Chapter 1479: The Secret of the Snake Emperor

Xu Yang unleashed a sword beam from his fingertip, precisely intercepting the black light-shadow in the void. With ease, he dissolved the wave of destructive light spewed from the mouth of the Level Nine Serpent Emperor.

"I was truly careless. So it turns out you are the strongest among these individuals. If I had known, I wouldn't have bothered with such a reckless scoundrel."

The Serpent Emperor, seemingly placing itself on a high pedestal, completely ignored an opponent of Long Kun's caliber. It lightly waved an arm, and the huge rock crevices instantly shattered. Under the shock and unique effect of this power, Long Kun actually fell into a coma. To render a top human expert like Long Kun, who commands elemental laws, unconscious truly demonstrated the terrifying power of the Serpent Emperor, a power far beyond ordinary comprehension.

Ling Yao swiftly soared into the air. With a gentle wave of her palm, she quickly unleashed a shimmering halo that encircled Long Kun's body, bringing the unconscious Long Kun back down to the ground.

"Boss, Long Kun doesn't seem to be injured, but he's unconscious. I can't detect any fluctuations in his mental energy."

Hearing Ling Yao's words, Xu Yang already had a preliminary understanding of the Level Nine Serpent Emperor's unique talent.

"If my judgment is correct, this fellow possesses another talent: an attack targeting the spiritual plane. I'd really like to experience what kind of power this is up close."

Little did anyone know, Xu Yang's words were merely creating a justifiable opportunity for the opponent to act, and that he did this precisely because he wanted to confirm whether his previous conjecture was correct.

Upon hearing Xu Yang's words, the Level Nine Serpent Emperor couldn't help but reveal a smile.

"Human, I must admit you are strong, but you shouldn't be so arrogant. This Venerable One is, after all, a Level Nine Demon Emperor. In this vast Kunlun Abyss, there are few demons who dare to speak to me with such audacity. If you truly wish to test my spiritual attack methods, then you must be prepared to have your soul shattered. My power far exceeds your imagination."

Xu Yang burst into laughter. "You're right, I do want to experience this power that exceeds my imagination. Condense your strongest spiritual attack and direct it at me. You will only have this one chance to strike; there won't be another opportunity. If you cannot completely conquer me in this round, then unfortunately, when I regain full consciousness, you will have completely lost the ability to resist."

Xu Yang was not joking with the Level Nine Demon Emperor, and as his voice spread, Xiao Hua and Ling Yao instinctively began to worry for him.

"Boss, although your strength has reached its peak, this Level Nine Demon Emperor has, after all, cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years. If you take his strongest spiritual attack completely unprepared, I'm worried."

Ling Yao spoke her mind, but Xiao Hua lightly tugged her arm. The two women exchanged glances, evidently engaging in a soul-level communication at that moment.

"Trust the Boss. Since he dares to make such a decision, he must have full confidence. And if my judgment is correct, he's likely trying to probe and capture the opponent's soul power this time, hoping to uncover some unknown secrets from him."

In the end, Xiao Hua understood Xu Yang best. Hearing Xiao Hua's explanation, Ling Yao beside her stopped worrying and resolutely chose to trust their boss.

It was at this moment that the Level Nine Serpent Emperor became frantic. He had previously been unable to believe that a top human expert would make such an outrageous request, practically begging to be killed.

"Very well, since you have no desire to live, this Venerable One does not mind obliging you. Slaying a top-tier human expert of your caliber will be a tremendous honor for me, and it might even bring about a new level of advancement."

Having spoken, the Level Nine Serpent Emperor suddenly closed its eyes and began frantically condensing its immensely powerful mental energy, transforming it entirely into a black-attributed light of the soul. It then abruptly opened its massive maw once more, unleashing the light of the soul directly towards the very center of Xu Yang's mind.

In an instant, with no mental defenses whatsoever, Xu Yang perfectly received this complete light of the soul, allowing the black radiance to penetrate deep into his mind like a meteor. This approach was extremely dangerous. If the intensity of this soul light exceeded the defender's resistance limit, this single beam could pierce Xu Yang's spiritual world and completely shatter his soul.

However, if the Serpent Emperor's soul light was a meteor, then Xu Yang's spiritual world was an boundless, vast galaxy, capable of accommodating billions of such powerful soul lights. Perhaps this was the unbridgeable gap between the two.

Before long, a blazing sun and a bright moon quickly ignited deep within Xu Yang's soul. The two outlines overlapped, forming an incredibly pure light of the soul that perfectly blocked the black soul power before him. This was the dazzling soul essence unleashed by the Level Nine Serpent Emperor. When the two collided, it was like a single drop of water falling into a vast, boundless ocean; it failed to even create a ripple and was completely neutralized of all its destructive power.

After this, the black soul power was surprisingly reflected in Xu Yang's spiritual world as the outline of a woman. Little did anyone know, this simple light-image of a woman was the true soul essence of the Level Nine Serpent Demon Emperor before him.

"So that's it! Just as I suspected, although this Level Nine Serpent Emperor is a Demon Emperor, it is not a true demon, because its soul is not that of a demon beast, but rather a human soul! Such a situation has never occurred on the main continent hundreds of thousands of years ago. If my judgment is correct, it must be closely related to the exclusive cultivation system of the Kunlun Divine Path and the emergence of this Level Nine Serpent Demon Emperor. Yet, the Level Seven demon beast, the Hundred-Eyed Golden Bull-dog, which was previously slain, had a pure demon beast soul. Why then does this Level Nine Serpent Emperor possess a complete human soul?"

With new questions arising in his mind, Xu Yang naturally developed a new desire to understand what was truly going on.

"Hahahaha, don't you feel powerful now, or has your soul form been completely shattered by me? Why haven't you said a word for so long?"

The Level Nine Serpent Emperor was still gloating outside, because it and Xiao Hua and the others only saw Xu Yang maintaining a single posture in the void, eyes closed, body motionless, as if his soul had entered a state of annihilation.

"Very well, since you're still playing dead, I'll truly send you on your way."