Chapter 578: Capturing Wei Xu Alive

Star River Battlefield, three thousand li outside the Yangdu Battle City.

As the void trembled slightly, Xu Jin appeared out of thin air.

The moment he appeared, Xu Jin once again activated the Yin-Desire Worm to sense the direction of Wei Xu's divine soul aura.

The Yin-Desire Worm was a special star technique Xu Jin obtained after deducing the Yin-Desire Star Pattern to the eighth tier.

This Yin-Desire star technique was primarily used to amplify emotions to affect an opponent's divine soul, mostly used in combination with support techniques. He never expected that after deducing it to the eighth tier, the special star technique it brought, the Yin-Desire Worm, would actually have tracking capabilities.

When activating this star technique, as long as the target had emotional fluctuations, he could use those fluctuations to invade their divine soul and condense a traceless Yin-Desire Worm.

As long as the target's emotions did not vanish, the Yin-Desire Worm would not vanish.

No matter how far away they were, Xu Jin could sense the location of this Yin-Desire Worm.

However, the further the distance, the blurrier the sense; the closer, the clearer. The greater the target's emotional fluctuations, the clearer it was; the smaller the emotions, the blurrier the sense.

After this star technique appeared, Xu Jin had tested it on the Grand Master and others, as well as on himself.

It was not without a solution.

For example, the Grand Master, by guarding his primordial spirit and maintaining a state of stillness for one hour, could cause the Yin-Desire Worm to dissipate silently.

But if one did not enter a state of stillness, the Yin-Desire Worm would exist indefinitely.

Peng Lao, at the mid-eighth tier, still hadn't managed to dissipate the Yin-Desire Worm Xu Jin had planted in him.

It required a state similar to forgetting both oneself and the world, with no distracting thoughts, maintained for one hour, to dissipate it.

The Yin-Desire Worm on Ning Yuchan only lasted for two hours before it was gone.

The reason was simple: Ning Yuchan had entered a state of bitter cultivation, and with no distracting thoughts, it vanished.

The one on Dong Zhao still existed.

But the one on his teacher, Kou Jing, dissipated after half a day.

Xu Jin had asked about the situation, and teacher Kou Jing said he happened to be engraving emblems for two hours that day.

In a state of focused concentration with no distracting thoughts, it could be dissipated.

As for Xu Jin himself, by guarding his spirit platform for over half an hour, this thing would also dissipate.

It had limitations.

But the advantage was that it was silent and traceless; as long as divine soul power swept over, it could be planted, and even ninth-tier experts could not detect it.

At this moment, the vague locations of Heavenly Sun Tianyang Xingjun and Cangming Tianyang Xingjun were still within Xu Jin's sensing range.

He just didn't know how long it would take to dissipate.

Moreover, it was the kind that pointed directly to the origin of the divine soul.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to track Wei Xu after he resurrected using the Blood-Drop Divine Pattern.

Previously, when Xu Jin had continuously activated the Yin-Desire Worm to sense his location, he had been worried that this scoundrel Wei Xu would resurrect directly in some star domain or the Eight Desolations Continent, which would have been troublesome.

But now, tracking him all the way here, Wei Xu's location was becoming increasingly clear.

He hadn't resurrected directly in some star domain.

This actually had to do with the characteristics of the Blood-Drop Divine Pattern.

It was a bit like a backup, requiring constant updates to the latest one.

Xu Jin had slain so many Blood God Sect experts; when most of them used the Blood-Drop Divine Pattern to resurrect, they chose a relatively close location for the first time.

The next instant, Xu Jin's gaze turned toward the Yangdu Battle City three thousand li away.

"I didn't expect that location to actually be in Yangdu Battle City?

Is this a coincidence?

Or does it have something to do with Marquis of Yangdu, Chai Ce?" In his surprise, Xu Jin's divine sense fluctuated, and he once again cast the Space Shift star technique, teleporting directly toward Yangdu Battle City.

Two breaths later, Xu Jin teleported directly into Yangdu Battle City.

Just as he entered the city, several beams of starlight shot into the sky from within, rushing toward Xu Jin.

"Who dares to trespass in Yangdu Battle City?"

It was two sixth-tier city patrol squads rushing toward Xu Jin.

In wartime, military law was paramount. Xu Jin didn't want to cause trouble for these elite patrol squads, so he directly displayed the golden token of the Military Law Inspection Special Envoy given to him by Chen Guo Commander Mao Yue. He activated it with star power, and in an instant, the commander's seal of the Chen Guo Commander's Mansion, along with the four characters "Military Law Inspection," floated in the void.

The captains of the two sixth-tier patrol squads that had just rushed over immediately saluted from afar.

"We do not know the purpose of your lordship's visit. Please give your orders. Do you need us to contact your superiors?"

"No need, I am here to inspect myself."

Xu Jin waved his hand, signaling them to retreat, and once again activated the Yin-Desire Worm star technique to sense.

It was even clearer.

But the location actually made Xu Jin's gaze shift.

"Is it a coincidence, or is he bold?"

The location Xu Jin sensed was actually in the Yangdu Commander's Mansion of Yangdu Battle City, which was the central army camp of the Profound Tiger Army.

Holding the golden token, Xu Jin rushed directly toward the central army camp.

Xu Jin was still somewhat familiar with this place.

The last time he came here was when he slew Zhao Weizhen.

The next instant, another seventh-tier aura shot into the sky, greeting him.

This person didn't recognize Xu Jin, but Xu Jin had seen him before: Profound Tiger Army Right Adjutant Sun Zi.

"Profound Tiger Army central camp, halt!" Sun Zi shouted.

Xu Jin activated the token again while simultaneously activating the Yin-Desire Worm.

After entering the central army camp, the sense became even clearer. Xu Jin had already confirmed Wei Xu's location.

He was indeed in the underground or dungeon of the central army camp.

However, Sun Zi, upon seeing Xu Jin's token, did not let him pass, but instead continued to lead his men to block him.

"Special Envoy, this is the central army camp of the Profound Tiger Army. Even for an inspection, you must explain the situation to us to avoid disrupting military morale," Sun Zi blocked him.

At the same time, inside the central army camp, Profound Tiger Army Left Sima Che Rong, after contacting Profound Tiger Army Lord Chai Ce at the first opportunity, also received the latest instructions.

【Stop him, I will be there immediately.】

The next moment, Left Sima Che Rong, having received the military order, shot into the sky. By the time he rushed to Sun Zi's side, the two had already finished communicating.

"Oh, I am here under the orders of Commander Mao to inspect the central army camp. The situation is urgent. If you two are worried, you can just follow me," Xu Jin frowned slightly and explained again.

"Special Envoy, our apologies!"

Left Sima Che Rong said, "Just now, we received an emergency military order. The entire army is to enter a state of war immediately. No entry without orders.

Anyone who dares to trespass or leave without authorization can be executed on the spot."

Now it was Xu Jin's turn to be curious. He shook the golden token in his hand, "Commander Mao's golden token, you don't recognize it?"

"In wartime, we only recognize the orders of the Army Lord. All other orders are considered chaotic orders!

If Commander Mao has an order, he will naturally issue it to the Army Lord, and then the Army Lord will issue orders to us.

If the Special Envoy truly wishes to enter the camp, please request an order from Commander Mao. Once Commander Mao issues an order to the Army Lord, and the Army Lord issues an order to us, only then can we let your lordship enter the camp," Che Rong said.

"Not even entry into the camp?"

"Not allowed."

Xu Jin was stunned. This sounded very reasonable and logical.

But the problem was, he held Commander Mao's golden token, which was analogous to an imperial envoy.

You could choose not to listen to the imperial envoy's orders, but not letting the imperial envoy enter the camp was a major problem.

Xu Jin was hesitating whether to contact Commander Mao Yue or Grand Master Cheng Yuexiu to deal with this matter, but suddenly, his heart stirred. The aura he had locked onto was actually moving.

The speed of movement was not fast.

This movement immediately fell into the sensing range of Xu Jin's Bright Record Star Pattern.

The source of the aura was actually a young general wearing the Profound Tiger Army uniform, who was leaving the camp at a leisurely pace.

Xu Jin's gaze suddenly became incomparably sharp, filled with killing intent.

The next instant, the thunder wings behind Xu Jin flashed, a thunderous sound rang out, and he instantly rushed toward the Profound Tiger Army young general who was walking away quickly.

"Bold!"

Just as he rushed out, Sun Zi and Che Rong, the two seventh-tier experts, roared in anger. As they shouted, they chased after Xu Jin.

The moment Xu Jin rushed close, Wei Xu, who had been disguised as a Profound Tiger Army soldier and was leaving quickly, saw the starlight around his body explode, and he instantly shot into the sky.

At the same time, three beams of starlight flew from their hands toward Xu Jin; the moment they were launched, they transformed into two beams of firelight and one beam of cyan starlight.

All three were seventh-tier late-stage power fluctuations.

They were fired using star cores.

At the same instant, Sun Zi and Che Rong, the two high-ranking officials of the Profound Tiger Army, also attacked Xu Jin from the left and right.

Che Rong even roared.

"Someone is trespassing in the camp, form the formation!"

"Truly bold!"

Xu Jin looked at the incoming attacks, as well as the attacking Sun Zi and Che Rong, and was no longer in a hurry to chase Wei Xu.

With a wave of his hand, the three attacks fired by Wei Xu were extinguished, and two points of green light erupted simultaneously in front of Sun Zi and Che Rong.

Green Shadow Thousand Weaves.

Amidst the hissing sounds of piercing, the green light directly shattered the protective starlight of Sun Zi and Che Rong, and also smashed their protective star artifacts to pieces.

The green light drilled directly into their flesh, and in an instant, they were tied up like zongzi.

In just one exchange, the two seventh-tier mid-to-late stage high-ranking generals of the Profound Tiger Army were captured alive by Xu Jin.

Below, the sound of war drums had already started.

The ten thousand Profound Tiger Army soldiers left behind in Yangdu Battle City had already begun to form a battle formation amidst the chilling sound of horns.

Xu Jin glanced at the fleeing Wei Xu and was not in a hurry.

Wei Xu was hiding here, and these two or the Marquis of Yangdu definitely had contact with Wei Xu. Now was not the time to be pedantic.

It was just inconvenient to track Wei Xu while carrying these two.

The next instant, star power surged, and Xu Jin directly smashed the head of Profound Tiger Army Left Sima Che Rong into pieces. A terrified primordial spirit had just escaped when it was captured alive by a large hand formed from Xu Jin's primordial spirit. After being heavily sealed, it was thrown into the Sumeru space at the first opportunity.

He had to keep one alive.

"You are truly bold."

With a cold laugh, Xu Jin let Sun Zi, who was bound by Green Shadow Thousand Weaves, fall to the ground, and also sent a starlight message to Grand Master Cheng Yuexiu and Commander Mao.

The latter's eyes were full of terror.

He was just acting according to the Army Lord's orders, but who would have thought that this sixth-tier ninth-layer Special Envoy would be so terrifying and cruel.

In one exchange, he captured both of them alive and even boldly slew Left Adjutant Che Rong.

An inexplicable fear welled up in his heart. Thinking back to the things the Army Lord had arranged for him to do, the commander's military order held by this person, and the mysterious figure who had just escaped from the camp, Sun Zi vaguely felt that he might have been involved in a major event.

His heart was even more fearful.

The next instant, Xu Jin had already disappeared.

Wei Xu, who had just resurrected with the Blood-Drop Divine Pattern, was also filled with panic.

He also couldn't understand how someone could have found him so quickly. It was a direct discovery, not a coincidence.

Now, after resurrection, he was at his weakest moment. He hoped those soldiers could stall him for a few breaths.

Suddenly, a massive spatial fluctuation appeared.

He saw Domain-Suppressing Wang Xu Jin flash out from the space in front.

"Space star technique!" Wei Xu was shocked.

"Wei Xu."

Before Xu Jin could finish speaking, he saw a burst of blood light suddenly disperse. The Wei Xu from just a moment ago had already turned into a corpse.

Looking at this, Xu Jin couldn't help but chuckle.

This Great Marshal Wei Xu's desire to survive was truly too strong.

Was he really that afraid of him?

Without even exchanging a single move, he directly used the Blood Puppet secret technique to save his life.

Xu Jin was too familiar with the Blood Puppet secret technique.

He had also practiced it to perfection.

No matter how profound the cultivation, the furthest it could go was two thousand meters, but the aura was very well-hidden.

If it were anyone else, there might have been a possibility of success.

But in Xu Jin's case, it was truly... delivering his head!

The Bright Record Star Pattern just moved, and Xu Jin casually fired a Five-Element Divine Thunder toward the base of a large blue stone two thousand meters away.

Xu Jin didn't dare to use too strong a star technique.

Wei Xu's cultivation had already fallen to the seventh-tier eighth-layer; he didn't want to smash his primordial spirit embryo as well.

Boom!

Amidst the flying gravel, a ball of blood light exploded, and the smell of charred flesh spread.

The moment Xu Jin arrived, Wei Xu's primordial spirit embryo appeared in a panic.

He had previously been at the eighth-tier late-stage, and his primordial spirit cultivation had already reached the mid-primordial spirit stage. After blood-drop resurrection, he had fallen a major realm, but he could still maintain a primordial spirit embryo.

But what Wei Xu didn't know was that his super-strong primordial spirit cultivation was about to become his nightmare.

Because if he didn't have a primordial spirit embryo, he could have resurrected again with a drop of blood after this strike. Of course, the fall in cultivation realm would be inevitable.

But with a primordial spirit embryo, it was different.

At the same instant, seeing Wei Xu's primordial spirit embryo, Xu Jin activated another newly acquired star technique: Soul-Eroding Spirit Lock.

This was also a harvest from deducing the Divine Soul Star Pattern a few days ago.

After Xu Jin deduced the Divine Soul Star Pattern "Spirit Cage" to the eighth-tier lower, he obtained the special star technique Soul-Eroding Spirit Lock.

Once he studied this Soul-Eroding Spirit Lock star technique, Xu Jin felt it was useful, so he deduced the Spirit Cage Star Pattern to the eighth-tier upper in one go.

The Soul-Eroding Spirit Lock star technique was a specialized divine soul primordial spirit sealing technique.

After activation, divine soul power could directly pierce into the primordial spirit body and lock and erode the primordial spirit.

"Lock" meant sealing. Once sealed, the target could not move, and the primordial spirit was locked tightly from the inside out, unable to move; even self-combusting the primordial spirit was impossible.

If it were an ordinary method of sealing the primordial spirit, if one had the determination to die, one could still self-combust the primordial spirit to commit suicide.

"Erode" was a means of torture, like ten thousand poisons eroding bones, constantly eroding the primordial spirit, making the target wish they were dead but unable to die.

When he first obtained this star technique, Xu Jin felt it was useless, but later he suddenly realized that this star technique was most effective against the high-ranking members of the Blood God Sect who could constantly resurrect.

Capturing their primordial spirits alive, preventing them from resurrecting, and then being able to torture them daily was most effective.

That was why he deduced it to the eighth-tier upper in one go.

It was just right to use it now.

Just as Xu Jin used Soul-Eroding Spirit Lock, Wei Xu, who had just escaped his primordial spirit embryo, suddenly showed a look of determination in his eyes and activated a secret technique, intending to cast Blood Flame Purifies the World again.

Not to injure the enemy, but to escape.

He knew very well that if he fell into the hands of these humans in the present world, he would ultimately not escape death.

Rather than being tortured and interrogated before dying, it was better to die early and resurrect early, and return one day to take this bloody revenge.

The next moment, countless threads suddenly shuttled through Wei Xu's primordial spirit. Amidst the intense pain, a look of horror appeared in Wei Xu's primordial spirit's eyes again. His Blood Flame Purifies the World secret technique came to an abrupt halt.

It was directly interrupted.

An indescribable pain from the deepest part of his divine soul came. As Wei Xu's primordial spirit showed a ferocious look, he said in astonishment, "Domain-Suppressing King, who exactly are you?

Why can you restrain the secret techniques of my Blood God Sect?"

"Marshal Wei, there is still much you don't know," Xu Jin laughed.

"How about this, Marshal Wei, let's make a deal. Tell me everything you know, including all your subordinates in the present world, as well as your relationship with Chai Ce, and then pull out your Sumeru space and hand it to me.

I will give you a chance to resurrect with a drop of blood?

How about it?"

As long as Wei Xu's primordial spirit existed, the imprint of the Sumeru space was closely related to his primordial spirit, and Xu Jin couldn't pull it out.

Previously in the camp, after Wei Xu cast Blood Flame Purifies the World to self-destruct, he resurrected so quickly that the ninth-tier experts didn't have a chance to pull out his Sumeru space.

Xu Jin estimated that this scoundrel Wei Xu definitely had a large amount of wealth hidden in his Sumeru space.

From the current look of it, this scoundrel was definitely eating from both sides.

His gains on the human side of the Star River Battlefield were definitely not small, especially given that this scoundrel had no bottom line.

And on the Blood God Sect side, the support given to this scoundrel would definitely not be small.

"Dream on!" Wei Xu refused without hesitation, shouting angrily.

"Tough guy!" This made Xu Jin even more interested.

Xu Jin gave a thumbs up, "But Marshal Wei, I have killed so many high-ranking members of the Blood God Sect, and as of now, I really haven't found a tough guy among you Blood God Sect members.

Marshal Wei, in this regard, you are actually the best at weighing things.

You have seen my secret technique; you cannot wish for life, nor can you wish for death.

Why not seek a quick end?"

"Bragging, are the high-ranking members of the Blood God Sect someone you can kill?"

"Oh, Right Protector Lin Mingshi, was slashed three times in a row; Left Protector was slashed once; Craft Hall Elder Xiao Wenfeng, former Blood Moon Army Lord..."

As Xu Jin reported the names one by one, Wei Xu's eyes slowly widened.

The names Xu Jin reported in these battle reports were all top secrets of the Blood God Sect.

Because they were afraid of affecting military morale, many mid-level sect members didn't know.

"Who exactly are you?" Wei Xu was puzzled.

"Marshal Wei, do you still remember that thunder-type Heavenly Star Will from back then? Thanks to you, it was also at that time that I started suspecting you, but I had no evidence."

"So it was you..."

A look of recollection appeared in Wei Xu's eyes. That mysterious young man had caused him quite a loss.

He didn't expect that a year later, he would have grown to such a point.

Domain-Suppressing King!

A bitter look appeared at the corner of Wei Xu's mouth.

"Marshal Wei, how have you considered my previous proposal?" Xu Jin asked again.

"Dream on!"

Wei Xu was extremely determined.

A strange look appeared in Xu Jin's eyes.

This Wei Xu was clearly afraid of death; he had wanted to commit suicide to escape just a moment ago, but at this very moment, he was so determined.

In his Sumeru space, there must be a secret!

Or some extremely important treasure.

"Since that's the case, then please enjoy it first, Marshal Wei."

The next instant, Xu Jin directly activated the Soul-Eroding secret technique of Soul-Eroding Spirit Lock.

Almost at the same instant, Wei Xu's primordial spirit embryo began to groan.

It only lasted for one breath before it turned into a scream.

Xu Jin had no interest in listening to Wei Xu's screams, so he directly threw Wei Xu's screaming primordial spirit embryo into the Sumeru space, letting him scream slowly in there.

As for Xu Jin himself, he flew toward Yangdu Battle City.

There, he still needed to deal with something.

Since he wanted to sweep away the demonic atmosphere, he had to deal with this Marquis of Yangdu, Chai Ce.

Previously, when Xu Jin was conquering the fourth-tier star domain, he discovered that the Marquis of Yangdu had a huge connection with the Worship Battle Divine Sect, but there was no direct evidence.

Grand Master Cheng Yuexiu, for the sake of stability on the front line, did not move against him.

But now, it was time for a reckoning.

The Worship Battle Divine Sect had already descended upon the Eight Desolations Continent and joined the Eight Desolations Royal Court.

If he didn't deal with Chai Ce now, heaven knows what disaster it would bring to Chen Guo!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 579 =====