Chapter 776: Soul Banner Test

When Ye Liuyun entered, Qiong Qi was already waiting for him on the other side.

Inside the big tree, it was actually an independent space, with another world within. It resembled a deserted city.

However, this place was too miserable, with scenes of utter decay everywhere.

"What place is this?"

Ye Liuyun looked at the desolate scene before him and couldn't help asking Qiong Qi.

"I'm not sure either. But I know the way. Follow me closely for a while, don't lose me, or you'll bring trouble." Qiong Qi reminded Ye Liuyun.

"Okay, I'll try. You also watch your speed for me!" Ye Liuyun also feared Qiong Qi's speed would be too fast and leave him behind!

Qiong Qi led the way ahead, stopping every now and then to sniff.

"It seems this guy is using his sense of smell to find the way!", Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

Soon, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense detected that yin spirits were lurking ahead.

The path they were taking still had relatively few yin spirits, but on other roads the yin spirits were increasing.

Qiong Qi used Divine Sense to remind Ye Liuyun: "No matter how they try to scare you, don't attack them. If you don't attack them, they won't attack you!"

"Okay!" Ye Liuyun replied, closely following behind Qiong Qi. m.

As they walked further, those yin spirits rushed over, posturing to attack them.

If Qiong Qi hadn't known beforehand, they would certainly have launched an attack upon entering.

Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi both pretended not to see them.

Regardless of how the yin spirits tried to intimidate them, Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi simply did not attack them, and the spirits did not attack the two either.

After a winding journey, enduring the yin spirits' shrill screams in their ears, they finally arrived inside a grand hall.

This grand hall was relatively well preserved, appearing much better than the surrounding buildings.

Inside the hall, after Ye Liuyun scanned with his Divine Sense, he found no yin spirits present.

He only saw a stone statue, and did not discover where the treasure was.

"Prepare to resist spiritual soul attacks!" Qiong Qi reminded Ye Liuyun again.

"There are still spiritual soul attacks?"

Ye Liuyun had thought Qiong Qi would bring him straight through to victory, but he hadn't expected to encounter danger.

Qiong Qi explained: "That divine artifact is testing its new master! Of course, you have the Ten Thousand Gods Command in your sea of consciousness, so there's nothing to worry about!"

"Where is the divine artifact?" Ye Liuyun wanted to see what kind of divine artifact it was.

But Qiong Qi didn't know either. In the end, both of them fixed their gazes on that stone statue.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil also detected nothing abnormal about the stone statue, and he felt no Divine Sense fluctuations.

"Could it be that the divine artifact has already been taken by someone else?"

Ye Liuyun anxiously asked Qiong Qi.

Qiong Qi was also worrying about this problem.

Suddenly, the storage ring on the statue's hand flashed, and a banner-shaped divine artifact flew out from within.

"So it was here! Hidden too well!"

Ye Liuyun had also overlooked this before; the storage ring actually could hold things. He usually thought storage rings were metal or various precious materials, thus overlooking this fact. He also thought the storage ring was part of the statue.

As soon as the banner-shaped divine artifact emerged, it exuded a strong yin-ghost aura and Divine Rank soul undulations.

Ye Liuyun felt that the aura emitted by this Soul Banner was the same as that of the Gate of Hell he had seen before.

As for the soul undulations it emitted, Ye Liuyun felt nothing at all. The Ten Thousand Gods Command merely released a bit of golden light, thereby canceling this threat invisibly.

"Is this something from Nether Hell?" Ye Liuyun hastily sent a voice transmission to Qiong Qi.

He was now also highly sensitive to Nether Hell; anything related to it, he wanted to stay as far away as possible.

"Soul Banner! It should be a netherworld artifact. Whether it's something from Nether Hell, I'm not entirely sure."

Qiong Qi examined the Soul Banner a bit, knowing only that it should be a netherworld artifact.

However, the aura and soul undulations emanating from the Soul Banner were too strong, clearly exceeding what he could handle. Qiong Qi's soul was also very strong, comparable to Ye Liuyun's, both capable of reaching Venerable Rank.

But faced with a divine artifact, he still dared not take the risk.

Ye Liuyun, possessing the Ten Thousand Gods Command, felt no such threat, yet he felt his body and mind trembling.

"If you can take it, take it; if you can't, withdraw. I'll wait outside first!"

Saying that, Qiong Qi's form flickered and he retreated directly to outside the hall, unwilling to clash head-on with the Soul Banner.

"Hey? This guy, he's abandoned me again!"

Ye Liuyun also shook his head helplessly.

Nevertheless, he admired Qiong Qi's self-control; once beyond his ability, he would immediately retreat.

Even the temptation of a divine artifact, he hesitated not at all, absolutely refusing to take risks.

"No wonder this old fellow has lived so long! Come on, let me see what you're capable of!"

Ye Liuyun took a deep breath and faced the Soul Banner.

The aura just released by the Soul Banner and the soul undulations it emitted—even a Martial Cultivator whose soul power had reached Venerable Rank would usually be frightened away.

Someone like Ye Liuyun, who felt nothing, was still the first it had encountered. Seeing that Ye Liuyun did not retreat, it then launched a genuine attack.

Seeing it sway lightly, endless yin-ghost aura surged from the banner, darkening the entire hall, accompanied by the wails of ghosts and howls of wolves.

One by one, illusory forms of yin spirits condensed from the dark aura, encircling Ye Liuyun.

A huge illusory form of a Ghost General also gradually coalesced.

Although merely a soul-form, its soul power was already comparable to Ye Liuyun's own soul power.

This soul pressure was also felt by Ye Liuyun.

The Ghost General had just sensed Ye Liuyun's fear, was feeling pleased, when suddenly it noticed Ye Liuyun had returned to normal.

"Wah!"

It was stunned, then let out a strange cry, and directly shot a mass of black qi at Ye Liuyun.

"Really ugly!"

Ye Liuyun sneered at it, his Golden Pupil flashed, and streams of Blood Thunder surged toward the ghost general, blasting out one after another.

At the same time, Nether Ghost Fire covered his entire body, and with a palm of the Yin-Yang Grindstone, he also struck toward the ghost general.

Ye Liuyun also felt that the ghost general's Divine Soul Power was about equal to his own, and wanted to match strength with him.

"Boom—crack" sounds rang out continuously, and streams of Blood Thunder drew red light in the dark hall.

The ghost general clasped his hands together, releasing black qi from within to resist the Blood Thunder's attack.

But the palm of the Yin-Yang Grindstone, carrying Buddha Light Power and Nether Ghost Fire, could not be blocked even if the ghost general exerted all his strength, his black qi surging.

All the black qi, upon encountering Buddha Light Power and Nether Ghost Fire, instantly vanished without a trace.

Just as Ye Liuyun's palm was about to fall, the Soul Banner suddenly trembled and snatched the ghost general back.