How Could Getting Struck by Lightning Every Month Not Pay Off?

A cold wind swept across the face, and the scene instantly fell silent, with only the wails of various ghosts echoing in the air.

Hmph--

Moo--

Meow--

Neither the withered old man nor the deputy sect leader, both at the Body Integration Realm and with thousands of years of experience, had ever witnessed such a situation.

Vice Sect Leader Shi's expression was inconsistent; he had just been saying with a serious face that things were troublesome, that the other side had successfully refined the Myriad Soul Banner.

Judging from the current situation, even if the opponent forges the Ten-Sided Soul Banner, it might not be too troublesome.

The withered old man never expected that he would refine so many things. He just happened to pass by a small village and found that the village had an astonishing concentration of blood and stench, which was very suitable for refining the Myriad Soul Banner. So he swept away all the blood and stench and chose a secluded place to refine it as quickly as possible.

With a formidable enemy at hand, the Myriad Souls Banner was successfully forged at the last moment. He was about to use the blood of his enemies to sacrifice the Myriad Souls Banner and unleash a million vengeful ghosts to claim lives.

And this is what you summoned?

The withered old man gritted his teeth, formed hand Hand Seals, and once again activated the Myriad Soul Banner.

"Fine, whether human or animal, since they can be refined into the Myriad Soul Banner, they are all vengeful ghosts!"

Seeing the withered old man continue using the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Vice Master Shi also thought of the same problem.

This banner of ten thousand souls may look funny, but its power should not be underestimated!

"Go! Eat them!" The withered old man laughed wildly and decisively gave the order to annihilate Lu Yang and his two companions!

The pigs, cattle, and sheep scattered in all directions; if it weren't for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner holding them back, they would have long since disappeared.

A few pigs nudged the withered old man and slowly walked away.

The withered old man. "..."

Vice Leader Shi: "..."

"Senior Brother Lu, is this what a battle at the Body Integration Realm is like?" Tao Yaoye transmitted her voice to Lu Yang. She was inexperienced and this was the first time she had encountered a battle at the Body Integration Realm, so she couldn't understand the fighting style.

Lu Yang thought to himself, "This is the first time I've ever encountered this situation."

"Fairy, why are the livestock, once refined into the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, now out of control?"

In the spiritual realm, the Immortal Fairy laughed so hard she almost fell over, and it took her a long time to recover.

"Hahaha, you idiot! You use livestock to refine the Myriad Soul Banner, why don't you use insects instead? Hahaha..."

Once she had recovered, she explained to Lu Yang, "The essence of the Myriad Soul Banner is to command souls. The souls that can be commanded must be sentient beings, such as humans and Demon Beast. The higher the cultivation level of a human or Demon Beast in life, the greater their resentment, and the stronger its power."

"A herd of livestock, devoid of intelligence, do you expect them to understand commands and attack?"

"But how come I remember that the Soul of a baby can be used to forge the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls? Babies don't have any intelligence, do they?"

"It is possible to refine the Myriad Soul Banner using the souls of infants, but there is one thing you haven't noticed: Devil Cultivator do not immediately refine the souls of infants into the Myriad Soul Banner. This process takes several years. During these years, the physical form of the infant's soul does not change, but its mind gradually grows until it reaches an age where it can understand commands. Only then is the refining process considered complete."

Before becoming an immortal, the Immortal Fairy had a lot of dealings with Devil Cultivator. In the High Antiquity times, Devil Cultivator were everywhere, and her understanding of them was even deeper than that of Vice Sect Leader Shi.

Before leaving, she also told Lu Yang, "You must study hard in the future, don't end up like this illiterate old man."

Lu Yang got the answer and relayed it to Tao Yaoye, winning Tao Yaoye admiring gaze.

Senior Brother Lu is truly learned and knowledgeable.

Wait, why does Senior Brother Lu know so much about the demonic path?

The withered old man tossed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner aside and took out a necklace. Each bead on the necklace was a small skull, each skull with a ferocious face and a different expression.

This is his natal magic Law Treasure, the Eighteenth Generation Clan Necklace. To create this necklace, the creator must first marry and have children to propagate the Lineage. When the family reaches the eighteenth generation, the life of the most outstanding descendant of each generation is taken, and the child is made to endure painful torment and be refined into beads. The wife's intestines are then used as thread to string the eighteen beads together.

The withered old man tossed the 18th generation clan necklace aside, and the necklace broke. The skull beads swelled and grew larger, turning into white bone skulls that floated in the sky and tore at the stone vice-leader.

This single move alone is enough to deter most Body Integration Realm from directly confronting it.

"Haha, you old codger, you're ruthless enough to refine even your eighteenth generation descendant into Devil Artifact. Your eighteenth generation descendants are connected by blood, and their origins all come from you, so you can use this necklace with ease!"

Vice Leader Shi's expression remained unchanged. He recognized the necklace's origin, but so what? To rise to the position of Vice Leader of the Demonic Sect right under Cheng Dao's nose, his methods were beyond the comprehension of the withered old man.

He gripped a large bone scythe, its handle sprouting barbs that pierced his palm. The scythe absorbed the blood from his hand, leaving a red line in its center.

Swish--

Vice Leader Shi brandished the white bone scythe, and light descended from the sky, instantly illuminating the entire mountain peak. Six of the eighteen demon heads were severed.

The withered old man's expression changed. "How come this sickle fits even better than my necklace!"

Vice Leader Shi strode forward and began fighting the remaining demons. "Nonsense! To forge this scythe, I extracted my own bones and nourished them with my blood day and night, keeping them active even after they left my body, and finally forged them into a scythe!"

"No matter how close your kinship is to your descendants for eighteen generations, how can it compare to the bond between your father and your own flesh and blood!"

"Madman!" the withered old man cursed, extracting all his bones to refine them into Law Treasure. This process would take hundreds of years and was extremely vulnerable to assassination. If an accident occurred, the man's vitality would be greatly diminished, or he would perish.

"Hehe, it's all thanks to the old Master Qin's high regard for me; he protected me during the refining process!"

The two fought fiercely, with the withered old man employing a variety of demonic techniques. The eighteen demonic heads constantly combined to disrupt Vice Master Shi's attacks. Vice Master Shi's figure transformed into wisps of afterimages, unpredictable, and his white bone scythe reaped lives, preventing the withered old man from getting close to fight.

"Hereinafter, I establish this rule: [Apart from me, everyone within a radius of five hundred feet will move at a slower pace]!" The withered old man used the power of the rule to restrict the actions of Vice Master Shi.

Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye suddenly felt as if they were stuck in a quagmire, unable to move.

Vice Master Shi sneered. His soul left his body, making his movements sluggish, but his soul remained unaffected. He changed weapons, and his soul, wielding a large hammer, smashed it towards the withered old man.

"You think you can set rules? Hereby establish this rule: [Within a radius of five hundred feet, no one may use Devil Artifact]!"

The 18th generation clan necklace became dull and lifeless, and the eighteen demon heads disappeared.

"You dare to swagger in front of me when you're just a soul left!" The withered old man confronted Vice Master Shi alone, only to be knocked down by Vice Master Shi's hammer.

He cried out in disbelief, "How is this possible? How can your soul be so powerful!"

The withered old man was very confident in his soul, and his specialty was soul magic. However, in terms of soul strength, he was actually slightly inferior to Vice Sect Leader Shi.

"Even if you were struck by lightning worth a billion dollars every month, you'd still end up like this!"

Vice Sect Leader Shi angrily retorted, "He risks his life every month to undergo tribulation lightning; how could he not gain anything?"

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