Chapter 1701: Bottom Card

"As I just told you, I am the only one in the entire Kunlun Divine Path, besides the Supreme God's will, who has truly experienced the inner power of the Pupil Stone Mountain. Simply put, my spiritual power is nearly on par with the Supreme God's will. Are you sure you can easily win against me? Even if you possess the ability to create laws, all laws of the myriad heavens will become incredibly fragile before me."

The Grand Elder Fossil was not exaggerating. No sooner had he finished speaking than he struck Xu Yang. His soul body suddenly twisted at that moment, as if a shadow was being stretched endlessly at the critical point between light and darkness. Then, the once complete and clear soul body became exceptionally blurred, finally expanding into a massive spiritual space that completely enveloped Xu Yang's body.

At this moment, Xu Yang completely lost his five senses. Every angle of the space around him was a blur or an illusory white. "Welcome to my exclusive soul space. Here, you will lose all your abilities as a cultivator, becoming nothing more than an ordinary mortal, though your physical body may be tougher than true mortals. But none of that matters, because my soul space is focused on eroding and dissolving your soul origin. No matter how powerful your physical body is, it's meaningless to me. I only need to completely devour your soul essence, and my task will be complete."

After the elder finished speaking, he made no further move. Xu Yang's brows gradually furrowed; he truly hadn't expected his opponent to possess such a powerful technique. The most peculiar aspect of this soul space was its ability to restrict Xu Yang from deploying any of his law-based powers, and it made it impossible to pinpoint the opponent's soul aura. This was because every corner, every minute detail of the space Xu Yang was in, was equivalent to the opponent's soul imprint. It was a space constructed from the elder's own soul origin to imprison his opponent's soul.

"I've truly never seen an attack method like yours before. It's quite interesting. I'm glad I met you; otherwise, I would have found this journey utterly meaningless." Xu Yang showed no sign of nervousness, maintaining a perfect demeanor as he faced the incredibly powerful elder before him. The elder burst into laughter.

"Your composure is truly remarkable. To speak so calmly when death is imminent, I genuinely admire you. It's a pity you're destined to be my opponent; otherwise, I might even consider training you as my successor and personal disciple."

Xu Yang shook his head helplessly. "You don't have that qualification. Of course, before I truly make my move against you, I want to confirm something. Your soul space, which supposedly blocks my five senses, does so by completely severing my soul's connection to external soul auras, correct? In other words, this space I'm in now is completely isolated from the entire Kunlun Divine Path, isn't it? Even the Supreme God's consciousness cannot detect my sealed state within your soul space. Is my judgment correct?"

Faced with Xu Yang's query, the self-important old man gave a very clear and affirmative reply without hesitation. "That's right. Even the Supreme God's will cannot detect any fluctuations in our current state. Therefore, when I completely devour your soul, no one in this world will notice, and your powerful physical body will naturally become mine."

Only now did Xu Yang truly understand that the so-called Grand Elder Fossil was, in fact, a master of both environmental manipulation and soul possession, two sacred mental power techniques. He was the most powerful embodiment of the Pupil Imperial Clan's cultivation methods. The reason why the younger disciples of the Pupil Imperial Clan were not particularly strong now was that they had yet to achieve significant progress on this cultivation path. In reality, if they all cultivated to the level of the Grand Elder Fossil, this particular Grand Elder of the Pupil Clan would likely be the most difficult to deal with among the other five Grand Elders.

"If this strange attack method of yours had appeared a hundred thousand years ago, it might genuinely have caused me severe harm. Unfortunately, times have changed, and you no longer have any chance of gaining an advantage over me." No sooner had Xu Yang's words fallen than the elder before him immediately questioned him.

"What makes you say that? Just now, when you were fighting those dozen ancient powerhouses of the Pupil Clan, I recorded every detail of your combat into my soul world. You have no secrets before me now."

"Is that truly so?" The smile on Xu Yang's face deepened. Next, with the blazing sun in his left palm and the bright moon in his right, he unleashed his Angel Clan's supreme divine artifact, the Mirror of Reincarnation, without hesitation. Xu Yang dared to reveal his strongest trump card without reservation precisely because he had repeatedly confirmed that the Supreme God's will would not detect any aura fluctuations during this time. The moment the immensely powerful supreme divine artifact perfectly combined, the soul of the Grand Elder Fossil, which had woven itself into a fixed spatial form, was instantly torn to shreds. The so-called spatial blockade ceased to exist. Xu Yang's Mirror of Reincarnation hadn't even released a complete aura fluctuation, yet it had already helped him completely dismantle the predicament before him.

The reason was simple: this was a true supreme divine artifact, a top-tier power of which there were only a handful on the entire main continent. Had the Grand Elder Fossil engaged Xu Yang in his original physical form, he might have had enough time to react and defend, at least avoiding the immediate obliteration of his soul origin by Xu Yang. However, at this moment, he so conceitedly unleashed his entire soul origin before Xu Yang. Even if he wanted to revert from this completely enclosed soul space form back to a human form, it would take too long. Xu Yang seized this irreversible vulnerability, striking decisively and astonishingly.

The instant the supreme divine artifact's aura was perfectly unleashed, the power source that constructed this space—the Grand Elder's soul energy—was instantly refined into nothingness. Without a doubt, Xu Yang gained a highly satisfying trophy from this powerful strike: the true soul essence of a Grand Elder.

Having obtained this irreplaceable trophy, Xu Yang unhesitatingly infused the rich soul essence into his Sword Spirit of Lingering Affection. The red, feminine sword spirit began to ravenously devour the potent Grand Elder-level soul origin, immediately undergoing a new phase of growth.