Chapter 89: Nine Heavens Soul Seal

Yuan Yao stared at the ghost‑faced youth; after a while, he still hadn't dissipated.

She finally reacted, "... You're real."

The youth paid no heed to her; he headed straight toward the northeast.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao first scanned the surroundings, found no one else, and decided to still follow Xie Yan.

Yuan Yao walked behind Xie Yan, keeping a distance of three meters, and called out: "Xie Yan, do you know where this is?"

Xie Yan didn't respond.

A flicker of impatience crossed his brows; clearly they had made a bet in Wuduan Mijing, telling her to detour and roll away upon seeing him, yet he hadn't expected her to take it so lightly.

Yuan Yao saw him ignoring her, snorted softly in her heart, and then began to observe her surroundings as she walked.

She used her mental power to search for the presence of the Nightmare Beast.

Suddenly, Xie Yan stopped his steps.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao also stopped; she saw the youth turn, his eyes coldly fixed on her.

He said in a harsh tone: "You're like a plaster that won't come off—how can you not shake me? Do you think I really wouldn't dare to kill you?"

Yuan Yao froze for a moment.

The next instant, Xie Yan raised his hand and waved; in a flash, a powerful force surged toward Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao's expression shifted slightly; she quickly gathered spiritual power to block.

She was shaken back several steps.

As she lifted her gaze, the youth's figure had already vanished.

"Xie the dog!" Yuan Yao gritted her teeth and cursed silently.

She would never follow him again!

Yuan Yao strode forward angrily, then after a moment realized the path ahead seemed endless, and she immediately halted.

She sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, and focused her mind.

She sent out threads of mental power, spreading them in all directions.

After half an hour, she hadn't found the Nightmare Beast, but she had located Xie Yan's position.

Yuan Yao recalled that every time she'd met Xie Yan she'd come out worse; she silently gathered mental power and launched an attack at his head.

Xie Yan's eyes narrowed, and he turned his head.

Boom!

The two mental forces collided, and Yuan Yao instantly found herself at a disadvantage.

Unwilling to yield, Yuan Yao continued to assault Xie Yan's mental power.

Xie Yan gave a cold laugh.

What he didn't expect was that, the next instant, Yuan Yao's mental cluster wrapped around a strand of his mental power like a heavenly net.

Xie Yan frowned; just as he was thinking of breaking free, a faint prickle came from his sea of consciousness.

He discovered……

The little trash's mental cluster was actually devouring his mental power.

He suddenly froze, for he had never heard of anyone in the cultivation world capable of devouring another's mental power.

Xie Yan sought to retract that strand of his mental power.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Yao's mental cluster clung tightly to that strand of his mental power and began to devour it wolfishly.

Xie Yan's face turned cold.

He was about to unleash his own mental cluster to annihilate hers—

But the opponent had fled!

He had wanted to pursue, but suddenly he sensed something and turned to glance in a certain direction.

He temporarily set aside his thoughts of dealing with Yuan Yao, then swiftly darted toward that direction.

Meanwhile, Yuan Yao's mental cluster had not left; it was now hiding quietly in a corner.

Yuan Yao also sensed the Nightmare Beast's aura; she suddenly opened her eyes, no longer caring about her grudge with Xie Yan, rose quickly, and rushed toward the source of the aura.

By the time she arrived, she saw the ghost‑faced youth wielding a sword fighting a crimson skull.

Yuan Yao recognized the skull as the Nightmare Beast, though it no longer had that black mist body.

At the same time, Yuan Yao sharply smelled a bloody odor.

She looked toward a not‑far spot and saw a huge opening in the ground; her heart leapt.

She swiftly darted over.

Meanwhile, the Nightmare Beast sensed Yuan Yao's aura; its flaming skull turned toward her and fixed its gaze.

It felt astonished that this human little pervert had so quickly broken through the second layer of Nightmare Space, passed through it, and reached its mental‑space lair.

Just as Yuan Yao was about to reach the cave mouth, a strong, sticky mental power surged forth and slammed into her, knocking her back eight or nine steps before she could react.

The ghost‑faced youth also sensed Yuan Yao's presence; his eyes flickered slightly.

Yuan Yao conjured a Phantom Spirit Sword in her hand, then, with a solemn expression, headed toward the great cavern ahead.

Seeing this, the Nightmare Beast tried to block her.

But before it could act, the youth slashed with a sword like thunder, sending its skull flying.

The ghost‑faced youth curled the corner of his mouth: "Being distracted is hardly a good thing."

He raised his sword, his voice clear and pure, yet inexplicably tinged with a sinister feeling.

"Hand over the Nine Heavens Soul Seal."

The skull had just steadied its form when it heard this; the red light in its eye sockets flickered and dimmed.

The Nightmare Beast sneered: "A mere Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator dares to steal my Nine Heavens Soul Seal—keep dreaming!"

While it spoke, Yuan Yao leapt forward and jumped into the bottomless cave mouth.

The Nightmare Beast sensed Yuan Yao's movement, and its eyes shifted in shock.

Damn it!

"You seem to be more afraid of her?" Xie Yan's tone carried an obscure, ambiguous emotion.

It made one's scalp tingle.

Hearing that, the Nightmare Beast gave a cold laugh and said nothing.

Obviously, it didn't take Xie Yan seriously.

Xie Yan gave a puzzling laugh; surprisingly, a beast actually thought he was no better than petty trash.

Good.

Very good.

Xie Yan moved, and in an instant he was before the Nightmare Beast, sweeping his sword horizontally!

The Nightmare Beast also took a dislike to him, directly unleashing its extremely terrifying mental power pressure without concealment.

The youth's body stiffened.

It seemed as if he were bound by the mental power pressure.

The Nightmare Beast couldn't help but sneer: "Just based on..."

Before its words finished, its skull was pierced through by a sword!

"Ah!"

"Huh? What did you just say?" the ghost-faced youth chuckled, "Come, say it again."

As he spoke, his long sword fell like a sudden downpour, continuously chopping at the skull, toying it under his blade!

The Nightmare Beast tried to counterattack, but found that its mental power pressure had absolutely no effect on this ghost-faced youth.

It was startled in its heart.

In the thousand years it had been sealed, what on earth had happened out there?!

One is a human little pervert capable of devouring its mental power!

One is a human who has no reaction to its mental power pressure!

While the Nightmare Beast puzzled over this, its skull was struck horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, the entire head tossing and turning.

At this moment.

Crack—

Its head burst with sharp pain, as this human split its crown open with a crack, making it want to flee!

It ran forward, but Xie Yan sidestepped to block it.

It ran left, only to see Xie Yan's figure again.

It ran right, and Xie Yan slashed down upon its head and face.

Boom!

The skull smashed heavily onto the ground.

"You say, who's stronger, me or her?" Xie Yan stepped forward, approaching unhurriedly, his clear, melodious voice hinting at an indescribable danger.