Swallowed Star: Copy God

The instant the giant hammer landed on the green armor, Ye Yun felt Tie Xiancao Xiaotie's mental tremor, clearly suffering a significant injury. A full-force strike from a King-level powerhouse was not so easy to withstand.

Fortunately, Tie Xiancao Xiaotie had already reached the level sufficient for a Marquis, and the power boost from burning 5% of its body allowed its Undying Body to withstand this attack. Although some energy was annihilated, its foundation remained unharmed.

Although Tie Xiancao is considered one of the weaker auxiliary plant lifeforms, the massive size of its plant body is not significantly different.

Therefore, under extreme compression and condensation, its inherent mass already approached King-level standards. It could withstand attacks for a considerable time.

After enduring the exploratory strike from the Third of the Thick Earth Trio, Ye Yun roughly understood his attack strength. Having lost the combined attack secret technique with the other two, this Third was just an ordinary High-level King.

Without particularly strong secret techniques, and with their only treasure being used by the First and Second to suppress Illusion Void King, Ye Yun had a clear understanding and immediately changed his original plan.

Previously, to maintain the strongest combat power, Ye Yun had gathered Tie Xiancao Xiaotie and the Ju Yan Clan clone together. Xiaotie transformed into battle armor, while the Ju Yan Clan clone transformed into a strange helmet.

Facing a long-planned surprise attack, how could Ye Yun dare to hide his strength? He naturally brought out all his trump cards at the first moment.

However, Ye Yun now realized that he seemed to have been overly cautious. Although he was facing a High-level King and dozens of powerful Undying experts, it didn't seem to put too much pressure on him?

Just as Ye Yun was about to act, suddenly an incredibly powerful but incredibly subtle soul fluctuation quietly broke through the hundred-meter barrier of the Tie Xiancao armor, penetrating Ye Yun's sea of consciousness without the slightest hindrance!

Only when this soul fluctuation erupted in attack did Ye Yun finally react, but it was too late. The fundamental soul within Ye Yun's original core instantly felt like a seaside reef, enduring the fierce onslaught of a raging tide!

Each strike was an extremely explosive and ultimate soul attack. The endless attacks combined seemed to crush Ye Yun's own consciousness, causing him to lose control of his own body.

Ye Yun never imagined that the Thick Earth Trio, carrying a domain-type treasure and a lineup capable of killing peak Undying Kings, was not the key to this attack!

Behind the Third of the Thick Earth Trio, a huge Zerg Mother Nest appeared at some unknown time. The soul and mental fluctuations that ambushed Ye Yun emanated from within this Zerg Mother Nest!

This was the Zerg's painstakingly organized, must-kill strike!

Seeing this scene, Ye Yun instantly understood. For the human race, which had the strongest being in the universe suppressing them, killing Ye Yun once would indeed cause humanity considerable losses. However, the human race's strongest expert could completely resurrect Ye Yun.

Although it would bear some backlash, the cost of resurrecting Ye Yun, who was only a Domain Lord, was insignificant and would not exceed humanity's tolerance at all.

On the contrary, all the personnel they had dispatched and the secret bases they had secretly set up would most likely not escape humanity's subsequent thunderous counterattack. Comparing it this way, it was undoubtedly extremely uneconomical.

Therefore, facing a peerless genius like Ye Yun, the Zerg's initial goal was not to kill him, but to do everything possible to prevent humanity from resurrecting Ye Yun, permanently losing such a potential stock!

There were many ways to prevent humanity from resurrecting Ye Yun, but the most effective was soul control!

Once soul control was successful, Ye Yun would no longer be a member of the human race from then on, but would instead serve their Zerg race.

Being able to make humanity lose a genius with unlimited potential and, conversely, grab him into their own hands, was worth abandoning the lurking forces they had cultivated for many years.

Although Ye Yun instantly understood the Zerg's true intentions, it was clearly too late. He himself had too little experience and completely misjudged the Zerg's determination to destroy him.

If he had known from the beginning, no matter how arrogant Ye Yun was, he would not have set out with just himself and Illusion Void King. He would definitely have made more arrangements for support and escort.

At this moment, Ye Yun deeply realized his shortcomings. Although he had copied the experiences of many people, thinking that he understood many things, those experiences were not his own after all, and it was difficult to have that kind of genuine feeling when facing them.

'No matter what, one must always have a sense of awe for the universe!'

Ye Yun suddenly remembered what Hu Yanbo had said. This was the most core and condensed summary of an Undying expert who had wandered alone for many years, full of condensed reasoning and very much in line with Ye Yun's current situation.

'In the end, I'm still a bit too arrogant.'

Perhaps it was the breakthrough to Domain Lord that brought so much praise from the outside world, perhaps it was the huge increase in strength brought by the Ju Yan Clan clone's evolution, or perhaps it was the infinite potential of the Purgatory Abyss of the second clone in the future. Anyway, from some point on, Ye Yun's mentality had become somewhat superficial.

Such a mentality was undoubtedly extremely dangerous. Ye Yun's overall strength was indeed strong, but if he lost his sense of awe, there would always be a day when he would crash.

After all, no one can guarantee that they can safely overcome all the dangers they encounter, unless you are Luo Feng, otherwise, Ke Di may be the fate of most geniuses.

Especially Ye Yun's universe adventure during the Domain Lord stage, the major universe secret realms and extraterritorial battlefields were all filled with dangers. A single mistake could result in death and fall, and it was definitely not as easy as imagined.

At the critical moment of life and death, Ye Yun finally fully realized his problem, and his entire state of mind was sublimated again. He truly took 'I' as the main focus, and his thinking was no longer one-sided, but full of wholeness and overall perspective.

Facing the endless soul attacks, Ye Yun's heart was incomparably clear, and he roared,

'【Soul Realm Prison】!'

In an instant, outside Ye Yun's soul within his original core, an incomparably thick mental barrier appeared, as if it were its own world, wrapping the entire original core. The tide of soul and mental attacks from within the Zerg Mother Nest were all blocked outside this mental barrier!

The talent secret technique that Ye Yun copied from the Ruwa Clan—【Soul Realm Prison】—was a spiritual secret technique that combined offense and defense. Offensively, it could trap the enemy's consciousness, causing it to fall into a state of unconsciousness and stagnation. Defensively, it could strengthen one's own soul defense and resist mental attacks.

Most importantly, the intensity of the Wa tribe's talent secret technique, 【Soul Realm Prison】, is linked to Ye Yun's own willpower. Moreover, the maximum limit of its overall effect is one level higher than Ye Yun's current willpower!

In other words, theoretically, once Ye Yun, with his current Immortal-level willpower, fully unleashes 【Soul Realm Prison】, it would be enough to withstand mental attacks from Universe Venerable-level beings!

However, before formally confronting such an attack, Ye Yun wasn't entirely confident. Although he had obtained the 【Soul Realm Prison】 talent secret technique for quite some time, he had never used it against such a powerful enemy. He didn't know if its theoretical power could truly be unleashed.

With his Immortal-level willpower, Ye Yun could still buy enough time to self-destruct.

However, if he did so, his painstakingly accumulated internal world, along with the vast reserves of 'Water-Sky Heart' and the Immortal-level 'Abyss Stone' within it, would all vanish like bubbles.

As the mental barrier made contact with the tidal wave of soul attacks, Ye Yun's tense heart reached its peak. In the next moment, it was like rain falling on a car window. Though seemingly fierce, unless it turned into hail, it wouldn't be able to break through the barrier of the car window glass!

Moreover, Ye Yun faintly sensed that, facing the powerful soul attack of the Zerg Queen, the mental barrier formed by his 【Soul Realm Prison】 didn't seem to be reaching its maximum capacity. There was still considerable room, with no signs of collapse!

It should be known that the Zerg Queen was inherently skilled in soul manipulation, a master in that aspect. At the level of a King-Sealing Immortal, few other races could compare to them.

Yet, facing Ye Yun's solid mental barrier, even with the Zerg Queen's sneak attack, she was still unable to break through the defense, enough to demonstrate the power of the 【Soul Realm Prison】 talent secret technique.

This not only relieved Ye Yun but also made him sigh with emotion. He wondered if it was fortune or misfortune that the Wa tribe possessed the talent secret technique 【Soul Realm Prison】.

With such a powerful talent secret technique, as long as one broke through to the Immortal level, they could completely ignore soul attacks from Universe Venerable-level beings. However, the entire Wa tribe was restricted to the Star-level, forever unable to improve.

As thoughts flashed through Ye Yun's mind, several seconds had passed since the Zerg Queen's sudden attack. Encountering such strong resistance, the Zerg Queen on the opposite side had also reacted and was about to withdraw her mental attack.

Sensing the other party's intention, Ye Yun suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He completely focused his consciousness and launched an offensive 【Soul Realm Prison】 towards the interior of the Zerg Nest, behind the Third of the Three Earthly Heroes!

This attack was instantaneous, and the Zerg Queen inside the Zerg Nest clearly hadn't anticipated Ye Yun's move, and was struck by Ye Yun!

Following the mental connection between them, Ye Yun also 'saw' the situation inside the Zerg Nest. Within the massive Zerg Nest, only at the very core was an extremely enchanting woman. The woman's face and figure seemed to be perfectly crafted by nature, filled with the ultimate charm.

However, at this moment, this beautiful Zerg Queen's eyes were vacant, her consciousness plunged into extreme chaos, precisely in the state of being sealed by Ye Yun's 【Soul Realm Prison】!

At the same time, those mental soul attacks controlled by the Zerg Queen, without a controller, instantly withdrew from Ye Yun's sea of consciousness.

This withdrawal of mental consciousness was not controlled by the Zerg Queen herself, but more like a backlash caused by the failure of the soul secret technique.

Ye Yun also saw this point, because the Zerg Queen's brow suddenly furrowed, as if she was enduring extremely severe pain.

【Soul Realm Prison】 only causes the person struck to fall into a state of unconscious mental confusion; it doesn't directly harm the soul. But the Zerg Queen's performance made Ye Yun certain that she had just used an extremely profound soul mental secret technique on him, but was countered by his two-pronged attack, and was now in an even more ferocious state of backlash!

It should be known that mental soul attacks are known for being bizarre and difficult to resist, but once they fail, or are used against an opponent with a stronger soul than oneself, one will inevitably suffer extremely severe backlash, and even death is a common occurrence.

This time, for the attack on Ye Yun, in order to ensure absolute success, this Zerg Queen had taken out her trump card soul manipulation secret technique, intending to completely control Ye Yun in one fell swoop, giving him no room to resist.

Under normal circumstances, a soul master of at least King-Sealing Peak level, ambushing a junior who had just broken through to the World Lord level, and using her top-level secret technique, had no possibility of failure.

But she never expected that she would encounter such a freak! He completely ignored her soul attack, and even suppressed her in terms of level. Under her all-out effort, she immediately encountered an even stronger backlash.

Although she had lived for countless years, this was the first time the Zerg Queen had been backlashed. However, her consciousness was still trapped in the 【Soul Realm Prison】, completely losing her sense of herself.

In this state, even pain was just a natural reaction, with no way to transmit it to the main body's consciousness.

Just as Ye Yun was about to take further action, he suddenly sensed that his own mental consciousness had suddenly entered the Zerg Queen's sea of consciousness, truly coming into contact with the Zerg Queen's core soul.

The moment they made contact, Ye Yun also understood the reason.

It turned out that the soul manipulation secret technique used by the Zerg Queen required building a bridge of connection between herself and the other party, and then engraving her soul imprint deep within the opponent's soul. Once completed, the imprint could not be eliminated and would exist permanently. That is to say, from then on, they would become her soul slave, unable to change even if they reversed time and resurrected.

But at this moment, the secret technique encountered Ye Yun's strong resistance and was already destined to fail. Under the backlash of failure, it suddenly entered an extremely strange path of development!