126: Destroying the ancient sea race and shattering the Nine Abyss of the Sea, encountering Wuxin

As soon as he finished speaking, the Ancient Sea Clan Member began to tremble all over, as if his secret had been exposed, but he quickly calmed down again.

Jiang Yan frowned, thinking to himself, 'Could I have guessed wrong?'

According to the clues he had obtained, it should be like this, but seeing the calmed aura of that Ancient Sea Clan Member, he felt something was not quite right.

Regardless, I'll suppress this thing first!

His figure suddenly vanished, appearing before the Ancient Sea Clan Member in the next instant! The sword's edge, carrying the power of a monstrous tidal wave, cleaved straight down!

"Boom!"

The moment the sword's edge fell, the Ancient Sea Clan Member suddenly looked up, a strange smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

Alarm bells rang in Jiang Yan's heart, but the sword strike was already unleashed and could not be retracted!

"Puchi!"

The hai jiuyuan sword pierced through the chest of the Ancient Sea Clan Member, but Jiang Yan's expression suddenly changed; the sensation coming from the sword was wrong!

Sure enough, the "Ancient Sea Clan Member's" body suddenly dissipated like bubbles, replaced by a mass of wriggling black liquid that rapidly spread along the sword blade, entangling Jiang Yan's arm in the blink of an eye!

"Foolish human... you've fallen for my trap!"

A cold voice echoed in Jiang Yan's mind:

"Do you think I would care about that decaying Physical Body?"

"What I have always wanted is this perfect vessel of yours... haha..."

The black liquid frantically drilled into Jiang Yan's panel, and dense scale patterns instantly surfaced on his right arm!

Jiang Yan's mouth twitched, but his expression remained very calm, as if he didn't care about the other party's Possession at all.

"Old geezer, you might be clever, but you picked the wrong person..."

Jiang Yan's left hand formed a seal, quickly sealing the meridians and Acupoints on his right arm. Immediately after, the Soul Calming Incantation on his Divine Soul suddenly glowed with an eerie ghost-blue light.

"Boom!"

A blinding ghost-blue light suddenly erupted from within Jiang Yan's body. The Ancient Sea Clan Member's Possession power was instantly locked by a Talismanic Incantation power, followed by a force of backlash.

"This, this is..."

Looking at the Soul Calming Incantation, it read: 'Old ghost, if you dare attempt Possession, This Young Master will plunder everything you have!'

The Ancient Sea Clan Member's terrified voice screamed in Jiang Yan's Sea of Consciousness. It discovered that what it had invaded was not the body of some Core Formation Cultivator, but a... cage imprisoning some kind of forbidden existence!

Deep within Jiang Yan's Sea of Consciousness, a Golden Core Divine Soul shadow, distinct on its left and right sides, was sharpening its blade and approaching the Ancient Sea Clan Member's soul body.

"Old geezer, you're so stupid!" Jiang Yan's Divine Soul licked its lips, revealing a hair-raising smile. "Did you really think I was afraid of your Possession? This Young Master's Soul Calming Incantation was specifically set to prevent others from attempting Possession."

"No... this is impossible!"

The Ancient Sea Clan Member's soul body struggled frantically in Jiang Yan's Sea of Consciousness, only to see that eerie Divine Soul shadow drawing closer and closer.

The left half of the Divine Soul glowed with brilliant golden light and held a sharp blade, while the right half was as black as ink, dragging a string of rust-covered chains. Two completely different powers were perfectly fused together.

"How is it? This Young Master's Golden Core is quite special, isn't it!"

Jiang Yan's Divine Soul shadow grinned and suddenly lunged!

The golden half slashed down, instantly shearing off a third of the Ancient Sea Clan Member's soul body. The black half swung its chains, binding the remnant soul tightly and beginning to frantically extract the other's Divine Soul power.

"Ah!! No... please don't..."

The Ancient Sea Clan Member let out a shrill scream. It finally understood that this Human Race Cultivator's Golden Core was not some ordinary Grade Nine Golden Core, but a Heaven-Defying Golden Core that only existed among ancient experts!

"Thanks for the delivery~"

[Slayed Fifth Realm Evil Soul Ancient Sea Kui. Gained Experience: 45,000. lifespan: 8,624 years.]

[Current Experience: 85.40%]

[Plundered Ancient Sea Kui Spell: Soul Seizing]

[Plundered Ancient Sea Kui Spell: Bloodthirsty]

[Plundered Ancient Sea Kui dao intent: 1.2]

Jiang Yan's main body suddenly opened its eyes, and the scales on his right arm completely receded. With a wave of his hand, the hai jiuyuan sword flew back into his grip, trembling.

The hai jiuyuan sword could feel that its original Revered Master was currently being devoured by Jiang Yan's Divine Soul.

"What, scared already?"

Jiang Yan's lips curled into a sinister smile as his left hand gently stroked the sword's blade, as if searching for a prey's weakness.

The hai jiuyuan sword trembled even more violently, even attempting to break free from Jiang Yan's control.

But no matter how much it trembled, it could not escape that will.

Jiang Yan looked at the Talisman on the hilt, which was disappearing at a visible rate.

"Fortunately, I kept a trick up my sleeve. Otherwise, you traitor would have really tried to devour your Revered Master!"

Just as the hai jiuyuan sword was about to break free from the control of the "Will Talisman," Jiang Yan's left hand produced two types of Talismans and stuck them onto the hilt and blade.

"Buzz!"

The hai jiuyuan sword emitted a shrill wail, and the characters "burying sea" on the blade flashed frantically, trying to resist the Seal's suppression.

"Little thing, you're not the first sword spirit to resist, and you won't be the last!"

After saying that, Jiang Yan accelerated the circulation of the Qi Blood Fiend Source Scripture. His entire body's qi-blood boiled, and a powerful qi-blood force covered his body.

"Shatter for me!"

"Boom!"

A monstrous blood fiend aura erupted from around Jiang Yan. The boiling qi-blood surged like lava, frantically pouring into the sword through his arms!

The hai jiuyuan sword let out a piercing wail as the characters "burying sea" on the blade cracked inch by inch.

Those sword spirit wills trying to resist were crushed like fragile glass under the violent pressure of the Qi Blood Fiend Source Scripture!

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the ancient contract appearing at the crossguard completely shattered.

"No..."

The sword spirit within the ancient hai jiuyuan sword let out an unwilling sound. It couldn't understand why anyone would be willing to annihilate a Heaven Rank sword spirit like itself!

[Slayed Heaven Rank Sword Spirit. Gained Experience: 50,000. lifespan: 11,502 years.]

[Current Experience: 87.65%]

[Plundered Heaven Rank Sword Spirit dao intent: 5]

[Plundered Heaven Rank Sword Spirit Talent: Sword Dao Growth]

[Sword Dao Concept Growth Upgrade: Delusion-Breaking Sword Truth]

[Plundered Heaven Rank Sword Spirit Legacy: Ancient Sealing Technique]

[Slaying Artifact Spirit LV2 (718/1000)]

'Hmm, not bad. Every time I slay an artifact spirit, I always get quite a few good things.'

The scene of Jiang Yan breaking the ancient sword with his bare hands shocked the Disciples of various Sects around him.

They never would have imagined that an ancient treasure would be destroyed just like that!

One must know that if any Sect obtained that ancient sword, their Sect's strength would certainly be greatly enhanced. Even the Great Elders of the three major Sects would not lightly provoke a Sect that possessed an ancient treasure.

Jiang Yan didn't know what these Sect Disciples were thinking. He was currently considering whether to go to the fourth floor; after all, in one more day, the Secret Realm "Legacy" of the first two floors would open.

Through devouring the Divine Soul memories of that Ancient Sea Clan Member, Jiang Yan finally understood the Sea Clan's ultimate plan.

To call it Possession was a bit small-minded; after all, the Ancient Sea Clan didn't even look down on mere Possession.

What they wanted was to engulf the entire human cultivation world, to allow their Sea Clan to infiltrate Human Race Cultivators and then delude them into entering the Linxian Secret Realm.

As for the two major Legacies and the resources in the Linxian Secret Realm, they were merely bait set by the Sea Clan to possess the strong and slowly eat away at the Human Race, eventually ruling the entire human cultivation world!

'That's a massive dream... unfortunately, the road ahead just got difficult.'

Thinking of Li Yi's four spatial boxes, he always felt that his "brute" of a Revered Master must know something. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been collecting resources like he was plowing a field.

In fact, Li Yi really didn't know about the Sea Clan's plan; he simply didn't want to waste anything. After all, the Linxian Secret Realm only opened once every sixty years. He wouldn't be satisfied unless he took all the Secret Realm resources with him.

In Li Yi's dictionary, there was nothing that couldn't be taken. As long as he set his sights on something, no matter how many people were guarding it, he would find a way to get his hands on it.

Among the Cultivators of the previous generation, perhaps not many people knew the name "Li Yi," but if "Li Three Essentials" was mentioned, almost everyone knew of him.

Thus, a saying had been passed down: "Beware of fire, beware of theft, and beware of Sanyao!"

Just as Jiang Yan was considering how to discuss the Sea Clan's plan with his Revered Master, a Buddhist chant rang out from the distance.

"Amitabha. Benefactor Jiang, we meet again."

Seeing it was the monk Heartless, a light flashed in Jiang Yan's eyes.

"Monk, what a coincidence," Jiang Yan greeted with a smile.

"Amitabha. Fate is indeed mysterious," Heartless said, pressing his palms together.

"Come, let's go to the Fourth Floor Island together," Jiang Yan greeted warmly.

Heartless's smile faltered. He felt that Jiang Yan was very off at the moment, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly what was wrong.

So, he simply allowed Jiang Yan to pull him toward the fourth floor teleportation entrance...