Chapter 453: Chapter 453: Satisfying Gains

Yue Yihuo’s divine soul, in an instant, detached from his shell.

"He" saw his arch-enemy Zhang Yuan and then saw himself standing motionless on the spot.

This self held a Profound Soldier in the right hand, with the left forming a sword pointing gesture. The energy surging from his body made his attire flutter loudly, revealing the might of a Tier Six strongman.

Yet, there was a slender blood mark on Yue Yihuo’s forehead.

Trickles of crimson blood seeped from the wound.

His eyes were filled with bewilderment and shock!

A strong and intense resentment surged in the depths of Yue Yihuo’s divine soul.

He possessed shocking Tier Six cultivation, mastered high-tier Profound Soldiers and superior swordsmanship, with many killing move techniques.

Yet, without striking even a single sword, he had fallen on the spot!

How could Yue Yihuo be reconciled?

He didn’t even know how he had died!

Intense and overwhelming resentment quickly twisted Yue Yihuo’s remnant soul, gathering threads of evil qi.

His consciousness subsequently plunged entirely into the abyss.

And just as Yue Yihuo’s last conscious thoughts descended into boundless darkness, he faintly heard a grand voice resonating, piercing straight into the depths of his divine soul.

Transcendence!

The next moment, before fully transforming into a bizarre martial artist’s remnant soul, an invisible mighty force suddenly enveloped him.

Thud!

Yue Yihuo’s corpse fell heavily to the ground, and then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, turned into flying ash.

[Source Material +5380]

The information prompt appearing in his vision made Zhang Yuan slightly dazed.

Since entering the martial world, he had transcended countless enemies.

The amount of source material Yue Yihuo provided was undoubtedly the highest—astonishingly high.

This Tier Six strongman surprisingly brought Zhang Yuan a return of over five thousand source material!

His life energy’s strength truly exceeded Zhang Yuan’s expectations.

Zhang Yuan was very grateful for having summoned his strongest card right from the start.

Relying on the Red Blood Divine Soldiers to kill Yue Yihuo on the spot.

This strategy of going all in from the start might have seemed reckless, leaving no room for retreat.

But against a strongman like Yue Yihuo, it was undoubtedly the wisest choice!

Otherwise, if a prolonged fight had ensued, Zhang Yuan might not have had the chance to secure an absolute kill.

Now Zhang Yuan stood unscathed while his enemy had been reduced to dust, leaving just a longsword and some clothes behind.

Buzz—

A streak of crimson blood light swiftly shot over, floating before him.

It was the Red Blood Saber!

The saber trembled steadily, transmitting a divine thought to Zhang Yuan.

Seeking credit and reward!

Zhang Yuan, snapping back to reality, couldn’t help but smile.

He reached out and picked up the longsword that had fallen to the ground, offering it to the meritorious Red Blood Divine Soldiers.

This longsword was the only weapon Yue Yihuo carried, its blade gleaming like an autumn water pool, pleasing to the eye and of exemplary grade.

Moreover, the moment it was in hand, Zhang Yuan sensed strong rejection emanating from the sword!

Imbued with spirituality, Yue Yihuo didn’t know how much time and effort he had invested in refining this longsword. Its spirituality already bore his distinct mark.

For anyone else to wield this longsword and unleash the power of the Profound Soldiers, they would have to slowly erase the spiritual mark and then re-refine it.

Zhang Yuan admired this Profound Soldier greatly, but without hesitation, "fed" it to the Red Blood Saber!

To Zhang Yuan’s surprise, just as he reached out to offer the longsword to the Red Blood Saber without letting go, the Profound Soldier suddenly trembled violently, and its spiritual rejection vanished.

Moreover, it also transmitted a spiritual thought of surrender and plea to Zhang Yuan!

Zhang Yuan was speechless.

The spirituality of Yue Yihuo’s Profound Soldier matched that of his Taowu Saber, making its value unquestionably extraordinary.

With the spirit of the soldier voluntarily submitting, Zhang Yuan could effortlessly take control of it.

No need to expend much effort on refining.

Furthermore, the spiritual thought transmitted from this longsword included part of a magic technique.

Shocking Feather Swordsmanship!

At this moment, Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but be moved.

This Profound Soldier clearly had a grand origin; Yue Yihuo was probably not its first Sword Master, and the swordsmanship he practiced was likely this Shocking Feather Swordsmanship.

Even though the longsword only imparted half of the sword formulas, the magic technique was vast and profound, exceptionally extraordinary!

This swordsmanship pointed straight towards Divine Entry!

To be frank, the value of the Shocking Feather Swordsmanship alone surpassed that of the Profound Soldier body!

Although Zhang Yuan didn’t practice swordsmanship, the temptation was strongly alluring.

However, he hesitated only for a brief moment before releasing his grip on the sword’s hilt.

The Red Blood Saber in front of him suddenly emitted a strong aura of bloodthirsty joy, enveloping the Profound Soldier immediately.

The spiritually imbued longsword seemed to realize its impending doom, struggling and resisting like a trapped prey.

But the Red Blood Saber’s power crushed it overwhelmingly, rendering the struggle futile.

This Divine Soldier acted like a brutish ruffian, smirking as it subdued the weaker female beneath it.

The Profound Weapon Longsword wailed mournfully, gradually being melted and devoured by the Red Blood Saber.

Devoured completely.

Leaving only sparse remnants!

Having consumed the Profound Weapon Longsword, the Red Blood Saber was immensely satisfied, eagerly returning to Zhang Yuan’s body.

Retreating to slumber in his Qi Sea Dantian!

Zhang Yuan had a faint feeling that upon awakening, it would surely bring him a surprise.

Of course, whether this feeling was accurate would require the test of time.

He picked up Yue Yihuo’s clothes left on the ground and shook them, causing a beast-skin pouch to fall out immediately.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Zhang Yuan grabbed it at once.

He untied the leather strap and poured out all the contents inside.

A jade bottle, a copper token, and a thick stack of gold notes were all there was.

Upon inspection, Zhang Yuan found that the jade bottle contained five top grade elixirs for healing and regeneration, while the copper token seemed to be a special talisman that needed activation to determine its use. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

As for the gold notes, their total denomination amounted to as much as seventy thousand taels!

Seventy thousand taels of gold, equivalent to seven hundred thousand taels of silver, although Zhang Yuan wasn’t short of money at the moment, this stack of notes still gave him the feeling of striking it rich.

Zhang Yuan speculated that this very likely was the remuneration given to Yue Yihuo by the Yang Family in Qianjing.

Or it could be part of the remuneration.

As a dignified Tier Six strongman, Yue Yihuo’s wealth surely wasn’t limited to this.

But Zhang Yuan was already very satisfied.

With more than five thousand of Source Material, plus an exquisite Profound Soldier, he was more than content.

These gold, elixirs, and talismans were the icing on the cake.

One could not ask for more.

He stored everything into the Storage Space, then set Yue Yihuo’s clothes ablaze.

Lastly, he poured all the Source Material into the Gray-toothed Lynx.

Zhang Yuan planned to hunt more fierce beasts and anomalies in the coming days, to upgrade the Gray-toothed Lynx to Level 5.

By then, this war beast should become his true asset.