A Cultivation Tale: The Godly Punisher

Chapter 288: Battle II

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Multiple bang sounds rang out when Alex's corporeal soul-attacks struck their soul pillars and shattered them into bits.

Once their soul pillars were destroyed by the spear-shaped soul attacks that Alex sent out, the bodies of Rebuke's men that had their souls shattered into smithereens by Alex's attack instantly grew stiff as the fire of life burning in their eyes disappeared. Then they fell to the ground like log of woods.

Once the other men saw this, their eyes shone with great horror.

Just as Alex was about to attack them too, Rebuke suddenly launched a powerful soul-attack at Alex. This attack which was in the form of a fist pulsed with great power and pressure.

Shooting towards Alex at a blazing speed, it arrived before him. However, before the attack could enter into his body and into his soul-dwelling region to strike his soul, Alex abruptly discharged a large amount of soulforce energy from his body which rapidly condensed into a corporeal, protective soul-screen.

Bang!

A bang sound that was audible only to soul cultivators rang out. However, the defensive soul-barrier that Alex generated to protect his soul shattered apart. While the soul-attack that Rebuke sent out which was in the form of a fist slowed down greatly in momentum. And when it eventually entered into his body and appeared in his soul-dwelling region, it couldn't do any damage to any of Alex's Soul-Beings as they suddenly released a devastating blast of multi-attributed soul power, on the order of Alex.

Seeing how Alex was fine from his soul-attack, Rebuke who was shocked began to release more soulforce energy from his body. And when it built to a great amount, the soulforce energy instantly condensed and shaped into a staff that shot out towards Alex to strike his soul.

Seeing the frightening immenseness of the soul-attack that was shooting towards him, Alex quickly discharged a supreme chaotic power that he absorbed and infused into his soul pillars from the realm's soul-tribulation that he was faced with.

So, exercising his will on the grand and entropic attribute-power of his souls which was soul-tribulation lightning, the jet-black and violet-golden, soul-tribulation lightning that rampantly and chaotically struck about within his eyes like there was a vast and uncanny thunderstorm occurring in there, and could also be seen snaking violently and ragingly about on the gigantic, corporeal bodies of his mighty and terrific Soul-Existences, was suddenly unleashed from a single Soul-Entity in his soul-inhabiting region. Then being unbridledly released from his body in the form of thick and exceedingly long, zig-zag lines that numbered in the hundreds, the soul-lightning which was physical to all eyes; as each dual-colored arcs of electricity that constituted the zig-zag lines of electricity that shot off from his body as it contained the power of Materialization, rapidly merged with one another to form a massive, fork-shaped lightning bolt.

Boom!

A heart-trembling boom sound rang out immediately the soul-tribulation, fork-shaped lightning bolt was formed. Then it shot out towards the immense soul attack that Rebuke unleashed at him.

Bang!

A bang sound rang out immediately when Alex's soul-lightning attack and Rebuke's colossal soul-attack collided into one another. Then immediately accompanying the explosive sound that could only be heard by soul cultivators was a tyrannical wave of soul power that emitted from the point at which the attacks impacted hard into one another. And once this fearsome, tidal soul wave appeared, it swept into the distance with the power to seemingly shatter or crush the souls of myriad creatures into fragments.

Although Alex's soul-tribulation lightning bolt caused thousands of cracks to appear on the surface of the immense soul-attack that Rebuke sent out at him. However, his attack didn't completely stop the soul-attack that Rebuke unleashed. But it momentum was greatly reduced.

Then before it could impact Alex's body to enter it and materialize in his soul-dwelling region where it would strike his soul, Alex quickly released another power that was imbued into his Soul-beings. And this power was the power of Soul Corrosion.

Once this power erupted from his Soul-Beings and out through his entire body, Alex exercised his will on it as he caused the power of soul-corrosion which appeared as a large cloud of ethereal, green-colored mist around his figure to begin to swirl at a furious speed.

Then using a method of attack that he knew from one of his battle-methodology which was the 'Swirling Slash of Fury' from the wind trinity methodology that he studied, Alex sent a palm out at the incoming soul-attack and made the soul-corrosion power revolving around him at a frightening speed to shoot towards the attack.

Slash!

Slash!

Slash!...

Loud slash sounds that was only audible to Soul Cultivators rampantly rang out when the soul-corrosion power which appeared as a furiously twirling cloud of green-colored mist unceasingly slashed against the soul attack directly before it. And as it slashed against the soul-attack like it was composed of thousands of unseen blades, the power of corrosion unrestrainedly emitting from it acted upon the soul-attack and began to cause it to quickly corrode.

Not long, the soul-attack which had been brought to an halt fully corroded and shattered apart into many pieces which then turned into slivers of soulforce energy that returned to the realmverse.

Alex's gaze then returned to normal and the power of corrosion which appeared as a cloud of green-colored mist vanished.

When Rebuke saw Alex release lightning that could actually impact the soul, he was awed and horrified at the same time. And also witnessing how Alex halted and finally destroyed his soul-attack with something that seemed like corrosion to him, he couldn't help but have his heart in his mouth. His body started to shake.

'What kind of devilish genius is this? Is this boy actually a human or a devil? Only Devils should be able to do such a thing. Oh heavens.' Rebuke said inwardly in fright.

As Rebuke thought this, his men too also thought the same. They fearfully pondered how someone would be able to release lightning and something that seemed like corrosion to them from his soul. Such abilities shouldn't belong to human cultivators, as they have never heard anywhere in their lives where a human cultivator would be able to discharge lightning from the soul. It was something that was totally impossible.

Understanding now how formidable Alex was, Rebuke prepared to unleash the Trinity Darkstar soul-butchering formation that was buried in the ground around them.

He decided to start the soul-slaying formation as he didn't know what other cards that Alex might have. So, to prevent his sudden miserable death, he quickly activated the formation. He didn't underestimate Alex again, as he had been made to understand that there are some cultivators that even if one was senior to them in cultivation, they could still unleash power that would terrify that person. Although he had never met anyone like that in all his life, but now, he was made to understand that such kind of people exist.

"Trinity Darkstar Formation, activate" Rebuke cried out in fear and anger.

Then upon using his voice to activate the formation that was buried deep below them, a gigantic beam of soul power suddenly shot into the sky.

This beam which was composed from the power of the soul was only visible to the eyes of soul cultivators.

When the beam of soul power shot out from the ground and seemingly connected to the sky, it then expanded to cover only a small area of the region that they were in, as it was a small-sized, soul-annihilating formation.

Once Alex saw that Rebuke had activated a soul-killing formation, his gaze became more solemn. Now that a formation which would produce terrifying soul power had been activated, Rebuke who was quite powerful as he was senior to him in soul cultivation, would definitely erupt with more power of the soul. However, although his gaze were now filled with seriousness, he still believed that his soul wasn't the type that could be totally destroyed. He already knew about the quasi-immortality power of his soul right from the first time that his soul shattered into bits but he didn't lose his consciousness. And this was something that couldn't be achieved by any other soul cultivator; once their budding soul pillars disintegrated or were crushed into the smallest fragments, that was death. There was no two way about it. But Alex was able to escape absolute soul destruction because of the Beyonder-level originforce energy that was present within each of his soul pillars. The powerful, supreme-cultivator energy held back his consciousness from dispersing, waiving his death. And when the tens of thousands of his shattered soul fragments re-arranged to once again form his towering and fearsome soul pillars, he had fully comprehended the kind of soul that he now possessed; which were pseudo-undying souls.

Then Rebuke who was at the center of the formation suddenly opened his eyes. And now gazing at Alex with a glow of viciousness and ruthlessness in his eyes, he sent his palm out at Alex. Immediately he did so, double-attributed soulforce energy which was extremely abundant around him as it had erupted in tremendous amounts from within the soul-slaying formation hidden deep within the ground quickly gathered before him.

Then the second that the dual-characterized soulforce energy gathered before him, he flicked a finger out at Alex.

Once he did so, the soulforce energy which was emanating the dual powers of enchantment and illusion suddenly transformed into a mighty sword that shot out at a blazing speed towards Alex in the distance.