Xie Tian's body trembled when the Yin Spirit Warrior appeared at the edge of his vision.
No matter how firm his disposition was and how no danger could shake his will, he couldn't help but get goosebumps when an existence that was shaped like a ferocious ghost, had grey and black pupils, and was constantly breathing out the aura of Yin spirits from its mouth had appeared.
"Don't underestimate the Yin Spirit Warrior!" Tian Shangshan's voice entered Xie Tian's consciousness. "It moves slowly, but its attacks ignore distance. First, do not look directly into its gray eyes!"
Xie Tian did as he was told and even closed his bloody eyes. Whether it was his consciousness or Evil Killing, they could all serve as his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.
"There are three types of attacks that Yin Spirit Fiend Warriors are most proficient in. Other than the Grey Eye Vision, the second is the Yin Spirit Arrow. They transform the Yin Spirit into arrows that are as fast as lightning and cannot be detected. Cultivators are often struck by the Yin Spirit Arrow and are not careful!"
As Tian Shangshan warned sternly, Xie Tian also noticed the Yin Spirit Arrow. He leaned to the side and narrowly avoided a wisp of extremely sinister aura.
"What a terrifying aura!"
Cold sweat appeared on Xie Tian's forehead. In that instant, he felt that the Yin Spirit Arrow's baleful aura was more than a hundred times stronger than the Yin Spirit Beast's!
"Fortunately, my soul is much stronger. I might be able to block the Yin Spirit Arrow for a bit. Let's find a chance to test it out!"
The Yin Spirit Warrior was getting closer and closer to Xie Tian. Tian Shangshan couldn't help but speed up his speech.
"The Yin Spirit Warrior's third attack method is Yin Spirit Explosion. Once it feels that it's in danger, it will detonate all the Yin Spirits in its body to take the enemy down with it. Once detonated, no one below the late-stage True Energy Realm will survive! "
Xie Tian took a few steps back.
Xu Mang shouted, "Kid, don't be afraid! With us here, the Yin Spirit Warrior won't have the chance to self-detonate!"
"Eh, that's not right!" Zhang Jie suddenly realized something and exclaimed, "When Xie Tian broke through to the Dharmic Power realm, he only said that he might not be afraid of the Yin Spirit Warrior's baleful aura. He never said that he would fight it head on. What are you guys thinking?"
The four seemed to wake up from a dream and looked at each other.
They immediately understood the reason. Unknowingly, their recognition of Xie Tian had risen to the point that he could fight the Yin Spirit Warrior head on!
It was this recognition, or rather, importance, that had made them overlook this point.
"We were careless." Tian Shan's expression was solemn. "But it seems like he wants to fight the Yin Soul Killers himself. Let's wait and see. If the Evil Heavens can't hold on any longer, we'll immediately rescue them. "
"That's fine as well. Xie Tian just broke through, so it's time for him to taste some pain, haha!" The three of them nodded. Xu Mang was even more shameless in his boasting, waiting to watch Xie Tian make a fool of himself.
As soon as Xu Mang finished speaking, Xie Tian stopped in his tracks, a startled expression on his face.
In a short span of ten breaths, he had retreated thousands of feet. During these thousands of feet, he had dodged a total of thirteen Yin Soul Arrows. One of the Yin Soul Arrows had brushed past his right arm.
The moment it brushed past him, a thick, cold aura invaded his body and went straight into his sea of consciousness.
However, before he could gather his Divine Soul to defend himself, the two Dark Blades trembled imperceptibly, and all the frigid air was instantly swallowed by the Dark Blades.
Xie Tian did not know whether to laugh or cry.
He had originally wanted to test if his Divine Soul could resist it by letting a trace of Yin Soul Aura into his body. However, the Dark Blade had blocked his way and ruined his plan.
But this was also a good thing, as it proved that the Yin Soul Fiend Warrior's baleful aura was no match for the Dark Blade.
"Since that is the case, the only problem now is how to instantly kill the Evil Soul Warriors."
After Tian Shang's explanation, Xie Tian understood that there was only one way to kill a self-detonating ghost warrior, and that was to kill it before it could react.
"Only by killing them in an instant can we stop them from self-destructing and also obtain the merit of the Yin Soul Fiend Warrior."
Thinking of this, Xie Tian suppressed all of his emotions, and the killing intent that he had been suppressing for a long time was released completely.
Charge!
In the blink of an eye, Xie Tian, who had executed the Speed Word with all his might, traversed a distance of ten thousand feet and appeared in front of the Evil Soul Warriors. Xie Tian's rash action caused the expressions of the four to change drastically.
"Great Heavenly Cycle Soul Executioner!"
"Pounding Heavens!"
"Ugh!"
Xie Tian had only kicked out halfway when the Evil Soul Warrior's upper body, along with its baleful aura, was blasted to smithereens, disappearing from the world.
Xu Mang and the other three felt as if they had been struck by lightning.
"How is this possible? He didn't react at all after being hit by sixteen Yin Soul Arrows!"
"His Divine Soul is obviously stronger than the power of his body, but why is the Yin Soul that even the Soul Saber can't destroy instantly turned into powder by the power of his body?"
The four of them looked at Xie Tian in bewilderment. Their expressions darkened when they saw Xie Tian's puzzled expression.
They understood Xie Tian's confusion!
"Is this the terrifying Yin Soul Warrior you speak of?!"
"He doesn't seem that strong. Did you make a mistake?!"
"He's really f * cking embarrassing!" Xu Mang gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice.
Zhang Jie and Chu Ming looked at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "This Xie Tian really doesn't differentiate between friend and foe when it comes to slapping faces!"
"Cough, cough!"
Just as Tian Shang was about to let out a long sigh of relief, he started coughing violently because of Xie Tian's confused expression. He was the one who had lost all face among the four of them, because he was the one who had reminded Xie Tian again and again of how terrifying the phantoms were.
"He's grown up now. He actually dares to attack us!" Tian Shang sighed, his expression a bit sorrowful.
Xu Mang and the other two shrank their necks. Every time Tian Shang made such an expression, it meant that someone was about to be unlucky.
Other than Xie Tian, who was going to be in trouble, who else could it be?
After the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, the five ascended the Shen Hou and flew towards the depths of the Tian Tuo Straits.
"The Heaven Expansion Strait is hundreds of thousands of kilometers wide. Our Jin Dynasty has only explored it to this day."
On the way, Zhang Jie explained the situation of the Heaven Expansion Straits to Xie Tian.
"This vast ocean is divided into four great sea ladders. The place we are heading to now is the second sea ladder."
Xie Tian nodded in understanding.
Xu Mang frowned. "Xie Tian, don't try to impress yourself. Tell us, how did your body become so strong that even the Yin Soul Warrior's soul can't withstand it?"
"I've practiced nine different techniques in the past, but since I couldn't practice any more, I decided to create a fist technique."
"What fist?"
"Tremor Fist." Xie Tian lightly punched out with his right fist as he answered. The air rippled, and when the countless ripples piled together, a thunderous explosion shook the void.
"So that's how it is." Tian Shang, who was controlling the Shen Hou, sighed in admiration at Xie Tian's comprehension. "No wonder you're so confident in becoming a body refiner."
Zhang Jie said, "Xie Tian, even if you're not afraid of the Yin Soul Warrior's baleful aura, you still have to be very careful in the second sea ladder. The Yin Soul Alchemists are there."
"I will," Xie Tian said seriously.
The Shen Hou's speed dropped sharply after an hour. They were already at the second sea ladder.
Xu Mang and the other two flew out of the Shen Hou and spread out their divine senses. Xu Mang suddenly shouted, "There's a Yin Soul Alchemist's aura a hundred and fifty kilometers ahead!"
"Let's go!"
The three of them formed a tripartite formation and flew toward the island.
Cultivators who'd just entered the Stellar Fiend realm could extend their divine senses a hundred kilometers away. Even though Xie Tian's soul was powerful, his single-soul divine sense could only extend thirty kilometers after reaching the Transcendence realm. That was comparable to a True Essence realm cultivator, so it was impossible for him to discover the enemy.
However, even if his divine senses couldn't detect it, it didn't mean that he couldn't sense the battle between Astral Fiend Realm experts. The distant roars of the heaven and earth, the waves that were close to 300 feet high, and the shockwaves from the battle that were still lingering after 300 miles were enough to shock Xie Tian.
"This is the situation you're about to face." Tian Shang's voice was cold. "You've chosen a dead end, so what we can do is not to advise you, but to let you wander between life and death. That's the only way you can find a path to the heavens."
"Brother Tian, I understand. Thank you."
Tian Shang turned around and sighed meaningfully. "I hope you understand."
Xie Tian was filled with heroism as he jumped off the Shen Hou and landed on the island.
"Xie Tian, it's all up to you now!"
"You're risking your life for military merit!"
"Don't shout for help if you dare!"
Xu Mang and the other two had also suffered light injuries after dealing with the three ghost alchemists. They didn't immediately tend to their injuries after returning to the Shen Hou. Instead, they focused all of their attention on Xie Tian.
"Will Xie Tian think we're being too greedy?" Xu Mang rubbed his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.
The three rolled their eyes at him, but they also understood that Xie Tian was far more important than military merit in their hearts right now, including the greedy Xu Mang.
They were well aware that this kind of subtle change had been going on with Xie Tian's growth, but they didn't know when this change would stop. They also didn't know how high Xie Tian would've grown once it stopped.
"A ninth-grade spirit root. The path of body refinement has been severed. How can a heaven-defying path appear so easily? Xie Tian, I hope you understand my intentions."
Tian Shang sighed. The reason he'd called Xie Tian over to the Second Sea Stairway to hunt ghost alchemists wasn't for military merit, nor was it to temper Xie Tian.
Rather, he wanted Xie Tian to find a path to become a soul cultivator amidst the frenzied slaughter of the ghost alchemists.
In the Nine Provinces, the Shang Province was number one when it came to soul cultivation.
This was also the reason why Xu Mang and the other two refused to allow Xie Tian to become a soul cultivator.
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