Chapter 2223 - 2221: Battle with Jiu Ying

The Insect Matriarch of the Insect Race is a very special existence. Relative to the Matriarch's own realm, their physical bodies don't have much combat capability; what they excel in is the psyche.

But the physical body is forever the vessel of the psyche and also serves as protection.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, the Insect Matriarch would never allow her psyche to leave her body, as doing so poses great risk.

Yet today, the cultivators of the Insect and Blood Races on the Yinshuo Battle Planet witnessed something unbelievable.

The Matriarch's soul body detached from her physical body, racing swiftly in a single direction.

No one knew what was happening because there was no hint of it, but the cultivators of the Insect and Blood Races knew something major must have occurred, which prompted the Matriarch's extraordinary actions.

Dark Butterfly actually did not know what Lu Ye had encountered, but the moment Lu Ye emerged from the relics, she suddenly had a sense of crisis that made her heart palpitate.

Having reached her level of cultivation, there are some innate perceptions of impending crises.

Coupled with the words Lu Ye uttered before his consciousness sank, Dark Butterfly immediately understood that Lu Ye must have encountered an insurmountable crisis within the relics, so she decisively used the stone bug to transmit audio to Li Qi, while personally heading over to assist.

Li Qi was leading Lu Ye towards the insect hive, while Dark Butterfly was coming to meet them, closing the distance rapidly.

However, there was still some distance from the entrance of the relics, so for Dark Butterfly's assistance to be successful, it would take a bit more time.

At this moment, in the Divine Sea, the remnant soul of Jiu Ying had already intruded.

Lu Ye's soul body materialized, looking gravely at the enormous figure, knowing that to survive, he must go all out.

His psyche defense was broken within ten breaths, even when Jiu Ying had not used full force, showing that Jiu Ying's current strength greatly exceeded his.

But Lu Ye was not in despair, because he could feel that while Jiu Ying's remnant soul was strong, it was finite in strength.

In this soul battle, he might still have a chance!

"Young man, surrender quietly, do not resist. It won't be too painful, I guarantee!" Inside the Divine Sea, Jiu Ying spoke, eyes filled with excitement.

A freak, truly a freak, just an Entering the Path cultivator, yet his psyche defense could withstand him for so long. Now, Jiu Ying was even more interested in Lu Ye and determined to consume his soul body and take over his physical body.

Waiting for countless years was finally worth it; as long as he takes over this body, he can not only make a comeback but might even surpass the peak and achieve new heights!

As he spoke, Jiu Ying's massive body swept forward like a wave, towards Lu Ye's soul body, with its enormous mouth wide open, imposing in its power.

The Divine Sea surged and waves billowed. Under Lu Ye's feet, a broken-down battleship suddenly appeared, but in the blink of an eye, the battleship was restored. Not only that, several figures appeared abruptly on the deck, quickly assuming their roles.

Soul Suppressing Secret Technique, Ghost Ship!

This was Lu Ye's biggest reliance in the soul battle, both offense and defense.

While Lu Ye could previously use the Ghost Ship, it was just a simple psyche secret technique. However, within the Sun Blaze Realm, once this technique was cultivated as a Soul Suppressing Secret Technique, its power had transformed dramatically.

This was the result of Lu Ye's many years of painstaking and meticulous crafting.

The incoming remnant soul of Jiu Ying paused, revealing a look of surprise in its eyes.

Though it was well-versed and experienced, it knew Lu Ye had his own soul suppressing secret technique, but had never seen such a soul suppressing technique...

Upon closer inspection, that battleship seemed real, like one that had truly roamed the battlefield and vanquished countless enemies.

The surprise was fleeting, for the brighter Lu Ye's performance, the more pleased it was.

On the battleship, arrays hummed, unleashed powerful offensives towards Jiu Ying, striking that dim remnant soul, and even though Lu Ye held nothing back, with the Hundred Dao Power fortifying his psyche offensive, nothing stirred as it hit Jiu Ying's form.

Lu Ye's eye twitched slightly, knowing this creature was strong, but didn't expect it to be so overwhelmingly strong!

It was clearly just a seemingly dim remnant soul...

After a dozen offensives, Jiu Ying had reached the Ghost Ship, its enormous mouth wide open, biting down hard.

But at that moment, the ship's array transformed, a thick veil of light appeared, forming into a barrier.

Jiu Ying bit into this barrier, and Lu Ye felt the Divine Sea erupt, the waves surging more violently.

He let out a sigh of relief.

The defense wasn't breached!

This clearly indicated that the gap in strength between him and the current Jiu Ying was not as hopeless as it seemed.

But the situation was still dire, because Lu Ye noticed a small crack forming at the spot where Jiu Ying bit the defensive layer!

And as Jiu Ying exerted force, that small crack was rapidly expanding!

In such circumstances, it feared the Ghost Ship's defense would not last even 5 breaths. Once the defense was breached, his soul body would be completely exposed to Jiu Ying's offensive. That enormous mouth could devour him without leaving a trace!

Dare not hesitate any longer, Lu Ye's thoughts shifted.

Flames blazed brightly!

The Ghost Ship suddenly burst into flames.

The blaze was identical to the one burning on the Talent Tree.

It was the manifestation of the Talent Tree's power of incineration.

The Talent Tree could incinerate all impurities within itself, laying the foundation for Lu Ye's cultivation, but whether this power could incinerate Jiu Ying's remnant soul was uncertain. He had previously helped Yaya incinerate the Soul-Devouring Aphid eroding the Divine Sea, but that creature was easy to deal with, unable to resist the power of incineration. However, Jiu Ying's remnant soul was different.

After all, it's a legendary ancient ferocious beast. Who knows what peculiar abilities it might possess.

Yet the situation was dire, and Lu Ye could only take a chance. No matter how bad, the Talent Tree's power of incineration would still be of some use.

A buzzing noise echoed, as if something was being incinerated.

Jiu Ying, who was biting onto the Ghost Ship, was startled and cried out in pain, immediately releasing the ship and rapidly retreating its massive form.

It withdrew a great distance before gazing suspiciously at the burning blaze.

It could sense that the flame was peculiar, even though its current strength was far superior to this human youth's, it couldn't resist the incinerating flame. In just a brief moment of contact, its remnant soul was already somewhat damaged.

It couldn't touch that flame any longer! Otherwise, its remnant soul would suffer even more damage.

As it pondered this, the blaze on the Ghost Ship suddenly rushed towards it like a fire dragon!

Jiu Ying was startled and hurriedly dodged.

But no matter how it dodged, the fire dragon relentlessly pursued, seeming to have locked onto it.

Moments later, Jiu Ying's gaze became extremely grave because it realized that the entire Divine Sea was enveloped by the blaze, leaving it with no place to stand!

What kind of fire was this? So peculiar.

A layer of fluorescence appeared on Jiu Ying's body, blocking the flame's corrosion, and it opened its mouth, spewing forth a surge of toxic green light.

The buzzing sound continued unabated; as soon as the toxic green light appeared, it was mostly incinerated, but some still fell onto the Divine Sea.

Turning the originally clear sea surface into a lustrous green expanse.

Lu Ye inexplicably felt a sense of revulsion and nausea. Any changes in the Divine Sea would feedback into his soul body, so he immediately realized that the ferocious green light Jiu Ying was spewing contained poison!

A poison targeting the psyche!

Without delay, Lu Ye mobilized the Talent Tree's power, striving to incinerate the bizarre green light.

However, there was still a disparity in strength. Despite Lu Ye's full effort, the green color on the sea surface continued to grow, creating a feeling of being powerless.

Conversely, Jiu Ying's remnant soul, under the protection of fluorescence, managed to resist the Talent Tree's power of incineration and even had time to transmit audio to Lu Ye: "Boy, don't resist. I can promise to leave a trace of spiritual sense for you, not let you be completely annihilated. From now on, you are me, and I am you, how about it?"

Lu Ye certainly wouldn't believe its nonsense, only thinking it was talking nonsense.

Such a ferocious beast as Jiu Ying, if it had any chance at all, why wouldn't it eradicate him completely? Saying this now was undoubtedly an attempt to destroy his fighting spirit.

If it succeeded, Lu Ye was sure it wouldn't leave any spiritual sense for him. By that time, it would still be it, and this world would no longer have him.

Throughout his life, Lu Ye had experienced countless battles, numerous life and death crises, yet he had never once contemplated giving up.

Sensing his determination, Jiu Ying let out a sigh, "What a pity, what a pity. Since you are so stubborn, don't blame me for being ruthless."

The ferocious green light grew even more intense.

Lu Ye's pressure increased tremendously.

Although the Talent Tree's power of incineration was strong, Jiu Ying was, after all, an ancient ferocious beast. It could nurture Dao soldiers like Banlan, and its peak state was far beyond Lu Ye's imagination; Lu Ye even suspected it might be at some realm above Dao Harmony.

Because if his understanding was not wrong, Dao Harmony could never nurture someone like Banlan.

Even though it was now just a remnant soul, its methods were still unimaginable.

The green light blossomed, and Lu Ye felt dizzy, with his soul body on the Ghost Ship swaying.

The green light seemed poised to envelop the Ghost Ship, and even the Talent Tree's power of incineration struggled to resist.

It's not that it couldn't incinerate the green light; it just needed time, and the expansion speed of the green light had undoubtedly exceeded the incineration speed of the Talent Tree.

In such a situation, almost a desperate situation!

Fortunately, he bought some time.

"Boy, if you have any last words, you can speak them now. As a reward for providing such an exceptional body, if I'm in a good mood, perhaps I'll grant your wish!" Jiu Ying's voice echoed. Although the process had some twists and turns, the outcome could not be changed.

Soon, it would break through Lu Ye's Soul Suppressing Secret Technique, devour his soul body, and take over his body.

On the Ghost Ship, Lu Ye, a bit muddled, suddenly raised his head and looked at Jiu Ying not far away, weakly smiling: "Solve her first, then talk big!"