The Unparalleled Sword Emperor Chapter 2605 - 2580: Soul Searching Failure!

Shen Qin had utterly lost all ability to resist Lin Bai and knelt before him, pleading frantically for mercy.

Lin Bai advanced without a flicker of emotion, delivering a straightforward chop right onto Shen Qin's head.

The Soul Searching Skill activated.

Like a celestial blade from the heavens, the Soul Searching Skill tore apart Shen Qin's memories.

Yet in that instant, as Lin Bai employed the Soul Searching Skill to delve into Shen Qin's memories, his mind suddenly descended into utter turmoil, as though Shen Qin held no memories whatsoever?

"Hmm? What's happening?" Lin Bai shut his eyes, intent on scrutinizing Shen Qin's memories, but discovered them engulfed in total blackness, seemingly nonexistent.

Right then, amid the darkness, a white silhouette streaked swiftly, hurtling toward Lin Bai.

Lin Bai's heart jolted in alarm, and the moment the white figure arrived before him, he clearly discerned it—a white snake with jaws stretched wide...

"Not good!"

Lin Bai quickly yanked back his palm, retreating with haste.

As Lin Bai's hand lifted from Shen Qin's head, the white snake manifesting in his mind vanished instantly.

Even though Lin Bai had withdrawn just in time, cold sweat already drenched his entire body!

"Ah, ah, ah!" Lin Bai caught a shrill scream and glanced downward to see Shen Qin on his knees, flesh and skin rotting visibly at a terrifying pace!

Through Shen Qin's agonized shrieks, he stared in horror at his decaying flesh, wailing, "No, no... Sect Leader, spare me, Sect Leader, spare me!"

"Ah!"

In the end, amid his piercing cries, Shen Qin melted into a puddle of pus and blood, without a single bone left behind.

Beholding this gruesome spectacle, Lin Bai and Heavenly Dog True Person were seized by overwhelming terror!

While Lin Bai probed Shen Qin's memories via the Soul Searching Skill, over on the East Continent in a shadowy palace, a mesmerizing white-haired woman lounged upon an icy throne.

The vast, empty hall held only this white-haired woman.

At that moment, from behind her throne, a pristine, jade-like white snake slithered out, wrapping around the seat with its head near the woman.

The white-haired woman smiled tenderly, caressing the white snake's head gently.

But then, she furrowed her brows and murmured, "Little White, what do you mean? Someone tried to access Shen Qin's memories? Impossible! How could any warrior from the Barbaric Ancient Continent possess such a method?"

The white snake gazed at the white-haired woman with deep earnestness.

The white-haired woman shook her head, frowning, "No need to fret; we've already planted poison in their bodies. The moment that person probed Shen Qin's memories, the toxin must have activated!"

"If I'm right, the envoy Shen Qin has surely dissolved into a heap of pus and blood by now!"

The white-haired woman remarked with a grin.

The white snake regarded the white-haired woman with utmost reverence and dependence.

It was as if the white snake were the white-haired woman's own daughter.

Leaning against the white snake's head, the white-haired woman whispered softly, "Little White, it won't be long now—very soon, I'll make every one of those who wronged us pay, avenging us one by one!"

"Longteng Dynasty, Dayan Dynasty, Qingyu Dynasty, Xuan Ying Dynasty, Flaming Dragon Dynasty, Divine Sky Dynasty!"

"East Mountain Area, Blade Area, Tianbei Region, Pill Cauldron Region, Divine Dragon Domain, Phoenix Song Area!"

"The Li Dynasty is already obliterated, so whose turn comes next..."

"The Dynasty of Beasts preparations are nearly complete, so off to the Dynasty of Beasts we go!"

The white-haired woman declared with a smile.

The white snake nodded eagerly in delight.

"Hehe." The white-haired woman giggled, springing from the throne to land atop the white snake's head, grinning as she said, "Let's depart, Little White—to the Dynasty of Beasts!"

The white snake shot skyward, smashing through the palace roof, bearing the white-haired woman into the clouds, speeding directly toward the Dynasty of Beasts.

...

In the Phoenix Song Area's Poison Dragon Forest, within a stone chamber, Lin Bai, slick with cold sweat, stared at Shen Qin's remains of pus and blood, eyes lingering with dread as he muttered, "How did this occur? Shen Qin's memories were total chaos!"

"From that disorder, a white snake actually burst forth!"

"This has never happened before!"

"Why did it turn out this way?"

Lin Bai pondered intensely yet found no explanation.

Heavenly Dog True Person gaped in shock at Shen Qin's pus and blood, staring disbelievingly at Lin Bai, exclaiming, "What did you do to him? I never imagined the Saint of the East Continent Academy would resort to such ruthless, gory tactics!"

Lin Bai replied flatly, "Senior, why mock me? You saw plainly this wasn't my handiwork—some power inside him caused his death!"

Heavenly Dog True Person smiled faintly, remarking, "To ally with a tiger means embracing death's resolve!"

Drenched in sweat, Heavenly Dog True Person clenched his teeth, bearing the agony wracking his body.

Lin Bai observed, "Senior, you appear to be in great pain?"

Heavenly Dog True Person offered a bitter smile, sighing, "I've brought doom upon myself, nothing more."

"Saint Lin Bai, you must go. I pray you and the East Continent Academy can fend off the Demon Sect's assault; if East Continent falls to them, it'll turn into an Asura Hell within a decade!"

"The warriors there will suffer immensely!"

Heavenly Dog True Person warned coldly.

Lin Bai chuckled lightly, "Since you know that, Senior, why help the Demon Sect?"

Heavenly Dog True Person snapped back angrily, "Do you think I chose this, brat? With the Life and Death Talisman controlling us, we're all helpless!"

"Look at my wretched state—that's what happens for defying orders!"

Heavenly Dog True Person spat coldly.

Lin Bai inquired, "What's afflicting you?"

Heavenly Dog True Person gave a desolate grin, "Death is closing in on me!"

"The Life and Death Talisman?" Lin Bai approached Heavenly Dog True Person, noticing the "Life and Death" inscription on his neck pulsing alive, flickering like fire.

Lin Bai questioned, "How did the Demon Sect implant the Life and Death Talisman on you?"

Heavenly Dog True Person eyed Lin Bai with a smile, "Since my end is near, I'll reveal it!"

"Before striking a territory or dynasty, the Demon Sect dispatches elite warriors to infiltrate and slay the powerhouses!"

"These slain powerhouses must submit or die!"

"A month back, Shen Qin and the Demon Sect's Four Great Dharma Kings arrived at Qing Song Taoist Hall; to survive, I submitted to the Demon Sect!"

"I had no option—if I refused, death was certain!"

"Upon submitting, they branded me with the Life and Death Talisman!"

Heavenly Dog True Person laughed mockingly at himself, "Once marked, Shen Qin stayed in Phoenix Song Area, and I was ordered to aid his assault on the Feng Family!"