Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 593 - 587 Human Emperor’s Scepter

Chapter 593: Chapter 587 Human Emperor’s Scepter

"I don’t care anymore, just pull it out and see what happens!"

In such an urgently critical situation, Ye Xuan could no longer worry about the consequences of his actions. If he didn’t pull it out, he would definitely die right then and there.

The moment he gripped the scepter, Ye Xuan suddenly felt an extremely terrifying suction force, that was released from the scepter, crazily absorbing the True Yuan inside his body.

In just a few seconds, most of the True Yuan in Ye Xuan’s body had been drained.

"It’s over, it looks like this thing is going to kill me."

Ye Xuan’s complexion turned ugly. The scepter was like a bottomless pit, unassuming in appearance but incredibly powerful.

On the other hand, the huge soul leech was also approaching. Even if the scepter didn’t drain all his True Yuan, he was going to end up as food for this soul leech.

The soul leech, which also possessed considerable Spiritual Wisdom, seemed to realize that Ye Xuan was bound by the scepter and couldn’t move. It excitedly cried out, then opened its huge gaping mouth and lunged directly at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan had cursed the scepter’s owner countless times. At this critical moment, he suddenly felt the scepter loosen in his hand, while the soul leech’s gaping mouth was already in front of him.

In desperation, Ye Xuan grabbed the scepter and thrust it directly into the mouth of the soul leech, jamming the teeth that were about to clamp down.

Hissing...

However, from the mouth of the soul leech, a sharp, fragmented noise suddenly emitted, and a soul vortex was forming rapidly.

"This is bad."

Ye Xuan sensed something ominous—if this soul vortex fully formed, he was undoubtedly still going to die.

But just then, strange golden patterns suddenly emerged on the scepter. As these patterns spread, a terrifying absorption fluctuation was suddenly released, a force several times stronger than the soul leech.

The soul vortex crumbled at a visible rate, absorbed entirely by the scepter. Even the flesh and blood of the soul leech itself was quickly withered and continuously sucked into the scepter.

The soul leech, originally hundreds of feet large, turned into a layer of withered black skin in just a minute or two, leaving nothing behind.

"He actually devoured a soul leech alive."

Ye Xuan revealed a somewhat fearful expression. The threat level of this soul leech was probably not weaker than a Martial Saint Strong People, at least running into a soul leech like the one before would surely send First Grade Martial Saints like Sound Saint fleeing, definitely unable to withstand it directly.

Yet such a soul leech was easily annihilated by this unassuming scepter. This made Ye Xuan somewhat astonished; could this thing be some lost Ancient Saint Artifact?

"Cough, cough, I sure slept a long time. I didn’t expect anyone to come here, truly unexpected." Just as Ye Xuan was pondering the origin of the scepter, suddenly, a voice sounded out of nowhere.

"Who?"

Ye Xuan’s face suddenly showed a hint of caution, and after scanning his surroundings, he fixed his gaze upon the scepter in his hand, "Was it you talking just now? Could it possibly be the Artifact Spirit of this thing?"

Once a weapon reached the status of High Rank Holy Artifact, it would give birth to an Artifact Spirit. Artifact Spirits lacked physical form and existed only within the Holy Artifacts. The survival of the Artifact Spirit meant the indestructibility of the Holy Artifact; this was likely the reason why this Holy Artifact had existed for so long.

"Boy, you seem to know quite a lot, even about Artifact Spirits."

The voice sounded again, and this time, Ye Xuan heard it much clearer—it was an old man’s voice.

"So this piece of junk is actually a Holy Artifact? What was happening just now? Was it your doing, you old thing?" After realizing it was the Artifact Spirit, Ye Xuan felt much relieved and then coldly questioned.

He had almost been completely drained by the scepter just moments ago, and he wasn’t going to let that go so easily.

"Me? Ambush you?"

The voice seemed somewhat unreasonable and said lazily, "Boy, don’t be ungrateful. If it weren’t for this old man, you would have been turned into a dried husk by that soul leech just now. Not only are you not thanking me, but you are also biting back?"

"I bet if it weren’t for that timely arrival of the soul leech, the one being drained dry would have been me," Ye Xuan sneered. The Artifact Spirit of such an Ancient Saint Artifact had lived for tens of thousands of years and was more cunning than a fox; how could he possibly believe its lies?

"Boy, you’re too cautious for your young age. Do you know who I am? I only absorbed your True Yuan to regain some strength and wake up. I wasn’t going to harm you," the Artifact Spirit spoke with an authoritative and aged tone.

"Young age? I’m much older than you."

Ye Xuan thought to himself, how could this Artifact Spirit be older than him? But naturally, he wouldn’t say that out loud. Instead, he feigned ignorance, "I don’t know who you are. Why don’t you enlighten me?"

"Seeing your sincerity, I will tell you then."

The Artifact Spirit’s voice grew prouder, "Boy, have you ever heard of the Human Emperor’s Scepter?"

"I haven’t heard of it."

Ye Xuan decisively shook his head.

"What? You haven’t heard of it? That’s simply too ignorant."

The voice of the Artifact Spirit was greatly dissatisfied, as if Ye Xuan had never heard of something widely known, "In the Ancient Era, there were three famous leaders of the Human Clan known as the Three Emperors of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. Each of them possessed a Holy Artifact capable of devastating Heaven and Earth. Besides the Human Emperor’s Scepter, the other two artifacts were the Heaven Emperor Mirror and the Earth Emperor Book."

"The Three Emperors were the ancient leaders of the Human Clan. If not for them, the people of the Spirit Martial Continent would have perished long ago. And during the sealing of the Demon Clan, the Three Emperors’ artifacts were used as seals, each suppressing the strongest among the Alien Clans, with the Demon Clan undoubtedly being one of them, which is why I am here, suppressing this Evil Domain."

Ye Xuan showed a look of surprise, "I’ve never heard this before. But being a Holy Artifact of the Human Emperor, how did you end up in such a terrible state? Do you know that the Demon Clan can now freely enter and leave the Evil Domain?"

"Of course I know that. With the power of this single Holy Artifact alone, how could I permanently seal the entire Demon Clan? Do you think I am a Divine Artifact with inexhaustible Divine Power?" the Artifact Spirit said noncommittally.

"Even a Divine Artifact doesn’t have inexhaustible Divine Power. Alright, enough with this nonsense. Since you are the Holy Artifact responsible for suppressing the entire Demon Clan, there must be a way out," Ye Xuan waved his hand dismissively. The ancient grievances between the races didn’t concern him; he only cared about how to get out and leave this accursed place.