Spirit Realm Chapter 555-556

Chapter 555: Evil God

At Gao Yu’s command, the soul inside of Pan Qianqian’s mouth that had been keeping her from speaking suddenly flew out.

This allowed Pan Qianqian, who had been struggling to get a word out all this time, to finally regain her ability to speak.

“I-I never wanted to hurt anyone!” she screamed, fear clear in her voice.

Then she suddenly looked at Pan Tong, crying out anxiously, “Uncle! Save me!”

Pan Tong’s brow furrowed deeply, then he shook his head and sighed.

“Qianqian, obtaining the bodies of ancient elites is an opportunity that only comes around once in a thousand lifetimes. It’s an opportunity… that our Pan Family can’t afford to pass up.”

“Don’t worry, Qianqian!” Pan Tao yelled. “We’ll bury them with you!”

Every Pan Family clansman present expressed regret and helplessness, but not a single one of them moved forward to support Pan Qianqian.

All of them were prepared to sacrifice her.

“I…”

As Pan Qianqian stared at her so-called family, her eyes lost their last trace of brightness.

Her heart had died.

“Gao Yu!” Du Xiangyang exclaimed softly.

A cold light gushed from Gao Yu’s eyes.

Bizarre spirit art at the ready, he was on the verge of extinguishing Pan Qianqian’s soul.

“No!” Xue Moyan shouted. “Please, just let her live!”

Surprisingly enough, Gao Yu actually nodded and said, “Okay.”

This stunned Xue Moyan. She hadn’t thought that Gao Yu would be so quick to comply.

The Pan Family clansmen were even more astonished by this turn of events.

“Heh!” Pan Tao laughed strangely. “Don’t think we’ll forgive you just because you spared Pan Qianqian!”

“Shut up!” Pan Tong turned to throw a fierce glare at his brother, then faced Qin Lie’s group again, a smile on his face. “As long as Qianqian isn’t harmed, I guarantee that all of you will survive this.”

“Big bro?” Pan Tao exclaimed in shock.

“I told you to shut up!” Pan Tong yelled, a fierce expression taking over his face.

“What are you doing, Gao Yu?” Du Xiangyang asked in surprise.

“I’m going to shackle her soul,” Gao Yu answered indifferently.

Soul fluctuations spread from the two Ogre-faced Rings on Gao Yu’s hands. Gray soul threads emerged from Pan Qianqian’s eyes, silently floating toward the rings as if attracted by some unseen force and were absorbed.

“Thud!”

Pan Qianqian’s delicate body fell to the sandy beach with a soft thud, devoid of any trace of her soul. The clusters of vengeful souls and wraiths that had been restraining and holding up her body swiftly condensed into a single form. They merged together and evolved into a larger fiendish, vile soul that roared madly at the Pan Family clansmen.

At almost the exact same time, Gao Yu snorted coldly and cried, “Come forth!”

“Boom!”

The hundred-meter-tall body of the Evil God appeared before Gao Yu. This was none other than the body he had collected from the Land of Buried Gods.

Without warning, the vile soul formed from vengeful souls and wraiths twisted through the air and entered the Evil God’s body.

The body of the Evil God, which had lacked a soul, unleashed a tremendous, tyrannical aura the instant that the fiendish vile soul went inside of it. This aura felt strange and unspeakably evil.

As that took place, Gao Yu suddenly flew up to the Evil God’s left shoulder like a wisp of ghastly light and sat down.

He suddenly turned his cold, evil eyes toward the Pan Family clansmen and spoke in a low voice.

“Kill them!”

“Uooooooh!”

An unbridled roar tore through the heavens. This hundred-meter-tall Evil God, with curved horns on its head, enormous wings protruding from its back, and hands that resembled hooks, terrified the Pan Family clansmen.

Two hands that resembled pitch black clouds engulfed them from above.

“Krak krak! Bang!”

The Evil God’s gigantic hands squashed six Pan Family clansmen, crushing their bones and even forcing their bodies to explode upon impact.

“W-what kind of monster is this?” Pan Tao screamed in terror. He was so scared that he started escaping as fast as he could.

“It’s the body of an ancient elite! This is the Evil God of the Nether Realm!” Pan Tong shouted in astonishment.

“What are we going to do, big bro?” Pan Tao was pale with fright.

“The brat sitting on the Evil God’s shoulder is the one controlling it. As long as we kill him, the Evil God won’t be able to move!” Pan Tong’s eyes burned with passion. “If we capture the Evil God’s body and sell it to the nether races, our family will definitely obtain an unfathomable amount of resources! Who knows how many Profound Yin Nine Leaf Lotuses we’ll be able to get in exchange!”

Upon hearing this, every member of the Pan Family cried out in excitement.

For a long moment, every Pan Family clansman stared at Gao Yu.

“He’s only in the Netherpassage Realm, it shouldn’t be difficult to kill him,” an elder calmly said. “Spread out, everyone! Don’t let the Evil God touch you!”

The encirclement of over a hundred Pan Family clansmen spread out, staying as far away from the Evil God as possible.

Patriarch Pan Tong and three Pan Family elders suddenly channeled their spirit energy and shot straight into the air.

These four were experts who had reached the Fragmentation Realm!

Their gazes fell upon Gao Yu.

“Where is Qin Lie?” Du Xiangyang asked, looking everywhere with anxiety on his face. “Gao Yu is truly an extraordinary fellow. I can’t believe he can actually control the body of the Evil God! If Qin Lie came and possessed the Blood Progenitor’s body using his True Soul, we may actually be able to resist the Pan Family!”

“Don’t look at me,” Song Tingyu said with a bitter smile. “I don’t know where he is either.”

They, as well as the rest of the group, hadn’t been too afraid of the Pan Family’s impending arrival because they had placed all their hopes on Qin Lie.

Back in the Graveyard of Gods, Qin Lie had displayed an extraordinary amount of power using the body of the Blood Progenitor.

If Qin Lie were here to repeat that extraordinary feat, control the Blood Progenitor’s body and rampage through the Pan Family clansmen, they might have been able to just kill all of them here.

However, at such a crucial moment, the person they pinned all their hopes on… was absent.

“If he were still in this region of the sea, he would have known that the Pan Family arrived,” Luo Chen said, a mixture of emotions showing on his face. “If he wanted to, he would’ve shown up a long time ago.”

Du Xiangyang remained silent, thinking to himself. He shook his head and sighed.

“What… what are you guys talking about?” Song Tingyu frowned.

“They think that Qin Lie may have abandoned us.” Xie Jingxuan wore a calm expression. “They believe that Qin Lie may have found the Demon Sealing Tombstone, collected all the bodies of the ancient elites, and escaped using the Blood Progenitor’s Body.”

“That couldn’t possibly be the case.” Song Tingyu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “If he really wanted to abandon us, he would’ve left us behind in the Land of Buried Gods.”

“Saving us at that time was easy for him.” Luo Chen snorted. “This time, however, the Pan Family has brought the force of their entire family to bear. Even with the Blood Progenitor’s body, he wouldn’t be able to win.”

No one could blame him for thinking this way.

All of them knew that the Pan Family would show up eventually. If Qin Lie wanted to come back, he would’ve shown up long ago.

Now, however, the Pan Family stood before them and Gao Yu used the body of the Evil God to fight them. If Qin Lie were still in the area, he couldn’t possibly miss such a commotion… could he?

All of them had seen how quickly the Blood Progenitor’s body could move. It truly could be compared to a bolt of bloody lightning. If Qin Lie wanted to show up, he’d be here already.

Unfortunately, Qin Lie still had yet to show up.

Luo Chen didn’t know Qin Lie well, and he never felt any good will toward him in the first place. He naturally wouldn’t think highly of him.

“Whatever the reason, if Qin Lie hasn’t shown up by now, he’s probably occupied with something.” Du Xiangyang smiled bitterly, then shook his head and said, “Never mind. Let’s stop depending on him and instead figure out how we’ll survive against the Pan Family.”

“Gao Yu is more reliable than he is.” Luo Chen snorted.

“Mn.” Du Xiangyang agreed, becoming a bit more cheerful. “Gao Yu is currently our only hope. As long as he’s fine and the Evil God’s killing power remains constant, we may yet survive this.”

Everyone subconsciously looked toward Gao Yu.

At this moment, all of the Pan Family clansman were focused on Gao Yu. No one paid attention to the rest of Qin Lie’s group.

Since Qin Lie’s group didn’t have flying spirit artifacts, spirit birds, or boats, none of the Pan Family were worried about them escaping. Once they took care of the troublesome Gao Yu, killing the rest of them wouldn’t take any effort.

“Aooooooh!”

The body of the Evil God roared at the sky as it rampaged across the desolate island, charging wherever Pan Family clansmen were gathered.

Since the Evil God didn’t have a True Soul, the vile soul that currently controlled its body, an amalgamation of vengeful souls and wraiths, couldn’t unleash the evil energy remaining within it.

This meant that Gao Yu could only use the Evil God’s body to physically tear the Pan Family clansmen to pieces.

“Krak! K-krak!”

Any Pan Family clansmen that the Evil God’s body slapped with its hands or stomped with its enormous feet would instantly die in a burst of blood and gore.

The Evil God’s hands moved like lightning, continuously attacking the clansmen around it while blocking the attacks of Pan Tong and the three elders.

The waves of energy, dazzling spirit artifacts, and precious swords that Pan Tong and the three elders used to attack the Evil God only generated sparks when they struck its hands. They didn’t even leave any marks on its skin.

The body of the Evil God was even firmer than steel, and the spirit artifacts that Pan Tong and the elders wielded were of insufficient quality. Their realms were also weaker than the Evil God’s, so their attacks, which were unleashed at full power, couldn’t penetrate the Evil God’s defenses.

Gao Yu sat atop the Evil God’s shoulder, grim set face and eyes glittering with evil light, surveying the entire battlefield seemingly under his control.

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Chapter 556: Dead End

The baleful body of the Evil God rampaged throughout the desolate island.

Nearly a hundred Pan Family clansmen, all of whom were in the Netherpassage Realm, fought fiercely. They unleashed battle cries and wielded their dazzling spirit artifacts as they tried to subdue the Evil God while avoiding its murderous frenzy.

Unfortunately, in just eight short minutes, more than a dozen of them had already been killed.

Every person that died did so tragically, either having their bones crushed by the Evil God’s hands or getting stomped into a bloody pulp.

“Don’t get near it!” Pan Tong ordered. “Spread out as much as you can! Leave the island for now if you have to! Just don’t let it touch you!”

Since they were in the Fragmentation Realm, Pan Tong and the three elders hovered in midair. They aimed their spirit artifacts at Gao Yu, continuously assaulting him with shock waves of energy.

They were well aware of the fact that killing Gao Yu was the key to victory.

However, every time their attacks were about to hit Gao Yu, the Evil God would swing its massive arms and withdraw when necessary.

Its hands seemed capable of enveloping the heavens and the earth. They blocked every single attack from the four Fragmentation Realm martial practitioners.

The Evil God’s hands resembled sharp demon claws and were sturdier than the strongest refined steel. The combined attacks of Pan Tong and the elders could only generate tiny metallic sparks when they clashed with them. They couldn’t even pierce the Evil God’s skin.

Gao Yu had yet to take a direct hit.

“I guess Gao Yu alone is more than the Pan Family clansmen can handle,” Du Xiangyang said with a smile. “This guy’s… not that simple.”

Seeing that the Pan Family had no idea how to deal with Gao Yu and the Evil God’s body, Xue Moyan and Luo Chen began to relax. Their serious expressions suddenly softened.

If the Pan Family couldn’t take down the Evil God, they wouldn’t be able to control this region of the sea and have the energy to deal with them.

Of course, the rest of Qin Lie’s group were perfectly happy to watch from off to the side.

“Hmph! Qin Lie is even less reliable than this Gao Yu!” Luo Chen exclaimed coldly.

The fact that Qin Lie hadn’t shown up when they needed him most annoyed him to no end.

“He was probably delayed by something,” Xue Moyan murmured.

Like Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan, she believed in Qin Lie from the bottom of her heart. She was certain that Qin Lie wouldn’t just abandon them.

“What do we do, big bro?” Pan Tao yelled into the air from his position on the island. “If we can’t take care of this Evil God as soon as possible, the commotion we’re causing might attract the attention of scouts from the nearby Gold Sun Island and Green Moon Valley. Those two Copper rank forces have been watching us with greedy eyes for a long time. If they found the opportunity to ruin things for us, they would definitely take it! If that happens, all of our efforts will be for naught!”

“Shut up!” Pan Tong yelled angrily. “I’m thinking!”

He had long since realized that the situation started spiraling out of control.

Like every other vassal force of Illusory Demon Sect, the Pan Family had received word about a massive search for the remains of ancient elites that was currently under way. They found out that thousands of forces, big and small, were scouring regions of the sea near every continent of the Land of Chaos.

Aside from the Pan Family, Gold Sun Island and Green Moon Valley, two other Copper rank forces, were also in this region of the sea.

Both forces were actually stronger than the Pan Family. If it weren’t for Pan Qianqian deeply connecting them to Illusory Demon Sect, Gold Sun Island and Green Moon Valley would have attacked them already.

If Pan Family couldn’t subdue Gao Yu and the Evil God as soon as possible, the commotion occurring on the island and in the waves would eventually draw the attention of those two forces.

When Gold Sun Island and Green Moon Valley arrived, all of their efforts would go to waste.

Pan Tong understood the situation clearly.

After taking a moment to contemplate his options, Pan Tong looked at someone hovering behind the Evil God and yelled, “Pan Long! Hit that kid with a soul wave!”

“B-but patriarch…!” the man named Pan Long exclaimed.

“The body of the Evil God has only been possessed!” Pan Tong said. “It can’t utilize its soul energy, so you don’t need to worry!”

“I…”

“Unleash a soul attack this instant!”

“A-alright!” Pan Long acquiesced helplessly. He distanced himself from the Evil God’s body then immediately gathered his soul consciousness, switching from defending against the Evil God’s attacks to preparing an offensive.

Pan Tong fished a black jade spirit rune out from his robes, a strange light flashing through his eyes.

As he did that, Pan Long, one of the Pan Family elders in the Fragmentation Realm, finished gathering his soul consciousness and used it to attack Gao Yu.

Pan Long’s soul consciousness streamed toward Gao Yu like an invisible flow of energy, moving as quickly as an arrow shot from a bow.

It headed straight for Gao Yu’s mind!

“Suicidal fool,” Gao Yu muttered. He touched a hand to the Evil God’s neck, and five evil lights shot from his fingers and seeped into the Evil God’s body.

“Whoosh…!”

The vile soul, which had sunken deep into the Evil God’s body, emerged from its eyes with a roar. It transformed into a pitch black mouth capable of swallowing mountains and rivers as it ferociously sucked the attacking soul energy into itself.

“No!” Pan Long screamed in horror.

He could clearly sense that the soul consciousness imbued into his soul attack had been devoured by the demonic mouth of the vile soul. It had been swallowed in a single gulp.

“Pwack!”

Pan Long spat out a mouthful of blood. Deep within his mind, his True Soul suddenly became blurry and indistinct.

His soul instantly suffered grievous injuries.

At the same time, Pan Tong steeled his heart and threw the black jade spirit rune.

“Go!” he cried as it transformed into a bolt of black lightning and shot into the vile soul’s demonic mouth.

All of a sudden, the vile soul erupted in pitch black flames that burned at its ethereal body.

“Soul Burning Fire!” Gao Yu exclaimed, his face stricken with fear.

“P…part of my soul…!” Pan Long cried at the top of his lungs.

The flames that the black jade spirit rune unleashed had also vaporized the soul energy that the vile soul had devoured.

“Not good!” Du Xiangyang exclaimed. He had been observing the situation the entire time. “The spirit rune that Pan Tong just used actually contained a trace of Soul Burning Fire! That vile soul will probably burn to dust!”

The moment he realized this, his face went pale.

“Oh no!” Song Tingyu cried. “Gao Yu used that vile soul to control the Evil God’s body. Once it perishes, the Evil God will no longer be of use!”

This development worried Xie Jingxuan and Xue Moyan as well.

“Get ready to run!” Gao Yu yelled harshly as soul wisps emerged from his Ogre-face Rings once more.

These soul wisps coalesced into yet another vile soul that suddenly seeped into the Evil God’s body.

This vile soul was clearly much smaller than one from earlier. As a result, it was much weaker and had less control over the body of the Evil God.

While the first vile soul continued to writhe with Soul Burning Fire, the Evil God’s body moved once more.

This time, however, its footsteps were obviously a lot more sluggish. The movements of its arms had also become much stiffer than before.

“Krak!”

The evil god stomped yet another Pan Family clansman into a pulp.

This clansman had been guarding one of the worn-down crystalline war chariots.

Once the Evil God crushed this person, it then grabbed the war chariot and tossed it toward Du Xiangyang and the others. It landed right in front of them in a burst of sand and skidded to a stop.

Du Xiangyang, Song Tingyu, Xie Jingxuan, Luo Chen, and Xue Moyan immediately leaped into action and summoned their spirit energy. They examined the war chariot that the Evil God had snatched and prepared to use it to escape.

“Don’t let them get away! Send a group of people to chase them down!” Pan Tong screamed frantically. “The vile soul that kid just created obviously doesn’t give him enough control over the Evil God’s body. Begin another round of attacks!”

The four Fragmentation Realm experts turned to Gao Yu once more, gathering concentrated rays of dazzling prismatic light and firing them.

The body of the Evil God, which had just tossed the war chariot over to the others, hastily withdrew its arms to defend against the attacks.

However, it moved its arms too slowly and wasn’t able to completely protect Gao Yu.

“Swoosh!”

A spark of energy managed to pass through a gap in the Evil God’s fingers and strike Gao Yu’s dark shield of light, shattering it instantly.

Gao Yu took cover behind the Evil God’s neck, looking even paler than he was before. His cold, sharp eyes dimmed as well.

He was only in the Netherpassage Realm after all.

He couldn’t even withstand the power that a stray spark of a Fragmentation Realm expert’s energy held.

Having lost the protection of the Evil God’s body, the huge chasm between the Netherpassage and Fragmentation Realms made him look unfathomably fragile.

Blood trickled from the corners of Gao Yu’s lips and down his neck.

Pan Tong and the three elders cheered triumphantly. The second prepared to attack again, the Evil God’s hands completely encased Gao Yu.

It no longer rampaged throughout the island. Instead, it headed toward the sea, moving awkwardly as it protected Gao Yu.

On the other side of the beach, Du Xiangyang and the others succeeded in getting the worn-out crystalline war chariot working. They quickly boarded it and sped away at top speed, escaping from the desolate island.

“Chase them! Chase them down! Don’t let even one of them escape!” Pan Tao yelled frantically, his eyes bloodshot.”Especially those three women! They mustn’t escape!”

All of the Pan Family clansmen grew excited. They all noticed that Gao Yu had been injured and gradually lost control over the Evil God’s body.

As for the rest of Qin Lie’s group, all of them were only in the Netherpassage Realm. None of the Pan Family considered them a threat.

“Don’t listen to Pan Tao!” Pan Tong, the family’s patriarch, burst into a yell. “If you have the chance, kill them! We can’t afford to waste any more time here!”

At his command, the Pan Family clansmen boarded the other two war chariots and pursued Du Xiangyang and the others with murderous intent.

Pan Tong and the elders, on the other hand, chased after Gao Yu. They chased him from the sky since they were Fragmentation Realm martial practitioners.

“Dammit!” Du Xiangyang swore, gripping the front edge of the chariot tightly. “The Pan Family basically devastated this flying spirit artifact. It won’t be able to move much longer!”

“Let’s run as far as we can,” Luo Chen said, a helpless look on his face.

“We aren’t faster than them,” Xie Jingxuan said, clearly the calmest out of everyone.

Her word prompted everyone to turn around and look, and they noticed that the two war chariots pursuing them were moving a lot faster than theirs was.

“They’re boosting the war chariots with their own spirit energy!” Song Tingyu exclaimed.

“Then we shall do the same!” Luo Chen began pouring all of his spirit energy directly into their war chariot to increase its speed.

The others followed his lead and did the same.

Although the crystalline war chariot was on the verge of breaking down, it did fly a lot faster with the added spirit energy propelling it forward.

But it was still a lot slower than the chariots carrying Pan Family clansmen.

The Pan Family clansman were much more powerful and also outnumbered Qin Lie’s group. The same kind of war chariot receiving even greater amounts of spirit energy would naturally be much faster.

Considering how Qin Lie’s group was so small and possessed lower realms, it was just a matter of time before the Pan Family caught and utterly slaughtered them.