Chapter 565: Breaking the Formation with Force

Seeing those phantoms, Ye Yuan's expression turned serious.

"Phantom Spirit Bodies!"

The leading middle-aged man was taken aback upon hearing this and said with some surprise, "Young man, you actually know about Phantom Spirit Bodies. You are indeed knowledgeable, no wonder you could perfectly clear the first three levels."

The so-called Phantom Spirit Body is a state where the soul spirit is refined into a nearly immortal and indestructible form using extremely special methods.

This kind of Phantom Spirit Body is extremely troublesome because they are very hard to kill.

Even if you blast them to pieces, they can still quickly restore their original form.

Unless a martial artist's realm is far higher than that of the Phantom Spirit Body and they use great divine powers to completely annihilate them, only then can they be killed.

Ye Yuan had conducted in-depth research on the soul and recognized at a glance that these people were Phantom Spirit Bodies.

"Uh... Senior, you actually have your own consciousness!"

Hearing that the middle-aged man actually spoke to him, Ye Yuan was also startled.

As far as he knew, Phantom Spirit Bodies were usually stripped of their consciousness, becoming emotionless killing machines.

But the eyes of these people were lively, clearly possessing their own consciousness, which greatly surprised Ye Yuan.

"It seems you know quite a bit! Don't worry, we all volunteered to be refined into Phantom Spirit Bodies and have retained our consciousness," said the middle-aged man.

"Volunteered?" Ye Yuan couldn't help but feel astonished.

The process of refining a Phantom Spirit Body was extremely painful; even for a soul spirit, the agony was unbearable.

Moreover, to refine a Phantom Spirit Body, one had to kill the person in front of them and extract the living soul for refinement—a very cruel method.

Because of this, such methods were also listed as forbidden arts in the Divine Realm. Once someone was found refining Phantom Spirit Bodies, they would be attacked by all.

These Phantom Spirit Bodies before him had all volunteered to be refined, which truly surprised Ye Yuan.

"That's right! In our lifetimes, we all received great kindness from the master of the Heavenly Stupa. But due to an accident, we all fell. The master of the Heavenly Stupa arrived at the last moment, killed the opponent, and saved us from utter destruction," the middle-aged man seemed quite interested and actually chatted with Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan understood after hearing this, but still wondered, "With the master of the Heavenly Stupa's abilities, even if he couldn't resurrect you, finding a few bodies for you to seize and be reborn should have been possible, right?"

The middle-aged man laughed heartily and said, "Of course it was possible, but we were unwilling. At that time, the master of the Heavenly Stupa gave us two choices: one was to seize a body and be reborn, and the other was to become the guardians of this Heavenly Stupa. After discussing among ourselves, we ultimately decided to become the guardians!"

Ye Yuan nodded slightly. Since these people were willing, he naturally didn't want to meddle further.

"Senior, who exactly is the master of the Heavenly Stupa?" Ye Yuan couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked.

"I can't say that. If you are fated with the Heavenly Stupa, you will know in the future," said the middle-aged man.

Seeing the middle-aged man's demeanor, Ye Yuan knew he wouldn't get anything out of him, so he cupped his hands and said, "Senior, make your move."

The middle-aged man looked at Ye Yuan and smiled, "Although I find you quite agreeable, we won't go easy on you!"

"Senior, just do your worst!" Ye Yuan said nonchalantly.

These Phantom Spirit Bodies were clearly not at the Sea Transformation Realm, but they all suppressed their realms to the mid Sea Transformation Realm, matching Ye Yuan's level.

As the formation opened, Ye Yuan felt a pressure bearing down on him from all directions.

With Ye Yuan's insight, he could naturally see that these Phantom Spirit Bodies had formed a formation!

Moreover, Ye Yuan had never seen this formation before!

But even a fool could tell that this formation's power was extraordinary.

"Young man, take this!"

A cold light flashed, and countless sword beams rushed toward Ye Yuan.

With this move, Ye Yuan knew that the difficulty of this level had increased more than just a little compared to the first three.

Although the number had decreased, the quality had improved by more than a notch.

The first three levels were difficult, but only in terms of the number of beasts; locally, they couldn't stop people like Liu Hong and Qin Yan.

But to break through the formation in this fourth level, one would need some real skills to get through.

However, Ye Yuan's goal now was not just to get through, but to completely break the formation and even kill all these Phantom Spirit Bodies!

Having tasted the sweetness of perfect clearance, Ye Yuan was naturally unwilling to simply pass the level.

He wanted to perfectly clear the fourth, fifth, and sixth levels as well!

The temptation of the Heavenly Stupa Stele was simply too great!

"Hehe, I just comprehended the Flame Killing Strike; this is a good chance to practice!" Ye Yuan chuckled lightly, and his figure instantly became elusive.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Ye Yuan threw three consecutive punches, sweeping away all the sword shadows!

"True Intent of Scorching Heat! Good lad!" The middle-aged man was greatly shocked.

Their formation could kill mid Sea Transformation Realm cultivators as easily as crushing an ant, yet now they couldn't mount an effective attack against Ye Yuan!

With just the Flame Killing Strike, Ye Yuan completely suppressed all of them!

This made the middle-aged man feel quite frustrated. Their task on the fourth level was to suppress their realm to match the challenger's, so they couldn't use their true strength.

Originally, with their martial arts realm and this formation, suppressing an opponent of the same level was as easy as playing.

But he never expected that Ye Yuan's actual combat strength far exceeded his realm, and the Flame Killing Strike was extremely powerful, leaving no opponent at the same level!

If not for their rich martial arts experience, Ye Yuan would have already broken the formation with that last move.

With his insight, the middle-aged man could naturally see that with their current strength, they simply couldn't stop Ye Yuan from entering the next level.

Just then, a voice sounded in the middle-aged man's ear: "Kui Liang, raise the realm to late Sea Transformation!"

Kui Liang's eyes lit up, and a playful expression appeared on his face.

The voice was none other than that of the mysterious person.

"Alright!"

Clearly, the others had received the same order.

In an instant, their auras surged, breaking through mid Sea Transformation and rising to late Sea Transformation!

Seeing this, Ye Yuan couldn't help but sneer, "Senior, is this how you guard the level? Isn't that too shameless?"

Kui Liang laughed heartily and said, "Young man, don't blame us. Blame yourself for being too monstrous! Come on!"

Ye Yuan grinned and said, "Senior, you think too much. Do you think raising to late Sea Transformation can stop me from breaking the formation? Are you ready? Here I come!"

Kui Liang's smile froze on his face.

"Quick, combine forces and kill this brat!"

This strike from Ye Yuan carried immense power; the might of a single punch actually made him feel a tremor!

"Boom!"

With just one punch, the formation led by Kui Liang was shattered into pieces!