Chapter 2619: Suppression, Recovery
Though Ban Qianzhi had reached the Integrated Body Middle Stage, he had only one foot across the threshold of the Integrated Body Late Stage. He had not truly made it there yet. With the Blue You Demon Bottle, Ban Qianzhi's strength had already surpassed its normal limits—he was almost as powerful as Dongfang Yi or Xiang Qingcheng had once been. Among those at the Integrated Body Middle Stage, he was practically at the very top.
But the Integrated Body Middle Stage was still the Integrated Body Middle Stage. The gulf separating it from the Integrated Body Late Stage could not be crossed. With Ban Qianzhi's strength, how could he break through Lu Xiaotian's illusion technique?
Lu Xiaotian had experienced the Blue You Demon Bottle's power firsthand when he fought the greedy crane demon. He was familiar with it, and had long been prepared for the cracks it could create to distort space. Under these circumstances, how could Ban Qianzhi possibly be his match?
The enormous tree formed from Blue You Demon Sand gradually shrank beneath the fiery Buddha's giant palm. Even the phantom of the demon bottle was crushed out of shape, then shattered in an instant and retreated into Ban Qianzhi's body.
The Blue You Demon Sand coating Ban Qianzhi's face began to recede, revealing his original features. But the sand had already corroded him. His once-wrinkled old face was now riddled with holes, like a piece of rotten wood gnawed by a swarm of ants.
His eyes, which had glowed with a deep blue light, gradually regained their clarity.
"Daoist Lu!" Ban Qianzhi looked weakly at Lu Xiaotian, his voice hoarse. Fear still lingered in his eyes.
"What brings you here, Daoist Lu?"
"The matter in the Netherdemon Corpse Grounds has been settled, so