The Tide Has Turned

The Tide Has Turned

Ye Zishuang's cultivation was formidable. She had long since cultivated the Yunqing Sect's Calm Cloud Swordplay to the pinnacle, allowing her to kill enemies with a sword from afar!

She urged her sword art onward, and Spiritual Power surged continuously from within her, controlling the Jade Void Spirit Sword as it slashed through the air toward Xuan Chengzi!

The sword was swift and vicious.

In the eyes of the onlookers, only a streak of cold light flashed before it had already reached Xuan Chengzi, intent on killing him with a single strike!

However, Xuan Chengzi was no pushover.

His own cultivation was equally astonishing, and on top of that, he practiced demonic arts.

"You still want to kill this old man? Keep dreaming!"

Xuan Chengzi let out a cold snort and actually urged the Spiritual Power within him to meet the incoming Jade Void Spirit Sword head-on!

Clang!

The spirit sword, wreathed in crystalline sword light, was incredibly nimble. Every collision left a bloody mark on Xuan Chengzi's body!

In the end, Xuan Chengzi was forced back.

Seeing her chance, Ye Zishuang immediately moved herself. With a thought, she recalled the Jade Void Spirit Sword into her hand, then charged forward with her sword raised!

Elsewhere, however, the battle was brutally savage.

The two demonic puppets moved through the battlefield as though no one stood in their way. Every Yunqing Sect disciple they targeted had no hope of escape. Even those at the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer were helpless, dying at the slightest touch like porcelain!

In that brief span of time, not only had the two demonic puppets' movements not slowed, but four or five Yunqing Sect disciples at the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer had already died one after another.

The situation took a sudden turn for the worse.

Even Qin Yang's heart lurched at the sight. He had never expected those two demonic puppets to be so terrifyingly powerful!

"This is bad."

"Xuan Chengzi is far too sinister. He actually kept two such evil puppets by his side, and I failed to notice them all this time. Could it be that Xuan Chengzi is really going to turn the tables this time?"

Qin Yang had a very ominous premonition.

After thinking it over, he felt he could not simply sit back and wait for death. He had to help!

"You stay here. I'll go help your senior sisters eliminate those two demonic puppets!"

Qin Yang said.

Tan Yurou hesitated, but after thinking it over, she decided not to make trouble.

After all, her cultivation was not profound. Even her fellow senior brother at the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer had been blown apart by a single punch from a demonic puppet. If she went up herself, she would only add another corpse to the pile.

"Senior Brother Qin, be careful!"

Tan Yurou said anxiously.

Qin Yang did not respond. He had already picked up a spirit sword that had fallen from the body of a Yunqing Sect disciple.

He had cultivated the Calm Cloud Swordplay as well. Now that he urged it into motion, it displayed several traces of its true essence, and the power of its Sword Qi was quite impressive!

"You know the swordplay of my Yunqing Sect too?!"

"Could it be that you're also a disciple of my Yunqing Sect?"

Zhao Ling was engaged in battle with the demonic puppet. When she saw Qin Yang use the Calm Cloud Swordplay as well, she was utterly shocked.

Yet, in her recollection, she could not remember any disciple named Qin Yang!

"Forget about that for now. Once these two demonic puppets are dealt with, I'll naturally tell you!"

Qin Yang fended them off as he replied.

What he never expected was that the moment he approached the two demonic puppets, they had already locked onto him completely. They immediately launched a frenzied pursuit!

"Wait, why have they suddenly singled me out?!"

Qin Yang inwardly cursed his luck. Only then did he realize that Xuan Chengzi had deliberately arranged this, intending to use the two demonic puppets to kill him, this "traitor who had betrayed his own side"!

"Don't worry, we'll lend you a hand!"

Xu Qing and the others immediately rushed over.

They likewise activated the Calm Cloud Swordplay and relentlessly pursued the two demonic puppets.

However, the bodies of those two demonic puppets were simply indestructible, impervious to blade or spear.

No matter how much Sword Qi struck their bodies, they remained unmoving. They even completely ignored the Sword Qi behind them, focusing solely on suppressing Qin Yang!

At that very moment, Qin Yang suddenly sensed something strange stirring within his body.

"Something's wrong. The blood essence in my body is being drawn away."

"Even my cultivation is being sucked away. What is going on?!"

Qin Yang was horrified.

He turned his head and saw that, sure enough, the old bastard Xuan Chengzi was behind it.

Xuan Chengzi was frantically activating the Heavenly Yin Blood Sucking Technique, along with another demonic art!

"Heh heh heh!"

"I never thought that this little wretch's cultivation would have reached the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer. But that's even better. Now you can witness the wonders of the Soul Locking Pill."

"Anyone who has taken my Soul Locking Pill can have the cultivation within their body used by me at any time!"

Xuan Chengzi's sinister and smug laughter rang out.

What?!

The Soul Locking Pill could actually turn the cultivation within his own body into Xuan Chengzi's possession? Had all his cultivation been for nothing?!

"Damn old bastard! He actually had a method like this!"

Qin Yang seethed with hatred. He had never expected that, aside from the two demonic puppets, Xuan Chengzi would possess such an utterly sinister method.

This meant that the higher his cultivation became, the more he would be making a bridal gown for Xuan Chengzi. He could forget about escaping Xuan Chengzi's demonic grasp for the rest of his life!

Hum!

In the blink of an eye, Qin Yang felt weaker than he had ever been.

By contrast, after drawing away the cultivation within his body, Xuan Chengzi's strength surged explosively, reaching the point where he could clash head-on with Ye Zishuang!

"Heh heh heh."

"Leave that little wretch alive. This old man intends to interrogate him personally and find out exactly where such powerful cultivation came from!"

Xuan Chengzi's voice rang out. He was speaking to the two demonic puppets.

Qin Yang gnashed his teeth, knowing that the tide had turned.

The strength of the two demonic puppets alone was already beyond what these Yunqing Sect disciples could handle. Not to mention that the old devil Xuan Chengzi had extracted Qin Yang's cultivation and made it his own. What came next would probably be nothing but a one-sided slaughter!

Sure enough.

The two demonic puppets turned around and charged straight at Zhao Ling and the others, catching the Yunqing Sect disciples completely off guard and leaving them unable to defend themselves!

Pfft!

Zhao Ling was ultimately no match for one of the demonic puppets. Her abdomen was pierced on the spot, after which the demonic puppet cruelly tore off her head. She died with her eyes wide open!

"Senior Sister Zhao!"

Xu Qing and Fang Xinyun cried out, their eyes reddening.

That was their senior sister, who had grown up with them and spent every day by their side. Yet she had died just like that at the hands of the demonic puppet!

"You two damned monsters! I'll tear you apart piece by piece!"

Xu Qing and Fang Xinyun gnashed their teeth and charged forward together.

However, the two of them were nothing more than offerings sent to the slaughter.

When they reached the demonic puppets, their spirit swords were smashed apart in an instant. Their bodies were then blown to pieces as well, leaving not even whole corpses behind.

In the blink of an eye, only Qin Yang, whose body no longer contained the slightest trace of cultivation, and Tan Yurou remained!

"How could this happen? Senior Sister and the others... are all dead?!"

Tan Yurou's voice trembled, thick with sobs.

In the end, a demonic puppet came before her and crushed her head outright!