179: Soul Comes

Simultaneously, Cold Moon also flew toward that 3rd-grade Teng Snake. With a single move, she unleashed a Colorful Silk Ribbon, dancing with water-blue light and coiling toward the Teng Snake on the ground like a spirit serpent!

This Teng Snake had been lured here by the Smoky Incense. The fragrance seemed to be poisonous, making it slightly drowsy. However, after the Colorful Silk Ribbon attacked, its instincts were instantly activated. It raised its head, flicked its tongue wildly, and let out a series of piercing "hissing" sounds... "It's actually a 4th-grade Early Stage Teng Snake?!" Cold Moon was startled. She hadn't expected this Teng Snake's rank to be two minor levels higher than the information provided by Yun Yi. It was previously said to be 3rd-grade Late Stage, but now it was not only beyond 3rd-grade Peak but already at 4th-grade Early Stage. With the abilities of a mutated beast, they are generally half a level to a full level higher than the Human Race. In other words, this Teng Snake's combat power was already close to or at the Middle Stage of a Human Race Martial Ancestor. Against Cold Moon's Martial Ancestor Middle Stage, it might seem slightly weaker on the surface, but this was its home turf. Combined with its powerful mutated beast Physique, the two sides were essentially evenly matched!

"Yun Yi! The Teng Snake is 4th-grade Early Stage! You bastard, you didn't even figure out its exact Realm! Hurry up and finish off that kid to come help me!" Cold Moon shouted repeatedly, bracing herself to fight the Teng Snake... At this moment, Yun Yi had no time to respond to her. In his plan, he should have easily captured Long Yuan because his actual cultivation was already at the Martial Master Peak, only a step away from becoming a Martial Ancestor. In his view, although Long Yuan possessed Martial Master combat power, he was still only at the Martial Artist Realm. For a Xuan Practitioner, a difference of one rank is like a chasm. Moreover, Long Yuan had only been Cultivating for a short time and couldn't possibly rival his own years of accumulation. However, once the fight began, he discovered that Long Yuan's movement technique was far too slippery. No matter what methods he used, the boy would dodge with a slight sway, making him feel like he was being toyed with... Hearing Cold Moon's constant urging, Yun Yi's face turned incredibly grim. He said fiercely, "In that case, don't blame me for being heartless. I originally wanted to leave you alive..."

He held one palm upright in front of his chest, chanting under his breath, and suddenly shouted, "Soul, Come!!!"

A streak of dark light shot from his mouth toward Long Yuan. It was actually a burst of black Soul Power, which instantly enveloped Long Yuan like lightning... Yun Yi's expression was sinister as he laughed wildly, "Kid, you didn't expect this, did you? I am also a Mind Power Master. The Soul Refining Skill you've been Cultivating is my nourishment. Once I devour your Soul Power, I can reach the level of a Martial Grandmaster!"

Long Yuan looked at Yun Yi's black soul beam and sneered, "It seems your Soul Refining Skill has reached the fourth layer..."

"Hahaha, exactly! This is the fate of Cultivating the Soul Refining Skill. Did you think I was really helping you when I gave you that Soul Refining Skill back then? Hahaha, I left a backdoor in the Cultivation Technique long ago. Any Soul Power you develop can only become my food. In the end, you're just a pig I've been raising!!! Now that the pig is fat, it's time to slaughter it..." Yun Yi laughed toward the sky, unable to hide the smugness on his face. He believed that once his trump card was revealed, Long Yuan would definitely have no ability to resist or struggle... Although playing the role of Long Yuan's teacher had been painful during this time, it was all worth it. As long as he devoured Long Yuan's Soul Power, he would 100% Breakthrough to become a Martial Grandmaster, and he would enter that stage as a powerful Martial Ancestor. After all, Long Yuan had provided so much—Soul Power at the 3rd layer Middle Stage! He hadn't expected him to reach this level at all... "Is that so? It turns out Teacher was really setting up a Pig-butchering Scam. Unfortunately, you still don't know who is actually slaughtering the pig, do you?" Long Yuan sneered.

"Who's slaughtering the pig? Of course it's me... Eh? What's going on? How can you still talk?" Yun Yi was suddenly stunned!

According to the devouring characteristics of the Soul Refining Skill, once his Soul Power was released, the Soul Refiner acting as food should submissively yield and accept the fate of having their Soul Power devoured. But now, Long Yuan's behavior completely contradicted this experience.

"Isn't this normal? You left a backdoor in the Cultivation Technique you gave me, but the Cultivation Technique you practice yourself was also left with a backdoor by someone else long ago!" Long Yuan teased.

"What? That's impossible?! Absolutely impossible!!!" Yun Yi's face changed drastically upon hearing this, and he roared.

"It seems Teacher still doesn't believe me... Soul, Come!!!" Long Yuan spoke softly and beckoned with his right hand. The black soul beam surrounding him turned into a streak of dark light and vanished with a "swish." Simultaneously, Yun Yi's whole body jolted, his expression became blank, and his face turned incredibly distorted. His Soul Power was being pulled out as a thick beam of dark light, surging continuously toward Long Yuan!

But at this moment, he was unable to move. Because his Soul Power was suppressed, his brain could no longer control any movement of his body. The two sides were actually engaged in a high-level energy battle. In a sense, this was a battle belonging to the Cultivation World. Yun Yi's control over Soul Power could not compare to Long Yuan's at all. If Long Yuan was now a Soul Master, then Yun Yi was just a newly initiated Soul Warrior. Under the pressure of the Soul Master's powerful Soul Power, he could no longer use any other means to resist, including the wood-attribute Profound Skills he had just used, which were now rendered useless.

In fact, Yun Yi himself had never realized one problem: the world of Blue Star had already begun to enter the era of cultivation, and the cultivation of Soul Power was an important Domain in the Cultivation World. The fact that he could Cultivate so quickly and raise his Soul Power to its current level was actually related to the Spiritual Qi gradually becoming denser. This was caused by objective conditions, but this situation created an illusion in Yun Yi's mind—he thought he was an absolute Soul Refining Genius because his own Soul Power cultivation had exceeded the normal performance mentioned in the Soul Refining Skill. Thus, his confidence ballooned, and he didn't care at all about the level of Soul Power Long Yuan had previously displayed. He even forgot that Long Yuan still had two terrifying Nian Needles that hadn't been deployed... But with Long Yuan's Nascent Soul-level Divine Sense power, he didn't need to use the Nian Needles at all. Instead, he used the Heavenly Eye Cultivation Technique. With one move of "Soul, Come," he easily sucked away and devoured Yun Yi's Soul Power. While a shred of consciousness remained in Yun Yi's mind, Long Yuan said: "Actually, I didn't Cultivate that Soul Refining Skill at all because I already had a much better Soul Refining Cultivation Technique. I didn't expect you to be setting a trap to raise a pig even before then. I'm afraid quite a few pigs have been raised to death by you, right? At least half of your current Soul Power comes from them, doesn't it? Consider this me avenging them! I really don't know why you were willing to become a Human Traitor for the Shadow Moon Hall. Was it because you were persecuted by your Family's main branch back then and harbored resentment, then turned around and joined them?"

Yun Yi's face twisted as he listened, his whole body trembling. Clearly, his heart was incredibly agitated, and he even shed two lines of hot tears because of it...