Lu Xiao Lu said, "The trouble is the Evil Extermination Department's trouble. It won't fall on you, will it?"
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Everyone has the right to punish evil fiends. We Four Great Sects do not merely slay demons and monsters—we kill evil fiends too."
"Mostly, we kill demons and monsters." Lu Xiao Lu said, "Compared to evil fiends, I think demons and monsters deserve death more. They truly, utterly feed on humans."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head.
Lu Xiao Lu said, "The Undying Evil Venerable is such a nuisance. Once it latches onto you, you will never know peace. Whatever you do, do not touch them."
"I already destroyed their statues," Chu Zhiyuan said. "I am already entangled with them. There is no escaping."
Lu Xiao Lu lightly furrowed her delicate brows. "Did you see them while cultivating, or while sleeping?"
Worry filled her heart.
The Undying Evil Venerable was exceptionally difficult to deal with. Once it entangled someone, it would not rest, nor would it stop until one side died.
There was no way to destroy the Undying Evil Venerable.
With ordinary Evil Venerables, destroying their statues would sever their connection with this world and expel them completely.
But the Undying Evil Venerable was different. First, its statues could not be destroyed; they would always recover.
Even if they could be destroyed, they would continue appearing, falling from the heavens, impossible to destroy completely.
What truly made the Undying Evil Venerable terrifying was that, unlike ordinary Evil Venerables, it did not need to rely on statues to descend its power, nor did it need followers to gather power.
Instead, it could descend its power directly through contact, without relying on statues.
Most crucially, it attacked the spiritual world.
Once it marked someone, it would linger within