Gu Blood

"Rumble!"

Thunderous booms echoed above Rank Six's mindscape.

Her life had reached its end.

A massive vortex appeared at the zenith of her Violet Palace.

Xie Xuanyi knew... Rank Six in the real world probably only had half a breath left.

He took a deep breath, waiting for Dragonwood Revered One to reveal the name of that traitorous figure, providing this crucial piece of information.

Deng Baiyi, carrying Jiang Huang, came to Xie Zhen's side.

Her movements were extremely gentle, not daring to make the slightest sound, for fear of disturbing Xie Zhen...

At this moment, Xie Xuanyi's palm was pressed on Rank Six's head.

That wisp of soul, condensed into a humanoid form, had dissipated until only a thin strand remained.

"Hoo."

A soft exhalation sounded.

Xie Xuanyi slowly opened his eyes, just as Rank Six was about to meet her demise.

At the critical moment... just as Rank Six's mindscape was about to collapse, Dragonwood Revered One uttered the name of that "Qing Province traitorous figure."

In the original plan, Rank Six needed someone to guide her after obtaining Bai Ze's finger bone.

The Carp Tide City secret realm was heavily guarded, and ordinary people could not enter easily.

That figure could arrange it.

Xie Xuanyi slowly calmed his mind, his expression somewhat complicated.

The name that Dragonwood Revered One uttered... was very familiar.

This traitor was an acquaintance of his from back then.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and Xie Xuanyi was momentarily dazed, only recovering after a long while.

The immediate priority was to deal with Rank Six's body.

The usual procedure.

That remaining wisp of soul could be kept.

Everything else, the relics, could all be incinerated.

Xie Xuanyi beckoned, and the remaining embers of Phoenix Fire lingering on the summit of Little Barren Mountain rapidly flew to his palm.

Just as he was about to act.

Deng Baiyi cautiously asked, "Were you just... soul-searching?"

Deng Baiyi's words caused Xie Xuanyi's movements to halt for a moment.

Regarding the matters of the cultivation world.

Along the way, Xie Xuanyi had held nothing back.

Soul-searching was an extremely evil technique, basically only used by heretical cultivators, and he had explained this to Deng Baiyi.

"...Indeed."

Xie Xuanyi was silent for a few seconds, and then cleanly admitted it.

"Snap—"

He raised his hand and extracted a thumb ring and a pill from a pile of ashes.

This thumb ring was the soul-linking demonic artifact that Rank Six used to contact Dragonwood Revered One, similar to Xu You's, but slightly darker in color.

As for the pill...

This was a pleasant surprise.

Xie Xuanyi had thought that Dragonwood Revered One had seen through Rank Three's identity, and everything was just empty promises.

He didn't expect that the so-called "Violet Origin Pill" was actually on Rank Six!

Rank Six had no other valuable items on her.

Having done all this.

Xie Xuanyi tapped his finger and released the Phoenix Fire remnants gathered in his palm.

With a bang, the Phoenix Fire completely ignited Rank Six's bisected body, and at this moment, the summit emitted a crackling sound like roasting firewood!

The blood in this shell had long been dried up by the Nine Bright Phoenix Fire Formation, and Rank Six was able to miraculously survive until now... all thanks to that bizarre Grotto-Heaven with its extremely tenacious vitality.

Now the Grotto-Heaven was shattered.

Rank Six's soul and body were completely destroyed.

After watching Dragonwood Revered One's conversation with Rank Six… Xie Xuanyi didn't dare to risk a spiritual meeting with the Demon Realm so easily. Dragonwood Revered One's Mind Divination technique was powerful enough to sense "Rank Three's" abnormality from a thousand miles away, so he must also be wary of Rank Six.

All Rank A secret agents had to endure the Demon Realm's spiritual torture.

Spiritual imprints, mental codes—Xie Xuanyi had none of these. Impersonating "Rank Six" for a meeting with unknown information would very likely trigger Dragonwood Revered One's direct suspicion.

However.

This demonic artifact was still an important object for contacting the Demon Realm and had to be carefully preserved!

"What is it?"

Xie Xuanyi turned around and saw Deng Baiyi looking at him with a complex expression… He could probably guess what she was thinking.

He had previously told Deng Baiyi that.

Soul-searching was something only heretics did.

In the battle on Little Barren Mountain tonight, there was no time to hide anything. Rank Six's life hung by a thread, and Xie Xuanyi didn't want to lose the "soul-searching" opportunity for the sake of some so-called image.

"So… are you a heretic?"

Deng Baiyi asked cautiously again.

She had never been able to figure out Xie Zhen's background, sect, or specific identity.

At first, in Jade Pearl Town, that incredibly stunning peach wood sword strike made her think Xie Xuanyi was from the Great Grain Sword Palace.

Later, when traveling east, Xie Xuanyi told the official at Fengsui City that he was from the Daoist Sect.

Deng Baiyi knew that what Xie Zhen said was probably not true.

And from the moment she started following Xie Xuanyi, she had prepared for the worst in her heart…

Someone who didn't follow the rules and only acted according to his own preferences.

Someone who was never soft-hearted, who would kill without hesitation, and whose actions were extremely clean and efficient.

No matter how you looked at it, he seemed like someone from the demonic path.

"Would you believe me if I said I wasn't?"

Xie Xuanyi looked at Deng Baiyi's face and said helplessly.

Tonight's battle was really hard to explain… He hadn't expected the so-called Demon Realm spy to be a demonic cultivator. At this moment, the summit of Little Barren Mountain was covered with the fragmented corpses of Death Puppets and the dried-up skeletons burned by Phoenix Fire.

"I believe you."

Deng Baiyi pursed her lips and said, "But if you are, it doesn't matter."

"…"

Xie Xuanyi fell into a long silence.

"Why don't you just keep me by your side? I think I have a talent for arson and murder."

Deng Baiyi grinned, her face pale and her expression very ugly… She had just thrown up. When she was wielding the talisman, she looked radiant and powerful, but this was, after all, her first life-and-death battle.

The Phoenix Fire Formation instantly annihilated nearly a hundred enemies.

After exiting the talisman state, the bloody smell permeating the air entered her nostrils, and she vomited almost instantly, having just wiped away her snot and tears.

Watching Deng Baiyi struggle to straighten her back, pretending to be nonchalant.

Xie Xuanyi chuckled.

"Although I'm not a heretic, the number of people I've killed may not be less than a heretic."

Xie Xuanyi said indifferently, "Stop pretending, you're not suited for arson and murder… After tonight, just obediently engrave formations. Once the Carp Tide City is settled, I'll send you to the Daoist Sect."

Deng Baiyi opened her mouth, wanting to say something more.

"Cough, cough—"

Xie Xuanyi suddenly reached out to cover his lips, coughing violently, thick blood overflowing from between his fingers and dripping to the ground.

Deng Baiyi hurried forward, but was stopped by a hand.

"Don't, don't come over!"

Xie Xuanyi bent over, gasping for breath…

His vision was a little blurry.

This was a sign that Rank Six's Gu Blood had begun to spread.

The Blood Refinement Art was an extremely bizarre and vicious technique.

If it weren't for the Ninefold Phoenix Fire Formation's ability to burn away evil, the Gu Blood contained within these Death Puppets alone would have been enough to kill all the innocent people in an entire village.

As the host of the Gu Blood, the blood essence on Rank Six's body was even more poisonous!

Xie Xuanyi felt like his lungs were burning at this moment. He looked at the bloody hole pierced through his shoulder, and an unprecedented chill surged into his heart.

To lure Rank Six into the trap.

He had forcibly endured an attack… Now, the Gu Blood was finally spreading.

As the blood flowed, Xie Xuanyi felt a chill rising in his bone marrow, a chill that went straight to his heart, making him feel like he was falling into an abyss.

But at the same time, his limbs and body were enduring the burning of a thousand degrees of intense flames!

"Immortal Spring..."

Xie Xuanyi's forehead bulged with veins. He sat cross-legged on the ground, relying on his extremely strong willpower to crush the Violet Origin Pill.

Primordial Qi, ten times higher in quality and ten times greater in quantity than the Azure Origin Pill, instantly spread across the summit of the small mountain!

At the location of his dantian, a golden glow lit up.

This surging Primordial Qi rushed madly towards his dantian!

It's a new week, Z warriors, let's go!