Chapter 1805: The Female Assassin's Path to Transcendence

With a few swift moves, he severed all of its dozen-plus snake-head tentacles.

Under the immense pain, the ancient evil beast had lost nearly seventy percent of its combat strength. With only thirty percent remaining, it continuously gasped for air.

It could no longer conceive of any method to continue a life-or-death struggle with Xu Yang.

“What exactly do you want?” the ancient evil beast asked Xu Yang, unwillingly. “I’ve occupied this place for tens of thousands of years. Why have you suddenly appeared to strip me of everything?” However, the answer it received was no different from before. Xu Yang replied with a calm smile.

“I’ve already told you,” Xu Yang said. “My purpose is clear: to find the Master’s secret sealed within your body. Since you refuse to cooperate, I can only cut open your body and extract the answer myself. This matter concerns the future destiny of the entire Ancient Martial God Way, and I will absolutely not allow the Supreme God’s will to continue hiding its presence through such special means. I’m tired of this cat-and-mouse game. All right, we don’t need to waste any more time. Just unleash your most powerful strength for a final struggle. If you can give me a surprise in terms of power, I might show you some mercy. If you can’t, then it’s regrettable.”

After Xu Yang finished speaking, he raised the Hanquan divine artifact high in his right hand. It emitted an incredibly brilliant blue light, illuminating the entire void.

Powerful sword energy continuously materialized in the void. This was the strongest ultimate sword move, unleashed by Xu Yang's Eternal Sword Dao combined with the Hanquan divine artifact.

In just an instant, countless sword beams struck down, piercing the large creature’s body.

Accompanied by a painful wail, the ancient evil beast finally collapsed, showing no further signs of struggle. Xu Yang only breathed a sigh of relief after determining that the creature’s life force had withered away.

But he soon discovered that even though it had lost its life functions, its corpse could still cause all life within a radius of several hundred kilometers to wither and perish.

This meant that the inherent ability to corrupt life force, which emanated from its body, was not directly tied to its vitality. The true secret must be hidden beneath its skin, within its flesh.

This was consistent with Xu Yang’s previous judgment. Xu Yang once again wielded the powerful divine artifact in his hand, and in the instant the sword beam struck down, the creature’s massive body was split in two.

Xu Yang quickly disemboweled the ancient evil beast, extracting the pulsating part from its abdomen where the decaying aura was most concentrated.

By all appearances, this was the ancient evil beast’s stomach.

It was also the most concentrated source of the decay power.

Xu Yang’s face showed a look of pleasant surprise.

“Excellent!” he exclaimed. “Isn’t this the source of power I’ve been searching for?”

With this thought, the sword in Xu Yang’s hand did not stop. With a light cut, it split the stomach in two, creating an opening. He then placed the female assassin, who had been unconscious for half a day and was just beginning to stir, inside the stomach, specifically into the most concentrated area of the decaying aura.

Almost immediately, the powerful decay energy quickly revived the female assassin. The excruciating pain emanating from her body once again triggered a series of roars and wails.

This time, Xu Yang did not offer her his embrace; he merely gave her a complicated look.

“From now on,” Xu Yang stated, “your path to rebirth officially begins. If your spiritual power is strong enough to support your nirvana from this place, then your future holds an incredibly brilliant path to the peak of martial arts. Of course, if you are not strong enough, your ultimate fate will be to perish completely within this sealed space, becoming mere dry bones. If you wish to seek revenge on me, then first prove you are worthy of being my opponent.”

After Xu Yang finished speaking, he began to sew up the massive evil beast’s stomach, sealing the female assassin completely inside.

Just as he was about to act, the female assassin suddenly stretched out a hand and grabbed Xu Yang’s wrist.

Her wails did not cease, but Xu Yang could feel the strength of her resistance in her grip. This time, however, Xu Yang gritted his teeth and hardened his heart. For her sake and his own, he had to play this ruthless role. It seemed as though Xu Yang was personally pushing the female assassin into a dark abyss, but little did she know that it was Xu Yang who had left her a spark of hope.

Struggling to break free from her grasp, Xu Yang swiftly secured the ancient evil beast’s stomach and, using his immensely powerful law-based energy, sealed it deep within the earth’s veins. Apart from Xu Yang, probably no one in the entire Ancient Martial God Way could find this place.

Of course, deep down, Xu Yang had no desire to return to this place.

He only hoped that the female assassin, who represented the Heavenly Sect’s highest combat power, would be able to break free from this place through her indomitable will.

After completing all this, Xu Yang returned to the head of the evil beast’s damaged corpse.

With nimble movements, he sliced open its skull, but he did not find what he was looking for.

“Strange,” he muttered. “Where exactly is the thing that the Supreme God has sealed within this creature’s body?”

Just as Xu Yang was racking his brain over this question, outside the forest, in the direction where he, Long Kun, and Qing Ya had previously parted ways, Qing Ya’s shrill scream suddenly echoed, followed by the sound of incredibly turbulent power colliding.

Without hesitation, Xu Yang tore through the void with a single step, instantly appearing behind Long Kun and Qing Ya. Only then did he see an enormous aqua-blue lizard attacking them.

Without a doubt, this was the source of the phenomena observed on the other side of the forbidden zone’s passage, where continuous snow covered the land by day and towering waves raged by night.

Similarly, just like the cause of the life-decaying power on this side, the true source was right before his eyes, within the body of this gigantic aqua-blue lizard.

“It’s you three! You damned humans,” the lizard roared. “You killed my companion! He was my only companion in this jungle. Now that you’ve taken his life, I will tear all three of you to shreds!”

Xu Yang seemed to have no desire to continue speaking with the giant lizard. His gaze turned particularly sharp. He directly questioned the gigantic lizard.

“I’m tired of talking nonsense with you,” Xu Yang declared. “Since there’s no need for further negotiation between us, let’s decide our fates with a life-and-death battle. But before that, I must clarify one thing: where exactly is the Master’s secret, sealed within the body of the creature I just killed?”