Chapter 634: Dried Corpse Puppet

Xu Yang had, at some point, settled onto a rock. Casually picking a few wild fruits, he listened intently and leisurely, all while eating the fruits to regain his energy.

The soul entity spoke with great passion, as if reminiscing about his glorious past. But when he suddenly snapped back to reality, he nearly choked with rage at the sight of Xu Yang.

"Are you just here to listen to stories?! Take this!" the soul entity bellowed.

"Hey, hey, can you give me a moment, please..." Xu Yang protested, the fruit still in his mouth. He was once again locked in combat with the Desolate Spirit of Ten Ultimates.

This time, however, the Desolate Spirit gained no advantage whatsoever. The reason was simple: Xu Yang had used the break to clearly discern the soul entity's aura fluctuations and movement patterns. Now, it was impossible for the entity to gain an upper hand.

"Damn it, how can you suddenly anticipate my moves? Did you do something to me?"

Xu Yang burst out laughing. "It's not that exaggerated," he said. "I just got a little addicted to your stories, and they happened to be topics I'm interested in. So, I want to conquer you quickly and then force you to keep telling me stories."

The Desolate Spirit of Ten Ultimates broke into a cold sweat. He also felt that Xu Yang's words were a humiliation and continuously intensified his offensive posture.

This time, however, Xu Yang did not engage in a head-on confrontation. Although the opponent was in a soul form, their power output was genuinely god-tier. No matter how strong Xu Yang was, even with the Investiture of the Gods Jade covering the entire mountain, it was impossible to contend with god-tier combat power. The most effective strategy for Xu Yang was to delay and exhaust the opponent's soul energy reserves.

"You coward," the entity scoffed, "if you're brave enough, face me head-on! What's with all this dodging?"

Xu Yang suddenly stopped, a serious glint flashing in his eyes. "You said it," he replied. "Then I'll really have some fun with you!"

Boom! Xu Yang stomped his foot, halting his movement technique, and began to manifest his Yin-Yang Dao. This was the first time Xu Yang displayed the full extent of his self-created Dao Fruit, a culmination of his enlightenment and effort. Since acquiring the god-tier inheritance, Xu Yang had rarely used these ultimate trump cards, but that didn't mean there were no opportunities to deploy them.

Soon, the Yin-Yang Dao law was perfectly realized. A massive Yin-Yang diagram appeared behind Xu Yang, completely covering his back, and its cyclical operation produced an incredibly powerful Dao aura fluctuation.

It's important to note that this law, created by Xu Yang in his early years, didn't meet god-tier standards. However, it established its own set of rules and was extremely effective against soul entities because it could perfectly mask Xu Yang's true aura. Even if the opponent was a god, forcefully locking onto Xu Yang's aura fluctuations in a short time was almost impossible.

This undoubtedly presented a huge challenge for the soul entity before him.

"Honestly," Xu Yang said, "if you hadn't insisted on a direct confrontation, I wouldn't have gone all out. Wouldn't playing this game of cat and mouse be much more enjoyable? But now, it's too late for anything you say."

As Xu Yang finished speaking, the massive Yin-Yang diagram erupted, perfectly locking onto the soul entity's true aura. The intensely surging primal Yin-Yang energies began to destabilize the soul entity's very structure, giving it the sensation of being swallowed into a twisted, alien spatial vortex.

"Damn it, what kind of technique is this?! It's so bizarre! I've never seen such a strange law inheritance, not even at the god level!"

The soul entity began to panic. In his view, being tormented to such an extent by a mere human was truly unacceptable. But Xu Yang's methods were precisely like that: either he didn't act, or once he did, he'd make it so uncomfortable that one couldn't easily break free.

"This is my self-created law," Xu Yang said. "How's the effect? Not bad, right? To be honest, it's been a long time since I used my Yin-Yang Dao, and my technique has become a bit rusty. But it should still be enough to deal with you."

Rumble! The soul entity gritted his teeth, attempting to forcibly break free from this confined state, but ultimately failed.

The increasingly twisted void began to violently strip away the soul entity's fundamental structure, seeming to have entered an irreversible stage. The Yin-Yang diagram's law evolved faster and faster. The intense pain finally made the soul entity realize the danger. His desperate struggles proved futile, and he decisively began to beg Xu Yang for mercy.

"Your methods are truly divine, Your Excellency!" the soul entity pleaded. "If you spare me, I will tell you everything I know!"

This time, however, Xu Yang burst into laughter. "If I'm not mistaken," he said, "what you know is probably just what you've already told me. You're thinking too much if you believe you can bait me with that. If I release you, it would be absolutely impossible to use the same trick on you again. Don't dream about it. Your mission is complete. Go on and do what you need to do."

Xu Yang merely smiled and waved his hand at the entity. Soon, the soul entity disintegrated, completely crushed and vanishing into the depths of the Yin-Yang Dao law's radiance.

Phew... Seeing the troublesome god-tier soul entity perish, Xu Yang finally breathed a slight sigh of relief. After all, this was no laughing matter; the slightest misstep could lead to his demise in Nightchill Mountain.

"From what that guy said, Nightchill Mountain must have been a battlefield for life-or-death duels between top-tier gods hundreds of thousands of years ago," Xu Yang mused. "What astonishing past entanglements were there between Divine King Fenghuo Wuji and Sword Immortal Yun Wangji? If I can figure this out, it will be a worthwhile trip."

With these thoughts, Xu Yang continued his journey, noticing that the sky above was steadily growing darker.

As night fell, the mountain became utterly enveloped in pitch-black darkness. Lowering his head, Xu Yang couldn't even see his own feet clearly.

"So that's it," Xu Yang realized. "Nightchill Mountain truly is a moonless place! But it doesn't matter. Even if there's no moon above, having a moon in my heart is enough!"

Xu Yang focused his mind. The Angel's Heart within him emanated an incredibly dazzling silver light, quickly illuminating a "heart lamp" above his head, appearing distinctly like a high-hanging moon disk. Wherever the light reached, it illuminated everything within several hundred meters around Xu Yang.

This time, however, Xu Yang never anticipated that this three-foot moonlight above him would actually attract even more trouble!

In a daze, a series of extremely tragic howls continuously echoed. Just beneath his feet, a cold yet powerful hand suddenly grasped Xu Yang's ankle, and its immense strength prevented Xu Yang from breaking free immediately.

He lowered his head and focused his gaze. To his surprise, it was a gruesome, mummified puppet!