Chapter 559 - 486: Shadow Soul, Beating Him at His Own Game

Chapter 559: Chapter 486: Shadow Soul, Beating Him at His Own Game

At this moment.

Who else could it be, standing before Chi Weixuan, but Su Ye?

"What? Are you surprised?"

Su Ye grinned, his smile cruel and bloodthirsty as he savored Chi Weixuan’s expression.

The look on the other man’s face—one of utter shock, mingled with fear, horror, and disbelief—was a delectable dessert to him.

’I’m starting to understand why villains love to monologue.’

’This feeling... it’s really quite nice.’

If circumstances permitted, he would have a long talk with Chi Weixuan, then crush all his resistance and drive him into utter despair and madness.

To Su Ye, this was an incredibly amusing prospect.

One can only imagine how wretched Su Ye’s true nature was.

However, his rationality was able to suppress his base instincts.

Reason told him that such behavior was foolish.

"So, I’m afraid you’ll just have to die full of unanswered questions and indignation."

Su Ye sighed and snapped his fingers. At his command, the darkness of the night grew more sinister, surging toward Chi Weixuan like a tidal wave!

As the darkness swirled, Chi Weixuan’s spiritual aura and his very body were stained by the encroaching black.

Even his mind—the sword heart of a high-level Sword Cultivator—was shrouded in shadow, causing intense fear and regret to flare within him!

"No!"

"You’re the Nascent Soul that Uncle-Master Fuyunzi encountered!"

"I actually... I actually..." Despair washed over Chi Weixuan’s face.

With his intelligence, he naturally understood everything in that moment.

He still didn’t understand how Su Ye, a Nascent Soul True Monarch, could move about freely in Volcano State.

But now, the aura of a complete Law and the fifth-order Divine Sense pressing down on his sea of consciousness made Chi Weixuan absolutely certain of Su Ye’s true identity!

’This is bad.’

’I tried to frame the actual culprit!’

Chi Weixuan was filled with regret. Had he known, he never would have chosen Su Ye as his target... at the very least, he never would have set foot in Volcano State!

"No!"

"I am a True Disciple of the Sword Sect! For the sake of the Sword Sect!"

Facing the encroaching darkness, Chi Weixuan bit down hard on the tip of his tongue. His sword heart flared, casting off some of the shadows!

He was a high-level Sword Cultivator, after all. He wouldn’t just wait for death in a crisis. At the very least, he had to send a message!

SHIIING!

His Spirit Sword flew from its sheath!

Chi Weixuan’s aura became like a sword piercing the heavens.

He activated his Divine Technique: Ten Thousand Spirit Dragon!

A flash of sword light, the roar of a dragon—a spirit dragon, its body pierced by ten thousand blades, materialized. With a great cry, it launched a final, desperate charge into the encroaching darkness!

Chi Weixuan was astonished to find that, even as he was grievously wounded and on the brink of being consumed by darkness, the True Technique he had just unleashed was more powerful than ever before!

’So that’s it...’

’The Ten Thousand Spirit Dragon... Have I never truly understood it until now?’

The courage to face death without fear, the charge into a hopeless situation—that was the true essence of his Divine Technique.

Chi Weixuan gave a bitter laugh. If he had grasped this during his duel, he might not have lost to Qin Wuyou.

’Then again, that’s not right...’

’After so long, after a life of comfort and privilege, after all the scheming and politicking within the sect... did I really still possess the state of mind I had back in the Crystal Stage, when I first forged this Divine Technique?’

A bitter smile touched Chi Weixuan’s lips.

Then, the darkness surged forward, completely engulfing Chi Weixuan and his Ten Thousand Spirit Dragon.

"It’s over."

"That was quite the show. As expected of a True Disciple of the Sword Sect, I suppose?"

Su Ye clapped, his interest piqued.

This world is still bound by rules, after all. There’s a limit to how much your power can surge from a sudden epiphany.

And clearly, the increase in Chi Weixuan’s strength after his epiphany was still well within Su Ye’s control.

Being invincible within one’s realm wasn’t just an empty boast!

After continuously absorbing Dao Source, Su Ye’s attribute caps were approaching one hundred!

The resulting stat bonuses had reached a terrifying level!

If he hadn’t needed to cover his tracks, Su Ye wouldn’t have even bothered using the Netherworld Skill. He could have easily captured Chi Weixuan through conventional means.

Yes. Captured.

The darkness dissipated, revealing Chi Weixuan’s form.

His eyes were shut tight. The Netherworld Skill had destroyed his consciousness but preserved his life force and the memories within his soul.

Su Ye had done this intentionally.

He reached out and placed his palm on Chi Weixuan’s head. A flash of icy silver lit up in his eyes. ’Let’s see what kind of schemes you’ve been plotting.’

This was Su Ye’s goal.

Why react to his opponent’s moves when he could just read the entire playbook?

As for tracking Chi Weixuan... before a fifth-order Divine Sense, there was nowhere for him to hide.

However, the restrictive Array set up by Song Baiqing had blocked Su Ye’s surveillance. Well, "blocked" wasn’t quite right. To Su Ye’s Divine Sense, these restrictions were nothing special.

It would just take a bit of effort to break through.

But forcing his way through would have certainly been detected.

After weighing his options, Su Ye decided to bide his time and ambush Chi Weixuan en route.

He succeeded!

’As expected...’

’He teamed up with Song Baiqing... to plant some hidden measures in the detection equipment.’

Chi Weixuan’s soul was completely defenseless against Su Ye’s Soul Search.

HMMMM.

Light and shadow flickered as images surfaced.

Countless memories appeared before Su Ye’s eyes.

Besides Chi Weixuan’s conspiracy, there were also many secrets and a wealth of precious knowledge.

Of course, this knowledge wasn’t particularly valuable; it merely broadened Su Ye’s horizons.

As for the knowledge that held true power, it was all protected by restrictions within Chi Weixuan’s soul. If Su Ye tried to access it, the soul would self-destruct!

This was only because Su Ye’s own soul had advanced to the fifth order, allowing him to perform the Soul Search with far greater finesse.