205: Soul Separation

"Flying Immortal Sect!"

Never heard of it!

Presumably, it's nothing extraordinary, nor a large Sect with a significant background. In that case, everything is negotiable.

Sitting atop the Yu Lei Green Lion's back, the Gu Family God Child, Gu Qingtian, had a gloomy expression.

Killing his Ancient Shu Kingdom Heavenly Pride 'Gu Danling' in front of the Heavenly Pride of all major Sects from various sides—if he, the Gu Family God Child, remained unmoved, the Gu Family's prestige would undoubtedly suffer greatly. This concerned the Gu Family's reputation, leaving Gu Qingtian no choice but to act.

He waved his hand: "Three Daoist friends, go meet that Southern Heavenly Pride, Pang Feifeng."

As soon as he finished speaking, three Yang God Heavenly Pride immediately stepped out from among the many Southwest Heavenly Pride.

They were not members of the Gu Family, nor were they from the Ancient Shu Kingdom. Instead, they were top Heavenly Pride from other large Sects in the Southwest, but their Sects were inferior to the Gu Family of the Ancient Shu Kingdom, so they naturally deferred to the Gu Family.

Just like the Heavenly Pride of the Southern Countries' large Sects would obey Lu Chen's command.

"God Child Gu, Pang Feifeng's Puppet?" The eyes of one young Heavenly Pride flickered as he spoke with hesitation, clearly extremely wary of the Piercing Void Wind and Thunder Dao Soldier.

Gu Qingtian said indifferently: "A Puppet is ultimately a Puppet. Once I capture Pang Feifeng and refine him into a vital fluid, his Puppet will collapse on its own."

The young Heavenly Pride immediately clapped his hands and laughed: "Indeed, a Puppet is ultimately controlled by a person. Since we can't kill the Puppet, we'll kill the person controlling the Puppet."

He knew the terrifying power of Gu Qingtian's jade gourd; capturing a Pang Feifeng was naturally no problem.

"As God Child instructed." The three young Heavenly Pride exchanged glances and together headed towards the direction of the Southern Countries' Heavenly Pride.

At the same moment, from the direction of the Great Qian Dynasty, Qian Changsheng forcibly suppressed the intense tearing pain in his Soul and beckoned to his side.

Immediately, a Great Qian Heavenly Pride stepped forward: "Your Highness."

Qian Changsheng's eyes, bloodshot from the Soul-tearing pain, coldly swept towards the direction of the Southern Countries' Heavenly Pride, and he spoke hoarsely: "Go, gather the Yang God Heavenly Pride of my Northeast Countries' large Sects to await orders!"

The Gu Family God Child from the Ancient Shu Kingdom, Gu Qingtian, had already attacked again; that fake Pang Feifeng would not escape this calamity!

Next, how could the real 'Pang Feifeng', the one who killed his Spirit God and beheaded the Crown Prince Preceptor in the Lingguang cultivation world, stand by and do nothing?

Furthermore, Qian Changsheng now also believed that what the Thunder Sword Immortal from the Spring and Autumn Sword Palace said was likely true.

The guy he encountered in the Lingguang cultivation world was likely not Pang Feifeng at all, but undoubtedly Lu Chen from the Dongming Sect.

Only this mysterious Dongming Sect, which even the Qian Emperor specifically instructed him not to provoke easily, could have kept all four of the experts he dispatched to the South Chu—the Head of the Demon Hunting Division and three Yang God Enshrinements.

Therefore, he was deceived!

Deceived into a fool by Lu Chen's casual remark of 'Pang Feifeng'.

Of course, none of that was important anymore, because although Lu Chen hadn't shown himself yet, the one he had been facing all along was Lu Chen, not Pang Feifeng.

Now, he just had to wait for Gu Qingtian of the Gu Family to remove that fake Pang Feifeng—who was Lu Chen's bait placed in the open to mislead the various Heavenly Pride—and this sinister fellow, Lu Chen, would naturally surface.

By then, Qian Changsheng would mobilize the strength of all the Heavenly Pride from the entire Northeast Countries to completely destroy that Dongming Sect's Lu Chen here.

He didn't believe Lu Chen could withstand the siege of hundreds, thousands, or even more than a thousand Heavenly Pride!

No one present could achieve that. No matter how many or how strong Lu Chen's Puppets were, they ultimately couldn't resist the overwhelming force of the general trend!

As for the Dongming Sect?

The Qian Emperor only said not to provoke it easily, but he didn't say it couldn't be provoked!

"Where is Pang Feifeng?" The three Southwest Yang God Heavenly Pride came together, once again stopping above the heads of the many Southern Heavenly Pride, and shouted coldly.

In response, the Southern Heavenly Pride all sneered: "Another one who isn't afraid of death comes to challenge Brother Pang's prestige. I wonder what kind of death awaits him later."

In less than half a day, Pang Feifeng had already displayed his divine power multiple times, killing the Heavenly Pride of the Great Qian and Ancient Shu Kingdom one after another on the spot. They were already tired of seeing it.

At the same time, in their hearts, an invincible image of Pang Feifeng had already been unconsciously established.

Even Pang Feifeng himself developed a similar illusion: 'With Brother Lu here, I, Pang Feifeng, am invincible. Who should I fear?'

So he, familiar with the routine, responded coldly: "Pang Feifeng is here. Which ignorant nobody dares to challenge me like this?"

Even the five Yang God Clones of the Great Qian Dynasty's Crown Prince Qian Changsheng were pulverized by the combined efforts of me, Pang Feifeng, and Lu Chen. How dare you petty clowns come again to challenge this young master and Brother Lu's prestige?

Suppress them all!

"A mere Yin Spirit, relying only on a Puppet of unknown origin, dares to spout such arrogant words in front of us. How audacious!" One of the Yang God Heavenly Pride snorted coldly. As he raised his hand, a small crimson flag appeared in his palm, entwined with illusory divine fire, even burning the formless Void into turbulent boiling.

In the palm of another Yang God Heavenly Pride, a strange small bell appeared. It was entirely bronze-colored, inscribed with profound runes and incantations. Just by tossing it into the air, it vanished without a trace, but around the three of them, a strange invisible barrier seemed to appear, subtly, isolating everything.

The last Yang God Heavenly Pride, however, produced a strange bronze gong in one hand and a hand awl in the other. He smiled coldly: "Ignorant rat, let me, Liang, give you a gift."

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hand and struck the bronze gong with the hand awl!

"Clang!"

The sound of the gong rang out, clear and subtle, not loud, and it didn't resonate far or wide, but the previously proud Pang Feifeng suddenly felt his mind about to split open. He instantly staggered, nearly falling into the Jiyuan Sea.

"This is..." Pang Feifeng saw stars, his Divine Soul felt as if it was about to detach from his Yin God, or perhaps split. Even the various rules of light he had comprehended couldn't block this eerie gong sound, which went directly into his Divine Soul, ignoring everything.

"Divine Soul Stripping!"

What the hell kind of Spirit Treasure is this?

He gasped, and when he looked at the bronze gong in that person's hand again, his eyes were filled with dread!

He was going to die!

If that gong sounded just one more time, he would truly die, his Divine Soul would be stripped away, and he would die silently, unable to escape even as a Yin God!

Because this was a Spirit Treasure directly targeting the Divine Soul, and it was impossible to guard against!

"His Spirit Treasure strips Divine Souls, I'm going to die! Brother Lu, save me!" Pang Feifeng was terrified out of his wits, transmitting his voice frantically, begging Lu Chen for help!

This was too terrifying!

He couldn't withstand it, nor could he. Because he had no secret technique for Divine Soul defense, nor such a secret treasure. He was like a fragile chick waiting to be pecked!

"Another interesting Spirit Treasure!" Lu Chen's eyes gleamed with a strange light, staring intently at the bronze gong in the Yang God Heavenly Pride's hand!

A Spirit Treasure that ignores all defenses and strips the Divine Soul—then the Divine Power inherent in this Spirit Treasure should also be related to the Divine Soul!

Lu Chen had never seen such a Divine Power, or even such a Spell, in the Dongming Sect. This indicated its rarity and preciousness.

But now, it was his.

Also, that strange small bell thrown by the other Yang God Heavenly Pride—that should be an extremely powerful defensive Spirit Treasure, formless and colorless, also a top-notch item.

There are countless co-natal Spirit Treasures in this world, too many to count, strange and bizarre, encompassing everything, making people yearn for them yet feel helpless, because no matter how good someone else's Spirit Treasure is, it belongs to them. You can't take it, nor can you touch it.

Fortunately, Lu Chen could.

What he saw was his, and what was good was also his!

He wanted them all!

"Divine Soul Stripping, I'll lend Brother Pang a hand!" In front of the Divine Hall, the Shen Gun (Godly Staff) Feng Jie, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

The next instant, he bowed towards the depths of the Divine Hall.

Silently, a mysterious and majestic presence, seemingly formless and intangible, seemed to step out from the Divine Hall.

The next moment, Pang Feifeng felt as if an unknown large hand from the netherworld pressed down, forcing his Divine Soul, which was about to detach at any moment, back into his Yin God: "Feng Jie? What is this guy's background?"

Pang Feifeng was startled and suspicious, the more he looked at this guy Feng Jie, the more mysterious he felt he was.

That bronze gong could ignore everything and directly strip the Divine Soul, which was already terrifying Pang Feifeng, but this guy Feng Jie was even more extraordinary. He could actually press his Divine Soul back from the state of being about to be stripped. Such a method was simply unheard of and unseen.

"Hmm?" The Yang God Heavenly Pride holding the bronze gong in one hand and the hand awl in the other slightly furrowed his brow.

With one strike of the gong, Pang Feifeng, with his Yin Spirit Realm strength, did not fall down directly. After just a stagger, he was lively again.

"I'd like to see how many gong sounds your Yin Spirit Realm Divine Soul can withstand!" This Yang God Heavenly Pride hardened his heart, about to strike the bronze gong again.

But at this moment, ripples suddenly appeared in the Void, and then a tall Piercing Void Wind and Thunder Dao Soldier, glowing with dark golden light, emerged and threw a punch.

"Boom!"

The eight great rules of Five Elements, Wind and Thunder, and Void all converged, along with the power of Earthly Fiend, all merging into this punch, as if to punch a hole in this piece of sky. The might was terrifying.

"Dong!"

However, a deafening bell chime resounded.

This punch, still three zhang away from the three Yang God Heavenly Pride, was blocked by an invisible large bell. The Void exploded with a bang, and whistling gale force winds spread out in a bell shape in all directions.

"My 'Nameless Golden Bell' can even block heavenly Lightning Tribulations, how could a mere Puppet break it?" Another Yang God Heavenly Pride smiled smugly.

But just as his words fell, he saw the Piercing Void Wind and Thunder Dao Soldier's large hand spread open, expanding infinitely, and then grabbing down, seizing the Nameless Golden Bell along with the three Heavenly Pride and stuffing them all into a Void cage formed by the Void rules, where they disappeared without a trace.

This scene made Lu Chen, inside the Divine Hall, chuckle, 'It's the first time I've seen someone package themselves up and deliver themselves!'

Indeed, the Nameless Golden Bell was very difficult to break, but who said you had to break that Spirit Treasure Golden Bell to capture these three Yang God Heavenly Pride?

Grabbing the Spirit Treasure Golden Bell along with them wasn't just perfect?

From the direction of the Ancient Shu Kingdom, the Gu Family God Child Gu Qingtian's eyelids twitched violently as he watched, 'Where did this talent come from, who 'imprisoned' his own people inside a Golden Bell before the fight even started?'

Wasn't this clearly telling people to take them all in one go?

That Puppet might not be able to break the Spirit Treasure Golden Bell, but it wasn't unable to move it. With its terrifying strength, grabbing the Spirit Treasure Golden Bell was no problem at all!

"Alright, once this God Child captures Pang Feifeng, the Puppet will break on its own!" Gu Qingtian attacked silently, once again unleashing his jade gourd. He tossed it into the air, aiming it at Pang Feifeng in the distance.

In an instant, the still-shaken Pang Feifeng suddenly felt his heart tremble violently, and an unprecedented sense of great terror assaulted him.

"Danger, extreme danger!"

He was about to follow the warning in the netherworld to find the source of that great terror, but before he could even look up, his body was already out of control, instantly transforming into a blue light, heading straight towards that jade gourd.

"What a dangerous Spirit Treasure!" Lu Chen's heart stirred. He looked towards the Spirit Treasure above Gu Qingtian's head from afar.

As expected, this Gu Family God Child's Spirit Treasure was extraordinary.

It could, silently, turn a person into blue light, almost ignoring everything. If no one rescued him, Pang Feifeng would definitely not last a single breath before being sucked into the gourd, turning into a puddle of vital fluid, becoming nourishment for Gu Qingtian's cultivation.

With a thought, the Piercing Void Spirit Treasure Dao Soldier suddenly stepped into the Void, and then reappeared before the blue light that Pang Feifeng had turned into. It grabbed the blue light, holding it in its palm, completely isolating it from the jade gourd.

A Dao Soldier is neither living nor dead, transcends the Three Realms, and is not within the Five Elements. That jade gourd had no way to deal with the Piercing Void Dao Soldier and immediately fell silent.

Gu Qingtian abruptly stood up from behind the Yu Lei Green Lion, his face extremely grim: "What a Pang Feifeng, what a Puppet!"

He had attacked twice in a row with the jade gourd, but both times he was obstructed by this strange Puppet.

Especially this time, Pang Feifeng was already completely enveloped by the jade gourd, had turned into a blue light, and had become the fish on his chopping block!

But frustratingly, at the last moment, his efforts were in vain, as the strange Puppet isolated the power of the jade gourd, snatching food from the tiger's mouth and saving Pang Feifeng!

This made Gu Qingtian feel utterly humiliated, his face stinging as if it were on fire!

He had attacked twice. The first time was not only unsuccessful, but it also cost the life of another Gu Family Heavenly Pride, Gu Danling.

Now, the second attack resulted in the capture of three Yang God Heavenly Pride from the Southwest Countries, while Pang Feifeng remained unharmed.

How could he tolerate this?

If he didn't capture Pang Feifeng with thunderous means now, the Gu Family might as well forget about getting any meat from this Qing Ming Great Cleansing, their prestige would be completely swept away!

"Daoist friends from the Southwest Countries' Sects, attack together and capture Pang Feifeng!" Gu Qingtian spoke darkly, almost roaring: "A mere Puppet, does it really think it can defy heaven?! Shatter it, grind it into dust! I want to see what other means the Southern region has!"

For a moment, the Heavenly Pride of the Southwest Countries all looked at each other, and for a while, no one advanced even half a step.

Since its appearance, that strange Puppet had successively killed the Great Qian Heavenly Pride Mu Chun, and even the five Yang God Clones of Crown Prince Qian Changsheng. Afterwards, it killed the Gu Family Heavenly Pride Gu Danling, and just now, it took out three Yang God Heavenly Pride from the Southwest in one go. Even Gu Qingtian's terrifying co-natal Spirit Treasure, the jade gourd, couldn't affect it in the slightest.

With such terrifying strength, who among those present wasn't afraid?