Devouring Soul Emperor

However, Chu Qingyun was bound for disappointment.

Ning Xue waved her slender, pale hand.

Chu Qingyun saw a palatial complex at the end of the mountain path. It was adorned with red banners and colorful decorations, radiating a festive and joyous air.

He could even faintly make out a young man inside one of the buildings, dressed in wedding robes with a large red flower pinned to his chest, looking as if he were waiting for his bride.

"Chu Qingyun, are you really so heartless? Are you just going to stand by and watch me marry another man?" Ning Xue said, lightly biting her lip.

Even though Chu Qingyun knew it was all an illusion, that none of it was real, he couldn’t stop a deeply unpleasant feeling from welling up inside him.

He had long since considered Ning Xue his woman.

And now, this Illusion Realm was testing him, demanding he remain indifferent to Ning Xue’s marriage. The very thought of it was depressing.

’This damn Illusion Realm.’

’The murder of one’s father, the theft of one’s wife—are these things a normal person could possibly endure?’

Chu Qingyun’s heart was already filled with a grating hatred for this Illusion Realm.

It was deliberately picking the most unbearable scenarios and forcing the Trial Takers to choose.

No wonder Sun Daxiong had said no one could pass on their first try. Under the Illusion Realm’s special power, everything felt far too real.

Everything he saw, heard, and felt was real; only his rational mind could tell him it was all fake.

Without experiencing it two or three times to build up some mental preparation and resistance, it was simply impossible to ignore any of it!

’Fake, fake... It’s all fake!’

Chu Qingyun took a deep breath, steeling his resolve once more, and prepared to step onto the correct path.

But just then, two figures suddenly appeared on the trees behind Ning Xue, tied to the trunks. One was Sun Daxiong, and the other was Xia He!

"Good. Very good!"

"Chu Qingyun, since you’re so heartless and disloyal, I’ll make you regret this for the rest of your life!"

A deep resentment suddenly flared in Ning Xue’s beautiful eyes. With a wave of her hand, two streaks of cyan light shot out like sharp swords, piercing straight toward Sun Daxiong’s and Xia He’s heads.

"Chu, save me!"

"Chu Qingyun, you’ve gotten me killed!"

Sun Daxiong and Xia He played their parts perfectly, screaming in terror.

"No!"

Chu Qingyun’s heart lurched. With a startled cry, he instinctively leaped onto the mountain path. He unleashed his Ten-star Vine Martial Soul, flicking out two vines to intercept the two fatal attacks.

Looking at the green mountains, clear waters, blue sky, and white clouds around him, Chu Qingyun sighed helplessly.

’In the end, I still chose the wrong path again...’

"Chu Qingyun, you’d rather come in here for them than for me! I hate you!"

Furious, Ning Xue channeled a surge of cyan light into her palm and struck out at Chu Qingyun.

’Is this really Ning Xue?’

Chu Qingyun was speechless. He simply couldn’t connect this seemingly jealous girl with the cold and arrogant Ning Xue he knew.

But this was no time to be thinking about that.

Although this Ning Xue still had the aura of a Level Nine Martial Artist, the cyan light in her palm gave Chu Qingyun a profound sense of danger.

’The consequences for choosing wrong a second time are much more severe than the first!’

"Profound Celestial Divine Pattern!"

"Thunder Sword Momentum!"

The Divine Patterns on Chu Qingyun’s body lit up as he met the attack with a Sword Pointing technique.

BANG!

After the violent collision, the cyan glow shattered and dispersed.

However, the scattered fragments of cyan light rained down on him, and despite the protection of the Third Layer of his Profound Celestial Divine Pattern, his skin was still cut, leaving behind a series of fine gashes.

The power of that cyan light was terrifying!

If he had been hit head-on, he would have been severely injured, even with the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern!

"You dare to fight back? I hate you!"

Ning Xue’s expression grew even more resentful. With a wave of her small hand, a cyan silk ribbon flew out from her waist and hovered before her.

Hearing her words, Chu Qingyun felt even more helpless.

If reasoning with her was an option, he would have definitely said, "That attack of yours was aimed at my life. How could I not fight back?"

However, this path was clearly a trap, not a place for reason!

Moreover, Chu Qingyun remembered that ribbon. Back in Qingshan City, she had stood on it to fly directly to the Cold Cyan Mountain Range.

Capable of allowing someone to fly, that ribbon was definitely not going to be easy to deal with!

Intense Primordial Power fluctuations radiated from Ning Xue’s body as she poured a massive amount of Pure Elemental Power into the ribbon treasure. The cyan light on the ribbon flared brilliantly.

Even from a great distance, Chu Qingyun could feel a sharp aura that felt like it wanted to tear him apart!

"Iron Wall!"

"Ten-Star Vine!"

Facing the impending powerful strike, Chu Qingyun didn’t dare to be the least bit careless. Not only did he draw his Thundercloud Sword, but he also readied both his Iron Wall Martial Soul and Ten-star Vine Martial Soul.

Almost as soon as he was ready, the aura from the ribbon climbed to its peak. Chu Qingyun even had the faint feeling that its presence had already surpassed that of his Thundercloud Sword!

Ning Xue gently pressed one small hand against the ribbon. All the power within it began to surge and converge.

Then, a blinding beam of cyan light, seeming to pierce through space itself, shot straight toward Chu Qingyun!

Feeling the terrifying fluctuations, Chu Qingyun’s pupils shrank abruptly. Without a second thought, he threw up four Iron Walls directly in front of him. His nine vines and the Thundercloud Sword simultaneously unleashed the Thunder Sword Momentum, gathering a terrifying power and blasting it forward!

If he couldn’t block this attack, his trial in the Illusion Realm would end here!

Four dull thuds rang out.

Before the cyan beam, the Tier Three Iron Wall Martial Soul was as fragile as mud plaster. Each wall was pierced clean through the center, torn open with a savage fissure.

After tearing through the four Iron Walls, the cyan beam continued onward, its momentum undiminished, and crashed into the nine intertwined vines unleashing a six-times-power Thunder Sword Momentum!

Instantly, thunder cracked and shattered vines flew everywhere!

The six-times-power Thunder Sword Momentum possessed an incredibly strong and berserk force.

But before the cyan beam, it was still torn apart and blasted to pieces.

That beam of power was simply too condensed, too sharp!

If Chu Qingyun possessed Thunder Light Sword Qi right now, he definitely could have met it head-on and withstood the blow. But as it was, his Thunder Sword Momentum was ultimately still lacking.

"Break for me!"

The final move was the Thunder Sword Momentum unleashed through the Thundercloud Sword. The power of a King-level Sword Technique, combined with the might of a Spirit Level Divine Weapon, fearlessly slammed into the cyan beam.

Weakened by the first two defenses, the cyan beam, after piercing through and blasting apart the Thunder Power and Sword Momentum, was now a spent force. It mustered its final strength, crashed violently against the Thundercloud Sword, and finally disintegrated!

The immense force sent Chu Qingyun’s Qi Blood churning throughout his body, destabilizing his aura. Even the Thundercloud Sword, a dignified Spirit Level Divine Weapon, dimmed considerably, as if it had suffered a grievous blow.