At Black Banner's command!
The guards all around lunged at Chen Cuo like Puppets on Strings!
But they were too late.
“Fire Element as the outer form, severed thoughts within. Inner and outer as one—the first layer of restriction, complete!”
Chen Cuo raised a hand. The Gourd spun in midair, runes blazing across its surface. Their light shifted and interwove, faintly forming a Formation Diagram before sinking away and vanishing. The Gourd returned to its ordinary appearance and dropped into his hand. With a flick, it disappeared.
Deep in Chen Cuo's heart, the Mind Daoist held a ghost mask in his right hand and the Gourd in his left. The Gourd suddenly sharpened into focus, Turning the Illusory into the Real!
His Life-Bound Treasure was complete. Chen Cuo had truly taken it into his body, hidden it in his heart to nurture and refine!
Fragments flowed through his mind, giving him a glimpse of Void and Reality, but now was no time to investigate.
He gathered his thoughts and met the charging guards. Driving the Yin-Yang Fire Force, he struck several times in succession, pinning them all to the ground with the Divine Fire Hand Seal!
Black Banner was about to wave again when the Woman in Black's expression changed. Her gaze shifted. "Wait, senior. Fu Jue has arrived! Let him make up for his mistake!"
Black Banner gave a rasping cackle but made no reply.
Sure enough, another figure stood atop the wall, looking down into the courtyard. It was Fu Jue.
He still wore a smile, but there was no warmth in his eyes—only bitter cold. He stared at Chen Cuo as Qi and Blood surged through him, his robes rising without wind and snapping loudly!
"What a fine way to lure the tiger from the mountain. And