Passing Through Souls!

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Amid crisp cracks, fragments of Living Souls scattered from the two Condensed Human Souls. Each fragment shifted, transforming into characters.

These characters were identical in size and shape. The moment they appeared, they radiated surging, terrifying, utterly unstable auras. Then they trembled violently and shot toward the giant wolf.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Explode" Character Spells!

In the blink of an eye, thirty or forty "Explode" Character Spells flew forth, pelting in from all Eight Directions like raindrops. They surrounded the giant wolf in midair before abruptly converging!

Rumble!

Amid a deafening blast, the giant wolf became an enormous fireball. Flames leapt and roared, and the light and heat they released illuminated not only the Pan Household, but even the surrounding streets. In an instant, it was as bright as day!

"What happened?"

"What a huge noise! Where did that light come from?"

"The ground's shaking so badly!"

For a time, many people in the homes along the surrounding streets were jolted awake.

At that moment, nearly half the Pan Household's front courtyard had been completely destroyed. Buildings had collapsed, paths had crumbled, and the whole estate was a chaotic mess, as though a hurricane had swept through. Even the bluestone ground had been scraped away in a layer, leaving devastation everywhere.

"Young Master! Take this chance and leave there! This Wolf Demon has refined the Three Souls. Though it harms people on instinct, it still possesses at least a century of cultivation! We cannot yet take its life. Your divine art is not yet complete; you must not risk yourself!"

A ripple of thought spread out. It was the voices of the three Condensed Human Souls, coming from different directions.

Of the three Living Souls, one had been scorched by the flames of Divine Power unleashed by Qiu Yan. Though it had struggled free, its soul body had clearly been injured, and even the figure within had grown considerably more listless. As for the other two, they had split off thirty or forty fragments at once, consuming an enormous amount of strength. In Qiu Yan's perception, those two Living Souls had shrunk to one-third of their Original Edition size, and the figures within were nearly exposed.

Yet even so, the three men did not dare leave the battlefield and return to their bodies. Instead, they continued fighting, all because of—

Tang Yi, whom the giant wolf had slapped down onto the ground!

With one swipe of the giant wolf's claw, Tang Yi was knocked from the air and crashed heavily to the ground. Layer upon layer of ripples spread over his body as he twisted and rolled, blood spraying from his mouth.

Though the ripples around him could resist attacks, that blow had been delivered with the giant wolf's full strength. The Wolf Demon had refined its Power Soul, Essence Soul, and Qi Soul—how terrifying was the force of one strike? Even a small hill would have shaken beneath such an attack, much less a human being.

That claw strike not only smashed Tang Yi into the ground hard enough to form a huge crater, but the resulting recoil also seeped through the layers of ripples and into his body!

Direct attacks found it difficult to break through the ripples' defenses, but intense vibrations were not attacks in the ordinary sense. The shock jolted Tang Yi's internal organs out of place. His entire body felt as if it were about to fall apart, leaving him utterly dazed!

The pain on Tang Yi's face could not escape the perception of the three Condensed Human Souls, and panic immediately seized them. In terms of status, the three were merely outer-sect stewards of the Upper Spirit Sect, not even inner-sect disciples. If they had not possessed some connections and foundations within Yuanning Prefecture, they would never have had the chance to approach Tang Yi, an inheritor of the inner sect.

The man assigned as Tang Yi's guard had temporarily departed because of a treasure. Only then had the three of them escorted Tang Yi to Yuanning City for a temporary stay. They had assumed the city would be peaceful, only for unforeseen complications to arise and such a disaster to occur.

If anything happened to Tang Yi here, the consequences would not be something the three of them could bear. Even their Lineages would be implicated; extermination of their clans was entirely possible!

At that thought, no matter how gravely injured the three Living Souls were, they did not dare relax in the slightest.

"Hold on a little longer. The disturbance here is so great that the city's Earth Deity will surely intervene! When that happens..."

Just as the three men's thoughts shifted, their senses also noticed Qiu Yan's Living Soul. Poisonous resentment immediately rose from the depths of their hearts and showed itself upon their Living Souls, making all three souls churn like waves.

"It was this man! He shifted the calamity eastward and actually injured Tang Yi! If the Upper Spirit Sect investigates afterward, the fate of the three of us will be grim! This man is the chief culprit. No matter what, we cannot let him go!"

Emotions and memories were themselves among the elements that made up a Living Soul. Once resentment took root in their hearts, it manifested upon their souls, causing the weakened Living Souls to grow somewhat stronger again.

However, before they could make any move, a wet smack sounded. A claw reached out from within the enormous fireball in midair!

The instant the claw appeared, it swept sharply to the side, tearing apart all the surrounding flames and revealing the Wolf Demon within.

Huff! Huff!

The Wolf Demon panted violently. Its fur was scorched black, while blood had dyed a broad patch of fur across half its body crimson. Its sole remaining left eye was red as blood, exuding madness and brutality.

Such an aura was especially keenly sensed by Living Souls.

"Not good! This Wolf Demon has completely gone berserk! If its beast nature erupts in full and it attacks without regard for anything, the Pan Household being destroyed would be a small matter. But if the Young Master suffers another grave injury..."

Awoo!

At that moment, the giant wolf howled. Bloody rays shot from all over its body, and as it opened its jaws, a scarlet stream of energy surged out!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Incomparably fierce vitality and blood energy surged forth alongside the energy stream, making the three Condensed Human Souls feel as though they were about to be blown apart!

"This demon is risking its life! It has even used its natal blood essence! Its blood energy has surged so greatly, and the energy stream it spits out contains intense blood energy and Yang Qi! Though we have condensed Human Souls and possess deep foundations, we are exceedingly weakened after the fierce battle. Even being grazed by it would be more than we could endure!"

The Wolf Demon paid no attention to the three Condensed Human Souls. It did not even spare Qiu Yan's Living Soul a glance, instead plunging straight down toward Tang Yi in the crater!

"This is bad! How did we forget? Young Master Tang Yi cultivates the Upper Spirit Three-Turn Art. Before his divine art is completed, enormous soul power accumulates within his body. Such a thing is a great tonic to demons and devils. Now that the Wolf Demon is badly wounded, it will be even less likely to let him go!"

Seeing this, the three Condensed Human Souls surged violently. This was a sign of extreme fright. They could no longer spare thought for anything else and charged forward against the intense blood-energy fluctuations around the Wolf Demon.

"Stop! We bore no grudge against one another. That Living Soul provoked us—do not fall into its treacherous scheme!"

"That's right! Stop now, and together we can destroy that Living Soul. Afterward..."

"This is an Upper Spirit inheritor!"

Their thoughts had only just spread out when a wolf howl blasted them into scattered fragments.

Awoo! You wounded this general so severely! Even if we had no grudge before, we have now forged a deep hatred! Not one of you, nor that Living Soul, will be allowed to live!

As it spoke, the Wolf Demon landed on the ground, its blood-filled maw biting directly toward Tang Yi's terror-stricken face!

"Wretched beast!"

"These demons do not know what they stand to gain or lose. There is no reasoning with them at all!"

As the three Condensed Human Souls grew frantic, the Wolf Demon's sharp teeth were blocked by the ripples around Tang Yi.

"Can't bite through? Then I'll swallow him whole!" The Wolf Demon froze for a moment, but its ferocity only intensified. Opening its jaws wide, it prepared to gulp Tang Yi down in one mouthful!

"Stop!"

Suddenly, two beams of azure light rose from the ground. Divine might drifted through the air as two waves of thought slammed squarely into the Wolf Demon, making its body stiffen.

"They've finally come!"

Sensing those two thoughts, the three Condensed Human Souls heaved a sigh of relief.

Just then!

Whoosh!

Another beam of azure light flew through the air. Dense soul energy erupted from within it, and a fragment of Living Soul shot out from the azure glow, landing before the three Condensed Human Souls.

The fragment twisted and transformed into a character.

Immobilize!

"An Immobilizing Character Curse?!"

Amid the Three Souls' shock and horror, the power of the curse spread out, binding them for an instant. Though the time was brief, it was already enough—

Before they could break free, the sharp azure light shot forward, changing three times in succession and piercing through the three souls one after another!

"I have waited a long time for you to lose focus and let down your guard."

P.S. Hah, finally free. I wish everyone a happy National Day holiday!

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