Chapter 597 - 506: Capture
But to Qin Yun’s surprise, Su Ye was perfectly calm and composed, his expression holding a power he had never witnessed before.
A single glance was all it took to stun Qin Yun, and the words died in his throat.
"It’s fine."
"This chaos will end soon."
Su Ye said calmly, his words carrying a natural, convincing authority.
The next moment, Qin Yun’s eyes flew open. From the shadows on the side of the massive Elixir Hall Peak, a colossal, pitch-black, and imposing spirit vessel slowly emerged.
With a flicker of movement, Su Ye appeared on the vessel’s bow.
Taking the helm of the Ghostly Flood Dragon, he sent the Blood Flame Engine roaring to life and sped toward Linyue Immortal City!
"This..."
Qin Yun stared in utter shock, watching the crimson streak recede into the distance. He almost thought he was hallucinating.
"This Mr. Li... just who in the world is he?!"
...
Linyue Immortal City.
"Damn it!"
"The Array-Breaking Talisman is useless! Once activated, the effects of this massive Orbit are practically a fifth-rank Array!"
Shishanzi’s expression was grim. He watched the silver talisman in his hand dissolve into motes of silver light and drift away, his face turning even darker.
Jinghua True Monarch looked grim as well.
"Killing these monsters does nothing to break the Orbit. In fact, the monsters we kill only strengthen its power."
A Spirit Sword, its tip stained with blood, spun around her.
The entire street was littered with the mangled corpses of monsters. Jinghua True Monarch had clearly already put this to the test.
Just then, a hearty laugh rang out from the sky.
"Now, now, you’re my guests. Why the rush to leave, my fellow Daoists?"
"Why not stay a while longer, and allow me to show you some hospitality?"
SWOOSH!
A pitch-black, towering spirit vessel, vast as a mountain range, hovered in the sky above Linyue Immortal City!
Dressed in a dark robe, a corner of Su Ye’s mouth curled up. He looked down on the two Nascent Soul True Monarchs from the Jade Void Sword Sect with a mocking smirk that was both reckless and completely unrestrained.
His aura was terrifying. A magnificent yet sinister, icy silver light flickered in his eyes, creating a prickling sense of threat that even the two Nascent Soul True Monarchs felt keenly.
"It really is you!"
"Su Ye!"
Shishanzi looked up, his gaze sharp, and recognized Su Ye.
He was filled with immense dread, and even a hint of unspeakable fear.
’Golden Core Perfection... He’s not even a Nascent Soul, but he’s already this powerful?!’
’Is the Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect... really this miraculous?!’
With his Divine Sense, Shishanzi could clearly perceive that Su Ye had not yet advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm and was still at the Golden Core Realm.
However, the sense of danger this Golden Core cultivator gave him right now was significantly greater than that from most Early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators!
A realization dawned in Shishanzi’s mind.
’This is my—and the Jade Void Sword Sect’s—last chance to eliminate him!’
’If we fail again, our sect will never have another chance!’
At this thought, the killing intent in Shishanzi’s heart grew even more intense!
His eyes gleamed with grim determination. Even if it meant mutual destruction, he could not let Su Ye leave this place alive!
"Good, good, good!"
"Su Ye... You’ve finally shown yourself!"
"In Volcano State, you deliberately plotted against Fuyunzi and murdered many of our sect’s Golden Core cultivators! You are utterly depraved! With a demonic nature like yours, if you are not killed today, you will surely become a great calamity for these seas!"
"For the sake of the Jade Light Cultivation Realm, I will kill you here today, even if it means my own utter destruction!"
Seething with fury, Shishanzi summoned a sword of awe-inspiring righteousness from the void—his Vast Sword!
’Using the moral high ground, wrapping himself in the cause of the greater good to bolster his own power... Is this the Confucian Dao?’ A glimmer in Su Ye’s eyes revealed he had gleaned some insight into Shishanzi’s background.
At the same time, a mysterious binding force emerged from the void, attempting to suppress Su Ye.
As the overlord of Yaoguang and leader of the righteous path, the Jade Void Sword Sect’s judgment could, in a sense, represent the will of the Yaoguang Islands, using the prevailing sentiment of the sea region to suppress dissidents.
But...
’If prevailing sentiment was all that mattered, why would I even bother with cultivation?!’
Su Ye sneered, his face full of disdain:
"Hah..."
"How sanctimonious."
"I can’t be bothered to argue with you. I only want to ask one thing. All those pretty words..."
"Just how many of my attacks can they block?!"
In that instant, Su Ye’s tone became incredibly sharp!
He took a step forward, his aura soaring to the heavens as his Golden Core Magical Power surged!
Nether, Erosion Flow, and Annihilation.
Pitch-black, icy silver, and black-and-white.
A trinity of spiritual light.
A trinity of fundamental laws.
Behind Su Ye, they formed a stable, inverted triangle. The icy silver light was somewhat dim, but it could just barely maintain the combined structure.
’Next, as long as I have enough Spiritual Power, I can activate the Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect...’
The thought flashed through Su Ye’s mind in a hundredth of a second.
He let out a long cry.
Within Linyue Immortal City, nearly ten million shadow monsters raised their heads in unison.
Their bodies instantly shriveled, turning into pure phantom shadows—or perhaps... ’nightmare fuel’?
"Infuse them with my aura to induce demonization, then harvest them."
"Using ten million shadow monsters as a source of Spiritual Power to... manifest the Dharma Aspect!"
Su Ye muttered to himself.
VMMMM.
Behind him, a colossal Dharma Aspect abruptly manifested. It was like the Mysterious Starry Sky given form—a towering figure of pure black shadow that seemed to touch the heavens and stand upon the earth!
Furthermore, compared to its appearance in Volcano State, Su Ye’s Dharma Aspect had undergone a new transformation!
VMMMM.
Twisted, malformed flesh and a vascular structure like the roots of a banyan tree constantly expanded and spread!
At the same time, thousands of icy-silver eyeballs, suckered tentacles, and appendages appeared on the Dharma Aspect. They formed the image of a thousand-armed, thousand-eyed being, making it even more bizarre!
"This is..."
’The influence of the Erosion Flow Skill? It’s manifesting the form of an Old God.’
Sensing the information from the Dharma Aspect, Su Ye’s eyes gleamed as understanding dawned in his mind.
"This Dharma Aspect is now fully constructed."
"Perhaps... I should call it...?"
—NIGHT PATROL SEA GHOSTLY APPEARANCE!
"Demon!"
Seeing Su Ye’s Old God form, the hostility in Shishanzi’s eyes intensified.
He let out a low roar, his powerful, resonant voice echoing through the sky, "You vile heretic! You killed my junior brother and brought disaster upon the people! Today, I, Shishanzi, will make you pay your blood debt in blood!"
"Die!"
VMMMM!
The Vast Sword howled, unleashing a brilliant white light that was like a small sun rising in the pitch-black night!
CHIII!
The sword light, brimming with righteousness, descended like the brilliant sun, stabbing toward Su Ye’s Ghostly Floating Dharma Aspect!
At the same time, Shishanzi’s already aged face began to shrivel at an incredible speed, until he looked like a walking corpse.
Only his eyes grew brighter and more brilliant.
Judging by his appearance, Shishanzi was clearly burning his own life force, pouring every last bit of his Vast Sword Intent into this single strike!
Against the Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, he had only one chance. Victory... or death!
"Senior Brother Shishanzi!"
Jinghua True Monarch’s expression was grim.
She knew this was a critical moment. She too erupted with power, and the Mirror Flower Sword—dreamlike and illusory, its supreme beauty concealing boundless killing intent—flew out!
TWWANG!
The sword light from the two great Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators flashed, illuminating the sky for thousands of miles!
The survivors in the immortal city felt their hearts tremble as they heard the swords’ cries!
But compared to the Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, even with the two Nascent Soul True Monarchs giving their all, it still wasn’t enough!
A thousand icy-silver eyes opened on the Ghostly Floating Dharma Aspect. Empowered by the trinity of laws, a thousand-fold Eyes of Eternal Union attack was unleashed!
The icy-silver radiance collided with the two beams of sword light. After a brief stalemate, it completely overwhelmed them!
BOOM!
The icy-silver radiance descended from the heavens like a blast from an orbital cannon!
It struck the two Nascent Soul True Monarchs within the immortal city!
VMMMM.
In an instant, Shishanzi’s body was encased in the Ice Seal.
The mind-freezing power of the Eyes of Eternal Union made it impossible for him to even have his Nascent Soul escape his body.
Since Shishanzi had absorbed most of the damage, Jinghua True Monarch had just enough strength left to dodge the epicenter of the icy-silver blast and avoid being frozen.
Unfortunately for her, Su Ye immediately followed up with another blast of light from the Eyes.
Jinghua True Monarch was also caught in an Ice Seal. The two Nascent Soul True Monarchs had become Su Ye’s prisoners!
"Objective complete!"
Su Ye dismissed his Dharma Aspect and, with a wave of his sleeve, captured the two of them.
Immediately after, he boarded the Ghostly Flood Dragon and made his escape!