At that moment, it felt as if a sharp, cold bone spur had pierced deep into Ye Kunlun's mind!
"Mental attack!" Ye Kunlun hadn't expected the faceless, humanoid monster to attack with its mind!
Mental attacks were insidious and hard to guard against.
The next second, a mental storm surged within Ye Kunlun's sea of consciousness, crushing the incoming mental attack.
"Break!" Ye Kunlun uttered a single word.
As the sound of the raging lion's roar echoed, visible ripples instantly appeared in the vast temple space. In Ye Kunlun's eyes, an intangible force condensed into a spear of shattering power!
The spear of power, breaking through all resistance, pierced the humanoid monster dripping with viscous fluid!
*Bang—*
The humanoid monster exploded into a pool of foul-smelling slime.
*Splash—*
The slime flowed, converging towards the center, reforming into a human shape, burning with the black flames of misfortune.
That detestable aura permeated the air once more.
Ye Kunlun's eyes were filled with coldness.
Concurrently, several corpses on the wall began to move.
*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—*
The corpses moved with uncanny agility, like monkeys, their limbs on the ground. In moments, over a dozen corpses surrounded Ye Kunlun.
"Ah—" the humanoid monster spoke again.
As if receiving its command, the corpses lunged towards Ye Kunlun swiftly.
"Break!"
Ye Kunlun watched the scene with a cold gaze and a soft exclamation.
*Bang, bang—*
The corpses instantly exploded, their foul-smelling bloody mist surging towards the humanoid monster!
In an instant, the humanoid monster, which had weakened slightly, grew stronger again!
Misfortune burned, its aura spreading.
Ye Kunlun had already experienced the power of misfortune. Once it spread over a large area, the consequences would be absolutely terrifying!
"Slash!" Ye Kunlun decided not to waste any more time with the humanoid monster before him.
Terrifying sword energy carved a path through the starry river, the river's end being the humanoid monster.
"Aaaah—"
The humanoid monster opened its mouth, its dark maw like an endless abyss. Horrifying sonic attacks attempted to kill Ye Kunlun.
Unfortunately, Ye Kunlun's starry river was too powerful. It directly shattered the sonic waves and struck the monster's mouth, which was its only feature.
*Plop, plop—*
Its head exploded, turning into disgusting liquid.
Then its neck, shoulders, chest…
In Ye Kunlun's perception, the humanoid monster seemed to have its speed set to slow, exploding piece by piece.
It felt like stepping on one chocolate after another that burst with goo.
For a fleeting moment, Ye Kunlun felt a sense of release.
A few breaths later, the humanoid monster completely dissolved into a pool of pus.
With a wave of his hand, Ye Kunlun unleashed the pure Yang fire, imbued with the Myriad Ancient Starry Sky Art, directly incinerating and vaporizing the pus!
The moment the humanoid monster vanished, the surroundings instantly darkened, and Ye Kunlun felt a lightness in his body as he began to fall.
*Whoosh, whoosh—*
The whistling of the wind filled his ears. Azure light flowed within Ye Kunlun's eyes, trying to pierce through the surrounding scenery.
The surroundings were streams of grey light, like a barrier.
Ye Kunlun attempted to break through the barrier, only to find endless void beyond it, offering no useful information.
Time passed!
As he continued to descend, bone-chilling coldness descended. The grey streams of light turned into patches of pale blue, resembling an aurora.
"About to land!"
Ye Kunlun sensed something.
The surrounding scenery vanished instantly, and Ye Kunlun found himself in a black and white world.
In the black and white world stood a colossal tree!
Its roots were exposed, and black and white airflow, like blood, flowed along the thick roots towards the trunk, then spread through the branches and leaves.
Everything appeared utterly bizarre.
As Ye Kunlun gazed at the immense and strange ancient tree before him, he felt a moment of awe.
He felt so small!
The ancient tree emanated a peculiar power. Ye Kunlun could sense the power of misfortune, but in addition to it, there was another power that seemed to suppress misfortune!
*Rustle, rustle—*
There was no wind, yet the black and white leaves stirred, as if a gust had swept through.
Ye Kunlun searched his memories for a long time but found no information about this tree.
Everything was unknown.
Ye Kunlun observed for a while, sensing no immediate danger. He cautiously approached the ancient tree to examine it up close.
Upon getting closer, he realized the massive tree before him was like a living being. He could sense its boundless vitality within.
He could even hear a heartbeat.
"Wrong!"
Ye Kunlun frowned.
One heartbeat, two heartbeats, three heartbeats—
*Thump, thump, thump—*
More and more heartbeats echoed in the strange space.
Ye Kunlun looked up at the tree canopy and finally saw clearly that hanging among the branches were egg-sized fruits, colored in both black and white.
The heartbeats were emanating from these peculiar fruits.
Suddenly, a sense of crisis arose in Ye Kunlun's heart, and he quickly leaped backward.
The moment Ye Kunlun moved away, four translucent shadows appeared before him!
A killing intent like water, the four shadows lunged directly at Ye Kunlun.
Ye Kunlun knitted his brows and slashed with his sword fingers!
The sword intent sliced through the four shadows but inflicted no damage.
The four shadows appeared before Ye Kunlun, not to attack him, but to burrow into his body!
Instantly, Ye Kunlun felt as if he had fallen into ten thousand years of profound ice. A terrifying coldness surged from the depths of his soul, seeming to freeze him solid!
The Myriad Ancient Starry Sky Art circulated, and the meridians within Ye Kunlun's body ignited, transforming into rivers of stars that repelled the cold!
*Rustle, rustle—*
The leaves rustled, the coldness within Ye Kunlun dissipated, and killing intent flared in his eyes.
"Sword, come!"
With a soft command, a starry river materialized in his hand. Ye Kunlun stepped forward, and the starry river in his hand directly slashed towards the strange ancient tree!
Regardless of what it was, Ye Kunlun decided to test the ancient tree's mystique first.
Ye Kunlun used seventy percent of his strength for this sword strike!
The power of the starry river sword intent combined with the Myriad Ancient Starry Sky Art, at Ye Kunlun's current peak of the Spirit Nurturing realm, was enough to destroy a small city!
However, Ye Kunlun's sword intent was blocked about a meter away from the ancient tree.
A flowing black and white barrier stopped Ye Kunlun's sword intent!
Ye Kunlun gritted his teeth and coldly uttered, "Break for me!"
His sword intent escalated from seventy percent to eighty percent.
*Swish, swish, swish—*
The leaves rustled more violently, rippling out patches of black and white energy that merged into the barrier.
"Break, break!" Fierce determination flickered in Ye Kunlun's eyes.
He refused to believe that his power, which stood at the pinnacle of the world, could not break through the ancient tree's peculiar might!
Ninety percent of his strength, his sword intent filling the air, even altering the spatial laws around the temple!
His sword intent followed his will, charging forward relentlessly!
The next second, Ye Kunlun directly pushed his power to ten percent!
*Crack, crack—*
A faint crack finally appeared on the barrier.
"Alas!"
A sigh echoed from within the barrier. Ye Kunlun's spirit wavered, and he focused his gaze, penetrating the barrier to catch sight of a dark figure.