Chapter 38: Counter Kill (Part 2)

"Hah!"

At this moment, Sun Xuan's eyes flashed with bright light as he let out a loud shout, and boundless silver light radiated from his body.

The Giant Spirit Dharma Body was pushed to its absolute limit by Sun Xuan.

A soul-captivating metallic luster emanated from the surface of Sun Xuan's body, and his powerful muscles gave an unparalleled sense of strength.

Suddenly, Sun Xuan's figure instantly teleported in front of Lin Yi, raising his fist to smash directly into the shield in front of Lin Yi.

Under the impact of the demonic shadows, Lin Yi felt waves of dizziness at this moment.

Chaotic emotions and memories entwined around his Divine Soul, causing Lin Yi's memories to become somewhat disordered.

Under this circumstance, the magical power within Lin Yi's body became somewhat uncontrollable and rioted.

The shield in front of him blocking the demonic shadows was even more precarious.

"Boom!"

Sun Xuan's fist, shimmering with a silver metallic luster, slammed into the shield with a single punch.

The shield, which was already struggling to hold on, was instantly sent flying by Sun Xuan's punch.

Then, his sand-bowl-sized fists slammed unhindered onto Lin Yi's body, blow after blow.

"Ah!"

The disordered Divine Soul and physical injuries caused Lin Yi, a dignified Soul Transformation Cultivator, to roar frantically up at the sky with a deranged expression.

"Die, die, die, die, die! All of you, die for this old man!"

Lin Yi's expression was frantic, and his murderous Qi soared to the skies.

Roaring with an unclear state of mind, he grabbed the crescent-shaped Magic Treasure with both hands and frantically slashed towards Sun Xuan's body.

The crescent-shaped Magic Treasure flashed with a sharp blade radiance, clanging as it slashed against Sun Xuan's body.

Terrifying wounds deep enough to see bone emerged one after another on Sun Xuan's body.

His precious body, refined from the essence of spiritual materials, was hacked to emit bursts of dazzling sparks.

"Ah!"

Sun Xuan let out an angry roar, his figure neither dodging nor evading.

With a face full of ferocity, he swung his heavy fists, fiercely hammering blow after blow into Lin Yi's head, flesh to flesh.

It had to be said that a Soul Transformation Cultivator was indeed a Soul Transformation Cultivator; the hardness of their head was much stronger than that of a Nascent Soul Cultivator by more than just a little bit.

Under the pounding of Sun Xuan's heavy fists, although he was beaten into a bloody pulp, for a moment, he actually wasn't beaten to death.

"Die for me!"

Sun Xuan roared angrily, directly straddling Lin Yi's body.

Then he raised both hands, clenching them into a heavy fist above his head.

He slammed it down fiercely with all his strength.

"Boom!"

A dull sound like a drum skin being beaten and broken rang out, and Lin Yi's head was finally blasted apart by Sun Xuan's strike.

Lin Yi's somewhat dazed Primordial Spirit escaped from his body, before he could even react.

The demonic shadows behind Sun Xuan instantly rushed forward.

One after another, they reached out their arms to grab various parts of Lin Yi's Primordial Spirit, and then violently pulled them in all directions.

Lin Yi's Primordial Spirit was instantly torn into pieces.

The fragments were frantically stuffed into the mouths of the demonic shadows, chewed heavily a couple of times, and swallowed whole.

Then they quickly shrank back into Sun Xuan's body one by one.

"Hoo!"

Sun Xuan gently let out a breath, and raised his hand to pluck the Storage Pouch off Lin Yi's corpse.

He then put his two strange crescent-shaped Magic Treasures into the Storage Pouch.

Then, slightly urging his magical power, the Yin Corpse Poison Fire attached to Lin Yi's corpse immediately burned fiercely.

After just a moment's time, Lin Yi turned into a patch of flying ash, scattering in mid-air amidst a wave of Sun Xuan's sleeve.

At this time, Lin Yi's Primordial Spirit, which had been devoured by Sun Xuan, was being digested under the soul garment.

A massive amount of Primordial Spirit essence continuously poured into his body.

The injuries cut onto Sun Xuan's body by Lin Yi, as well as the depleted magical power and physical strength within his body…

…recovered in the blink of an eye.

Then, the remaining Primordial Spirit essence…

…steadily pushed Sun Xuan's cultivation towards the Soul Transformation realm.

"Host cultivation detected to be on the verge of a Breakthrough to Soul Transformation!

Breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm requires comprehending a Concept. The Concepts currently available for the host to comprehend are:

Fire Concept!

Thunder Concept!

Force Concept!

Devouring Concept!

Please choose!"

…

"Soul Transformation!"

Sun Xuan softly spat out two words.

Then he looked at the selectable Concepts.

The Fire Concept should originate from the Yin Corpse Poison Fire within his body.

The Thunder Concept originated from the Divine Ability he mastered, the Blazing Sun True Thunder.

The Force Concept should originate from the Giant Spirit Dharma Body.

As for the Devouring Concept, it probably originated from the Withered Blood Soul-Devouring Demonic Art.

Fire and thunder, these two Concepts, can only be considered relatively ordinary Concepts.

As for the Force Concept, it was a Concept that one only had a chance to comprehend after cultivating one's physique to a certain degree.

In the current cultivation world, Cultivators who specialized in tempering their physiques were extremely rare.

Therefore, this Force Concept could also be considered a good choice.

However, after a brief contemplation, Sun Xuan still did not choose the Force Concept.

Instead, he chose the Devouring Concept derived from the Withered Blood Soul-Devouring Demonic Art.

This Devouring Concept was extremely rare in the cultivation world.

Once the comprehension of Soul Transformation succeeded, the boost to Sun Xuan's strength would be immense.

Thinking of this, Sun Xuan slowly opened his arms in mid-air.

Secretly thinking in his heart:

"Choose the Devouring Concept!"

Immediately, the Devouring Concept diffused from Sun Xuan's Divine Soul.

A massive amount of comprehension constantly flashed within Sun Xuan's body.

Devouring was seizing the fortune of heaven and earth, devouring all living beings, fusing them into one, transforming into the Dao, and achieving Heaven-Defying Immortal Ascension.

It could swallow miraculous Spirit Pills, devour the two spirits of life and death, transform the mechanisms of the universe, and refine the Great Dao of heaven and earth.

Ultimately achieving uniqueness, transcending above all things, and roaming freely between heaven and earth.

The Devouring Concept slowly dispersed from within Sun Xuan's body.

First spreading to the entire mountain range, it then continued to fluctuate mightily outward.

Slowly, this Devouring Concept continued to expand, ultimately shrouding the entire State of Zhao within Sun Xuan's Devouring Concept.

Within the borders of the State of Zhao, Cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage had already been completely exterminated by Sun Xuan.

The other low-stage Cultivators and numerous Mortals only felt a heavenly might shroud them.

Within the heavenly might carried a sense of devouring the heavens and earth, acting like an endless vortex that caused the various low-stage Cultivators to nearly immerse themselves within it.

Mortals were fine; they only felt an unspeakable oppression, panic, and bewilderment.

As for the group of low-stage Cultivators, every single one of them put down all the things in their hands.

Then they immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, guarding their minds and hearts carefully to resist the Concept pressure of devouring all things.

Gradually, the devouring might within the Concept slowly faded, transforming instead into an auspicious and peaceful tranquility.

The clouds in the sky slowly vanished completely.

In the entire State of Zhao, at this moment, there was no wind, no clouds; all that remained was a tranquility that smoothed the mind and heart.

Those Mortals and Cultivators affected by the Devouring Concept all calmed their mental states.

In the Mortal realm, from the emperor down to the common people, all felt something in their hearts.

Seeming unable to control their bodies, they knelt and kowtowed in one direction.

And the group of low-stage Cultivators were even more so.

Among them, a few Core Formation Late Stage Cultivators vaguely had a guess in their hearts that filled them with incomparable shock.

That was, someone was undergoing Soul Transformation in the State of Zhao!

But this guess was somewhat too incredible, so they themselves dared not be certain.

During these recent days, these Core Formation Cultivators spent their entire days living in fear.

Because the eight righteous and demonic Schools of the State of Zhao had been wiped out overnight.

The once majestic Nascent Soul ancestors had all vanished without a trace.

This series of events caused these few remaining Core Formation Cultivators in the State of Zhao to feel constantly panicked and uneasy in their hearts.