270: Trapping Nascent Souls! Bai Mao's Desperate Situation

Taking advantage of the moment when Chen Dengming's attack hit and exposed him to the black mist, the Soul Devouring Ancestor quickly forced back the two Senluo Offspring beside him, concealed his aura, and instantly transformed into ghostly shadows and left.

As he said, he could come and go freely within the Fallen Forbidden Zone. As long as he didn't venture deep into the Senluo Domain and run into a real Senluo, or get surrounded by Senluo Offspring, a few Senluo Offspring wouldn't be able to stop him.

Ordinary Senluo Offspring, despite possessing power that threatens Nascent Soul Cultivator, have many weaknesses, such as poor eyesight, large size, limited attack methods, and relatively slow movement speed.

Creatures of this level pose a threat to Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators, but to Nascent Soul Late Stage like the Soul Devouring Ancestor, they are nothing special.

"It's a pity, Xue Zhen. I never expected that after so many years, I still wouldn't be able to have you as I wished."

The Soul Devouring Ancestor dodged the numerous black tentacles, sighing inwardly. What he couldn't have, he would destroy; this had always been his principle.

As he was about to escape the encirclement and attack of the Senluo Offspring, he extended his Divine Sense backward one last time.

In that brief moment of exploration, he was momentarily stunned.

All they could sense was that, apart from the several Senluo Offspring rushing towards the location where the Longevity Dao Child had been standing not far away, there was no trace of the Longevity Dao Child's aura; even his Soul Power and spirit had mysteriously vanished.

Along with it, the Soul Body fluctuations of the Little Array Spirit Xue Zhen also disappeared.

"How is this possible? They were wiped out so quickly?"

The Soul Devouring Ancestor was immediately astonished. He took out the stone shard he had obtained from the cave and placed it on his forehead to calm his mind and focus on sensing it through his Soul Power.

With such focused perception, as long as Xue Zhen remained within a thousand miles, not a single trace of his Soul Power could leak out of his senses.

Even so, he still couldn't sense the presence of the Longevity Dao Child or Xue Zhen.

Given his reliance on mediums to search for souls, the fact that he still couldn't find the two suggests only one possibility: both of them have perished, body and soul.

In that moment of distraction, a sudden, intense pang of fear gripped my heart.

An indescribable fear gripped my entire body.

The surrounding black mist seemed to instantly transform into walls of iron, the air thick with dense fog, and a vast power permeated the atmosphere.

"The Senluo True Body!?"

The Soul Devouring Ancestor's scalp tightened instantly, his hair stood on end, and he vaguely saw a pair of blurry, chilling eyes slightly opening from the black mist...

"Boom!"

His entire being seemed frozen in time; even his Divine Sense and spirit seemed to solidify at this moment, his mind going completely blank.

The evil black mist surrounding him, composed of countless negative remnants, instantly transformed into a terrifying, vast, net-like field, enveloping him.

Connected to this net is a figure far larger than all the Senluo Offspring, deep within the black mist.

It seemed to be the black mist itself, a colossal aerial beast that either emitted or attracted the black mist to gather. Countless tentacle-like shadows extended from its body, dancing around and spreading evil light, causing restlessness and unease in the surroundings. The screams and wails of countless negative and lingering thoughts could be faintly heard.

"Whoosh!--"

The black mist surged, and suddenly countless pitch-black tentacles, moving with lightning speed, struck and twisted towards the Soul Devouring Ancestor.

The moment these tentacles moved, it was as if the entire black mist shrouding the Fallen Forbidden Zone Wasteland was rapidly shifting and changing.

Large swathes of black mist suddenly swirled rapidly as the tentacles twisted, forming strings of sharp, cone-shaped vapors.

"Call out!!"

A tentacle enveloped in black mist was suddenly torn in two by the rapidly passing arrow.

The compressed air from the arrow even created a powerful shockwave, leaving a trail tens of feet long through the black mist.

The Soul Devouring Ancestor fired wildly, and arrows shot out from all directions like aurora borealis splitting open the Sky Dome, severing a large number of tentacles.

However, it was to no avail.

As the black mist surges and gathers, it forms even more tentacles, densely packed, seemingly impossible to eradicate.

Before anyone could react, in the blink of an eye, a blurry tentacle slammed into the back of the Soul Devouring Ancestor.

The protective barrier instantly erected by his outer robe seemed completely useless; the tentacles, ignoring the physical defenses, pierced directly through his chest and solidified abruptly.

An overwhelming and astonishing force, beyond the resistance of any ordinary body, seemed poised to blast him into dust, leaving not a trace.

"Wow!"

A mouthful of blood spurted from the Soul Devouring Ancestor's mouth, his back was visibly dented, and a spray of blood appeared on his chest. His Movement Method were also instantly shattered by the violent force.

But that wasn't all. The tentacles, existing between illusion and reality, spread evil and intense Spiritual Energy, heading straight for his soul and the Nascent Soul within his body.

"Ah!!--Get away!"

A terrified and shrill roar, accompanied by incredibly surging and astonishing waves of power, suddenly erupted from the Soul Devouring Ancestor's body.

In an instant, in the darkness, a dazzling spiritual light could be clearly seen in his Dantian, resembling the shadow of an infant version of the Soul Devouring Ancestor, spreading a terrifying spiritual power.

Chen Dengming was completely unaware of the fierce battle between the Soul Devouring Ancestor and the true form of Senluo True Body.

A few dozen breaths ago, facing the Senluo Offspring who were surrounding him from all directions, he had no choice but to enter the state of the Seven Absolute Realms. His soul had already entered the state of nothingness in advance, without form or substance, without a single thought or intention.

In that instant, he and everything he carried entered the realm of 'nothingness,' with only the power and fluctuations of his mind remaining traceable.

After entering the state of Seven Absolute Realms, the numerous swarming Senluo Offspring also lost his trace, gathering around the spot and searching aimlessly, but to no avail.

The Senluo True Body, awakened by the disturbance, immediately turned his attention to the Soul Devouring Ancestor, who was about to escape.

This also confirms what the Soul Devouring Ancestor himself said, "Trying to steal a chicken only resulted in losing the rice instead."

Originally, once their offensive against Chen Dengming was successful, Chen Dengming would indeed become a sacrifice, torn apart by many of Senluo Offspring.

Even if Senluo True Body awakens, the first person he will target is the most conspicuous Chen Dengming.

The Nascent Soul Old Monster's scheme was almost flawless.

However, man proposes, God disposes.

The only thing the Soul Devouring Ancestor overlooked was that Chen Dengming possessed two major lineages and also mastered the 'Seven Absolute Realms,' a mental secret technique of the Martial Dao Divine Ability.

At this moment, the Soul Devouring Ancestor truly reaped what he sowed. He was firmly locked and enveloped by the overwhelming power of Senluo True Body's true form and the endless black mist. This dignified Nascent Soul Late Stage monster was about to be killed by Senluo's vast power.

Chen Dengming, in his state of Seven Absolute Realms, was like a light boat, able to roam freely on the waves no matter how turbulent they were, untouched by the black mist.

However, the state of the Seven Absolute Realms also requires the expenditure of Mental Strength and the Human Immortal Way Power.

Furthermore, the state of 'nothingness' also represents the absence of thought and intention, to the point that the person even forgets their own existence, ultimately merging with nothingness and becoming part of the void.

This was an extremely dangerous situation, and it was Chen Dengming's last resort after being forced into a desperate situation, almost a decision made with the determination to perish together with the Soul Devouring Ancestor.

Once, inside the Ancient Human Immortal Palace, Chen Dengming used the Seven Absolute Realms of Absolute Imperfection to deceive the Nascent Soul of the Sha Star Dongfang Huayuan. In the end, his Mental Strength was exhausted, and his mind awakened from his physical body.

That was because the extraordinary protective power of the Ancient Human Immortal Palace sheltered his mind and guided it back into his physical body, thus allowing him to successfully awaken from the state of 'nothingness'.

But at this moment, Chen Dengming is Ancient Human Immortal Palace. Once his Mental Strength is exhausted, he will be like water without a source or a tree without roots, truly entering a state of 'no mind'.

The reason why those who enter the Seven Absolute Realms can still awaken from the state of nothingness is because they still have a 'heart'.

As long as the heart exists, the person exists, and can awaken.

If the mind also transforms into 'nothingness', without truly and thoroughly understanding this ethereal state of 'no-mind', a person will also vanish into nothingness along with 'no-mind', disappearing completely.

This perilous situation is currently unknown to anyone except for the Little Array Spirit within the Soul House and Zhu Xun within the Soul Guiding Banner.

Although the latter sensed the danger, he was limited by his low intelligence and was anxious and restless inside the Soul Guiding Banner, but he was also helpless.

The former only felt that in the process of waking up Chen Dengming, he was suddenly surrounded by the power of his mind Divine Sense.

The next moment, it felt as if I had entered a completely empty, blank world.

The black mist drifting around, the approaching Senluo Offspring, the Soul Devouring Ancestor, and so on, all vanished.

Even the entire world, including Chen Dengming, vanished, as if in an instant she was left alone, in a blank and meaningless world, and no matter how she called out, no one answered.

As time went on, she felt as if she were merging into a blank space, her mind gradually sinking into a blank state, almost forgetting who she was, what she was supposed to do, and where she was.

This too, along with the state of 'nothingness,' will become a part of 'nothingness.'

As Divine Ability of the Human Immortal's Mind Path, the fundamental theory followed by the Seven Absolute Realms is: Where my mind is, heaven and earth are; my mind is the center of heaven and earth; where my mind is not, heaven and earth are not, all things do not exist; without the mind, heaven and earth and all things do not exist!

At this moment, even the Little Array Spirit was about to turn into nothingness along with Chen Dengming. It had forgotten to call out again, did not understand the meaning of calling out, and its mind was blank.

At that very moment, within the black mist above the Fallen Forbidden Zone, a long, mournful howl erupted, followed by a thunderous boom that echoed far and wide.

A glowing arrow tore through the black mist, and the lightning retreated from the range of the Fallen Forbidden Zone.

Upon closer inspection, the arrow appeared to be the nascent Nascent Soul of the Soul Devouring Ancestor.

This Nascent Soul Old Monster, in order to escape, did not hesitate to abandon his Physical Body, transforming his own Nascent Soul into an arrow and shooting himself out of the Senluo Domain.

That was a truly brilliant move!

The myriad tentacles of the celestial realm were all torn apart by the sharp, concentrated arrows of the Nascent Soul.

Before the newly formed tentacles could even encircle the enemy, they were utterly unable to stop the incredibly fast arrows condensed from the Nascent Soul, and could only let them fly away unimpeded.

Suddenly, a roar that seemed to be heard only by the Soul Spirit resounded in the sky, so powerful that all the ghosts and spirits dwelling in the entire Fallen Forbidden Zone trembled and bowed in worship.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh--"

A strange sound, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing, swept through the wildly surging and churning black mist, gradually receding as countless tentacles withdrew.

Chen Dengming's Mental Strength was completely exhausted, and he was completely reduced to nothingness.

Even the Little Array Spirit that were caught up in it, as well as everything on the body of the Ghost Old Man Zhu Xun, all vanished into nothingness.

Like air, it swept into the body of Senluo True Body, which resembled a giant floating island above the black mist, along with the retracting suction cup-like tentacle.

It was like a tiny speck of dust, swallowed whole by a massive whale mixed with seawater, without causing the slightest ripple.

Longevity Sect.

He Yingyu suddenly felt as if her heart had skipped a beat, and the condensed elixir fire in front of her instantly became disordered.

With a 'crack', sparks flew everywhere!

The magical Law Artifact forged in the alchemical fire are now ruined!

However, at this moment, He Yingyu no longer cared about the ruin of the Law Artifact she had painstakingly crafted. She suddenly stood up, her delicate brows furrowed and her eyes filled with fear as she looked at the dim Ghost Jade Bracelet in her hand.

"Junior Brother!"

There is one male and one female Ghost Jade Bracelet. If either bracelet is damaged, the other bracelet will also be damaged.

However, the Female Bracelet in her hand was only dull and undamaged, which seemed to indicate that the Male Bracelet was also undamaged, but its condition was obviously not good either.

Not to mention that she and Chen Dengming had cultivated together for many years and had long since developed a deep spiritual connection. Her current emotional turmoil suggests that something might have happened to Chen Dengming.

He Yingyu forced herself to calm down, and without bothering to clean up the mess or dress up, she quickly left the cave abode to seek an audience with the ancestor for help.

Before a small cup of tea.

Eastern border Border Town.

With the arrival of eight Soul Devouring Sect spirit ships and a large army of the Soul Devouring Sect cultivators, the entire Border Town's protective formation was on the verge of collapse under the siege led by the two Golden Core Elders who accompanied the Soul Devouring Sect.

The deafening roar, like a mountain collapsing, carried far and wide.

The city's protective array, which had been rebuilt and made even more stable by the Dragon Transformation Sect, fluctuated frequently, and where it was subjected to strong attacks, it erupted with intense Spiritual Qi ripples.

Within the Border Town, terrified faces flickered among the cultivators as they gazed at the overwhelming hordes of ghosts outside and the ferocious faces of the Soul Devouring Sect cultivators. An atmosphere of despair gradually spread.

Some people were already sobbing softly, pleading.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, all the gods and Buddhas, please show your mercy and spare my father and me this time. After this, we will never come to this wretched place again. And also, please bless Aunt Yun."

In the crowd, a pretty woman murmured with a look of fear and pleading, her gaze occasionally drifting towards a female figure floating in the air, radiating a faint light.

"Oh! Xue'er."

Beside the woman, a slightly aged man with a complex and bitter expression put his arm around her shoulder, his lips moving as he considered whether to reveal his daughter's identity now, to tell the Golden Core Great Cultivator in the air that the so-called Aunt Yun was actually her mother.

This man was none other than Li Rong, Chen Dengming's former neighbor.

"Prepare to activate the Soul Banner!"

In mid-air outside the Border Town, a Golden Core Elder of the Soul Devouring Sect with a goatee let out a loud whistle as a warning.

Instantly, eight spirit boats flew to the front of the city's protective formation. The eight-sided soul banners on the boats, composed of countless yin spirits, fluttered wildly and condensed into eight huge, ferocious ghost faces, baring their teeth in hatred and malice, about to charge out of the banners and directly attack the city's protective formation.

At that moment, a vast and terrifying aura, as overwhelming as a boundless ocean, suddenly emanated from the Fallen Forbidden Zone that surrounded the Border Town on three sides, instantly enveloping the entire Battlefield and the Border Town.

This vast, profound, and terrifying aura, capable of suppressing heaven and earth, is far more terrifying than the pressure emanating from Nascent Soul True Lord.

Once it spread, it shocked countless cultivators on the Battlefield, causing their bodies to tense up, their minds to buzz, and their eyes to go blank.

"What's this."

The two Soul Devouring Sect Golden Core Elder of the Soul Devouring Sect felt a chill run through their bodies. Their eyes were glazed and filled with terror as they looked toward the Fallen Forbidden Zone Abyss, where they witnessed an astonishing scene they would never forget.

In the distance, the black mist of the Fallen Forbidden Zone resembled rushing dark clouds pressing low against the swaying treetops, surging and churning. It was a vast expanse of iron, seemingly connected from three directions, encircling the Border Town like an iron cage.

The Hun Tian!

The sky darkened!

Streaks of black mist, resembling tentacles of black tornadoes, danced wildly there, like a group of mad black dragons about to devour the earth.

Amidst those countless terrifying, tornado-like tentacles, a familiar, powerful aura swayed violently, like a lamp struggling in a hurricane.

"Ancestor!!"

"It's the Ancestor!"

The two Soul Devouring Sect and countless Soul Devouring Sect cultivators all exclaimed in horror, recognizing the aura struggling in the endless black mist as that of the Soul Devouring Ancestor.

But the instant they recognized it, a massive amount of tentacle-like black mist, like giant dragons, roared and swallowed the sun.

In an instant, the figure of the Soul Devouring Ancestor was engulfed and disappeared.

After a long while, a shrill and drawn-out scream finally echoed from afar. A faint shadow sped through the black mist and vanished instantly, leaving no trace.

Countless Soul Devouring Sect cultivators felt as if they had been doused with a bucket of cold water, chilling them from head to toe. Their heads swelled up with a buzzing sound, and their previously high morale vanished in an instant, as if the sky had collapsed!

Inside the Border Town, many cultivators also noticed this situation and exclaimed in surprise.

Li Xue, who was praying, was stunned for a long time. Suddenly, an extremely excited blush appeared on her pretty face. She hugged Li Rong, who was equally astonished, and cheered.

"Yes! Father! We might be saved! Gods and Buddhas have appeared in the heavens!"

Li Rong was also lost in a dream, his expression somewhat dazed; he had actually encountered such strange things.

It seems that Old Li was destined to survive; he was born with great fortune.

He escaped death when his cousin Li Yue betrayed him, but now...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but recall his old friend Chen Ming.

"Could it be that my neighbor, the Heavenly Pride prodigy Chen Baimao, is having his luck shine on me, Old Li?"