The General Trend Is Lost

Chapter 44: The Tide Has Turned

Ye Zishuang's cultivation was powerful. She had long since mastered the Yunqing Sect's Calm Cloud Swordplay to the Great Accomplishment stage, enabling her to wield her sword to kill enemies!

She activated her resolve, her spiritual power surging from within as she controlled the Jade Void Spirit Sword to strike Xuan Chengzi from afar!

This sword strike was both swift and fierce.

To onlookers, it was merely a flash of cold light before it reached Xuan Chengzi, poised to slay him!

However, Xuan Chengzi was no pushover.

His own cultivation was astonishing, not to mention he practiced forbidden arts.

"You still want to kill me? A fool's dream!"

Xuan Chengzi snorted coldly, channeling his spiritual power to directly confront the attacking Jade Void Spirit Sword!

Clang!

The spirit sword, adorned with crystalline sword light, moved with incredible agility. Each clash left another bloody gash on Xuan Chengzi's body!

Ultimately, Xuan Chengzi was forced to retreat.

Seeing her chance, Ye Zishuang immediately moved herself, recalling the Jade Void Spirit Sword with a thought and charging forward with her blade!

Meanwhile, the battles elsewhere were brutal.

The two Evil Puppets moved as if in an empty realm. Any Yunqing Sect disciple they targeted had no hope of escape. Even those at the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer were useless, dying like porcelain dolls with a single touch!

In just this short time, not only had the two Evil Puppets' assault not slowed, but four or five Yunqing Sect disciples at the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer had already fallen.

The situation took a sharp downturn.

Seeing this, Qin Yang's heart sank. He hadn't expected the two Evil Puppets to be so terrifyingly powerful!

"This is bad."

"Xuan Chengzi is too insidious, keeping such wicked puppets by his side. I didn't notice them for so long. Could Xuan Chengzi really turn the tables this time?" Qin Yang felt a terrible premonition.

He considered it and decided he couldn't just wait to die; he had to help!

"Stay here. I'll go help your senior sister and the others eliminate those two Evil Puppets!"

Qin Yang said.

Tan Yurou hesitated, wanting to speak but ultimately decided against causing trouble.

After all, her cultivation wasn't high. Even fellow disciples at the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer had been blown apart by an Evil Puppet's punch. If she went forward, she'd just be adding another corpse to the pile.

"Senior Brother Qin, please be careful!"

Tan Yurou said, her voice filled with worry.

Qin Yang didn't reply. He had already picked up a spirit sword dropped by a Yunqing Sect disciple.

He had, after all, practiced the Calm Cloud Swordplay. Now, channeling it, a certain grace appeared, and the power of his sword qi was quite impressive!

"You know my Yunqing Sect's swordplay too?!"

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

Zhao Ling, who was fending off an Evil Puppet, was shocked to see Qin Yang using the Calm Cloud Swordplay.

However, as far as she could recall, there was no disciple named Qin Yang.

"Let's not worry about that for now. Once these two Evil Puppets are dealt with, I'll tell you everything!"

Qin Yang replied.

But what he never expected was that the moment he approached the two Evil Puppets, he was targeted. They immediately began a frantic pursuit, focusing solely on him!

"What the heck, why are they suddenly only after me?!"

Qin Yang inwardly lamented, realizing it was Xuan Chengzi's deliberate act, using these two Evil Puppets to kill him, the "traitorous turncoat"!

"Don't worry, we're here to help!"

Xu Qing and the others immediately rushed in.

They too channeled the Calm Cloud Swordplay, relentlessly pursuing the two Evil Puppets.

However, the physical bodies of these two Evil Puppets were incredibly tough and impervious to weapons.

No matter how much sword qi struck the Evil Puppets, they remained unmoved, even completely ignoring the sword qi behind them, their sole focus on killing Qin Yang!

Just then, Qin Yang sensed a strange disturbance within his body.

"Something's wrong, the blood in my body is being drawn out."

"Even my cultivation is being siphoned away, what's happening?!"

Qin Yang cried out in alarm.

He turned his head and saw that it was indeed the old devil Xuan Chengzi causing trouble.

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

"Hehehe!"

"I never expected your cultivation to reach the Ninth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm, you little beast. But that's fine, it will let you witness the wondrous effects of the Soul Locking Pill."

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

Xuan Chengzi's bone-chilling and triumphant laughter echoed out.

What?!

The Soul Locking Pill could actually turn the cultivation in his body into Xuan Chengzi's? Hadn't he been cultivating for nothing?!

"This damned old geezer, to have such a trick up his sleeve!"

Qin Yang cursed inwardly, not expecting such a vicious scheme on top of the two Evil Puppets.

This meant that the higher his cultivation became, the more he would be paving the way for Xuan Chengzi. He would never escape the old devil's clutches in his lifetime!

Buzz!

In just an instant, Qin Yang felt an unprecedented weakness spread through his body.

On the other hand, Xuan Chengzi's strength surged after siphoning off Qin Yang's cultivation, reaching a level where he could directly confront Ye Zishuang!

"Hehehe."

"Leave that little beast alive. I want to interrogate him personally to find out where such powerful cultivation comes from!"

Xuan Chengzi's voice rang out, directed at the two Evil Puppets.

Qin Yang gritted his teeth, knowing that the tide had turned against him.

The strength of these two Evil Puppets alone was more than these Yunqing Sect disciples could handle, not to mention Xuan Chengzi, the Old Devil, who had siphoned off his cultivation for his own use. The upcoming battle would likely be a one-sided slaughter!

As expected.

The two Evil Puppets turned and charged directly at Zhao Ling and the others, catching the Yunqing Sect disciples completely off guard!

Pfft!

Zhao Ling was no match for one of the Evil Puppets. Her abdomen was instantly pierced, and then the Evil Puppet cruelly decapitated her, her eyes wide with an unfulfilled gaze!

"Senior Sister Zhao!"

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

She was a sister they had grown up with, spending every day together, and now she had died by the hands of an Evil Puppet!

"You two damned monsters, I will tear you limb from limb!"

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

However, the two of them were merely lambs to the slaughter.

As they reached the Evil Puppets, their spiritual swords were directly shattered, and their physical bodies were blown apart, leaving no complete corpses.

In the blink of an eye, only Qin Yang, who had no cultivation left within him, and Tan Yurou remained!

"How could this happen? Senior Sister and the others, they're all dead?!"

Tan Yurou's voice trembled, laced with sobs.

Finally, an Evil Puppet reached her and crushed her head like an ant!