Chapter 608: A Suddenly Appearing Force
In an instant, Remnant Moon was before her eyes, and the female Spirit Master's hairs stood on end, a feeling of extreme danger immediately spreading through her heart!
Just as Remnant Moon was about to strike her body again, at that very moment, it suddenly halted in mid-air!
This sudden occurrence gave the female Spirit Master an opportunity to successfully dodge Remnant Moon's strike.
She didn't hesitate; her body flashed, immediately putting distance between herself and Remnant Moon. Then, enduring the sharp pain from her wound, she rapidly formed hand seals, preparing to cast a Spiritual Art!
Remnant Moon suddenly stopping in mid-air certainly wasn't Yang Haoran's intention. In a life-and-death struggle like this, the sole objective is to kill the opponent. His opponent wanted to kill him, and he wanted to kill his opponent just as much; naturally, he wouldn't intentionally miss an opportunity to eliminate his foe.
The reason Remnant Moon stopped lay entirely with the female Spirit Master's Guardian Spirit. Seeing its master in danger, the Guardian Spirit unhesitatingly used its power of object control again.
Only this time, it didn't control external objects to resist Remnant Moon, but rather took Remnant Moon itself as the target of control.
In its eyes, Remnant Moon's might was extremely dangerous. Successfully controlling Remnant Moon was incredibly difficult. Not to mention its spirit body was currently injured; even at its peak, controlling Remnant Moon would be extremely hard.
Its object control ability was pushed to the extreme. Although it couldn't control Remnant Moon's trajectory, it successfully fixed Remnant Moon in mid-air.
However, because of this, it was firmly bound by the relentless chains pursuing it from behind!
Previously, although the female Spirit Master had dispersed the massive cage formed by her Spiritual Art, allowing the Guardian Spirit to successfully escape the cage, the chains formed by Yang Haoran's Spirit Power wouldn't give up their attack on the Guardian Spirit because of that. When the Guardian Spirit exerted its full power to control Remnant Moon, it coincidentally gave the chains an opportunity to capture it.
The instant the chains bound the Guardian Spirit, a Soul-Gathering Bead was conjured by Yang Haoran, and he fully activated it, with the assistance of the chains, forcefully drawing the Guardian Spirit into the Soul-Gathering Bead.
The female Spirit Master watched this scene unfold. Her body trembled slightly, and her expression turned extremely grim, but the hand seals she was forming didn't stop because of it.
Because once she stopped, all previous efforts would be in vain!
Without the Guardian Spirit's control, Remnant Moon regained its freedom at this moment. A buzzing sound emanated from Remnant Moon, and it then transformed into a streak of black light, slashing towards the female Spirit Master once more!
The Spiritual Art was about to be successfully cast. The female Spirit Master made a judgment in her mind based on Remnant Moon's current speed: by the time Remnant Moon reached her, she would be able to successfully unleash the Spiritual Art she was currently forming.
She had great confidence in the Spiritual Art she was currently casting. As long as it was successfully unleashed, even if it couldn't kill Yang Haoran, it was absolutely possible to heavily injure him. However, what she never dreamed of was Remnant Moon's speed suddenly more than doubled. She only felt a black light flash past, the hand seals she was forming instantly halted, and her consciousness grew blurry.
Her hands froze, fixed in the act of forming seals, an expression of shock plastered across the female Spirit Master's face. Then, blood spurted from her body as her entire being split in two, like a watermelon suddenly sliced open by a sharp blade!
Remnant Moon transformed into a black light and returned to Yang Haoran's side, while the chains, condensed from Spirit Power, dissipated into Yin Qi.
Remnant Moon's speed hadn't actually been pushed to its limit by Yang Haoran. He did this partly to deceive the female Spirit Master. Furthermore, fully activating Remnant Moon would consume a lot of Spirit Power from his body, so he had kept Remnant Moon's speed within a normal range, then sought a suitable opportunity to deliver a killing blow to his target.
After the female Spirit Master's Guardian Spirit was successfully collected into the Soul-Gathering Bead, the pressure the female Spirit Master exerted on him also diminished. Although the female Spirit Master was still forming hand seals at that time, he could see that she was actually panicking internally. Moreover, she showed no intention of dodging. In his opinion, this was an excellent opportunity, so, without any hesitation, he immediately propelled Remnant Moon's speed to its maximum. The female Spirit Master had only just registered her surprise and hadn't even had time to dodge before Remnant Moon pierced through her body.
Yang Haoran waved his hand, putting away the Soul-Gathering Bead containing the female Spirit Master's Guardian Spirit. Then, his figure flashed, appearing beside the female Spirit Master's corpse. At the fastest speed, he forcefully condensed her soul and extracted it from the body, taking out an empty Soul-Gathering Bead to contain it, and then decisively placing it into his independent space.
Yang Haoran executed this entire process in one smooth motion, extremely skillfully. From beginning to end, it only took a few breaths of time to complete everything.
In this situation, why did Yang Haoran choose to collect the female Spirit Master's soul first? That was because the souls of Spirit Masters held great value for Underworld Office agents like him; they could be exchanged for substantial rewards in the Underworld. Given his personality, he naturally had to secure this female Spirit Master's soul first, lest it be taken by someone else or escape, which would be a great pity.
After successfully dealing with the female Spirit Master, Yang Haoran turned his gaze back to the barrier enveloping the high platform. He made no physical movements; with just a thought, Remnant Moon vibrated slightly, emitted a buzzing sound, and slashed towards the barrier.
Boom! ! !
With a loud bang, Remnant Moon successfully struck the barrier. The barrier trembled violently, but it wasn't split open by Remnant Moon's single strike.
Yang Haoran frowned slightly. This barrier's defensive power was stronger than he had imagined. He could have accepted it if he couldn't break through the barrier before opening his Heaven Soul. But after opening his Heaven Soul, his Spirit Power had multiplied, and coupled with the powerful force of his Soul Armament, Remnant Moon, he still couldn't break through the barrier. This made it somewhat difficult for him to accept.
Staring at the vibrating barrier, Yang Haoran extended his hands. A large amount of Spirit Power surged from his hands, pouring into his Soul Armament, Remnant Moon.
Empowered by the massive infusion of Spirit Power, Remnant Moon's might immediately received a significant boost. As it rapidly spun, it resembled a peculiar electric saw. The vibrating barrier was thus forcefully torn open by Remnant Moon, creating a tiny opening.
The Spirit Masters inside the barrier had personally witnessed the entire process of Yang Haoran slaying the female Spirit Master. When the female Spirit Master was killed, their hearts all turned cold, because they knew very well that once she was dealt with by Yang Haoran, he would certainly target the barrier next.
At this moment, seeing an opening appear in the barrier under Remnant Moon's fierce attack, their hearts immediately grew more uneasy; some even showing signs of panic on their faces.
It was no wonder they reacted this way. As long as Yang Haoran successfully entered the barrier, he would definitely move to rescue the two Emissaries of Death. However, in their eyes, this was a minor matter. Even if Yang Haoran truly rescued the two Emissaries of Death, they wouldn't care. What they cared about was that Yang Haoran would certainly attack them as well.
Judging from the strength Yang Haoran had just displayed, if he made a move against them, they would only be instantly killed. How could they possibly remain calm?
What they didn't know was, they were half right and half wrong.
Yang Haoran indeed had no intention of letting them go, nor did he have any reason to. However, if he successfully entered the barrier, the first thing he would do wasn't to save people, but to kill!
These Spirit Masters were Yang Haoran's primary targets for slaughter!
After Remnant Moon tore an opening in the barrier, a series of cracking sounds emanated, and the entire barrier was significantly affected, with cracks spreading across it.
Just as this barrier was about to completely shatter under Remnant Moon's attack, Yang Haoran also prepared to immediately launch his killing moves once the barrier broke. But precisely at that moment, he suddenly felt his body enveloped by a certain force.
A silent cry of "not good" went through his mind. Before he could even react, his entire being shot into the air, then violently plummeted towards the ground!
Suddenly encountering such a situation, Yang Haoran was startled but not panicked. The instant his body soared into the air, he immediately mobilized the Spirit Power within his body, wanting to break free from the control of this force. But then he was shocked to discover that this strange, suddenly appearing force was powerful beyond his imagination; he actually couldn't break free from its control instantly!
Boom! ! !
With a loud crash, his body slammed heavily onto the ground. The powerful impact created a pit in the ground, stirring up a considerable amount of dust and smoke.
Before the dust and smoke could even clear, his body was lifted again by this force and slammed back down towards the ground!
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