Chapter 152

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Chapter 152: Flesh and Blood Refinement

To kill or not to kill, Yun Ye left the decision for tomorrow.

So he extended his hands, allowing tomorrow to choose one.

"The left hand will just end it…"

Yun Ye thought to himself.

Then, tomorrow pondered for a moment and said, "Master seems to prefer using the left hand when taking talismans? It feels like in some subtle details, Master chooses the left hand… So, let’s go with the left hand!"

"Swish!"

Yun Ye no longer hesitated; the White Bone Blood Sword appeared, piercing through Chao Zichong’s skull. His eyes suddenly opened, and spirit energy surged for a moment, but it was merely a dying struggle, quickly dissolving into a pool of corpse water.

With this strike, the chains on the Dao Sword broke and fully merged into the sword.

Yun Ye felt that the Dao Sword had gained some rhythm, a rhythm of resistance!

Tomorrow is another day.

Dual Slice Strike.

The former would strengthen the will of followers.

While the latter would be the killing blow against the superior.

The so-called duality referred to friend and foe.

The fiery belt represented enemies; the longer it was, the greater the gap between friend and foe.

The water belt represented allies; the longer it was, the more supporters were present.

Each time Yun Ye swung his sword, a judgment occurred; if the length of the water belt exceeded that of the fiery belt, the power to sever concepts would be significantly enhanced, almost guaranteeing a kill.

If the water belt did not surpass the fiery belt, only basic effects would exist, and to achieve severance, a sacrifice would have to be made…

That was roughly how it worked.

And all the power extended from the true name power of the Dao Artifact.

The more echoes there were, the stronger the true name power of the Dao Artifact became, and the greater the strong authority it could surpass and sever!

This time, by killing Chao Zichong, he unexpectedly gained a full thirty echoes, which was beyond his expectations!

"Master, Master, the echoes have been fully obtained! Should we strengthen the second rule? With this many echoes, we could probably raise the level cap to thirty, and the difficulty of upgrading would decrease significantly!"

Tomorrow was a bit excited, happily kicking her legs on Yun Ye’s shoulder; this was her first time gaining echoes in this life!

She felt she had taken another step closer to her next growth!

"No, this time I will form a new rule, one to establish a contract…"

Yun Ye grasped the Dao Artifact, and aside from the Dao Artifact wielder himself, no one understood the Dao Artifact rules that emerged. He began to modify it directly, causing a massive change to the Dao Artifact.

Such a huge transformation required Tomorrow’s participation, so she could not maintain her form and transformed into water and fire particles, disappearing.

Due to the significance of this rule, Yun Ye threw all thirty echoes he had gained into it.

The rules of the Dao quickly formed. Since Yun Ye did not force the Dao rules to achieve a certain effect, they automatically adapted and changed, only reaching the level achievable with thirty echoes.

After witnessing the Great Disaster Transformation, borrowing debts was out of the question; he would rather have a slightly weaker constraint from the Dao rules.

Yun Ye looked around and was satisfied, then he retracted the Dao Artifact and gazed towards the forest ahead… and the mountain wall.

Chao Zichong walked directly out from the mountain wall, likely hidden by some kind of illusion array.

Because of this, Yun Ye’s half-baked Spirit Law could not pinpoint the exact location.

"Master, there is a large gathering of calamity energy ahead; be careful of powerful demons… If there is danger, be sure to call for Tomorrow. Those demons are naturally weaker than Tomorrow, and defeating them will be effortless!"

"I will."

Yun Ye grasped the White Bone Blood Sword, eight formation flags floating around him, and the extreme cold jade disc balanced on his head.

He was armed to the teeth and felt confident against any demons.

However, before entering, Yun Ye activated the Eye of Invisible Light to see if he could detect anything.

As a result, he indeed found some clues.

Although this illusion array had almost no Spiritual Fluctuations, the nodes that set up the illusion array had detectable Spiritual Fluctuations.

Of course…

If they were not concealed discreetly, it would not have been able to hide from his Spirit Sense and Spiritual Eye.

Yun Ye first learned about the illusion array and then searched, noticing the nearly invisible Spiritual Fluctuations in the air.

That was all he could sense; he could not see inside, nor could he feel the presence within the illusion array.

Still, as he thought, he had nothing to fear.

He took a few steps forward and bumped directly into the mountain wall. He knew it was just a simulated sensation, so he forced his way a few steps inside. At this point, the constraints vanished, and Yun Ye officially broke into the illusion array’s interior.

The moment he burst through was like traveling through time and space; the scene before him abruptly changed, revealing a vast area…

Yes, it was not a dark cave.

Instead, it was an open space.

The outer mountain wall was entirely simulated; the true interior was an empty ground.

However, this empty field held a sorrowful and grim reality…

This open space was incredibly vast.

It was a large gathering place.

And the most eye-catching object was the huge bronze cauldron standing in the center of the open ground, towering as high as a person!

The surface of the cauldron was engraved with numerous patterns, intricate and beautiful; Yun Ye recognized them all as spirit patterns at a glance.

This was a Spiritual Tool…

Or perhaps a magical tool.

It was of no significant concern; no matter what it was, Yun Ye intended to shatter it and ensure the one who forged this cauldron would have no burial place.

Because Yun Ye clearly saw a pale blue flame burning beneath the bronze cauldron, and people were continuously pouring water into it… well, to be precise, blood water, with severed limbs even floating on top.

Everyone here was working mechanically; this was not merely numbness but a complete lack of control.

Aside from the bronze cauldron, there was also a gray spirit pearl that constantly spread a certain Spirit Law. From the moment Yun Ye entered, he felt the pearl attempting to control him.

However, Yun Ye blocked it with his Spirit Law, which ordinary people here could not achieve; they could only be manipulated, continuously performing work that had long been predetermined.

In addition, Yun Ye did not know how many corpses he had seen scattered in the open space, all carelessly thrown aside, letting flies and maggots swarm freely…

One could only imagine, under the control of the spirit pearl, they slaughtered family and friends, pouring blood water and spirit bones into the bronze cauldron while carelessly abandoning the remains to rot.

How tragic…

"What is this… Chao Zichong? Did Chao Zichong do this?"

Yun Ye held his head, feeling dizzy.

This was not from weakness but from anger; seeing everything before him ignited a fury in him far greater than the slaughter before Baishi Town, and for a moment, he felt unsteady on his feet!

Slaughter was merely death in an instant, without prolonged torment.

What unfolded before him was a nightmare far more terrifying than mere slaughter!

Like walking corpses, completely unable to control themselves, living in a hellish environment, slaughtering their parents, children, and friends with their own hands, only to be killed themselves in the end, with no chance to resist…

What despair was this?

"Wake up!"

With a roar,

Yun Ye angrily stepped forward a few paces, water swirling in his hand, transforming into a spiral blue spear.

"Boom!"

A blue flash streaked by.

The area around the gray spirit pearl exploded, engulfed by a blue tornado, obliterating everything cleanly.