Clash of the Pawns
Departing Fire Domain, within the Hengduan Mountain Range.
Flowing Splendor Domain, White Mist Mountain.
Two figures simultaneously opened their eyes from two different directions, both looking at the southwestern Earth Marsh with complicated expressions.
In the Hengduan Mountain Range, Shen Linfeng raised his hand and sent a Qingfeng in that direction, murmuring, "Take care."
After speaking, he closed his eyes again, and at the same time, a strong golden light rose from his body. As the golden light intensified, the entire cave abode turned into a golden house, and eventually everything around him gradually turned into liquid gold and slowly melted away.
In the White Mist Mountain.
Shen Ge appeared on the mountaintop, calmly gazing southwest, her gaze gradually shifting from indifference to tranquility.
"Fengge..."
"Well..."
With a sigh that dissipated into the air, Shen Ge's figure also disappeared from the mountaintop.
"You can't escape, so why bother?"
On the Vast Grassland, two streaks of light, one red and one black, pierced the Chang Kong.
The red light in front was a woman with a full head of red hair and dressed in red. Although she was fleeing in panic, she was full of bloodthirsty aura and was obviously not a good person.
The man behind him exuded a sinister aura and was no better.
These two are the divided souls of Shen Ge and that Venerable Reincarnation; the woman in front belongs to Shen Ge.
Both of these divided souls are now at the Peak Nascent Soul, making them among the better-developed groups in recent years.
"Hei Li, do you really want to fight me to the death?!" the woman asked coldly, her voice trembling with fear.
"Blood Lady, when did you become so talkative? Looks like you're afraid of death too." Hei Li sneered, and then several beams of black light shot towards Blood Lady in front of him.
"Hmph!" Blood Lady sneered, a sea of blood appearing behind her to block the black light. "I'm afraid of death? You really think you can kill me?"
"Yes, you are indeed difficult to kill because you cultivate the Blood Sea True Scripture, but you are not invincible." Hei Li's lips curled into a wicked smile, "Today is your death day. Struggle, the more you struggle, the more I like it. I will let you die slowly in despair and pain."
"Damn it, this guy must have found a way to counter my Blood Sea True Scripture!" Blood Lady cursed inwardly. "No, I absolutely cannot confront him head-on this time. I must find a way to shake him off!"
While fending off the attacks, Blood Lady swept through the surrounding environment.
"It seems we're almost at the Turmoil Plain. If I remember correctly, the Blood Devil Grotto is hidden nearby. Perhaps we can make use of it."
"No, it seems that the Great Sun Flame Lord is in the Turmoil Plain. He has a grudge against the Blood Devil Grotto, and my blood cultivation is also related to the Blood Devil Grotto. If I run into him, I don't know if I'll be killed?!"
Just as Blood Lady was pondering, a streak of blood-red light flew out from Hei Li's hand, instantly piercing through the sea of blood barrier set up by Blood Lady and passing right through her chest.
The Blood Lady staggered as she flew, her eyes glazed as she stared at the blood-red light flying past.
"A flying sword forged from Blood Stone..." Despair welled up in Blood Lady's eyes. She knew that this time she might really die.
Blood Stone is specifically effective against blood-based Cultivation Method. Although the effect is not significant, in a situation where the two are evenly matched, this slight advantage is enough for Hei Li to gain a decisive edge.
Sure enough, the next moment, countless attacks came down, and Blood Lady was no longer able to defend herself. She was directly pulverized by these violent attacks, and even her Nascent Soul did not have time to escape.
A storage ring was taken by Hei Li, and at the same time, a divine sense swept across the battlefield. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, Hei Li turned into a stream of light and disappeared.
On a small mountain three thousand miles away, a black streak of light landed on the summit, and Hei Li, whose face was somewhat withered, fiddled with the storage ring in his hand.
"This time, there's hope for Spirit Severing."
A surge of divine sense flowed towards the storage ring, gradually eroding the remaining marks on it.
About an hour later, the storage ring completely changed hands. Hei Li smiled slightly and immediately began to examine the contents inside.
"Fifty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stone, three hundred Blood Essence Soul, seven Red Sun Flower... quite a substantial fortune."
Hei Li waved his hand and took out a set of array flags. He looked at the array floating in front of him with a slightly suspicious expression and murmured, "What kind of array is this? I've never seen it before."
"It doesn't look like an ordinary formation, otherwise Blood Lady wouldn't have avoided using it just now."
Just as he was pondering this, the formation suddenly activated, and the eighty-one array flags linked together enveloped the Hei Li.
This sudden turn of events caused Hei Li's expression to change drastically. His face darkened, and several sets of defensive shields immediately appeared around him.
"I didn't expect her to have a backup plan. I was really careless."
Black mist swirled within the formation, coalescing into a human head that uttered a venomous voice. "You dared to kill my servant! Today, I will make you taste the agony of ten thousand souls devouring your heart!"
"A ghost cultivator!" Hei Li's face darkened even more. He hadn't expected that Blood Lady was actually this ghost cultivator's bodyguard. If this bodyguard's cultivation was already on par with his own, then this ghost cultivator's own strength must be even greater!
With a shake of the array flags, black smoke billowed from the array, and countless wronged souls flew out from the flags with shrill cries. Immediately, demonic sounds swept through the entire array, and even those in the Nascent Soul Early Stage stage would likely lose their minds and become lost amidst these demonic sounds.
Hei Li immediately activated his shield to block the vengeful spirits and the eerie demonic sounds, but his face was as black as charcoal.
"Old ghost, with such a massive number of wronged souls, aren't you afraid of divine retribution?!"
Only now did he realize that these array flags were all Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and it seemed that each flag contained at least a million Yin Souls. Such a huge number was no small matter; at least he had never heard of any place where such a massive massacre had occurred.
Moreover, the fact that that old ghost hasn't been eliminated despite committing such enormous evil deeds speaks volumes about his strength!
"Die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several black sword lights rushed straight towards Hei Li, their power terrifying, as if they could cleave the heavens and destroy the earth.
Hei Li's face showed despair. He knew he couldn't stop the sword light and might even be killed.
However, he wasn't about to simply submit to his fate. A dark light rose from his body. "Old ghost, if that's how it is, then let's go to the underworld together!"
The next moment, with a loud "bang", the entire formation was filled with an extremely violent power. Countless Yin spirits turned into dust and dissipated in this power, and even some of the surrounding formation flags developed cracks.
Countless ghostly energies surged, and at the same time, a terrifying suction force was generated, drawing countless vengeful spirits into the surging energy.
After a while, a human-faced ghost took shape, with many ghostly spirits floating on it from time to time. These ghostly spirits all had painful and ferocious expressions on their faces.
"Damn it, that's decisive!" Old Ghost cursed angrily before quickly packing up the array flags and leaving.
About ten minutes later, a terrifying black light once again plowed through the battlefield.
"Huh, is he really dead?"
The old ghost disappeared again, but half an hour later, several black beams of light came and bombarded it again.
"Well, it seems he's really dead."