Nine Corpse Daoist had gone completely mad. The character "corpse" appeared on his forehead, black patterns covered his entire body, and lumps of flesh emerged across his skin, making him look like a toad.
He looked hideous beyond belief, terrifying to behold.
But his combat strength soared dramatically.
Under normal circumstances, his cultivation was roughly on par with mine.
But I had too many magical artifacts on me. Even last night, when it hadn't been a one-on-one fight, he still hadn't been able to defeat me.
And now Feng Shuang and the others were here. With many of us against one, killing him should have been effortless.
But now, knowing he couldn't escape, Nine Corpse Daoist had actually gone berserk and chose to fight us to the death.
He was burning his own source power, willing to drain every last bit of energy from this corpse body just to drag us down with him.
As a result, Nine Corpse Daoist's strength had surged directly into the Spiritual Wisdom Realm.
Even with seven of us surrounding him, we were struggling to hold on.
I didn't dare let my guard down in the slightest, because he was fighting for his life.
And even with seven against one, we clearly couldn't beat him.
Holding the Black Umbrella, I called out to Xiao Yu again.
But the result was the same. The Black Umbrella still showed no reaction.
I stared at the Black Umbrella in shock.
Why? We were who knew how far from Xu Family Gully. Could there still be a restriction here?
That shouldn't be possible. Could it be that Nine Corpse Daoist had restriction runes on him all along?
I thought to myself.
Now that Xiao Yu couldn't help us, we could only rely on ourselves and fight to the death.