Chapter 663: The Terrified Su Shan

As the saying goes, technique is also a method, and the foot-Dao is also a Dao.

It is quite reasonable for Ye Lin to call his footwork "palm technique."

Su Shan was stunned for a moment, and then a fire of anger flashed in his eyes.

"You dare to play me for a fool!"

Su Shan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, grabbed the Myriad Soul Banner, and a strong killing intent surged from his body.

"Do you think I am that piece of trash Su Shan? Today, I will let you see what true demonic methods are!"

"Myriad Soul Heaven Attraction!"

Su Shan waved the Myriad Soul Banner, and the vengeful spirits within it poured out in full force, continuously surging into his body.

With every vengeful spirit absorbed, Su Shan's cultivation grew stronger by a fraction.

His chest, which had been caved in by Ye Lin's kick, slowly recovered, and countless black-purple patterns emerged on his body, looking incredibly eerie and filled with demonic energy!

In the end, all tens of thousands of vengeful spirits were absorbed by Su Shan's body, and his realm broke through from the late stage of the Heaven-Stellar Realm to the early stage of the Five Elements Realm in one go!

Ye Lin's eyes lit up as he watched.

Demonic methods are good; they must be learned!

He had never imagined that the vengeful spirits in the Myriad Soul Banner could be used in such a way; Su Shan had undoubtedly opened a door to a new world for Ye Lin.

A mere few tens of thousands of vengeful spirits could allow Su Shan to break through two realms in succession; it seems his own development of vengeful spirits was still too shallow.

Ye Lin couldn't help but sigh; truly, there is always someone better, and there is always a heaven beyond the heaven.

If he naively thought he was an Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon and looked down on the heroes of the world, he would suffer a great loss sooner or later.

A true master must always maintain the heart of an apprentice.

Therefore, Ye Lin decided that not only would he learn the refining method of the Myriad Soul Banner, but he was also determined to learn this Myriad Soul Heaven Attraction!

Gu Qianxue's expression changed instantly; in this state, even if she had her cinnabar brush and talisman paper, she would have no confidence in dealing with Su Shan, let alone now that she was empty-handed.

"Ye Lin, this demonic evil art that Su Shan uses to boost his strength surely cannot be maintained for long. Let us avoid his edge for now!" Gu Qianxue advised.

"I should avoid his edge?"

Ye Lin raised an eyebrow and actually took the initiative to charge toward Su Shan.

His vast blood-energy roared, and under the reinforcement of the Hundred Tribulations Imperial Body, Ye Lin was like a human-shaped angry dragon, slamming a punch toward Su Shan's face while shouting loudly.

"Wind God Leg!"

"This move again?"

Su Shan's expression changed, and the power of the vengeful spirits surged to form a soul shield, forcibly withstanding Ye Lin's punch.

"No wonder the Immortal Cloud Sect sent you out when you are only at the Profound Completion stage; your physical body can already contend with the Heaven-Stellar Realm, but unfortunately, it's not enough in front of me!"

"White Bone Forest!"

Countless white bones flew out from Su Shan's body and pierced directly into Ye Lin's, and in the blink of an eye, Ye Lin was turned into a hedgehog.

Su Shan originally had a cold sneer on his lips, but when he noticed the hand seals Ye Lin was forming, his expression suddenly changed.

"Substitution Technique?"

Su Shan did not hesitate; he bit his finger and wiped it across his eyelids.

The Substitution Technique is a common divine ability used by Dharma cultivators during combat; in a sense, it is a type of illusion that makes the enemy mistake things like wooden stakes or stone pedestals for oneself.

Su Shan immediately used the Heaven-Eye Vision.

But after opening his eyes to look, the Ye Lin before him was still Ye Lin, and his body was still pierced with a pile of white bone spikes.

At the same time, another Ye Lin appeared behind Su Shan, swung the Bronze Dragon Pulse Cauldron, and smashed it down toward him.

The cauldron, heavy as a mountain, crashed down like a meteorite. Su Shan was sent flying as if hit by a prehistoric beast; he didn't know how many of his bones were broken, and his realm fell back to the late stage of the Heaven-Stellar Realm.

Gu Qianxue and Lu Shihan were dumbfounded.

A peak Profound stage cultivator actually being able to take down an early Five Elements Realm evil cultivator—if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they probably wouldn't believe it even if told.

Gu Qianxue's beautiful eyes shone; she hadn't guessed wrong, this Ye Lin was indeed not as simple as he looked!

Ye Lin carried the Bronze Dragon Pulse Cauldron on his shoulder; what he had used was naturally not the Substitution Technique, but a forbidden technique: the Death-Substitution Technique.

The Substitution Technique confuses the enemy, while the Death-Substitution Technique, as a forbidden technique, leaves behind an identical clone on the spot to die in one's place, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.

However, the Substitution Technique only consumes immortal power, while the Death-Substitution Technique consumes a large amount of a cultivator's lifespan; therefore, unless it is a last resort, cultivators generally do not use it lightly—except for Ye Lin.

"Post-Heaven Supreme Treasure!"

Su Shan, whose bones were broken into pieces, stared fixedly at the Bronze Dragon Pulse Cauldron in Ye Lin's hand.

"Who exactly are you?"

To be able to pull out a Post-Heaven Supreme Treasure at the peak of the Profound stage, and with such devious and numerous methods, could it be that he had provoked the illegitimate child of some big shot?

"You will know in a moment."

Ye Lin grabbed Su Shan and started walking, and Gu Qianxue hurriedly stopped him.

"Ye Lin, where are you taking him?"

"I am a person who hates evil, so I need to take this beast aside and let him experience the tortures of the world! I can't let him die too easily; the scene is too cruel, and I'm afraid of scaring you all."

Ye Lin spouted nonsense.

Although Gu Qianxue and Lu Shihan felt that something was not quite right, neither of them stopped Ye Lin.

Ye Lin dragged Su Shan to a deserted and hidden corner, and then Ye Lin cast the forbidden spell "Dead Spirit Return to Realm" to seal off the surroundings.

"Hmph, use whatever torture you have; if I let out a single scream, I don't deserve to be a demonic cultivator!"

Su Shan snorted coldly; at this moment, it was the soul of the female demon lord in control of his body.

One must know that the backlash of practicing the demonic path is significant; what pain had she not experienced?

Ye Lin looked down at Su Shan from above, and in the next second, his face changed abruptly, revealing a brilliant smile.

"Oh my, what I just said was all an act for others to see; how could I really torture you?"

Ye Lin's sudden reaction left Su Shan bewildered.

"Then what do you want?"

"I want to... join the demonic path!" Ye Lin said very sincerely.

"Ah?"

Su Shan was completely dumbfounded.

Wasn't the guy in front of him a disciple of the Immortal Cloud Sect? The Immortal Cloud Sect was a righteous sect with deep roots and a pure lineage.

Why would he want to join the demonic path instead of being a good Immortal Cloud Sect disciple? Is he crazy?

This is as absurd as someone who has successfully passed the civil service exam suddenly quitting to go work on an assembly line.

Demonic cultivators basically have no other choice, which is why they resort to unscrupulous means; if they had a choice, who would want to be a demonic cultivator and live a life of uncertainty?

"Really, I have actually admired the demonic path for a very long time. I want to learn the refining method of the Myriad Soul Banner and that Myriad Soul Heaven Attraction from you," Ye Lin said.

"So that's how it is."

Su Shan sneered, suddenly perking up.

"Then do you have any experience in practicing the demonic path?"

"I previously experimentally made a magic treasure very similar to your Myriad Soul Banner, but mine is called the Human Emperor Flag; take a look."

Ye Lin took out the damaged version of the Human Emperor Flag. In an instant, cold winds howled, and resentment soared to the sky! The surrounding temperature dropped instantly, and frost began to condense on Su Shan's eyebrows and hair tips.

Su Shan's eyes widened, his mouth hung open, and he began to count the vengeful spirits on the Human Emperor Flag in a daze.

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million, ten million... a hundred million?!"

Su Shan's face turned deathly pale in an instant, without a trace of blood; he fell to his knees in front of Ye Lin with a thud and began to kowtow violently.

"I did not know which top demonic expert had arrived in this humble place; this junior Su Shan failed to welcome you properly, I beg the senior to forgive my sins!"