338: Chapter 338 Illusionization Divine Power

"Fool!"

The Woman in Red Gauze shouted sternly, but she was already too late to stop him.

The Two-headed Nether Snake suddenly turned its heads. The left head aimed at the tall, thin man and spat out a pillar of purple poison at lightning speed.

The tall, thin man's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly swung his Bone Blade to parry, but the poison pillar landed on the blade, instantly corroding it with a layer of black rust. The remaining force didn't diminish, slamming hard into his chest.

This attack happened so fast he couldn't even let out a scream; his entire body was corroded into liquid by the venom.

"Form the Formation!" the Woman in Red Gauze immediately shouted.

The surrounding devil cultivators obeyed. Spiritual Qi gathered in their hands, and a massive Formation suddenly appeared beneath the Two-headed Nether Snake, pinning it down with immense pressure.

Just as the Woman in Red Gauze intended to capture the snake and implant a Gu insect...

The two-headed snake actually transformed into a streak of purple-black mist right before everyone's eyes. As the mist billowed, not a trace of its serpentine outline remained.

Instead, it condensed into an ominous mist cloud about ten feet wide. Within the mist, two crimson orbs of light flickered faintly—these were its undissipated Divine Soul imprints.

"What's going on?!"

The remaining devil cultivators' expressions shifted as they instinctively retreated half a step. They gripped their Magical Artifacts tightly, their eyes filled with terror.

They had never seen a Yao Beast take such a bizarre form. The venomous aura emanating from the mist was so intense it even greedily absorbed the surrounding Yin Qi.

The white frost on the stone walls thickened at a visible rate. The stench of fishiness in the air mixed with the foul, stagnant air, making it suffocating.

The Woman in Red Gauze's composure finally broke. Her brow furrowed beneath her veil, and the Black Jade Bracelet on her slender wrist flared with an evil light as she tried to suppress the mist's turbulence.

The tiny black insects in her hand emitted an aura of panic, clearly terrified of the mist.

"This Two-headed Nether Snake has actually cultivated a Divine Ability—Yin Soul Transformation!"

There was a hint of imperceptible panic in the Woman in Red Gauze's voice, yet she forced herself to remain calm and shouted coldly.

"It can now strip away its Physical Body and etherealize! This is its most ferocious state! Everyone, release your Devilish Qi and form the Yin-Locking Array! Don't let it escape!"

Hiding in the shadows, Ye Jing was startled. Etherealization?! That was a truly Heaven-Defying skill!

The purple mist easily passed through the Formation they had set and charged toward them.

A few devil cultivators with slower reactions didn't even have time to activate their Magical Artifacts before being enveloped by the purple mist. Their shrill screams had barely left their throats when they were swallowed by the surging venomous Yin energy within the mist.

Their Physical Bodies shriveled and dissolved at a visible rate, eventually turning into wisps of black Qi that were entirely absorbed by the purple mist.

"Hold steady! Infuse the Yin-Locking Array with Devilish Qi and activate it with essence blood!"

The Woman in Red Gauze gritted her teeth and whispered. She flipped her wrist, and several drops of pitch-black essence blood seeped from her fingertips, falling onto the Black Jade Bracelet.

The bracelet instantly erupted with a blinding evil light. A black net of light spread out from the bracelet, sweeping toward the purple mist.

The black insects in her hand were also forcibly activated. They let out a sharp hiss and turned into a black line, lunging toward the two crimson Divine Soul orbs within the mist—the weakness of the Nether Snake after its Yin Soul Transformation.

But the purple mist was exceptionally agile. With a sudden sidestep, it avoided the pincer attack of the light net and the black insects. From the churning edges of the mist, several thin wisps of purple-black vapor shot out like venomous fangs, accurately striking the two devil cultivators beside it.

The two devil cultivators hurriedly swung their Magical Artifacts to parry, but the mist wisps passed straight through the artifacts and bored into their Meridians.

In an instant, the two began to convulse. Their skin turned a greenish-black, and black blood seeped from their facial orifices. The life in their eyes rapidly faded, and their bodies slumped to the ground, turning into pools of foul-smelling black water that merged with the Yin Qi on the floor.

Watching the battle, Ye Jing knew they were doomed.

He pondered how one might break this snake monster's etherealization.

"Damned beast! You think I have no way to deal with you just because you've etherealized?!"

The Woman in Red Gauze was enraged. She waved her sleeve, and a large number of blood-red insects flew out, turning into a blood mist that began to strangle the purple-black vapor.

These blood insects were densely packed, each only the size of a grain of rice, yet they emitted a pungent scent of blood that could faintly suppress the venomous Yin within the purple mist.

Like hungry wolves catching the scent of blood, they swarmed forward, clinging tightly to the edges of the purple-black mist and devouring the vapor wisps. With every bite, their own color deepened.

The purple mist would shrink slightly, and the two crimson Divine Soul orbs within it became more turbulent, emitting an even stronger malevolence.

"These insects were raised using the essence blood of an entire nation of Mortals! They specifically feed on ominous Yin energy and are best at dealing with spirit-type evils! Your Divine Ability won't last long!"

The Woman in Red Gauze snorted coldly, her face pale. Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead; evidently, activating the Blood-Devouring Gu consumed a significant amount of her Spiritual Qi and essence blood.

But as long as she captured the snake, sacrificing these insects would be worth it!

The Blood-Devouring Gu swarmed and gnawed. The purple-black mist billowed violently, emitting a sharp, ear-piercing hiss.

The purple-black mist seemed to be continuously surrounded by the blood insects. Even though it could pass through them, the insects pursued it relentlessly; it couldn't shake them off even when trying to flee.

Its originally ten-foot-wide form gradually shrank, and the light from the two crimson Divine Soul orbs within the mist dimmed slightly. It was clearly being severely suppressed by the Blood-Devouring Gu.

The Woman in Red Gauze sneered, "I told you, your etherealization Divine Ability is vulnerable before me. In a moment, your Divine Soul will be devoured by the Blood-Devouring Gu. At that time, the ghost nether pearl will be mine, and your Yin Soul power will become nourishment for my Gu."

Just as she finished speaking, the purple mist suddenly shuddered. A burst of violent, ominous Yin power erupted from the center of the mist cloud. Its shrinking form instantly expanded, and the two crimson Divine Soul orbs became blindingly bright.

It swept toward all the Blood-Devouring Gu clinging to its edges. Every wisp of mist carried a bone-corroding venom; the moment it touched a blood insect, it corroded it into a pool of black blood.

"What?!"

The Woman in Red Gauze's face changed drastically, her eyes filled with disbelief. "Impossible! The Blood-Devouring Gu specifically counters ominous Yin. How can you be countering them instead?"

Hiding in the shadows, Ye Jing saw everything clearly through the perspective of the Poisonous Variant Bee. His fingers twitched slightly as the answer formed in his mind.

He thought to himself in a low voice, "It's the ghost nether pearl. Although this Nether Snake has fallen into a frenzy, it can still use the power of the ghost nether pearl. It's performing a Fusion of its own power with the Spiritual Qi of the ghost nether pearl to suppress the Blood-Devouring Gu in turn."

No sooner had he spoken than a roar echoed through the stone chamber. The purple mist exploded outward, shooting countless purple-black mist blades in all directions. The Yin-Locking Array that had trapped it was instantly torn apart, and the black light net shattered piece by piece, dissipating into a cloud of black Qi.

Watching this, Ye Jing admired the Yao Beast even more.

Etherealization, poisonous gas, and ferocity—this was exactly what Ye Jing needed. If Hei Feng obtained this snake monster's ghost nether pearl, his strength would surely skyrocket.

Just as Ye Jing was waiting for these people to die so he could make his move...

Suddenly, the Poisonous Variant Bee beside him began flapping its wings in warning, causing Ye Jing to click his tongue in annoyance.

"What terrible timing!"