Chapter 161 A Visit

Zhang Yuanqing unhesitatingly used Star Teleportation to return to the Tiger Seal, picked up the demigod-level item, and stored it in his inventory.

The sharp pain in his heart immediately subsided, and the fear that destroyed his reason also disappeared.

The Thunderstorm Cannon, upgraded to the Overlord quality, had a lightning strike powerful enough to kill its master without any defense. The cost of using the Tiger Seal could similarly instantly kill Zhang Yuanqing, regardless of defense.

Losing the Tiger Seal's suppression, Elder Liu Hua's Yuanshen aura soared, and he laughed wildly.

"What makes you think you can challenge me, Yuanshi Tianzun? Did you think you could kill a true Overlord just by borrowing an Overlord-grade item? You're too young! Now you will pay the price for your youth!" His voice rose sharply, then abruptly stopped, just as he ceased using his Yuanshen aura.

Zhang Yuanqing gasped and smiled, "Without the Tiger Seal, you still can't return to your peak state."

Of course, illusionists didn't rely much on their physical bodies, but without a physical body, their strength would still be affected. And after two "battle soul" attacks, Elder Liu's soul had suffered severe damage. Even without the Tiger Seal's suppression, he could only recover to a weak level seven at best.

Elder Liu's expression changed slightly, then he composed himself and said coldly, "You will never know how powerful an Overlord is!" With that, he grabbed a stack of black paper talismans and flung them into the air.

The paper talismans, like card-shaped throwing knives, fluttered and stuck around Zhang Yuanqing, completely surrounding him. An invisible barrier formed, and illusory chains extended from the black paper talismans with red characters, wrapping around Zhang Yuanqing's neck.

These were Soul Refining Talismans!

Anyone caught by the Soul Refining Chains would have their soul trapped in place. A Lingjing Xingzhe (Spiritual Realm Walker) at the Saint level would be killed and their soul scattered in a maximum of ten seconds.

Furthermore, the barrier formed by the Soul Refining Talismans ignored physical destruction, and souls could never penetrate the barrier.

Only opposing forces or stronger soul power could break the barrier.

Looking at the menacing chains, the methods taught by San Dao Shan Niangniang (Three Blades Mountain Goddess) in the cabin flashed through Zhang Yuanqing's mind. He took out the Demon Subduing Pestle and flung it at one of the black paper talismans.

"Bang!" The Demon Subduing Pestle shattered the floor tiles and stuck in the ground, but the paper talisman didn't suffer any damage.

Zhang Yuanqing frowned, then quickly understood. The Demon Subduing Pestle was an item exclusive to the Day Guardian. In the hands of a Day Guardian, it could unleash earth-shattering power, but in the hands of an outsider, it only had the functions of "purification" and "exorcism."

And the talismans were props, not Yin objects, so they were obviously not afraid of these two functions.

Zhang Yuanqing raised his arm and condensed a golden spear with insufficient light, throwing it out with all his might.

The spear accurately hit the black paper talisman. The six chains paused slightly, but quickly recovered and surged towards Zhang Yuanqing from all directions. If he was entangled by the chains, he would be finished. Every Overlord-level item was not to be underestimated.

Zhang Yuanqing remained calm and took out the Sliding Shoes. These shoes were only Saint-level props, so they naturally couldn't slide out of the Overlord-level item's barrier, but they could effectively avoid the entanglement of the chains and buy time.

However, just as he took out the Sliding Shoes, Elder Liu Hua outside the barrier controlled his own spiritual power and outlined a mysterious symbol in his mind. The symbol protruded from his eye sockets.

He coldly stared at Zhang Yuanqing inside the barrier. The next second, Zhang Yuanqing felt the surrounding scenery begin to rotate, and his whole person seemed to fall into a terrifying vortex.

The lights were swallowed by the deep and terrifying vortex, including his spiritual power. His thoughts suddenly froze, his eyes were empty, like a walking corpse.

Level 7 skill: Nothingness!

Although his soul had suffered severe damage and his strength was no longer at its peak, his realm had returned. Forcing himself to use an Overlord-level skill once was still no problem.

"Nothingness" was the signature skill of the Nullifyer. Level 7 Nothingness could cause the target's soul to fall into a state of annihilation, devoid of self and others. During this period, the target would not have any emotions or thoughts, like a lifeless stone. It was an extremely terrifying control skill.

"Swish, swish, swish." All six chains shot out and successfully wrapped around Zhang Yuanqing's neck, wrists, and ankles, beginning to refine his soul.

In just ten seconds, the Saint-level Yuanshi Tianzun would be reduced to ashes.

Looking at Yuanshi Tianzun, who had fallen into a daze inside the barrier, Elder Liu Hua sneered, "I told you, you don't know how powerful an Overlord is."

As soon as he finished speaking, the windows of the hall suddenly shattered. The barrier set up with matchboxes was broken by Overlord-level power, and thousands of strands of bright red silk surged in through the shattered glass.

These tentacle-like, wildly dancing threads extended towards the six black talismans. As fine as hair, they illusorily wrapped around the six talismans and pulled them away with force.

The black talismans stuck to the ground were immediately torn off. The Musician, who excelled at hypnosis, also possessed a powerful soul, second only to the Night Wanderer and Illusionist in the soul domain.

At the same time, a bright, high-pitched, and beautiful soprano voice came from outside the window.

It seemed to possess the power to penetrate the soul. Yuanshi Tianzun, who had fallen into a daze, quickly regained his senses and found himself again.

Inspire!

One of the abilities of a Musician at the Extraordinary stage. At this moment, when used by Zhi Sha Gongzhu (Palace Master of Termination), it was like a great war song, instantly pulling Zhang Yuanqing back to reality from the state of being devoid of self.

"Siming (Fate Messenger)?"

Elder Liu Hua's voice was somewhat surprised, but not particularly surprised. Obviously, he had expected it. Since Yuanshi Tianzun could borrow so many powerful props, what was it to ask an Overlord for help?

He immediately made a decision, which was to use his ability to traverse dreams to leave.

His physical body was destroyed, and continuing to fight would only lead to death.

Although this Siming had broken the barrier and entered the battlefield, saving Yuanshi Tianzun, she had also cleared the obstacles for him. Now, no one could stop him from traversing dreams.

As his thoughts flickered, Elder Liu Hua activated Dream Traversal. However, he didn't see a dream in his field of vision. In other words, no one nearby was sleeping, not even a dog.

With no dreams available to traverse, the bright red silk gathered and condensed into a red-skirted woman wearing a silver mask. She giggled and said, "While you were fighting my man, I used my singing voice to awaken the nearby residents. They have been inspired by the song, and their abundant energy will last until dawn."

Elder Liu's expression finally changed. Dream Traversal was the Illusionist's escape technique. Without this divine skill, the Illusionist was like a cornered rat.

"Don't waste time talking to him, kill him!"

Zhang Yuanqing grabbed a round black moon and stuck it on his forehead. Vine-like black patterns appeared on half of his face. Then, he took out a lightning symbol and stuck it on his forehead.

The Annihilation Blade in his hand immediately sparked with blue and white arcs of electricity.

And his aura became evil and noble, like a monarch of the dark night, a descendant of Taiyin. From Zhang Yuanqing's pitch-black eye sockets, he unleashed the spirit-suppressing "Soul Devour," and then, with the combat power bonus of "Inspire," he transformed into purple lightning and darted towards Elder Liu Hua.

Elder Liu Hua retreated in terror, desperately trying to use his skills. Mental Manipulation was ineffective! Mental Strike had little effect! Dream, ineffective!

He recklessly stimulated his potential and urged his spiritual power, intending to use "Nothingness" again at the cost of overdrafting his source.

Not far away, Zhi Sha Gongzhu immediately opened her throat and hummed a lullaby. At the same time, she raised her hand and pinched something in the air with her slender jade fingers, as if she had pinched something.

She pinched that thing and quickly retreated, creating distance, before tying that thing to her wrist.

Tying the Red Thread!

She tied Elder Liu Hua's red thread to herself. The two parties tied with the red thread would develop love for each other. This was also why Zhi Sha Gongzhu resisted using this skill.

The reason was that the power of the red thread was to make the enemy fall in love with her, and she would also fall in love with the enemy, even if it was only for a few minutes.

But at this moment, in order to ensure that Yuanshi could quickly end the battle, she could only be affected by the red thread.

Elder Liu Hua suddenly realized that he didn't need to stimulate his spiritual power in a mutually destructive way, because there was a beloved Siming by his side.

He immediately stopped and rushed towards Zhi Sha Gongzhu, emitting violent mental fluctuations.

"Help! My beloved!"

Zhi Sha Gongzhu's skirt erupted with silk threads that wrapped around Yuanshi Tianzun, but she had deliberately created distance earlier, so she couldn't stop it in time. She watched helplessly as Yuanshi Tianzun caught up with Elder Liu Hua, and the black blade, sparking with electric arcs, quickly slashed, unleashing six or seven slashes in an instant.

Zhi Sha Gongzhu screamed sharply, "No!"

Elder Liu Hua's soul screamed in agony and annihilated, his soul scattered. The moment he died, the red thread snapped. Zhi Sha Gongzhu suddenly stopped her voice and spat, "How disgusting!"

Zhang Yuanqing endured the negative consequences of the various props, systematically storing the Seal of the Thunder God, the Gold Suit, the Natal Spirit Moon, and the Sliding Shoes... He also collected the "Soul Refining Talismans" and the Divine Garment that had fallen to the ground.

Then, he grabbed a women's T-shirt from the ground, stained it with blood, and wrote on the ground: "Yuanshi Tianzun was here!"

Then, he snapped his fingers and disappeared from the hall.

Zhi Sha Gongzhu, riding on red silk, surfed into the night sky and quickly left.

At 3:30 AM, "Da He Zhi Shui (Water of the Great River)," the enforcer of the Liandu Branch, rushed to the scene with an official team.

He had been called by the security bureau, who said there was a "special case" that needed his attention.

This was official jargon. Any case involving Lingjing Xingzhe (Spiritual Realm Walker) events was uniformly referred to as a "special case" and transferred to the Five Elements Alliance for handling.

When "Da He Zhi Shui" arrived at the villa complex, he saw that a violent conflict had indeed occurred, but it had not affected ordinary people, and its impact was small.

Residents of several nearby residential areas were restless. Some were yelling at home, some were dancing in the square in groups, and some were frantically releasing energy with their spouses on the balcony.

Some were fighting in the residential area, and even the dogs in the residential area felt like they were wolves.

The Liandu City Security Bureau had deployed a lot of police force to barely suppress the restless residents.

Originally, such transcendent events that had already stopped the conflict would at most be handled by a few small teams, since there was no need to fight anymore.

But a sentence from the security bureau chief made "Da He Zhi Shui," as an enforcer, jump up from the bed.

There was a line left at the scene of the conflict: Yuanshi Tianzun was here. "Da He Zhi Shui," wearing a black light windbreaker, entered the courtyard under the lead of a security officer.

Along the way, he saw several corpses lying in the yard, and several security bureau officers were taking pictures and collecting evidence.

"Da He Zhi Shui" only glanced at them without stopping and went straight into the villa. What he saw was cracked floor tiles, overturned and damaged tables and chairs, and five female corpses and one male corpse lying upside down, all naked.

The thick blood had gathered and solidified into black. "Da He Zhi Shui" quickly looked around and saw the line.

"Yuanshi Tianzun, how did he come to Liandu?" This plague god, with a slightly gloomy temperament, frowned and muttered in a low voice.

Then he said to the reconnaissance subordinate who was surveying the scene and examining the corpses, "What did you find?"

The reconnaissance subordinate, with a solemn demeanor like a soldier, said, "These deceased should have been engaged in intense hand-to-hand combat before their deaths. Among the Lawful professions, only Wood Demons would be so promiscuous, but their physical strength is generally weak. And Wood Demons are power users who excel at climbing. Their physique shouldn't be so frail."

In addition, the two female deceased had shocking signs of abuse, which also did not conform to the nature of Wood Demons. After all, demons are only keen on reproduction, not abuse.

Da He Zhi Shui nodded, "So, it should be an Evil profession?"

"The probability is high that they are Illusionists from the Southern Faction," the reconnaissance subordinate said, stating his judgment.

"Who can make Yuanshi Tianzun take the initiative to attack!" Da He Zhi Shui pondered for a few seconds and said to the accompanying scholar, "Liu Hongzhi, dismiss the security officers, close the monitoring system, and everyone else stand by and prepare to subdue them."

Illusionists have a myriad of disguises. To find out their identity, you can only ask them in person. The Liandu Branch is only a small branch and does not have a Night Wanderer stationed, but because of good economic development, the Hangzhou Branch has allocated Night Wanderer profession props.

The official Xingzhe (Walkers) busied themselves in an orderly manner. Swallowing a Spirit Body is a very risky behavior and can easily lead to mental disorder.

Da He Zhi Shui personally put on props that restricted freedom, then took out a shroud that exuded a stench and was covered with variegated bloodstains, and gently covered it on a female deceased.

After a while, no Spirit Body appeared. He covered the shroud on the other deceased one by one and found that they were all scattered.

Under normal circumstances, Da He Zhi Shui would assume that the souls of these Illusionists had escaped.

After all, Illusionists are different from other professions. For Illusionists, the body is only a carrier of the soul. Even if the body dies, the soul is still immortal.

But the enemy is Yuanshi Tianzun, the Night Wanderer, so it is impossible to let the soul escape.

"There are corpses outside," the reconnaissance subordinate said.

Da He Zhi Shui grabbed the corpse and came to the yard, surrounded by everyone, and covered the shroud on the corpse of the baseball cap man by the car.

A few seconds later, a twisted and hideous Spirit Body emerged through the shroud. This Illusionist should have suffered an attack against the Spirit Body before his death. His body and soul died together, leaving only a remnant soul.

"Does Yuanshi Tianzun have companions? Or did he deliberately leave us a remnant soul?" The reconnaissance subordinate analyzed unconsciously.

"I'll know after I devour the soul," Da He Zhi Shui pinched the corner of the shroud, and pitch-black, viscous energy appeared in his eyes. He briefly possessed the ability to devour spiritual power and swallowed the remnant soul in one gulp.