"I'm not even afraid of death, let alone mere punishment!" Lin Taichu said coldly as he slashed out with his sword.
The remaining immortal power within him surged forth, transforming into a sharp sword light that cleaved toward the group.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" The three were sent flying on the spot.
Seeing that things had gone badly, the other two hurriedly fled.
Poison Lady's head was crushed into ashes in his grip, scattering through the air.
Lin Taichu stepped on Poison Lady's shattered skull. Blood dripping from the Purple Lightning Sword seeped into the altar's cracks, drawing a dull resonance from deep underground.
"Watch out!" The Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild's steward suddenly lunged forward. Twelve golden bells flew from her sleeve, forming chains that dragged Lin Taichu toward the corner of the cave.
A pillar of blood as thick as a bowl erupted from where the altar had stood, condensing in midair into a twisted human face—the Profound Heaven Sect's Old Sect Master from the Jade Slip!
"Reincarnation bloodline... Hahahaha, I've finally waited for you."
The blood face grinned, exposing uneven black teeth. "If you hadn't dealt with it, we wouldn't have dared to come out. Now we get to reap the rewards without lifting a finger!"
Only then did Lin Taichu notice the dense spell markings emerging around the blood pillar. Every one of them matched the green lines on Xiao Chuan's wrist.
"The Profound Heaven Sect used living people's Spirit Veins to nurture Netherworld Ghost Qi. The Old Sect Master had long turned himself into a monster neither human nor ghost!"
The blood face extended a bloody hand and grabbed the chains. The twelve golden bells instantly turned crimson. "As expected, the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild wants a hand in everything... Back then, you poisoned the master