Under the coordination of the Source of Life and the twin swords, Jian Chen blocked the sudden soul attack.
Despite that, his soul was heavily injured. He was overcome by excruciating pain like a knife had sliced at his soul. He felt like it was about to split into two.
This was the soul attack from a late Immortal Exalt. When it first appeared, both the twin swords and the Source of Life had responded a little slowly, which led to Jian Chen’s initial injuries.
It was only a split second, yet his soul had been heavily injured.
If it were not for his soul being relatively special, probably any Immortal Emperor, even a peak Immortal Emperor, would have perished before that strike.
The difference between late Immortal Exalts and Immortal Emperors was far too large. Even describing the difference as a chasm would be an understatement.
The excruciating pain made Jian Chen let out an uncontrollable groan. His face was pale-white. He reflexively fished out heavenly resources that could heal the soul and wolfed them down.
The Source of Life could not help him with injuries to the soul for the time being.
“Hmm? You only became injured? You’re a mere Immortal Emperor, something akin to an ant, yet you managed to survive before my secret technique. How unbelievable.” An elderly voice rang out vaguely. It seemed to be very far away, yet also very close.
“Soul, cometh!”
As the obscure voice rang out in Jian Chen’s head, he immediately felt a special, profound power seemingly appear from nowhere. It burst through the Divine Armour of Heavenflight, bypassed his bodily defences, and directly appeared within his soul.
Before the special power, Jian Chen felt a might so tremendous that it was beyond what he could fend off. Before this power, Jian Chen felt like an ant, unable to offer up any resistance or struggle.
This was an ancient secret technique. Its quality was not low. It could even be described as extremely high.
The power behind such a high quality secret technique cast by a late Immortal Exalt was unimaginable.
But this time, the Source of Life was already prepared. It guarded Jian Chen’s soul from all directions.
When this mysterious power slammed against the barrier formed by the Source of Life, it even managed to shake its power, making the verdant barrier tremble gently.
“This secret technique is not simple. It’s much stronger than the one from earlier. Fortunately, I recovered some strength over the years, or I really wouldn’t have been able to block it.” This time, the Source of Life’s voice was filled with surprise.
“This technique should be created by a Grand Exalt. Master, you have to be careful.” The twin swords warned him sternly. They were grim as if they were facing a powerful opponent.
“Late Grand Exalt? Who is this?” Jian Chen was very serious. He closely recalled everyone who had entered the Skyscraping World, but he had no idea.
The Illusion-condensing Swordmaster was the only person within Jian Chen’s knowledge whose cultivation had reached such heights, but he had not entered the Skyscraping World.
On top of that, the laws they comprehended were completely different.
“There are opportunities in the Skyscraping World, but the greatest opportunity should just be the seed of ways. Logically speaking, the seed of ways won’t attract an expert like this.” Jian Chen was perplexed. At this moment, after consuming those heavenly resources, his injured soul had not made a full recovery, but at least he had temporarily recovered some strength.
“Sect master, what’s the matter with you?” The Thousand Soul Demon Exalt stared at Jian Chen with widened eyes. He was alarmed. He glanced back at the group of Immortal Exalts who got closer and closer before grabbing Jian Chen by the shoulder without saying anything more and speeding off into the distance.
“A late Immortal Exalt is attacking me from the shadows,” Jian Chen said slightly feebly.
“What? L-l-late Immortal Exalt…” When he heard that, the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt’s expression changed drastically. He was frightened. He subconsciously looked around at the surroundings as a dark shadow was cast over his mind.
Late Immortal Exalts seemed to possess their own terrifying sense of deterrence. Just the mention of them was enough for the Fourth Heavenly Layer Thousand Soul Demon Exalt to tense up and feel chills run down his spine.
“Don’t worry. He can’t kill me. Thousand Soul Demon Exalt, enter the Primeval Divine Hall immediately. If he comes after you, I won’t be able to save you.” Jian Chen’s voice was still slightly feeble, but his soul had already consolidated.
He immediately sent the Immortal Devouring Orchid and the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt into the Primeval Divine Hall.
He was protected by the Source of Life, so even a Seventh Heavenly Layer expert could not kill him. However, the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt and the Immortal Devouring Orchid did not have such a trump card.
Afterwards, Jian Chen did not encounter any more strange soul attacks. The mysterious expert who attacked him from the shadows seemed to be shocked by the fact that Jian Chen had survived two of his attacks.
During this time, Jian Chen constantly swallowed heavenly resources and God Tier pills for healing his soul.
The initial soul attack had left him quite injured. It had already affected his battle prowess. At such a critical moment, he needed to recover as quickly as possible.
He cultivated the Chaotic Body and he had the protection of the Source of Life. The last thing he was afraid of was injuries to the body. When he was in the chaotic sea, even experts like the Heartless Child and the leader of the Myriad Bone Guild struggled to kill him in a short period of time.
However, the soul was still his weak point.
“A late Immortal Exalt… I can only use the Divine Formation of the Heavens to fend off an expert like that, but with my incomplete formation, I don’t know if I’ll necessarily be able to hit them.” Jian Chen fled quickly as he thought of ways to deal with this expert, but in the end, he discovered that he did not possess any methods that could overwhelm such a foe.
Even if he managed to fire off the Divine Formation of the Heavens, it would only be equal to the Seventh Heavenly Layer at most, which was equivalent to a strike from the enemy.
In other words, each attack from the enemy was equivalent to a strike from the Divine Formation of the Heavens. A legitimate late Immortal Exalt was equal to countless strikes from the Divine Formation of the Heavens.
Meanwhile, he could only launch a single attack from the Divine Formation of the Heavens right now!
As for fusing the twin swords, the charge up would take too long. He would not have the chance at all.
No matter how he thought about it, Jian Chen discovered that apart from abandoning the seed of ways and hiding himself with the Divine Armour of Heavenflight, he had no other way to deal with an expert like that.
At this moment, Jian Chen’s vision suddenly darkened. Whether it was through his eyes or the senses of his soul, he could not observe the outside world. All he sensed were powerful pulses of energy dancing madly in the surroundings, immediately weaving into a powerful formation that trapped him inside.
This formation was more powerful than any of the formations he had discovered on the mountain peak. With his strength, he could not break free from it at all.