"Damn it! How did he catch up so quickly?!"
Li Xiao felt Bloodlight bearing down on him from behind, and a chill crept down his spine.
"Hand control of your body over to me. I have a system, and I've accumulated quite a few points lately. Enough to exchange for some lifesaving trump cards."
Chu Mu's will spoke from within Li Xiao.
"Rest assured, I can't possess you. Your Devil Ancestor Mountain patriarchs left a symbiotic restrictive seal in your sea of consciousness specifically to prevent body possession. Once I devour and merge with your will, I'll cease to exist as well. And if my divine soul and will are destroyed, it won't even affect you. A clever scheme on their part, trapping me inside your body like this so they can use me."
The conflict on Li Xiao's face lasted only an instant before he made his decision.
Li Yang was already bearing down on him from behind.
With his strength, he could certainly exchange a few blows with Li Yang, but there were also Supreme Cauldrons watching like hungry tigers all around him.
Among them were avatars of old monsters and Spirit Transformation True Lords who had severed their own cultivation, as well as heavenly prodigies like Tu Nine Provinces, who had already been Supreme Cauldrons in the Nascent Soul Realm.
Soon, the blood-red hue faded from Li Xiao's eyes and turned purple. His entire bearing changed abruptly, taking on an eerie air.
Chu Mu immediately opened the system panel and exchanged for several top-tier Life-Saving Talismans. He took out one inscribed with an immortal crane and activated it.
The Black Floating Raft, which had previously been able to turn incorporeal, had been destroyed along with Chu Feng's corpse.
Fortunately, after leaving the Xuanyuan Sword Sect Inheritance Grounds,