Chapter 274: Soul Cultivation Advances, Ghost Kings Fight for Supremacy

The evil soul's body kept shrinking, as if it was breathing rapidly, as if it was attracted by the pure dark energy emanating from Chen An, attempting to devour Chen An.

Chen An opened his eyes slightly, his gaze as fast as lightning, instantly locking onto the location of the evil soul.

He chuckled in his heart. If he encountered this situation when he first came here, he would have no choice but to flee, but now he was no longer afraid of the other party.

Without hesitation, he used one of the few methods he could use in this state, the Three-Sound Soul-Calming Technique.

This magical power works on the soul, and given the state of his soul and body, he can barely use it.

Chen An uttered a syllable softly. Although his voice was low, it contained considerable power. As the syllable was uttered, he seemed to have captured the spiritual fluctuations of the evil spirit and locked onto it.

The evil spirit seemed to sense something at this moment, and it paused, appearing a little flustered.

Immediately afterwards, Chen An uttered the second syllable.

This time, the evil spirit seemed to be greatly frightened, and its body was shaking as if it had been hit hard.

On the basis of "photography", Chen An further utilized the ability to shock the soul and launched a powerful soul attack on the evil soul.

The evil soul was finally unable to hold on under the attack of the Three-Sound Soul-Calming Technique and turned into a ball of gray light, which contained a small inner elixir.

Chen An took the inner elixir and wrapped it with his own soul without hesitation, and refined it using the Qingling Huaqi Jue.

As the power of the inner elixir was completely absorbed, Chen An felt that his cultivation had improved again, and he seemed to be not far from the next realm.

He immediately struck while the iron was hot and continued to practice, and time passed by unknowingly.

After a long time, he felt that his cultivation had improved significantly, reaching a level comparable to that of human Yuanying cultivators. Not only that, his soul body also changed at this moment. A head appeared on the top, and it began to take on a somewhat human shape, becoming closer to a real human life form.

Chen An was secretly delighted. He had finally overcome this hurdle and reached a new height. Although he was still not very strong, at least in this area nearby, he had some self-protection power.
However, he soon realized that if he practiced in the conventional way, it would take an unknown amount of time to reach the level where his cultivation could feed back to his original body.

In the underworld, a place full of unknowns and dangers, devouring other souls is obviously a faster and more effective method.

As the saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. When you are in the underworld, it is natural to do so.

After making up his mind, Chen An began to take the initiative to search for and hunt the evil spirits around him.

Relying on his powerful spiritual sense, he can easily avoid those evil spirits whose strength far exceeds his own, and specifically target those who are weaker than himself and act alone.

Whenever he encountered these mentally ill evil spirits, Chen An would use the Three-Sound Soul-Calming Technique to first stun the opponent, then kill them with one blow of the God-Slaying Sword, and then take their inner elixir to refine and strengthen himself.

Slowly, as his cultivation level gradually approached the fifth level, Chen An realized that in the underworld, this method of cultivation was the most authentic, and his choice was indeed right!

One day, while traveling, Chen An accidentally discovered a dark gray soul, which seemed to be very powerful.

This soul body has not only reached the perfect fourth-order strength, but has almost transformed into a human form.

More importantly, it seemed to have a certain level of intelligence. Many of its "little brothers" gathered in front of the cave, babbling something.

Since coming to the underworld, he had never seen such a pure soul. An instinctive desire to devour emerged from the depths of his heart. However, it was not wise to act rashly at this time. Chen An forced himself to suppress the impulse in his heart and waited for the opportunity.

While lurking, I saw the soul holding a piece of debris, emitting slight fluctuations of the laws of space, and mumbling something inaudible. It seemed to be instructing its "little brothers" to look for similar things.

Chen An's breathing became rapid. He could clearly feel the fluctuations of the laws of space emanating from the fragment. At this moment, he was very sure that the fragment was definitely a Xuanbao fragment, and it was an extremely rare Xuanbao fragment of the laws of space!
At this moment, he became even more determined to get the magic weapon fragment no matter what.

Time seemed to become extremely long. Chen An waited patiently for a long time. Until those "little brothers" gradually dispersed, he quietly approached the cave of the soul.

He planned to use the same method as before, taking the opportunity to use the Three-Sound Soul-Calming Technique to intimidate the opponent, and then kill him with the God-Slaying Sword in one fell swoop.

At this time, the soul was deep in the cave, trying to bury the fragment of the mysterious treasure. He looked focused and cautious, and it was obvious that he valued this fragment very much.

Chen An seized the opportunity and immediately launched a surprise attack, with the sound of the word "shoot" echoing.

After the sound wave swept past, he found that the strength of this soul should not be underestimated.

The other party had reacted quickly at this time, looking at Chen An vigilantly and making a strange sound.

Seeing this, Chen An secretly thought that this was not good, and the other party was summoning his "little brothers" for support.

At this time, the soul's empty eyes were very angry. He raised the black flag in his hand and began to distance himself from Chen An.

The soul did not seem to be afraid of Chen An. It let out a low roar and waved the Ghost Soul-stealing Banner in its hand in the wind. Runes flowed on the banner and flickered with faint light. The yin energy around it was instantly absorbed by it and turned into a powerful wave.

Seeing this, Chen An did not dare to be careless. He pinched his fingers together and a ghost fire shot out from his fingertips, wrapping around the soul like a fire dragon, intending to block its retreat.

However, the soul was no ordinary creature. With a wave of the flag, it sucked all the ghost fires from the underworld into it and turned them into nothing.

Chen An's heart trembled, and he quickly made a judgment: "The other party just summoned a group of brothers. If we delay any further, I'm afraid it will cause more trouble!"

The soul seemed to have understood his thoughts, and a sneer appeared at the corner of its mouth. Then it waved the small flag and summoned several ghosts to form an encirclement.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen An decisively uttered the "break" sound of the Three-tone Soul-Calming Technique. The sound waves spread out, and the soul body visibly stagnated.

Seeing this opportunity, Chen An immediately used his trump card. With a point of his finger, a god-killing sword shot out from the air. The sword light was as fast as lightning, going straight to the vital point of the soul and body.

"That was a close call. Fortunately, I managed to deal with this evil spirit."

Chen An subdued the opponent but did not kill him completely. Instead, he searched his soul in an attempt to obtain some useful information.

But the memory of this soul was vague, and it was obvious that it had just awakened not long ago. It did not have much valuable information, but the distribution of evil soul forces nearby was somewhat useful.

Immediately, Chen An killed it, then put away the inner elixir and glanced at the cave where the soul was.

Except for the small banner that the other party had just used and a worn storage bag, there was nothing valuable in the cave.

This storage bag is old and torn. He would not even look at it in the human world. But now that he is in the underworld, it is a very precious treasure.

After a quick check, he found that there were not many items in the storage bag, but there were a few inner elixirs. Although they were not as good as the one he had just killed, they were still a decent harvest.

Immediately, Chen An came to the corner where the soul had just been buried, dug a few times, and indeed found treasures hidden underneath.

This was a seemingly ordinary piece of Xuanbao fragment. However, when his fingers touched the fragment, a strange spatial force overflowed from it, making him very happy.

"It really is the law of space!"

Chen An was surprised and delighted, and quickly put the fragments into his storage bag.

According to the memory of the soul just now, this treasure was discovered by the other party accidentally, and it was just a chance opportunity.

After cleaning up everything here, Chen An flashed out of the cave and disappeared.

Less than a moment after he left, a group of evil spirits rushed into the cave. Seeing that there was nothing here, they looked at each other in confusion.

At this time, Chen An suddenly rushed in from the entrance of the cave, and waved the small flag in his hand, and more than a dozen ghosts swarmed out. The two evil spirits, whose strongest strength was barely at the fourth level, were so scared that they all crawled on the ground, seemingly extremely afraid of the black small flag.

"You will honor me as your king in the future!"

"woooooo"

After obtaining the evil souls' memories, Chen An quickly subdued the evil souls in front of him and ordered them to go around to guard against attacks from other forces.

Then, Chen An took out the inner elixirs and practiced silently in the cave.

Chen An's consciousness returned to his body, while the soul in the underworld fell into silence.

This is a disadvantage of practicing the Death Gate. Although the split soul is strong, it cannot have independent consciousness. It can only act under the control of Chen An himself. Otherwise, it will fall into deathly silence and be unable to move on its own.

After his consciousness returned to his body, Chen An tried to practice the Soul-Essence Symbiosis Technique, using the imprint of the divine soul in the split soul to begin absorbing a bit of the cultivation power of the split soul in the underworld.

As the magic power flowed, he clearly felt a warm current flowing through his body, and his own cultivation seemed to have improved a little bit, which once again verified the power of this technique.

The soul in the underworld can hunt other evil souls to strengthen itself, and the speed at which its strength increases is quite fast. If used well, promotion to Mahayana is just around the corner.

Just when Chen An was feeling satisfied, he suddenly sensed a very subtle fluctuation in his soul. It was the residual fluctuation of the law of space. If his spiritual awareness was not far superior to that of cultivators of the same level, he would probably have found it difficult to detect the existence of this power.

He was also very familiar with this fluctuation, which seemed to come from the fragment of the mysterious treasure obtained by the soul in the underworld!
Chen An thought to himself that if this fragment could establish a connection with his original body, then he might be able to use the laws of space and the connection between his split soul to deliver certain treasures to the split soul across the boundary.

Of course, even if the item is very small, transmitting it across the two worlds is a very time-consuming and labor-intensive task that most people cannot afford.

Thinking of this, he immediately used his clone Chen Sheng as a medium, while the underworld used the fragments and split souls as a medium to try to communicate with the split souls.

But as soon as he used the fragments of Xuanbao, Chen An's magic power was like a broken dam, and was consumed crazily. Even though his magic power was eight times that of people at the same level, he could only hold on for a moment at most.

Right now, he was just trying to establish a connection, but it was already consuming so much energy that it almost drained him dry. If he wanted to transmit treasures, the consumption would be astronomical!

But time was running out and there was no time to think. Chen An gritted his teeth and immediately took out the nine fairy tree fruits that were left from the last breakthrough.

After swallowing one, the mana in my body was replenished and I felt a little relieved.

Then Chen An no longer hesitated, and immediately took out the Soul-Soothing Disk, and used the channel established by the laws of space to transmit it over.

After half an hour of hard work and using up all the fruits of the fairy tree, Chen An finally succeeded in transmitting the soul-calming disk to the soul in the underworld.

Although the power of the split soul is still weak and not enough to drive this mysterious weapon, if it breaks through the sixth level, with the help of this treasure, the power of the split soul will definitely be greatly improved.

Fifty years passed in a flash.

In the Yellow Springs Realm of the underworld, in a towering palace, Chen An's soul sat on the throne, with a faint black mist lingering around him, making him look majestic and mysterious.

His eyes were as sharp as torches as he looked towards the throne, where two monks from the underworld were standing respectfully, reporting to him about today's situation.

The one on the left is called Yin Dao, who is tall and burly, wearing black armor, holding a huge ghost-head knife, and has sharp eyes.

On the right is Youchen, who is thin, dressed in white, holding a long whisk, and always has a faint smile on his face.

Yin Dao stepped forward and spoke first: "Your Excellency, in recent years, ghosts from all over the world have surrendered one after another, and several nearby Yin veins have been taken control by us. The area under our jurisdiction has been pacified."

Chen An nodded slightly and said, "Not bad, very well done."

Over the past ten years, he has devoured nearby evil spirits and his strength has grown rapidly.

In this underworld where the strong prey on the weak and there are no rules at all, it is impossible to survive without a force.

Given the nature of the people in the underworld, joining a force and being controlled by it is absolutely unacceptable, so they simply formed their own force.

He used the cave and his fellow brothers, both good and bad, as his base to slowly expand his territory.

It was quite difficult at the beginning and he encountered obstacles everywhere. However, since he broke through to the sixth level in strength and was able to control the Soul-Suppressing Disk, everything became different.

This treasure is almost the nemesis of the evil spirits in this world. It has absorbed many surrounding forces along the way with great momentum. Those who are not convinced will turn it into their own cultivation, while those who are willing to submit will keep it.

Yin Dao and You Chen in front of them are the two most capable generals. They have also made many contributions in the process of fighting against nearby forces.

"The jurisdiction is now stable, and it is also a credit to you two. These two bottles of Yellow Spring Jade Dew are rewarded to you two." Chen An said lightly.

Yin Dao and You Chen saw this, their eyes sparkled, and they hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Master Huang Quan!"

The Yellow Spring Rain Dew is most suitable for the underworld cultivators who have just entered the sixth level, so the two were naturally grateful.

Since Chen An held the important resource of Huangquan Jade Dew, over time, the outside world called him the Huangquan Ghost King.

Yellow Spring Jade Dew is an extremely precious resource in the underworld. It is a spiritual liquid refined from the Yellow Spring water that can nourish the soul and accelerate cultivation.

The key to making Yellow Spring Jade Dew lies in a specially made pool. Put Yellow Spring water and some other auxiliary materials into it, and after one or two years, this precious spiritual liquid can be produced.

This pool of water belonged to the previous Yellow Springs Ghost King. Now that Chen An killed him, it naturally belonged to him.

As for the origin of this pool, there are many different opinions, but as far as Chen An knows, this pool was not created overnight. It was the result of countless years of research by generations of Yellow Springs Ghost Kings.

But it doesn’t matter, this treasure pool now belongs to him.

You Chen frowned slightly, and then said, "However, Master Huang Quan, you must not take it lightly. The old thief Guiying has been eyeing us with ill intentions and has repeatedly tried to seize our territory. We must be on guard."

Hearing this, Chen An nodded slightly. The ghost shadow that Youchen mentioned was another powerful force in this area.

This person's cultivation level is in the middle stage of the sixth level, which is not much different from Chen An. He is suspicious and cruel. He has a powerful ghost army under his command and often plunders resources everywhere.

There had been several conflicts between Chen An and the ghost, with both sides winning and losing, but overall, Chen An had a slight advantage.

But the old ghost's strength was average, but his means of escaping were amazing, and he was able to escape several times.

The reason why the ghost was entangled was that it had been coveting the Yellow Spring Jade Dew in Chen An's hand.

Speaking of which, the reason why Chen An was able to kill the previous Yellow Springs Ghost King was that he took advantage of the ghost's attack and took the opportunity to reap the other party's fruit.

This is one of the reasons why the other party has been hating him until now and has repeatedly invaded his territory.

Of course, in addition to these two points, the other party probably also wants to obtain the Ghost King Marrow Fluid in Chen An's body.

This kind of thing had a name in the human world on Shenglin Island before, called Rongshen Yuanpo. It was created by the sixth-level Ghost King himself in order to use it in the future to impact the seventh level.

This liquid is secreted by the soul of the ghost king level in the underworld. It is extremely rare. Dripping it into the dantian can greatly improve the cultivation of the underworld cultivators. If a cultivator of the same level seizes it, his cultivation will surely increase significantly.

"Let him be for now. I will make the final decision on this matter!"

(End of this chapter)