Chapter 484: Everything Was Secretly Influenced by Nightmare Force!

Beyond saving?

Even if he could be saved, Li Xuanfeng would not save him!

Ye Hanyou's previous actions had already sealed his fate.

"The Alien Race is just a general term. Like the Human Race, Dragon Clan, Fox Race, and other major races in the Canglan Realm, the Alien Race also has many different branches, and each branch possesses different Innate Divine Ability."

"The Nightmare God Clan is an extremely powerful branch among the Alien Race. They are skilled in the Dao of the Soul and are very difficult to deal with."

"Legend has it that when Great Sage Zhantian fell, the Nightmare God Clan might have intervened. Only this branch of the Alien Race could influence Great Sage Zhantian from an incredibly vast distance through the Dao of the Soul, causing the space he opened to suffer backlash, collapse, and fall."

"Now it seems the legend is likely true. The Nightmare Force in this person's Sea of Consciousness must have been contracted somewhere in the Battle Heaven Ruins Barrier."

Ye Qingqing said.

"Has no one ever detected this power before?"

Li Xuanfeng couldn't help but ask.

The Battle Heaven Ruins were said to have formed over a hundred thousand years ago. In such a long span of time, had no one actually detected this power?

And after so long, the Alien Race's Nightmare Force was still there?

"This is where you are impressive, Junior Brother!"

Ye Qingqing laughed.

"Whether it is with the Alien Race or in the Canglan Realm, Nightmare Force is the most highly concealed type of power."

"Cultivators eroded by this power are often unable to perceive it. Only those with a sufficiently strong Soul can detect a trace of abnormality. Under normal circumstances, whether they are Saints or Saint Kings, they could be eroded invisibly without knowing it."

"The Chaos Power you have mastered is superior to all other powers, and the power of the Alien Race is no exception!"

"That is why you were able to find the Nightmare Force so easily. Although I could vaguely sense this discordant aura on him, I could not capture the source."

"If I were to kill this person directly, the Nightmare Force on him would disappear along with him. Only you can find the Nightmare Force and forcibly strip it out."

"This Nightmare Force should be some remnants from when it previously backlashed Great Sage Zhantian. Its power is weak, capable of only affecting the Imperial Realm. It invades a Cultivator's Soul and hides among the vast crowd; trying to find it is incredibly difficult."

"There may be more than just this bit of residual Nightmare Force. Once they gather together, they will be a significant threat."

Ye Qingqing explained.

"An Alien Race branch extremely skilled in the Dao of the Soul, is it?"

"It just so happens that I also have a deep understanding of the Dao of the Soul. Let's just perform a Soul search to see how he contracted it!"

After Ye Qingqing finished speaking, Li Xuanfeng made up his mind.

No third party knew about their exchange. The main purpose of Li Xuanfeng and Ye Qingqing coming to the Ancient Spirit Continent was to deal with the Black-robed Person who might threaten Luo Li and Wei Qingyan.

According to Lian Yuezhou, Luo Li and Wei Qingyan had been besieged by Black-robed People multiple times in these past few years. However, the strength of those Black-robed People was not particularly powerful, and relying on their own Luck and the trump cards left by Lian Yuezhou, the two were able to survive each time.

After multiple life-and-death tests, it was basically certain that Luo Li and Wei Qingyan possessed great Luck. The Black-robed People would definitely send someone to capture them alive next.

To counteract the auspicious signs brought by their great Luck, the Black-robed Person who would appear next would certainly be extremely powerful. Lian Yuezhou could not spare any attention as she needed to guard the Boundary Pass. The trump cards left for Luo Li and Wei Qingyan could deal with many enemies, but not necessarily the Black-robed Person who would appear next, which is why Li Xuanfeng and Ye Qingqing were arranged to come.

Unable to determine how strong the incoming Black-robed Person would be, Li Xuanfeng and Ye Qingqing certainly could not expose themselves simultaneously. Ye Qingqing hiding her tracks could deal with unexpected situations, and she did not intend to appear before then.

Moreover, if Li Xuanfeng exposed his tracks here, it would inevitably attract stronger Black-robed People. If Li Xuanfeng were to be defeated at that time, she could still act as a failsafe.

If Ye Qingqing were to expose herself now, the Black-robed People might temporarily give up, or it might attract an even more terrifying crisis, at which point even Lian Yuezhou might not be able to spare a hand to help them.

Hum!

Li Xuanfeng's Soul Power descended, directly casting a Soul-searching Secret Art on Ye Hanyou.

Whether it was the "Soul Casting Technique" or the "Great Dream Art", both had made Li Xuanfeng's Soul stronger while making his attainments in the Dao of the Soul increasingly profound.

Especially with the "Great Dream Art", dreaming for a thousand or ten thousand years, the long dream years gave Li Xuanfeng a deeper understanding of the mysterious Soul.

Since the Nightmare Force had already merged with Ye Hanyou's Sea of Consciousness, with Li Xuanfeng's methods, he might be able to extract some useful information from it.

"Senior, what are you doing?!"

Ye Hanyou felt his Soul being torn, and an indescribable fear swept through his entire body instantly. He did not expect that Li Xuanfeng would actually want to search his Soul!

His memories should not have much value to a Saint, right?

The core Cultivation Technique of the Extreme Yin Palace that he cultivated currently only had the first volume, and the Martial Skill he cultivated was useless to a Saint. But why search his Soul?

Could it be that he wanted to know his thoughts on Luo Li and Wei Qingyan?

That was the only possibility Ye Hanyou could think of.

However, his Soul was intact, and Soul-searching was an extremely violent method. Even if he didn't die, his Soul would suffer permanent trauma, or he might even become an imbecile.

"Senior, stop quickly!"

"Senior, spare me!"

Ye Hanyou shouted in terror.

However, no one paid him any attention.

The Cultivators looked at each other, confused. What was Li Xuanfeng planning to do to scare Ye Hanyou like this?

"You cannot search my Soul; my father will not let you off!"

Ye Hanyou was terrified.

All the Cultivators were shocked. Li Xuanfeng was actually going to search his Soul—what was the difference between this and killing Ye Hanyou?

So, he was not afraid of the Extreme Yin Palace at all?

With his Soul being forcibly torn, Ye Hanyou's memories were forcibly extracted and presented in the form of images. All his secrets were exposed before Li Xuanfeng.

Ye Hanyou did not know that he had been eroded by Nightmare Force.

Ten years ago, he entered an area of the Battle Heaven Ruins Barrier and inadvertently broke into a space rift that no one had discovered. There, he obtained an Opportunity regarding the Soul; not only did his Soul Power increase greatly, but he also learned a secret.

This secret was how to refine the Battle Qi Tower!

There was no telling how many powerhouses in the Ancient Spirit Continent coveted this Saint King weapon, yet for so many years, whether they were Saints or Saint Kings, none had a way to refine it.

The Saints and Saint Kings had failed more than once. Whenever the barrier channel here opened, and they were not on the Void Battlefield, they would come to try.

However, no one succeeded.

Gradually, the Saints and Saint Kings who had no results had to choose to give up.

But Ye Hanyou accidentally learned in that space rift that the Battle Qi Tower could not be forcibly refined. To refine it, one had to simultaneously meet the conditions of being able to enter both the Ordinary Zone and the Prodigy Zone.

However, the Saints and Saint Kings were all old monsters, each with a bone age exceeding two thousand. They could enter the Ordinary Zone, but they did not meet the conditions to enter the Prodigy Zone at all, and they could not forcibly tear open the internal space of the Battle Qi Tower, so this first condition blocked them out.

The second condition was that one had to obtain more than 40% of the total Battle Qi rewards from clearing the tower to be qualified to enter the core space of the Battle Qi Tower, and then attempt to slowly refine it.

The Battle Qi in the Ordinary Zone accounted for 30% of the total. Ye Hanyou planned to keep it all for himself. With his talent and strength, he had the ability to obtain all 30% of that Battle Qi.

As for the 70% in the Prodigy Zone, he also had enough confidence to obtain 20%, or even more than 20%.

To avoid accidents and ensure he obtained the qualification to refine the Battle Qi Tower, Ye Hanyou stopped other Cultivators from entering the Ordinary Zone.

As for letting Luo Li, Wei Qingyan, and Su Xiaoyu enter the Prodigy Zone, it was because he wanted to control them through Battle Qi.

With Ye Hanyou's strength, he certainly couldn't completely refine the Battle Qi Tower, but he could refine a portion of it and obtain a bit of control authority over this tower.

The Battle Qi Tower had a very special feature: the Battle Qi it awarded was actually controlled by the core of the tower. Once one obtained part of the control authority of this tower, one had a chance to control those who had received Battle Qi rewards through that Battle Qi!

No one knew this secret.

Ye Hanyou regarded it as his own Opportunity and did not even tell his father.

His goal was to use this Opportunity to first gain a bit of authority over the Battle Qi Tower, and then come once every thirty years.

As his strength increased, refining a little more every thirty years, one day he would finally be able to take this tower into his own possession!

Moreover, he could use this to control two Fairy-like figures, which was simply a godsend and killing two birds with one stone for him.

But all of this was interrupted by the suddenly appearing Li Xuanfeng, who was currently forcibly searching his Soul and had learned this secret.

"It seems everything was secretly influenced by Nightmare Force."

Li Xuanfeng thought to himself.

Through the Soul search, Li Xuanfeng knew why Ye Hanyou had acted that way before.

However, since he dared to make a move on him and even dared to covet Luo Li and Wei Qingyan, Li Xuanfeng would naturally not leave him any path to survival.

Watching Ye Hanyou's memories from a god's-eye view, Li Xuanfeng knew that Ye Hanyou was eroded by Nightmare Force in that space rift.