Chapter 179 The Cursed Soul Art

With a deafening bang, the golden Immortal Soul power exploded, dyeing the eerie mist gold.

The stone ball spun, unharmed, and charged forward again, emitting a whining sound as it slammed into the soft egg.

The soft egg snorted and unleashed various secret arts and attacks, all directed at the stone ball.

The stone ball, the size of a millstone, flew nimbly through the void. At first, it dodged the attacks, but realizing they couldn't harm it, it began to charge head-on.

Turning into a bulldozer-like, savage stone ball, it rolled straight through the void, creating a tremendous racket as it flew and spun.

Sensing danger, the soft egg turned and fled.

In the distance, Zhang Ji flapped his wings, hovering in the sky, arms crossed, watching with keen interest, his eyes gleaming.

"All this time, I didn't pay attention to this stone ball Hu San presented. Only today did I realize that this thing is even more useful than my bone spear!"

A smile appeared on Zhang Ji's lips.

He planned to use it more often to kill enemies in the future, saving effort and worry.

On his back scales, the Green Lotus Snake Woman was already dumbfounded.

She hadn't expected the stone ball to be so perverted and bizarre, able to withstand various attacks. It seemed to have no magical powers, only the ability to fly, yet this skill alone allowed it to roam the void, forcing the Son of Heaven Dao Lord into a flustered state.

Moreover, it was extraordinarily hard, seemingly indestructible.

No matter what spells or attacks were used, they couldn't stop it or hurt it.

"Father, where did you get this Yingying ball? Your daughter has never seen such a strange object," the Green Lotus Snake Woman asked curiously.

Zhang Ji smiled and said, "It came from the Dog Phase Secret Realm of the Twelve Divine Kingdoms. You haven't seen it in the Immortal Realm either?"

The Green Lotus Snake Woman shook her head.

She speculated, "This ball is strange. So far, it seems to be immune to all Daoist magic attacks. It looks like a stone ball, but it's more like another peculiar creature."

"Perhaps it comes from the Mountain and Sea Realm."

Hearing this, Zhang Ji asked, "What exactly is the Mountain and Sea Realm?"

A look of longing appeared in the Green Lotus Snake Woman's eyes. "I haven't been there either, only heard of it. It's rumored to be the origin of all the heavens and realms, boundless and infinite."

"The Immortal Realm, the Great Wilderness, the Primal Continent, and the universe you're in, Father, are just nebulae outside the Mountain and Sea Realm. According to some ancient manuscripts, the Nine Mountains and Eighteen Seas are the gates to the Mountain and Sea Realm. Crossing the Nine Mountains and Eighteen Seas will lead you to the Mountain and Sea Realm."

"Back then, the Twelve Divine Kingdoms launched a war to seize the Nine Mountains and Eighteen Seas and knock on the door of the Mountain and Sea Realm in order to enter it. Unfortunately, they failed and were defeated outside the Mountain and Sea Realm."

The Green Lotus Snake Woman looked wistful, filled with longing and awe when she spoke of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Glancing at the Yingying ball still chasing the Son of Heaven Dao Lord's soft egg in the distance, her beautiful eyes flashed, and she smiled.

"The Mountain and Sea Realm has countless races and creatures, both seen and unseen, as well as various prehistoric creatures and giant fiends that have gone extinct elsewhere.

"This mysterious Yingying ball of yours, Father, may be from a special race in the Mountain and Sea Realm, but somehow ended up in the secret realm of the Twelve Divine Kingdoms."

Zhang Ji nodded. "Maybe."

The Yingying ball's life characteristics were too peculiar. It was said to be a stone ball, but it wasn't stone. It felt smooth and cold, like a special kind of flesh and blood skin.

And then there was his second brother, the Tai Sui meat ball, also a strange creature.

"Boom!"

Another explosion occurred in the distance.

A deserted factory was leveled, and a mushroom cloud rose in its place.

碎石飞溅，钢筋断裂，有西川镇的幸存者躲在里面却连惨叫声都没来得及发出，就化为了血雨。

　　强者交战，倏忽而至，弱者也许连反应的机会都没有就死了，死的时候还不知道自己无意间死于强者征战的余波。

Rubbles splashed and rebar broke. The survivors of Xichuan Town hid inside and hadn't even managed to scream before they turned into bloody rain.

The battle of experts happened in a flash, and the weak might die without even having a chance to react, dying without knowing they had been inadvertently killed by the aftermath of the battle.

Two streaks of light chased each other back and forth over Xichuan Town.

The soft egg was repeatedly hit and injured, and cracks began to appear on its shell. When the Yingying ball accelerated and crashed into it again, the soft egg exploded with a "boom," and a figure stumbled out, roaring.

"Damn you, do you really think I can't kill you?!"

It was an old Daoist with white hair and beard, only parts of his body had snake scales. Clearly, his reincarnation here had retained most of his original appearance from the Immortal Realm.

He was the Son of Heaven Dao Lord, glaring with anger, forming hand seals, and a golden net enveloped the flying Yingying ball.

"Immortal Seal!"

This was a sealing technique, he wanted to seal the stone ball.

However, as before, when the golden net fell, the stone ball passed right through it, having no effect at all. It flashed through the air and slammed into the Son of Heaven Dao Lord's forehead with a "thud".

He yelped, clearly suffering from the blow, staggering in the void, dizzy.

Just as he regained his senses, he felt a fishy wind blowing overhead. A bloody maw descended from the sky, swallowing him in one gulp. He used a遁术 *dùn shù* (escape technique) to flee, but a streak of blood flashed.

It was Zhang Ji who had made his move.

The Soul Reaper scythe struck at the right moment, carrying the power of ancient forbidden techniques, the power of bloody lightning, and the power of the Immortal Soul, all attacking and suppressing.

The Son of Heaven Dao Lord was horrified.

He sensed danger in this strike, a destruction aimed at the soul. He quickly swiped his palms across his chest, and the golden light of his Immortal Soul rose like a golden sun, blocking the Soul Reaper scythe's attack.

"Hmph! Why not come into your father's mouth!"

He blocked the attack, but the bloody maw above didn't stop, engulfing him.

"Gluttonous Prison, Seal!"

This was Zhang Ji's gluttonous head's innate divine power. Prey that entered his mouth would be sealed in a prison.

"Fellow Daoist, let's talk it over, don't be impulsive! I have endless ancient techniques and secret arts to exchange," a terrified voice came from inside the mouth.

Zhang Ji remained unmoved. The Gluttonous Prison seal completely suppressed, sealing all his techniques and arts. All four heads simultaneously chanted the ancient forbidden technique of the Tiger Phase Heavenly Tablet, and a terrified and horrified scream instantly echoed in the mouth.

"Soul Curse Technique, the Soul Curse Technique of the Soul Clan of the Mountain and Sea Realm! How did you master this technique? Could it be that you're a lost member of the Soul Clan of the Mountain and Sea Realm... Ah... I will definitely take revenge..."

He screamed in agony and terror.

The Boundless Devil Venerable, the Soul-Departing Phoenix Woman, and other Immortal Realm giants thought that the ancient forbidden technique was a soul-destroying technique, but the mysterious Son of Heaven Dao Lord called it the Soul Curse Technique.

He had attained Dao for countless years, traveled to many places, and even set foot in the Mountain and Sea Realm, so he clearly had a more accurate understanding.

Zhang Ji didn't care what this ancient forbidden technique was. At this moment, he only wanted the old Daoist's life.

"Die!"

Inside the gluttonous maw, the screams were shrill, filled with endless hatred, still saying he would take revenge, but the voice vanished in an instant.

"Evolution points +80 billion, cumulative 167 billion/100 billion, reaching the evolution condition, evolve now?"

The metallic voice rang in his mind, indicating Zhang Ji's harvest.

"80 billion evolution points!! As expected of a Dao Ancestor, you didn't disappoint me!" Zhang Ji's eyes showed joy and excitement, but he also knew that these were not the evolution points of a true Dao Ancestor, because the other party had reincarnated, his strength greatly reduced, and the evolution points wouldn't be too many.

Otherwise, it would definitely be more than 80 billion.

But for now, it was enough, a great harvest, enough to advance his strength to another major realm.

Beside him.

The Green Lotus Snake Woman trembled in terror. She saw Zhang Ji's ruthless methods of suppressing and devouring the Son of Heaven Dao Lord cleanly and neatly, and also heard the other party's shrill screams before his death.

"Soul Curse Technique, what is this technique? And the Soul Clan, is there such a clan in the Mountain and Sea Realm? Is Father the King Cobra a member of the Soul Clan?"

The Green Lotus Snake Woman didn't know, and felt that this ferocious and terrible father was even more mysterious. Her awe deepened.

She didn't know what the Soul Clan was, or what the Soul Curse Technique represented, but the art that could obliterate the Son of Heaven Dao Lord must have a great origin and unimaginable power.

Perhaps, it really was a technique and art from the Mountain and Sea Realm...