Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 280 Failure!

"boom!"

Just as King Yuming's strength was severely damaged, a powerful and boundless psychic force shot straight into the depths of King Yuming's soul like an arrow released from a bow.

"Dragon Eye Soul-Seizing Technique!" Ancestral Dragon Jiang Ye, who was intently watching King Yu Ming from a short distance away, seized the opportunity and immediately unleashed the "Dragon Eye Soul-Seizing Technique."

In Jiang Ye's plan, the most effective way to control King Yu Ming is to first use the Dark Demon Poison Water to reduce the opponent's strength to less than one-tenth, and then forcibly control him with the Dragon Eye Soul-Seizing Technique.

This strategy is simple, direct, and has the highest success rate.

After all, killing a peak-level King-ranking expert was easy for Jiang Ye. The Dark Demon Poison secreted by the Dark Demon Scales could instantly destroy the divine body of a peak-level King-ranking expert.

But what if you kill it and it falls into a deep sleep, and then you attack it again with Dark Demon Scales? That won't work, since even the lowest amount of Dark Demon Scales released at once is enough to kill the opponent.

Therefore, Jiang Ye had no choice but to separate the poison and apply it to the sealed star, so that it would not be destroyed instantly.

However, since the entire sphere was coated, Jiang Ye had no way of accurately controlling how much of the opponent's divine body he would destroy. It was highly likely that the black spheres would continuously penetrate the opponent's divine body, directly causing the opponent's demise.

Even with exceptionally good luck, the other party happens to fall into a deep sleep.

After gaining control of a sleeping immortal god, it would take more than 100 billion Chaos Units and a great deal of time to fully restore him. For Jiang Ye, this was a losing proposition, unless he was a special alien king.

……

In summary, the best approach is to first launch an attack using a bead to seal the dark demonic poison on the star; this will definitely severely injure the opponent.

Then, he used the "Dragon Eye Soul-Capturing Technique" to forcibly control them.

"The Ancestral Dragon Avatar already possesses perfect genes, and its soul strength is inherently extremely powerful." Jiang Ye thought to himself, "With the assistance of the upgraded King Soul, it can unleash a soul power tens of millions of times greater than that of a World Lord. This kind of power is comparable to the full-force attack of some King-level Limit Soul Masters who burn their divine power."

“Controlling this ‘Dragon Eye Soul-Seizing Technique’… its power is naturally extremely strong, and King Yu Ming’s current strength is probably less than one-tenth of what it was before. I have a good chance of forcibly controlling him.” Zu Long Jiang Ye went all out, his dragon eyes fixed on King Yu Ming, beginning to forcibly penetrate and control him.

Without warning, King Yuming's body plummeted from mid-air and landed heavily on the snow below with a "thud," remaining motionless.

However, on a spiritual level, the two are engaged in a thrilling and intense battle.

"Trying to control me? Absolutely not!"

"No! No! No!"

"I would rather perish, at least there might be a chance to be resurrected in the future. Once I am controlled, there will be no possibility of resurrection." King Yu Ming roared in despair, his soul power struggling wildly, but all in vain.

At this moment, Zu Long Jiang Ye's soul power, like a surging tide, used the secret technique "Dragon Eye Soul-Capturing Technique" to wrap around Yu Ming Wang's soul little by little, inch by inch, like countless tough and delicate threads, attempting to completely control him.

Jiang Ye looked at the motionless King Yu Ming lying in the snow, and a smug smile unconsciously appeared on his face, as if he could already see the King Yu Ming obediently becoming his loyal servant.

"Let's see how much you can struggle now. Just obediently become my helper." Jiang Ye thought to himself with secret smugness, almost impatient to pop the champagne and celebrate this sure victory ahead of time.

However, something unexpected happened.

The unremarkable necklace around King Yuming's neck suddenly shimmered with a soft and strange light.

This clear stream instantly flowed into King Yuming's soul. Nourished by this stream, his soul, which was on the verge of collapse, regained a sliver of consciousness.

The look in Yu Mingwang's eyes quickly hardened, burning with the desire to survive and a resolute will. "No, I cannot be controlled by you!" he roared in despair and rage.

Knowing full well that he could no longer escape his controlled fate, King Yuming made a resolute decision—to self-destruct.

He used the last bit of his soul power to detonate his immortal divine body.

"boom!"

A deafening roar shook the entire forbidden area, as if the terrifying force was trembling within it.

King Yu Ming's body instantly transformed into a dazzling light, containing world-destroying energy that raged outwards in a violent manner.

Jiang Ye's expression changed drastically. He never expected that the Feather King would regain his senses under such circumstances.

Without time to think further, Jiang Ye quickly blocked the impact of the self-destruction, and the Devouring Dragon Armor formed a solid energy armor that enveloped him.

Dark Thunder King, who was far away, also sensed this power and instantly abandoned his entanglement with the Thorn Leaf Duo, unleashing defensive measures.

Self-destruction at the peak of his reign as a king...

The terrifying shockwave instantly spread in all directions, sweeping across the entire forbidden area. The endless snowfield was reduced to nothingness, and even the two Thorn Leaf Clan experts were injured as a result... As for Jiang Ye and Dark Thunder King, they were naturally unharmed.

"It actually failed?" Zu Long Jiang Ye stood in mid-air, a trace of solemnity flashing in his eyes. He didn't even bother to look at the treasures left behind after Yu Ming Wang's fall. He just sighed helplessly, "It is indeed not an easy task to control a powerful immortal servant. Strength, meticulous planning, and luck are all indispensable."

"Master, what should we do with those two Thornleaf Clan members?" Dark Thunder King respectfully asked via telepathy.

"Don't hold back! Kill them both." Jiang Ye gave the order without hesitation.

"Yes!"

Upon receiving the order, Dark Thunder King's eyes flashed with a cold light, and his body once again erupted with that layer of icy, bone-chilling lightning.

He hadn't used his full strength in his brief exchange with the Thorn Leaf Duo. After all, he was a King-level expert with a powerful set of treasures; how could he be no match for two peak King-level experts?

At that moment, Dark Thunder King's mind stirred, and a suit of armor radiating a cold, eerie light instantly appeared on his body. Lightning crackled across the armor, and mysterious runes appeared and disappeared.

At the same time, a spear appeared out of thin air in his hand—the Dark Thunder Spear.

The spear was jet black, with wisps of lightning crackling around its surface. The spearhead was also coated with the Dark Demon Poison Water that Jiang Ye had specially applied.

Not only that, Dark Thunder King reached out and a crystal emitting a faint blue light appeared in his hand.

This crystal, though small in size, released a powerful surge of lightning the moment it appeared.

Dark Thunder King hurled the crystal forward, and it burst into a dazzling light in mid-air. The light spread rapidly, instantly creating a strange lightning domain around them—the Thunderous Netherworld Domain.

(End of this chapter)