Chapter 379: Soul Slavery Space

Huhuuhu…
Streams of black energy gathered around the four Yan Gu members, swirling continuously around them as an incredibly miraculous transformation process began.
As for the principle behind this soul transformation, Su Che’s current level of cultivation was certainly not enough to understand it. Anyway, it was one of the major functions of the fourth layer of the Immortal Prison—so long as it worked.
After about fifteen minutes, the transformation was complete. The four Yan Gu members were automatically transported back to the first layer of the Immortal Prison. They quickly regained consciousness and knelt down together, chanting in unison, “Your servants, Yan Gu (Tai Wu…), pay their respects to their master.”
On the surface, they all appeared solemn and devout. As for their true thoughts, that would have to be judged by Lao Hei.
“Don’t worry, master. Their loyalty is unquestionable; there’s no possibility of betrayal,” Lao Hei reported immediately. “Most importantly, their souls are now connected to the Immortal Prison. If any of them are captured by powerful beings from the Spirit Realm and subjected to soul-searching spells, their souls will vanish instantly—their essence, memories, and everything else will be completely erased, ensuring they won’t reveal anything related to the Immortal Prison.”
“That’s good,” Su Che thought. “In that case, I can send them out alone to do my work.”
One in the later stage of Yuan Ying and three in the early stage—now Su Che had four loyal subordinates at the Yuan Ying stage. Combined with his own overall strength, the power within the Immortal Prison alone was enough for him to confront any super sect in the cultivation world without falling at a disadvantage.
“Haha, four isn’t enough—far from it,” Lao Hei laughed wildly inside the Immortal Prison. “Let’s capture another dozen or so to form a full Yuan Ying team—that would be much more fun!”
“Another dozen?” Su Che smiled inwardly. “That sounds great.”
However, both Su Che and Lao Hei could guess that there must still be advanced possessed individuals like Gachi lurking in Juechen Valley, probably quite a number of them. The problem was that even if these people were captured and brought into the Immortal Prison, once the demonic parasites in their minds were removed, they would become brain-dead puppets with no value for soul transformation.
Their souls had already vanished; they were nothing but bodies controlled by demonic parasites.
It would be extremely unprofitable to go through the trouble of capturing such possessed individuals into the Immortal Prison—what use was keeping so many brain-dead vegetables there?
“So, how should we distinguish them?” Su Che wondered.

Although Lao Hei had strong detection abilities, it was impossible for him to penetrate the minds of those Yuan Ying cultivators one by one outside the Immortal Prison to check if there were insects inside. Those with insects would be rejected, and those without would be captured… That was impossible! Even though Lao Hei had advanced to the Yuan Ying stage and his detection abilities had greatly improved, it was still impossible for him to detect the inside of other Yuan Ying cultivators’ bodies—this was basic common sense in the cultivation world. Moreover, no cultivator would fail to notice any force infiltrating their body; no one would be so slow to react as to allow others to spy on their secrets. “Elder White Demon, can’t you think of a way either?” Lao Hei asked. “No,” Elder White Demon replied with a shake of his head. “This is a very advanced demonicdemonicGu. Just from the outside, it’s completely impossible to tell that the person is possessed. I think we can only make a rough judgment—those whose personalities change drastically, like Gachi, can be suspected as high-level possessed individuals, and we should try not to capture them.” “If that’s the case, the guy who released the demonicdemonicGu must be far stronger than you, right?” Lao Hei asked next. “I guess so,” Elder White Demon nodded in response. “That doesn’t make any sense,” Lao Hei said in a rough voice. “You’re a great demon god in the later stages of Yuan Ying, at the peak of the cultivation world. Anyone stronger than you—whether human, demon, or beast—should have already ascended to the Spirit Realm; they can’t possibly exist on Mu Lan Planet.” “Nothing is absolute; there are always some special exceptions,” Elder White Demon said, fanning himself with an enigmatic expression. Listening to their conversation, Su Che reflected inwardly: “Am I being too greedy? Since the fourth layer of the Immortal Prison has been opened and my main goal of coming to Mu Lan Planet has been achieved, maybe it’s time to leave, so as not to fall into trouble out of greed?” Just as Su Che began to consider leaving, he heard a knock at the door. When he sent his consciousness out, he saw three people standing outside—one in the middle stages of Yuan Ying and two in the early stages. He had seen these three people in recent days and knew their names, but hadn’t had much contact with them. Su Che really couldn’t figure out why they were looking for him. After opening the door, Su Che asked gently, “Dear fellow cultivators, what can I do for you?” The leader of the three, an old man with white hair in the middle stages of Yuan Ying, went by the name ‘Chen Yuan’. He was the head of a major sect in the Immortal Path and the only Yuan Ying cultivator in that sect. Chen Yuan replied with a smile, “We apologize for the intrusion. We’re not here to look for Fellow Xuan Yu, but rather for Fellow Gachi and Fellow Lian Qiu.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Su Che immediately realized that these three must also be advanced possessed beings, their minds surely occupied by some extremely disgusting demonic parasites. It was likely that there was some kind of connection among these advanced possessed beings. After he eliminated Gachi and Lian Qiu, they must have sensed something and came to cause him trouble.

Although alert inside, Su Che maintained a friendly appearance on the surface and replied naturally, “Gachi and Lian Qiu just left. You three arrived a bit late.”

“That’s impossible,” Chen Yuan’s expression changed slightly as he said firmly, “Half an hour ago, we saw them enter your room and have been waiting here the whole time. We haven’t moved an inch and definitely didn’t see them leave.”

“Is that so?”

Su Che still smiled. “That’s strange. My spiritual perception spans over a thousand zhang. I’m absolutely certain that you three weren’t standing in this courtyard waiting during that half hour. Nor were you outside the courtyard. In fact, I haven’t seen any of you within a thousand zhang at all.”

“Hmph…” Chen Yuan chuckled darkly and said, “Let’s not beat around the bush. We both know clearly that Gachi and Lian Qiu are already in your hands. No matter what misunderstandings have arisen between you, I hope Daoist Xuan Yu can downplay things and avoid bringing trouble upon himself.”

“Not beating around the bush, huh?” Su Che laughed. “Very well, then let’s speak openly! I find the bugs in your minds extremely disgusting. That’s why I feel uncomfortable talking to you. If you don’t want to die, it’s best to stay away from me.”

His slow pace, yet blunt tone, made Chen Yuan and the others look displeased and even surprised. They simply couldn’t understand how Su Che, being alone, could dare to confront them directly.

Seeing their expressions change, Su Che sneered inwardly, “A demonic puppet controlled by a bug can have such varied expressions. It’s quite amusing…”

“Are you saying you want to be completely at odds with us?” Under the weak moonlight, Chen Yuan’s expression darkened, carrying an eerie aura.

“Shouldn’t you be the enemies of all things?” Su Che retorted, “It seems you’re not much better than those extraterrestrial demons. Am I right?”

“You, a young one who has just reached the Yuan Ying stage, how do you know what the enemies of all things are?”

Chen Yuan smiled darkly and spoke without any restraint: “To be honest, we don’t care about losing two Yuan Ying demon seeds. We’re just curious about what abilities or magical treasures you possess that could completely sever our connection with Gachi. Kid, you’re special—you’ve piqued our interest.”
“Don’t take an interest in me; it will only lead to your complete destruction.” Su Che was too lazy to argue further. “Alright, I have no desire to waste words on a worm like you. So, how do you plan to deal with me? Use whatever tactics you have. I’m bored anyway, so I’m willing to play along.”
“Good!”
Chen Yuan nodded slightly, then suddenly raised his hand and launched a sudden attack with no warning.
It was a pure energy attack—simple, direct, and without any tricks, yet extremely fierce.
At a distance of just ten feet, Su Che should have had no chance to dodge. But suddenly, his figure vanished as if by teleportation, appearing outside the house—two figures, two Su Ches.
Illusionary movement!
After reaching the Yuan Ying stage, Su Che’s ability to teleport had expanded to 150 feet. Within a radius of 150 feet, he could appear anywhere and create one real and one fake version of himself.
Su Che’s sudden disappearance not only made Chen Yuan’s attack miss but also stunned the three of them.
With a loud crash, Chen Yuan’s energy strike hit the room. A casual strike from someone at the mid-Yuan Ying stage could easily destroy those houses.
There was a muffled sound, dust flew, and the houses collapsed…
Meanwhile, Su Che, before the three could turn around, delivered over a dozen Destruction Fists in quick succession.
The fourth layer of the Immortal Prison had been opened, and his main goal of coming to Mu Lan Star had been achieved. From now on, no matter how much chaos arose, Su Che no longer had anything to worry about.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…
Faced with Su Che’s fierce attacks, the three of Chen Yuan used their defensive techniques to hold back. Though they weren’t weak enough to get injured immediately, they were still forced to retreat several feet under the force of such overwhelming destructive power, ending up inside the collapsing houses.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Bricks and tiles fell from above. Although they had protective energy auras, they couldn’t avoid being hit by these debris and still looked rather distressed.
Now, Su Che’s Destruction Power posed a serious threat even to those at the late Yuan Ying stage, so it wasn’t surprising that he could push back all three of them.

After a dozen punches, Su Che also stopped, knowing clearly that inside the Dusty Valley, it was not a place where they could fight recklessly. Soon, many Yuan Ying cultivators would arrive. With over two hundred Yuan Ying gathered together, who would dare to act rashly? But this logic didn’t seem to apply to Su Che—what could two hundred Yuan Ying do? Moreover, those three demon puppet creatures from the Dusty Abyss seemed unconcerned as well; otherwise, they wouldn’t have attacked first. Su Che realized that their initial attack wasn’t meant to hurt him but to create a disturbance and draw in all the other Yuan Ying cultivators. “Obviously, they want to kill someone by using others’ hands—to get rid of themselves through others!”