King of Creation
Chapter 181 - 178: The Mirage Dragon Pearl is Strange (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

Chapter 181: Chapter 178: The Mirage Dragon Pearl is Strange (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

Whiz!

After unleashing over a dozen Flowing Cloud Nine Flashes and nearly ten Wind Sweeps Away Clouds moves, the rate at which his True Yuan was depleting was more than Ye Zhen could handle. Clutching a Low Grade Spirit Crystal in his left hand, he simultaneously fought and recovered his Spiritual Power.

The overall strength of the Hundred-Man Demon Soul Battalion was more than several dozen times stronger than the ten-man squad.

Where Ye Zhen could have originally swept away a large number of Demon Soul Soldiers with a single sword strike, within the Hundred-Man Demon Soul Battalion their Cultivation had actually amplified to the early stages of the Spirit Summoning Realm, forcing Ye Zhen to use Flowing Cloud Nine Flashes just to cope.

What Ye Zhen was thankful for was that the Ten-Man Commanders of the Hundred-Man Demon Soul Battalion, although significantly stronger than before, had not advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Otherwise, facing the siege of over a dozen Ten-Man Commanders of the Demon Souls at the Spirit Transformation Realm, Ye Zhen would have had no choice but to flee.

However, even so, the Ten-Man Commanders of the Demon Souls, who used to be cut down by the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, now required Ye Zhen to employ the Middle-grade Earth Level Wind Cloud Sword Technique just to handle them!

It was handling them, not killing them!

Under the siege of ten exceptionally strong Ten-Man Commanders of Demon Souls at the Peak of the Spirit Summoning Realm, it was already impressive that Ye Zhen could cope!

Nevertheless, the situation was becoming increasingly difficult, and the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub began to bleed continuously, roaring out in anger!

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Zhen suddenly rose from the ground and unleashed a swift Eight Directions Fall!

As soon as the sword move was executed, the sky dramatically darkened as if overwhelmed by storm clouds, with the sound of rolling thunder approaching!

Boom!

Thick thunder light and sword light struck down simultaneously, blasting the two Ten-Man Commanders of the Demon Souls, who were rushing up to pursue Ye Zhen, into oblivion, not even a Demon Soul Blood Crystal dropped!

However, Ye Zhen couldn’t attend to that!

In that instant, Ye Zhen’s back was struck by three slashes, and the twelve layers of Protective Spirit Force, stacked to the limit, were instantly shattered. In the split second when the long swords struck his body, Ye Zhen twisted his torso strangely, avoiding the vital points, but blood was already spurting out.

If Ye Zhen hadn’t rolled forward with the momentum, at least four more blood-colored long swords would have hit him.

Entering the Battlefield of Demon Souls, Ye Zhen was wounded for the first time!

After eliminating two Ten-Man Commanders of the Demon Souls, the pressure on Ye Zhen greatly decreased!

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Zhen once again combined the Wind Cloud Sword Technique with the Ice Fiend Qi and employed them simultaneously, just like when he snuffed out Qu Zhanqian, he directly froze two more Ten-Man Commanders of the Demon Souls!

The situation turned around in an instant.

But it was in this very moment that the sound of war drums resounded once again!

Thud! Thud!

Amidst the sound of war drums, the Hundred-Man Commander of the Demon Souls, who had previously blocked Ye Zhen but hadn’t made another move, suddenly burst forth with a bloodthirsty gleam in his eyes. His form shot out like a leopard, the long sword raised, sending a fifty-meter-long Blood-Red Saber Light slashing towards Ye Zhen’s head!

Whiz!

As the Blood-Red Saber Light fell, rolling waves of blood tumbled forth, and in that moment, it seemed as if the entire world was engulfed by this blood-colored saber light.

Ye Zhen’s complexion changed dramatically, and he quickly retracted his sword momentum. Raising his long sword high, he half-closed his eyes, his Divine Soul settled on the first stage of the visibly manifested Vital Vein Forging Divine Ability within his body, the Sword Heart Enlightenment. He gently coaxed it,

In the next moment, a terrifyingly sharp golden sword Qi emerged on Ye Zhen’s long sword, his wrist flicking out in a flash!

The Origin Sword Vein of Divine Abilities!

Whiz!

The golden Origin Sword Vein surged explosively, slashing through the void, instantly shattering the Hundred-Man Commander’s Blood-Red Saber Light, with golden light descending and fixing the aggressive expression of the Hundred-Man Commander at that very moment!

The blood light dispersed, and a chicken egg-sized Demon Soul Blood Crystal promptly fell!

With the death of the Hundred-Man Commander of the Demon Souls, the boosted Cultivation of the Demon Soul Soldiers and Ten-Man Commanders collapsed from the early stages and the peak of the Spirit Summoning Realm to a much weaker state, making Ye Zhen’s fight exceptionally easier!

An hour later, Ye Zhen slaughtered the remaining Demon Soul Soldiers, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

Ye Zhen could never have imagined that his ultimate move would be deployed against a Hundred-Man Commander of the Demon Souls for its second use.

However, Liao Feibai was right.

The Origin Sword Vein was consumable, and with each use, a strand of the Origin Sword Vein constituting his Sword Vein Divine Power was extracted, weakening his Sword Vein Divine Power slightly.

During the recent deployment, Ye Zhen clearly felt as one Origin Sword Vein was drawn out from the Divine Powers, immediately weakening it by a fraction.

This change was extremely minute, but for Ye Zhen, whose Divine Soul had reached the Capturing Object Realm, the sensation was distinctively clear.

"This Origin Sword Vein truly has exceptional power, but it must not be regularly used!"

In this battle, Ye Zhen harvested a hundred ordinary Demon Soul Blood Crystals and eight Ten-Man Commander Demon Soul Blood Crystals. Perhaps the lightning power triggered by Eight Directions Fall had a restraining effect on these Demon Soul Blood Crystals, directly disintegrating two Ten-Man Commander Blood Crystals into nothingness.

The moment Ye Zhen grasped the chicken egg-sized Demon Soul Blood Crystal of the Hundred-Man Commander in his hand, the Mirage Dragon Pearl in his chest suddenly trembled.

"Eh?"

This anomaly sparked a thought in Ye Zhen’s mind.

Mind racing like lightning, Ye Zhen tried to activate the Mirage Dragon Pearl, attempting to absorb the energy from the Hundred-Man Demon Soul Commander’s Demon Soul Blood Crystal!

Instantly, under Ye Zhen’s activation, a tremendous suction force emanated from the Mirage Dragon Pearl, which began absorbing the energy from within the Hundred-Man Commander’s Demon Soul Blood Crystal.

Under Ye Zhen’s deliberate control, the energy from this Demon Soul Blood Crystal was completely absorbed by the Mirage Dragon Pearl, an energy that Ye Zhen didn’t dare to absorb himself!

After a hundred breaths, the energy within the Hundred-Man Commander’s Demon Soul Blood Crystal was completely drained, revealing that it was purely composed of energy, leaving not a speck of dust behind.

Quite habitually, Ye Zhen swept his Divine Sense through the first spatial stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, and at that glance, his expression suddenly froze!

Within the first spatial stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, a majestic and awe-inspiring Hundred-Man Commander of Demon Souls, emanating an aura of evil Qi, stood with a saber, striking a proud and lifelike posture!

"Can this work too? This Hundred-Man Commander of Demon Souls is practically at a leader’s level."

Despite the surprise, Ye Zhen didn’t think much of it and found a secluded place to heal and restore his Spiritual Power with the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub, even knowing the dangers of the wilderness, he needed to heal.

At this moment, what Ye Zhen missed the most was Luluo’s Small Mysterious Formation.

With a single Jade Talisman thrown out, the Small Mysterious Formation could be deployed to completely conceal the figures of Ye Zhen and the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub for half an hour.

Unfortunately, things had been too slow recently, one thing after the other and Ye Zhen hadn’t had any time to study talisman making or Talisman Formations.

Ye Zhen had made up his mind that after the Five Countries Conference, he must find time to learn about Jade Talismans and forge Talisman Formations. In critical moments, these formations could really come in handy.

For example, the most common Protective Spirit Talisman in the Jade Talismans could, if cast in advance, bestow a protective Spiritual Power upon oneself, lasting for half an hour.

The Protective Spirit Power was not very strong, but at a crucial moment, it might well save Ye Zhen’s life.

Like when he was in a fierce battle with the ten Hundred-man Generals, if he had such a Protective Spirit Talisman, the number of saber wounds on Ye Zhen’s back would definitely not have been three.

Ye Zhen only stayed in place for half an hour, and once his Cultivation had recovered to eighty percent and the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub’s wounds had slightly improved, he mounted the Cloud Winged Tiger and soared into the sky once more.

He must meet with the martial artists from the Black Water Kingdom as soon as possible. As the legions in the Battlefield of Demon Souls got larger, fighting alone became increasingly dangerous!

Commanders of Demon Soul legions with over a hundred soldiers could take to the skies and shoot Ye Zhen down from the air.

Therefore, Ye Zhen had the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub fly very high, almost hiding among the clouds.

Suddenly, Ye Zhen flew right above a Thousand-Man Black Armored Legion of Demon Souls.

In front of the Black Armored Thousand-Man Demon Soul Group, ten war drum chariots were moving at a steady pace, with the thudding of their soul-stirring war drums echoing up into the clouds.

The rolling sound of the war drums spread out in all directions in an instant, as troops of Demon Soul Soldiers began converging from all sides, swelling the ranks of the Thousand-Man Demon Soul Group.

Apart from the organized Demon Soul Soldiers, even stranded Black Armored Soldiers were marching over to the group, strengthening it rapidly!

Watching a Ten-Man Commander of Demon Souls merge alone into the Black Armored Thousand-Man Group, an idea suddenly sparked in Ye Zhen’s mind, seeming to realize that the Hundred-Man Commander of Demon Souls in the first spatial stage of his Mirage Dragon Pearl was exactly a Black Armored Hundred-Man Commander!

What if...

As the thought rose in Ye Zhen’s mind, his heart began thumping wildly, and even Ye Zhen was shocked by his own crazy idea!

By utilizing the unique Transfiguration technique of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, he could transform into a Black Armored Hundred-Man Demon Soul Commander and infiltrate their ranks.

As for what would follow, Ye Zhen dared not think further.

If he could successfully blend into the Black Armored Thousand-Man Demon Soul Group and follow this legion as they conquered in all directions, just casually picking up Demon Soul Blood Crystals...

The gains, Ye Zhen didn’t dare to imagine!

After the excitement, Ye Zhen immediately calmed down and began to consider the feasibility of this matter in great detail.

This was extremely risky; if his identity were exposed, with no way out in the face of a Black Armored Thousand-Man Demon Soul Group, Ye Zhen would almost certainly have no chance.

"However, aside from military and combat instincts, these Demon Soul Soldiers seem very weak in other respects..." If discovered, Ye Zhen thought that blending into the thousands of Demon Soul Soldiers might still offer a chance.

"One cannot find the cub without entering the tiger’s den!"

"Fortune favors the bold!"

Both Elder Zhong and Lik Shi had said that the more Demon Soul Blood Crystals obtained, the greater the rewards inside the Demon Soul Hall, and the higher the chances of obtaining a War Soul Blood Flag.

Not to mention anything else, for his own sake and for the peace of the common people of the Black Water Kingdom for five years, Ye Zhen had to give it a try!

Instantly, Ye Zhen made a decision!

However, before taking action, Ye Zhen needed to confirm one thing—that was, once he transformed into the apparition of a Hundred-Man Commander of Demon Souls, how long could his body’s Spiritual Power sustain the transformation?

If his body’s Spiritual Power could not sustain the transformation in Ye Zhen for long, then his impulsive thought had no feasibility at all!

Putting away the Sky Crystal Sword, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense focused sharply on the apparition of the Hundred-Man Commander of Demon Souls in the first spatial stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl. A peculiar fluctuation emanated from his body, and as a current of Spiritual Power started flowing slowly, Ye Zhen began to transfigure.

Instantly, Ye Zhen transformed into a nearly two-meter tall, Black Armored Hundred-Man Commander of Demon Souls, his body enveloped in an aura of Blood Light.

Ye Zhen closed his eyes slightly, quietly sensing the consumptions of Spiritual Power after the transformation.

A hundred breaths later, Ye Zhen’s face suddenly brightened! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)