Chapter 760: Sealing the Sea of Consciousness

"Ouch! Kid, you ambushed me!"

The moment Xie Lingzi entered Ye Yuan's sea of consciousness, before he could understand what was happening, he was struck by a soul sword and let out a miserable scream.

"Heh, so what if I ambushed you? Take another one!"

Ye Yuan sneered coldly and released another soul sword.

"Ouch!"

Xie Lingzi screamed again. How could he have imagined that a mere Divine Journey realm kid like Ye Yuan would possess such a fierce soul attack?

Caught off guard, Xie Lingzi was directly ambushed by Ye Yuan.

Soul battles are extremely perilous. After being hit by two soul swords, Xie Lingzi's soul instantly weakened considerably.

Although Xie Lingzi was a peak Ninth Level Alchemy Emperor soul, having slept for so long, even with the seal of the formation, his soul power was nearly depleted.

Without the aid of a physical body, it was basically impossible for his soul power to recover, which was why he wanted to seize Ye Yuan's body.

"Hmm? No! You... your soul!" Xie Lingzi suddenly noticed something and let out a strange cry.

At this moment, Xie Lingzi was like a rabbit whose tail had been stepped on, greatly startled.

"Heh, noticed, have you?" Ye Yuan said mockingly.

Xie Lingzi cried out again, "Impossible! If you were reborn through possession, how could you be so perfectly attuned to this body? Could it be... could it be... impossible! Didn't Cang Yan say there are no more Divine Realm old monsters now? Was he lying to me?"

Xie Lingzi's realm and insight were far beyond those of ordinary martial artists. When he tried to possess Ye Yuan and saw his soul, he immediately sensed something was wrong.

This was no mere Divine Journey realm kid; it was an old monster at the peak of the Alchemy Emperor realm!

But Xie Lingzi simply couldn't understand why Ye Yuan, clearly having been possessed, was so perfectly attuned to his body.

In general, rebirth through possession cannot achieve complete harmony with the new body.

Xie Lingzi had prepared a series of backup plans for his rebirth, but even these could only minimize the disharmony.

The only way to achieve such a level was through Divine Realm experts!

Yet Ye Yuan's body seemed as if it were his own, which was utterly baffling.

Ye Yuan said calmly, "He didn't lie to you. The Divine Path has been gone for over a hundred thousand years. Under this sky now, there are indeed no Divine Realm experts."

Xie Lingzi's eyes bulged wide, his face full of disbelief. "Th-this... how is this possible? Then how did you do it?"

Ye Yuan smiled brightly and said, "Do you really want to know?"

Xie Lingzi nodded mechanically, clearly puzzled.

Ye Yuan suddenly spread his hands and said, "Actually, I don't know either..."

Xie Lingzi's expression froze, and he said angrily, "You're messing with me!"

Ye Yuan said helplessly, "Just telling the truth. You're the one who doesn't believe it!"

"I believe! I believe your head! Kid, even if you're at the peak of the ninth level, we're about evenly matched now. Who lives and who dies is still unknown!" Xie Lingzi roared.

Ye Yuan sneered, "Then go ahead and try!"

Both souls were like tigers fallen to the plains, their strength less than one ten-thousandth of their peak.

But one thing: Ye Yuan was on the rise, while Xie Lingzi was in decline.

Moreover, when it came to soul techniques, Ye Yuan believed he was second to none!

Even if this opponent was an expert from the Divine Path era!

"Try it, then! I don't believe that a junior from this age of declining Dharma can turn the tables! Soul Storm!"

Xie Lingzi, indeed worthy of being an expert from the Divine Path era, unleashed a ferocious soul technique right away.

Once the Soul Storm was executed, Xie Lingzi's soul transformed into a storm, intent on shredding Ye Yuan's sea of consciousness to pieces!

Ye Yuan sneered and shouted, "Soul Technique: Wind-Breaking Blade!"

Powerful soul force condensed into a giant blade, pressing toward Xie Lingzi's Soul Storm with an indomitable momentum.

"Rip..."

The Soul Storm was extremely powerful, actually tearing a large gap in Ye Yuan's blade.

But Xie Lingzi fared worse; his Soul Storm was directly cut in two by Ye Yuan.

Xie Lingzi's form reappeared, his soul weakened once more.

Ye Yuan's soul was also severely injured, causing his soul to dim considerably.

But in comparison, Ye Yuan still had the upper hand.

Soul battles are completely different from martial strength contests. No matter how powerful one's soul is, such combat will inevitably damage it.

However, if one's realm is much higher than the other's, the damage can be negligible.

But Xie Lingzi was no ordinary soul; he was a ninth-level expert from the Divine Path era!

If both were at their peak, the strength of their souls would be comparable.

So although Ye Yuan won, he inevitably suffered some damage.

But Ye Yuan didn't care about this damage at all!

He had a physical body as a vessel; once he took some pills, he could naturally recover his strength. But Xie Lingzi couldn't; he was just a soul now, and such losses were unbearable.

Not to mention that Ye Yuan's soul technique had completely defeated him.

"I never expected a junior from this age of declining Dharma to possess such strength. Truly remarkable!" Xie Lingzi said with a grim expression.

"Heh, a ninth-level expert from the Divine Path era is nothing special," Ye Yuan said calmly.

"Kid, don't be so arrogant just because you have a body!" Xie Lingzi said angrily.

"So what if I rely on having a body to bully you? Come and bite me! Bite me!" Ye Yuan sneered.

Xie Lingzi was so angry his beard bristled, but he was helpless!

Although this exchange was just a probe, Xie Lingzi sadly discovered that he was no match for Ye Yuan.

Xie Lingzi had heard that there were no Divine Realm experts now, so he had developed a contempt for modern martial artists.

But through his fight with Ye Yuan, he found that Ye Yuan's strength would have been formidable even in the Divine Path era.

If Ye Yuan had been born in the Divine Path era, he would surely have achieved the Divine Realm!

"Kid, I don't want this body anymore! Hmph, we'll meet again!" Having failed in his attack, Xie Lingzi decided to retreat.

His form moved, and he tried to withdraw from Ye Yuan's sea of consciousness.

Ye Yuan sneered, "Want to leave? Not so easy!"

Suddenly, all around turned pitch black, so dark that one couldn't see one's hand in front of one's face.

Just as Xie Lingzi was about to flee, he was horrified to find no way out. His face changed drastically as he said, "Kid, you've sealed your sea of consciousness! Do you want to die?"

Ye Yuan sneered, "I let you into my sea of consciousness precisely to destroy you in one fell swoop! Now you want to escape? Don't even think about it!"