"This time, I really used every last ounce of strength I had..."
As Meng Jingxian murmured to himself, his body uncontrollably fell toward the ground below.
His gaze swept across the battlefield. He saw Lin Chuan confronting Mingri Xuan, and Vermilion Bird unconscious on the ground.
"Good thing Lin Chuan assigned the strongest immortal corpse to Vermilion Bird. Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't have been able to handle it..."
Thinking of this, Meng Jingxian felt a lingering wave of fear.
Within that completely dark space, his strength had been greatly enhanced. Together with the Tailed Beast Ball from the Seven-Tails Chōmei, he had barely managed to break through the immortal corpse's defenses, allowing his Ghost Hand to strike its vital point directly. Otherwise, given the immortal corpse's strength, even with an immortal-artifact-grade dagger in hand, victory would have been nearly impossible.
And this immortal corpse was not actually among the strongest of Mingri Xuan's nine immortal corpses. The strongest one was with Qin Lang. Because of the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, Qin Lang was the one in Akatsuki capable of unleashing the greatest combat power.
Judging from the situation now, Qin Lang had indeed lived up to expectations and was the first to deal with his immortal corpse. However, he was not in great condition either. The previous battle had clearly not been easy for him.
"Rest for a while, then go help the others!" Meng Jingxian had no time to think further. He immediately began cultivating to recover the chakra he had just expended.
In the sky.
"Second one!" Lin Chuan smiled as he looked at Mingri Xuan, whose expression had turned extremely ugly.
"You cannot destroy all of my immortal corpses! As long as even one survives, you won't be able to defeat me!" Mingri Xuan roared.
"Then we'll