Chapter 162: Evil Soul Control

Chapter 162: Chapter 162: Evil Soul Control

The moment he unleashed the Soul-Devouring Forbidden Technique, a powerful devouring force targeting souls erupted.

But the Evil Soul seemed to be highly intelligent. Having been tricked by Yi Xiaoyao once, it immediately abandoned the drop of blood and shot back.

Yi Xiaoyao was surprised that he had missed.

Immediately after, the longswords on the eighty-one Sword Cleansing Platforms around them began to tremble and hum. Everyone assumed the platforms were enhancing their Spirit Swords, and in their excitement, they gripped their weapons even tighter.

But the next moment, they all shuddered, then clutched their heads and let out a chorus of agonizing screams.

Seeing this, the elegant man near the Sword Cleansing Pool’s expression changed drastically. He cursed inwardly, ’This is bad.’

Yi Xiaoyao also noticed this and scanned the crowd with suspicion and alarm.

A moment later, a flash of sword light appeared. Lv Mu, who had previously kowtowed and begged Yi Xiaoyao for mercy, suddenly drew his longsword from the Sword Cleansing Platform and, with a roar, slashed at him.

Yi Xiaoyao instantly sensed the attack from behind. He casually pulled the Bloodthirsty Sword from the Sword Cleansing Pool. A sharp sword aura, tinged with the brutal Qi of a Fierce Beast, erupted from it in an instant.

"An Earth Tier Spirit Sword!" the elegant man exclaimed upon seeing the Bloodthirsty Sword in Yi Xiaoyao’s hand.

Yi Xiaoyao had also noticed the change in the Bloodthirsty Sword after its seal was broken, but he had no time to dwell on it. He countered with a backhanded slash at Lv Mu, who was attacking him from behind.

SWISH!

A crimson sword light flashed. In an instant, it not only destroyed the Sword Qi from Lv Mu’s attack but also cleaved Lv Mu himself in two.

Meanwhile, the people outside the Sword Washing Plaza who hadn’t managed to claim a Sword Cleansing Platform were all stunned.

"Has Lv Mu grown a death wish? How dare he provoke Yi Xiaoyao again?"

"No, even if you gave Lv Mu a hundred more guts, he wouldn’t dare court death like this. He seemed really off just now!"

"Look! The others are all starting to attack Yi Xiaoyao too!"

Sure enough, everywhere they looked, people by the Sword Cleansing Platforms were drawing their swords and furiously attacking Yi Xiaoyao.

A web of crisscrossing sword lights enveloped Yi Xiaoyao in the center, their combined power utterly terrifying.

"What in the world is going on?"

Yi Xiaoyao’s eyes were filled with doubt and alarm, but he seemed to have a faint guess. He could sense a trace of the Evil Soul’s aura on every one of them.

Right now, he had no time to overthink it.

The people attacking him were among the strongest present. The combined assault of eighty cultivators, all at the Golden Core Eighth or even Ninth Layer, was unimaginably powerful.

"Spirit-Devouring Swordsmanship!"

Seeing the sky full of Sword Qi shooting toward him, Yi Xiaoyao let out a low shout. The Bloodthirsty Sword in his hand created countless Sword Shadows, forming a protective shield.

A series of collisions rang out. After blocking so many attacks, Yi Xiaoyao could feel his Spiritual Power draining rapidly.

Fortunately, the Bloodthirsty Sword’s power had greatly increased after its seal was broken, allowing him to withstand the wave of attacks.

His expression grim, Yi Xiaoyao immediately consumed a Hidden Spirit Fruit to replenish his Spiritual Power. The next instant, a draconic silhouette appeared around him. With a roar, it turned into an Illusion and vanished.

Simply defending against so many experts wasn’t a solution. Yi Xiaoyao had to kill them all with lightning speed before their second wave of attacks could begin!

Moving at extreme speed, draconic roars echoed across the Sword Washing Plaza. Like a great dragon weaving through the crowd, he left a trail of spattering blood wherever he went.

"Human brat, you dared to devour my soul! Today, I will kill you and seize the bloodline within your body!"

These deep, booming words, roared from the mouths of the possessed cultivators, further confirmed Yi Xiaoyao’s suspicions.

All of these people were being controlled by the Evil Soul!

Under the Evil Soul’s control, they had lost all fear of Yi Xiaoyao. Furthermore, the power of their sword strikes had inexplicably increased.

Luckily, Yi Xiaoyao’s own strength far surpassed theirs. Activating the Nine Heavens Dragon Soaring Technique, his body moved like lightning. One by one, the Golden Core Realm experts, who had lost their minds and now had murderous glints in their eyes, fell to his Bloodthirsty Sword.

"You damned Evil Soul! Once I’ve killed all of these people, I will hunt you down and devour you completely!"

Yi Xiaoyao snorted coldly. With every rise and fall of his sword, heads rolled. He moved so fast that it seemed as if he had vanished.

Finally, with a slash as fast as light, Yi Xiaoyao killed an expert from the Hidden Dragon List. Then, his figure flickered, and he thrust his sword toward the last survivor nearby.

But in the next instant, he froze. His sword stopped abruptly, its tip just an inch from the person.

It was Ye Qingqing. Her eyes wide with terror, she was leaning against a Sword Cleansing Platform, shaking her head desperately at him.

"You’re not being controlled?" Yi Xiaoyao asked doubtfully.

Ye Qingqing was too horrified by what she had just witnessed to speak; she could only shake her head.

Yi Xiaoyao breathed a slight sigh of relief. He understood now. After inserting their swords into the Sword Cleansing Platforms, the others had all kept their hands on their weapons.

The Evil Soul had used the longswords as a conduit to invade their bodies and control them, forcing them to attack him.

But Ye Qingqing’s misfortune had turned into a blessing. Her injured left arm was immobile, and her right arm was pressed against the wound on her chest. Because of this, she hadn’t touched her sword at all during the process, so the Evil Soul couldn’t invade her body.

Realizing this, Yi Xiaoyao no longer suspected her. His gaze swept the area, searching for the elegant man from the Washing Sword Sect.

But the elegant man, who had been right there just moments ago, was nowhere to be found.

"This is no place to linger. You and the others should leave immediately!"

Yi Xiaoyao glanced at Ye Qingqing, gave her this warning, and then shot off toward the central area of the Washing Sword Sect.

He was going to find someone from the Washing Sword Sect and demand an explanation for this whole affair!

And as for the Evil Soul that wanted to kill him—Yi Xiaoyao was determined to devour it completely.

At that very moment, the spectators who had watched the entire event unfold from a safe distance were all pale-faced.

They still couldn’t understand why the experts who had claimed the Sword Cleansing Platforms had suddenly attacked Yi Xiaoyao in unison. It was simply too bizarre.

However, they were even more horrified that Yi Xiaoyao had managed to slaughter all eighty of those Golden Core Realm experts in such a short amount of time!

"My god, it only took a few breaths! He killed all eighty of those top-tier Golden Core Realm experts!"

"The way those people suddenly turned was bizarre enough, but Yi Xiaoyao’s killing speed is even more terrifying!"

"He’s too strong! You must never, ever provoke a monster like that!"

The crowd was terrified. They secretly thought how fortunate it was that they hadn’t fought for a Sword Cleansing Platform, or they too would have died by Yi Xiaoyao’s sword.

Then, someone looked at the bodies covering the ground, suddenly came to their senses, and shouted, "There’s something really strange about this Washing Sword Sect! Let’s get out of here before something else happens and we end up just like them."

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