"Pfft!"
A second ago, Ji Wuming had been strutting around, convinced he had everything under control. Now his expression changed abruptly, and his eyes filled with terror.
The pillar before him was the very pillar that suppressed and sealed him, forged from black iron. There was no possibility of anything being wrong with its material; otherwise, it could never have held him down for ten thousand years. He had also been exceptionally cautious, summoning and donning the Blood King Armor from those days. Its defenses were terrifying, yet the young bamboo had pierced it all the same.
Moreover, a force erupted from the young bamboo and instantly invaded Ji Wuming's body.
"Oh no!"
"Who was it? He was actually still hiding in Southern Heaven Academy. Was it to prevent me from breaking free of the seal?"
"But I was already so careful. I sensed the presence of every disciple, elder, and dean in Southern Heaven Academy-even everyone in Southern Heaven City. Over ten years, I sensed everyone's presence. Why didn't I notice him? Could he be in the Invincible Realm?"
"Whoosh!"
Ji Wuming's thoughts raced, and a flicker of terror appeared in his eyes. How could he dare remain here? At that instant, he no longer had any thought of slaughtering everyone in Southern Heaven Academy. After sensing that force, Ji Wuming realized he might die. The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul was not truly undying and indestructible. Under a supremely powerful intent or a special force, their demon souls could be worn away. After all, he was far too weak now, nothing like the powerful being he had been in the past.
Ji Wuming's body immediately turned into a streak of blood-red light and vanished from the academy.
"Huh?"
"He fled? He actually fled! What kind of attack was that? The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul was actually injured?"
At that moment, the eyes of the experts throughout Southern Heaven Academy were filled with terror.
"So powerful!"
"Smack!"
Ji Zhan dropped to his knees and bowed toward the place the young bamboo had flown from. "Ji Zhan, the seventy-third academy head of Southern Heaven Academy, pays his respects to Senior!"
Ji Zhan thought a senior expert of Southern Heaven Academy was living in seclusion within the academy, but after he knelt and bowed, no answer came. He could not help growing suspicious.
"Academy Head, I'm afraid that wasn't a senior of Southern Heaven Academy. But the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul has escaped. What should we do? If the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul recovers from its injuries and returns, we'll be finished." The elders and deans all looked at Ji Zhan.
"A calamity!"
"This is Southern Heaven Academy's calamity. We can only seek help from the imperial family. They had their reasons for suppressing the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul back then, so perhaps they have a way to kill it. What a pity! The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul was severely injured just now. If we had acted immediately, we might have had a chance to keep it here." Ji Zhan was full of regret. If he had acted instead of freezing in that instant, there really would have been a chance to suppress and seal the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul again.
But the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul had escaped. Once it went into hiding, there would be no chance of finding it. Moreover, with the power of its realm now descending, the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul would recover extremely quickly. Once it returned to its peak, a calamity of apocalyptic proportions would follow.
"Academy Head, we are guilty!"
The deans and elders all dropped to their knees. They too had failed to act immediately when Ji Wuming was severely injured.
"This is no time to talk about that. We must ask the imperial family for help. None of us would wish for the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul to live, because its hatred for us runs extremely deep. Five hundred years ago, not a single person from the three academies survived. If it doesn't die, neither can we."
"And if anyone is guilty, it is me. I was the one who never noticed anything unusual about Ji Wuming!"
Ji Zhan's face was deathly pale.
In the night sky, Ji Wuming had just flown out of Southern Heaven Academy when his body suddenly stiffened. A white-robed figure wearing a golden mask had appeared before him.
The moment he saw the figure, Ji Wuming froze, for he sensed a familiar presence.
"Are you Su Xiuyi? Senior Brother Su?"
Ji Wuming asked tentatively. His strength had increased greatly, and the Blood Barbarian Demon Race was exceptionally sensitive to people's presence. Seeing another person lying beside Su Xiuyi, a strange look appeared in his eyes. The figure lying there was none other than Tiezhu. Apart from Su Xiuyi, he doubted anyone would save Tiezhu.
His split soul had chosen Tiezhu as a precaution. Since no one paid Tiezhu any attention, his split soul could survive even if his main soul was slain. But he had never imagined that the split soul would be destroyed.
"You shouldn't have touched him."
Su Xiuyi glanced at Tiezhu, his expression icy as he spoke.
"So it really is you. I searched all of Southern Heaven Academy and Southern Heaven City. The only place I didn't enter and search was the Myriad Text Academy," Ji Wuming said coldly.
Ji Wuming carefully examined his surroundings with his willpower. He did not believe Su Xiuyi was the one who had injured him earlier. Even if Su Xiuyi had peerless talent, he could not possibly have cultivated to that level in the Myriad Text Academy, where there were no resources.
"Whoosh!"
Ji Wuming moved, rushing toward Su Xiuyi. He wanted to seize him as a safeguard for his own life, believing someone was backing Su Xiuyi.
A blood-red curved saber appeared in his hand, and he attacked Su Xiuyi from an exceptionally tricky angle. Ji Wuming dared not be careless in the slightest. He brought his Half-Step Invincible Realm cultivation to bear, convinced that his chance of survival lay in capturing Su Xiuyi.
Yet Su Xiuyi showed no trace of fear in the face of Ji Wuming's killing move. The corners of his mouth rose, and he said calmly, "You didn't search the Myriad Text Academy, not because you forgot, but because you didn't dare. The power of the curse within the Myriad Text Academy is your bane. The power of the curse can affect all races across the heavens. Even those in the Invincible Realm don't dare enter that place, much less you."
"And now I have bad news for you. I comprehended the 'Curse' Will Character and gained control of the power of the curse."
"Die!"
The next moment, as Ji Wuming rapidly closed in on Su Xiuyi, he saw a Will Character appear between Su Xiuyi's brows. It was "Curse."
The moment he saw the Will Character, Ji Wuming's expression changed drastically.
But in the next instant, Will Characters appeared one after another around Su Xiuyi.
"Stillness," "Endurance," "Seal," "Yin," "Illusion," "Joy"...
More than a dozen Sun and Moon Realm Will Characters surrounded him, bringing Ji Wuming's body to a halt for a moment. In a clash between experts, a moment's hesitation was enough to prove fatal.
Su Xiuyi unleashed Southern Heaven Academy's ultimate technique, the Heart-Shattering Palm, striking Ji Wuming with the power of the curse.
"You..."
Ji Wuming fell into utter despair. The demon soul broke free of Ji Wuming's body, and in the next moment, blood-red light filled the sky again as it tried to flee once more.
But Su Xiuyi's Will Characters exerted their power again. The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul's eyes were full of despair; facing Will Characters with such effects, he felt unbearably stifled. His pupils suddenly contracted. Before his eyes, Su Xiuyi's body appeared in front of him, and a surge of the power of the curse struck his demon soul.
"Ah..."
A piercing scream echoed through the void!
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