189: The remnant soul of the ancient evil king, took over Xia Fan's body?

In the dim and quiet cave, there was nothing particularly special.

But the sense of extreme danger grew stronger, even making the Magic Cat uneasy, "Tiger Brother, this place..."

"It's so eerie here, as if something dangerous is watching us!"

"Don't be afraid!"

"Since we are here, we should make ourselves at home. If it were a mere ghost playing tricks, it would have shown itself by now."

Although Xia Fan said this, he didn't dare to be careless, constantly observing every movement within the cave.

His perception was even sharper than the Magic Cat's, so he could confirm that there was indeed danger here!

"Jie! Jie! Jie!"

Suddenly, a sinister laugh echoed through the empty cave, adding to the eeriness, "How many years has it been? Finally, a living creature has entered this place!"

"How truly fresh!"

"Jiejiejie, This Lord is finally going to see the light of day again!"

Hearing this voice, Xia Fan's gaze quickly swept towards the skeleton, but the skeleton showed no abnormalities. Just as he thought the danger came from elsewhere, he saw a sudden movement from the green bead in the skeleton's abdomen.

A wisp of black smoke shot out from it at an incredibly fast speed. The moment it appeared, Xia Fan exclaimed in surprise, "A soul?"

He had already reached the peak of the fifth-tier, and now he was not unfamiliar with this black smoke at all. After all, reaching above the fifth-tier meant one already possessed the ability for the soul to survive even if the physical body was destroyed.

However, that this soul could survive in the world for so long was somewhat beyond his expectation, "Perhaps it has something to do with this green bead!"

"It seems that the opponent, in his lifetime, was at least a mid-fifth-tier powerhouse."

The reason Xia Fan thought this was because, in the early fifth-tier, the soul's ability to survive was not yet apparent.

Many early fifth-tier cultivators were often annihilated along with their physical bodies; at that time, their souls wouldn't have time to escape.

But now, he was at the peak of the fifth-tier, with a deeper understanding of soul power.

It could be said that he could now let his soul leave his body at any time, using it to fight enemies or to escape!

However, the black smoke before him gave him a feeling even stronger than what a peak fifth-tier would bring, even generating a sense of being outmatched.

This made his heart grow heavier.

"It's a peak fifth-tier physical body!"

"Not bad!"

From within the black smoke, bursts of laughter came again, which made the Magic Cat even more frightened, "Tiger Brother, I heard that... such souls, once they see a living being, will forcibly seize another's body to live on for another lifetime."

"I... I just feel like he's coming over!"

"How about we leave!"

At this moment, Xia Fan also understood that this powerful soul, from who knew when, wanted to possess him and occupy his physical body. He immediately continued to reassure, "With me here, he can't hurt you. Just help me deal with him."

"If we truly can't win, you and I can still leave smoothly."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

As a strange wind blew, the black smoke continuously approached, and an intense sense of danger emanated from it.

"Suppress!"

In an instant, Xia Fan roared, and subconsciously activated the eastern emperor bell with all his might, completely protecting himself. The Magic Cat, who was merged with him, was naturally also within its protection.

"Bang—"

With a loud crash, the black smoke rushed over at an extremely fast speed, but it slammed hard into the eastern emperor bell, failing to break through its defense.

Under this impact, the eastern emperor bell shook violently, almost on the verge of collapsing, but it was ultimately solid, always protecting Xia Fan and the Magic Cat very well.

Immediately after, a faint soul projection appeared.

Xia Fan narrowed his eyes slightly and saw that it was a man in black robes. This man had a sinister face, exuding an evil and Weird aura from head to toe, especially in his pair of gloomy eyes, where streaks of chilling coldness could be seen.

And despite the black-robed man's efforts to perfect his form, he was still as thin as a stick, as if he had just emerged from hell!

At this moment, the black-robed man's face showed a hint of surprise, as he stared blankly at the eastern emperor bell, "This... this..."

"Could it be... the eastern emperor bell?"

The black-robed man muttered, and after confirming it was indeed the object he recognized, he became even more shocked, "How could such a divine artifact fall into the hands of you, a fifth-tier beast?"

"How did you get it?"

"Are you human or ghost?"

For a soul to say such words was truly laughable.

However, Xia Fan was furious. Almost without thinking, he directly activated the eastern emperor bell, "In all these years, This Lord has never been insulted like this before!"

"Today, no matter what ancient evil creature or demon you are, This Lord will kill you!"

"Clang—"

When the eastern emperor bell was fully activated, its deep and resonant chime instantly rang out, shattering space in an instant. Even the black-robed man before him suffered immense damage from it.

But this was merely a fraction of the power of the supreme divine artifact, the eastern emperor bell!

"This Lord..."

The black-robed man's voice had not yet faded, but his soul projection had already disintegrated under the bell's sound, though it slowly showed signs of re-coalescing.

Xia Fan watched everything with cold eyes, muttering, "I'm afraid in less than ten seconds, this guy will recover again."

"It seems the eastern emperor bell can't shatter his soul either!"

At this moment, he showed a solemn expression. After two seconds of contemplation, he activated the eastern emperor bell again.

"Clang—"

Under the reverberating chime, the black-robed man was shattered again, but Xia Fan thought, "If this continues, even if I exhaust myself to death, I won't have any way to deal with him. It would be better to..."

As his gaze shifted, Xia Fan noticed the origin of the black smoke's eruption—the green bead.

Immediately, he rushed at an extremely fast speed towards the skeleton and the green bead within the skeleton. With a swipe of his tiger claw, he grabbed it, and then immediately threw the eastern emperor bell into the air, "Open!"

In an instant, a spatial rift appeared. Without another word, Xia Fan directly dove in, and at the same time, the spatial rift quickly closed.

Thus, he once again traversed the void and left the sealed cave.

"Ah..."

The black-robed man soon re-coalesced. After searching around for a moment, he discovered that Xia Fan had not only left but had also taken the green bead, immediately letting out an incomparably furious roar, "Thief!"

"You little thief..."

His anger erupted like a volcano, but finding no target to vent on, he finally aimed at the seal that trapped him and struck it.

But after only a few blows, the black-robed man paused, then was overjoyed, "Hahaha, after so many years, has the power of the seal weakened to this extent?"

"It seems This Lord will be able to leave here soon!"

The black-robed man was beside himself with joy, quickly casting aside the anger Xia Fan had brought him, and wholeheartedly continued to pound the seal, "Hahaha, by then, that Xia Fan will have to endure This Lord's wrath!"

"You won't escape!"