Almost at the same moment, terrifying Aura Pressure erupted from Qingxu. Laced with murderous intent, it swept toward Chen Cuo behind him!
At the first clash, Chen Cuo's body went rigid. His flesh and blood had been cowed by sheer instinct! But in the next instant, the Five-Colored Radiance flashed through him, inside and out, freeing him from that crushing restraint. He drifted back, studied Qingxu intently, and immediately saw what was wrong.
Across from him, Qingxu turned with an impassive face. Not a trace remained of his earlier vitality. Murderous intent poured from his body, accompanied by a dense purple glow that swelled and contracted, as though he were nothing but a shell filled with the urge to kill!
"Someone's seized his mind and taken control of his body!"
Realization sent a surge of wariness and sorrow through Chen Cuo.
He's the master of a great sect, a legendary figure whose Dao Attainment surpasses mine. He's at least in the Constellation Realm, yet someone seized his mind and body so easily and made him a puppet! The one pulling the strings behind this must be...
He thought of the "Creation Command Token" the Jade Void Cult Leader had mentioned and formed a guess about its owner.
If the token truly came from the person I suspect, then judging by the Jade Void Cult Leader's conduct, that rank of upholding the Dao on Heaven's behalf isn't worth envying in the slightest! Even at a Cult Leader's lofty station, he's still only a puppet, a marionette dancing on someone else's strings. No wonder Tingyi warned me as she did.
Thinking of Tingyi brought back the strangeness he had sensed in her during their last meeting. He could almost guess where the will that had taken her body came from.
*But now