Chapter 1406 - 48: Trading Life for Time

Poor Faceless, in the soul state, was directly hit by the Heavenly Scourge Curse reopened by Black River Sovereign, unleashing Ancient Dragon’s Wrath, followed by Death Resistance, and then cursed to death!

Three attacks used less than a second!

Outside, the remaining seven Faceless all turned pale, their physical qualities uniformly dropped by one-eighth.

A sense of dizziness hit again, and when Wen Yu’s soul body returned to his physical body, he saw Black River Sovereign and himself opening their eyes at the same time.

But after the previous interruption by Faceless, Wen Yu had already understood what he really should do.

"Soul Battlefield!"

Soul Energy quickly surged out of Wen Yu, wrapping both him and Black River Sovereign within moments. As another soul leave body occurred, the Heavenly Wrath Halo and calamity roaring outside gradually calmed down.

These two mass killing methods are both continuous skills, strong yet easily interrupted by external forces. Especially Soul Battlefield, which has a natural restraint on such skills.

As Wen Yu and Black River Sovereign entirely entered the Soul Battlefield, outside, the remaining Faceless swiftly moved.

...

"Creation Energy."

"I’ve got a bit here."

"I have a bit too."

After Faceless simulated Wen Yu, he himself didn’t possess Creation Energy, but the Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill was still there, so he could still absorb Creation Energy through it after the fact.

The Demon Realm itself is a place rife with wars, and the air within it isn’t lacking in Soul Energy. Extracting some Creation Energy from it is still feasible.

Of course, it’s not a lot.

At this moment, the seven Faceless gathered what little Creation Energy they could, and after energy transfer, these Creation Energies were all placed into the hands of one Faceless. With Creation Energy stirring, a round, small Little Stone Man suddenly emerged from the ground.

"Buzz buzz..."

The newly born Soul Puppet emitted a bewildered buzzing sound, but the creator Faceless paid it no mind, merely stretched out a hand to give a command to the Little Stone Man.

"Bring the gun back to me."

Simple command, which the Little Stone Man naturally understood. He slowly crawled towards Black River Sovereign’s body, making the Faceless impatient and anxious.

However, it proved that in soul state, Wen Yu was indeed not weak, at least in front of Black River Sovereign, Wen Yu did hold on for a constant duration, until the Little Stone Man delivered the Vicious Venom back to Faceless, and Faceless tried a couple of shots at Black River Sovereign...

No effect...

Which was expected—Even now, Wen Yu still treated the Soul Battlefield as a type of defensive mechanism, a transformed Soul Battlefield that could only be ruptured by Spirit-based esoteric-level attack skills, no mere tool could breach it.

Yet at this moment, Faceless recalled a tactic once imagined by Wen Yu.

"You, go again with the gun!"

Faceless improvised and issued the command to the Little Stone Man once more.

"Buzzing..."

The Little Stone Man strained to hold the gun, and rolled impetuously into the range of the Soul Battlefield yet again.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The gunfire rang aloud once more, this time the Vicious Venom bullet successfully struck into Black River Sovereign’s body...

Without the border of the Soul Battlefield’s block, Vicious Venom took effect.

A few Faceless exchanged bewildered glances, seemingly not grasping why such a simple method hadn’t occurred to their leader earlier.

...

Indeed, Wen Yu had considered it, and he could also ascertain it visually.

However, many things, when not upon one’s own shoulders, do not reveal their difficulty.

Take, for instance, the battles occurring within the Soul Battlefield...

Wen Yu certainly understood that as long as he trapped Black River Sovereign, and waited for Vicious Venom to accumulate to 10,000 layers, Black River Sovereign would naturally concede, but there’s a problem.

This problem is what kind of cost Wen Yu has to bear to trap Black River Sovereign...

An undeniable fact is that outside, Wen Yu facing Black River Sovereign has nothing but to be pummeled, whereas within the Soul Battlefield, Wen Yu’s soul strength is ten times greater than his physical quality. Yes, this gap means what Wen Yu faces is still getting pummeled...

At most it looked a bit better, not to the extent of being instantly killed.

"Boom!"

A tremendously powerful heavy punch slammed down, Wen Yu didn’t have time to dodge, could only raise his right hand, attempting to block this attack.

Countless Chaos Energy flashed across his right hand, Demon Dragon Armor, Wild Nature Augmentation, Ancient Dragon’s Wrath - multiple defensive passive abilities stacked, Wen Yu even gave Black River Sovereign a fierce glare with Hunter’s Gaze, and in losing Level 11 authority, cut off thirty percent of Black River Sovereign’s power instantly.

Yet despite the layering of multiple skills, Wen Yu was still beaten to the brink of life.

Just one punch, and Wen Yu’s upper body shattered instantly, force transmission downwards led Wen Yu’s flesh to tear open, and the flesh on both legs exploded instantly, Blood and Flesh Badge, Ultra Mortal Combat, and Photosynthetic Spirit Motifs initiated instantly, intending to drag Wen Yu back from the jaws of death, yet before Wen Yu’s body could recover properly, another heavy punch came down.

A gigantic fist carrying a rich aura of death, Ancient Dragon’s Wrath triggered instantly, during this time, Wen Yu finally had the chance to initiate his immortal Skill System—yes, within the Soul Battlefield, Wen Yu had shifted from "unable to even initiate skills" to "can slightly initiate skills."

That’s all...

This abuse continued for dozens of rounds, when at this moment, the Little Stone Man rolled into the Soul Battlefield, holding the gun, and exerted all his might to pull the trigger.

Upon seeing this scene, Black River Sovereign’s face instantly turned dark.

"Let me out!"

And Wen Yu, revealed a smile too.

"No way!"

Faceless, after all, figured out what he wished to achieve.

"Calamity!"

Black River Sovereign bellowed again, as the sky altered, energy surging, Wen Yu suddenly felt the pressure increase sharply, until Black River Sovereign initiated a skill again, the pressure reached its peak.

"Buzz~~"

A micro black hole formed behind Wen Yu instantly, the skill timed incredibly precisely, coinciding precisely with Wen Yu’s Ancient Dragon’s Wrath trigger, but Photosynthetic Spirit Motifs hadn’t yet fully taken effect.

Wen Yu’s body briefly stalled, all skills seemingly stopped functioning, in the next moments, Wen Yu only sensed darkness.

As if returned from hell to the human world, when Wen Yu opened his eyes, he saw a myriad of colorful energy flows and Black River Sovereign’s furious heavy punch.

Death Resistance...

Even Wen Yu’s Death Resistance got broken through in this assault.

Barely deflecting this strike, Wen Yu couldn’t help but fall silent...

Death Resistance, available once every seven days CD, losing this skill, solely relying on Ancient Dragon’s Wrath is not enough for Wen Yu to be spared amid Black River Sovereign’s attacks.

However, Wen Yu’s carbon copy still possessed Reality and Illusion: Nine Lives and resurrection tools...

Exchanging life for time, just uncertain, this time, how many times this carbon copy must die.