Previously, he had needed this old demon Xuan Gu's Corpse Puppets to hold Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo in check. Now Zhang Qing was dead, and he had destroyed all of the old demon's flesh-and-blood puppets except the two Clear Sky Sect Elders.
The two sides had fallen out completely.
Naturally, he would not spare his life anymore.
The instant he burrowed underground, he discovered that Xuan Gu had already sensed something was wrong and fled several li away.
As for Ye Feng, he was already nowhere to be seen.
Lin Yuan steeled himself and immediately activated the Imperial Scale Armor and his third Soul Skill, Golden Lightning Possession. His speed instantly shot to its limit as he pursued Xuan Gu Old Demon.
He caught up with Xuan Gu with almost no effort. With Golden Lightning Possession active, the Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder enveloping Lin Yuan instantly reduced him to drifting ash upon contact.
Then a Head Soul Bone and a System Crystal Ball dropped out.
"Possession Great Art!"
Lin Yuan was startled and could not help recalling the Possession Great Art that Ji Yin had used on Wu Chou in the original Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.
Surprise and delight mingled in his heart.
What surprised him was that this Xuan Gu was actually a fake.
Barring any surprises, that bastard Xuan Gu had used the Possession Great Art while Lin Yuan was exterminating those Corpse Puppets, turning the unlucky Ye Feng into himself.
Moreover, like Spirit-Clear Bright Eyes in the world of Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, prolonged use of Autumn-Gazing Eyes placed an enormous strain on the eyes.
As a result, Lin Yuan had only swept his Autumn-Gazing Eyes over them a few times without examining them closely, allowing Xuan Gu Old Demon to slip through