Free Web NovelChapter 531: Chapter 531: Awakening of the Third Soul: Celestial Evil Dragon Soul
"Mechanical Heart, how should I deal with this?"
Ye Tianling fell silent for a moment, his body tense with wariness. At the same time, he questioned the Mechanical Heart.
Given Ye Tianling’s pride, besides the Little Dragon Girl, whom he would freely question and rely on, he would normally never consult the Mechanical Heart.
But at a critical moment like this, when he was powerless to respond, he would seek its help.
"Current data is insufficient to form a complete judgment. However, it should be a derivative mutant of Evil Spirits, the Soul Race, and the Demon Race. It is similar to the ancient ’Mutated Evil Spirit—the Celestial Evil Race.’"
"What is the Celestial Evil Race?"
"The Celestial Evil Race was a hypothetical evolutionary path for life, conceived during the Mechanical Heart’s own evolution, that combined the developmental processes of Evil Spirits, the Demon Race, and the Soul Race..."
"Then how do I deal with it?"
"Try using a Soul Artifact like the Baiyu Demon God Radiant Bow. If that proves effective, then try imbuing it with your parasitic Ability, Possession, and Devouring. Combined with the Samadhi Celestial Fire, it should have some effect. If it’s ineffective, run immediately."
...
The exchange with the Mechanical Heart was swift, taking only a ten-thousandth of a breath.
By now, Ye Tianling’s expression had turned extremely grave.
"The Celestial Evil Race?"
Ye Tianling suddenly spoke.
The purple-robed man’s expression changed abruptly, and the killing intent in his eyes surged.
BOOM—
He attacked directly, manifesting a black lotus that shot toward Ye Tianling in an instant.
His black Battle Soul, the Profound Meaning of the lotus’s life and death, and more were all manifested to their absolute limit.
The Power of Evil Spirit and the Demon Heart’s path of Destruction seemed to converge within it.
Ye Tianling didn’t resist.
The moment the attack reached him, he summoned the Baiyu Demon God Radiant Bow. He gathered his Battle Soul, activated the Netherworld Life and Death Path, and unleashed a strike with 300% of his Battle Power.
SHOO—
The Arrow, imbued with the Profound Meaning of Parasite and infused with the power of the Samadhi Celestial Fire, shot out in an instant.
PFFT—
Ye Tianling was struck—he hadn’t defended, hadn’t resisted, and certainly hadn’t dodged.
He directly traded injury for injury, fighting this member of the Celestial Evil Race head-on.
Only by accepting his enemy’s killing strike could his own killing strike land.
If the enemy abandoned their killing strike, his own would fail to connect.
If the enemy ignored his Slaughter Technique, he would naturally be struck as well.
Evidently, the member of the Celestial Evil Race was proud and confident.
PUFF—
At almost the exact same moment, Ye Tianling’s Arrow struck the man in the purple robes.
And the purple-robed man’s black lotus instantly struck Ye Tianling in the chest.
BANG—
Then, the power of Destruction erupted.
Ye Tianling was grievously wounded. His Sword Venerate Dominating Body, a War Body with unparalleled defense, was instantly shattered, sending blood flying everywhere.
At the same time, the Arrow ignored all Defense Power and instantly pierced the purple-robed man’s chest.
In the next moment, the Profound Meaning of Parasite manifested and the Devouring Law activated. Ye Tianling felt as if he had instantly plunged into a dark cosmos!
That’s right, a cosmos!
Inside this purple-robed man’s body was a small cosmos!
"Parasite!"
"Divide!"
"Multiply!"
"Life and Death!"
"Devour!"
Ye Tianling unleashed every Profound Meaning he had mastered. Following the principles of the Soul-Slaying Dao, and combining the parasitic and Undying and Immortal traits of the Insect Race with the Devouring Law of the Emperor’s Qi Dragon Swallowing Heaven Divine Technique, Ye Tianling went all out.
TSSS—
In the next instant, an expression of utter horror appeared in the purple-robed man’s eyes. He trembled all over as large amounts of black smoke billowed from the top of his head.
The smoke gathered, and a massive amount of black Celestial Tribulation Power descended, striking his body repeatedly.
But the dark cosmos within his body was still being steadily consumed!
"Parasite! Insect Race, Netherworld, Life and Death, Devouring... You are—You—"
The purple-robed man seemed to have realized something, and his eyes filled with extreme terror.
After a moment, he steeled himself and tried to detonate the dark cosmos within his body, attempting to self-destruct!
Unfortunately for him, Ye Tianling had already activated his parasitic Ability to its limit, combining it with the Laws of Netherworld Life and Death.
After each strand of the Devouring Law split off, all the Dark Particles it released began to multiply and grow.
It reached the point that, when this dark consumption was at its peak, Ye Tianling realized it was already impossible for the purple-robed man to self-destruct.
"Netherworld Destruction!"
Sensing this, the purple-robed man no longer hesitated and immediately used an exceptionally bizarre Profound Meaning to undergo a self-Transformation Dao.
Ye Tianling was completely powerless to stop this.
PFFT—
A moment later, the purple-robed man’s glabella split open, revealing a black hole. It was like a small, muffled explosion had gone off.
Then, the purple-robed man’s corpse began to swell, soon reaching a size of nearly ten thousand meters.
However, the more his body expanded, the weaker his aura and Energy Origin became.
Finally, the inside of his body was almost completely depleted. Ye Tianling could no longer gain any benefits from dividing or parasitizing, so he had no choice but to gather the dark Celestial Evil Energy he had devoured and fly out from a place of light.
It was like spotting an exit in a dead and silent cosmos.
Ye Tianling felt as if he had been split in two. His physical self was still standing in the void, staring in a daze at the behemoth of a desiccated corpse.
And in his vision, from the hole in the purple-robed man’s glabella, a pitch-black, five-clawed Divine Dragon covered in bone spurs, resembling a War Dragon, was crawling out with excruciating slowness.
After crawling out, the dark, five-clawed Divine Dragon looked up and glanced at Ye Tianling.
Their eyes met, and Ye Tianling’s Soul trembled.
The five-clawed Divine Dragon disappeared.
Like a stream of dark Energy, it returned to Ye Tianling’s Soul.
Ye Tianling’s Soul trembled.
The Third Soul of his Three Souls and Seven Spirits had been unlocked—the Celestial Evil Dragon Soul!
At that moment, the endless Celestial Evil Power he had devoured transformed into the Celestial Evil Dragon Soul’s Void Soul.
The feeling was incredibly strange, as if Ye Tianling had gained another independent Soul.
Ye Tianling grew thoughtful. He then took a deep look at the withered corpse before him, preparing to carefully examine its physical condition.
But just then, the corpse suddenly twitched. Then, it directly disintegrated into invisible particles, shattering in all directions into the void.
It was colorless, formless, and odorless, without any unusual fluctuations.
It was as if a ball of air had shattered into countless motes of dust.
’Vanished into thin air... The Celestial Evil Race...’
Ye Tianling took a deep breath. Then, he once again directed his Sensing toward his Life Force.
His Life Force still stood at half a year. It hadn’t dwindled, but it hadn’t grown either.
It was as if, after the appearance of the Celestial Evil Dragon Soul, the Curse had suddenly become completely fixed.
It could neither diminish nor be restored.
’What’s going on?’
Ye Tianling wondered, questioning the Mechanical Heart.
But this time, the Mechanical Heart did not answer.
He asked twice in a row, only to discover in astonishment that the Mechanical Heart seemed to have short-circuited. It had fallen completely silent.
’...It crashed? A super Intelligence chip like this actually crashed?’
Ye Tianling’s expression immediately became a picture, his face a mask of bewilderment.
After a long moment, he had no choice but to accept the fact that the Mechanical Heart had gone dormant.
’This is likely related to the Third Void Soul in my body, the Celestial Evil Dragon Soul.’
’If I were to activate the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword with the Celestial Evil Dragon Soul, I wonder how much my Battle Power would increase...’
The thought surfaced in Ye Tianling’s mind for no particular reason.
But he didn’t try it. The toll of using the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword was far too great. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he would never waste such an offensive Ability.
"Boy—the aura of our Netherworld Race’s Netherworld Life and Death Path appeared here earlier. Was that Cultivation Technique your doing?"
A hundred or so breaths later, just as Ye Tianling had stabilized his mind and was preparing to head to Sumeru Mountain, a very cold female voice called out.
