Xu Qingtong spent half an hour in all driving the Heaven and Earth Bowl, steadily corroding the ruined body inside until no sound remained.
"Seniors, I've temporarily suppressed that Netherworld Cultivator's divine soul. But I'm worried he isn't dead yet, so I need to refine him for a while longer. Sorry for the trouble, but I'll have to ask you two to keep watch here!"
With that, he beckoned, seized the old fiend's Nether Serpent Staff, and put it into his Storage Ring.
Lü Wenqiu nodded. "Mm, go without worry. With Fellow Daoist Luo and me here, there shouldn't be any problems for now!"
Xu Qingtong reached out and took the Heaven and Earth Bowl, then rose and walked toward a house in the distance.
"Fellow Daoist Lü, your academy's Fourth Elder truly is full of surprises!" Luo Yichen could not help feeling astonished when he saw Xu Qingtong actually imprison that Spirit Transformation-level Netherworld Cultivator inside his treasure, though the man had suffered grievous injuries and his body was already in ruins.
"He must have had some fortuitous encounter on this trip to the Netherworld!" Lü Wenqiu said thoughtfully.
"This battle against the Netherworld should count as our greatest victory in the past ten years, shouldn't it?" Luo Yichen said.
"Indeed! Of the Spirit Transformation-level Netherworld Cultivators, we destroyed one and severely wounded another. Six at the Nascent Soul level died, four of whom had nascent soul late stage strength!"
"To think we would win such a great victory as soon as Elder Xu returned!"
Lü Wenqiu nodded slightly. "That's why I suggested appointing Qingtong commander-in-chief. He has the strength and is familiar with the situation in the Netherworld."
"Mm, let's do as you suggest, Fellow Daoist Lü!"
Meanwhile, Xu Qingtong returned to a house in the camp and