Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 1290: Chapter 436: Overpowering the Nascent Soul, Seizing the Top-grade Spirit Stones! [Monthly Pass Requested]

So, this Master of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in front of him... first, he’s even more of the Demon Dao than your usual Demon Dao, and second, his strength is terrifying!

Though he appeared to be only at Early-stage Nascent Soul, he clearly had methods to slaughter Same-tier Cultivators; otherwise, where would that Nascent Soul main soul have come from?

Thinking of this, Duo Ghost Demon Lord felt fear rising in his heart, and at the same time became much more cautious.

”If you can wake up now and turn back before it’s too late, it still won’t be considered late. Our Soul Refining Hall will still welcome you to join us, and as for this Top-grade Spirit Stone, it’s not as if it’s completely non-negotiable.”

”You trying to fool your own dad?!”

The Soul Refining Hall only had these two Spirit Veins with Top-grade Spirit Stones. The Soul Hall Master and Duo Ghost Demon Lord themselves couldn’t bear to use them, so how could they possibly give them to some outsider?

So when that Ji Yuan said this, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand was already swinging.

”Yiii-aaahhhh!!!”

”...”

At once, countless vicious ghosts and wronged souls flew out of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, surging out in a sky-filling tide toward all directions.

At first Duo Ghost Demon Lord naturally assumed those wronged souls and vicious ghosts were coming for him, but very quickly he realized he was wrong—ridiculously wrong.

Because the vicious ghosts and wronged souls this ”Master of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner” released, the vast majority were charging straight into the Spirit Vein’s depths, where they started digging out Spirit Stones; and some followed the Spirit Vein outward as they flew away.

They were clearly targeting those Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

The Core Formation Cultivators within Beiwang Mountain were manifestations of Duo Ghost Demon Lord, but those Foundation Establishment Cultivators were not. They were the genuine elite of the Soul Refining Hall.

Quite a few of them were nailed-on future Core Formation Cultivators.

How could he let Ji Yuan kill them?

”Courting death!”

Duo Ghost Demon Lord roared in fury, and with a hand seal, ghostly shadows split off from behind him one after another, ramming head-on into the Yin Souls Ji Yuan had summoned.

In an instant, the entire interior of the Spirit Vein seemed to turn into hell.

Countless vicious ghosts were locked in battle, their howls echoing over the whole mountain range.

From the outside, one could even see wisps and threads of Demonic Qi seeping out of the entire Beiwang Mountain range.

As for those Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators, they had long since received Duo Ghost Demon Lord’s voice transmission and started scattering in flight.

Those who ran fast had already escaped a good distance, but those who ran slow—

Ji Yuan saw that the timing was almost right. He swung the Ten Thousand Souls Banner sharply, and a single corpse soul several times larger than the others flew out of the banner.

As soon as it appeared, an aura unique to Nascent Soul Cultivators spread out.

”Here it comes!”

Duo Ghost Demon Lord had been in no rush to strike, waiting precisely for this moment!

He knew Ji Yuan had a Nascent Soul Stage vicious ghost in his hand. If he didn’t wait for that thing to come out first, then no matter how many arrangements and tricks he prepared earlier, they would be broken by this variable. But now that it had appeared, there was no problem...

Duo Ghost Demon Lord suddenly spread his hands wide. Ghost Qi coiled around him, and a field of snow-white blades appeared all around his body, shredding and butchering all the Yin Souls that approached.

...This is a Nascent Soul Level Magical Treasure?!

Ji Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and recognized it at a glance.

What Duo Ghost Demon Lord was using at this moment was indeed a Nascent Soul Level Magical Treasure, but it was not his Lifebound Magical Treasure.

’As expected, these old Nascent Soul-level bastards all have a pile of tricks up their sleeves.’

The moment Ji Yuan saw this Nascent Soul Treasure, he instantly felt that the dozens of Core Formation Stage Magical Treasures he obtained in the Rashamon Sea earlier were all pretty much useless.

’Looks like I’ll have to find a chance to unload this batch; and on the whole Jiyuan Continent, the only one that can swallow this much stock is probably the Black and White Divine Hall.’

As this thought flashed through Ji Yuan’s mind, the Nascent Soul main soul had already broken through Duo Ghost Demon Lord’s defense.

It was just about to fully engage him.

But at this moment, Duo Ghost Demon Lord suddenly lifted his head, and a jet of black light shot out from between his brows.

As soon as the black light emerged, it hovered above his head, transforming into a palm-sized black Liuli cup. The eerie aura emanating from it made Ji Yuan understand at once.

This was Duo Ghost Demon Lord’s Lifebound Magical Treasure!

The walls of the Liuli cup were carved full of twisted soul patterns; at the bottom of the cup was a tiny ”Void Eye” aperture. Once Duo Ghost Demon Lord activated it, this Lifebound Magical Treasure shed a ghostly emerald glow.

”Heh heh heh heh.”

Having activated his Lifebound Magical Treasure, Duo Ghost Demon Lord let out a strange laugh from his throat.

Then the black Liuli cup began to spin, and a suction force rose from within, directly drawing all the surrounding Yin Souls into it.

Only that Nascent Soul main soul could still resist.

Seeing this, Ji Yuan immediately recalled the scene of his previous battle with the Sea-Swallowing Great Saint.

The Sea-Swallowing Great Saint’s gourd also had this function... back then, the Purple Sky Divine Thunder shattered that gourd. This time, though it wasn’t suitable to use Purple Sky Divine Thunder, he had even stronger means.

Ji Yuan formed a Spell with his hand seals and called softly in his heart.

”Tu Yue!”

”Coming~.”

As that light, crisp voice sounded in Ji Yuan’s Sea of Consciousness, a streak of flowing light flew out from his sleeve, crashing straight into the rapidly spinning black Liuli cup above Duo Ghost Demon Lord’s head.

Duo Ghost Demon Lord thought to himself, ”Good timing!”

His Lifebound Magical Treasure was called the ”Ten Thousand Ghosts Cup,” refined by him through his own Cultivation Technique, the ”Ten Thousand Ghosts Returning to the Nether Art.” The Nine Netherworld Absorption Force it was currently generating seemed, on the surface, to only be able to suck in these remnant souls, but if the opponent’s Lifebound Magical Treasure got close, it too could be glued to it.

At that point, the ”ghostly Qi” emitted by the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cup could contaminate the opponent’s Lifebound Magical Treasure, greatly weakening its power.

So when he saw Ji Yuan also summon his Lifebound Magical Treasure, Duo Ghost Demon Lord felt as if he saw hope... No!

”Boom—”

A dull thud rang out, followed by a violently powerful wave spreading outward, causing the entire Spirit Vein, and even the whole of Beiwang Mountain, to shake crazily.

Wild tremors.

The collision of the Lifebound Magical Treasures did not produce the sticky entanglement that Duo Ghost Demon Lord had imagined.

On the contrary, his Lifebound Magical Treasure took a heavy blow!

One of its Liuli petals was smashed to pieces on the spot. With his Lifebound Magical Treasure damaged in a single strike, Duo Ghost Demon Lord’s face turned deathly pale at once. He didn’t even dare to attempt a second clash and immediately recalled the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cup back into his brow for nurturing.

Ji Yuan naturally wouldn’t let this chance slip. Having already released the Mountain of Mind and Heart Spirit Platform Fangcun Mountain, he moved his Heart Thought.

The Mountain of Mind and Heart Fangcun Mountain descended to hang above Duo Ghost Demon Lord’s head.

”Not good!”

The instant he sensed the pressure overhead, Duo Ghost Demon Lord cast the ”Ten Thousand Ghosts Escape Body Skill,” his figure dissolving into streaks of ghostly Qi that fled this spot.

Even so, Ji Yuan’s Mountain of Mind and Heart Fangcun Mountain forcibly cut off and retained a portion of him.

...He ran.

With his Divine Sense sensing the situation around and looking at the scene before him, Ji Yuan knew the outcome. As long as part of him got out, then he had escaped.

So even if he slaughtered all of the ghostly Qi left in front of him, it would be useless.

Since that was the case...

Above Ji Yuan’s Sea of Consciousness, the black magic seed beside the Soul Suppressing Bell trembled faintly. A wisp of Demonic Qi flew out, followed the descent of the Mountain of Mind and Heart Fangcun Mountain, and naturally seeped into Duo Ghost Demon Lord’s main body, then escaped along with the ghostly Qi Escape Body.

Watching this scene, Ji Yuan finally pressed the Mountain of Mind and Heart Fangcun Mountain down, completely suppressing and killing the last traces of ghostly Qi remaining here.

With that, all matters here came to an end.

All around, the Yin Souls were still wildly plundering Spirit Stones. Ji Yuan didn’t hesitate in the slightest. He turned around and looked toward the Top-grade Spirit Stones that were still solidly protected by the Array.

”Spirit Stones are great, but now they’re mine!”