CHAPTER 434: 236. THE WORLD OF THE SOUL

Faced with Xu Ziang’s snark, Chen Che directly flipped him the middle finger.

This room was sealed, and everyone was observing Chen Che and the Little Princess through monitors.

Anyway, he wasn’t losing out; in the blink of an eye, he took off his clothes, revealing a fit body.

In an instant, many people’s eyes converged on the same spot.

Especially Deputy Director Guan Ning of the Political Department, her beautiful eyes twinkling brightly.

Guan Ning proactively walked over to An Nishang, blew lightly by An Nishang’s ear, and said, "No wonder you like this little boy toy of yours; he sure has assets.

How about lending him to me for a couple of days?

I haven’t experienced a man like this yet."

Hearing Guan Ning’s words, An Nishang’s red lips curled slightly as she replied lightly, "Alright, trade for those bullets from half a month ago.

I’ll make sure he serves you wholeheartedly for three days, so that you can’t even leave your bed."

Guan Ning immediately said with a wistful look, "Director An, isn’t that asking too much? At that price, I could hire a pretty young model from Chunfeng Lou to the point of exhaustion."

"You get what you pay for."

An Nishang turned her head and said.

Guan Ning said nothing else, simply stared at Chen Che’s fit body, biting her thumb, seemingly considering it seriously.

If Chen Che knew he was being sold off by An Nishang like that, he’d probably be so mad his nose would get crooked.

Chen Che glanced at the camera and then turned to Xia Yuansi, scratching the back of his head, "She’s in on this too?"

"Hurry up, the longer you drag this out, the more dangerous it is for the Little Princess. Don’t get caught up in small matters over big ones!"

"Fine, if she comes after me later, I’ll just say you guys made me strip."

Chen Che shrugged, stripped Xia Yuansi down quickly into a bare lamb, and carried her into the bathtub.

He couldn’t help but mutter to himself, no wonder she’s the Little Princess, she’s really clean.

She’s a tiger zodiac.

One of the four ancient divine beasts, the tiger.

After stepping into the bathtub, following Xu Ziang’s instructions, Chen Che held Xia Yuansi in his arms and took out the Tear of Enchantment, gripping it tightly in his palm. He pressed his palm closely against Xia Yuansi’s back, continuously connecting in his mind, and he could sense the flow of their soul powers.

In an instant.

Chen Che did feel the presence of his own soul power.

It could also be understood as spiritual power.

When he perceived his spiritual power, he was stunned; his spiritual power seemed like an ocean, vast and boundless.

As for Xia Yuansi.

Her soul power appeared as a small lake, already riddled with injuries, the water in the lake continuously flowing, ready to dry up completely.

Seeing their soul powers merge in the air, Xu Ziang shouted, "Force your soul power into this Little Princess’s sea of consciousness, and you’ll be able to perceive her current situation. Find a way to bring her back!"

At the same time, Xu Ziang turned to look at the others and said, "Everyone, it’s your turn to act.

Once Chen Che starts stealing the Little Princess’s soul.

The Blood Archbishop’s followers are sure to be alarmed.

They won’t allow Chen Che to act so recklessly, and both sides will engage in long-range spiritual combat.

If the opponent makes a move, it’ll certainly create quite a disturbance.

That’ll allow us to quickly pinpoint exactly where they are in the Ninth Special Zone.

Chen Che takes the lead internally, we take charge externally.

Once we find out where the Blood Archbishop is, it’ll be your turn to act."

Hearing these words, everyone exchanged glances, and immediately went down to make arrangements, not wanting to miss out on Chen Che’s efforts.

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As both sides’ spiritual powers began to merge, Chen Che felt his consciousness seem to invade Xia Yuansi’s mind.

A scene unfolded before him.

He heard voices pleading and shouting.

"Get away from me! I’m the Princess of the Great Yan Dynasty! My father won’t let you go!"

Xia Yuansi’s tearful voice entered Chen Che’s ears, and he suddenly looked up, realizing this was the warehouse they had rescued Xia Yuansi from before.

Looking up, the surrounding scene was eerie.

Countless people in black robes stood around forming a circle, chanting obscure, unnerving spells that made one’s eardrums ache.

In the middle, surrounded by the black-robed figures, was the ragged Xia Yuansi, her fair skin visible and covered in scars.

Her clothes were torn and tattered, leaving her to protect her exposed body with her hands, tears of disgrace at the corners of her eyes as she shrank backward.

In front of her, the main black-robed cultist kept approaching the Little Princess, one of them reaching out to grab her ankle, dragging her across the ground to forcibly assault her.

Xia Yuansi struggled fiercely to resist.

Chen Che suddenly understood, this was Xia Yuansi’s deepest soul world, essentially an illusion realm, but here the illusion could torment Xia Yuansi’s soul.

As Xu Ziang mentioned, the Blood Archbishop’s method of devouring others’ souls involved this form of spiritual torture, dragging Xia Yuansi’s soul into this cruel scene, continuously tormenting her, and causing Xia Yuansi, as a Little Princess, to break down bit by bit under the torment.

Her soul naturally began to dissipate.

Xia Yuansi’s beautiful face lacked the noble arrogance of a princess, only despair.

Everything around her was a nightmare.

To reclaim Xia Yuansi’s soul, he had to kill these cultists in this Soul World.

How to do that?

Wait, since this is a Soul World, it’s also about the soul, my Soul Power.

Chen Ce, standing not far away, closed his eyes. When he reopened them, a wave of energy erupted from his body, instantly destroying everything around, and the dozen or so cultists on the periphery were blown away by the blast.

These cultists fell to the ground, and under the corrosion of Chen Che’s powerful Soul Power, their robes disintegrated as if consumed by fire, their flesh and bones vanished into nothingness!

The commotion here successfully attracted the attention of all the other cultists.

In an instant, countless eyes turned their gaze.

The murderous eyes instantly locked onto Chen Che. Chen Che saw a burly figure suddenly appear on the high platform, wearing a red robe, unlike the black robes of the others.

He was holding a peculiar Magic Staff.

Upon seeing him, he pointed the Magic Staff at Chen Che, and, with a hoarse voice, shouted, "Kill him!"

At the same time, he said to the others, "Continue torturing her!"

It was clear they couldn’t directly kill Xia Yuansi in the Soul World, so they could only torment her, causing her soul to gradually lose hope and collapse.

In this Illusion Realm, scenes akin to hellish nightmares made it impossible for Xia Yuansi to resist, as she was gradually pushed to despair, with stars of light appearing over her body—a sign her soul was beginning to dissipate.

But Chen Che’s sudden appearance was like a beacon of hope for Xia Yuansi, and the grayness in her eyes instantly shone with brilliance as she stared at Chen Che, screaming, "Chen Che, save me, please save me! Waaa! Hurry and save me, I’m in so much pain!"

In an instant, with the emergence of hope, the dissipating points of light on Xia Yuansi’s body retracted, and the soul light points, once spread throughout the palace, began to merge back into Xia Yuansi’s body little by little.

Just seeing Chen Che sparked a survival instinct in Xia Yuansi.

Antonia’s eyes suddenly sharpened; in this Illusion Realm, she commanded hundreds of black-robed figures to assault Chen Che!

This was the Blood Archbishop’s technique, an Array constructed remotely, with each black-robed figure actually being a cultist’s Soul Doppelganger.

These cultists responded from afar to the Array, contributing their powers to corrode the Little Princess’s soul.

Facing the massive surge of cultists, Chen Che showed no fear, clenched his fist, and exhaled, punching out fiercely!

The vast Soul Power transformed into an unmatched Fist Gang!

How much had a century of solitude strengthened Chen Che’s soul? How strong had it become?

This was displayed in an instant with that punch!

In the span of about twenty to thirty meters, the souls of dozens shattered instantly under that punch.

All over the world, cultists seated before the mini Arrays, contributing their Soul Power, instantly spewed blood and collapsed under Chen Che’s punch.

Their Soul Doppelgangers were shattered by Chen Che’s punch, leaving them seriously injured!

Some, under the power of Chen Che’s punch, would even end up stunned, becoming a fool!

Even Chen Che didn’t expect that in the Soul World, his power would be so unmatched. So, like a god of death, he charged into the cultists, wielding his hand as a blade and slashing down countless evil spirits!

The powerful Soul Power even caused ripples in Antonia’s soul at the highest point!

Elsewhere in the city of the Ninth Special Zone, Antonia spat a mouthful of blood, her eyes snapping open with disbelief.

"Impossible, how can this person’s Soul Power be so strong?!

No, can’t lose! This is your time to show loyalty to the Monarch of Flesh and Blood!"

Antonia’s gaze turned fierce, and she slammed her Magic Staff heavily onto the center of the Array; in an instant, a red light flared.

In a flash, all residents in the Ninth Special Zone felt something and looked towards one place. Everyone’s expression turned astonished as the sky there turned blood-red.

Following this, many residents felt the tremor beneath them, their expressions shifting from confusion to shock.

The military forces, the security squads, personal units from the financial department... numerous forces, close to ten thousand troops, moved mightily towards that block!

The coordinates were out!

In both the Soul World and the real world, these damned cultists must pay!

Meanwhile, in the Soul World, where Chen Che could easily eliminate these remnants, he suddenly felt a surge in Soul Power. Looking up, he saw that red-robed figure, drawing all surrounding souls towards himself.

Those souls screamed as they merged into the red-robed figure’s body.

Except for those black-robed figures assaulting Xia Yuansi, the others all screamed and were devoured by the red-robed man.

"Holy shit, he’s absorbing souls?"

Even the black-robed figures tormenting Xia Yuansi were scared, clearly not expecting the red-robed man to be so ruthless.

The red-robed man, having absorbed the souls of the cultists, became immensely powerful in the Soul World, leaping down from the high platform, wielding the Magic Staff in front of Xia Yuansi, and ordered his subordinates, "Continue, destroy her... I’ll kill him myself!"

"Save me, Chen Che!"

Xia Yuansi cried, terrified, as a cultist had drawn a knife.

Even if they couldn’t kill Xia Yuansi, they could make her experience the pain of being pierced—a pain so extreme it could utterly collapse her soul.

Thus it was.

Chen Che slowly exhaled, extending his hand with massive Soul Power, like mountain waves and tsunami.

He looked up at the red-robed man, saying coldly, "Do you really think absorbing some fallen, corrupted souls can match my century of solitude?"