Chapter 2221

The aura of a Dao Venerable 6th Realm spread out, enveloping the entire valley.

The fur of several Dao Venerable Realm spirit beasts stood on end, making them extremely vigilant.

Lin Moyu looked at them. "Don't worry, these are my subordinates. I only summoned them to ensure we aren't disturbed."

At the same time, Lin Moyu said to the Dragon Hawk, "My apologies. If you mind, we can just pretend what I said earlier never happened."

The Dragon Hawk chose to trust Lin Moyu, but Lin Moyu did not completely trust these spirit beasts.

After all, he was only one person, while there was a whole pack of spirit beasts.

Just because the Dragon Hawk trusted him did not mean the others did too.

Lin Moyu had summoned Zhao Dongsheng and the Great Sword Dao Venerable just to be safe.

The Dragon Hawk could understand Lin Moyu's thoughts. It shook its head. "I am the one asking for your help; it is only right for you to do this."

The appearance of two Dao Venerable 6th Realm powerhouses actually made the Dragon Hawk trust Lin Moyu even more.

If Lin Moyu really had any ill intentions, their strength alone would be enough to wipe out its tribe.

And was this really the extent of Lin Moyu's strength? Not necessarily.

The aura on the Dragon Hawk changed, and a faint light appeared on its forehead, like a gateway. With a thought, Lin Moyu projected his soul power, entering its Soul World through the gateway on its forehead. Vast stretches of thunderclouds rolled within the Dragon Hawk's Soul World, which was a sea of lightning. Within the thunderclouds, electric serpents danced and lightning constantly flashed, but strangely, there was no sound at all.

The entire Soul World appeared exceptionally quiet.

From this, it was evident that the Dragon Hawk was actually very quiet in its daily life.

The Dragon Hawk's soul floated in the center of the thunderclouds. Its Dao Venerable 6th Realm soul was almost tangible, and within the purple soul, a ball of Soul Fire burned fiercely.

The soul was a miniature Dragon Hawk. The soul portion of its right wing was different from the rest, appearing somewhat weak.

Lin Moyu knew that this was the part where its soul was injured.

The Dragon Hawk's soul made a low voice, "Take a look."

Lin Moyu came before its soul and examined the injured part closely, but found nothing.

Lin Moyu thought for a moment. "Activate your soul power."

"Alright!" The Dragon Hawk immediately activated its soul power.

Boom!

The silence was broken, and lightning erupted in the Soul World, with countless bolts of thunder exploding with a crash.

The Dragon Hawk's soul shone brilliantly, draped in a layer of lightning armor.

At this moment, Lin Moyu finally discovered a hidden red line revealing itself at the injured spot on the soul.

The red line emitted a faint power of Curse. This power was extremely weak and mingled with the Dragon Hawk's soul power, so weak that even the Dragon Hawk itself could not perceive it.

Relying on his incredibly sharp spiritual sense, Lin Moyu still managed to spot some clues.

Lin Moyu's soul power transformed into a fine needle and probed toward the red line. At the same time, he whispered, "Don't resist!"

The Dragon Hawk truly trusted Lin Moyu unconditionally, letting Lin Moyu touch its soul body, completely giving up resistance and leaving itself defenseless.

If Lin Moyu really had any ill intent, the Dragon Hawk would surely suffer a great disaster.

With the Dragon Hawk's full cooperation, Lin Moyu's soul power, transformed into a fine needle, lightly touched that red line of Curse.

Boom!

Lin Moyu's soul shuddered violently as a terrifying power of Curse surged out from the red line, instantly spreading along his fine needle of soul power and onto his soul.

Lin Moyu's soul body instantly burst into red flames, burned to ashes and smoke on the spot.

The Dragon Hawk was stunned on the spot. Only now did it realize that such a terrifying thing was actually on its body!

Chapter 2727: Supreme Taiyin Dizang Ancient Buddha

The Dragon Hawk was shocked by what was inside its body, and only then did it suddenly realize that Lin Moyu's soul body seemed to have been burned to ashes.

Although it knew this was only a clone of Lin Moyu's soul, losing a clone would still injure the soul. "Are you alright?" the Dragon Hawk called out loudly.

After the red flames burned Lin Moyu's soul clone to death, they vanished in the blink of an eye.

"I'm fine." Another Lin Moyu appeared. It was merely a soul clone; let alone burning one or two, even burning one or two hundred would be perfectly fine.

Lin Moyu asked, "Now you've seen what is inside your soul. Think back, how exactly was it injured back then?"

"If you can't think of it, tell me the whole story, and I will help you analyze it."

The Dragon Hawk's way of thinking was relatively simple, so it might not necessarily be able to analyze anything.

If it could have analyzed anything, it would probably have known long ago.

The Dragon Hawk said, "My soul was suddenly injured when I was breaking through to the Dao Venerable 6th Realm. As for how it was injured, I don't know either."

Lin Moyu said, "Before that—and I mean between when you were in the Dao Venerable 3rd Realm and the Dao Venerable 6th Realm—did anything happen?"

"For example, did you have a conflict with anyone?"

This Curse had already penetrated deep into the Dragon Hawk's soul, and could even be said to have fused with it. It was likely not formed overnight.

Perhaps the Dragon Hawk had already been cursed a long time ago, and it just didn't know it.

The Dragon Hawk said, "Ever since the old chieftain left, there indeed have been some spirit beasts coming to Taunt us, but they were all driven away by me.

"At that time, it wasn't just spirit beasts; some human cultivators also came, wanting to capture our entire tribe, but none of them succeeded.

"After I reached the Dao Venerable 3rd Realm, there were far fewer Taunts."

"Especially after I reached the Dao Venerable 4th Realm, almost no one came to Taunt us anymore."

"Oh right, a guy came back then. He claimed to be the Six-Wheel Ancient Buddha of the Western Realm's Buddhist Clan and wanted to make me his mount."

"We fought, but his strength wasn't that great, and I beat him and chased him away. Before leaving, he said I would regret it and that he would return in the future."

Lin Moyu frowned and muttered to himself, "Six-Wheel Ancient Buddha!"

The Buddhist Clan claimed to have their own cultivation system, where the names of each realm differed from those of ordinary cultivators.

They had no distinction of Empyrean Venerable or Dao Venerable, but only the titles of Empyrean Buddha, Empyrean Ancient Buddha, and Ancient Buddha. Among them, Empyrean Buddha corresponded to Sovereign, Empyrean Ancient Buddha corresponded to Empyrean Venerable, and Ancient Buddha corresponded to Dao Venerable. In Lin Moyu's eyes, what Empyrean Ancient Buddha or Ancient Buddha? They were actually just Empyrean Venerables and Dao Venerables. The Buddhist Clan had merely come up with different names, changing the liquid but not the medicine, deceiving themselves. A Six-Wheel Ancient Buddha was equivalent to the Dao Venerable 6th Realm.

Compared to the Dragon Hawk at the Dao Venerable 4th Realm, he should have been much stronger.

Yet, that Six-Wheel Ancient Buddha's combat strength wasn't very high, failing to capture a Dragon Hawk that was only at the Dao Venerable 4th Realm.

None of that was a big deal; it was the words he left before departing that were intriguing.

He said the Dragon Hawk would regret it and that he would return in the future.

Lin Moyu guessed that nine times out of ten, the problem lay with him, and the Curse on the Dragon Hawk was likely related to him.

Lin Moyu continued to ask, "Do you know that guy's name?"

The Dragon Hawk said, "He called himself the Supreme Taiyin Dizang Ancient Buddha."

Titles within the Buddhist Clan were not chosen at random; each title had its own significance.

The 'Supreme' in the title could be ignored; it was just an expression of the Buddhist Clan's arrogance.

'Taiyin' could be understood as the Great Dao he cultivated, which belonged to the Taiyin lineage, and the Curse also belonged to this lineage.

And the word 'Dizang' in the language of the Buddhist Clan meant hell. Hell, in turn, signified fear and evil, which also carried the meaning of a Curse.

Just from this name, Lin Moyu was ninety percent certain that it must have been this Six-Wheel Ancient Buddha who played the dirty trick.

The Buddhist Clan possessed many bizarre secret techniques. With the Six-Wheel Ancient Buddha's strength, his frontal combat power might be lacking, but if he played dirty tricks in the dark, the Dragon Hawk, who was only in the Dao Venerable 4th Realm, might not necessarily detect it.

If he really was the one behind it, this Curse was extremely sinister.

It hid within the soul body, growing along with the Dragon Hawk, and only truly revealed itself after the Dragon Hawk reached the 6th Realm.

By this time, even if the Dragon Hawk discovered it, it would already be too late.

The Curse had already penetrated deep into the soul, making it extremely difficult to eradicate.

Lin Moyu shared his analysis with the Dragon Hawk, and the Dragon Hawk also realized the trouble of the situation.

"No wonder he said he would return. So he was waiting for the Curse to take effect before coming to subjugate me.

"But if he thinks this will make me submit, he is dreaming!"

Lin Moyu shook his head. "It's probably not that simple. He likely has means to control the Curse, such as triggering it to make you go mad again, lose your sanity, or make you suffer agonizing pain."

The Dragon Hawk's expression became extremely unsightly.

Lin Moyu continued, "Furthermore, I believe he has probably already sensed that the Curse has taken effect. Perhaps he is already on his way here."

Lin Moyu laid out the worst-case scenario, not caring whether the Dragon Hawk found it pleasant to hear; he only wanted to tell the Dragon Hawk the truth.

The Dragon Hawk's aura grew even heavier. "Do you have a way?"

Lin Moyu said decisively, "Yes, but you might have to suffer a bit. Pain at the soul level is not easy to endure."

The Dragon Hawk pressed, "How confident are you?"

"Ninety percent." Lin Moyu did not make an absolute guarantee. Although he was one hundred percent confident in his heart, he only said ninety percent.

This actually made it more believable; if he claimed a hundred percent, it would be harder for others to believe.

The Dragon Hawk did not overthink it and said in a deep voice, "Alright, I trust you." Lin Moyu said, "Have you thought it through? It might be extremely painful!"

The Dragon Hawk nodded. "What is a little pain? It's better than being controlled by others! I am a Dragon Hawk; the sky and lightning are my world. How could I ever become someone's mount!"

At this moment, the Dragon Hawk revealed its wild side—not a madness of losing its sanity, but a true wildness from the depths of its soul.

Lin Moyu smiled. "Thank you for your trust. I won't disappoint you!"

As more soul power poured in, a sharp sword appeared in Lin Moyu's hand.

This sword was a Dao Venerable 1st Realm soul magic treasure, which was not very strong. If the Dragon Hawk were on guard, it wouldn't be able to injure the Dragon Hawk's soul.

But if the Dragon Hawk did not resist, it was enough to inflict damage on its soul.

The Dragon Hawk let down all its defenses, and Lin Moyu did not hesitate either. Cutting the Gordian knot, he slashed down with the sword!

Amidst the sword light, the left wing of the Dragon Hawk's soul body severed and fell.

With its soul incomplete, unimaginable pain swept over it, and the Dragon Hawk instantly let out an unprecedented shriek.

Not only in the Soul World, but in the Real World as well, the Dragon Hawk shrieked continuously.

Outside the valley, thunder erupted and countless lightning bolts crashed down. The Dragon Hawk's aura became highly unstable, fluctuating wildly.

The entire valley fell into chaos. Several Dao Venerable spirit beasts abruptly looked up. With Zhao Dongsheng and the Great Sword Dao Venerable guarding, they could not approach at all and could only watch anxiously.

At this stage, they had no choice but to trust Lin Moyu.

Within the Soul World, the Dragon Hawk shrieked incessantly.

Lin Moyu sent a spirit flower into the Dragon Hawk's soul. The spirit flower bloomed, enveloping the Dragon Hawk's soul.

Chapter 2728: The Spirit Beasts of the Eastern Continent

The spirit flower bloomed, enveloping the Dragon Hawk's soul.

Even after having a portion of its soul severed by Lin Moyu, the Dragon Hawk still chose to trust him. He did not know where this trust came from, but Lin Moyu felt slightly touched. If his strike had been slightly off just now, the Dragon Hawk might have died. "Since you trust me so much, I cannot let you down."

"Taiyin Dizang Six-Wheel Ancient Buddha, it seems your plan is going to fail."

"However, your Curse indeed still has some utility value; it cannot be wasted just like this."

Lin Moyu waved his hand, releasing a strand of the Power of Life to stabilize the severed soul fragment.

The fragment contained the Curse, which still had great utility value.

Lin Moyu quietly watched the spirit flower. He could clearly feel that the Dragon Hawk's soul was rapidly recovering.

The spirit flower possessed unimaginable, miraculous power, capable of healing almost any injury.

Currently, it only seemed to have little effect on Great Dao wounds like the one Daoist Tianlei had. Lin Moyu felt this was merely because the World Tree itself was not of a high enough level.

Once the World Tree grew a bit more and the spirit flower's level increased, even Great Dao wounds could be healed. Using it to heal the Dragon Hawk's soul now was completely fine.

If one flower was not enough, he could simply add another.

After the Dragon Hawk's soul entered the spirit flower, the entire Soul World quieted down with it.

In the outside world, the Dragon Hawk's aura also rapidly stabilized, no longer fluctuating wildly.

The lightning enveloping the entire valley dispersed, as if the sky had suddenly cleared up.

The light of the Sun Origin spilled down from the sky—dazzling, bright, and full of warmth.