King of Creation-Chapter 696 - 687: The First Use of Soul Searching Technique

Chapter 696: Chapter 687: The First Use of Soul Searching Technique

"Hou Ba, if you reveal the meeting place with Zhu Ling now, my earlier promise still stands!" Ye Zhen’s voice resounded, "Of course, any other arrangements made by Zhu Ling are also acceptable!" Ye Zhen added another sentence.

Why did Ye Zhen ask that?

Because Ye Zhen wanted an opportunity to kill Zhu Ling!

Firstly, it was Ye Zhen’s duty to eradicate evil, and the root of Zhu Mingxu’s misdeeds lay with Zhu Ling. Without Zhu Ling, Zhu Mingxu would not have been able to persist in his evil ways for long.

Secondly, Zhu Ling was not only a powerful Cultivator but also held great authority within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect. With such a person constantly thinking about Ye Zhen day and night, Ye Zhen would likely have trouble sleeping peacefully upon his return.

Furthermore, due to his busy tasks within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, Zhu Ling rarely left, leaving Ye Zhen with no opportunity to deal with him.

If Zhu Ling were to leave the Sun and Moon Divine Sect to deal with Ye Zhen, that would present Ye Zhen with a perfect chance to take care of him.

As for whether Ye Zhen could kill Zhu Ling, who was at the Seventh Stage of Vein Forging Realm, Ye Zhen didn’t give it much thought. With the real Divine Skill like Earth Escape at his disposal, it shouldn’t be too difficult to deal with Zhu Ling.

What’s difficult is finding the opportunity to deal with Zhu Ling without being detected.

If discovered, Ye Zhen would face great trouble, possibly even being chased by the Sun and Moon Divine Sect all over the world, which would make Ye Zhen’s circumstance extremely difficult.

Although currently Ye Zhen was highly valued by Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong for his significant contributions to the Divine Sect and had quite a status within the Sect, he couldn’t compare to an established high-ranker like Zhu Ling within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect.

Ye Zhen guessed that even if he told Jian Qianxiong about Zhu Ling’s intention to kill him, Jian Qianxiong wouldn’t punish Zhu Ling because of it.

Of course, even if Jian Qianxiong did decide to punish Zhu Ling because of it, Ye Zhen would disdain to do so, as it was an act of the weak.

"Gurgle... Gurgle... Glop..."

Hou Ba’s eyes bulged in fury and the veins on his forehead protruded, as he tried to say something but couldn’t utter a word. All his energy was focused on resisting the Soul Capturing power of the Soul Capturing Jade Skull, leaving him with no ability to speak.

After all, the power of this Mid-grade Spirit Artifact was not negligible, especially since it was a special Mid-grade Spirit Artifact that could attack the Divine Soul. Previously, even Ye Zhen’s Sword Heart Enlightenment couldn’t resist it.

Click, click, click!

Ye Zhen’s fingers were as fast as lightning, his movements like a whirlwind. In a mere couple of breaths, he had crushed all the vital joints around Hou Ba’s body and directly severed all the meridians surrounding Hou Ba’s dantian.

Then, with a thought from Ye Zhen, the pale white glow of the Soul Capturing Jade Skull instantly vanished, and the ghostly images within the two eye sockets of the skulls disappeared as well. As the Skull spun, it suddenly shrank to the size of a fingertip and turned into a bone bell, which Ye Zhen hung on his wrist with a beast tendon, concealing it within his sleeve.

This was a lesson Ye Zhen learned after being surrounded by twelve Shadowless Mountain Penetrating Beasts.

If the Soul Capturing Jade Skull were on his wrist rather than in his storage ring the moment he got surrounded, Ye Zhen wouldn’t have been so passive.

He could have immediately activated the Soul Capturing Jade Skull to attack, rather than experiencing such a life-and-death situation as before.

"Little Thief Ye, we didn’t expect that even though we had overestimated you, we still underestimated you!"

After taking a deep breath, Hou Ba, whose vital joints had been crushed, surprisingly did not let out a single whimper, but simply stared at Ye Zhen as if nothing had happened.

This gave Ye Zhen an immediate premonition that Hou Ba was a tough man.

Suddenly, Ye Zhen felt a bit of regret. If he had kept Yu Xian and Ful Lang alive, with the relationship between these two, Ye Zhen might have been able to force some information out of them.

However, as the brains behind this hunting squad, it was likely that Yu Xian and Ful Lang didn’t know much.

"I’m not fond of idle chatter. It seems that torture has little effect on you, so here are two choices! Tell me what you know, and I’ll let you go. Joint and bone injuries are not a big deal for you. Or, you can be... Soul Searched by me!" Ye Zhen’s eyes full of evil Qi were locked onto Hou Ba.

Hou Ba didn’t immediately answer but looked at Ye Zhen intently for a while.

"Really?"

"Of course, my word as Ye Zhen counts, and your life or death has no impact on me!" Ye Zhen said.

"Alright, I hope you... keep your promise!" Hou Ba said.

Ye Zhen frowned; he felt Hou Ba had agreed too easily, which was a bit unexpected, but Ye Zhen could only choose to believe.

Soul Searching was a method that would absolutely not be used unless there was truly no other choice.

"Speak, where is the meeting place with Zhu Ling after you’re done?" Ye Zhen asked.

"I don’t know!"

Hou Ba’s answer was quite unexpected to Ye Zhen, making Ye Zhen’s expression suddenly stern.

"I’m not lying to you! Zhu Hall Master is extremely cautious in his actions. Before he left, he gave me a sealed Jade Talisman, saying that after the affair was over, to open the Jade Talisman and I would know the next step of the plan," Hou Ba said.

"Where’s the Jade Talisman, take it out!"

"It’s inside the storage ring!" Hou Ba looked at Ye Zhen as if asking for permission.

"Go ahead!"

Ye Zhen indeed wanted to take it himself, but with Hou Ba alive and his Divine Soul undissipated, it would be difficult for Ye Zhen to open Hou Ba’s storage ring quickly. He had to let Hou Ba do it. frёewebηovel.cѳm

As Hou Ba’s Divine Soul waves began to rise, a Heavenly Thunder of Fright quietly accumulated in Ye Zhen’s palm, ready to strike if Hou Ba made any sudden moves.

Hou Ba didn’t play any tricks, and suddenly, a purple-colored Jade Talisman appeared at his fingertips, surrounded by a layer of blue sealing light.

The moment the purple Jade Talisman was taken out, Hou Ba suddenly laughed.

"Hall Master Ye, there is something I must tell you!"

"What is it?"

"In this lifetime, the last thing I would do is... betray Hall Master Zhu!"

Almost at the same time as he spoke, Hou Ba clenched his hands tightly and crushed the purple Jade Talisman with a fierce squeeze.

Boom!

Almost instinctively, the Heavenly Thunder of Fright in Ye Zhen’s palm blasted forth.

Thunder Light poured down from above Hou Ba’s head, making his body tremble uncontrollably, while Ye Zhen’s pupils suddenly constricted.

Just as his Heavenly Thunder of Fright was released, a purple Talisman Light soared into the sky and vanished in the blink of an eye.

Hou Ba’s squeeze had merely broken the seal on the outside of the purple Jade Talisman, which then shot into the sky and disappeared without a trace.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a Talisman Communication!

Ye Zhen felt somewhat helpless!

As of now, even the kings of the Establishment Realm do not possess the ability to intercept a Talisman Communication; only some large-scale Formations could accomplish this feat.

Ye Zhen’s expression turned ice-cold without a sound, his palm already touching Hou Ba’s forehead, with majestic Divine Soul Waves rising from his body. At the same time, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten burst forth from Ye Zhen’s embrace into the sky.

"Be on guard, Kitten!"

In that instant, as Hou Ba’s face, which was still twitching due to the paralyzing thunder, finally turned deathly pale, he knew what Ye Zhen was about to do!

Soul Search!

Ye Zhen was about to use the Soul Searching Technique on him!

"Haha, Ye Zhen, once I’m dead, you won’t live for long either! In this world, there’s never been anyone Hall Master Zhu wanted to kill and couldn’t kill! Just wait for your death, haha, the plan arranged by Hall Master Zhu is flawless, every link locking into the next. It’s just that I didn’t expect you’d be able to use the second..."

The Spiritual Power infused with Divine Soul Power in Ye Zhen’s fingertips immediately nailed into the seven orifices of Hou Ba’s Divine Soul, immobilizing his Soul Sea completely, leaving him at the mercy of Ye Zhen’s actions.

The very next moment, an immense sea-like Divine Soul Power surged into Hou Ba’s Soul Sea like a tide, a chilling and incomparably cold aura abruptly rising. Indistinctly, wave after wave of silent screams emanated from Hou Ba’s mind.

Amid these silent screams, even the surrounding black-beard straw trembled in response.

As for Hou Ba, his orifices were now bleeding, his body shaking like a sieve, with foul smells wafting from below him—he had lost control of his bowels.

This was the terror of the Soul Searching Technique, its ruthlessness.

In the face of the Soul Searching Technique, let alone ordinary Martial Artists, even those at the Sixth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm were no better than pigs and dogs.

Although it was Ye Zhen’s first time using the Soul Searching Technique, he had practiced the Heavenly Level High Grade Divine Soul Technique Secret Record of Soul Refining, a profound technique that also included a sophisticated Soul Searching Technique.

Following the steps recorded in the Secret Record of Soul Refining, the implementation went very smoothly.

Clop!

Suddenly, Hou Ba let out an unconscious scream, his eyes rolling back, his entire body now limp like noodles, held in Ye Zhen’s grasp.

Almost simultaneously, with each extraction by Ye Zhen’s Soul Searching Technique, waves of massive information surged into Ye Zhen’s mind, the torrent of incoming data momentarily causing a throbbing pain in Ye Zhen’s brow.

The Soul Searching Technique was successful, but the side effects of the Soul Searching Technique began to reveal themselves.

...

Just as Ye Zhen successfully performed the Soul Searching Technique, a purple Talisman Light accurately fell into the hands of a martial artist with a topknot on his head, thick sword-like brows, and a slender figure resting in a Refined House halfway up the mountain of Profound Moon Sect, two thousand li away.

The moment the Talisman Light was caught, the martial artist opened his eyes. If Ye Zhen were here, he would recognize this slender figure as his old acquaintance.

It was Lul Xiao, the disciple of the Profound Moon Sect who had had a fierce fight with Ye Zhen in the Secret Realm of Demon Spirits in the True Spirit Domain not too long ago.

"Eh? An anonymous Talisman Communication?" As soon as he caught the Talisman Light, Lul Xiao was taken aback.

But after just one glance, Lul Xiao was stunned, "Ye Zhen!"

"Ye Zhen has actually appeared near Black Beard Mountain, and..."

"Who is it? Who sent this Talisman Communication? Ye Zhen, whom we have been searching for without any clues for two years, has actually appeared near Black Beard Mountain!" Lul Xiao immediately started pondering rapidly.

"Ye Zhen is our enemy, a sworn enemy at that, but he has good treasures on him, and he most likely possesses the Demon Cloud Fruit. We must inform Junior Brother Guz, but the fewer people, the better!"

While speaking, Lul Xiao sent out an urgent Talisman Communication.

After sending the urgent communication, Lul Xiao anxiously waited, but after half a quarter-hour, there was still no response. In his impatience, Lul Xiao sent another hurried Talisman Communication.

However, even after 15 minutes had passed, there was still no reply from Soul Chasing Arrow Valley’s Guz Bufan.

"Could it be that my junior brother is in closed-door cultivation or has entered the Sect Secret Realm for enlightenment? Such bad timing?" Considering all possibilities and with no answer from Guz Bufan for a while, these were the only two reasons he could think of.

"Opportunity slips away in the blink of an eye, never mind, I can’t wait for him! But I alone am probably no match for that youngster, I need to find help, but who to ask..."

Amid his thoughts, Lul Xiao’s figure abruptly darted out!

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