Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 696 This is the true Qingyang Marquis who commands the iron-blooded army of the East Sea!

In the sea where wreckage is scattered, bloodstains gradually settle.

On the Zhenhai ship, Zhang Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the remaining pirates imprisoned in a corner of the deck, trembling with fear, and several subdued giant shadow octopuses.

His voice, as cold and still as a deep, dark spring, commanded:
"Yin Jiuyou, the Poisonous Lady."

Two figures quietly appeared at the bow of the ship.

Yin Jiuyou, the head of the Underworld, was surrounded by a chilling mist.

The Deputy Director of the Secret Medicine Bureau, the Poison Lady, had a dangerous, emerald-green poisonous light dancing on her fingertips.

"Fuse the remnant soul fragments of the pirate leader and the two strongest Cave Pirates with these three strongest Shadow Octopuses."

Zhang Yuan pointed to three of the giant monsters whose auras were particularly ferocious: "Try to inject the remnant souls of the other two into the bodies of these two weaker octopuses. If it succeeds, use them; if it fails, destroy them."

"Yes!" A cruel excitement flashed in the eyes of Yin and Du.

Even in the Zhen Tian Si (a military unit), it's not common for them to have such high-quality materials to try out those methods.

The renovation has begun.

The process was extremely violent and inhumane.

The Heavenly Suppression Bureau is not lacking in ruthless methods of demon refining.

Yin Jiuyou muttered incantations as his hands formed complex and strange hand seals.

Twisted rune chains appeared in the void, forcefully imprisoning five blurry figures, still wailing and struggling, formed from soul power, from the depths of the underworld.

It was the remnant soul essence of those five powerful pirates.

The chains shimmered with an eerie light, like a red-hot branding iron, piercing deep into the remnant soul.

This is a forced erasure of his original will to resist and most of his obsessive memories from his previous life.

Only the most basic instincts of action and fear remain, along with an absolute, soul-deep imprint of obedience to Zhang Yuan and the Zhen Tian Si.

"what--!"

Two screams rang out.

The remnant souls of the pale-faced pirate and the female winged demon were too fragile to withstand the pain and power of the branding during the brutal "soul-shaping" process, emitting a silent shriek of soul power.

The soul, like an ice block thrown into a furnace, hissed and emitted blue smoke under the burning of the rune chains, quickly becoming transparent and dim, and finally dissipating completely with a "poof".

Soul fly away!

Die dead!

There is no possibility of reincarnation!

Nearby, among the powerful figures from the Zhen Tian Division who were watching, some had their eyes twitch, while others clenched their fists slightly.

As fellow cultivators, although we wouldn't feel the same sorrow for each other's deaths, witnessing such a brutal scene would still shake us to our core.

The Poisonous Lady coldly dealt with the giant demon's true form.

She took out a fine crystal needle, soaked in a secret bone-corroding and mind-corroding potion, and moved it around and pierced the core nerve knot of the octopus's giant head.

The emerald green venomous threads, like living snakes, burrow into the octopus's body, dissolving and reshaping its neural pathways, making it numb, sluggish, and more easily driven by external forces.

Immediately afterwards, Yin Jiuyou forcibly injected the remnant soul, which had been shaped into a "blank container," into the body of the three strongest octopus.

Two more, weaker but still barely intact remnant souls, partially stripped away, were injected into the slightly weaker octopus.

Painful spasms engulfed the five chosen octopuses!
Their massive, mountain-like bodies writhed and thrashed wildly on the deck, dark blue blood seeping from their mouths, noses, eyes, ears, and needle holes, emitting a muffled, mournful shriek.

One of the weaker octopuses suddenly began to struggle.

The remnant soul of the one-eyed pirate within its body clashed violently with the octopus's chaotic and violent demonic soul, causing it to completely lose control. Its tentacles danced wildly, indiscriminately smashing against the surrounding decks!
"waste."

Zhang Yuan frowned slightly, without even turning around. An overwhelming spatial suppressive force descended instantly, like an invisible giant hand crushing the out-of-control octopus, along with its crumbling remnant soul, into a bloody pulp!
The divine soul power of a Grandmaster is indeed so domineering and invincible!

Broken bones, entrails, and a mixture of foul blood splattered everywhere, filling the air with a stench.

The surrounding prisoners and new recruits were all terrified and their faces turned deathly pale.

The sword cultivators standing not far away all took a deep breath and gripped their sword hilts tightly.

The giant octopus's body was still writhing.

On the deck of the Zhenhai ship, howls and roars continued.

Finally, the three strongest octopuses gradually stopped convulsing, and the ferocity and savagery in their eyes were replaced by a deathly numbness and a deep fear that could not be concealed.

They lay obediently on the deck, their tentacles gently folded. Another, slightly weaker octopus also managed to steady itself, its eyes equally empty and submissive.

Yin Jiuyou, slightly out of breath, bowed and said, "My lord, four have been successfully implanted. I have already implanted deep imprints on their remnant souls, which can be made to destroy their own souls with a single thought."

Zhang Yuan nodded indifferently, as if he were only dealing with a few damaged tools: "Hmm."

"Incorporate them into the daredevil scout battalion and, together with the surrendered soldiers under Pei Liejianzong's supervision, send them to sea immediately."

"Investigate the distribution of all reefs, undercurrents, and monsters in the area of ​​the sunken island ahead."

Zhang Yuan's voice was indifferent: "When facing a strong enemy, there's no need to fight to the death; simply send a message."

The four modified Shadow Octopuses were thrown into the sea and disappeared beneath the surface like giant ghosts, becoming the fleet's most forward-deployed and cheapest scouts.

This ruthless and merciless method, which treats the souls of the strong and the bodies of ferocious beasts as worthless resources, chilled all who witnessed it to the bone, and their awe of Zhang Yuan was further deepened by a bone-deep fear.

This is the true Marquis Qingyang, who commands the iron-blooded army of the East Sea!

Lately, the Marquis of Qingyang's affable nature has almost made people forget his identity.

Deputy Director of the Heavenly Guard of the Great Qin Dynasty, and Director of the Martial Guard.

That's where the Black Ice Platform is controlled, the place where the strongest military force of the Great Qin Dynasty is located.

How could someone like that possibly be truly easygoing?

For Zhang Yuan, as his cultivation and status improved, maintaining sufficient authority was a matter of course.

Those in positions of authority should act like those in positions of authority.

……

Zhenhaizhou, top deck cabin.

The array inside the secret chamber was activated, isolating it from the outside world.

Zhang Yuan sat cross-legged.

After a great battle, the lessons learned need to be put to rest.

He first took out the core source fire seed of the Burning Sea Fire Phoenix, which he had obtained from the Nirvana on Fire River Island and contained a vast amount of pure fire element and a trace of Nirvana life force.

At this moment, it had transformed into a gentle, pure white phoenix chick, perching obediently on Zhang Yuan's shoulder.

However, when Zhang Yuan closed his eyes and his aura began to condense and rise, the divine bird representing immortal rebirth suddenly shrank back, its pure eyes revealing instinctive fear. It flapped its wings and flew to a corner of the secret room, keeping a distance from Zhang Yuan.

Behind Zhang Yuan, the void trembled slightly!
It was not a leakage of true essence, but a projection formed by the intertwining of pure martial will and the vast power to suppress the sea.

The Ten Abyss Sea-Suppressing Technique manifested around him the immense power to suppress the sea and the sense of control over the sea area brought together by the convergence of 36,000 sea-suppressing pillars.

It formed a deep, dark blue, swirling, illusory void, seemingly capable of devouring all energy and suppressing the origin of all things.

With the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique, the blood and qi within the body surged like thunder, and the phantom of the nine-headed ancient divine elephant raised its head and roared in the Ruins of Return.

(End of this chapter)