Nascent Soul Late Stage Peak; The Might of the Slaying Luo Art; Situ Nan's Shock

Qin Hao looked toward the person who had arrived.

It was a middle-aged man who appeared to be around forty years old. He had a handsome face with brows like painted mountains, eyes like stars, and a complexion as fair as jade. He looked at the group without the slightest expression on his face.

"Senior Brother, I don't know why, but my Corpse Puppet rebelled and insisted on devouring me!"

Wu Yu answered directly, "It was precisely because of this that I was forced to flee everywhere. It was only thanks to this Fellow Daoist's help that I was able to slay 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, not understanding why his Senior Brother would be so anxious because he had killed the Corpse Puppet.

Could it be that he feared the loss of the Corpse Puppet would diminish the strength of 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 understood what kind of sect this was.

This sect specialized in the trade of corpses; even he, the Sect Master of the Zhao Kingdom branch, was merely a body provided for others to perform soul possession.

It was not that he had never thought of resisting, but above the Zhao Kingdom, there were the Corpse Yin Sects of the Level 4 Cultivation Nations, and even the Corpse Yin Sects of the Level 5 Cultivation Nations.

In the face of Spirit Transformation and Infant Transformation Experts, those of them at the Nascent Soul Realm were nothing more than ants.

And within his Junior Brother's Corpse Puppet resided a mysterious Purple Lord.

His Junior Brother colluding with an outsider to slay the Purple Lord would certainly invite punishment from those above.

Seeing his furious Senior Brother, Wu Yu's expression also shifted.

He vaguely felt that his return to the Corpse Yin Sect this time had been a wrong choice.

"Ye Zizai, what are you still waiting for?"

At this moment, an illusory figure surged out from Ye Zizai's body and commanded, "Capture them for me!"

"You are my Senior Brother's Corpse Puppet, Rakshasa?"

Wu Yu looked at the illusory figure and exclaimed, "You have also rebelled?"

"Of course he hasn't rebelled, because they have been waiting from the very beginning for you to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, just so they could devour you!"

Qin Hao spoke up, "As a member of the Corpse Yin Sect, it is naturally inevitable that you will become a Cauldron for others, providing a Nascent Soul Realm physical body for them!"

"What?"

Wu Yu was dumbfounded, finding it somewhat hard to believe.

He was a dignified expert of the Nascent Soul Realm; was he really just a Cauldron provided for others to possess?

"Heh heh, I didn't expect you to know the secret affairs of the Corpse Yin Sect!"

Rakshasa let out a strange laugh and probed, "This Fellow Daoist, I wonder which sect you hail from?"

The reason he asked this was to see if this Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator had any special background.

"Just a rogue cultivator, without sect or affiliation!"

Qin Hao said with a calm expression.

As he was speaking, the system's notification sound rang in his mind once again.

[Ding!]

[Detected that within the Corpse Yin Sect, the highest cultivation level is Ye Zizai at the peak of the Nascent Soul mid-stage. Host has obtained the cultivation level of the peak Nascent Soul Late Stage!]

Wu Yu looked at Ye Zizai and questioned, "Senior Brother, tell me, is this true?"

"It is true. You and I are both Cauldrons for others!"

Ye Zizai shook his head and sighed, "If you had been willing to be devoured by the Purple Lord, you might have been able to retain a sliver of your divine sense and have a chance to possess a disciple, but you chose to kill the Purple Lord instead!"

"With the Purple Lord fallen, those above will certainly blame me, so you must die!"

After saying this, Ye Zizai stomped his foot violently on the ground.

"Hum!"

In an instant, mysterious and unfathomable runes began to flicker throughout the entire cavern.

These runes condensed together, transforming into a grand formation that radiated a terrifying aura.

Ye Zizai looked at Wu Yu and Qin Hao with a gloomy face, his voice cold as he said, "Junior Brother, you and this Fellow Daoist should just surrender; that way, you will be spared the pain!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Qin Hao's expression was indifferent as a powerful aura of the peak Nascent Soul Late Stage suddenly manifested.

"Peak Nascent Soul Late Stage?"

Feeling Qin Hao's cultivation, Ye Zizai's pupils could not help but constrict.

Nascent Soul Late Stage peak, already infinitely close to the False God realm of Nascent Soul Great Perfection.

Generally speaking, ten Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators could not defeat a single Nascent Soul Late Stage peak expert.

However, this was the Corpse Yin Sect, not some other minor sect or faction.

Ye Zizai took a deep breath, his expression returning to calm as he spoke, "The formation of our Zhao Kingdom branch of the Corpse Yin Sect was personally laid down by a powerful expert from the Corpse Yin Sect of a higher-level Cultivation Nation. It cannot be broken by anyone below the Spirit Transformation stage. Today, I shall refine and kill the two of you!"

"BOOM!"

The grand formation activated. Terrifying Killing Qi soared into the sky, and waves of Sword Qi surged madly with awe-inspiring divine might, rushing toward the four of them!

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Qin Hao and Wu Yu immediately used their spiritual power to condense layers of protective shields.

The protective shield Wu Yu condensed shattered the moment it touched the Sword Qi; it had no power to resist at all.

As for Qin Hao's protective shield, it could only barely hold on.

"Stubborn resistance is nothing but futile!"

Ye Zizai said to Rakshasa, "Why don't you lend me a hand? I cannot unleash the full power of this formation by myself!"

"Master!"

Wu Yu sighed and said to Qin Hao, "In a moment, I will choose to self-detonate to blast open a gap for you. I hope you can take A'Dai and leave this place!"

In his view, rather than everyone perishing, it was better to put up a glorious fight!

"There is no need for you to self-detonate!"

Qin Hao summoned the Wood Sword of Years, his expression arrogant as he said, "I still have one final move—Slaying Luo Art!!!"

This was a Sword Soul technique mastered by the previous generation's Immortal Sword of Rain. It was not an Immortal Technique, nor was it a divine ability, yet its power was astonishing.

Qin Hao gripped the wooden sword and suddenly raised it to slash forward!

In an instant, everything between heaven and earth fell silent.

All that existed was this single sword strike!

"CRACK!"

The sword slashed through, carrying with it a Power of Rules.

Everything it touched ahead was reduced to dust.

The Corpse Yin Sect's formation was instantly cleaved open, and Ye Zizai and Rakshasa were reduced to ashes in an instant.

The remaining momentum of the Sword Light did not diminish; it pierced directly through the cavern, tearing apart the mist that shrouded the area above.

"Gulp!"

Wu Yu, Wang Lin, and A'Dai all widened their eyes, their gazes filled with disbelief.

They had originally thought they would perish here today.

But they never imagined that Qin Hao would be this strong.

With just one strike, he broke through a grand formation that only a Spirit Transformation stage expert could break, and even killed Ye Zizai and Rakshasa along with it.

"Rules! That fellow's sword strike just now actually contained the Power of Rules!"

"How is this possible? How could a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator master the Power of Rules?"

At this moment, Situ Nan's exclamation rang out in Wang Lin's Inner Heart.

"Situ, what are rules?"

Wang Lin asked, filled with curiosity.

"Rules are a power that only Second Step Experts of the Dao can master!"

Situ Nan said, "This question is still too far away from you. Even I, the former number one expert of the Vermilion Bird Star, have only barely touched upon the rules!"

"Hiss!"

Wang Lin gasped, his Inner Heart filled with extreme shock.

Situ Nan was the number one expert of the Vermilion Bird Star, yet he had only barely touched upon the rules.

Just how terrifying was this power?

And how had Qin Hao managed to master it?