Yuan He Appears

But Yuan Dao used the Soul-Seizing Seal, and that gave him an opening. Using the Soul-Seizing Seal not only consumed magical power, but also required the support of immense soul power. Yuan Dao stood above all the apes in soul power, which was why he was the only one among Divine Ape Peak's three great Dao Foundation Stage experts to cultivate the Soul-Seizing Seal—and his mastery of it was by no means shallow. For that very reason, he faintly held the foremost position among the three great Dao Foundation Stage experts.

Yan Chihuo had cultivated the Innate Seventy-Two Transformations and successively fused with and absorbed the souls of more than ten demons. In terms of soul power, whether among human Cultivators or Demon Race spirits of the same level, he stood second to none.

Yan Chihuo's understanding of the Soul-Seizing Seal was still extremely shallow, and he had yet to see that Yuan Dao's Soul-Seizing Seal was poised but not yet unleashed. With a loud shout, he formed a hand seal as well, and a small black seal spun through the air as it met the attack.

A Soul-Seizing Seal—this was also a Soul-Seizing Seal! Although the apes knew that Clan Chief Yuan He had taught Yan Chihuo the Soul-Seizing Seal, none of them had expected him to cultivate it to such a level.

Yet Yuan Dao merely sneered faintly. It had cultivated the Soul-Seizing Seal for many years, and it had already become one of its trump cards. Its command of the technique was far beyond anything Yan Chihuo could compare with. At a glance, it saw that Yan Chihuo's Soul-Seizing Seal possessed only a crude outward form and was nowhere near its own.

It thought to itself, You brought this suffering upon yourself. You cannot blame me. Yuan