Chapter 514: Revised: Chapter 513 Soul Energy Soars
Looking at the countless figures flying swiftly from afar, the sheer number made everyone’s face change slightly.
"Demon Beasts, cultivators, Yin Souls... How many do these add up to?"
Master Pei couldn’t help but exclaim.
"At least from what we can see, there are thousands, and who knows how many more are further away."
Master Rock’s face also turned rather grim.
Even though not all of these beings were above the Divine Realm Level, most were at the Enlightenment Realm Level, and some were even at the Qi Refinement Stage.
The most numerous among them were the Yin Souls.
Most of these Yin Souls were the spirits of nearby beasts that had died, then absorbed and grown into Demon Souls with the dense Yin Attribute Energy of the place.
However, after accumulating for over a thousand years, a batch of powerful beings comparable to the Divine Realm Level was also born among these piled-up Demon Souls.
*"How much soul energy will this bring me this time?"*
Looking at the fast-approaching enemies, Bai Ziyue’s eyes brightened, silently calculating, feeling a surge of excitement in his heart.
*Even if each provides little soul energy individually, when accumulated, it would be equally terrifying.*
*And this joy of rapidly increasing soul energy, besides a few occasions, he only experienced when wantonly slaying Demon Beasts in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.*
*But in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, he had to fight cautiously, fearing to provoke a powerful Divine Realm Great Demon or attract the attention of a Golden Core Realm Demon Monarch, thereby encountering misfortune. Although it was thrilling, there were always some concerns.*
*Whereas now, he could kill wantonly, not to mention that there were more than fifty powerful Divine Realm powerhouses fighting alongside him.*
The situation would be completely different.
Master Giant Axe’s aura surged, a hint of madness flashed in his eyes, and he roared, "Kill for me!"
"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"
...
The other powerhouses, after the initial surprise, quickly calmed down and almost instantly took action.
On the other side, the Demon Souls howled wildly, and the eyes of a group of controlled cultivators and Demon Beasts showed abnormal blood-redness full of frenzy, seemingly instinctively unleashing their attacks.
Magic, Dharma treasures, Divine Techniques... Various attacks converged, densely brightening the originally dark cemetery like daylight.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Intense attacks tore through the air, producing explosive blasts.
"Kill!"
Master Panshan shouted fiercely, leading Bai Ziyue and the others, not far from the others, wielding a long blade to slash directly at a Divine Realm-level Demon Soul.
The others also made consecutive moves, each using their Dharma treasures.
Bai Ziyue also noticed that these cultivators charging toward him looked very abnormal.
Not only were their faces fierce and eyes blood-red, but they also had almost no ’life force’ on them.
*He murmured inwardly, but his moves were equally ruthless. With a thought, his Flying Sword flashed.*
Puff!
The head of a late-stage Enlightenment Realm cultivator was instantly pierced through by him.
However, very soon, Bai Ziyue’s eyes conveyed a surprise.
At the moment he slew the opponent, their eyes momentarily cleared, unmistakably showing a hint of relieved gratitude mixed with liberation.
*"It seems being eternally under Soul Control is also extremely painful for them."*
Seeing this, Bai Ziyue accelerated his actions, his Flying Sword flashing repeatedly, swiftly cutting through.
Occasionally, he also extended his arm, evolving the Immortal Martial Hand Seal, pressing down with a palm.
Rumble!
Instantly, a large number of Demon Souls and cultivators controlled by the Soul-controlling Technique were crushed by him, turning to ashes.
"Soul Energy +247232, +476871, +84621, +3858769, +4852..."
A large array of rapidly fluctuating Soul Energy values instantly flashed before his eyes, some of which were earned by him, but most came from others.
When fifty middle to late Divine Realm, even Peak Divine Realm powerhouses joined forces, their might was unparalleled, extraordinarily powerful.
Since he only revealed power consistent with the mid-stage Divine Realm and displayed just a four-star Divine Order, Bai Ziyue didn’t exhibit his full strength and naturally had time to observe the situation around him.
*"The strength of nine-star Divine Realm powerhouses is truly remarkable, each possessing the first rank strength of Peak Divine Realm."*
*"These Divine Techniques and methods should belong to the Qingxu Sect disciples.*
*Hmm, this one too... Counting them, among these fifty people, I’ve identified three Qingxu Sect disciples, adding myself makes four?*
*Maybe there are more; I just haven’t discovered them yet?"*
*"Hmm? This person seems to be called Master Qianye. His seven-star Divine Order clearly indicates that, but his actual combat strength is only six-star, comparable to the first rank of late-stage Divine Realm, far from reaching the usual third rank of seven-star powerhouses at Peak Divine Realm.*
*However, this Master Jiu Chi, though carrying just a five-star Divine Order, delivered a strike whose power undoubtedly reached the third rank of Peak Divine Realm. This indicates he possesses the combat power of the seven-star Divine Realm."*
*Through his observations, Bai Ziyue thoroughly grasped the strength of the powerful cultivators around him.*
*Even if someone deliberately hides their power, once they reveal even a little, he could precisely judge them.*
However, regarding this situation where the Star Order level does not match a cultivator’s actual combat power, he was not surprised.
Although the Star Order level could measure a cultivator’s strength to a certain extent, it was not accurate.
There were some, like Bai Ziyue, whose actual strength was stronger, but because they had recently acquired their Star Order, they hadn’t had the time to increase it. There were even some powerhouses who didn’t care about their Star Order level or enjoyed pretending to be weaker than they were, deliberately not upgrading their Star Order level, which also occurred.
As for those powerhouses whose Star Order level exceeded their real strength, referred to as ’watered-down’ powerhouses, there was certainly no shortage.
For instance, in this large-scale Nine-star task, if it could be completed successfully, it might help Master Zixuan and Master Treasure Seizer both raise their Star Order to the Seven-star Divine Order, but their actual combat power was only at the six-star level, which was the third tier of Late-stage Divine Realm.
In other words, once they returned from the mission, they would become seven-star ’watered-down’ powerhouses.
Of course, upon reaching seven-star, they could exchange for some relatively strong treasures to enhance their strength from the Nine-star Daoist Palace, possibly improving their strength to the seven-star level.
Thus, often the Star Order level could indeed represent a cultivator’s true strength.
"Die!"
At this moment, Master Giant Axe held his giant axe and made a powerful sweep.
Swoosh~!
A massive battle axe shadow swept over, cutting through the six Divine Realm-level beings he was fighting—two Demon Souls, one Cat Demon, and three cultivators—all of them were cleaved in half.
They fell one after another with a hissing sound.
Even the Demon Souls could not recondense, as their soul power and consciousness were ground away and vanished by this one axe.
With one axe, he killed six Divine Realm-level beings.
*Even though the strength of these six Divine Realm existences wasn’t formidable, this strike was undoubtedly astonishing.*
"That axe strike!"
*Surpassed the first tier of the Peak Divine Realm and nearly touched the half-step Golden Core Realm level.*
*He must have cultivated a divine technique that suited him to Divine Power Perfection and went further, forming a Divine Power Seed. In the future, it might even evolve into a Great Divine Technique.*"
*Bai Ziyue stared in a daze, inexplicably moved.*
*He began to recall meticulously the mysterious aspects of that axe strike.*
*That extreme speed, yet at the moment of contact with the enemy, it was like a volcanic eruption, silent but with a force that extinguished everything in its path.*
*He thought of the few Great Divine Techniques he cultivated.*
*Especially the Primordial Magnetic Great Cutting, which was extremely fast and silently obliterates everything as it passes.*
"Cut through everything, move forward relentlessly..."
*Bai Ziyue frowned. He felt he had grasped a key point but also felt that something was missing.*
"Master Beiming, what’s wrong with you?"
Master Pei, who had been following Bai Ziyue, saw him in a trance and quickly struck down a rushing Demon Soul, asking urgently.
"Nothing."
Bai Ziyue shook his head, controlling his Flying Sword to continue slashing, but half of his heart spirit was still focused on contemplating that axe strike.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
"The strength of Giant Axe is formidable.
He indeed crossed that crucial half-step."
Master Great Sun marveled.
"With this step, his chance of Core Formation increased by half a percent."
Evil Moon Fairy also expressed her admiration.
Do not dismiss this half-percent as insignificant. For immortal cultivators, contending with the heavens, every step is defying nature, and a half-percent increase in the chance of Core Formation has already surpassed most Peak Divine Realm cultivators.
With Master Giant Axe’s showcase of power, the surrounding cultivators felt a significant reduction in pressure, allowing the speed of slaying Demon Souls and Soul-controlling cultivators to increase rapidly.
As time flowed by, with absolute strength in a crushing position, and Divine Realm-level leader Demon Souls being slaughtered massively, the Demon Souls still retaining their consciousness immediately scattered, rapidly retreating towards the depths of the cemetery.
Only the Soul-controlling cultivators and Soul-controlling Demon Beasts remained frenzied.
However, Bai Ziyue and others all possessed combat strength equivalent to the third tier of Late-stage Divine Realm, mowing them down effortlessly amidst their desperate eyes.
The battle thus came to a halt.
"These cultivators and Demon Beasts only had one or two Lifebound Dharma Treasures on them and didn’t even have a storage bag. Their valuables must have been plundered long ago when they were enslaved by the Soul-controlling Demon Monarch."
Master Zixuan and Master Pei grumbled as they returned from the corpses, their haul evidently small.
Bai Ziyue offered no comment on this, as he had anticipated this from the strength of those Soul-controlling cultivators and hence did not join the frenzy.
However, his mood was quite joyful.
Because his Soul Energy had surpassed his past limits, significantly increased.
"Seventy-nine million five hundred eighty thousand, nearly eighty million points of Soul Energy.
Considering my original thirty million-plus Soul Energy, just this wave increased my Soul Energy by over forty-seven million points..."
Bai Ziyue took a deep breath, his heart filled with excitement.