Chapter 403: Chapter 27: Sacred Sect of All Beings (Part 3)

This array refines Spirit Stones to continuously provide Spiritual Qi within the hall.

Li Ji’an slightly sensed it and found it to have the level of a quasi-Tier Three Spirit Vein.

Though the hall isn’t vast, this kind of consumption is something ordinary forces cannot afford.

It conservatively consumes over a hundred Spirit Stones daily.

However, the Spiritual Qi provided by this Spirit Storage Array can only support daily cultivation, not for breaking through Great Realms, otherwise, the array might break, causing the Spiritual Qi refined from the Spirit Stones to dissipate into the sky.

Inside and outside the hall, there are three layers of sentries.

"This subordinate greets the Squad Leader!" Quickly, Li Ji’an reached the Squad Leader’s dark room in the depths of the hall.

"How is it? Did you complete the task?" An eerie, hoarse voice came from behind the curtain in the dark room, filled with a gnashing of teeth.

"Please forgive me, Squad Leader. My team encountered someone suspected to be a Fake Pill True Man, so we had to give up!"

"Roar~" A beast-like growl echoed, simultaneously sending an inexplicable Divine Soul Attack straight into Li Ji’an’s Sea of Consciousness.

"Ah!" Li Ji’an pretended to be shaken mentally, holding his head and wailing immediately.

Then, the Squad Leader in the dark room stepped out. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Li Ji’an finally saw his true appearance.

Even Yuan Ting, after all these years, was seeing the Squad Leader’s real face for the first time.

He saw the Squad Leader’s leg stepping out of the dark room, covered in claw marks, blood streaming down.

And the face revealed beyond the curtain looked like a ghoul, cheeks sunken with dried flesh, eyes full of blood streaks, and patches of scalp falling off from his head.

Seeing this, a subtle tremor coursed through Li Ji’an’s heart.

"The ancients didn’t deceive me! If one does not possess great talent, Soul Cultivation could severely damage the Sea of Consciousness or lead to complete soul annihilation; even if one managed some success, he would need to resort to terrifying measures to alleviate the torments inflicted on the Sea of Consciousness."

In Yuan Ting’s memory, this Squad Leader had never appeared, but his temperament was very tyrannical, and he might even devour the living.

Based on ancient records, Li Ji’an speculated this person relied on self-mutilation and cannibalism to alleviate the torment on his Divine Sense.

Witnessing such terrifying testimony firsthand, Li Ji’an slightly relieved himself by defining Soul Cultivation as a Demon Technique.

"Hmm? You..." However, just as one foot stepped beyond the curtain, he halted as if sensing something.

"How dare you deceive me! You’re not Yuan Ting!" The next moment, he shouted wrathfully, intending to retrieve the foot stepping out of the dark room.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

Before nurturing the soul with a Soul Cultivator, their physical body is no different from an ordinary person unless they concurrently cultivate Magical Power, and Li Ji’an had already sensed no hint of Magical Power in his body when stepping into the underground hall, clearly denoting a pure Soul Cultivator.

Only his dark room had a single Shield, and Li Ji’an wasn’t sure if he could break it instantly, so he acted a bit to lure him out.

"Swish~" At the moment he tried to retrieve his foot, a gleam flashed in Li Ji’an’s hand, binding him entirely with the God-Binding Rope.

The next second, he was pulled out entirely without any resistance.

Meanwhile, a Restriction Barrier enveloped the area, isolating any outside probing.

"Buzz~" The Soul Cultivator, trapped by the God-Binding Rope, was dazed for three breaths; once dragged into the restriction shield, he regained his senses and immediately unleashed a Soul Stab.

"Hmph!" Li Ji’an snorted coldly, abandoning his Yuan Ting disguise, instantly activating Fu Xiaochen’s Essence Blood, concurrently unleashing a Divine Sense equivalent to the Peak of Early-stage True Core.

The Soul Cultivator’s Divine Soul Secret Technique is effective against those with weaker Divine Souls, especially if the opponent hasn’t cultivated any Divine Soul Secret Technique, as they’d have almost no means of defense.

However, if the opponent’s Divine Soul is stronger, the secret technique significantly loses its effect.

This Soul Cultivator’s Divine Sense is comparable to a typical True Pill Early Stage True Man, weaker than Li Ji’an. Also, Li Ji’an constantly tempered his Divine Soul with the "Divine Grinding Soul Technique," enhancing both resilience and defensive capabilities.

"Boom~" The Sea of Consciousness withstood the opponent’s Soul Stab, merely quivering slightly.

"Swish~" Magical Power formed a Qi Blade in his hand, which effortlessly detached the opponent’s head from his body with a single sweep.

Nonetheless, a Soul Cultivator, upon reaching the extent of Divine Sense, could sustain his Divine Sense even if his physical body perished; if a suitable vessel or host for lodging the soul existed, he could endure for hundreds or thousands of years.