Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 589 - 583: Taking Action

Chapter 589: Chapter 583: Taking Action

"What?"

Ye Xuan’s face changed, and he couldn’t help but twitch the muscles at the corner of his mouth. Wasn’t this woman too ruthless—resorting to such an extreme measure without any discussion?

Originally, he had planned to slip away amidst the chaos. Now, it seemed, flight was likely impossible.

The curse mark of the Shadow Demon Clan was notoriously difficult to deal with; Ye Xuan had known this for some time, and at present, he was utterly without recourse.

"Behave yourself, you brat!"

Chi Yi grinned, his eyes brimming with a mocking light as if to say, "Run, I dare you."

After planting the curse mark on Ye Xuan, Zi Ying seemed to finally feel at ease. She pulled a black whip from her Qiankun Ring. This whip radiated faint fluctuations targeting soul power, but unlike the Demon Infant, the force emitted was not one of suction, but one of repulsion.

Brandishing the whip, Zi Ying attacked the Level 4 Demon Infant.

"Brother Ye."

Ximen Ying approached him, his complexion turning sour upon knowing that Ye Xuan was cursed.

"If there’s a chance later, you can go ahead and leave first,"

said Ye Xuan, his expression slightly tense.

"Without you, the two of us wandering around the Demon Beast Mountain Range would be tantamount to a certain death." Ximen Ying shook his head. Before, he might have thought he was stronger than Ye Xuan, but after entering the Evil Domain, he no longer held that belief. Their survival and their escape from the Evil Domain might largely depend on Ye Xuan.

"Then let’s wait and see."

Since escape was not an option, Ye Xuan had to abandon his previous thoughts for the time being.

Whoosh!

The Demon Infant suddenly started to dance in the air, drawing gray trails of smoke. Its speed was so quick that even Ye Xuan’s eyes had difficulty capturing its movements; he could only rely on the sense driven by his soul power to discern its direction.

Hiss hiss!

Sounds akin to a serpent’s tongue flickering spread out, and a grey mouth seemed to appear out of the void, enveloping Zi Ying with a terrifyingly powerful suction.

Ximen Ying, with the weakest soul cultivation, had beams of transparent light emerge directly from his body, and his soul was almost pulled out.

Just at that moment, Ye Xuan suddenly extended his hand and released a soul barrier to protect Ximen Ying, blocking the potent soul suction force.

"Thank you."

After taking a deep breath and sending a grateful glance toward Ye Xuan, Ximen Ying felt a bit aggrieved. When had he, Ximen Ying, ever been in such a sorry state? Yet, in the face of a Demon Infant that directly targeted the soul, he was as powerless as a mere mortal.

Whoosh!

Ancient miasma poured down from the skies like a tidal wave, a fearful shadow descending as if to engulf all five people.

"Shadow Soul Realm!"

Zi Ying braced herself with both hands, and suddenly, an extremely powerful fluctuation burst forth from her body. Beneath this fluctuation, a barrier expanded, covering an area with a radius of several meters around the five of them.

Whooo whooo whooo...

The pitiful sound pervaded the surrounding space, while the ancient miasma above seemed boundless and unending, constantly washing over that Shadow Soul Barrier. Within the miasma was a strong soul-sucking force, madly compressing the barrier.

Hiss hiss hiss...

Under such corrosion, the barrier started to show cracks, and part of the miasma had already seeped through like little snakes.

"What a troublesome thing."

Beside them, Chi Yi’s brow suddenly flashed. In the void before him, a soul vortex appeared and began to spin violently. With this rapid rotation, it soon sparked a flame. Following Chi Yi’s sudden shout, the flame shot upwards, heading straight towards the massive shadow in the sky above.

Pop pop pop!

Wherever the fire passed, the miasma rapidly dissipated, melting away like ice and snow. However, it started fiercely but within a minute or two, the power of the fire had been halved, and eventually, it dispersed amidst the miasma.

"Damn it."

Chi Yi’s forehead throbbed with prominent veins, confirming that a Level 4 Demon Beast was truly difficult to deal with. No wonder the villagers had warned them early on to flee at the first sign of a Level 3 or higher Demon Infant.

"This Level 4 Demon Infant is too powerful, I’m afraid it’s as difficult to handle as a Level 5 one."

Zi Ying’s expression grew even more somber; she, too, was beginning to feel the headache. Trapped between a rock and a hard place, it looked like they might be worn down to death here by this beast.

"If it weren’t for these three burdens, we would never be trapped like this."

Chi Yi suddenly glanced at Ye Xuan and the others, instantly directing all his fury towards them, and a fierce light shone in his eyes.

"Don’t look at us that way. Whether or not you can safely leave this place might just depend on us," Ye Xuan said with a faint smile.

"Rely on you three wastes of space?" Chi Yi said with a face full of scorn.

Wisps of searing flame power suddenly surged from the Blood Pattern Ring and infused into Shi Yan’s entire body. In just an instant, Shi Yan’s body turned red, with flames appearing to flicker about him.

Ye Xuan didn’t argue. He drew the Dragon Abyss Ancient Sword from his waist and brought his hands together. At the thought, streaks of red and white flames shot out from his body. As soon as these flames emerged, they quickly gathered into clusters of fire clouds around him.

Each cluster of fire clouds contained a piece of Ye Xuan’s soul, controlled by his mind. These fire clouds seemed to form a fiery dome around him. This was the fusion of the Molten Lava Earth Core Fire and the Xuanbing Cold Flame, which had also absorbed the power of the Ten-thousand-year-old Earth Core Fire. It was already no ordinary Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object, even if it didn’t quite compare to the ten legendary wonders of the Spirit Martial Continent.

Whoosh!

Having completed this, Ye Xuan shot into the sky like a bullet, directly entering the miasma that enveloped the Demon Infant.

"This guy’s got a death wish."

Zi Ying’s eyes dramatically changed; the power of this sea of soul miasma was something she dared not enter, stirring a palpable sense of trepidation. Yet Ye Xuan had charged in so fiercely; wasn’t this a death wish?

"Suicidal fool!"

Laughing coldly, Chi Yi’s eyes filled with even thicker contempt. He had long disliked Ye Xuan but couldn’t kill him, forcibly suppressing the rage in his heart. Now, Ye Xuan had taken it upon himself to court death, truly an idiot.

At that moment, Ye Xuan had already become a fiery shadow, plunging into the miasma ocean. He tore a pathway through it, and his figure disappeared into it. The glow of the fire lasted several minutes before it too vanished within that sea of miasma.