Chapter 403, Soul of Taotie

Translator: Silavin

 

Amidst the laughter, the Martial King who stopped them also nodded in agreement.

 

Indeed, even he had not gotten any benefits, let alone these guys in the Spirit Realm.

 

“Get lost!” At once, that Martial King felt bored and had no interest in searching through each person.

 

Qin Yichen had gained benefits and naturally did not want to draw attention, so he mixed in among these Spirit Realm experts and left.

 

A special Beast Soul capable of devouring other Beast Souls. He was somewhat expectant about what abilities it would bring him after he refined it.

 

It should be noted that after previously refining the Lightning Lion Beast Soul, he possessed the Lightning Attributes from it. Thus, even without revealing his True Dragon Martial Soul, he still possessed extremely high combat power.

 

At this moment, Qin Yichen was not in a hurry to compete for anything. Instead, he found a dilapidated building that had been searched many times by others, entered a relatively intact room, placed a huge rock at the doorway, and sat cross-legged in the room.

 

“Haaaaa…” After adjusting his state to its peak, Qin Yichen let out a long breath and opened his eyes.

 

With a flip of his hand, the special Beast Soul appeared in his palm.

 

As this Beast Soul appeared, a Soul-stirring aura permeated the surrounding space.

 

“Hmph!” Qin Yichen coldly snorted, and with a thought, the Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl in his Dantian trembled, and his True Dragon aura leaked out, causing that special Beast Soul to finally calm down.

 

“I want to see what you are. To still be so fierce even after years of your death!” Qin Yichen was very curious.

 

Just a Beast Soul, yet still so domineering. Even with his extensive knowledge, he had never heard of such a thing.

 

Moreover, if not for the Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl, with Qin Yichen’s current abilities, he absolutely could not have subdued this Beast Soul. In fact, everyone present earlier would have been harmed, with death being a possibility.

 

Those Martial Kings simply did not know that behind the scenes, they had escaped a great disaster.

 

Seeing that the Beast Soul dared not to misbehave, Qin Yichen calmed his mind and began preparing to refine it.

 

The Spirit Body Technique operated, and a suction force spread from his body, particularly concentrated on his palm.

 

Originally, Qin Yichen thought refinement would not be too difficult, but he had underestimated this special Beast Soul, and also overestimated himself.

 

The Dragon Soul, though suppressing the Beast Soul’s violent aura, could not make the Beast Soul submit.

 

When Qin Yichen was refining it, he encountered enormous resistance. After more than ten minutes, the Beast Soul remained as solid as ever, without allowing him to absorb even a trace of it.

 

Moreover, Qin Yichen clearly felt a mocking aura from within the Beast Soul. It was as if it was laughing at him for being so presumptuous!

 

“Seems like you truly don’t fear a trial by fire! In that case, I want to see just how long you can remain stubborn!” Qin Yichen coldly snorted at the Beast Soul.

 

This Beast Soul possessed intelligence; otherwise, it would not actively devour the other Beast Souls.

 

As he spoke, the Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl inside his body suddenly trembled, and a milky white energy condensed from the Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl’s essence seeped from Qin Yichen’s fingertips, encircling like flames.

 

Seemingly sensing something, the special Beast Soul immediately shuddered, and a roar emanated from within. It was part threatening the other party, part terrified.

 

“Hehe.” Qin Yichen did not care about those feeble attempts at scaring him and directly moved the Beast Soul over the milky white flames.

 

In an instant, the Beast Soul that had been impenetrable and unconquerable moments ago, was directly burned open, and the power within flowed out.

 

Seeing this, Qin Yichen operated the Spirit Body Technique and devoured and refined the power that flowed out.

 

During this process, although the Beast Soul continuously resisted and even tried to break free from Qin Yichen’s restraints, the energy of the Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl was like its nemesis, completely suppressing it, leaving it without any recourse.

 

*Roar!* About two hours later, with an unwilling roar, the last wisp of the Beast Soul was absorbed, and the massive orb turned to powder at Qin Yichen’s fingertips, scattering to the ground.

 

In his Dantian, Qin Yichen saw the beast manifestation condensed from the Beast Soul’s power.

 

The beast manifestation floated in his Dantian like mist, but within that mist was a pair of Soul-stirring silver pupils.

 

Although it was now within his Dantian, its entire being still exuded an unapproachable aura.

 

What surprised Qin Yichen even more was that the Lightning Lion had disappeared!

 

“Could it have been devoured by this thing?” Qin Yichen’s eyes fixed on those silver eyes.

 

This possibility certainly existed. After all, this creature had already devoured countless Beast Souls.

 

But Qin Yichen had not expected that even after being refined by him, this creature would still be so domineering, fierce, and untamed, even dare to cause trouble right under his nose.

 

[Seems like I must teach you a profound lesson.] With Qin Yichen’s thought, the Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl swayed, and a Dragon manifestation rose up, instantly filling the entire Dantian with the supreme might of a Dragon.

 

Under the Dragon manifestation’s gaze, those silver eyes finally lowered their noble head.

 

Qin Yichen did not plan to let it off because of this. Following his will, the Dragon manifestation raised its foot and stepped on it.

 

“Do you submit or not?” Qin Yichen coldly demanded, with the posture of being ready to crush it to death in one move.

 

*Roar… roar…* Feeling its existence threatened, it finally growled in submission.

 

No matter how powerful it had been in life, under the suppression of a Dragon, it had absolutely no power to resist as a mere Soul.

 

Moreover, it could sense that Qin Yichen had the ability to extinguish it.

 

“Hmph!” Qin Yichen did not intend to wipe it out. Otherwise, everything he had done would have been meaningless.

 

After releasing it, it indeed became much more obedient.

 

But this was merely somewhat obedient, and this obedience was built on fear of the Dragon manifestation. It was not a wholehearted submission.

 

However, for Qin Yichen, this was enough.

 

As long as it could be used by him, with the Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl present, he did not fear any trouble from it.

 

As Qin Yichen’s Spiritual Energy permeated it, although it was still reluctant, it did not resist.

 

Soon, an extremely fierce aura spread from Qin Yichen’s body.

 

It was at this moment that he discerned this creature’s true form.

 

“A Taotie!” Qin Yichen instinctively exclaimed.

 

He would never have guessed that this being that placed all lives beneath it, and even as a Beast Soul remained so gluttonous, was actually one of the legendary Ten Great Demonic Beasts… a Taotie.

 

According to mythology, when the Demon King was beheaded, his severed head transformed into a Demonic Beast called Taotie.

 

Whether this legend was true or not, Qin Yichen did not know. However, he was clear that this Taotie was definitely not a benevolent creature.