Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 208: Why Is Your Soul So Powerful?

"Ye Tianling, you know how miserable Ye Yueling’s and my fate will be in three days. So, do you really think we’re afraid of death?"

Lin Yuchan’s tone was still cold, but it no longer held any killing intent.

In fact, not only was there no killing intent, but it also held a strange emotion that Ye Tianling couldn’t perceive.

Ye Tianling scoffed. "You, Lin Yuchan, are so high and mighty. How could you possibly be afraid of death? What matters is that in three days, even if you want to die, you might not get the chance. Or perhaps you and your disciple are debased enough to actually enjoy being used by Long Cangqian for his Absorption!

After all, Long Cangqian is the Child of Celestial Mandate from the Desolate Ancient Celestial Forbidden Area, blessed with the Taotie Divine Blood. A peerless genius who will one day rival a Divine Child!"

His words were dripping with sarcasm.

The mockery was like a cold blade, piercing deep into the hearts of Lin Yuchan and Ye Yueling.

"Ye Tianling, you’re shameless! Long Cangqian is nothing! No matter how talented he is, I wouldn’t give him the time of day, so how could I... How dare you insult me like this! In your eyes, am I, Lin Yuchan, really so contemptible?!"

Lin Yuchan was furious, but her indignant expression unexpectedly held a unique, beautiful charm.

"Heh, as if a few nice words from me would have you hanging on my every word and groveling at my feet! Humiliate you? If I were *really* to humiliate you, would you still be standing? You’d have been on your knees long ago, or even flat on your back!"

Ye Tianling smirked and continued, "And another thing—go on and ask Ye Yueling whether her Talent came from me or if it was hers all along.

You people are all so self-righteous and hopelessly stubborn. If I didn’t feel I owed you for traveling all that way to the Myriad Swords Sect to bring me medicine, and if I wasn’t concerned about the bigger picture for my two sisters, I wouldn’t be wasting my time talking to you at all!"

Ye Tianling held nothing back.

Even though he sensed something was off with Lin Yuchan, he was in no mood to worry about that now!

Ye Yueling alone had already broken his heart.

"Ye Tianling, you’re courting death!"

Having been verbally humiliated twice, especially with his talk of "kneeling" and "lying down"—how could she fail to understand the vile implications?

How could a high and mighty "Dragon Girl" like her, whose dignity had just been trampled on, possibly remain composed?

She was now thoroughly enraged.

She held nothing back. With an furious cry, she instantly unleashed the terrifying Emperor’s Qi Dragon Swallowing Heaven Divine Technique.

An ancient, azure Dragon Soul manifested directly behind her!

It materialized abruptly, like a small mountain.

Amidst its roar, a terrifying Soul-Suppressing Sound bore down directly on Ye Tianling.

Although she didn’t unleash the full Battle Power of her Sword Tribulation Realm, the attack was nonetheless heaven-defyingly powerful.

However, this type of soul-focused attack was aimed at the wrong person.

After all, Ye Tianling’s greatest strength was now his soul.

His spiritual resolve was so strong that not even a Heart Demon could shake it, let alone an attack of this caliber.

Ye Tianling didn’t even bother to defend himself. His Samadhi True Fire Celestial Dragon Sword Soul merely pulsed once, hardly making a move, and Lin Yuchan’s immensely powerful Dragon Soul Roar—an attack of pure Soul-Suppressing Sound—was completely nullified.

"You—"

Only after striking did Lin Yuchan realize that Ye Tianling hadn’t defended himself at all. She had immediately reined in her power at the last moment, having no real intention of killing him.

But even though she had reined in a portion of the attack’s Soul Power, the remainder still surged toward Ye Tianling’s soul.

It was only then that she suddenly remembered—Ye Tianling was the one who had suffered a Soul Slash from Long Fengyang and been stripped of his Dragon Soul.

’His soul must be in a deeply wounded state right now.’

’If that’s the case, won’t he be injured? Then will the ’plan’ still be able to proceed smoothly?’

As her mind raced with these complex thoughts, she discovered that the attack landing on Ye Tianling had absolutely no effect whatsoever.

This left her stunned and astonished.

But a moment later, an even brighter light shone in her beautiful, captivating eyes.

When Lin Yuchan suddenly attacked, Ye Yueling, who was beside her, jumped in fright, her face visibly paling. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Ah—"

She cried out in alarm, her eyes showing hesitation, but in that fleeting moment of indecision, Lin Yuchan had already struck.

Ye Yueling’s shoulders twitched as if she was about to step in and stop it, but Lin Yuchan’s attack was already over—and Ye Tianling was perfectly fine!

Relief instantly flooded Ye Yueling’s eyes. At the same time, afraid that Ye Tianling would notice, her gaze immediately turned icy and merciless again, as if whether he lived or died had nothing to do with her.

"Me what?"

Ye Tianling grunted, his gaze sweeping over Ye Yueling, his expression growing somewhat complicated.

’He had thought Lin Yuchan was radiating killing intent, that she truly meant to kill him!’

But after that exchange, he realized Lin Yuchan had only been acting ferocious, her words merely cold and arrogant.

Even when she lashed out in anger, she had probably gathered less than ten percent of her full Battle Power, and she had even retracted most of that at the critical moment.

He hadn’t expected that. But what he found even more unthinkable was that at the ’fatal’ moment, Ye Yueling, despite letting out a worried gasp, had then decisively chosen to ’watch coldly from the sidelines’.

This misunderstanding arose because he hadn’t fully grasped the details of their brief exchange.

And this misunderstanding filled Ye Tianling with a deep, desolate sorrow.

In reality, they were childhood sweethearts. Ye Tianling himself wouldn’t believe it if you told him there were truly no Emotions between them.

Furthermore, Ye Yueling had been his first woman.

Even back when he had assaulted her, the reason he hadn’t killed her might well have been because of those lingering feelings.

But now, seeing Ye Yueling’s incredibly cold and heartless eyes once more, Ye Tianling finally understood—’Ye Yueling, from beginning to end, has always been this ’heartless,’ this ’materialistic.’ She has never changed.’

’And all his posturing, his entire act of being so powerful—wasn’t a part of him doing it all just to make Ye Yueling look at him with a little more respect?’

’Didn’t he want her to feel regret and despair, to make her repent for what she did back then?’

’Didn’t he hope that Ye Yueling would realize she had been wrong, that she had missed out on a peerless, handsome, and extraordinary man like him, Ye Tianling?’

Now, as Ye Tianling reflected on that ridiculous bit of masculine pride and ego deep within his heart, he couldn’t help but laugh at himself.

"Why is your soul so powerful?"

By now, Lin Yuchan had recovered from her shock, but her voice trembled slightly.

Her emotion seemed to be a mixture of shock and excitement.

"Why is my soul so powerful? Would you even believe me if I told you? I, Ye Tianling, never lie, but aside from my sisters, no one ever believes the truths I speak."

Ye Tianling was in a foul mood, and his tone was laced with self-mockery.

"You... Just tell me. I’ll believe you."