Chapter 0658 Devour

Chapter 0658: The Devouring

Lv Lingtian was terrified, his face twisting in panic as he immediately poured out his energy relentlessly to break free from Qin Yun's grasp.

But he failed!

Lv Lingtian had originally intended to engage Qin Yun in a contest of strength through their palms, continuously releasing his energy.

However, this also meant he had fully opened all the gates of power within his body.

At this moment, under Ling Yuner’s control, a ravenous devouring force erupted.

Through the wide-open gates of Lv Lingtian’s body, it ravenously drained the power within him.

Lv Lingtian wanted to cut off the outflow of his energy, but it was already too late!

“Qin Yun, you bastard, what are you doing?!” Lv Lingtian screamed in shock and fury.

Qin Yun felt torrents of power surging into his body, bringing sharp pain, as the energy was not his own and fiercely resisted him.

Especially as it passed through his flesh, blood, and bones—it burned like thousands of needles stabbing through him.

The devoured energy, after entering the Mingyang Dao Core, was refined by the Mingyang Martial Soul and condensed into strands of celestial power!

Qin Yun chanted the mantra to refine his Immortal Body, converting that celestial power into Nine Cycles Celestial Power.

“Incredible power!” Qin Yun marveled inwardly.

“Xiao Yun, this guy’s Immortal Body power can be devoured and refined by you!” Ling Yuner said. “If we run into a few more bastards like this, you might be able to cultivate your Immortal Body much faster!”

Even if Qin Yun devoured Lv Lingtian’s Immortal Body, it barely moved the needle on his cultivation progress.

For one, he couldn’t fully assimilate Lv Lingtian’s Immortal Body energy—only about ten percent.

Additionally, his *Sky Lion Mystic Body* required an enormous amount of energy to evolve into an Immortal Body.

Lv Lingtian himself practiced a wicked art of draining yin to bolster yang, and now he remembered forbidden techniques of consumption.

Qin Yun wasn’t using such evil techniques to devour—he was relying on his Mingyang Martial Soul!

His Mingyang Martial Soul possessed an insatiable devouring capability, capable of absorbing all kinds of energy. However, he still couldn’t fully master it!

“Qin Yun, are you devouring my power?!” Lv Lingtian screamed in panic.

At this moment, he could no longer control the energy within his body, especially the celestial power continuously draining from his bones and flesh.

“I’m merely channeling your energy elsewhere!” Qin Yun sneered coldly. “Your Immortal Body is so strong—it’s putting up one hell of a fight!”

“You fucking bastard, release me or I’ll end you!”

Lv Lingtian howled in rage. He could clearly feel his Immortal Body deteriorating by the second.

This was the first time Qin Yun had truly sensed the horrifying potential of his Mingyang Martial Soul.

Ling Yuner was also carefully controlling the Mingyang Martial Soul, relentlessly draining and compressing the energy from Lv Lingtian’s Immortal Body. She’d precisely targeted his Immortal Body’s essence.

When it came to this, Ling Yuner was a true expert!

Lv Lingtian thrashed wildly, bellowing like a beast as he drew a dagger and stabbed at Qin Yun—only for Qin Yun to bat it aside with a lightning-fast palm strike!

At this moment, Lv Lingtian was losing most of his power, completely out of his control!

Desperately, Lv Lingtian swung his blade, hacking wildly at his own arm.

He knew that if this continued, all the power of his Immortal Body would be absorbed by Qin Yun.

"You bastard!"

Qin Yun quickly reached out to seize the blade, tightly gripping Lv Lingtian's wrist while savagely kicking his abdomen.

Jian Ruyan and the others looked on in shock.

Someone so powerful like Lv Lingtian was being beaten so mercilessly by Qin Yun—the scene was utterly bizarre.

Xiao Yuelan also realized that Qin Yun was absorbing Lv Lingtian's Immortal Body energy and secretly thrilled inside.

"Ah... you demon!"

Lv Lingtian snarled furiously. He hadn't expected Qin Yun's absorption technique to be far more powerful than rumored.

Most absorption techniques required the target to be helpless and took days to complete.

Yet Qin Yun had already absorbed most of Lv Lingtian's Immortal Body energy in mere moments!

In an instant, Lv Lingtian's face turned ghostly pale, and he collapsed onto the ground.

Qin Yun rushed over, pressing his hand against Lv Lingtian's abdomen to extract the black wind soul!

"Not so tough! An Immortal Disciple?" Qin Yun scoffed disdainfully.

Jian Ruyan, Yue Bufeng, and Long Qiaofeng were equal parts thrilled and shocked to see Qin Yun defeat Lv Lingtian, though their surprise was mixed with suspicion.

Like a cripple, Lv Lingtian lay on the ground, moaning in pain and cursing Qin Yun, knowing full well he was finished.

"Qin Yun, the forces behind me will never let a demon like you go!" Lv Lingtian snarled with hatred.

"They never planned to spare me anyway—they've always wanted to capture me to exchange for the Star Monarch Rune Soul!"

"Do you think obtaining the Star Monarch Rune Soul is so easy? Did they really believe sending trash like you would make catching me easy? Dream on!" Qin Yun's palm, wrapped in black flames, came crashing down.

Boom!

With a thunderous explosion, Lv Lingtian's body was engulfed by the black thunderfire, torn apart and burned to ashes.

Lv Lingtian was dead—an Immortal Disciple was no more!

Jian Ruyan had once thought that after months of training, she could defeat Qin Yun.

But now, it seemed Qin Yun was just as powerful, hiding even greater strength.

Just as Qin Yun turned to look at Xiao Yuelan, a spear suddenly pierced through his abdomen, piercing his Mingyang Dao Core!

Qin Yun had been attacked!

Boom!

An invisible assailant suddenly struck Qin Yun's back with a palm, sending him flying.

Hit by that overwhelming force, Qin Yun crashed to the ground, covered in blood, his body broken. Despite his Sky Lion Mystic Body, every bone in his body had been shattered!

Xiao Yuelan froze momentarily, her mind racing with shock, anger, and worry as she dashed over.

A translucent figure, wielding a long spear, suddenly stabbed toward Xiao Yuelan’s abdomen!

Xiao Yuelan’s abdomen abruptly transformed into swirling black mist. Though the spear pierced through, it failed to harm her.

The figure appeared startled, hesitating momentarily.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yuelan slashed with her long blade at the translucent figure.

The figure yanked back the spear and leapt back to dodge her attack.

Soon after, the spear vanished as well!

The figure could only turn its own body transparent—it couldn’t conceal objects!

"Stay away from him!"

Xiao Yuelan snapped coldly, swiftly moving to Qin Yun’s side before unleashing the Six Forms of Wind Slash.

The translucent figure’s movement was detected by Xiao Yuelan, and at such close range, it was impossible to hide from her.

After all, Xiao Yuelan had a mental energy martial soul.

"Be careful!"

Qin Yun warned quietly. Though his abdomen had been pierced, his Mingyang Dao Core was intact, and the wound would soon heal.

"That bastard can turn transparent!" Xiao Yuelan said coldly.

"Who knew there was someone besides Qin Yun who could pose a threat!" The figure seemed to be hiding in the distance, chuckling.

Jian Ruyan said, "He's another Immortal Disciple, named Huang Lifei. He possesses both a transparent martial soul and a light martial soul!"

"Huang Lifei, why didn't you help earlier? You stood there and watched Lv Lingtian die!"

"Among the Immortal Disciples in the Odd Pattern Hall, there are quite a few. If I'm the last one standing, I’d be very happy!" Huang Lifei chuckled. "So I’m grateful to Qin Yun!"

The Odd Pattern Hall pulled out all the stops to recruit and nurture Immortal Disciples, but they still fought among themselves.

Because they all believed that if they were the only Immortal Disciple left, they would receive more resources!

Xiao Yuelan said coldly, "I don’t care who you are. You hurt Qin Yun—that makes you my enemy!"

Long Qiaofeng and the others were also shocked. Qin Yun’s masked companion was unexpectedly powerful, seemingly capable of rivaling an Immortal Disciple.

What surprised them most was Xiao Yuelan’s bizarre body. Though Huang Lifei’s spear had pierced her, it felt like stabbing into black mist.

Qin Yun also found it strange—why hadn’t Xiao Yuelan used this power when fighting the puppets earlier?

"Who are you? Your strength should be on par with Qin Yun’s. Fighting you would be quite exhausting!" Huang Lifei remained hidden in the distance, not daring to approach Xiao Yuelan, as he shouted his question.

"You don’t need to know who I am. Just know that I’m the one who will kill you!" Xiao Yuelan released her mental energy, searching for Huang Lifei.

"You can’t kill me!" Huang Lifei laughed loudly. "You can’t even see me—how could you possibly kill me?"

Qin Yun was rapidly healing, mending his shattered bones. Though he drew energy from the surrounding trees through the Tree Totem, his recovery was slow.

Xiao Yuelan suddenly fixed her gaze in a direction and said coldly, "I know where you are now. Just wait—I'll claim your head!"

"You got the guts? Bring it on! I'd love to see what kind of face is hiding under that mask!" Huang Lifei laughed loudly, noticing that Xiao Yuelan wasn’t even looking at him.

Xiao Yuelan let out a cold scoff and suddenly vanished!

Qin Yun knew she had gone invisible.

Her martial soul had a strange ability—it could mimic all kinds of weird powers, like Qin Yun’s Piercing Mystic Art, shadow force, and even the transparent martial soul.

It was kinda like Xiao Yuemei’s power to copy others’ martial souls, but not quite the same.

After Xiao Yuelan disappeared, Huang Lifei got jumpy, suspicion gnawing at him.

Unlike puppet men, he couldn’t sense souls, so once Xiao Yuelan hid herself, he couldn’t sense her at all.

"Ahhh!" Huang Lifei suddenly screamed in pain.

A tree nearby suddenly got chopped clean in two—Xiao Yuelan had slashed through it with her blade.

Huang Lifei, who had been invisible until now, was forced back into view. His body was split in half!

Earlier, he had been hiding inside a hollow tree.

Xiao Yuelan found him, faked looking the wrong way, then turned invisible again and struck, slicing through the tree—and him—in one strike!

"The Odd Pattern Hall should send more puppet men next time—those hunks of metal are way tougher than you meatbags!"

Xiao Yuelan landed slowly, ramming her blade into his gut.

Yue Bufeng, Jian Ruyan, and Long Qiaofeng stood there, completely floored!

Because this mysterious masked figure had actually killed an Immortal Disciple!