Chapter 389: Borrowing a Corpse to Return a Soul

Ye Liuyun directly used his Golden Pupil to unleash Golden Crow Holy Fire; the skeleton controlled by a Corpse-Eating Worm, before it could approach Ye Liuyun, was instantly burned to ash by the Golden Crow Holy Fire.

At the same time, the Golden Crow Holy Fire around Ye Liuyun suddenly surged toward several nearby coffins; the Corpse-Eating Worms that were trying to make the skeleton stand were instantly turned to ash by the flame. The entire tomb chamber was filled with a charred smell.

"Squeak…"

Accompanied by a sound that was small yet extremely shrill, Ye Liuyun clearly heard the cry and was certain it was a sound‑wave attack, a form of Spiritual Soul Attack.

"It seems there must be an intelligent being in this tomb. Perhaps it is the one controlling these Corpse-Eating Worms,"

Ye Liuyun immediately did not linger. He had already probed the tomb with his Divine Sense, found no treasure at all, nor any pagoda the Clan Chief mentioned, and thus continued deeper into the tomb.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense also did not locate the source of that earlier cry.

"It seems that worm's Soul is not weak, and it's not easy to deal with," he cautioned himself.

Afterwards, hordes of Corpse-Eating Worms kept pouring in, still unable to harm him. Ye Liuyun passed through several tomb chambers without finding the pagoda, and the indigenous burial goods offered nothing of interest to him.

He also wielded the Golden Crow Holy Fire to eradicate the Corpse-Eating Worms in each chamber, thus helping the indigenous people eliminate a nuisance.

After little time, Ye Liuyun reached the final, largest tomb chamber. The vast space contained only a single coffin. Here, Ye Liuyun finally encountered the Corpse-Eating Worm that had been crying.

However, this Corpse-Eating Worm was a soul‑reincarnating parasite, hiding within an Alliance Member's Sea of Consciousness, using its powerful Soul to control the member's Physical Body, and even drawing some of his True Essence to blend into its own mystic qi.

From the wear of his clothing, this Alliance Member could be seen as having entered with Ye Liuyun's group. Yet his Soul had already been extinguished. It seems the worm kept the Physical Body specifically to confront outsiders like them.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil saw that this Corpse-Eating Worm itself was at the Heavenly Gang Realm, absorbing the ambient mystic qi and supplemented by the Alliance Member's True Essence; therefore, based on cultivation alone, Ye Liuyun should not be its match.

But Ye Liuyun's Physical Body also has unparalleled defense. So he wanted to test whether he could contend with a Heavenly Gang Realm strongman. His True Essence Quality is higher, and its perfect integration with mystic qi makes it far stronger than the worm's crude amalgamation.

Moreover, the worm's control over a Human Physical Body is clumsy and stiff. Ye Liuyun assessed that he still had a chance to defeat it. If not, he could resort to a Spiritual Soul Attack. Though the worm's Soul is strong, it is still considerably weaker than Ye Liuyun's.

In their first exchange, Ye Liuyun unleashed the Thunder Fire Overlord Fist, going all out against the Corpse-Eating Worm in a head‑on clash. Only by using the strongest move of the Overbearing Heaven Fist could he hope to overcome a Heavenly Gang Realm adversary.

Ye Liuyun's current Overbearing Heaven Fist, infused with bloodline power and Physical Body strength, plus his True Essence mystic qi, Blood Thunder and Golden Crow Holy Fire, can, with a single punch, tear through any obstacle, even ripping a rift in the void itself.

The Corpse-Eating Worm, though of the Heavenly Gang Realm, let out a "squeak" of surprise. It hadn't expected Ye Liuyun's punch to be so powerful, and immediately unleashed its Worm Domain.

However, the worm's Heavenly Gang Domain, as soon as it manifested, was pierced straight through by Ye Liuyun, and the Golden Crow Holy Fire continued to expand the wound.

Countless Corpse-Eating Worms within the domain were incinerated to ash by the flames on Ye Liuyun, and at that moment he resembled a colossal fire deity, turning the surrounding heavens and earth a blazing red.

After the punch passed through the Worm Domain, it also struck the Alliance Member's body. In fact, the punch's power had been diminished by the domain's resistance and was no longer a major threat. Yet the worm's control over the Physical Body was clumsy; it failed to dodge or activate a True Essence Body Shield. Consequently, Ye Liuyun's punch, with Golden Crow Holy Fire, instantly incinerated the body. The Corpse-Eating Worm immediately leapt out of the man's Sea of Consciousness, attempting to flee back into the coffin.

"Try my domain again!"

Ye Liuyun, without waiting for it to retreat, instantly unleashed his Soul Domain, regardless of whether the Corpse-Eating Worm was wounded, pulling its Soul in and confronting it together with the Hell Mingshe.

But before the fight began, the Corpse-Eating Worm suddenly surrendered.

"That creature does have high intelligence!" Ye Liuyun thought, yet he didn't intend to annihilate it outright. Instead, he first placed a Soul Imprint on it, enabling communication to learn information about this place.

After Ye Liuyun set the Soul Imprint, the Corpse-Eating Worm became more obedient.

It told Ye Liuyun that there truly was a Golden Tower here. It had been brought here by the Black Tower. At the time it was still young and didn't know where it had been taken from.

It also didn't know how to use the tower. It had tried to refine the tower but found it impossible to refine. It only knew the tower seemed to have an Artifact Spirit that wouldn't accept it.

The Corpse-Eating Worm is hermaphroditic, so these worms are its offspring. The chamber originally lacked airflow, so there was ample food at first, but now they have nearly eaten it all. They cannot exit, so they survive by devouring each other.

It also begged Ye Liuyun to take the remaining Corpse-Eating Worms out.

Ye Liuyun considered and found it feasible. This army of Corpse-Eating Worms could be cleared from the battlefield quickly. Moreover, being of the Heavenly Gang Realm, if released stealthily to ambush enemies, it could still be useful.

Thus, Ye Liuyun had it summon all remaining Corpse-Eating Worms in the tomb and seal them into his concealment Storage Ring. The advantage of these worms is they require no air and cannot suffocate, making the ring a perfect container.

He already wore two rings on his hand: one for concealment, and his true Storage Ring that grants invisibility.

Later, he retrieved the Treasure Pagoda. The pagoda lay inside the coffin, which contained a massive corpse, noticeably larger than a typical indigenous person.

He examined the pagoda closely and found it entirely golden, nine stories tall, with an impressive appearance.

Just as Ye Liuyun attempted to communicate with the pagoda via his Divine Sense, an Artifact Spirit inside the pagoda manifested and began conversing with his Divine Sense.

"Hey, aren't you of the Giant Spirit Clan?" the Artifact Spirit asked.

"Giant Spirit Clan?" Ye Liuyun was at a loss. "Do you mean the local Hasan Tribe and Jiamuni Tribe?"

"Oh, you seem to be an outsider. Not being of the Giant Spirit Clan, you cannot use this pagoda or refine it. However, if you can bring me to the Giant Spirit Clan, I will lead them away from here and give you the Primordial Power here as a reward, how does that sound?" the Artifact Spirit proposed.