Qin Hao looked toward the newcomer.
He was a middle-aged man around forty, handsome in appearance, with dark brows, star-like eyes, and a face as fair as jade. He looked at everyone without the slightest expression on his face.
"Senior Brother, for some reason, my Corpse Puppet rebelled and insisted on devouring me!"
Wu Yu answered directly, "That was exactly why I was forced to flee everywhere. Fortunately, this Fellow Daoist helped me kill my Corpse Puppet!"
"What did you say?"
Ye Zizai's expression changed drastically as he demanded, "You killed the Corpse Puppet?"
"Yes, Senior Brother. What's wrong?"
Wu Yu was somewhat confused. He did not understand why his Senior Brother was so anxious over the death of a Corpse Puppet.
Was he afraid that the Corpse Puppet's loss would weaken the Corpse Yin Sect?
"How dare you!"
Ye Zizai roared.
His Junior Brother did not understand the situation within the Corpse Yin Sect.
As the Sect Master of the Corpse Yin Sect's Zhao Kingdom branch, he naturally knew what kind of sect this was.
This sect specialized in the corpse trade. Even he, the Sect Master of the Zhao Kingdom branch, was merely a body prepared for others to possess.
It was not as if he had never considered resisting, but above Zhao Kingdom stood the Corpse Yin Sect from a Level 4 Cultivation Nation, as well as the Corpse Yin Sect from a Level 5 Cultivation Nation.
Before Spirit Transformation and Infant Transformation Experts, Nascent Souls like them were nothing more than ants.
Furthermore, a mysterious Purple Lord resided within his Junior Brother's Corpse Puppet.
His Junior Brother had joined forces with an outsider to kill Purple Lord. That would surely bring punishment from above.
Seeing his Senior Brother's fury, Wu Yu's expression changed as well.
He vaguely felt that returning to the Corpse Yin Sect this time had been a mistake.
"Ye Zizai, what are you waiting for?"
At that moment, an illusory figure emerged from Ye Zizai's body and ordered, "Capture them!"
"You're my Senior Brother's Corpse Puppet, Rakshasa?"
Wu Yu looked at the illusory figure and cried out in shock, "You rebelled too?"
"Of course he didn't rebel, because from the very beginning, they were waiting for you to break through to the Nascent Soul stage so they could devour you!"
Qin Hao said, "As a member of the Corpse Yin Sect, you were naturally destined to become someone else's Cauldron, providing them with a Nascent Soul stage body!"
"What?"
Wu Yu was dumbfounded, unable to believe it.
He was a mighty Nascent Soul stage expert, yet he was merely a Cauldron for someone else's possession?
"Hehe, I didn't expect you to know the Corpse Yin Sect's secrets!"
Rakshasa gave a strange laugh and probed, "May I ask which sect this Fellow Daoist comes from?"
He asked this to determine whether this Nascent Soul mid-stage Cultivator had some special background.
"I'm an independent cultivator, with no sect or faction!"
Qin Hao replied calmly.
As he spoke, the system notification sounded in his mind once more.
[Ding!] [The strongest person detected within the Corpse Yin Sect is Ye Zizai, at peak Nascent Soul mid-stage. The host has obtained cultivation at peak late Nascent Soul stage!]
Wu Yu looked at Ye Zizai and questioned him, "Senior Brother, tell me, is this true?"
"It's true. You and I are both Cauldrons for others!"
Ye Zizai shook his head and sighed. "If you had willingly allowed Purple Lord to devour you, you could have retained some divine sense and had a chance to possess one of the disciples. But you insisted on killing Purple Lord!"
"Purple Lord is dead, and those above will surely blame me. Therefore, you must die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Zizai stomped the ground.
Buzz!
In an instant, profound and unfathomable runes began to flicker throughout the entire cavern.
The runes gathered together, forming a grand formation that radiated a terrifying aura.
Ye Zizai looked grimly at Wu Yu and Qin Hao, his voice cold as he said, "Junior brother, you and this fellow cultivator should surrender. That way, you will suffer less!"
"Oh? Is that so?"
Qin Hao remained calm as the powerful aura of peak late Nascent Soul stage suddenly erupted from him.
"Peak late Nascent Soul stage?"
Feeling Qin Hao's cultivation, Ye Zizai's pupils abruptly constricted.
Peak late Nascent Soul stage was already infinitely close to the False God realm of Nascent Soul Great Perfection.
Generally speaking, ten Nascent Soul mid-stage Cultivators would still be no match for an expert at peak late Nascent Soul stage.
However, this was the Corpse Yin Sect, not some minor sect.
Ye Zizai took a deep breath, his expression returning to calm. "The formation of our Corpse Yin Sect's Zhao Kingdom branch was personally laid down by an expert from the Corpse Yin Sect of a higher Cultivation Nation. Unless one is a Spirit Transformation stage expert, it cannot be broken. Today, I will refine and kill you both!"
Boom!
The grand formation activated. Terrifying Killing Qi surged into the sky as streams of sword qi rushed forth wildly, carrying awe-inspiring divine might as they struck at the four of them!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Qin Hao and Wu Yu immediately used their spiritual power to form layers of protective barriers.
The barrier Wu Yu formed shattered the instant it came into contact with the sword qi. It had no power to resist at all.
Even Qin Hao's barrier could only barely hold on.
"Resisting stubbornly is nothing but futile!"
Ye Zizai said to Rakshasa, "Why aren't you helping me? I can't bring out the formation's full power by myself!"
"Master!"
Wu Yu sighed and said to Qin Hao, "Later, I'll choose to self-destruct and blast open a gap for you. I hope you can take A'Dai and leave this place!"
In his view, rather than having everyone perish, it was better to risk everything in one glorious attempt!
"You won't need to self-destruct!"
Qin Hao summoned the Wood Sword of Years. With a proud expression, he said, "I still have one final move—the Slaying Luo Art!!!"
This was a Sword Soul technique mastered by the previous Sword Soul of the Immortal Sword of Rain. It was neither an Immortal Technique nor a divine ability, yet its power was astonishing.
Qin Hao gripped the Wooden Sword and suddenly raised it, slashing forward!
In that instant, everything between heaven and earth fell silent.
Only this sword strike remained!
Crack!
The slash carried the Power of Rules.
Everything before it that came into contact with it turned to dust.
The Corpse Yin Sect's grand formation was instantly split apart, while Ye Zizai and Rakshasa were reduced to ashes in an instant.
The Sword Light's remaining power did not diminish. It directly pierced through the cavern and even tore apart the mist shrouding the area above.
Gulp!
Wu Yu, Wang Lin, and A'Dai all stared wide-eyed, their eyes filled with disbelief.
They had believed that they would perish here today.
Yet they never expected Qin Hao to be this powerful.
With a single slash, he had broken through a grand formation that only a Spirit Transformation stage expert could break, even killing Ye Zizai and Rakshasa in the process.
"Rules! That fellow's sword strike just now actually contained the Power of Rules!"
"How is that possible? How could a Nascent Soul stage Cultivator grasp the Power of Rules?"
At that moment, Situ Nan's shocked cry echoed in Wang Lin's mind.
"Situ, what are rules?"
Wang Lin asked curiously.
"Rules are a power that only Second Step Experts can grasp!"
Situ Nan said, "That question is still far too distant for you. Even I, once the strongest person on Vermilion Bird Star, only barely touched upon rules!"
Hiss!
Wang Lin drew a sharp breath, his inner heart filled with extreme shock.
Situ Nan had been the strongest person on Vermilion Bird Star, yet he had only barely touched upon rules.
Just how terrifying was such power?
And how had Qin Hao grasped it?
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