Chapter 1693: Xu Yang's Fury

"What's the meaning of this? In my eyes, the only purpose of the illusions you've woven is to create a dazzling fireworks display for my flames. Before an absolute power advantage, no matter what means you use to conceal it, you cannot bridge this gap."

Theoretically, what Xu Yang did should have been impossible. However, he succeeded precisely because his Nine Li Flames were a genuine power of the fire element.

The seemingly boundless ocean surrounding him was, in reality, an illusion forged by the elders of the Tong Yuan clan using their spiritual power, not a formation composed of pure water-elemental energy.

In the end, these scenes were nothing more than paper tigers, easily shattered. After Xu Yang's actions validated his claims, the soul entity from the Tong Yuan Imperial Clan finally sighed helplessly.

"Enough. It seems the illusion barriers we created cannot stop your advance. Since that's the case, why don't we discuss a deal?"

Xu Yang sneered, "You think you can negotiate with me? You should know that when I entered the Misty Rain Imperial Clan previously, there were none of these meaningless procedures. I simply barged directly into their forbidden immortal residence, right in front of thousands of their disciples.

I slew the cloned soul of their Mount Tai living fossil, refined it into my personal divine artifact, and finally took away the source of power of their Misty Rain Imperial Clan.

From start to finish, the people of the Misty Rain Imperial Clan never tried to negotiate any terms with me. Of course, as compensation for their attitude, I did not harm a single one of their clan members.

If you want to negotiate terms with me, Xu Yang, there are only two paths to success. The first is to offer me something sufficiently appealing. My objective this time is already very clear: I'm here for the source of power of your Tong Yuan clan.

Each of your Six Human-Spirit Clans possesses a primal source of power, guarded for generations, which also serves as your clan's supreme divine artifact.

Hand over the source of power belonging to your clan. This is the only thing that can be your bargaining chip.

If it's any other form of transaction, there's no need to speak. I'm not interested."

Xu Yang's voice grew colder. He had no more time to waste on these individuals; hundreds of thousands of demon beasts were waiting for him outside. However, the soul entity before him showed no intention of giving up.

"Let me think, Esteemed Xu Yang, is there any other way for us to maintain a cooperative relationship? With all due respect, the supreme divine artifact of the Tong Yuan lineage also represents the source of our power.

For those of us who cultivate spiritual power, if we lose this divine artifact, subsequent cultivation methods cannot continue.

Therefore, every cultivator in our Tong Yuan Imperial Clan is obligated to defend the safety of our clan's inherited power source with their lives. If we lose this symbolic divine artifact representing our clan, then the Tong Yuan lineage will cease to have any meaning for continued existence."

The soul entity's words seemed to have provoked Xu Yang.

"Why do I feel like you're just rambling about meaningless topics, deliberately wasting my time?"

As soon as Xu Yang finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly realize something and sharply directed his gaze to the center of the island below.

Sure enough, he discovered the opponent's true objective. Long Kun, Yan Xia Shangshen, and Ling Yao, who had been asleep within the illusion and completely surrounded by Xu Yang's ice-sealing power, had vanished in an instant. Even the entirely frozen island beneath their feet had completely disappeared.

Clearly, this illusion space seemed to possess some very special rules for spatial transfer.

After witnessing this, the soul entity finally revealed its sinister and arrogant true form, laughing loudly at Xu Yang.

"How about it, Esteemed Xu Yang? Now it seems I have more bargaining chips for a deal with you. Shall we reconsider the terms for cooperation?"

Xu Yang knew very well that the three individuals had merely been secretly moved away by this fellow using some underhanded tactics. They hadn't been truly killed; the opponent was far from possessing such cultivation or ability.

However, pulling such a trick right in front of Xu Yang clearly showed they had no genuine intention of making a deal. This act caused Xu Yang to completely abandon any thought of leniency.

"Very well. Then I will make you understand what it means for your Tong Yuan Imperial Clan to provoke a superior being."

As soon as he spoke, Xu Yang's physical body mysteriously vanished from his original spot. When his body reappeared, a robust and powerful right hand was already pressed firmly before the soul entity.

Although this was merely a soul entity without a physical body, once it felt the irresistible and potent pressure emanating from Xu Yang, its entire soul began to tremble uncontrollably.

Simultaneously, every part of its soul began to shatter and disintegrate, ultimately being completely crushed under the terrifying suppressive force. Not even a single cry of agony escaped the soul before it completely vanished before Xu Yang.

After dealing with the entity before him, Xu Yang wasted no time. With a gentle wave of his palm, the Cold Spring Divine Artifact returned to his hand. He then ruthlessly swung his sword, unleashing a strike towards the illusion.

Where the immensely powerful ice-blue sword light passed, it utterly shredded the illusionary space into nothingness. With just one strike, dozens of illusion barriers set up by the Tong Yuan Imperial Clan were completely shattered.

It was hard to imagine the true destructive power of the sword strike Xu Yang unleashed. The scene before them was enough to prove that Xu Yang possessed the power to completely annihilate the entire Tong Yuan clan in an instant.

"I want to know one thing now: who sent that soul entity just now? You'd better step forward and fight me fairly, or else I might just make the entire Tong Yuan clan disappear."

At this moment, Xu Yang, with his single sword, stood proudly above the void. After shattering all the illusionary coverings, he had appeared directly above the Tong Yuan Imperial Clan's immortal residence.

Although it was just one man and one sword, the aura of power he exuded and the reverberating sound waves he released were enough to throw the entire Tong Yuan Imperial Clan's immortal residence into complete chaos, both inside and out.

Little did he know, at that very moment, deep within the immortal residence, the cultivators of the Tong Yuan clan, gathered with their core strength, were all discussing what kind of power they could possibly use to face this unstoppable, god-like entity.