Chapter 305: Extracting the Soul, Refining the Spirit

Thinking of this,

Yao Tong no longer hesitated; her expression turned ruthless, and more light shields surged around her.

In a flash of movement, she ascended through empty air, smashing through over a dozen golden-armored heavenly soldiers in her path as she rushed toward Jiang Jian!

Though these soldiers shattered on impact, they transformed into violet lightning that furiously tore apart Yao Tong’s surrounding defenses.

Yao Tong’s form split into two, then four, instantly becoming hundreds of afterimages that surged at her from every direction!

Jiang Jian remained expressionless, sensing the killing intent surging from all sides, faint black specks drifting from his robes.

Beside him,

The golden-armored heavenly general sneered, his spear blazing with light as it roared forward with thunderous force!

Puff!

A strange piercing sound echoed.

Yao Tong’s true body was impaled through her front shield, tumbling directly out of the void!

“Life Transformation.”

Its face unchanged, it spoke softly in human tongue; divine light flared, and in an instant it broke free of the spear’s restraint.

“The golden-armored heavenly general is indeed powerful.”

“But it cannot persist forever!”

The next moment, its light shields overlapped, actively surging toward the heavenly general!

Around them, the crashing explosions of shattering shields rang endlessly.

Although Yao Tong’s protective shields shattered one after another under this collision,

Jiang Jian’s golden-armored heavenly general was likewise severely restricted!

As the shields canceled out its power,

The golden-armored heavenly general’s form gradually faded, finally dissolving entirely into nothingness.

Jiang Jian’s “Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers,” summoned via the willow branch, was completely neutralized.

“When a drug goes out of control, the only outcome is one.”

“Destruction.”

Yao Tong darted to his front, its snarling grin now clearly visible!

Clearly,

It had given up all hope of retrieval after detecting the drug's loss of control.

It had decided to execute the “Destruction” directive—to erase the runaway drug outright!

To this end, it was willing to expend vast quantities of protective shields.

All to end this swiftly, to escape Earth before higher beings intervened.

At the center of its killing intent,

Jiang Jian wore the Robe of the Wheel King, his black hair whipping wildly, his cold, clear eyes radiating bone-chilling ice.

“Royal Path.”

Jiang Jian murmured.

He raised his gaze, swept his dark sleeve—and the Crown of Wang Dian appeared instantly.

As its hanging beads trembled, ten thousand rays of light burst forth!

The profound foundation of two realms, at this moment, was pushed to its absolute limit and erupted fully!

Boom!

His black robe flared fiercely!

Behind Jiang Jian, a thirty-zhang-tall manifestation of the Wheel King materialized, eyes closed, radiant golden light blazing around him!

The Wheel King’s manifestation mirrored Jiang Jian exactly, its ethereal light interwoven, royal aura roaring outward in all directions!

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Jian, facing the medicine boy at point-blank range, released golden light from his fingertips, clenched his fist, and slammed it forward with all his might!

The Wheel King manifestation behind him instantly opened its eyes!

It perfectly replicated Jiang Jian’s motion—a fist of several zhang in size, clenched, blazing with radiant light, striking after but arriving first.

With impossible speed, it pierced through space and slammed into Yao Tong!

Hundreds upon thousands of light shields before Yao Tong shattered instantly!

Brilliant light streams exploded outward, deafening roars shaking the air!

Jiang Jian, channeling the flawless foundation of two realms and pouring in vast amounts of spiritual energy, unleashed a devastating Royal Path attack capable of wounding ordinary Spirit Palace cultivators!

Yet Yao Tong merely furrowed its brow slightly, slowed its speed a fraction—its palm still flashed forward and struck Jiang Jian!

Boom!

An even sharper explosion rang out!

Jiang Jian’s body shattered instantly, blown into countless black lights, triggering an even more violent explosion!

Seeing this, Yao Tong’s expression darkened sharply.

Around it were countless black specks.

Each one possessed killing power comparable to a Spirit Palace cultivator!

Boom!

A chain of explosions rapidly destroyed Yao Tong’s protective shields!

“This is a trap specifically set for me!”

Yao Tong’s heart sank further; its form twisted, attempting to dissolve into light and flee.

But in every direction, explosions from the black specks filled the air!

The number of its protective shields was dwindling at an unimaginable rate!

“This is impossible!”

“His aura was unmistakable!”

“This trap was laid in advance—and I didn’t see it? How is this possible?!”

Yao Tong, sensing the rapid dissipation of its shields, was thrown into turmoil.

It had never imagined that one day, it would be trapped in real danger by a runaway drug.

Yao Tong lunged left and right, but was horrified to discover the explosion radius of the black light had grown terrifyingly vast!

If it continued fleeing blindly, its remaining protective shields would surely be exhausted!

Thinking of this,

Yao Tong’s face turned as dark as water; it halted, enduring the black-light explosions from all sides, and roared: “Is that all you know—hiding and running?!”

One hundred meters away,

Black light rapidly interwove.

Jiang Jian’s form reappeared, calm and composed: “Though you are a Vision of the Divine Platform cultivator and I am a Spring Surge cultivator, even in direct confrontation, you gained little advantage—only your strange shields gave you edge.”

Yao Tong stared at Jiang Jian: “You’re buying time—setting another trap.”

Jiang Jian nodded lightly, his form dissolving into black light: “You guessed right.”

The black-light explosions ceased.

Before Yao Tong, space twisted, and a pitch-black portal instantly appeared, swallowing it whole!

The Yinshan Wonder Realm!

Earlier, by using “Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers,” he had delayed Yao Tong and drained its surrounding shields.

Jiang Jian had held the Earth Store Jade Seal all along, channeling Yinshan’s power to pre-arrange the spatial portal!

Yao Tong’s previous attacks had missed precisely because Jiang Jian had slipped into Yinshan in that instant!

Yinshan is a complete, self-contained wonder realm.

Its foundational power is boundless.

Those below the Spirit Platform have no way to resist it!

Jiang Jian knew:

If he fought head-on, he could hold his own against Yao Tong for a while—but to kill it would demand immense effort and expose too many of his cards, making it not worth the cost.

Precisely because of this,

Jiang Jian chose to use the Yinshan Wonder Realm to drain Yao Tong’s shields and trap it there until it perished.

“Where is this?!”

Yao Tong, fallen into Yinshan’s depths, scanned its surroundings; its heart sank to its lowest point, its expression utterly grim.

A single glance revealed two beings no weaker than itself.

Beyond that,

More than a dozen Spirit Palace cultivators, grotesquely shaped and wreathed in swirling yin energy, stared at it with hostile intent.

“All beings of Yinshan, heed my command.”

Jiang Jian stepped forward, manifesting his form atop Yinshan, his voice cold:

“Attack together—capture this creature, cast it into the Wheel King’s Hell, extract its soul and refine its spirit, drain every last memory from it!”

Hearing the decree,

The foremost Night Walker and Day Walker immediately bowed respectfully, eyeing Yao Tong with eager anticipation.

Below,

The White and Black Impermanence of the Ten Courts and the Hell Judges all roared their assent, each manifesting their true Yinshan forms as they charged toward Yao Tong!

(End of chapter)