Chapter 1658: You Succeeded

"Who is whose prey is not yet certain." Chen Yu grinned: "Were you trying to provoke me just now?"

"You could say that, but I was mostly sharing my experiences in Huaxia," Pingchuan Yilang said.

"You succeeded." Chen Yu sneered, his eyes growing even colder. He reached out into the void with his right hand, and Lichen appeared in his grip.

A flash of golden Primordial Qi suddenly ignited on the tip of the sword. As he slashed forward, with a 'Boom—', Pingchuan Yilang's body turned into a cloud of black smoke and vanished on the spot.

"Was he destroyed?" Chuan Naizi asked, looking somewhat astonished and uncertain.

"It's not that easy." Chen Yu gripped Lichen, watching his surroundings vigilantly, and said slowly: "This thing has already gained momentum; it's not so easily destroyed. What we just wiped out was merely a mass of his gas. His body is both ethereal and physical; it's quite difficult to truly destroy him."

"Why did it become like this?" Chuan Naizi murmured.

Before Chuan Naizi could recover, a flash of black energy appeared to the side, and Pingchuan Yilang's body reappeared. He chuckled: "You want to destroy me in this place? I'm afraid that's a bit difficult. I am an immortal and indestructible entity here."

"Then you are only immortal and indestructible within this place, right? You can't even leave this temple." Chen Yu looked at him with a sneer: "How is this any different from being in prison?"

"That's why you delivered yourselves to my doorstep," Pingchuan laughed heartily: "You can't get out now. I just need to slowly wear you down here until you are worn to death."

"Let's get one thing clear: the ones who can't get out are you, not me." Chen Yu smiled slightly: "You are firmly locked here, forced to endure endless suffering day after day, but I am different. I can leave."

"Without my permission, you cannot leave." Pingchuan Yilang laughed loudly: "This place is my world. I have lived here for so many years, nourished by incense, so I have formed my own Domain. You are truly naive; having entered my Domain, you still want to leave?"

"Oh, this hellhole, you call it a Domain?" Chen Yu sneered: "Just because you can't leave doesn't mean I can't. A so-called Domain is just something to be broken."

"Perhaps I cannot defeat you, but what kind of place do you think this is? Do you think you can break it just by saying so?" Pingchuan laughed loudly: "You Huaxia people are still so ignorant. Even after seventy-some years, you are still like this."

"Then let's try." Chen Yu smiled: "Your ashes are still being worshipped in the Relic Pagoda, right? If I go over there and destroy your Relic Pagoda, what do you think will happen?"

"What did you say?" Pingchuan's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly reacted: "You want to destroy my Relic Pagoda?"

"What else?" Chen Yu laughed heartily: "Do you really think I have no way to deal with you? I've wasted enough time talking nonsense with you. That's enough. If there's nothing else, I'm going over to destroy the pagoda. You've been holed up here for so many years; it's time to face the punishment you deserve."

After Chen Yu finished speaking, he turned and walked away.

"Stop, you cannot go over there, stop immediately." Pingchuan Yilang panicked instantly.

His figure flickered, turning into a cloud of black smoke that vanished, and he immediately appeared in front of Chen Yu.

Chen Yu pointed his right hand into the void, forming a Finger Sword. With a 'Bang—', Pingchuan Yilang turned into a mass of black smoke and dissipated into thin air.

"Let's go, what are you hesitating for now?" Chen Yu glanced at Chuan Naizi: "Don't tell me you really want to be trapped here for the rest of your life?"

"I'll take you to the Relic Pagoda in the back." Chuan Naizi finally reacted. She steadied herself and then led Chen Yu out of the main hall.

With a flash of black smoke, Pingchuan's body formed again. Chen Yu pointed his right hand into the void, and Lichen appeared in his hand.

With a flick of his wrist and a swing of the sword, a strike whistled through the air. With a 'Bang—' sound, Pingchuan Yilang's body, which hadn't even fully formed yet, turned into a cloud of black smoke and vanished.

Walking along this path, the ground was covered in corpses. This place didn't look like a temple at all; it looked more like an Asura Hell filled with the dead.

Upon reaching the backyard, they saw pointed pagodas two meters high standing there, numbering over a dozen.

"Qingye Jun, a key leader of Unit 731."

"Watanabe, an extremist."

Chen Yu walked past these Relic Pagodas one by one, and the more he saw, the more shocking it became.

The people worshipped here were all notorious; calling them Butchers was not an exaggeration at all.

"I understand now. No wonder that monk Huang Jue was so powerful. He and these ghosts were mutually beneficial. On one hand, he performed rites for these wandering souls, and on the other, he obtained Dark Power from them." Seeing this, Chen Yu finally understood.

"Originally, these wandering souls were locked in the pagodas, and he continuously extracted power for his own use, but he didn't expect that Pingchuan Yilang would actually break free from the restraints." Chen Yu said calmly: "And then retaliated."

"Is this the real reason? I always thought Master Huang Jue was an enlightened monk. I never expected him to do such things." Chuan Naizi shook her head. The events of today had overturned her worldview and understanding.

"Heh, what does it matter if he's an enlightened monk?" Chen Yu sneered: "Even saints cannot guarantee they won't make mistakes, let alone a monk like him?"

"When he possesses absolute power, he cannot control his own desires, so it is quite normal for him to do things that go against his Initial Embrace."

Chuan Naizi nodded. She looked at the Relic Pagodas before her and said with some trepidation: "But is there a wandering soul locked inside each of these pagodas? If they were all released... what would happen?"

"Don't worry, there are Restrictions on the pagodas, and most of the wandering souls have long since had their power drained by that old monk and have dissipated." Chen Yu said: "So you don't need to worry about that. As for Pingchuan Yilang, he is an anomaly himself, which is why he was able to stand out among these people."

"The one right in the middle is his pagoda." Chuan Naizi pointed to the pagoda in the very center of the many Relic Pagodas.

"In the center, at the position of the nine-nines. No wonder he's so arrogant." Chen Yu took a look and then smiled slightly: "Alright, let's go over."

As soon as the two moved, a streak of black smoke flashed, and Pingchuan Yilang appeared again. Knowing he couldn't stop Chen Yu, he roared: "You cannot go over there! You leave, I will let you out."

"Giving in now?" Chen Yu glanced at Pingchuan Yilang and smiled: "Too bad, it's already too late."

"I admit my mistake, I admit defeat, but I beg you, please do not destroy my Relic Pagoda. If it is destroyed, I will truly cease to exist." The guy was trembling with fear.

"You ceasing to exist, what does that have to do with me?" Chen Yu stepped forward, Lichen already in his hand.