At these words, the Pearl Relic House Master asked in some surprise:
"So soon?"
Not even half a cup of tea's time had passed since they activated the possession formation for Great Elder Lou.
Little did they know that the demonic beast within the Second-Level Barrier had been laying a trap for them all along, and thus had offered almost no resistance to the possession.
That was why Great Elder Lou had succeeded in possessing it so quickly.
Although Cloud Crane True Lord was likewise somewhat doubtful, he ultimately decided to trust the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord this once.
Without offering the Pearl Relic House Master any explanation, he crushed a Jade Jue in his hand and once again activated the possession formation they had learned from the Treading the Sea Army.
"Boom!..."
The instant the formation activated, a mass of crimson radiance enveloped Xu Taiping and everyone else within it.
Then Xu Taiping's vision went black.
When light appeared in his vision again, his Primordial Spirit, along with those of Cloud Crane True Lord, the Pearl Relic House Master, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, was already inside that demonic beast's body.
Through the demonic beast's eyes, they could see Great Elder Lou's Divine Soul being torn at in the mouths of the five surrounding demonic beasts.
"Bang!"
In the blink of an eye, the layer of azure light protecting Great Elder Lou shattered under the five demonic beasts' tearing jaws.
It was the final barrier released by Great Elder Lou's bonded soul artifact, the Three-Origin Nail, to protect his Primordial Spirit.
At the sight, Xu Taiping used the method taught by the Treading the Sea Army to forcibly tear a chunk of flesh from the demonic beast and turn it into his own body, while roaring at the Azure-Eyed Evil