Ye Xiao didn't think that cancelling out the attack would do such harm to him. The backlash was really great, it almost caused him to faint. It was fortunate that Ye Xiao now had the Wood Blossom Bloodline.
The moment he was backlashed and got injured, the Wood Blossom Bloodline immediately started working on their own, healing his injuries at the speed that was visible to the naked eyes.
The endless sea disappeared and the forest reappeared in Ye Xiao's line of sight.
Unlike the previous three styles of the Sea Dragon Descends, the Fourth Style of the Sea Dragon Descends caused great harm to the surroundings. Many trees were shattered and the ground was in tatter.
Ye Xiao took a deep breath and looked at the four Nightmare Puppets that were shattered into pieces, as well as the dead body of the lady. Well, it can not be called a dead body now because there was nothing left on her body other than a few shattered bones and blood-stained flesh that looked to be forcefully peeled out from a live human's body.
The death of this lady was really too miserable but Ye Xiao didn't regret it.
First, it was her who came to kill him. And second, she was a demonic cultivator.
Just to cultivate and increase her cultivation base, who knows how many people she had killed.
Ye Xiao stood up and just as he was about to walk away, a huge fluctuation of energy stopped him. He turned his head and saw shattered pieces of four Nightmare Puppets vibrating non-stop.
In the next moment, they started floating and quickly started to gather at four places, reforming into four Nightmare Puppets.
Seeing this, Ye Xiao remembered what the World Exterminating Demon Dragon told him previously. The Nightmare Puppets can not be destroyed until the death of its original master.
It means Ye Xiao have to first search for the original master before he could really destroy the Nightmare Puppets. This really was too frustrating.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Xiao once again spread his Divine Sense to search for the original master but didn't find anyone.
It could only mean that either the original master of the four Nightmare Puppets was not here, or he used some sort of secret technique to hide even from someone's Divine Sense.
But Ye Xiao again noticed the black pearl that was lying on the ground. The four extremely thin black energy line from the black pearl was connected to the four Nightmare Puppets.
"Is it some sort of controlling tool that can control the four Nightmare Puppets?" Ye Xiao muttered and went forward before holding the black pearl in his hand.
Immediately, he felt an extremely evil and eerie aura coming out from inside the black pearl. This aura made Ye Xiao feel that he was standing in front of a demon, much stronger than the son of the Dao Manifestation Realm Demon he had killed a few kilometers away from the Green Mulberry City.
Suddenly, Ye Xiao's soul fluctuated and his attention was immediately attracted.
After merging with the Divine Soul Emperor Dragon, Ye Xiao knew that his soul would only fluctuate like this after he detected a strong soul evil demon's soul.
It was because, maybe, there was some sort of grudge between the Divine Soul Emperor Dragon and demons.
Something like this had also happened before. When he heard about the demon and their cruel deeds, he was immediately infuriated and this anger came from the depth of his soul.
At that time, Ye Xiao's small world was still destroyed and he was travelling with Yue Ying and her little sister.
Without wasting any time, he immediately fused his spirit energy in the black pearl and his sense arrived at a world inside the pearl.
This world was fully black and filled with demonic auras. Anyone who comes here would feel their scalp go numb due to fear. The evil presence in the air of this pearl was enough to make even an Immortal Emperor Realm martial artist shudder in fear.
It was at this moment when the gray fog appeared out of nowhere and a ghost face manifested from the gray fog. It was the face of a demon.
"Haha, you were able to kill that human girl so easily. That attack of yours was really too terrifying. How about I give you an opportunity?" The ghost face laughed and praised Ye Xiao's attack.
Ye Xiao's face was cold. He didn't make his mover immediately to kill this ghost face and asked, "What kind of opportunity?"
"Become my subordinate." The ghost face said with a smile that made its face even more fiendish than it originally was. It didn't stop here and continue to say, "I'll give you two options. The first one is to become my subordinate which is an opportunity for you. The second one is I'll destroy your soul and take over your body. Your body is not bad."
"Wait, no, I can not take over your body. You have already been marked with the Death Order. That human girl didn't tell me about it."
"You must have offended a high-level demon with an extremely terrifying cultivation base to receive the Death Order. Hehe, if I kill you, I can request to the one who gave the death order to give me a perfect body."
"Hahaha... brat, it is time to die!"
The demon's soul kept blabbering on his own. His mood kept changing. The first time his mood change when he noticed the death order on Ye Xiao's body and the second time when he thought that killing Ye Xiao would bring him greater benefit than making him his subordinate.
"Heh!" Ye Xiao laughed and said, "You are a soul right now. Do you know what is my strongest aspect?"
"What?" The demon's soul asked.
"My soul!" Ye Xiao replied. "My strongest aspect is soul. No one can destroy my soul no matter how much they try. But, I can destroy my opponent's soul, mainly when the opponent's soul is weaker than mine."
"Although your complete soul might be stronger than mine, you are not. You are just a large fragment of your complete soul, trying to survive by staying inside this pearl's world."
The ghost face started laughing loudly. He thought that Ye Xiao was bragging just to save his life.
But before he could complete his laughter, he heard the "Soul Destruction" and his soul was shattered. A big crack appeared on the black pearl in Ye Xiao's hand.
"Devour!"
Knowing that the pearl was about to destroy, Ye Xiao immediately started devouring the demonic aura and evil energy inside the pearl's world.
How can he let such a huge opportunity slip by his hand?
Immediately, the Fourth Layer of the Nine Dragon Universal Circulation Technique started circulating on its own. Ye Xiao's cultivation of the Fourth Layer was increasing rapidly and when the pearl shattered into fine powder before floating away in the thin air, Ye Xiao's cultivation of the Fourth Layer of the Nine Dragon Universal Circulation Technique has already reached halfway.
It has to be said that the pearl was really a great treasure. It alone was enough to increase Ye Xiao's cultivation by a large margin, much more than what he had increased after devouring the thousands of demons.
Ye Xiao took a deep breath and turned his head. He saw the Four Nightmare Puppets standing like a statue in their place. Since the pearl was destroyed, the thin line of demonic energy also dissipated.
According to Ye Xiao's guess, that demon's soul must be the original owner of the Nightmare Puppets.
Now, the Nightmare Puppets have become ownerless puppets.
Instead of destroying them, Ye Xiao kept them inside his spatial ring. He thought of giving the Nightmare Puppets to Yue Ying. This way, even if she would be in danger in his absence, she could use the Nightmare Puppets to come out from those dangers.
After all, the combined power of these four Nightmare Puppets could even deal with an Immortal Emperor Realm martial artist.
After everything was done, Ye Xiao turned around, rushing to go back to the restaurant where he left Yue Ying.
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"You are back!"
When Ye Xiao returned to the front of the restaurant, he immediately entered, looked for Yue Ying, and found her waiting for him at the corner table.
The table was filled with delicacies but Yue Ying had yet to touch a single dish. She was waiting for Ye Xiao to come back since he told her it would not take long.
Seeing Ye Xiao returning, a happy smile appeared on her face.
Ye Xiao nodded his head and sat opposite to her. He asked with a smile, "Why are you not eating? Were you waiting for me?"
"Who is waiting for you? You are thinking too much. Cannot you see so many dishes here? I just could not decide what to eat first." Yue Ying immediately declined.
It would be too embarrassing if she admits she was waiting for Ye Xiao.