In the spacious great hall, Ye Chen's expression became incredibly grave, pushing the divine soul power within him to the extreme, enveloping the area within a ten-zhang radius.

Although he couldn't see clearly, what exactly had killed those two students from the Red Flame Academy just now.

Yet his intuition told him that the opponent's power was terrifyingly immense, even enough to pose a life-threatening danger to him.

"Demon Soul, it's the Demon Soul of the Outer Realm Demon Race. Turns out, the demonic aura I've been sensing all along comes from this Demon Soul." At this moment, the Tower Spirit suddenly exclaimed, staring intently at a corner of the palace, its expression extremely grave.

To others, there was absolutely nothing in that corner.

However, the Tower Spirit could see an eerie Demon Soul.

This Demon Soul, whose appearance was very human-like, had a fox head, surprisingly identical to the demon race corpse inside the bronze coffin.

Swish.

At that moment, the Demon Soul suddenly transformed into a cyan demon light, shooting swiftly toward Lu Cheng's glabella.

Ah!

In the next moment, a heart-wrenching scream echoed throughout the great hall, sending chills down one's spine.

In the blink of an eye, the Demon Soul entered Lu Cheng's glabella, devouring his soul instantly.

Thud.

Lu Cheng's body fell to the ground at once, his eyes wide open, filled with intense fear and despair, as if he had witnessed the most terrifying thing in the world.

"No! No! I don't want to die here." Lin Man's delicate body trembled violently, her expression filled with extreme fear, and even her chest was heaving up and down.

At this moment, she truly hated Ye Chen.

If it weren't for Ye Chen opening the Carefree Wanderer's abode, she wouldn't have been targeted by this bizarre force.

Swish.

In the next moment, Lin Man almost instinctively activated her celestial spirits to the extreme, fleeing toward the palace entrance.

To her surprise, that eerie force didn't attack her, instead allowing her to escape the palace.

"I'm not dead, am I dreaming?" Lin Man exclaimed joyfully, hardly believing her eyes.

Originally, she thought she would surely die this time.

That eerie force wanted to kill her, as effortlessly as crushing an ant.

Yet unexpectedly, that eerie force didn't attack her.

As if the opponent was too lazy to make a move on her.

"Ye Chen, you worthless fool, you caused the death of so many cultivators, finally your retribution has come. I don't believe you can survive this time!" Lin Man, while fleeing through the passage, sneered coldly, eyes filled with schadenfreude.

It's known that this eerie force can even kill powerhouses ranked in the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List.

Although Ye Chen has the strength to kill Xiahou Lei, wanting to resist this eerie force is nearly impossible.

Lin Man even suspected that this eerie force could match immortal powerhouses, completely out of Ye Chen's scope as a mere mortal.

Crackle, crackle.

At the moment Lin Man fled from the great hall, Lu Cheng's bones, laying on the ground, suddenly emitted an incomparably eerie sound, causing waves of goosebumps.

Immediately, Lu Cheng's body surprisingly began to rise from the ground, eyes exuding a ghostly green light, with a sinister smile on his face.

"What? Wasn't he already dead? How can he still stand?" Ye Chen's pupils suddenly contracted, his whole body with raised hair, feeling both chilled and terrified.

He clearly saw Lu Cheng had been killed by that eerie force.

But now, he was standing again, like a living corpse.

This scene has completely overturned Ye Chen's understanding.

"Possession Realm, unexpectedly this Demon Soul's divine soul realm has already reached the Possession Realm, this is a big trouble." The Tower Spirit's form trembled suddenly, its face extremely unpleasant.

Since following Ye Chen, this was the first time an expression like this appeared.

One could clearly see how serious the situation was.

"Possession Realm? Isn't that the fifth realm of divine soul? How could there be such a terrifying powerhouse in the Carefree Wanderer's abode?" Ye Chen couldn't help but take a cold breath, his entire face losing color, hardly willing to believe his ears.

According to what he knows, the Possession Realm is the realm following the Soul Emergence Realm, and even the Carefree Wanderer hasn't stepped into this level.

Powerhouses who have reached this realm can attach their Divine Soul to various external objects.

This includes living creatures, dead bodies, and even weapons—they can attach to them all.

However, beings of this level possess power that has reached an unimaginably heaven-defying degree.

Even the Carefree Wanderer is far from being their match.

Logically, such terrifying existences should not be hiding within the Carefree Wanderer's cave abode.

But now, Ye Chen has inexplicably encountered one.

This truly leaves him utterly puzzled.

"Tsk tsk tsk, after devouring so many Human Race souls, my Divine Soul has finally recovered somewhat and can possess a body again. However, this Human Race body is simply too weak, just like garbage," at this moment, Lu Cheng's corpse suddenly spoke, eyes full of disdain.

"Who exactly are you?" Ye Chen's brows knitted tightly together, shouting at Lu Cheng's corpse.

"It seems you are the one who opened the Carefree Wanderer's cave abode. I didn't expect your Divine Soul to be quite strong. No wonder you gained the recognition of that old ghost, the Carefree Wanderer." Lu Cheng's ghostly green eyes suddenly looked towards Ye Chen, a sinister smile spreading across his face.

Ye Chen's body couldn't help but shudder abruptly, as if all the secrets within him had been entirely seen through by the other party.

"Master, if I'm not mistaken, this Demon Soul should be the Three-tailed Cyan Fox that was suppressed and killed by the Carefree Wanderer years ago." At this moment, the voice of the Tower Spirit suddenly echoed in Ye Chen's mind, its tone extremely grave.

"What? How is this possible? Wasn't the Three-tailed Demon Fox already dead? Even the corpse is in this bronze coffin." Ye Chen's pupils contracted sharply, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"The body is indeed here, but that doesn't mean the Divine Soul has completely perished. Don't forget, it was a Possession Realm powerhouse—its Divine Soul isn't so easily destroyed." The Tower Spirit couldn't help but exclaim.

In fact, when the Divine Soul reaches the Fourth Layer of the Soul Emergence Realm, it can already temporarily leave the physical shell.

Even without the physical shell, they can exist for a period of time.

Of course, once someone completely destroys their physical shell, they are not far from total annihilation; lasting a few months under such circumstances is already quite fortunate.

However, Possession Realm powerhouses are different.

Even if their physical shell is utterly destroyed, their Divine Soul can attach to other objects and continue to exist, only dissipating when they completely exhaust their Divine Soul Origin.

And the Divine Soul Realm of the Demon Soul before them clearly has already reached the Possession Realm.

Thus, even if the corpse of the Demon Race in the bronze coffin is indeed its destroyed physical shell, it wouldn't prevent it from living until now.

"Carefree Wanderer, you old bastard probably never imagined, even in death, that my Divine Soul would ultimately break through to the Possession Realm." Lu Cheng's gaze suddenly landed on the corpse of the Carefree Wanderer, terrifying cold light bursting forth from his eyes.

He was originally an extremely powerful Demon King from the Outer Realm. His cultivation could already rival the Human Race's Profound Pill Realm powerhouses, and even his Divine Soul had reached the peak of the Soul Emergence Realm.

In order to further advance his Divine Soul, he massacred hundreds of thousands of the Human Race, devouring all of their souls.

But just as his Divine Soul was about to break through to the Possession Realm, the Carefree Wanderer came after him.

Although the opponent was unaligned, a Loose Cultivator, his strength far exceeded his expectations.

After battling the Carefree Wanderer for a day and a night, he was finally caught off guard by the Carefree Wanderer, who used a peculiar Secret Treasure to pierce through his skull.

Subsequently, his physical body was sealed by the Carefree Wanderer using a piece of Blood Spirit Wood, preventing him from unleashing the power of his peak days.

Thus, he ultimately was completely defeated by the Carefree Wanderer, and even his Divine Soul suffered severe trauma.

But just when the Carefree Wanderer wanted to completely destroy his Divine Soul, it successfully broke through to the Possession Realm, narrowly escaping a fatal end.

However, his Divine Soul was already riddled with holes, without even the ability to flee the Carefree Wanderer's cave abode, so he had to remain in the cave abode waiting for an opportunity.

Unexpectedly, he truly waited until now.

If the Carefree Wanderer's cave abode hadn't been opened for several more decades, his Divine Soul Origin would have been completely depleted, leading to total annihilation.

It seems that even the heavens do not want him to die just yet.

"Old bastard, you calculated everything, yet you didn't foresee my Divine Soul breaking through to the Possession Realm. Years ago, you left me in this wretched state, and today, not only will I ensure your body is annihilated, but also completely sever your legacy." Lu Cheng's eyes suddenly emitted terrifying killing intent, staring coldly at Ye Chen as if looking at a dead man.

All these years, he had been trapped in the Carefree Wanderer's cave abode, feeling utterly suffocated.

So, even though the Carefree Wanderer had fallen, he still harbored a deep-seated hatred.

He desired to sever the Carefree Wanderer's legacy, ensuring that he would never find a successor.

And Ye Chen, now having received the Carefree Wanderer's legacy, naturally became his target.

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