At that moment, characters for Lin circled Lu Ren. They turned into sword light and slashed at the Heavenly Corpse Immortal Sect disciples.
The disciples swung their High-grade Immortal Artifacts and shattered the sword light, but its power invaded their bodies and struck their Inner Immortal Trees.
"Wh-what's going on? We clearly blocked his attack! Why are our Immortal Trees damaged?"
"What kind of attack is this?"
The disciples coughed up blood one after another, staring at Lu Ren in terror.
Lu Ren's expression remained cold. He summoned the Immortal Slaying Reincarnation Sword and unleashed more than a dozen slashes at them.
Lu Ren had only begun to grasp the Nine Character True Art. Each character held a different effect. None was especially powerful on its own, but used well, they could work wonders.
He had just used two characters in succession: first to drive them back, then to grievously damage their Inner Immortal Trees with the Lin Character Art. He had left them no chance to flee.
But these were elite disciples of the Heavenly Corpse Immortal Sect. They promptly summoned a host of heavenly corpses. Bodies with flesh like metal flew out and took Lu Ren's sword light head-on.
"You dare ambush us? Kill him!"
A vicious gleam appeared in the eyes of the dozen-odd disciples. Each controlled two heavenly corpses, every one as tough as a High-grade Immortal Artifact, and sent them lunging at Lu Ren.
"Lu Ren, watch out! Those are heavenly corpses, as tough as High-grade Immortal Artifacts. Your attacks can only knock them back!" Gui Li shouted.
The young woman in the cage watched with worry in her eyes.
She could tell Lu Ren was formidable, but the Heavenly Corpse Immortal Sect's methods were no simple matter.
"Lie!"
Lu Ren activated the Lie Character