Witnessing the corpses strewn across the ground, the old man from the Yinshan Sect gave a satisfied chuckle and tossed the purple bottle in his hand toward the center of the Corpse Remains.
He formed a hand seal, and two streams of black mist surged out, striking the purple bottle.
In an instant, a powerful suction erupted from the mouth of the bottle. The blood gathered deep within the Bloodlight Formation flew backward and poured into the purple bottle.
Amid shrill cries and wails, over a hundred ghostly souls flew out of the Corpse Remains. They struggled in terror, but were sucked into the bottle one by one.
Putting away the bottle, the old man from the Yinshan Sect gave it a gentle shake, seemingly to hasten the souls' dissolution. Then he walked step by step toward the cliffside Mansion, moving slowly yet swiftly, and the Corpse Remains growing within it.
"Body-Imprisoning Soul-Refining Art, a method that uses the body and soul of a Foundation Establishment cultivator to forge a guardian for the Mansion."
"What a clever method!"
"If not for the passage of so much time, I fear that even with the Corpse-Soaking Bottle, we still couldn't deal with this Foundation Establishment cultivator's corpse."
As he watched the Corpse Remains before him, the old man from the Blood Demon Sect's eyes flashed repeatedly. To refine the body and soul of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator solely to guard the Mansion meant that its master's means and background were likely beyond even their estimates.
"Old Ghost Li, let's get to it."
As the old man from the Blood Demon Sect spoke, blood-colored Spiritual Power enveloped the Corpse-Soaking Bottle, hastening the refinement of the Essence Blood and souls inside.
A dozen breaths later
The stopper came off the Corpse-Soaking Bottle. A crimson liquid mixed with howls flowed from its mouth and poured over the Corpse Remains before them.
As the blood soaked in, the Corpse Remains gradually filled out, and its chest seemed to regain a faint heartbeat.
The old man from the Yinshan Sect gave a low shout. Black mist gathered into strange seals that turned into chains, wrapping around the Corpse Remains.
Next, the old man from the Yinshan Sect cut his palm and infused his Essence Blood into the Blood-Colored Bone Staff in his hand. Once blood-colored runes formed, he used it like a blade and stabbed it into the Corpse Remains' heart.
Hiss~
Thick black smoke spread. Layer upon layer of black-mist chains, with the Blood-Colored Bone Staff as their core, wrapped the Corpse Remains completely.
"My Blood-Mist Heart-Piercing Lock Art can work with the blood to restrain it for three days, using my White Bone Artifact."
"After three days, once we remove the White Bone Artifact, this Corpse Remains can still buy us plenty of time to retreat."
Having dealt with the trouble before them, the old man from the Yinshan Sect could hardly wait to look toward the deep cave abode beneath the cliff. Even from outside, he could feel wisps of chill seeping out.
"Hmm? Why is there a hint of sharpness in this chill?"
"It doesn't matter. We'll know once we go in."
The two exchanged a glance, then summoned the surrounding demonic cultivators to enter with them, leaving only a few at the outermost edge to stand guard.
After all, this was the Mansion of a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the demonic path. They were concerned about what changes might lie within.
One kilometer away
From afar, Bai Yi watched the two old men from the sects lead many demonic cultivators into the cave abode, his thoughts churning.
The appearance of those two demonic cultivators at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer had raised the danger level far too much.
"I'll try. If it doesn't work, I'll flee at once."
After glancing at the few demonic cultivators guarding the cave abode entrance, Bai Yi steeled himself, reached out, and quietly sent an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle soaring into the sky.
With Divine Sense strength comparable to Late Qi Refining, and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle's own optical camouflage, those few demonic cultivators left behind, who were only at the Qi Refining Fourth or Fifth Layer, couldn't possibly detect it.
"Two on the right, three on the left..."
"The highest cultivation level is only Qi Refining Fifth Layer."
Through the images transmitted by the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to his pupils, Bai Yi quickly confirmed the positions and cultivation levels of all the demonic cultivators at the cave entrance.
He had only one chance to strike. If he couldn't kill all five in an instant and they sent out a signal, his only option would be to flee, find somewhere to hide quickly, and wait for the Secret Realm to open again before notifying the Immortal Alliance.
With that in mind, Bai Yi held his breath and quietly crept toward the cave abode, following the edge of the cliff.
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Eight hundred meters...
Six hundred meters...
Four hundred meters... three hundred meters...
The instant he reached a distance of three hundred meters, the Heart-Questioning Sword and Azure Edge behind Bai Yi trembled violently. Beneath his held breath, a sharp gleam flashed in his eyes.
He pushed the Minor Five Elements Art to its limit. The two Flying Swords shot from their sheaths, countless streams of Sword Qi gathering along their blades. One veered left and the other right, becoming two streaks of Rainbow Light as Dao Resonance patterns flowed across them and they cut through the air.
Buzz...
Amid a faint tremor in the air, the dazzling swordlight had barely appeared in the demonic cultivators' field of vision when their necks went cold. Wearing puzzled, bewildered expressions, they fell into pools of blood.
Thud... thud...
With the full output of the Minor Five Elements Art's Spiritual Power at the Perfection Realm, the White Rainbow Sword Art at Dao Resonance Perfection, and the Swordlight Transforms into a Rainbow technique-three levels of mastery far beyond what ordinary Qi Refining Realm cultivators could comprehend-the two Flying Swords tore through the air and claimed the lives of all five demonic cultivators in an instant.
"Phew~"
Watching all five demonic cultivators fall, Bai Yi let out a breath of Turbid Qi and quickly popped a Qi-Replenishing Pill into his mouth.
Flying two swords at once while using the White Rainbow Sword Art at full strength, he had instantly slain five demonic cultivators whose cultivation levels were roughly the same as his own. In a single strike, nearly half the Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea and Dantian had been consumed.
"Controlling two Flying Swords at once still takes too much Divine Sense and Spiritual Power."
With that one sword strike, he had already set his next goal of comprehension: the Heavy Spirit Scripture provided by the White Household.
If he cultivated the Heavy Spirit Scripture to perfection, he should be able to control two Flying Swords with ease while still in the Qi Refining Realm.
After carefully searching every corner again with the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and finding nothing, Bai Yi arrived at the cave abode entrance. With a sweep of the Heart-Questioning Sword, he gathered the demonic artifacts from the five demonic cultivators' hands.
Unfortunately, not one of the five demonic artifacts was First-Tier Middle-Grade.
At the cave abode entrance
Bai Yi glanced down at the deep, pitch-black cave abode, then turned his gaze to the Corpse Remains beside him. The White Bone Artifact pierced its heart, and black-mist chains bound its limbs.
Those two demonic cultivators at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer had spent so much effort suppressing this Corpse Remains. It must have posed a tremendous threat to them as well.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
"With those two demonic cultivators at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer in front, this thing won't come after a little shrimp like me, a Qi Refining Fifth Layer cultivator, first."
Bai Yi's thoughts raced. If he didn't release this Corpse Remains, then with those two demonic cultivators at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer there, it would be nearly impossible for him to enter this treasure trove of a cave abode and leave with the goods.
If he released the Corpse Remains, he had a sixty percent chance.
Even if he failed, with the Corpse Remains tying them up, no one would be able to stop him from fleeing on his sword.
"I'll do it! If I don't take a chance when I have a good shot, how can I attain immortality? How can I make up the more than ten years separating me from those family geniuses!"
Bai Yi's mind was made up. There was nothing wrong with being cautious when he had no confidence.
But in a situation like this, when he had a good shot and was confident he could escape even if he failed, if he still insisted on playing it safe, then what could he say about immortality, or cultivating the Dao?
With his mind made up, Bai Yi retreated a hundred meters. The Heart-Questioning Sword rang and trembled. Dao Resonance flowed as Sword Qi gathered into Rainbow Light, then shot through the air and struck the core of the technique where the black-mist chains and White Bone Artifact met.
Bang!
The black mist rippled, and the chains trembled violently before knocking the swordlight away.
When one strike failed, Bai Yi immediately launched another. Under his repeated attacks, the black-mist chains, with no further Spiritual Power to sustain them, gradually began to crack.
After scattering nearly ten more streaks of swordlight, the black-mist chains suddenly shattered into pieces and vanished from the world.
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