Not to mention Ji Xiao and Ji Yale engaging in a battle of wits with Ma Linan—one side trying to fake a surrender, the other willing to gamble the lives of his trusted subordinates just to send these two hot potatoes back to the D5 Comprehensive War Zone.
Meanwhile, Daoist Wang's side.
Peony successfully retrieved the tiny drone she had released earlier.
It was a spider-shaped robot no larger than a fist, with exceptional endurance and terrain-crossing capabilities. It had successfully collected the bloodstains Dragonfly Aunt had left behind.
Some techniques sounded rather sinister by name, yet were not inherently evil;
while some techniques and magical artifacts sounded quite righteous—such as the Human Emperor Banner or the Azure Sky Array—but were actually wicked arts used to refine the Living Souls of tens of thousands.
Whether a technique was good or evil depended entirely on how it was used and for what purpose.
Holding a small test tube in his hand, Daoist Wang lightly swayed his Sword Finger and silently recited:
"Blood fiend, return to thy source; let the soul be steadied. Across the Three Realms and Six Paths, seek the trail and trace the mark."
A wisp of blood qi coiled around Wang Jixuan's fingertips before dispersing into the wind.
Amid haziness and illusion.
This image Appeared in Wang Jixuan's mind:
[Inside a cave filled with faint white light, the walls were incredibly smooth, as though they had been polished countless times to achieve a mirror-like finish. A wall made of stone slabs stood against the cave wall, emitting a weak white glow. Dragonfly Aunt, covered in blood, lay in a pool before the stone wall, surrounded by visible streams of multicolored spiritual energy. Farther away, several men and women could be seen sitting or standing as they chatted casually.]