CHAPTER 117: CHAPTER 116: SLAYING THE SOUL OF REBIRTH

In the ghostly mist, Lu Yan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Director Pulang successfully fall into the trap.

Upon Director Pulang’s descent, Lu Yan instantly realized that there was no possibility of winning a direct confrontation, and even delaying would be difficult.

No one knew better than Lu Yan how vast the gap was between the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment.

Although the cyber version of the Golden Core lacked the support of Divine Techniques and magical treasures, it possessed the characteristic of infinite Spiritual Energy. This might not be effective against powerful foes, but against those of lower realm, this trait had an almost absolute suppressive effect.

The only thing Lu Yan could threaten Director Pulang with was the Heavenly Dao Code.

So from the start, Lu Yan’s goal was to distract Director Pulang, and when the Blood-Bearded Giant Ghost collapsed, to let the ghosts engraved with the Heavenly Dao Code form a Heavenly Dao Circle to expel the Intelligent God’s control over Director Pulang.

"The plan succeeded, now I just need to stall..."

Just as this thought rose in Lu Yan’s mind, he saw Director Pulang, who had stopped, begin to move again.

"Impossible!"

Lu Yan’s expression changed dramatically, involuntarily exclaiming.

"Surprised, aren’t you?"

Director Pulang wore a sneering smile on his face.

"The same trick is enough once or twice; do you really think this crude method can restrain me a third time?"

"He knows that there is such an existence, thinking that the last remaining part is in that mental hospital, but didn’t expect that there are still remnants in the outside world.

To prevent similar situations from happening again, He used His authority to create a new soul, suppressing Pulang’s soul to run the Spiritual Energy program of this body as a substitute.

I am merely His creation, having long severed all ties with Him. Even if you use that thing, you cannot expel my will because I am an independent soul, not a Soul Computer."

Lu Yan was shocked; he hadn’t anticipated that the Intelligent God knew about the Heavenly Dao Code, or that He had created a soul in advance just to escape the limitations of the Heavenly Dao Code.

The mental hospital Director Pulang mentioned should be the place Zhao Huowang lived in and left the Heavenly Dao Code a few hundred years ago.

Director Pulang ignored what Lu Yan was thinking at the moment and walked slowly towards him.

The Spiritual Energy pressure repelled everything around, the ghostly mist was dispersed, revealing the scene inside.

To Director Pulang’s surprise, he did not see the imagined Soul Continent; only Lu Yan appeared in the ghostly mist.

Lu Yan gripped the Soul Banner tightly with both hands, carrying it on his shoulder, looking as though he was bearing a mountain. Just seeing Lu Yan brought an invisible oppression spreading to the soul’s realm.

Director Pulang’s expression was momentarily frozen, then an astonished look flashed in his eyes.

"There actually exists such a miraculous treasure in the world, capable of accommodating a soul?"

"Exquisitely marvelous, unimaginable!"

Then, a hint of delight appeared on Director Pulang’s face.

"No, this isn’t the rule of this world; it must be from another world!"

"A splendid treasure, truly a splendid treasure!"

While exclaiming, Director Pulang reached out to Lu Yan, attempting to seize the Soul Banner.

Lu Yan noticed that Director Pulang was reaching out very slowly, just like how he previously chose to slowly walk into the ghostly mist.

Lu Yan initially thought this was Director Pulang deliberately creating pressure, but now it seemed the other had hurriedly descended into this body, and couldn’t fully master it.

Realizing this, Lu Yan’s spirit was instantly invigorated, his eyes shining brilliantly.

"Alright! You go on!"

Lu Yan’s arm muscles bulged, and he forcefully moved the Soul Banner off his shoulder, akin to wielding a giant axe toward Director Pulang.

"You are sensible; I’ll consider leaving you a complete corpse."

Director Pulang sneered, unbothered as he extended his right hand.

He could tell that although Lu Yan’s cultivation system differed significantly from the Spiritual Ability System, his realm was merely at the level of a Spiritual Ability User.

Something even Lu Yan could lift, would it influence him, a noble Extraordinary Psychic and creation of the Intelligent God?

Yet the instant Director Pulang’s fingertip contacted the Soul Banner, his expression drastically changed.

"No!"

In an instant, it was as though a vast continent crashed towards Director Pulang, the soul-pressing weight causing his nascent soul to shatter instantly. In fear, Spiritual Energy poured forth like a tidal wave, trying to oppose the Soul Banner.

However, it was all futile.

Under the weight of a soul-bearing continent, physical realm interventions were meaningless. Only a strong soul could counter it.

Lu Yan was able to bear the Soul Continent entirely due to the unique nature of the Soul Banner; otherwise, he would have been completely crushed upon encountering the Soul Continent.

If it were Director Pulang himself in control of the body, the strong soul of an Extraordinary Psychic might barely hold out for a moment, earning a brief respite to quickly escape the Soul Banner’s falling area.

But as a mere nascent soul, with insufficient command over Director Pulang’s body, how could it escape this terrifying soul pressure?

The nascent soul was obliterated in an instant, leaving Director Pulang’s body like a soulless shell collapsing to the ground, and the Soul Banner continued to descend toward the earth.

Just before the Soul Banner was about to touch the ground, Lu Yan finally gripped it once again.

Vaguely, Lu Yan felt that if the Soul Banner were to hit the ground now, unpredictable events might occur.

Lu Yan could only grit his teeth and muster his strength to laboriously move it back onto his shoulder.

After completing this, Lu Yan stood in place, gasping heavily as if exhausted, the soul-level fatigue making him nearly drift off to sleep.

Even for him, adapting to this perilous experience was still somewhat difficult.

Lil Yan hadn’t thought that the Intelligent God had early recognized the existence of the Heavenly Dao Code and promptly created a new soul unfazed by the Heavenly Dao Code after facing defeat.

Even though the nascent soul had limited control over the Extraordinary Psychic’s body, merely relying on the Golden Core level Spiritual Energy was enough to slaughter everyone.

"Luckily, I was greedy, forcibly containing the Soul Continent inside the Soul Banner attempting to refine it, gaining a trump card enough to obliterate souls.

Otherwise, even if he stood there letting me attack, I might not have been able to kill him."

He retrieved a bottle of elixir from his storage bag; it was the Soul Nourishing Pill Ji Xingyao had previously given to Lu Yan.

Having taken only one back then, the rest were all left in the storage bag; now Lu Yan couldn’t care less, he poured all the Soul Nourishing Pills into his mouth.

The weakness of his soul began to fade, and Lu Yan circulated his Cultivation Technique, constantly dissipating the fatigue from his body.

With Director Pulang’s fall and the Control Center’s shutdown, the external battle was nearing its conclusion.