Li Xiaoyu's eyes flashed with clarity.
He slowly pushed Tian Ling'er's hand away.
"There is no place for you in my heart."
His voice was calm and decisive.
"What did you say?!"
The smile on Tian Ling'er's face instantly solidified, replaced by endless resentment and madness.
"Li Xiaoyu! You ungrateful fellow! How dare you betray me!"
She screamed, and the Amber Vermilion Ribbon in her hand turned into a red poisonous snake, stabbing hard towards his heart.
However, there was no panic on Li Xiaoyu's face.
He just quietly looked at the venomous snake getting closer and closer, and slowly shook his head.
"Heart Demon Illusion Realm?"
"Little tricks."
He murmured softly.
Immediately, Li Xiaoyu closed his eyes.
The Upper Purity Realm Cultivation in his body exploded!
A pure and vast Daoist essence was like the rising sun, illuminating his entire sea of consciousness.
"Broken!"
Following his low shout.
All the illusions in front of me melted instantly like ice and snow illuminated by the sun.
Morning Sun Peak, Tian Ling'er, Amber Vermilion Ribbon...
Everything was reduced to the most primitive fragments and dissipated in the air.
Li Xiaoyu When he opened his eyes again, he found that he was still standing on the bloody altar.
Beside him, Lu Xueqi was looking at him worriedly.
In her hand, Tianya Divine Sword blue light flashed, blocking out the invisible forces that invaded their sea of consciousness.
Obviously, he was not the only one who fell into the illusion just now.
However, Lu Xueqi relied on the support of Tianya Divine Sword and his firm Daoist heart to withstand the erosion of this force.
"Are you okay?"
Lu Xueqi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him wake up and asked softly.
"I'm fine."
Li Xiaoyu shook his head and looked at the top of the altar.
There, Styx Sect Master, who was performing a ceremony, stood up at some point.
"I didn't expect you to be able to detect my Heart Demon Illusion Realm."
Styx Sect Master looked at them with a hoarse voice and surprise.
"It seems that I have underestimated you."
His body was covered with a thick layer of black mist, making it difficult to see his true face.
But the evil aura emanating from him, as vast as an abyss, made both Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi feel palpitations.
Upper Purity Realm Advanced!
This Styx Sect Master is actually a top master at the same level as their master!
The black mist covering his body slowly dissipated, revealing his true face.
It was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, with a pale face and even a bit of elegance.
The man wore a gorgeous robe embroidered with black dark patterns, and his long hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin. If it weren't for his pair of flashing red eyes and his abyss-like evil aura, anyone would have thought that he was a scholar who had read poetry and books.
He is the master of this place, the master of the Styx Sect.
"It seems that I have underestimated you."
Styx Sect Master spoke, his voice was hoarse, but it carried a strange magical power, as if it could directly ring in people's souls.
Li Xiaoyu looked at him with cold eyes.
The Dawn Squad team members behind him also felt palpitated under this terrifying pressure.
The fairy swords in their hands whined uncontrollably, as if they had encountered a natural enemy.
"Form up!" Li Xiaoyu shouted without hesitation.
Upon hearing this, the team members of Dawn Squad immediately gave up fighting with the disciples of the Styx Sect and quickly shrank towards Li Xiaoyu.
They once again formed Three Talents Origin-Returning Formation, who had practiced countless times on Ancient Battlefield.
A solid blue light curtain rose into the sky and enveloped everyone.
Styx Sect Master looked at their well-trained reactions, approval flashed in his eyes.
"It's quite a bit organized."
"It's a pity that in the face of absolute power, any struggle is in vain."
He raised his right hand, and there was a black flag in his hand.
The flag was made of an unknown material. It was completely black and had a twisted grimace embroidered with golden silk thread.
The flag was filled with black air, and shrill wails could be heard from time to time, as if thousands of dead souls were imprisoned.
An aura more evil and terrifying than Styx Sect Master himself emanated from the flag.
"Myriad Soul Banner!"
Zeng Shushu, who was standing next to Li Xiaoyu, saw a sudden change in his face when he saw the flag, and he exclaimed in surprise.
"Senior Brother Li, be careful! This is one of the most vicious magic weapons in ancient Ghost Path, Myriad Soul Banner!" His voice was full of fear.
"Legend has it that this flag requires nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine souls with the most resentment, supplemented by the holder's own essence and blood, and can be refined for ninety-nine and eighty-one years."
"On the day when the banners are completed, the heaven and earth will tremble with wrath, and the ghosts and gods will cry and howl."
"When this flag is waved, thousands of evil ghosts can be summoned to form an army of Ghost King. Wherever it passes, not a single blade of grass will grow, and all life will be devastated."
"If pushed to the extreme, it can even summon the legendary True Form of the Ghost King from Nine Nether Hell!"
"Such ferocious creatures have been lost for thousands of years, but I didn't expect them to appear here!"
Zeng Shushu's words made all the team members present feel a chill from their souls.
They looked at the black flag swaying in the hands of Styx Sect Master, as if they had seen their fate being swallowed by thousands of ghosts.
"Haha, there is a boy who knows the goods." Styx Sect Master looked at Zeng Shushu and let out a strange laugh.
"Since you know how powerful this flag is, then obediently give your soul and become a part of this Myriad Soul Banner."
"This can be regarded as your final contribution to my Styx Sect's great cause."
He said, with enthusiasm flashing in his eyes.
"Today, I will use the souls of you righteous elites to offer the most perfect sacrifice for the opening of my Nether Gate!"
After the words fell, he no longer hesitated.
The Myriad Soul Banner in Styx Sect Master's hand suddenly waved forward.
"Ten Thousand Ghosts Night Walk!" he shouted sharply.
"Woo!"
A roar that could tear apart the soul came from Myriad Soul Banner.
Immediately afterwards, endless black energy spurted out from the side of the flag like a flood that broke a bank.
The black energy condensed in mid-air into fierce ghosts with ferocious faces and weapons in hand.
These ghosts are completely different from the ordinary ghosts before.
Their bodies are solid, exuding strong evil aura and resentment, and their eyes are flashing with a bloodthirsty red light.
They are real evil spirits summoned from the Nine Netherworld.
Tens of thousands of evil spirits formed a huge army full of death in mid-air.
They roared loudly and charged towards Dawn Squad's small defense formation.
"Hold!"
Li Xiaoyu looked at the Ghost King army coming like a black tide, with no fear on his face.
He shouted in a deep voice, pouring his Upper Purity Realm's Cultivation into Three Talents Origin-Returning Formation's formation without reservation.
Lu Xueqi and Zeng Shushu also took action at the same time, integrating their power with him.
Buzz!
The cyan light curtain, held up by the combined efforts of a dozen people, burst out with unprecedented light.