The killing aura and spiritual energy resided within Ye Chu’s body, transforming through the alternating means of yin and yang. The two opposing forces finally began to merge. The pitch-black colour on Ye Chu’s originally darkened face gradually faded.
Ruoshui had originally believed Ye Chu was doomed beyond doubt. Now, seeing his complexion slowly improve, she could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, yet at the same time felt it utterly inconceivable. She could not comprehend how Ye Chu could withstand such terrifying killing aura essence.
With the aid of yin-yang transformation, the killing aura and spiritual energy fused together. Ye Chu’s spiritual energy underwent metamorphosis. Due to the killing aura, it became even purer and denser. As a result, Ye Chu’s strength slowly increased.
Sensing the changes within himself, Ye Chu was overjoyed beyond measure. Undoubtedly, he had taken the right path. Feeling the fusion of killing aura and spiritual energy within his power, Ye Chu’s blood boiled with excitement. This meant that from now on, his strength would be completely different from others. He would possess a unique spiritual energy of his own.
This was an opportunity countless cultivators longed for but could never obtain. One of the reasons killing aura practitioners were envied by others was precisely because they all possessed spiritual energy distinct from everyone else’s.
By using his own yin and yang to integrate killing aura and spiritual energy into one, Ye Chu’s strength continued to grow.
“Hiss…”
The Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider had originally been waiting for Ye Chu to die. But seeing Ye Chu resolve its killing aura, it went berserk once again. Surging killing aura danced outward, crashing towards the crowd.
Qing Wenting, Ji Die, and the empire’s prince continuously drove their heaven and earth artifacts, yet they were still no match for the killing spider. Struck by the killing aura, they were directly blasted backwards. If not for the protection of their heaven and earth artifacts, they would have been eroded by the killing aura.
“Mm…”
The three groaned in pain as they crashed to the ground, spitting blood from their mouths. Clearly, they had suffered considerable injuries.
After blasting the three away, the Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider swept its eight legs outward. Killing aura rolled towards the great cultivators. They fled frantically in all directions, desperately avoiding the impact of the killing aura. In just a few breaths, the Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider had scattered the entire group of besieging cultivators.
“Hiss…”
Carrying a bone-chilling aura, the coloured-pattern killing spider leapt forward, charging straight towards Ye Chu and Ruoshui. Clearly, it intended to deal with Ye Chu and Ruoshui first.
Terrifying killing aura surged outward and struck Ye Chu’s body. The other great cultivators could not bear to watch and closed their eyes. Qing Wenting drove her saintess crown in an attempt to shield Ye Chu from the killing aura, but due to her injuries, she could not withstand the strain of activating the crown. Another mouthful of blood sprayed from her lips.
The killing aura poured into Ye Chu’s body, seeping through his skin. Ye Chu let out a muffled groan, yet he remained standing there completely unharmed.
Ruoshui, weak and standing behind Ye Chu, watched this scene. Finally, some understanding dawned in her heart. No wonder Wuxin Peak had accepted Ye Chu. Perhaps in their eyes his strength was lacking, but this physique was unprecedented.
To endure such killing aura invading his body without dying was simply too unbelievable.
The Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider clearly had not expected this youth to be so resilient. It suddenly leapt upward and landed directly on Ye Chu’s body. The terrifying killing aura madly poured into Ye Chu.
Ruoshui, Qing Wenting, Ji Die, and the other cultivators saw this and their expressions changed drastically. No matter how miraculous Ye Chu was, once the Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider landed on him, only death awaited.
Ruoshui and Qing Wenting wanted to help Ye Chu, but at this moment they could do nothing at all.
Ye Chu had not expected the Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider to land on him and target him first. While he could withstand killing aura, it depended on the degree. The Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider had already gained spirituality. Its terror was extreme.
How could Ye Chu’s body possibly endure it?
Killing aura carrying seven-coloured halos surged madly into Ye Chu’s body. Ye Chu felt pain as though knives were slicing him. His body swelled up and began to show signs of rotting.
Ye Chu grabbed the Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider with his hand, trying to fling it away. But the killing spider allowed him to grasp it without resistance. Its eight legs wrapped tightly around Ye Chu. He could not throw it off at all.
The bone-chilling killing aura seeped into Ye Chu’s body. Ye Chu felt as though his entire vitality was about to be extinguished. His body gradually grew numb. Even with his special physique, he could not withstand the killing spider’s terror, something even Ruoshui and the others could not resist.
The Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider clearly intended to fully erode Ye Chu. The dazzling surging light poured completely into Ye Chu’s body. Ye Chu was enveloped in radiance. From the outside, no one could see clearly what was happening within.
This was terrifying. Even with Ye Chu’s miraculous physique that could resist killing aura, he felt his consciousness gradually fading.
The other great cultivators could not see inside, but watching this scene, they could not help sighing. They thought that even the terrifying killing aura practitioners of the killing aura realm would have headaches facing such a creature. Refining it was nine chances of death to one of survival. Ye Chu, now completely entangled by it, was surely finished.
Some people saw Ye Chu being wrapped up and seized the opportunity to flee. They rushed frantically towards the outside. This was their only chance. Otherwise, if the killing spider entangled them again, they would end up following in Ye Chu’s footsteps.
Ye Chu felt his entire will slipping away. The seven-coloured radiance penetrated every part of him. His clothes corroded into tatters. Everything Ye Chu carried, whether the red killing aura manuscript, the manuscript Bai Bao had given him, or the killing aura practitioner’s notes, all turned to powder under the corrosion.
When everything had been corroded away, the killing aura finally fell upon the piece of black iron Ye Chu had casually picked up earlier and kept on his person.
The killing aura cleaned away every trace of rust on the black iron. Such terrifying corrosive power could not even be withstood by steel. Yet just as the rust was completely eroded, a faint ghostly light flickered from the black iron. The ghostly light merged into Ye Chu’s body. The black iron vanished from Ye Chu’s embrace.
Ye Chu only thought the black iron had also been completely corroded away. This left him even more helpless. His consciousness grew even fainter.
Just as Ye Chu was on the verge of complete collapse, his entire body swollen and about to rot, a ghostly light suddenly flashed within him. The light fell upon Ye Chu’s body. It wrapped around the seven-coloured radiance and pulled it all into Ye Chu’s body. Even the Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider was dragged along by the ghostly light.
Ye Chu’s consciousness abruptly returned. When he opened his eyes, he clearly saw the Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider reveal an expression of terror. It tried desperately to break free from Ye Chu’s body, but it had no chance. As the ghostly light faded, the spider vanished along with it.
With the Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider gone, Ye Chu’s consciousness fully recovered. The killing aura still lingered around him, still enough to make one’s heart palpitate. But without the coloured-pattern killing spider, though the terror continued to torment Ye Chu, it could no longer take his life.
Ye Chu frantically circulated the transformation between his yin and yang acupoints. He felt his qi sea swelling intensely. This prompted him to look inward.
But when Ye Chu’s mind entered his qi sea, the scene within left him stunned and utterly incredulous. At the very centre of his qi sea floated a piece of black iron. Cyan ghostly light radiated from it. Though the black iron was only the size of a finger, it bore intricate and mysterious patterns engraved upon it. As Ye Chu gazed at these patterns, he felt even his primordial spirit throbbing wildly.
Beside the black iron, the Three-Yin Coloured Pattern Killing Spider lay curled up. It was illuminated by the ghostly light, seemingly suppressed. Though it occasionally leaked traces of killing aura, it could not affect Ye Chu at all.
The miraculous scene within his qi sea left Ye Chu dazed and unable to speak.