"Clang!"
"Clang clang!"
The ancient bell, covered in dense, intricate curse marks, emitted a series of rapid, intensely piercing vibrations, making one feel like their skull was about to split open, as if wearing a Golden Hoop and having Tang Seng recite the Tightening Ring Spell.
Mu Jinyu almost suffered again, but under the influence of the Mystical Little Tree, his soul remained unharmed in the end.
He understood very well that this ancient bell was a spiritual treasure specifically targeting soul-based attacks.
He then dodged the incoming slashes from the Dragon Emperor Sword while glancing back at Wen Rou and the other two standing in the restricted area, finding they were also unharmed, allowing him to completely relax.
"Die!"
Wu Linyuan shouted angrily, and the Dragon Emperor Sword suddenly erupted in golden light. Accompanied by an earth-shaking dragon roar, an incredibly bright Divine Dragon soared out from the Dragon Emperor Sword, coiling around it, hurtling towards Mu Jinyu!
"Boom!"
A wild gale arose, causing the ground along the path to be lifted over three feet high by the fierce wind!
Seeing that Wen Rou and the others were safe, Mu Jinyu could fight them with peace of mind. He pretended to be affected by the Soul-Suppressing Bell's interference to his soul state while secretly preparing to attack Shi Haoran with the Bi Fang Cauldron.
"Roar!!"
As the Dragon Emperor Sword was about to strike Mu Jinyu, his eyes suddenly lit up fiercely. Instantly, a deafening dragon's roar sounded, illuminating the vast landscape with dazzling golden light, making Shi Haoran and Wu Linyuan squint, unable to look directly.
It was Mu Jinyu awakening the Dragon Soul sleeping within him!
As soon as the Dragon Soul appeared, sensing the pressure from the Dragon Emperor Sword's Dragon Soul, the two clashed fiercely.
The parties engaged in an intense battle.
"Boom!!"
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mu Jinyu focused his gaze on Shi Haoran, who was relentlessly activating the Soul-Suppressing Bell, and transformed his position, rushing forward with the Bi Fang Cauldron to Shi Haoran's proximity. Lifting the cauldron's lid, torrents of blazing flames erupted!
"Rumble!!"
"Ah!!"
Unprepared, Shi Haoran's whole body got swept by the Bi Fang Flame, triggering waves of scorching heat, burning away his hair and causing a shrill scream.
Luckily, he wore a set of superior-grade spiritual treasure-level defensive inner armor, sparing him from being incinerated instantly by the Bi Fang Flame!
"You little beast, go to hell for me!"
Despite the burning agony, Shi Haoran roared maniacally with a twisted face, controlling the Soul-Suppressing Bell to smash down on Mu Jinyu, intending to trap him inside, make him hear the Soul-Suppressing Melody a hundred times, shake him into pulp, leaving his soul scattered, with no path for reincarnation!
"Hmph!"
Mu Jinyu let out a cold snort, his eyes bursting with sharp light, boldly confronting the Soul-Suppressing Bell with the Bi Fang Cauldron, facing off against it.
Then, he fully activated the "Dragon Transformation Scripture" to enhance his combat strength by seven layers, then operated the Killing Character Secret Technique, forming a Fist Seal with his hand, his left hand manifesting into an ancient bell, ringing loud, while his right hand formed into a Dragon Sword, sharp and imposing.
These were the two incomplete heaven-reaching spiritual treasures brought by Shi Haoran and Wu Linyuan, the Soul-Suppressing Bell, and the Dragon Emperor Sword.
However, unlike their flawed spiritual treasures, the two weapons evolved by Mu Jinyu using the Killing Character Secret Technique were flawless, the Soul-Suppressing Bell devoid of the alarming crack threatening to split in half, and the Dragon Emperor Sword did not lack its two crucial Dragon Eye Gems.
"Buzz!"
A breathtaking scene unfolded immediately.
Mu Jinyu's right hand was steaming with Dragon Qi, and his left arm was entwined with Soul Thought...
He not only evolved these two flawless heaven-reaching spiritual treasures using the Killing Character Secret Technique but also summoned a portion of their Artifact Spirits.
This peculiar phenomenon immediately weakened the real Dragon Emperor Sword, which was engaged with the Dragon Vein Dragon Soul, being pressed down, while the Soul-Suppressing Bell, confronting the Bi Fang Cauldron, was also forced to retreat step by step!
"How is this possible?!"
Shi Haoran, fighting Mu Jinyu, saw this scene, his pupils suddenly constricting, needle-thin, and couldn't help but let out a horrified cry.
What kind of secret technique is this, that it can actually extract a portion of the spiritual treasure's Artifact Spirit.
Although Mu Jinyu wasn't sure why the Killing Character Secret Technique has this change, he knew it was a good opportunity, a flash of murderous intent in his eyes, the Soul-Suppressing Bell evolved in his left hand charged to slay Shi Haoran!
And the Dragon Emperor Sword held in his right hand, its Dragon's Might vast and mighty, with Sword Light raging, slicing layers of fine cracks in the void, vaguely seeing the chaotic currents within the void.
"Clang!"
Even though Shi Haoran desperately tried to avoid Mu Jinyu's attack, firstly, he was momentarily stunned by Mu Jinyu's secret technique, and secondly, with the strengthening of the Dragon Transformation Scripture, in both speed and cultivation, Mu Jinyu was no worse off, making him unable to evade.
In the end, his head was ferociously grabbed by Mu Jinyu's hand anchored from the Soul-Suppressing Island.
"Clang!"
With a sound of the bell, Shi Haoran, hit by the Soul-Suppressing Bell, instantly stiffened, his eyes vacant, like a living dead.
Nonetheless, Mu Jinyu knew he was merely temporarily detained by the Soul-Suppressing Bell and would soon break free from its confinement.
However, in that brief moment, it was enough for Mu Jinyu to kill him a hundred times over!
"Tch!"
The Dragon Emperor Sword slashed fiercely, with a flash of Sword Light, Shi Haoran's brilliant head was sent flying!
"Buzz!"
In mid-air, under pressure from the Bi Fang Cauldron, the Soul-Suppressing Bell taking steps back, with Shi Haoran's death, uttered a mournful cry, then its body shook, about to flee the battlefield.
However, Mu Jinyu was prepared, and since this was the Secret Realm and not the outside world, it had no chance of escaping, ultimately being stored in the Bi Fang Cauldron.
Afterward, Mu Jinyu turned around, his eyes brimming with killing intent like blades, holding the Dragon Emperor Sword Artifact Spirit, chased after the escaping Wu Linyuan, who abandoned the real Dragon Emperor Sword fleeing desperately.
"Kill!"
Mu Jinyu shouted furiously, a dragon's roar resounding through the sky, and with the Dragon Soul completely suppressing the Dragon Emperor Sword, wrapped in the Dragon Sword, lunged at Wu Linyuan in a blink!
The Dragon Soul was fast like lightning, instantly penetrating Wu Linyuan's body, pinning him to the ground, leaving him utterly incapable of escape.
Subsequently, the Bi Fang Cauldron descended, looming over Wu Linyuan's head, and before the Bi Fang Flame could even be released to torch him, his head busted open like a watermelon, spilling red blood and white brain matter all over the place.
"Boom!"
The Bi Fang Cauldron flashed with red light, ejecting the Bi Fang Flame, cleansing the stains on the cauldron's surface.
Mu Jinyu stood there after the battle concluded, without hurrying to collect the spoils, he slowly closed his eyes, silently contemplating the state of summoning the two spiritual treasure Artifact Spirits using the Killing Character Secret Technique.
Yet, before Mu Jinyu could further immerse himself in that state.
"Rumble!!"
Suddenly, an upheaval started.
The ground cracked, the void crumbled, violent chaotic currents in the void streamed into the Secret Realm, tearing the whole world more severely and fragmentarily.
"What's happening?!"
Mu Jinyu was immediately startled awake, witnessing the doomsday-like scene unfolding in the Secret Realm before him.
His heart sank, knowing that the outside group was attempting to use Unity Realm Stage powers to enter the Secret Realm, intending to trap and kill him there.