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Chapter 173 - Chapter 173: Counter-Soul Seizure!

Ye Liang looked into the distance.

Everything was white and hazy, except for a tall, horrifying white skeleton standing opposite him!

"Hell! You actually followed me into my inner world!" Ye Liang exclaimed in terror, stepping back hastily before quickly flying upward.

This place was clearly his spiritual space!

Though he didn't understand how the skeleton had entered, he still understood this place quite well.

White Bone ignored him and casually glanced around.

"Your spiritual space is pretty spacious, huh?" it remarked.

"What do you mean by that?" Ye Liang asked coldly.

"Exactly what I said," White Bone replied nonchalantly as it suddenly reached out its hand. Strangely enough, Ye Liang's own neck moved toward the skeleton's palm.

"Damn it!" He hadn't finished cursing when the skeleton tightly gripped his throat.

"This powerful spiritual space is such a waste on you. How about I just absorb it instead?" The skeleton tightened its grip on Ye Liang and sucked hard! Immediately, the surrounding air rushed toward its body, and even Ye Liang's form began to twist and deform, slowly merging into the skeleton's body.

"Damn it! My consciousness is dispersing!"

Suddenly, Ye Liang recalled the concept of soul seizure!

This absorption method was extremely similar to the legendary technique of seizing another's soul—having one's spiritual consciousness taken over while leaving behind only an empty shell controlled by another.

In the end, he'd become nothing more than a walking husk—like a soulless corpse.

He wanted to resist!

Ye Liang suddenly bit down hard on the skeleton's shoulder. After all, this was a spiritual space, meaning the other party wasn't physical—regardless of whether chewing had any effect, he wasn't going to just stand there and let himself be devoured!

"Crunch!"

He tore off a large chunk from the skeleton!

Ye Liang felt a cold sensation in his throat; the pain of being pulled apart eased significantly.

"Is this spiritual energy healing me?" He figured the reversal of power came from the chunk he'd torn off.

"You motherf*cker! You dare resist?!" The skeleton shouted furiously, slapping Ye Liang across the face—but it had absolutely no effect!

This was a spiritual dimension, so both their bodies were formed from spiritual energy. Just like how Ye Liang could be grabbed by the throat here yet still tear at the opponent's bones, the same applied to him—he could fight back too.

Ye Liang continued biting down fiercely.

The skeleton sensed something was wrong!

It originally intended to consume Ye Liang's spirit.

But it never expected Ye Liang had long adapted to the spiritual space! Thus, unlike someone suddenly appearing here unprepared, Ye Liang remained composed and ready.

Ye Liang retaliated wildly.

"Damn!"

The skeleton accelerated its absorption speed dramatically!

Ye Liang felt his body getting torn away at a rate of dozens of pounds per second—it was strange because although there were no actual physical forms here, he could still feel everything!

No time to think too much!

Ye Liang kept gnashing his teeth.

He realized he couldn't keep up with the skeleton's speed forever.

So, he decisively abandoned his lower body entirely and flew forward—as nothing more than a floating head—biting fiercely onto the skeleton's throat!

This was his domain; he could change his form however he wished!

But the opponent could not!

As soon as the skeleton's neck got bitten, it immediately felt immense pressure!

Ye Liang could restore his consciousness using the surrounding spiritual energy—but the skeleton could not!

His spiritual consciousness suffered a tremendous toll with every fragment consumed!

Very soon!

White Bone's spiritual essence was on the verge of dissipation!

Ye Liang felt most of his spiritual energy being drained by the opponent. Yet as their psychic struggle wore on, he sensed the other's consciousness slowly fading—until finally, it gave up entirely.

"He did it!"

Ye Liang devoured White Bone's entire body in an instant!

At this moment, fragments of foreign memories—White Bone's memories—surfaced in his mind. Dazed, he caught glimpses of hidden truths—some involving Meidouzi.

Outside!

The little squirrel "Meidouzi" helplessly watched Ye Liang, his gaze filled with pity, yet mixed with a touch of resignation.

A long while later.

White Bone, still gripping Ye Liang's forehead, fell straight to the ground, while Ye Liang slowly and solemnly opened his eyes.

"Cancel the throne's trap," Ye Liang said.

When Ye Liang opened his eyes, Meidouzi darted to the far end of the wall, heading straight for a black floor tile. As soon as he touched it, the throne's gravitational pull vanished.

Ye Liang stood up, conflicted.

Through White Bone's final memories, Ye Liang now understood the full story between Meidouzi and Izanagi no Mikoto.

"No wonder my earlier excuse fell flat—it turns out Meidouzi's actually a guy..." From White Bone's last memories, Ye Liang saw how things had unfolded.

Izanagi no Mikoto originally came to rescue his wife. But at that time, his wife—who later became the Yomi deity Izanami no Mikoto—was already the Yomi Emperor's woman.

How could a powerful being who controlled heaven and earth allow his woman to run off with some unknown man?

So he refused Izanami's request to leave with Izanagi.

With no other choice, Izanagi no Mikoto pretended to defect to the Yomi Emperor's side, hoping for an opportunity to save his beloved.

Later, when the Yomi Emperor secluded himself for cultivation, they planned to escape from the Yomi Palace together. But she never showed up, so he went searching for her deep within the palace.

What happened after that, White Bone didn't know.

Only that the Yomi Emperor suddenly died!

The Yomi Palace inexplicably got sucked into this endless abyss! Trapped here, they eventually starved to death after exhausting all their food supplies.

White Bone and Meidouzi had both been under the Yomi Emperor's command. When Izanagi pretended to surrender, Meidouzi became friends with him.

Izanagi promised Meidouzi that one day he would take him outside the Yomi World.

And Meidouzi believed him...

Ye Liang was certain—this must have been friendship.

The kind that made a man believe in another man unconditionally...

Meidouzi had taken over the body of a squirrel that happened to wander into this place. He frequently lured unconscious people who accidentally entered the canyon, hoping they could serve as vessels for the mighty Yomi Emperor.

But all attempts had failed!

The immense power of the Yomi Emperor was simply too overwhelming for any ordinary human vessel to withstand!

Ye Liang rose to his feet.

He was now pretending to be possessed by White Bone, so he absolutely couldn't let Meidouzi detect any flaws!

He wasn't afraid of Meidouzi alone, but hidden somewhere in this palace was an ancient monster who had lived for countless eons.

The Yomi Emperor!

This old geezer must be just like that Immortal Evil Deity—a ten-thousand-year-old cultivator!

"Meidouzi, well done! From now on, let me handle drawing in passersby. After all, I've got a physical body now!" Ye Liang said mockingly, imitating White Bone's previous tone.

This person is a guard under the Yomi Emperor, always claiming to be a general.

"Fine, I'm tired anyway. You can take over my job then," Meidouzi replied, then leaned on the throne and began to ponder.

The name Izanagi no Mikoto was too much for him to bear!

Meidouzi had grown up entirely within the Yomi World, nurturing a dream since childhood—one shared by all Yomi creatures: to one day witness the wonders of the human world.

Even White Bone had once harbored a faint, unrealistic fantasy.

Ye Liang took control of the White Bone General's body and walked outward. Now that he understood the truth, he had no intention of staying here any longer!

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