Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 500 - 497 Dark Spiritual Pearl

Chapter 500: Chapter 497 Dark Spiritual Pearl

"How should we proceed?"

Xue Lingzi frowned. After all, having spent so much time with Leng Wusheng, the latter was like his direct junior brother. He couldn’t just watch as his brother died here.

"Let’s leave this place first."

Ye Xuan shook his head. "The evil will here is too strong; none of us can save him. Once we get out of this Illusion Realm, the evil will in him should be easier to cleanse."

"Alright!"

The group had unwavering trust in Ye Xuan. Their success in getting this far was largely thanks to him, and since Ye Xuan often came up with solutions, they had no choice but to believe in him given the current situation.

The four of them subdued Leng Wusheng and fought their way deeper into the swamp world, carving a bloody path through the bat swarm.

An hour later, they finally broke free from the swamp world, but they were covered in filth and bloodstains, which mostly belonged to the black specter bats, making them look extremely wretched.

"We’ve finally escaped that damned place."

After they had emerged from the swamp world, Ouyang Tie cursed softly, grateful for Xue Lingzi’s presence. Without Xue Lingzi, he might have ended up as food for those black specter bats.

After leaving the swamp, the scene before them quickly returned to the appearance of a grand hall.

The Illusion Realm, it seemed, had finally been breached.

"Brother Xue Lingzi, seal off Brother Leng’s consciousness. The evil will in his soul should dissipate on its own before long."

After leaving the Illusion Realm, Ye Xuan turned to Xue Lingzi. After checking Leng Wusheng’s condition, he spoke.

Xue Lingzi nodded, then went ahead and sealed Leng Wusheng’s consciousness, leaving Ouyang Tie to take care of him for the time being.

"It looks like we’ve finally reached the core of the Evil Dragon Temple."

Fei Yue’s eyes sparkled with joy as she looked at the grand hall before them, which was clearly much more majestic than the one they had seen when they first entered. This must be the core of the Evil Dragon Temple, there was no mistake.

"Perhaps,"

Ye Xuan was not certain. They had only taken a few steps out when they heard disturbances coming from ahead.

"There are people ahead."

The expressions of the four changed, and they immediately went on alert, entering the inner part of the grand hall.

In their sight, a group of people was surrounding a body of water; within it, a huge thorn-covered monster was furiously attacking the humans around it, constantly churning up towering waves.

The monster’s body was dark and it had more than ten legs, resembling a gigantic octopus. Its legs kept slamming into the crowd, flinging inky, viscous black energy like squid ink.

"It’s Lord Wind and his group."

As soon as Ye Xuan’s group entered, they recognized the people—sure enough, it was a group from the Gentleman Sect. At this moment, many of the Gentlemen Sect’s members were injured, clearly having faced difficulties before, and now they had encountered this giant Octopus Monster. Even with their numbers attacking the monster, they had failed to subdue it and instead suffered numerous casualties.

"Why would they fight this monster? Lord Wind isn’t the type to engage in such thankless tasks." Fei Yue said with a serious look in her beautiful eyes.

"I think they are after the thing behind that monster."

Ye Xuan’s gaze suddenly fell on the position behind the Octopus Monster, where there was a jet-black pearl. The pearl was the size of a fist and didn’t look remarkable, but the aura it emitted was very strange, carrying with it a peculiar fluctuation.

"Is that... the Black Spirit Pearl?"

Xue Lingzi’s gaze also fell on that black pearl, and a look of astonishment suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"The Black Spirit Pearl? No wonder these guys are fighting so desperately."

Fei Yue’s eyes lit up as well. The Black Spirit Pearl was one of the rarest among the various types of Spiritual Pearls. If one could obtain it and absorb the dark attribute Spiritual Power contained within, then their True Yuan would gain an additional dark attribute, greatly enhancing the purity and power of one’s True Yuan.

This was a permanent enhancement to one’s strength, naturally, figures like Lord Wind and his comrades wouldn’t miss out on it.

However, the strength of the beast before them was also extraordinary, and even the combined efforts of the Gentleman Sect were struggling to subdue the monster.

At this moment, Lord Wind also noticed the arrival of Ye Xuan and his group. He frowned, then suddenly, his aura surged and he unleashed a Palm Blade, severing one of the monster’s legs and rapidly swept towards its back like a lightning bolt.

Yet, just as Lord Wind was about to seize the Black Spirit Pearl, his right leg was suddenly grasped by a tentacle-like limb, missing the Black Spirit Pearl by a hair’s breadth.

"Attack!"

Ye Xuan, naturally, wouldn’t just watch Lord Wind take the Black Spirit Pearl away. Xue Lingzi was the first to act, leaving only a Blood Shadow in his place, as his true form rushed towards where the Black Spirit Pearl rested.

"Court death!"

Lord Wind’s face darkened. Not about to let the cooked duck fly away, he cut through the entangling tentacle with a palm strike, then launched another palm, a robust Palm Force sweeping fiercely towards Xue Lingzi’s back.

At this moment, Xue Lingzi too was entangled by the monster’s tentacles and had to turn to fend off Lord Wind’s attack.

The two battled fiercely as other onlookers, with eyes aflame with desire for the Black Spirit Pearl, used their full power in the fight, driving the monster back and advancing towards the location of the Black Spirit Pearl.

Originally, Yang Wei, Chu Kuang, and others hadn’t been fighting with their full strength since there was only one Black Spirit Pearl; if they were to defeat the monster, the pearl would undoubtedly end up with Lord Wind, so naturally, they were not willing to go all out. Now, with Lord Wind and Xue Lingzi locked in fierce combat, their opportunity had arrived.

If they managed to get their hands on it now, then the Black Spirit Pearl would be theirs, and even Lord Wind would have no grounds to snatch it back.

At this time, Ye Xuan made his move as well. The Black Spirit Pearl was just as valuable to him; since it was a good thing, why should he not attempt to claim it? With Lord Wind preoccupied, he might have a chance to snatch the Black Spirit Pearl.

"Ye Xuan, you think you can snatch away the Black Spirit Pearl as well?"

Seeing Ye Xuan rushing over, Chu Kuang sneered viciously, then, driving his True Yuan, turned and threw a punch towards Ye Xuan.

"That line should be mine, a defeated general still dares to speak of courage?"

Ye Xuan retorted with a sneer.

"What did you say? You trash, I only lost to you before because I was injured. Do you think I’m really no match for you? I’ll show you how formidable I am right now!"

Hearing the words ’defeated general’, Chu Kuang’s face immediately darkened. Being routed by Ye Xuan with three strokes was an immense humiliation for him, and now, Ye Xuan dared to bring it up; he was practically asking for death.

If he didn’t kill Ye Xuan, he would be unworthy of being one of the Gentleman Sect’s four lords, unable to hold his head high in the Xuantian Sect.

Seeing the raging Chu Kuang charging over, Ye Xuan just sneered and raised his sword to meet him.