A Small Ploy to Lure the Snake from Its Hole

The Heaven-Sealing Instruction worked.

However, the series of attacks previously unleashed by the Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag also fell smoothly.

The sun, moon, and stars converged, distorting space.

Chen Ning's eyes darkened, and a massive energy vortex instantly engulfed Chen Ning figure.

A moment later.

The child form that the Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag transformed into had lost its power and fell to the ground. As for Chen Ning, although he had barely escaped from the vortex, he was still covered in wounds.

The Qi Sea is depleted.

His appearance was pitiful.

"Sect Leader Chen, are you alright?"

Shouxin and Shouming rushed to Chen Ning's side.

Shouxin was about to take out a pill and give it to Chen Ning to help him recover from his injuries.

Pfft!

Chen Ning's heart was pierced by a black dagger.

Not just puncture wounds.

At the same time, an aura of destruction and decay continuously surged into Chen Ning's body.

What are you doing?!

Shouxin stared at his senior brother's face in disbelief, feeling that the person in front of him was so unfamiliar.

"You... you've hidden yourself so well, I... I'll haunt you even as a vengeful ghost..."

Blood gushed from Chen Ning's mouth, his gaze gradually became unfocused, and finally his breath completely dissipated.

Once that destructive and decaying energy floods into a person's organs...

Even those from the Heaven Martial Realm cannot escape death.

Moreover, this was Chen Ning was currently locked in a fierce battle with the Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag, and both were severely injured.

Shouxin suddenly retreated, his face showing horror.

"You... why... you... the Palace Master will not let you go!"

"Palace Master?"

Shouming's expression grew cold. He was exhausted from pretending to be innocent all along. Now that he had shed his disguise, he felt quite relaxed. "The inner world of this Heaven-Swallowing Bag is isolated from the outside world. How could the Palace Master know that I was the one who killed him?"

Upon hearing this, Shouxin felt a chill run down his spine and sensed something was wrong.

Shouming smiled and said, "Junior brother, I'm sorry, but for the sake of my grand plan, I have no choice but to shut you up forever. As for me, I will report the situation here to the Palace Master truthfully. Sect Leader Chen and the Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag fought to a standstill, and at the last moment, the Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag went berserk, and Sect Leader Chen unfortunately died in battle."

"And you, my dear junior brother, were also unfortunately caught in the crossfire and perished. Only I survived by sheer luck, and I even managed to capture the dying Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag. What a perfect plan!"

Shouming approached Shouxin step by step.

Shouxin gritted his teeth, summoned a flying sword, stood on it, and tried to escape on the sword.

But then...

A terrifying pressure descended.

This caused Shouxin to freeze in place and fall to the ground.

"The might of the Heaven Martial Realm? You... you are a person of the Heaven Martial Realm!"

Shouxin was shocked. He never expected that his senior brother, with whom he had eaten and slept for several years, was actually a Heaven Martial Realm person.

"You didn't die in vain by my hand."

After Shouming finished speaking, he prepared to throw the black dagger to end the other's life.

At this moment.

From behind, a weak voice came. "I... I don't want to die..."

Shouming was taken aback, and his brows furrowed sharply.

He looked at Chen Ning's "corpse," which had already lost its breath.

As a result, Chen Ning was now struggling to crawl on the ground, and in an instant, he was at his feet.

"I... I have a hundred last wishes... Please... please help me fulfill them, otherwise, I will die with regrets..."

Chen Ning's blood-covered hand gripped Shouming's trouser leg.

Bloodstains were left on it.

"You still have a hundred last wishes? You weren't quite dead yet, were you? I'll send you on your way right now."

The child, formed from the Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag, approached from a distance and prepared to attack.

Shouming stopped him, cursing, "Are you fucking brainless? We've fallen for their trap!"

"Why are you even insulting me?"

The Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag felt very aggrieved.

"You... you came here for... for me, didn't you? Release Shouxin... I... I'm willing to be killed by you."

Chen Ning smeared all the blood onto Shouming's trouser leg and spoke in a weak voice.

"Sect Leader Chen, now that things are out in the open, stop acting. Do you really think I'm as brainless as the Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag?"

Shouming frowned.

He felt that the other person was playing him for a fool.

The Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag, which had retreated to a short distance, wailed, "Stop cursing! Stop cursing!"

"Isn't this meant to give you a taste of success and exhilaration? After all, this is the last time you'll experience that feeling..."

A voice drifted from afar.

Shouming cast his gaze in that direction.

Then Chen Ning was seen walking slowly towards them from a distance.

Looking down again, the pitiful-looking "Chen Ning" had vanished without a trace.

"Fake?"

Even though he already knew Chen Ning was playing him, he still didn't expect that the one who had fought so fiercely with the Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag, resulting in both of them being severely injured, was not the real body.

"Hehe, just a little trick, please excuse my poor performance."

Chen Ning smiled sheepishly.

Seeing Chen Ning approaching from afar, the Spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Bag once again questioned its existence.

Shouxin, joy arises.

He truly deserves to be called the number one among the younger generation.

Indeed extraordinary.

"Sect Leader Chen, when did you see through my disguise?"

Shouming looked at Chen Ning, knowing that a battle between the two was inevitable, but he didn't rush to make a move.

I just wanted to get to the bottom of it.

The fact that Chen Ning appeared from the sidelines shows that he saw through his scheme from the beginning, which is why he set up such a trap.

"Brother Shouming, oh no, I mean, you from Three Quarters Past Noon? What's your name?"

Chen Ning asked with a smile.

"Jia'er."

"Jia'er, actually, at first I was just wondering why, even though I possess two Divine Artifacts, neither of them developed sentience, while the Heaven-Swallowing Bag did?"

The child form that the Heaven-Swallowing Bag had transformed into shook its head helplessly. "If it really doesn't work out, I'll just leave. Why do you always have to insult me?"

"Don't be angry, you're still great, especially because you fulfilled Jia'er's request."

Chen Ning then looked at Jia'er, "This isn't the first time I've dealt with people from the Three Quarters Past Noon Incident. I also know a little about Chu Xuanyuan's thoughts and ideas. But the situation inside the Heaven-Swallowing Bag is so similar to his thoughts that I began to suspect that people from the Three Quarters Past Noon Incident were involved, and I don't know what Secret Method they used to bring the Heaven-Swallowing Bag to life."

That brings us to this.

Jia'er nodded approvingly.

He now understood why Chu Xuanyuan valued Chen Ning so highly.

Chen Ning continued, "Those who Three Quarters Past Noon are mysterious in their methods. Your leader, Chu Xuanyuan, goes without saying, but so does Bai Cangtian. His alchemy skills astounded the entire audience. If it weren't for my extraordinary performance, he would have truly taken the championship of the Alchemy Competition."

"I ask you, in such a mysterious and unpredictable Three Quarters Past Noon, it's not surprising that there's a way to imbue a divine Divine Artifact with sentience, is it? And the only people who can frequently come into contact with Divine Artifact are the two of you. However, I couldn't be sure which one of you it was, so I used a little trick to lure Jia'er Jia into making a move."

Chen Ning finished speaking.

Jia'er couldn't help but exclaim, "Setting up this scheme, even though neither Shouxin nor I are from the Three Quarters Past Noon zone, you suffered no loss whatsoever. It's truly perfect."

"Sect Leader Chen truly deserves the title of the number one among the younger generation. This time, I admit defeat. But Sect Leader Chen is wrong about one thing."

Jia'er's voice carried a hint of arrogance.

"Sect Leader Chen just said that this is the last time I will enjoy victory and joy. I'm afraid Sect Leader Chen is mistaken about that."