Black Abyss Soul Tribulation · Five Souls Hunt and Kill

The Annihilation storm had not completely dissipated; the lingering traces of fate in the void continued to fall slowly like fine dust, drifting onto the shattered earth.

With a solemn expression, Qin Yu withdrew the Azure Ring of Light. The ray of light slowly converged in the air, like a flowing river of silent light, enveloping Wang Yuan and protecting his battered Fate Soul body. Then, Qin Yu took out a Soul Healing Pill that emitted a faint blue light from the Azure Evolution Core and personally handed it to Wang Yuan.

"Senior brother, taking this 'Life-Annihilating Spirit-Restoring Pill' will temporarily slow the collapse of your soul." As he spoke, he placed the pill into Wang Yuan's palm.

Wang Yuan was weak, pale, and his clothes were torn, with a large patch of blood staining his chest. He endured the tearing pain and swallowed the pill. Soon after, a faint light slowly emanated from his chest, as his Fate Soul was being repaired simultaneously by the Azure Ring glow and the pill's power.

Qin Yu asked softly beside him, "Senior brother, how did you encounter that beast... the Life-Annihilating Soul Phoenix?"

Wang Yuan struggled to sit up, his face slightly pained. He said, "I fell into its trap... That beast was extremely cunning. First, it lured me in with illusions of soul consciousness, then it disrupted my direction with fragments of fate. I unintentionally triggered its 'Silent Soul Abyss Chain,' an absolute soul-devouring array. Once touched, it's like falling into the realm of death. If you hadn't arrived in time, I... would have already perished."

He paused, then looked up at Qin Yu with a complicated expression.

"Senior Brother Qin, you are indeed extraordinary... I saw you unleash [Annihilate the Soul and Draw the Dawn], a soul-killing technique of that level that even the Life-Annihilating Soul Phoenix couldn't withstand. I've heard that only the Heavenly Fate Nine-Wheel Evolution Lord can unleash such a soul technique..."

Qin Yu smiled faintly, shook his head, but his gaze showed no trace of smugness.

"Only by thoroughly understanding and gradually deciphering the enemy's techniques can we turn the tables... If we are even a step slower, we might be completely wiped out by that 'One Pupil Silences the World'."

Wang Yuan's expression showed slight shock. "That beast... its cultivation is at least at the Ultimate of the Severed Observation Realm, or even stronger. Its 'One Pupil Silences the World' is simply heaven-defying, capable of erasing a person from their destiny, even annihilating the very definition of their existence... If you hadn't possessed the Nine-Wheel True Evolution, I'm afraid I really wouldn't be able to come back now."

Qin Yu's gaze darkened slightly, and the Azure Ring light quietly returned to his brow.

"All of this... is probably not just a coincidence. The appearance of such a strange beast in this situation must have a deeper logical breakdown behind it."

He looked up into the depths of the Spectral Ghost Cemetery, where the faint, distorted spatial fluctuations still lingered, as if even stronger annihilation forces existed there, slumbering, waiting, or about to awaken.

Qin Yu murmured softly:

"We must find the 'Dark Spirit Ghost Flower' as soon as possible. Any later, and the entire cemetery might completely break free from the constraints of logic and become a true... Soul Abyss Purgatory."

Wang Yuan breath and slowly nodded. "Alright, I'm fine now. You can take the lead from here on out—I'm willing to continue exploring with you."

The two slowly rose. Qin Yu glanced back at the place where the Life-Annihilating Soul Phoenix had fallen. The remaining wisp of soul mist still lingered in the air, slowly sinking like quicksand, and was swallowed up by the Annihilation Abyss.

In the silent Spectral Ghost Cemetery, the gray-black mist seemed to grow heavier with each step the two took. The mist was no longer as thin and flowing as before, but rather like a deliberately obstructive barrier, swirling in every inch of the void. Eerie green spots of light seeped from the surrounding rock walls, the lingering memories of vengeful spirits, gathering in the air to form eerie whispers, as if the whole world was silently watching the intruders.

Qin Yu and Wang Yuan remained silent as they both concealed their escape light, their figures almost merging into the mist.

However, just as they crossed a broken stone path that twisted like a snake's bones, the space ahead suddenly distorted violently, and a chilling stench of blood assaulted their senses.

"Look there." Wang Yuan's eyes narrowed.

Ahead, on a cliff face resembling a natural altar, a bizarre and awe-inspiring scene unfolded—

It was a dark being clad in tattered black robes, its body long and twisted, covered in bluish-black cracks, as if it no longer belonged to any race. Its head was exposed like a skeleton, but its eyes were two black flames, like black holes that could pierce the depths of Fate Soul. Behind it was a ring of what appeared to be peeling flesh wings, dripping crimson liquid in the dim light, and the air was filled with a strong aura of deathly corrosion.

The scariest thing about him isn't his appearance.

It's not what he's doing, but what he's actually doing.

This dark being was using a Soul Rend Hook Blade in its hand to lift, pierce, and tear apart its eight Shadow Soul Chasers one by one!

"Aaaaaah--!!!" The alien minions roared in pain, but did not resist, as if they already knew the outcome.

"You... are not enough." The dark creature's voice was low and hoarse, like the sound of a broken war drum in the underworld, its words revealing an extreme disgust and cruelty towards "defeat".

His pupils burned, Soul Rend Hook Blade suddenly burst into a ball of purplish-black flame.

Boom!

The hooked blade drew a circle of Soul Rend light, instantly severing the three alien races from their necks to their soul cores. Even their Fate Soul consciousness turned into Annihilation Abyss flames, exploding into a sky full of eerie mist, struggling painfully in the air and transforming into broken-winged demonic shadows.

The other five trembled with fear, but instead of fleeing, they knelt down and wailed. The dark creature, however, seemed to have grown weary of the situation. With a flick of its finger, five dark red soul chains suddenly shot out from behind them, pinning them directly to the stone ground.

Click, click, click-click-click--!

As the five soul chains trembled, the five shadowy figures seemed to be emptied from their insides, their bodies rapidly withering, their souls exploding, and their fragments instantly absorbed into the soul wings on the back of the creatures!

The entire space suddenly fell into a deathly silence, as if the massacre had never happened.

"That is..." Wang Yuan's expression darkened, and his throat moved slightly.

Qin Yu's gaze sharpened, and he said coldly, "It doesn't seem to be a native monster of the Spectral Ghost Cemetery."

"His aura... is that of an intruder from the outside, and it's highly likely that he has already merged with some kind of Ming Yin Soul."

At this moment, the dark creature slowly raised its head, as if sensing something, and its pair of soul-flaming eyes suddenly looked in the direction of Qin Yu.

But the next moment, he didn't launch an attack; instead, he softly uttered a sentence that made both of them tense up instantly:

"Now that you're here, let's witness together... the 'Nether Track Returns to the Origin'."

Buzz

The space beneath his feet suddenly collapsed, and he vanished from his spot in an instant, leaving only the embers of the altar still burning and the overflowing blood of his soul, covering the entire rift valley.

Deep within the Spectral Ghost Cemetery, amidst swirling black mist, the earth trembled like a drum, and the sky suddenly shook violently!

Above the sky, five ghostly figures slowly emerged from the void rift, like five messengers of hell, their bodies swirling with dark mist and chains of soul-stirring incantations. With each figure's landing, the space rippled with distortion, as if even the logic of heaven and earth was being disturbed by their aura.

"It's them... Eternal Night Observatory Pavilion!" Wang Yuan's eyes instantly turned cold, his voice revealing suppressed vigilance.

Those five people were the same disciples of the Guan Pavilion who had brushed past Qin Yu and Wang Yuan at the entrance of the cemetery. But now, they were no longer bystanders, but plunderers who truly intended to seize the opportunities deep within this place.

Their appearances were extremely intimidating; their faces were mostly covered, and their eyes were deep-set, like wells that devour souls, as if a single glance could suck one's soul into an abyss.

The leader, clad in a dark silver soul-scale battle robe and with the "Thought-Devouring Bone Seal" hanging at his waist, exuded a terrifying aura of a high-level Severed Observation Realm, like a mountain pressing down. He smiled, yet it carried a chilling contempt.

"A disciple of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall dares to lay a finger on 'that gate'?" His tone was icy, his eyes flickered with soul flames, and his voice held a kind of almost instinctive killing intent.

Another female cultivator from the Pavilion of the Supreme Only Book Realm stepped forward slowly, her slender fingers lightly touching her brow, a sinister sneer curling at the corner of her lips, "Those who know what's good for them will get out of here. This mutated creature is not something you can handle. Our Pavilion has been waiting for this opportunity for three hundred years."

"... If you don't know what's good for you—" Before she could finish speaking, the third man beside her, clad in double soul chains, coldly interrupted, his tone icy. "--Even your 'existence points' will be devoured here by us."

The five souls were linked, their energy intertwined to form an invisible soul domain, directly sealing off the spatial dimension of the entire area. Their "Thought-Devouring Life-Stealing Technique" had already spread all around, transforming into an imperceptible network of soul consciousness, intending to weaken the enemy's soul first and then gradually take their lives.

Faced with this oppressive atmosphere, Qin Yu did not get angry but instead smiled, his gaze as cold and sharp as a blade cutting through the moon, and slowly took a step forward.

"Who do you think you are?" His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unshakeable authority and contempt. "In this Gloomy Abyss Cemetery, opportunities are never won with words, but with Fate Soul and strength. You want me to leave... I think it's you who will be Annihilation today."

Boom--!

The shockwave surged back, and the annihilating light around Qin Yu instantly burst into flames. A wisp of pale blue light of Annihilation slowly unfolded behind his spine. The sharpness of his aura caused the five people from the Eternal Night Observatory Pavilion to narrow their eyes, clearly not expecting the Fate Soul pressure Qin Yu carried to be so terrifying!

At that moment, Wang Yuan's expression hardened, and he suddenly pointed to a dark area behind the mutated creature—

"Senior Brother Qin, look!"

Following his pointing finger, one could see that in the corner swallowed by darkness, a "Gate of Fate Runes" vaguely emerged, resembling the inscriptions on an ancient Soul Stele.

The door was several meters tall, completely black, and covered with underworld patterns and soul-locking chains. Just by staring at the door, Qin Yu felt his sea of consciousness tremble slightly, as if some invisible summons was surging out from behind the door.

"What is that..." Qin Yu asked in a deep voice.

Wang Yuan's gaze burned with intensity, his voice low and resolute. "I'm almost certain that behind that lies the place where the 'Dark Spirit Ghost Flower' I've been searching for lies!"

"No wonder the Eternal Night Observatory Pavilion came here in person, even mobilizing the most ruthless of its five core members. They weren't after the Soul Phoenix, but after this door."

"Then we... cannot retreat." Qin Yu's tone was calm, yet it revealed his determination to fight.

"Hmm." Wang Yuan nodded. "If they want it, they'll have to step over our souls to get there."

In an instant, the silent battlefield shrouded in black mist resembled a torn scroll.

Just as Qin Yu's gaze clashed with that of the five members of the Eternal Night Observatory Pavilion—

"Roar!!--"

A soul-rending roar erupted from the depths of darkness!

That dark creature—covered in corroded iron scales, with three faces and six arms, its blood-red eyes burning fiercely—was like a forbidden soul fallen into the Annihilation Abyss! It spread its wings violently, carrying shockwaves of soul curses and chains of spatial vibration, and suddenly pounced on Qin Yu and Wang Yuan!

The first wave of impact was like the roar of ten thousand souls, shaking the heavens and the earth!

"Junior brother, be careful!" Wang Yuan instantly transmitted his voice through his soul.

Qin Yu's gaze suddenly turned cold, and the Nine Wheels of True Evolution Dharma Wheel in his sea of consciousness rotated in unison, a beam of azure light emanating from between his brows—

"Azure Ring, Second Form: Realm-Severing Silent Light!"

Boom!!!

Like a wisp of light piercing through day and night, space shattered in an instant, creating a vast expanse of eerie blue light. Layer upon layer of chains twisted and turned, severing the dark creature's sky-ripping attack!

At the same time!

The five people from the Eternal Night Observatory Pavilion also moved.

They ignored the strange beast and, taking advantage of the moment of their clash, their souls flashed, and five of their Innate Martial Soul manifested one after another in the sky!

Boom! Boom boom!!

Behind one person appeared a ghostly green Soul Tower, with layers of soul-sealing steps floating in the void; this was none other than the ** Nether Tower Thought-Devouring Seal **.

A black obsidian ape materialized outside a human's soul, wielding six swords and roaring, shattering space.

A third party unleashed the ** Thousand-Lock Soul Tomb **, with thousands of soul locks raining down, specifically targeting the sea of consciousness;

The fourth person manifests the ** Black Curse Lamp Soul **, its flame burning with memories and destiny;

The last person then unleashed the "Ignorant Recognition-Devouring Spirit", specifically designed to weaken the enemy's logical thinking and reaction!

With all five martial souls unleashed, an indescribable suppressive logic descended upon the entire battlefield—as if the five soul domains overlapped simultaneously, forming a hellish domain of devouring consciousness and sealing spirits!

"Annihilate you... leaving not even your memories." The leader whispered, flicking his finger, an invisible soul-annihilating technique struck Qin Yu's sea of consciousness!

Qin Yu showed no fear, his eyes gleaming with a deep blue fighting spirit, and he softly shouted:

"Fate Cause Master Seal, Inheritance, and Logical Transformation Domain!"

Hiss--

The void shattered like a mirror, and chains of runes constructed from causal logic emerged from his body, reversing the path of his soul's killing intent and constructing a reverse judgment domain.

At the same time--

The Azure Ring trembled, and a ring-shaped beam of light spun out from the void!

"Azure Ring ·One Style, Spirit Edge Piercing the Realm!"

Cut!

A massive ripple in the void, like a crack in the sky, slashed down from Qin Yu, actually splitting a corner of the soul array woven by the five people attacking from all sides, and the soul pressure plummeted in an instant!

At this moment, Wang Yuan also erupted!

Ripples of dark silver soul patterns erupted around him, and his Innate Martial Soul deep within his sea of consciousness suddenly materialized—

The Recognition Annihilation Without Remnant Mirror!

This is an empty mirror that devours thought processes. Its true form is like a pitch-black crystal, with soul light overflowing from it, dragging the enemy's thoughts into a "blank cognition" like drowning!

"The Recognition Annihilation Remirroring!" Wang Yuan shouted in a low voice.

As soon as the Soul Mirror turned, the soul cultivator among the five who released the "Thousand-Lock Soul Tomb" suddenly trembled between his brows, his movements faltered, and his consciousness chain became disordered!

"He actually swallowed our soul fluctuations?" another person from the Eternal Night Observatory Pavilion exclaimed in surprise.

"You think you're the only ones who can cut off minds?" Wang Yuan said coldly.

Taking advantage of this moment, Qin Yu spun all Nine-Wheel True Evolution, combined with the Fate Cause Master Seal and the light of the Azure Ring, and transformed them into the Edge of the Leaving Stillness Cause Rending Domain, which slashed down on the mutated creature once again!

Boom--!!

The dark creature roared in fury and retaliated with a sweeping attack of its six arms, but the wound on its body caused by the "Realm-Severing Silent Light" had not yet healed. Qin Yu's attack directly pierced through its left wing!

Blood, like ghostly fire, fell into the void!

The five-player battle plus the monster battle has officially begun!

And at this moment--