Chapter 480: Counterattack
When Jiang Yue realised his situation, his mind went into overdrive.
Thousands of thoughts flashed in his mind and an idea quickly rose to prominence.
’Before my consciousness blurs, I should try soul fire.’ He decided and a clump of fire appeared on the palm of his right hand.
The fire was silver and barely the size of a baby’s fist.
Although it had no heat or rigidity, it exuded a dangerous aura that far exceeded the strength of a first-level reincarnation realm cultivator.
"Soul fire." The nightmare beast shouted in surprise.
A moment later, black mist rushed towards him and Jiang Yue acted on instinct.
He threw the clump of fire and a sea of silver flames suddenly spread in front of him.
Seeing this, the black mist tried to retreat but its speed was not fast enough.
Although the nightmare beast retracted most of its body, part of it fell into the silver flames and a terrifying scream echoed in the surroundings.
’Is it effective?’ Jiang Yue was pleasantly surprised.
Originally, he was just trying but was worried his soul fire was not powerful enough.
After all, soul fire was generated from the soul and soul power.
Judging from the failure of his illusion music, he suspected his soul power was weaker than Mu Huan’s.
Unexpectedly, his soul fire was more useful than he expected.
In that case....
With that realisation, a smile brightened Jiang Yue’s face.
’My soul power may be weaker but I have enough soul-replenishing pills to keep feeding my soul fire.’ He thought and involuntarily chuckled.
"Deputy mountain master Jiang is too confident." An unpleasant voice suddenly broke Jiang Yue’s self-indulging mood.
"What does fellow Daoist Mu mean?" Jiang Yue questioned.
"Soul fire cannot kill my Mengmeng."
When Jiang Yue heard that, his excitement cooled and his mood turned sober.
’Why did I forget that?’ He thought and sneered in self-mockery.
From the beginning, he knew that abyss creatures could not be killed.
However, even knowing that, he allowed his temporary success to birth a trace of complacency.
’I must guard against arrogance.’ He thought and exhaled a turbid breath.
"Fellow Daoist Mu is right. My soul fire cannot kill the abyss creature but can’t it kill the fellow Daoist?" Jiang Yue questioned but didn’t intend to wait for an answer.
As he was speaking, the silver sea of fire continued to spread around him.
At the same time, three soul swords rushed towards Mu Huan.
Seeing this, Mu Huan quickly activated his soul shield.
Due to the special nature of abyss cultivators, they were born with extremely powerful souls.
Most importantly, abyss cultivators began cultivating their souls from a young age.
As a result, at the same level, their souls were more powerful than most other cultivators.
At this time, Mu Huan’s soul shield was almost an inch thick.
When the three soul swords encountered it, they were stopped in their way and soon dissipated.
’As expected.’ Jiang Yue lamented and almost groaned in frustration.
’If I want to attack his soul, I need a more powerful attack.’ He thought.
"Deputy mountain master Jiang, is it okay to squander your soul power so extravagantly?" Mu Huan questioned with a teasing smile on his lips.
"Fellow Daoist Mu doesn’t need to worry about me." Jiang Yue said and swallowed a soul-replenishing pill.
"It seems that I am indeed worrying too much." Mu Huan said when he saw Jiang Yue taking a soul-replenishing pill.
However, his heart was filled with disdain.
In his opinion, Jiang Yue’s use of soul power was too wasteful.
No matter how many pills the opponent had, the consumption would definitely outpace the speed of replenishing.
Naturally, Mu Huan wouldn’t warn his opponent.
Instead, he frowned and messaged his nightmare beast.
[Why did he come out of the nightmare?] He asked.
[He noticed a flaw in the nightmare.] Mengmeng said, feeling a little resentful.
As a nightmare beast, it prided itself in weaving inescapable nightmares.
Unexpectedly, a little ant from a low-grade continent discovered a flaw and managed to extricate himself.
When it recalled that a part of its body was badly burned, the nightmare beast couldn’t forgive Jiang Yue.
No matter what, it was determined to trap the opponent and feed on an excellent morsel of despair.
[Leave it to Mengmeng. Mengmeng will find an opportunity to draw him into another nightmare.] Mengmeng said in a childish voice.
[Don’t make a mistake.] Mu Huan warned.
However, Mengmeng didn’t take the warning seriously.
On the surface, the relationship between an abyss creature and an abyss cultivator was equal.
However, the equality was an illusion.
Generally, the abyss creature had a slight upper hand.
After all, its life was not tied to the cultivator.
[I will distract him. Take the chance to drag him into another nightmare.] Mu Huan instructed and suddenly smiled.
Seeing the smile, Jiang Yue shuddered.
For some reason, the smile made him uneasy and he couldn’t help but raise his guard.
"Deputy mountain master Jiang, why don’t you taste my soul needles?" Mu Huan said and a dozen soul needles flew towards Jiang Yue.
When he saw the needles, Jiang Yue frowned.
At the same time, he saw the nightmare beast moving towards his soul fire sea.
’Not good.’ Jiang Yue thought and quickly raised his soul shield.
Under ordinary circumstances, his soul shield was considered powerful.
However, when faced with a dozen soul needles, it couldn’t withstand the impact and directly crumbled.
Fortunately, it blocked most of the soul attack and Jiang Yue’s soul was not damaged.
"I didn’t expect deputy mountain master Jiang to block my soul needles. However, how many times can you block?" Mu Huan shouted and launched another attack.
As before, Jiang Yue erected a soul shield to block the attack.
However, his soul shield was thinner and less solid than before.
As a result, part of the attack couldn’t be blocked and two needles pierced Jiang Yue’s soul.
Simultaneously, a heart-wrenching scream filled the arena and the surrounding soul fire flickered.
Seeing its opportunity, the nightmare beast didn’t hesitate.
It rushed towards Jiang Yue, intending to surround his soul and draw him into a nightmare.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yue had already learned his lesson.
Although he was in pain, his mind was clear.
’I can’t allow it to touch my soul.’ He thought and his eyes narrowed into a dangerous slit.
A moment later, he recalled his soul fire and another clump of fire appeared on the palm of his hand.
This fire was a strange but harmonious mixture of black and white.
Unlike the soul fire which was neither hot nor cold, this flame was extremely hot.
As soon as it appeared, the surrounding temperature began to rise and even the spectators felt a little warmer than before.
"Is it a sky fire?" A spectator suddenly asked.
"Which one is it?" Another wondered.
In heaven and earth, there were only eighteen skyfires.
These eighteen fires were ranked according to their power and most cultivators had a basic knowledge of them.
Because of this, the spectators quickly racked their minds, trying to place Jiang Yue’s sky fire.
"I don’t seem to remember a black and white flame among the eighteen skyfires." Someone said with a frown on his face.
"Me too. There is no such fire." Another said in a confident voice.
"It’s a primordial yin-yang flame." Someone spoke through gritted teeth.
"Alchemist Tian, do you know it?" A spectator questioned and several people turned to the so-called alchemist Tian.
Alchemist Tian was a well-known alchemist in the Reincarnation World.
He was a high level sixth rank alchemist and his success rate was one of the highest in the world.
Other than his genius-level alchemy talent, one of the reasons for his high success rate was his sky fire.
"Alchemist Tian, how does the primordial yin-yang flame compare to your sky fire?" Someone asked but earned a glare from alchemist Tian.
As an alchemist, Tian Xiang had an extensive knowledge of flames.
Whether it was ordinary flames, beast flames, earth flames, sky flames, or primordial flames, Tian Xiang knew them all.
When he contracted a sky fire, he was proud and always liked to show off.
However, later, he learned there was a different category of flames that was better than skyfires.
That category was primordial flames.
Since then, Tian Xiang was determined to find a primordial flame.
Unfortunately, primordial flames seemed to have disappeared in the long river of time.
Unexpectedly, a primordial flame suddenly appeared in the Reincarnation world.
Most importantly, the primordial yin-yang flame was the most suitable for alchemy.
After all, everything in the world was yin, yang, or both.
With the primordial yin-yang flame, any kind of pill could be refined.
"I want this flame." He muttered with a greedy look in his eyes.
"Alchemist Tian, did you say something?" A spectator questioned.
"Nothing." Tian Xiang said and hurriedly stood up, his eyes filled with insatiable desire and cruel determination.
