Profound Yin Stone Secured

With the formation broken, Elder Li spat out a mouthful of blood onto the Formation Plate, and his aura rapidly weakened.

Wang Yi exclaimed "Elder Li!" and wanted to rush forward to help.

Elder Li hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Don't worry about me, go after Li Chenggu! His two ghost generals are crippled and injured. Now is the best time to kill him. If we miss this opportunity, we may never have another chance for revenge."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yi nodded slightly and chased after Li Chenggu.

However, Nie Qian, with her hideous and ferocious face, did not hesitate to chase after Li Chenggu the moment the formation was broken.

Li Chenggu thought he would be trapped and die in the formation, but unexpectedly, the formation was suddenly broken.

Overjoyed, he leaped into the air and flew towards the nearest Foundation Establishment cultivator of his clan.

"Stop them!"

Li Chenggu spoke to the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Li Clan, while he himself continued flying deeper into the Li Clan's territory, where there was a mountain a thousand meters high.

He sped along at breakneck speed, covering several miles in the blink of an eye, and arrived at the foot of the mountain.

He glanced back and saw that all Elder Li, had been intercepted by the Li Clan cultivators.

With Elder Li seriously injured, Wang Yi and the other three Foundation Establishment cultivators, even though Wang Yi was at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, found it particularly difficult to contend with five Foundation Establishment Early Stage experts from the Li Clan, plus nearly a hundred Late Qi Refinement cultivators.

Hatred flashed in Li Chenggu's eyes.

"You have caused me to suffer serious injuries, and greatly weakened the two ghost generals. Once the ghost generals absorb the Yin Soul energy and recover their strength, I will tear you to pieces, extract your souls and refine them into new ghost creatures for me to command, to quell the hatred in my heart."

He flew into a Cave at the foot of the mountain. The Cave was pitch black and had a rather eerie and terrifying feel to it.

After going down about a hundred meters, a spacious and huge underground hall appeared before us.

On the left side of the hall, there was a Dissection Platform Song Wen was extremely familiar with. Next to the Dissection Platform was a blood pool that was ten feet wide. There was very little blood in the pool, only a thin layer.

Beside the Dissection Platform, there were thousands upon thousands of human skeletons piled up into a Xiao Shan.

On the right side of the hall, a Ghost Dao Soul Refining Formation is carved on the ground, with eight Ghost Banners standing ten feet tall planted at the base of the Soul Refining Formation.

Within the formation, a ghostly aura permeated the air, with numerous Yin Soul constantly flitting about. Sometimes they would disappear into the Ghost Banners, vanishing without a trace, and other times they would leap out from the Ghost Banners and drift within the formation.

This underground hall was a place that combined the methods of refining blood through the path of the corpse and refining souls through the Ghost Dao.

Li Chenggu rushed to the Soul Refining Formation, summoned the two ghost generals, took out a Formation Plate, and after casting several Method Formula into it, the two weakened ghost generals rushed into the Soul Refining Formation, just like a pack of starving wolves rushing into a sheepfold. The two ghost generals devoured the Yin Souls in the Soul Refining Formation.

The last trace of animal instinct remaining in the Yin Soul gave them a will to survive, and they fled in all directions. But how could they escape the confinement of the Soul Refining Formation? Amidst their constant shrill screams, they were quickly devoured by the ghost generals, who provided them with pure ghost energy.

Suddenly!

A flash of cold light streaked past the cave entrance, hurtling towards Li Chenggu with lightning speed.

The sudden murderous intent left Li Chenggu with no time to think. He instinctively summoned the Kui Yin Heavy Water, which transformed into a shield in front of him.

"Puff!"

The Cold Moon Blade pierced the Kui Water Shield as if it were piercing the tough hide of Demon Beast.

A noticeable dent appeared on the Kui Water Shield, but it was not pierced by a single blow.

Having failed in his first strike, the Cold Moon Blade spun in the air, regrouped, and thrust upwards towards Li Chenggu's head.

Kui Water Shield also quickly changed position, blocking the Cold Moon Blade once again.

In just a few breaths, the two exchanged blows dozens of times.

As the Cold Moon Blade and the Kui Water Shield were locked in combat, a figure rushed into the underground hall. It was Song Wen, who had secretly followed Li Chenggu.

With the bronze Great Lu atop his body, Song Wen swiftly moved forward.

This is the time when Li Chenggu is at his weakest; take advantage of his illness and kill him!

We cannot give him any breathing room.

Song Wen's hands formed claws, like an eagle hunting its prey, and he swiftly lunged at Li Chenggu, aiming to kill him with a single blow.

The claws gleamed with a cold light, radiating a Sha Qi aura and the sharpness of metal.

Netherworld Claw!

Li Chenggu was terrified. He was now facing a pincer attack from both Cold Moon Blade and Song Wen, while the Kui Water Shield could only block one side's attack.

In a life-or-death situation, Li Chenggu quickly made a choice.

The Kui Water Shield circled behind him, blocking the Cold Moon Blade.

A large amount of ghostly energy surged from his hands, condensing into jet-black gloves that resembled solid objects, protecting his hands and blocking Song Wen's hands.

"Bang!"

The ghostly glove that Li Chenggu hastily conjured was no match for Song Wen's Netherworld Claw, which he had cultivated with countless spiritual materials.

His hands were instantly shredded, leaving him armless. The powerful impact sent his body flying backward.

Before he even hit the ground, a cold glint pierced through his head and exited through his abdomen, tearing his body to shreds from the inside.

The mangled body fell to the ground, already lifeless.

It's a long story, but from the moment Li Chenggu entered the underground hall to the moment Song Wen killed him, only a few dozen breaths passed.

Song Wen grabbed Li Chenggu's head, which had a large hole in it, with one hand.

Soul Search Technique!

Song Wen suddenly staggered, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The Soul Search Technique failed.

Li Chenggu was at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, while Song Wen's Divine Sense was comparable to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and his soul strength was far superior to Li Chenggu's. There was a high chance that the soul search would succeed, but unfortunately, he encountered a low-probability event.

Since the soul-searching attempt failed, Song Wen readily devoured Li Chenggu's soul and Essence Blood. However, Li Chenggu, with his withered body, didn't have much Essence Blood left for Song Wen to consume.

With his hands destroyed and his body weakened by long-term erosion by ghostly energy, Li Chenggu was of little value as Corpse Puppet. Song Wen simply burned him to ashes with a fireball.

Holding Li Chenggu's storage ring, Song Wen invaded it with his Divine Sense and instantly found a box made of Yin wood inside, containing two Profound Yin Stones.

With the Profound Yin Stone in hand, Song Wen was in high spirits and casually tucked the storage ring into his pocket.

With a thought, a black coffin fell to the ground.

"Roar!"

The second-tier Corpse Puppet jumped out of the coffin and ran towards the cave entrance; then, like a statue, it stood motionless at the cave entrance.

The seven Black Armor Gu also flew to the outer perimeter of the cave entrance to prevent any cultivators from suddenly approaching.

Song Wen quickly reached the blood pool, jumped in, and began to devour the Essence Blood.

There wasn't much blood in the pool; it only reached Song Wen's ankles.

A large amount of Blood Qi surged into Song Wen's body, quickly transforming into Essence Blood.

The quality of the blood wasn't particularly high; it was likely mostly the blood of ordinary people.

This was the first time Song Wen had ever swallowed so much blood at once; the excessive amount of Essence Blood made him feel as if his body was about to burst.

Fortunately, after reaching the Foundation Establishment, his physical body became much stronger and could hold more Essence Blood, barely managing to devour all the blood in the blood pool.

Finally, only a layer of pale red liquid remained in the blood pool, and the amount was only a little less than half of what it used to be, just a shallow layer.

Song Wen leaped out of the blood pool, estimating that it took him about half an incense stick's time (two minutes) to swallow the blood.

At this moment, the sounds of battle outside continued to boom, and no one was coming this way yet. Song Wen's gaze turned to the eight Ghost Banners.