Chapter 1202: Chapter 1202: Horrifying Truth
"Bang!"
The Demon Bear was nothing but a mere shell, as soon as the sword light touched it, it vanished into ash and disappeared without a trace.
"What’s going on?"
Yang Yan was indeed confident in Star Night in his hand, yet the scene before him still felt unbelievable.
It couldn’t be possible that such a simple sword could be so powerful that it could wipe out a Foundation Establishment Stage demon beast in one strike.
On the surface, he remained calm, but inside, he grew more vigilant.
However, before long, the sound of roaring came from around, five or six demon beasts were rushing toward Yang Yan.
The fluctuation of their cultivation was unmistakably at the Foundation Establishment Stage!
Yang Yan felt a shiver run down his spine.
He could only hope these creatures were as vulnerable as the bear earlier.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go as he wished, from the corner of Yang Yan’s eye, he suddenly saw a giant bear still in the southeastern direction!
Almost identical to the one from before.
Or rather, it was the same one.
This made Yang Yan suspect that the one he had killed earlier was actually an illusion of the giant bear!
Otherwise, how could a bear at the Foundation Establishment Stage fall in one move against him?!
"Fengduan!"
The sword vibrated, and sword flowers fluttered.
With just a single sword, Yang Yan successfully sent the giant bear flying.
Just at that moment, the Flame Spirit Bird from the northwest opened its mouth and spewed a magic similar to a flaming arrow.
Yang Yan smiled slightly, light flickered as spiritual power enveloped him, surprisingly, he neither dodged nor avoided, confronting it head-on!
The flame arrow met Yang Yan’s body as if encountering the strongest shield in the world, bursting into countless tiny sparks, scattering in all directions like goddess scattered flowers.
The bird seemed greatly stimulated, opening its mouth again and spewing out a five-colored flame.
The five-colored flame was more than twice as strong as the initial attack!
It was so scorching that even as it swept across the void, it emitted a large area of white mist.
As if there was white Gang Qi surrounding the flames, burning everything!
Yang Yan hadn’t anticipated the Flame Spirit Bird to be so ferocious, thus, he became fully alert.
"Azure Vault Technique—Shattering Heaven!"
With a decisive shout, starlight flared, and the Sword Aura whipped out like lightning, lashing at the flames.
In a flash, the Flame Spirit Bird let out a cry of sorrow, its wings disintegrating visibly at a rapid pace, with a small part of its body vanishing amidst the brilliant starlight.
Yang Yan was first stunned, then he understood upon seeing the scattered starlight in the air.
It turned out these creatures were not entities, but Soul Bodies.
Only for some unknown reason, these souls had a tendency to materialize, making their defense slightly weaker, but the displayed attack power should not be underestimated.
This explained why the demon creature he slayed earlier seemed so weak.
Most likely, its soul was severely damaged, already on the verge of collapse but showed no signs outwardly.
Thus, although it appeared to have Foundation Establishment strength, it could be reduced to ash in one move.
And the Flame Spirit Bird battling him now, he obviously felt its power was beyond the initial stage of Foundation Establishment.
Presumably, it had devoured some souls here, which made its strength so formidable.
Having struck successfully, Yang Yan didn’t hesitate, stabbing once more toward the Flame Spirit Bird.
Boom...
The Flame Spirit Bird’s form immediately quivered, retreating like a kite with a broken string.
Facing Star Night’s unabated attack, the Flame Spirit Bird soon couldn’t withstand it.
It was merely a Soul Body itself, had it not devoured many other Soul Bodies and continuously strengthened itself, it likely couldn’t withstand even a single move from Yang Yan.
Realizing Yang Yan’s might, fear appeared in its eyes, it turned to flee.
However, how could Yang Yan let it have its way?
Sword techniques danced, directly slashing toward its head, annihilating it in one strike.
Boom—
In the vast space, the sound of breaking through exploded suddenly.
A white figure emerged from the explosion, transforming into a shadow, sweeping through everything.
Upon closer look, it was indeed Yang Yan’s rapidly moving figure.
After successfully killing the Flame Spirit Bird, the other Soul Bodies he encountered were mostly fragile.
Under the explosion of starlight from Star Night, it was like a gust of wind sweeping leaves, utterly undefeatable.
Despite their increasing numbers, for Yang Yan intoxicated in killing, it was like moths darting into a flame, no different from courting death.
After all, it’s challenging to achieve a qualitative change from a quantitative one.
At least in the current situation, they posed no threat to Yang Yan whatsoever.
Now, Yang Yan roamed the space like a predator.
He discovered that using Devouring Power to devour these souls made his own soul feel waves of delight.
Thus, he randomly found a spot in this place to start cultivating.
The soul path is one of the most mysterious types among the Heavenly Dao Laws.
Yang Yan began absorbing after devouring some souls.
Once absorbed, he stood up again, continuing to move forward, reaping those souls daring to approach.
Strolling and stopping, Yang Yan’s Soul Realm rose rapidly.
But the deeper he went, the more he found that these monster souls were more or less tainted by Evil Qi.
Due to the invasion of Evil Qi, their intelligence had become blurred.
Driven by Evil Qi, their desire for slaughter was fully provoked, knowing only relentless attacks, without sanity, fearing no death.
The Flame Spirit Bird, at least retaining some intelligence, already counts as an anomaly.
At least among the many killed by Yang Yan, it was the only one of its kind.
Some more severely corrupted Residual Souls were completely invaded by Evil Qi.
And only by relying on Evil Qi could they barely remain unextinguished.
Initially, Yang Yan hoped to absorb them profusely, but gradually realized the Evil Qi piling up in his heart, with some negative emotions seemingly about to break reason and erupt!
Sensing the situation in his body, he promptly restrained his mind, had no choice but to stop absorbing these souls, instead summoning Soul Fire, starting to furiously annihilate these souls.
The flickering Soul Fire, like a fierce pursuit, once latching onto those souls, wouldn’t rest until it killed them.
Several beast souls attempted to flee, only to find the Soul Fire following like a shadow, rendering escape impossible.
The soul of a Cold Radiance Snake, initially nine zhang long, shrunk by dozens of times under the erosion of Soul Fire.
Its pitiful snake eyes stared at Yang Yan, showing a look of pleading.
Comparatively, it counted as one of the rare wise ones here.
Just not as advanced as the previous Flame Spirit Bird.
The evil energy from the Ice Spirit outside was of the same origin as this Evil Qi.
Boom!
Like a thunderclap exploding in Yang Yan’s heart, he suddenly thought of something.
Thinking about the creatures outside lacking intelligence, Yang Yan believed it’s highly likely their souls had all been stripped to this place.
Finally, Yang Yan had to admit a frightening truth:
This place should possess some powerful force, forcibly stripping the souls of all creatures from the Land of the North Cold, allowing their bodies and souls to be corrupted by this Evil Qi.
What Lin An deduced about infection presumably originates from here!
