pursuit of Chu Qingyun’s group, completely ignoring their grievous injuries.

The monsters were also incredibly fast.

Left with no other choice, Chu Qingyun had to once again unleash his Iron Wire Ten-Star Vine Martial Soul. He used the vines to temporarily delay the four monsters, then immediately withdrew his Martial Soul, finally making a clean escape.

The three of them ran for a while longer, only stopping after confirming that no monsters were following them.

"Chu Qingyun, thank you so much for this. If you hadn’t suddenly arrived, Yin Feiyang and I would have been dead for sure!" Princess Qingyou said, looking up at Chu Qingyun with sparkling eyes.

Yin Feiyang stood to the side, feeling grateful but also marveling inwardly.

’The first time I met Chu Qingyun, he was only a Third-level Martial Spirit. He barely managed to defeat me by relying on a lucky strike of Thunder Sword Intent.’

’The second time I saw him, he was already a Fourth-level Martial Spirit and had defeated the formidable Red Clothes from the Dark Moon Dynasty, and even the more powerful Sixth-level Martial Spirit, Huo Yuchen.’

’Now, seeing him again, Chu Qingyun is a Fifth-level Martial Spirit, and he seems even stronger. With a single sword strike, he forced back three monsters of the same level!’

’It seems like every time I see him, his power has increased dramatically.’

"There’s no need to thank me. You’ve helped me before, after all."

"But what’s the deal with those monsters? And Yu Chen... how did he turn into one too?"

Chu Qingyun’s expression was grave as he asked in a low voice.

The ominous feeling in his heart seemed to be growing stronger.

The three of them sat down, and Princess Qingyou proceeded to tell Chu Qingyun everything they knew.

It turned out that the three of them, along with Yu Chen and his dozen or so subordinates, had heard about the Blood Sect ruins upon entering Blood Abyss City.

Naturally, they didn’t want to miss such a major event.

However, among their group of over a dozen people, there wasn’t a single Sixth-level Martial Spirit. The disciples from the major sects looked down on their strength, and no one invited them to join their forces.

So, they joined an alliance organized within Blood Abyss City, one composed of several dozen cultivators at the Earth Spirit Realm.

Yu Chen and his group of over a dozen Fourth and Fifth-level Martial Spirits were considered a relatively strong contingent within that alliance. They hoped to find some fortunate encounters in the Blood Sect ruins so that they might be noticed by a better sect once they reached Celestial Martial City.

However, they didn’t expect that at the very first pavilion with treasure they found after entering the ruins, they would run into Shen Lang and Chu Qingyun’s group.

Not only did they fail to get anything, but they also lost quite a few people there.

At the time, Princess Qingyou and the other two had wanted to seek out Chu Qingyun, but Yu Chen, fearing retaliation from him, stopped them from speaking up.

After leaving the pavilion, their group absorbed some scattered Earth Spirit Realm cultivators they met along the way. Then, in the mountains, they found a side palace left behind by the Blood Sect, one that no one else had discovered.

They thought their luck had finally turned, but they never imagined that this was the true beginning of their nightmare!

As she spoke of this, a look of absolute terror appeared not only on Princess Qingyou’s face, but also on the face of Yin Feiyang, a grown man.

As for Chu Qingyun, his thoughts instantly flew to the place he had scouted out earlier.

In that side palace, they found some containers that had once held Primordial Spirit Liquid or Elixirs, but due to the immense passage of time, they had long since become empty boxes.

In addition, they also found several Secret Technique Secret Manuals, two of which were even King-rank!

Those two Secret Manuals were placed right next to two desiccated corpses.

The two desiccated corpses were very strange. They had existed for nearly two thousand years, yet they hadn’t weathered into dust. Instead, they had been preserved.

And they were nothing but skin and bones.