Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
That’s right!
He smiled!
He had vaguely found the door of life for the second level, but what was it exactly? He had to verify it. If his judgment was wrong, he would be consigned to eternal damnation; but if he was correct, then the second level would collapse by itself.
He initially went in a natural reaction, or perhaps it was a common problem that everyone could commit. As the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles were too horrific, and a single glance was enough to send chills and terror down the spine. Everyone would believe that their soul spirit would be broken down by the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles and be eaten up by them!
When humans were facing against such horrific, ugly, and dangerous creatures, they would instinctively feel fear, wanting to put up a defense and escaping. Especially when the soul spirit was such an important thing, everyone assumed that it must never be damage. Otherwise, their future would be done for.
Hence, every other person would choose to defend the soul spirit and not allow the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles to enter their soul spirit.
When Jiang Yi was sensing the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles, he finally thought through something. The Soul-Devouring Crocodile might look sinister and terrifying, but it was essentially a soul spirit attack. It was sent out in a malevolent method.
These Soul Devouring Crocodiles didn’t have any life. When they were incinerated by the ghost flames, it would exhaust their energy. They would vanish after a certain number of attacks on the soul spirit. What did all of these mean? It meant that the Soul-Devouring Crocodile wasn’t a creature; neither was it a demonic beast. It was essentially a type of energy and a type of soul spirit attack.
Since that was the case…!
There was no need to treat it like a creature and just a normal soul spirit attack. Just like a soul spirit attack which Feng Luan used on him!
In that split moment earlier, Jiang Yi thought of an insane method… instead of defending, he would attack!
The offense was always the best defense, and since this Soul-Devouring Crocodiles want to devour his soul spirit, why couldn’t he turn back and devour them? This Soul-Devouring Crocodile should be a type of soul spirit energy. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to penetrate his head and enter his soul spirit sea so easily.
“Haha, come on. Let’s see who is stronger!”
Jiang Yi was laughing hysterically in his heart as he immersed his consciousness entirely into the sword-shaped soul spirit. He then used all his effort to shift the sword-shaped soul spirit and crash towards one of the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles.
When meeting face to face with an enemy, a victor shall emerge!
Jiang Yi had risked everything. If he was defeated, his soul spirit would be devoured; and he would perish. Why not risk everything he had?!
In his soul spirit sea, a sword-shaped soul spirit which had shrunk by a thousand-fold shifted swiftly like an unstoppable artifact sword, slashing towards a Soul-Devouring Crocodile which just entered.
The soul spirit form was actually able to be controlled and could shift freely in the soul spirit sea. How would a regular person dare to recklessly control the soul spirit when it had utmost importance? What if something went wrong? Jiang Yi already knew that he could move the soul spirit form around, but he didn’t dare to do it recklessly. Right now, he had risked everything; hence, he was naturally fearless.
Boom!
There was a silent clash which caused Jiang Yi’s sword-shaped soul spirit to shake violently while that Soul-Devouring Crocodile was sent flying, shrinking more than half the original size. Jiang Yi’s soul spirit felt the pain, but fortunately, the Fire Spirit Pearl transferred unknown energy which caused his soul spirit to expand with golden light, making the pain less intense.
He didn’t bother anymore as he controlled his sword-shaped soul spirit to smash at the Soul Devouring Crocodile again. The smash had shattered the Soul-Devouring Crocodile into pieces and dissipated in the soul spirit sea.
Chi! Chi!
Jiang Yi didn’t have any moment to rest as another Soul-Devouring Crocodile had rushed into his soul spirit sea. He roared out in his soul spirit, “Come on, come on. This Young Master will make all of you perish in this place!”
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Silent clashes continued to echo in Jiang Yi’s soul spirit sea while his Fire Dragon Sword-shaped soul spirit slashed, again and again, smashing up all the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles. Because of the severe pain from the soul spirit, Jiang Yi’s entire body was convulsing; and his face was distorted. At this moment, he was in a selfless state and was like an insane devil that didn’t care about anything else but using his sword-shaped soul spirit to attack the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles.
In a blink of an eye!
In just in a blink of the eye, Jiang Yi’s sword-shaped soul spirit had clashed for 18 times, and the nine Soul-Devouring Crocodiles were all smashed up into pieces and dissipated like smoke.
Jiang Yi didn’t feel good either as his soul spirit was constantly jolting, and he was experiencing a ripping pain. Despite the fact that he was in a selfless state and couldn’t feel it, but his body was instinctively in a tormenting pain.
Most importantly…!
His soul spirit had shrunk while there were tiny cracks, and it felt as though it would crumble at any moment. If there were even more Soul-Devouring Crocodiles that attacked the next round, his soul spirit might just collapse.
Swish!
Right now, Jiang Yi was still completely in an insane devil state as he controlled the sword-shaped soul spirit to fly around in the soul spirit sea. He was searching and attacking the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles, like a beast king that went berserk. He wanted to find all living beings and rip them alive to vent off his anger.
The most mystical thing had happened…
As the sword-shaped soul spirit was flying around, the pale white energies in the soul spirit sea would automatically attach themselves on his soul spirit form. All these remanent energies were left behind when the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles were smashed up. They were all attached onto his soul spirit and were being rapidly absorbed.
Jiang Yi’s conjecture was absolutely correct!
When his soul spirit absorbed those remanent energies in his soul spirit sea—not only did it recover his soul spirit form, but it also seemed to be growing stronger.
Chi! Chi!
Another Soul-Devouring Crocodile rushed into his soul spirit sea while Jiang Yi was still in the frenzied state. He didn’t bother about anything else and simply controlled the sword-shaped soul spirit to smash and start another round of slaughter.
This time, there were a total of eight Soul-Devouring Crocodiles. In the blink of an eye, they were all smashed into smithereens by Jiang Yi’s soul spirit. He then rapidly absorbed those remanent energies, which quickly healed the cracks on the soul spirit form and also expanding it a little.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Rounds after rounds… one hour later, Jiang Yi had at least went through more than a dozen rounds of attack. Without any exception, he would successfully smash up all the Soul-Devouring Crocodiles; and his soul spirit was now 10% bigger than before.
“Uh…”
At this moment, he finally exited from his frenzied state while the pain in his soul spirit still made his body convulsing. When his soul spirit and body were shaking, his distorted face had revealed a smile that was even uglier than when he was crying.
He had survived!
Not only did he survive, but he also had the method to pass the second level. He had obtained a great fated opportunity—he could incessantly strengthen his soul spirit!
“Mystic Thearch, you are truly a god. The treasures in this Mystic Divine Palace aren’t considered anything. Instead, it is the levels that are the true treasures, priceless treasures.”
Jiang Yi knelt down on a single knee and bowed three times with utmost respect. He was convinced by the Mystic Thearch and was in awe of the Mystic Thearch’s earnest intentions.
Who would have thought that the horrific Soul-Devouring Crocodiles in the second level were actually a gift of soul spirit energy for the martial artists that ventured in here? Of course… if one couldn’t understand the Mystic Thearch’s intention, they only had death waiting for them.
“Let’s go!”
Jiang Yi stood up. Although his face was still twitching, his eyes were filled with joy. He looked around at the sinister-looking wilderness and felt as though he was looking at the golden mountain of treasures.
