The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

Xu Zihuang narrowed his eyes, and with a flash of light, the longsword Shark Tooth and the short-bladed whale tooth appeared in his hands respectively.

Standing proudly, his right hand held horizontally, wielding the longsword Shark Tooth.

His left hand held the short-bladed whale fang in reverse. The lightning flashing on his body extended all the way to the two level-six melee soul tools, making him extraordinary.

The poisonous fog in the underground hall was completely dissolved by the black-purple lightning he released.

Gazing at Xu Zihuang's back and sensing the violent and domineering aura of his martial spirit, Ye Guyi seemed to think of something, and her delicate body trembled slightly.

"The aura of the pure Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial soul."

There was no mistake; it was the aura of the pure Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial soul. She was all too familiar with this feeling.

She felt a moment of disorientation. Two images in her mind began to overlap involuntarily.

Suddenly, she awoke with a start, realizing that Xu Zihuang's appearance was strikingly similar to that of a deceased friend. However, because she had subconsciously considered this impossible, she hadn't made the connection during their first meeting.

The middle-aged man clearly wouldn't care about such things. What he needed to do was nip the two of them in the bud.

If the Holy Angel Soul Master and the Ultimate Thunder Soul Master were to grow up, they would undoubtedly become the number one enemy of their Holy Spirit Cult.

The sixth spirit ring surged with black light, and the hundreds of pairs of sharp legs beneath the belly of the Heavenly Centipede's true form swung, each leg unleashing a dark green light blade over three meters long. The light blades were crescent-shaped, sweeping over with unparalleled power.

Xu Zihuang's deep purple eyes instantly turned into a brilliant gold.

Three purple and two black—a spirit ring configuration that would astound anyone—rose from beneath his feet. The obscure and complex golden patterns around his pupils swirled, clearly capturing the trajectories of the hundreds of light blades.

While area-of-effect attacks are powerful, they cannot lock onto a target.

Xu Zihuang continuously swung his longsword Shark Tooth and short blade Whale Tooth. Each time he parried a light blade, a dazzling streak of fire would appear on the two level-six melee soul tools.

Ye Guyi also came to her senses, took to the air, and used the Angelic Holy Sword to relieve the pressure on Xu Zihuang.

A Soul Saint with a Soul Power level of 78, unleashing their sixth Soul Skill in their Martial Soul True Body state, is not so easy to defend against.

Even Xu Zihuang felt some pressure.

But in the process of resisting, he also began to launch a counterattack.

As a control-type battle spirit master with a mental attribute, he currently only possesses the second spirit skill, Mirror Annihilation, and the third spirit skill, Time Distortion.

Unlike the Time Distortion skill, which has a brief pre-cast delay, his second soul skill, Mirror Annihilation, can be cast instantly as long as his mental energy locks onto the target.

A dark red ripple flashed by, and the true form of the centipede that the middle-aged man had transformed into was covered in a layer of sharply defined dark red crystal in the next moment.

"break."

Facing an evil soul master, Xu Zihuang naturally wouldn't hold back. Without hesitation, he activated the second stage of Mirror Annihilation.

The dark red crystal shattered into fragments, scattering in mid-air.

Even with the cultivation level of a middle-aged person, it was inevitable that he would be slightly delayed by the Soul Skill of Mirror Annihilation, which combines control and enemy destruction.

There was a momentary vacuum in the light blade that Li Zu had swung.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Zihuang's third soul skill, Time Distortion, also took effect.

A golden halo emanated from Xu Zihuang's body and instantly enveloped the entire area. This time, the Heavenly Centipede's true form was not only slowed down, but was directly frozen in mid-air.

The middle-aged man's thoughts were also affected. He felt as if he were in a bizarre and fantastical world, detached from his original world.

Finally, replacing the brilliant gold halo was a wavy silver halo.

The 50,000-year-old Soul Ring skill is Mental Storm.

When the silver ripples touched it, the true form of the Heavenly Centipede trembled violently. Its hard, dark green carapace shattered instantly, turning into specks of light.

That was a collapse that started from within.

The middle-aged man's body appeared above the head of the Heavenly Centipede's true form. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and blood flowed from his seven orifices. He had suffered a severe injury.

This is the terrifying aspect of spirit-attribute soul skills; it is almost impossible to resist them unless one's own cultivation and spiritual power are strong enough.

However, compared to the 30,000-year-old diamond mammoth from before, the middle-aged man, thanks to his superior cultivation and mental strength, did not explode into a cloud of blood mist.

Two powerful control skills in succession, plus the terrifyingly destructive fifth soul skill, Mental Storm, this is Xu Zihuang's strongest offensive method without using the second awakening of his Gold-level main body martial soul.

While "Reign Supreme" is powerful enough, its effects aren't as immediately apparent; it's primarily used in conjunction with melee combat and various soul skills. In contrast, the "Thunderous Hell" skill on the right leg bone of the Thunderous Hell Vine requires a certain amount of time to gather lightning-attribute elements from the surrounding space.

With three soul skills unleashed simultaneously, at the Soul Saint level, perhaps only the most outstanding students of Shrek Academy's inner court would have the strength to defend against them. For example, Ma Xiaotao, who is at the Soul Saint level, or Zhang Lexuan, the senior sister of the inner court.

Judging from this, the performance of this Holy Spirit Church branch elder can be considered quite good.

Xu Zihuang's sudden outburst, and this unexpected change, caused Ye Guyi to fall from the sky.

It wasn't just the shock in her heart, but also the centipede toxin that had already taken effect in her body.

But she still insisted on unleashing a Holy Spirit Slash, filled with hatred, and completely ended the life of the Holy Spirit Cult branch elder.

Ye Guyi's full chest rose and fell slightly as her gaze fell on Xu Zihuang.

Just then, she, like Xu Zihuang, looked up alertly towards the entrance of the underground hall.

A tall girl, well over 1.8 meters, walked in anxiously. She wasn't as pretty as Ye Guyi, but her wheat-colored skin looked very healthy.

Moreover, they were dressed in the same attire as the followers of the Holy Spirit Cult.

With two yellow, two purple, and one black spirit rings pulsating around him, he gave off an ethereal feeling.

"An evil spirit master?" Ye Guyi's gaze turned cold, and she raised the Angelic Holy Sword in her hand, ready to make a move.

To her surprise, the tall girl knelt down in front of her and Xu Zihuang.

Chapter 277 Purification

Unlike Ye Guyi, Xu Zihuang showed no surprise at all when looking at the tall girl kneeling in front of them.

Because the person who came was none other than the ghost Nana he had seen before at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

From his memories of his past life, he knew that Nana's parents' souls were imprisoned in a branch altar of the Holy Spirit Cult. Now it seemed that this branch altar was most likely here.

Two lines of clear tears slid down Nana's cheeks, her beautiful eyes churning with a mix of emotions, her gaze towards Ye Guyi filled with excitement and fervor. It was as if she had grasped at the last straw.

Ever since her parents' souls were enslaved by the Holy Spirit Cult, she had considered various ways to free them. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, she had also met many powerful Soul Masters. Yet, she had never asked any of them for help.

After all, the power of the soul is too mysterious. Although the people she knew were quite strong, none of them understood this power of the soul.

Just when she was almost in utter despair, she inadvertently learned about the history of the ancient Douluo Continent.

In the ancient times of Douluo Continent, the most powerful force was the Church. The Church was powerful because it possessed sacred power and inherited a martial soul called the Holy Angel. At that time, there were many evil-blooded soul beasts on the continent, and the Church gradually gained the world's recognition and flourished by purifying them.

There once was a genius in the church with extraordinary talent who gathered the power of faith from across the continent and ultimately became a god. He was the first Angel God.

With the protection of the gods, the martial spirit inherited by the angel lineage evolved from the holy angel to the six-winged angel.

The Spirit Hall, which flourished ten thousand years ago, was originally a church. Moreover, the true ruler of the Spirit Hall has always been the descendant of the Angel lineage.

The Spirit Hall disappeared into the annals of history ten thousand years ago.

The Angel lineage also declined, and there are few Holy Angel Martial Soul Masters on the continent.

Even Nana herself didn't expect that she would be so lucky as to encounter a descendant of the angel lineage, and even personally kill the elder of this branch altar.

"Thank you." Nana's voice trembled slightly, but also carried a sense of relief. Like the previous elder of the Holy Spirit Cult branch, she also considered Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi to be in cahoots, and that the two had planned in advance to wipe out this branch of the Holy Spirit Cult.

"As you can see, I am also a member of this Holy Spirit Cult. I know you may not believe me, but I still beg you to help me free my parents' souls and let them escape their suffering. After that, I will do anything you ask, even die."

Upon hearing Nana's words, Ye Guyi frowned slightly, and hesitated to swing the angelic holy sword she had raised.

Nana's ghostly martial soul is indeed related to evil martial souls, but it's not particularly malevolent. There's no resentment surrounding her, meaning she hasn't used the methods of evil soul masters to aid her cultivation.

Undeniably, some martial spirits can lead soul masters astray.

However, whether a Soul Master is an evil Soul Master should not be determined by their Martial Soul, but rather by their inner state.

Ye Guyi saw genuine emotion reflected in Nana's eyes.

She is a kind and upright girl at heart, so naturally she wouldn't kill Nana indiscriminately just because Nana's martial soul is special.

What followed, and the reminders from Old Yi, made her trust Nana even more.

She glanced knowingly at the small door on one side of the underground hall.

"Where is the container storing those vengeful spirits?"

“It should be in his storage soul tool. I’ve seen him use it before; it’s a flag-shaped soul tool.” Nana was taken aback at first, then replied with great joy.

There was nothing in this world worth staying for her; the only thing she couldn't let go of was the souls of her parents.

Ye Guyi's mind trembled slightly. Could it be the Ten Thousand Soul Banner that Elder Yi had mentioned?

When Elder Yi taught her necromancy, he told her that because one's own mental strength is limited, the range within which a necromancer can control undead creatures is limited.

However, one can enhance their control and transformation of undead creatures through magical artifacts. The Myriad Soul Banner is one such artifact. A Myriad Soul Banner refined to its ultimate state can contain tens of thousands of souls. In battle, one only needs to activate the vengeful spirits it controls to launch an area-of-effect attack. Any creature invaded by vengeful spirits, whether human or soul beast, will become a vessel for the vengeful spirits for a short period. And once these creatures' physical bodies are destroyed, their souls will be devoured by those vengeful spirits.

Extremely insidious.

The "he" that Nana mentioned was, of course, the elder of the Holy Spirit Cult's branch altar.

Xu Zihuang was closest to the corpse of this branch elder. He used his soul power to pull the storage soul tool into his hand and examined it. Sure enough, he found a metal flag engraved with strange patterns.

The banner, named the Holy Spirit Banner, is the most important magical artifact of that branch elder. It is also a level seven soul tool, and only evil soul masters with outstanding mental strength and expertise in soul manipulation can use it.

This was also the last resort of that branch elder. The reason he didn't use it immediately was that he was afraid that using the vengeful spirits would allow Ye Guyi to recover her strength after killing those spirits.

Another reason was his confidence in his own strength; at that time, he felt that the situation was not yet ripe for him to use this ultimate measure.

He probably never understood, even in his death, the heavy price he paid for it. He was repeatedly controlled and severely injured by Xu Zihuang, who was only at the Soul King level, and was ultimately killed by Ye Guyi.

With a forceful push of his right hand, Xu Zihuang crushed the seventh-level soul tool, the Holy Spirit Flag, under the astonished gazes of the two women.

This Holy Spirit Flag is a soul tool with special effects, but in terms of durability, it's not as good as some ordinary soul tools. With Xu Zihuang's physical strength, destroying it would be effortless.

They didn't know how to use the Holy Spirit Flag, nor did they have time to figure it out. So they simply destroyed it, which naturally removed its binding effect on the vengeful spirits.

The moment the container that served as the storage broke, a small door on one side suddenly exploded open. A surge of surging energy poured out from the small door.

They were illusory faces of various colors, each enveloped in a spherical orb of light. These faces twisted madly, and piercing, shrill screams echoed throughout the underground hall, creating a truly eerie atmosphere.

Ye Guyi forcibly circulated the soul power within her body and once again activated her first soul skill, Holy Light Illumination.

Even without the necromancy taught to her by Elder Yi, her Holy Angel Martial Soul alone was enough to purify these vengeful spirits.

A holy, platinum-gold light spread out, and wherever the halo passed, the previously chaotic and violent vengeful spirits froze motionless in mid-air. The fierce aura and resentment quickly dissipated.

"Go find your parents. Once the evil and filth tainting your soul are cleansed, it will dissipate here," Ye Guyi reminded him. Affected by the Heavenly Centipede Toxin within her body, she could no longer maintain the state of releasing her Martial Soul.